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Terrence Howard

**Terrence Dashon Howard** (born March 11, 1969) is an American actor and singer. Having his first major roles in the 1995 films *Dead Presidents* and *Mr. Holland's Opus*, Howard broke into the mainstream with a succession of television and cinema roles between 2004 and 2006. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in *Hustle & Flow*.

Howard has had prominent roles in many other movies, including *Winnie*, *Ray*, *Lackawanna Blues*, *Crash*, *Four Brothers*, *Get Rich or Die Tryin'*, *Idlewild*, *August Rush*, *The Brave One,* and *Prisoners*. Howard played James Rhodes in *Iron Man*and its video game adaptation, but he was replaced by Don Cheadle for the future films. He stars as the lead character Lucious Lyon in the television series *Empire*. His debut album, *Shine Through It*, was released in September 2008.
Tony Shalhoub

**Anthony Marcus Shalhoub** (/ʃəˈluːb/ *shəL-HOOB*; born October 9, 1953) is an American actor. He is widely recognized for his work as a character actor, having won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and three Primetime Emmy Awards. For his work on Broadway, he has four Tony nominations, winning a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance as Tewfiq Zakaria in *The Band's Visit*.

His television work includes Antonio Scarpacci in NBC sitcom *Wings* and detective Adrian Monk in the USA TV series *Monk.* Shalhoub currently plays Abe Weissman, the father of the title character, on Amazon's *The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.*

He has also had a successful film career, with roles in films such as *Barton Fink* (1991), *Big Night* (1996), *Men in Black*(1997), *Paulie* (1998), *The Siege* (1998), *Galaxy Quest* (1999), *Spy Kids*, *Thirteen Ghosts*, *The Man Who Wasn't There*(all 2001), *Cars* (2006), *1408* (2007), and *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* (2014).
Seth Rogen

**Seth Aaron Rogen** (/ˈroʊɡən/; born April 15, 1982) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director. He began his career performing stand-up comedy during his teenage years. While still living in his native Vancouver, he landed a supporting role in Judd Apatow's series *Freaks and Geeks*. Shortly after he moved to Los Angeles for his role, *Freaks and Geeks* was officially cancelled after one season due to low viewership. Rogen later got a part on sitcom *Undeclared*, which also hired him as a writer.

After landing his job as a staff writer on the final season of *Da Ali G Show*, Apatow guided him toward a film career. As a staff writer, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series. Rogen made his first movie appearance in *Donnie Darko* with a minor role in 2001. Rogen was cast in a supporting role and credited as a co-producer in Apatow's directorial debut, *The 40-Year-Old Virgin*. Universal Pictures subsequently cast him as the lead in Apatow's films *Knocked Up* and *Funny People*. Rogen co-starred as Steve Wozniak in Universal's *Steve Jobs* biopic in 2015. In 2016, he developed the AMC television series *Preacher* with his writing partner Evan Goldberg and Sam Catlin. He also serves as a writer, executive producer, and director, with Goldberg.

Rogen and Goldberg co-wrote the films *Superbad*, *Pineapple Express*, *The Green Hornet*, *This Is the End*, and directed both *This Is the End* and *The Interview*; all of which Rogen starred in. For his activity in *The Disaster Artist*, he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. He has also done voice work for the films *Horton Hears a Who!*, the *Kung Fu Panda* film series, *The Spiderwick Chronicles*, *Monsters vs. Aliens*, *Paul*, *Sausage Party*, and Pumbaa in the 2019 remake of *The Lion King*.
Taraji P. Henson

**Taraji Penda Henson**[1][2] (/təˈrɑːdʒi/ *tə-RAH-jee*; born September 11, 1970) is an American actress and author. She studied acting at Howard University and began her Hollywood career in guest roles on several television shows before making her breakthrough in *Baby Boy* (2001). She received praise for her performances as a sex-worker in *Hustle & Flow*(2005), for which she received a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picturenomination; and as a single mother of a disabled child in David Fincher's *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button* (2008), for which she received Academy Award, SAG Award and Critics Choice Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress. In 2010 she appeared in the action comedy *Date Night*, and co-starred in the remake of *The Karate Kid*.

Henson has also had an extensive and successful career in television, including series such as *The Division*, *Boston Legal* and *Eli Stone*. In 2011, she starred in the Lifetime Television film *Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story*, which brought her a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie.[3]From 2011 to 2013, she co-starred as Detective Jocelyn Carter in the CBS drama *Person of Interest*, for which she won an NAACP Image Award. She starred in the ensemble films *Think Like a Man* (2012) and its 2014 sequel. In 2015 she began starring as Cookie Lyon in the Fox drama series *Empire*, for which she became the first African-American woman to win a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series. She also won a Golden Globe Award; and was nominated for Emmy Awards in 2015 and 2016.

In 2016, *Time* named Henson one of the 100 most influential people in the world. That year, she released a *New York Times* best selling autobiography titled *Around the Way Girl*.[4] Also that year, she was praised for her starring role as Katherine Johnson in the critically acclaimed drama film *Hidden Figures*, for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.[5]
Wendi McLendon-Covey

**Wendi Anne McLendon-Covey** (born **Wendy Anne McLendon**; October 10, 1969) is an American actress and comedian, known primarily for her work in comedic and improvisational roles and the character Beverly Goldberg, a family matriarch, on the ABC comedy series *The Goldbergs*, for which she was nominated for two Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series.

A native of Long Beach, California, McLendon-Covey worked numerous jobs after graduating high school before earning a degree from California State University in 2000. After graduating, she became a member of The Groundlings, an improvisational comedy group in Los Angeles, and remained a member until 2009. She began her acting career while still a member of the Groundlings, starring in the improvisational Comedy Central series *Reno 911!*, as Deputy Clementine Johnson from 2003–08. She also had the lead role in the Lifetime short-lived comedy *Lovespring International* (2006), as well as minor roles in *Bewitched* (2005) and *Over Her Dead Body* (2008). From 2010 to 2013, she had a recurring role on CBS sitcom *Rules of Engagement*.

After a breakout performance in the 2011 comedy film *Bridesmaids*, McLendon-Covey has appeared in a number of films, including *What to Expect When You're Expecting* (2012), *The Single Moms Club* (2014), *Blended* (2014), *Think Like a Man Too* (2014), *Hello, My Name Is Doris* (2015), *Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween* (2018), and *What Men Want*(2019). In 2019, after years in comedy roles, she played a leading role in the independent drama film *Imaginary Order*.[2]
Zachary Quinto

**Zachary John Quinto** (/ˈkwɪntoʊ/; born June 2, 1977) is an American actor and film producer. He is known for his roles as Charlie Manx in NOS4A2, as Sylar on the science fiction drama series *Heroes* (2006–2010), Spock in the reboot *Star Trek* (2009) and its sequels *Star Trek Into Darkness* (2013) and *Star Trek Beyond* (2016), as well as his Emmy nominated performance in *American Horror Story: Asylum*. His other film roles include *Margin Call*, *What's Your Number?*, *Hitman: Agent 47*, *Snowden*, and *Hotel Artemis*. He also appeared in smaller roles on television series such as *So NoTORIous*, *The Slap*, and *24*, and on stage in *Angels in America*.
Walter Pidgeon

**Walter Davis Pidgeon** (September 23, 1897 – September 25, 1984) was a Canadian-American actor. He earned two Academy Award for Best Actor nominations for his roles in *Mrs. Miniver* (1942) and *Madame Curie* (1943). Pidgeon also starred in many films such as *How Green Was My Valley* (1941), *The Bad and the Beautiful* (1952), *Forbidden Planet*(1956), *Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea* (1961), *Advise & Consent* (1962), *Funny Girl* (1968), and *Harry in Your Pocket*(1973).

He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 and a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1975.
Steven Yeun

**Steven Yeun** (/jʌn/; Korean: 연상엽; born **Yeun Sang-yeop**, December 21, 1983)[1] is a Korean-American actor. He is known for playing Glenn Rhee in AMC's horror television series *The Walking Dead* from 2010 to 2016 and for his role in the South Korean mystery film *Burning* (2018). For the latter, he won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor, among other awards. Yeun has also played supporting roles in the films *Okja* (2016) and *Sorry to Bother You* (2018).
Tracey Ullman

**Tracey Ullman** (born 30 December 1959) is a British-American actress, comedian, singer, dancer, screenwriter, producer, director, author, and businesswoman.

Her earliest appearances were on British television sketch comedy shows *A Kick Up the Eighties* (with Rik Mayall and Miriam Margolyes) and *Three of a Kind* (with Lenny Henry and David Copperfield). After a brief singing career, she appeared as Candice Valentine in *Girls on Top* with Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders.

She emigrated from the United Kingdom to the United States where she starred in her own network television comedy series, *The Tracey Ullman Show*, from 1987 until 1990, which also featured the first appearances of the long-running animated media franchise, *The Simpsons*. She later produced programmes for HBO, including *Tracey Takes On...* (1996–99), for which she garnered numerous awards. Her sketch comedy series, *Tracey Ullman's State of the Union*, ran from 2008 to 2010 on Showtime. She has also appeared in several feature films. Ullman was the first British woman to be offered her own television sketch show in both the United Kingdom and the United States.[2]

In 2016, she returned to British television with the BBC sketch comedy show *Tracey Ullman's Show*, her first project for the broadcaster in over thirty years;[3] this led to the creation of the topical comedy series *Tracey Breaks the News* in 2017.

Ullman is currently the richest British actress and female comedian and the third richest British comedian overall.[4][5]
Sela Ward

**Sela Ann Ward** (born July 11, 1956) is an American actress, author, and producer, best known for her roles on television beginning in the early 1980s.[*citation needed*]

Her breakthrough TV role was as Teddy Reed in the NBC drama series *Sisters* (1991–96), for which she received her first Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1994. She received her second Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama for the leading role of Lily Manning in the ABC drama series *Once and Again* (1999–2002). Ward later had the recurring role of Stacy Warner in the Fox medical drama *House*, also starred as Jo Danville in the CBS police procedural *CSI: NY* (2010–2013)[1] and starred as Dana Mosier in the CBS police procedural series *FBI* (2018–2019).[2]

She also played supporting roles in films, including *The Man Who Loved Women* (1983), *Rustlers' Rhapsody* (1985), *Nothing in Common* (1986), *Hello Again* (1987), *The Fugitive* (1993), *My Fellow Americans* (1996), *The Day After Tomorrow* (2004), *The Guardian* (2006), *The Stepfather* (2009), and *Gone Girl* (2014).
Tim McGraw

**Samuel Timothy McGraw** (born May 1, 1967) is an American country singer and actor. McGraw has released fifteen studio albums (eleven for Curb Records, three for Big Machine Records and one for Arista Nashville). 10 of those albums have reached number 1 on the Top Country Albums charts, with his 1994 breakthrough album *Not a Moment Too Soon*being the top country album of 1994. All of these albums have produced 65 singles, 25 of which have reached number 1 on the Hot Country Songs or Country Airplay charts. Three of these singles — "It's Your Love", "Just to See You Smile", and "Live Like You Were Dying" — were the top country songs of 1997, 1998, and 2004 according to *Billboard* Year-End. He has also won three Grammy Awards, 14 Academy of Country Music awards, 11 Country Music Association (CMA) awards, 10 American Music Awards, and three People's Choice Awards. His Soul2Soul II Tour is one of the highest-grossing tours in country music history, and one of the top 5 among all genres of music. Tim McGraw just recently released his latest singles “Neon Church” and “Thought About You” on October 4, 2018 [1] He has sold more than 80 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time.[2]

McGraw has ventured into acting, with supporting roles in *The Blind Side* (with Sandra Bullock), *Friday Night Lights*, *The Kingdom*, *Tomorrowland*, and *Four Christmases* (with Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon), and *The Shack*, and lead roles in *Flicka* (2006) and *Country Strong* (2010). He was a minority owner of the Arena Football League's Nashville Kats.

In acknowledgement of his grandfather's Italian heritage, McGraw was honored by the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) in 2004, receiving the NIAF Special Achievement Award in Music during the Foundation's 29th Anniversary Gala.

He has been married to singer Faith Hill since 1996, and is a son of baseball player Tug McGraw.
Stephen Root

**Stephen Root** (born November 17, 1951) is an American actor, voice actor, and comedian. He has starred as Jimmy James on the TV sitcom *NewsRadio*, as Milton Waddams in the film *Office Space* (1999), and as the voices of Bill Dauterive and Buck Strickland in the animated series *King of the Hill*.[2] His other roles have included Captain K'Vada in the *Star Trek: The Next Generation* two-part episode "Unification" (1991), Mr. Lund in *O Brother, Where Art Thou?* (2000), Gordon Pibb in *DodgeBall* (2004), Hawthorne Abendsen in seasons 2 and 3 of the series *The Man in the High Castle*, Jim Hudson in *Get Out* (2017), and supporting roles in a variety of HBO series, including *Boardwalk Empire* and *Barry*.
Scott Bakula

**Scott Stewart Bakula** (/ˈbækjʊlə/; born October 9, 1954)[1] is an American actor, singer and director. His primary lead roles were in two science-fiction television series: as Sam Beckett on *Quantum Leap*, and as Captain Jonathan Archer on *Star Trek: Enterprise*. For *Quantum Leap* he received four Emmy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award.

Bakula starred on the comedy-drama series *Men of a Certain Age*, and guest-starred in seasons two and three of NBC's *Chuck* as the title character's father Stephen J. Bartowski. From 2014 to 2015, he played entrepreneur Lynn in the only two seasons of the HBO show *Looking*. In 2014, he began playing Special Agent Dwayne Cassius "King" Pride on *NCIS: New Orleans*.
Steven Hill

**Steven Hill** (born **Solomon Krakovsky**; February 24, 1922 – August 23, 2016) was an American actor. His two better-known roles are district attorney Adam Schiff on the NBC television drama series *Law & Order*, whom he portrayed for 10 seasons (1990–2000), and Dan Briggs, the original team leader of the Impossible Missions Force on the CBS television series *Mission: Impossible*, whom he portrayed in the initial season of the show (1966–1967).
William Shatner

**William Shatner** OC (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor, author, producer, director, and singer. In his seven decades of television, Shatner became a cultural icon for his portrayal of Captain James T. Kirk of the USS *Enterprise* in the *Star Trek* franchise.[1] He has written a series of books chronicling his experiences playing Captain Kirk and being a part of *Star Trek*, and has co-written several novels set in the *Star Trek* universe. He has also written a series of science fiction novels called *TekWar* that were adapted for television.

Shatner also played the eponymous veteran police sergeant in *T.J. Hooker* (1982–1986) and hosted the reality-based television series *Rescue 911* (1989–1996), which won a People's Choice Award for the Favorite New TV Dramatic Series. Shatner also appeared in seasons 4 and 5 of the NBC series *3rd Rock from the Sun* as the "Big Giant Head" that the alien characters reported to. From 2004 until 2008, he starred as attorney Denny Crane both in the final season of the legal drama *The Practice* and in its spinoff series *Boston Legal*, a role that earned him two Emmy Awards. He appeared in both seasons of the comical NBC real-life travelogue with other male companions "of a certain age" in *Better Late Than Never*, from 2016 to 2017.[2] Shatner has also pursued a career in music and spoken-word recordings since the late 1960s, having released eight albums.
Tobey Maguire

**Tobias Vincent Maguire** (born June 27, 1975) is an American actor and film producer. He gained recognition for his role as Peter Parker / Spider-Man in Sam Raimi's *Spider-Man* trilogy (2002–2007). His other major films include *Pleasantville*(1998), *The Cider House Rules* (1999), *Wonder Boys* (2000), *Seabiscuit* (2003), *The Good German* (2006), *Brothers*(2009), and *The Great Gatsby* (2013).

He was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe Awards, and received two Saturn Awards, including one for Best Actor. He established his own production company in 2012 called Material Pictures, and co-produced *Good People* that same year. In 2014, he produced and starred as Bobby Fischer in *Pawn Sacrifice*.
Zach Woods

**Zachary Woods** (born September 25, 1984) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his run as a series regular for three seasons on the NBC sitcom *The Office*, playing the role of Gabe Lewis. He currently stars as Jared Dunn on the HBO comedy series *Silicon Valley*. He also recurs on the HBO series *Veep* and on the USA Network sitcom *Playing House*.
Vincent Kartheiser

**Vincent Paul Kartheiser** (born May 5, 1979)[1] is an American actor. He played Connor on The WB television series *Angel* and Pete Campbell on the AMC television series *Mad Men*, for which he received six Screen Actors Guild Awardnominations for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series and won twice along with the cast.
Vanessa Redgrave

**Vanessa Redgrave** CBE (born 30 January 1937) is an English actress of stage, screen, and television, and a political activist. She is a 2003 American Theatre Hall of Fame inductee,[1] and received the 2010 BAFTA Fellowship.[2]

Redgrave rose to prominence in 1961 playing Rosalind in the Shakespeare comedy *As You Like It* with the Royal Shakespeare Company and has since starred in more than 35 productions in London's West End and on Broadway, winning the 1984 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Revival for *The Aspern Papers*, and the 2003 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the revival of *Long Day's Journey into Night*. She also received Tony nominations for *The Year of Magical Thinking* and *Driving Miss Daisy*.

On screen she has starred in scores of films and is a six-time Oscar nominee, winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the title role in the film *Julia* (1977). Her other nominations were for *Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment* (1966), *Isadora* (1968), *Mary, Queen of Scots* (1971), *The Bostonians* (1984), and *Howards End* (1992). Among her other films are *A Man for All Seasons* (1966), *Blowup* (1966), *Camelot* (1967), *The Devils* (1971), *Murder on the Orient Express* (1974), *Prick Up Your Ears* (1987), *Mission: Impossible* (1996), *Atonement* (2007), *Coriolanus* (2011), and *The Butler* (2013). Redgrave was proclaimed by Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams as "the greatest living actress of our times", and has won the Oscar, Emmy, Tony, BAFTA, Olivier, Cannes, Golden Globe, and the Screen Actors Guildawards.

A member of the Redgrave family of actors, she is the daughter of Sir Michael Redgrave and Lady Redgrave (the actress Rachel Kempson), the sister of Lynn Redgrave and Corin Redgrave, the mother of actresses Joely Richardson and Natasha Richardson, the aunt of British actress Jemma Redgrave, the mother-in-law of actor Liam Neeson, and the grandmother of Micheál and Daniel Neeson.
Sherri Shepherd

**Sherri Evonne Shepherd**[1] (born April 22, 1967)[2] is an American actress, comedian, author, and television personality. She has appeared in several TV shows in recurring roles, and starred as Ramona Platt on the ABC sitcom *Less than Perfect* from 2002 to 2006, for which she was well received and was nominated for the BET Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2005.

From 2007 to 2014, Shepherd was a co-host on *The View*, for which she received multiple Daytime Emmy Awardnominations, winning one in 2009. In 2009, she starred in a sitcom of her own on Lifetime, *Sherri*, which was cancelled after one season, and also published the novel *Permission Slips: Every Woman's Guide to Giving Herself a Break*. In 2012, she appeared as a celebrity contestant on the fourteenth season of *Dancing with the Stars*.
Zoe Caldwell

**Zoe Caldwell**, OBE (born **Ada Caldwell**, 14 September 1933) is an Australian actress. She is a four-time Tony Awardwinner, winning Best Featured Actress in a Play for *Slapstick Tragedy* (1966), and Best Actress in a Play for *The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie* (1968), *Medea* (1982), and *Master Class* (1996). Her film appearances include *The Purple Rose of Cairo* (1985), *Birth* (2004), and *Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close* (2011). She is also the voice of the Grand Councilwoman in the *Lilo & Stitch* franchise.
Yvette Nicole Brown

**Yvette Nicole Brown** (born August 12, 1971) is an American actress, voice actress, and host. Brown has appeared in numerous commercials, television shows, and films throughout her career. She starred as Shirley Bennett on the NBC comedy series *Community*. She had a recurring role on the Nickelodeon sitcom *Drake & Josh* as Helen Dubois, and voiced the character Cookie on the American-Canadian animated series *Pound Puppies*. Brown also starred as Dani in the 2015 version of *The Odd Couple* on CBS and as Dina Rose on the ABC sitcom *The Mayor*. In 2018, she assumed the role of Nora, AA sponsor to Christy, the central character on *Mom*.

Brown has also had guest roles in television shows such as *That '70s Show*, *The Office*, *Boston Legal*, *Chuck*, and *The Soul Man*. In addition to television, she has had supporting roles in films such as *(500) Days of Summer*, *Tropic Thunder*, *Repo Men*, and *Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters*. She also voiced "Harper" from the video game *Minecraft: Story Mode* in addition to Cookie on *Pound Puppies*, Luna on *Elena of Avalor* and Principal Amanda Waller on *DC Super Hero Girls* She has hosted Syfy cosplay series *Cosplay Melee* and has been a frequent couch guest on *Talking Dead*. She has also served as a guest co-host on talk shows including *The View*, *The Talk*, *The Real* and *The Jeff Probst Show*.
Tom Arnold

**Thomas Duane Arnold** (born March 6, 1959) is an American actor and comedian.

He has appeared in several films, including *Nine Months* (1995), *The Stupids* (1996), *McHale's Navy* (1997), *Animal Factory* (2000), *Cradle 2 the Grave* (2003), *Mr. 3000* (2004), *Happy Endings* (2005), *The Great Buck Howard* (2008), and *Madea's Witness Protection* (2011). He was also the host of *The Best Damn Sports Show Period* for four years.
Tracee Ellis Ross

**Tracee Ellis Ross** (born **Tracee Joy Silberstein**; October 29, 1972) is an American actress, model, comedian, director, and television host. She is known for her lead roles in the comedy television series *Girlfriends* (2000–2008) and *Black-ish*(2014–present).[1]

Ross is the daughter of actress and Motown recording artist Diana Ross and her ex-husband Robert Ellis Silberstein. She began acting in independent films and variety series. She hosted the pop-culture magazine *The Dish* on Lifetime. From 2000 to 2008, she played the starring role of Joan Clayton in the UPN/CW comedy series *Girlfriends*, for which she received two NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series. She also has appeared in the films *Hanging Up* (2000), *I-See-You.Com* (2006), and *Daddy's Little Girls* (2007), before returning to television playing Dr. Carla Reed on the BET sitcom *Reed Between the Lines* (2011), for which she received her third NAACP Image Award.

Since 2014, Ross has played the starring role of Dr. Rainbow Johnson in the ABC comedy series *Black-ish*. Her work on the series has earned her three NAACP Image Awards and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy. She has also received nominations for two Critics' Choice Television Awards and three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
Tina Fey

**Elizabeth Stamatina** "**Tina**" **Fey** (/feɪ/; born May 18, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright. She is best known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series *Saturday Night Live* (1997–2006) and for creating the acclaimed comedy series *30 Rock* (2006–2013) and *Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt* (2015–2019). Fey is also known for her work in film, with starring roles in *Baby Mama* (2008), *Date Night* (2010), *Megamind* (2010), *Muppets Most Wanted* (2014), *Sisters* (2015), *Whiskey Tango Foxtrot* (2016), and *Wine Country* (2019).

Fey broke into comedy as a featured player in the Chicago-based improvisational comedy group The Second City. She then joined *SNL* as a writer, later becoming head writer and a performer, known for her position as co-anchor in the *Weekend Update* segment and, later, for her satirical portrayal of 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palinin subsequent guest appearances. In 2004, she co-starred in and wrote the screenplay for *Mean Girls*, which was adapted from the 2002 self-help book *Queen Bees and Wannabes*. After leaving *SNL* in 2006, Fey created the television series *30 Rock* for Broadway Video, a sitcom loosely based on her experiences at *SNL*. In the series, Fey starred as Liz Lemon, the head writer of a fictional sketch comedy series. In 2011, she released her memoir, *Bossypants*, which topped The New York Times Best Seller list for five weeks and garnered her a Grammy Award nomination. In 2015, she co-created the Netflix comedy series *Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt*. Fey created the musical adaptation *Mean Girls*, which premiered on Broadway in 2018, and earned her a Tony Award nomination.

Fey has received nine Primetime Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, five Screen Actors Guild Awards, and seven Writers Guild of America Awards. In 2008, the Associated Press gave Fey the AP Entertainer of the Year award for her Sarah Palin impression on *SNL*. In 2010, Fey was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, becoming the youngest-ever recipient of the award.
Soon-Tek Oh

**Soon-Tek Oh** (Korean: 오순택, *Oh Sun-taek* – also spelled as **Soon-Taek Oh** or **Soon-Taik Oh** or **Soon-Teck Oh**; June 29, 1932 – April 4, 2018[1]) was a Korean-American actor best known for the voice of Fa Zhou in Disney's *Mulan* and the direct-to-video sequel *Mulan II* and the sadistic Colonel Yin in *Missing in Action 2: The Beginning*. He has starred in many films, and also acted in television series, including *Stargate SG-1*, *MacGyver*, *M\*A\*S\*H,* *Charlie's Angels*, *Airwolf*, *Magnum, P.I.*, *Hawaii Five-O*, *Kung-Fu*, *Zorro*, *Baa Baa Black Sheep* and *Touched by an Angel*.
Scott Patterson

**Scott Gordon Patterson** (born September 11, 1958) is an American actor and musician. He is known for his role as Luke Danes in *Gilmore Girls* and Special Agent Peter Strahm in *Saw IV*, *Saw V* and *Saw VI*. He also starred as Michael Buchanan in the NBC drama series *The Event* and as a Tenctonese alien commander in the TV film *Alien Nation: Dark Horizon*.
Sofia Vergara

**Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara** (Spanish: [soˈfi.a βeɾˈɣaɾa]; born July 10, 1972)[1][2] is a Colombian-American actress, model, and comedian. Vergara rose to prominence while co-hosting two television shows for Spanish-language television network Univisión in the late 1990s. Her first notable acting job in English was in the film *Chasing Papi* (2003). Subsequently, she appeared in other films, including *Four Brothers* (2005) and two Tyler Perry films: *Meet the Browns*(2008) and *Madea Goes to Jail* (2009), receiving an ALMA Award nomination for the latter. Vergara's success on television has earned her roles in films *The Smurfs* (2011), *New Year's Eve* (2011), *The Three Stooges* (2012), *Machete Kills* (2013), *Chef* (2014), and *Hot Pursuit* (2015); and voice-over roles in *Happy Feet Two* (2011), *Escape from Planet Earth* (2013) and *The Emoji Movie* (2017). In 2012, 2013, and 2016, she was the top-earning actress on US television.[3]

Vergara stars on the ABC series *Modern Family* as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett, for which she has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and seven Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Steve Forrest

**Steve Forrest** (born **William Forrest Andrews**; September 29, 1925 – May 18, 2013) was an American actor who was well known for his role as Lt. Hondo Harrelson in the short-lived television series *S.W.A.T.* which ran from 1975 to 1976.[1]He was also known for his performance in *Mommie Dearest* (1981).
Topher Grace

**Christopher John Grace** (/ˈtoʊfər/; born July 12, 1978)[1] is an American actor. He is known for playing Eric Forman in the Fox sitcom *That '70s Show*, Eddie Brock / Venom in Sam Raimi's film *Spider-Man 3*, Pete Monash in *Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!*, Carter Duryea in *In Good Company*, Edwin in *Predators*, Getty in *Interstellar*, Adrian Yates in *American Ultra*, and David Duke in Spike Lee's film *BlacKkKlansman*. His other film roles include *Traffic*, *Mona Lisa Smile*, *Valentine's Day*, *Take Me Home Tonight*, *The Big Wedding*, *War Machine* and *Breakthrough*.
Steve Coogan

**Stephen John Coogan** (/ˈkuːɡən/; born 14 October 1965)[2] is an English actor, comedian, and producer. He began his career in the 1980s, working as a voice artist on the satirical puppet show *Spitting Image* and providing voiceovers for television advertisements. In the early 1990s, he began creating original comic characters. In 1999, he co-founded the production company Baby Cow Productions with Henry Normal.

While working with Armando Iannucci on *On the Hour* and *The Day Today*, Coogan developed Alan Partridge, a socially inept and politically incorrect media personality. Partridge has featured in several television series, and a 2013 film; *Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa*.

Coogan grew in prominence within the film industry in 2002, after starring in *The Parole Officer* and *24 Hour Party People*. He portrayed Phileas Fogg in the 2004 remake *Around the World in 80 Days* and co-starred with Rob Brydon in *The Trip*, *The Trip to Italy*, and *The Trip to Spain*, as well as *A Cock and Bull Story*. He also performs voice work.

Coogan has played dramatic roles, with *What Maisie Knew* (2012), and portrayed Paul Raymond in the biopic *The Look of Love* (2013) and Stan Laurel in *Stan & Ollie* (2018). In 2013, he co-wrote, produced, and starred in the film *Philomena*,[3] which earned him nominations at the Golden Globes and BAFTAs, and as well as two at the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture.
William Daniels

**William David Daniels** (born March 31, 1927) is an American actor, known for his roles as Dr. Mark Craig in the NBC drama *St. Elsewhere*, for which he won two Emmy Awards, and as Mr. Feeny in the ABC sitcom *Boy Meets World*. He was president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1999 to 2001.

He is also associated with his performances as the father of Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) in *The Graduate*(1967), as Howard in *Two for the Road*, as John Adams in the 1972 musical film *1776*, as Carter Nash in *Captain Nice*, and as the voice of KITT in *Knight Rider*. In 2014, he returned to his role as Mr. Feeny in *Girl Meets World*, the sequel to *Boy Meets World*.
Taye Diggs

**Scott Leo** "**Taye**" **Diggs** (born January 2, 1971) is an American actor and singer. He is known for his roles in the Broadway musicals *Rent* and *Hedwig and the Angry Inch*, the TV series *Private Practice*, the films *How Stella Got Her Groove Back*, *Brown Sugar, The Best Man* and its sequel, *The Best Man Holiday*. Between 2014 and 2016 he starred as Inspector Terry English in *Murder in the First*.
Tom Hardy

**Edward Thomas Hardy** CBE (born 15 September 1977) is an English actor and producer. After studying acting at the Drama Centre London, he made his film debut in Ridley Scott's *Black Hawk Down* (2001) and has since appeared in such films as *Star Trek: Nemesis* (2002), *RocknRolla* (2008), *Bronson* (2008), *Warrior* (2011), *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* (2011), *Lawless* (2012), *Locke* (2013), *The Drop* (2014), and *The Revenant* (2015), for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 2015, Hardy portrayed "Mad" Max Rockatansky in *Mad Max: Fury Road*and both Kray twins in *Legend*. He has appeared in three Christopher Nolan films: *Inception* (2010), *The Dark Knight Rises* (2012) as Bane, and *Dunkirk* (2017) as an RAF fighter-pilot. He starred as Eddie Brock / Venom in Marvel's antihero film *Venom* (2018).

Hardy's television roles include the HBO war drama miniseries *Band of Brothers* (2001), the BBC historical drama miniseries *The Virgin Queen* (2005), Bill Sikes in the BBC's miniseries *Oliver Twist* (2007), ITV's *Wuthering Heights*(2008), the Sky 1 drama series *The Take* (2009), and the BBC historical crime drama series *Peaky Blinders* (2013–17). He created, co-produced, and took the lead in the eight-part historical fiction series *Taboo* (2017) on BBC One and FX.[1]

Hardy has performed on both British and American stages. He was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Most Promising Newcomer for his role as Skank in the production of *In Arabia We'd All Be Kings* (2003), and was awarded the 2003 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Outstanding Newcomer for his performances in both *In Arabia We'd All Be Kings* and for his role as Luca in *Blood*. He starred in the production of *The Man of Mode* (2007) and received positive reviews for his role in the play *The Long Red Road* (2010).

Hardy is active in charity work and is an ambassador for the Prince's Trust.[2][3][4] He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2018 Birthday Honours for services to drama.[5][6]
Stephen Dorff

**Stephen Hartley Dorff Jr.** [2] (born July 29, 1973) is an American actor, known for portraying Roland West in *True Detective Season 3*, PK in *The Power of One*, Stuart Sutcliffe in *Backbeat*, Johnny Marco in Sofia Coppola's *Somewhere*, and for his roles in *Blade* as vampire-overlord Deacon Frost, *Cecil B. DeMented*, *The Motel Life*, *S.F.W.* and *Space Truckers*.
Wade Williams

**Wade Andrew Williams** (born December 24, 1961) is an American actor. He is known for his various character roles, and for his starring role as Brad Bellick on the Fox television series *Prison Break*. His film credits include *Flicka*, *Collateral*, *Ali* and *Erin Brockovich*. Additionally, Williams has also appeared on television in series such as *Charmed*, *Over There*, *Six Feet Under*, *24*, *NYPD Blue*, *CSI* and as Father Cronin on *The Bernie Mac Show*.

From 2005 to 2008, Williams starred as Brad Bellick, leader of the correctional officers at Fox River State Penitentiary in *Prison Break*.

He guest starred on an episode of the 8th and final season of *Monk*. He also took part in the music video "Welcome to My Truth" of American singer-songwriter Anastacia.

Williams appeared in *The Dark Knight Rises* as the warden of Blackgate Prison, an ode to his former role in *Prison Break*.

He is married to his wife Emma. They have a daughter and reside in Dallas.
William H. Macy

**William Hall Macy Jr.** (born March 13, 1950) is an American actor and director. His film career has been built on appearances in small, independent films, though he has also appeared in summer action films.[4] Macy has described himself as "sort of a Middle American, WASPy, Lutheran kind of guy... Everyman".[5]

Macy has won two Emmy Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for *Fargo*. Since 2011, he has played Frank Gallagher, a main character in the Showtimeadaptation of the British television series *Shameless*. Macy and actress Felicity Huffman have been married since 1997.
Woody Harrelson

**Woodrow Tracy Harrelson** (born July 23, 1961) is an American actor and playwright. His breakout role came in 1985 as bartender Woody Boyd in the television sitcom *Cheers*. He later became known for his portrayals of Billy Hoyle in *White Men Can't Jump* (1992), Mickey Knox in *Natural Born Killers* (1994), and Larry Flynt in *The People vs. Larry Flynt* (1996). More recent roles include Tallahassee in *Zombieland* (2009), Capt. Tony Stone in *The Messenger* (2009), Dave Brown in *Rampart* (2011), Charlie Frost in *2012* (2009), Haymitch Abernathy in *The Hunger Games* film series (2012–2015), Merritt McKinney in the *Now You See Me* film series (2013–2016), the Colonel in *War for the Planet of the Apes* (2017), Rex Walls in *The Glass Castle* (2017), Bill Willoughby in *Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri* (2017), Tobias Beckett in *Solo: A Star Wars Story* (2018), and Maney Gault in *The Highwaymen* (2019).

Harrelson has been nominated for an Academy Award three times; he was nominated for Best Actor for *The People vs. Larry Flynt* and Best Supporting Actor for *The Messenger* and *Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri*.[1] For his role in *Cheers*, he earned five Emmy Award nominations and won one in 1989.
Simon Pegg

**Simon John Pegg** (né **Beckingham**;[2][3] born 14 February 1970)[4] is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer.

Pegg came to public prominence in Britain as the co-creator of the Channel 4 sitcom *Spaced*, directed by Edgar Wright. He went on to co-write and star in the *Three Flavours Cornetto* film trilogy: *Shaun of the Dead* (2004), *Hot Fuzz* (2007), and *The World's End* (2013). He and Nick Frost wrote and starred in the sci-fi film *Paul* (2011). Pegg portrays Benji Dunnin the *Mission: Impossible* film series (2006–present) and played Montgomery Scott in *Star Trek* (2009), *Star Trek Into Darkness* (2013), and *Star Trek Beyond* (2016), co-writing the latter.
Valerie Bertinelli

**Valerie Anne Bertinelli** (born April 23, 1960) is an American actress and television personality. She is known for her roles as Barbara Cooper Royer on the sitcom *One Day at a Time* (1975–84), Gloria on the religious drama series *Touched by an Angel* (2001–03) and Melanie Moretti on the sitcom *Hot in Cleveland* (2010–15). Since 2015, she has hosted the cooking shows *Valerie's Home Cooking* and *Kids Baking Championship* on Food Network.
Sofia Wylie

**Sofia Wylie** (born January 7, 2004)[1] is an American actress and dancer. She gained prominence through her main role as Buffy Driscoll on the Disney Channel series *Andi Mack*. Her other roles include Cory Bailey in the 2019 film *Back of the Net*, Riri Williams in the *Marvel Rising* animated franchise, Mia Brooks in the Disney web series *Shook* and Gina Porter in the Disney+ series *High School Musical: The Musical: The Series*.
Susan Sarandon

**Susan Abigail Sarandon** (née **Tomalin**; born October 4, 1946)[2] is an American actress and activist. She has received an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, and has been nominated for nine Golden Globe Awards. Known for her social and political activism, she was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 1999 and received the Action Against Hunger Humanitarian Award in 2006.

Sarandon began her career in the film *Joe* (1970), before appearing in the soap opera *A World Apart* (1970–71). In 1974, she co-starred as a Zelda Fitzgerald surrogate in the TV movie *F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Last of the Belles'* and in 1975, she starred in *The Rocky Horror Picture Show*. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for *Atlantic City* (1980), *Thelma & Louise* (1991), *Lorenzo's Oil* (1992), and *The Client* (1994), before winning for *Dead Man Walking* (1995). She has also won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for *The Client*, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress for *Dead Man Walking*. Her other films include: *Pretty Baby* (1978), *The Hunger*(1983), *The Witches of Eastwick* (1987), *Bull Durham* (1988), *White Palace* (1990), *Little Women* (1994), *Stepmom*(1998), *Enchanted* (2007), *The Lovely Bones* (2009), *Tammy* (2014), *The Meddler* (2015), and *A Bad Moms Christmas*(2017).

She made her Broadway debut in *An Evening with Richard Nixon* in 1972 and went on to receive Drama Desk Awardnominations for the Off-Broadway plays, *A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking* (1979) and *Extremities* (1982). She returned to Broadway in the 2009 revival of *Exit the King*.

On television, she is a six-time Emmy Award nominee, including for her guest roles on the sitcoms *Friends* (2001) and *Malcolm in the Middle* (2002), and appearances in the TV films *Bernard and Doris* (2007) and *You Don't Know Jack*(2010). In 2017, Sarandon portrayed Bette Davis in the first season of FX's anthology series *Feud*, for which she was nominated for both acting and producing Emmys. She was also nominated for a Daytime Emmy award for executive producing *Cool Women in History* in 2002.
Sean Astin

**Sean Patrick Astin** (né **Duke**; born February 25, 1971) is an American actor, voice actor, director, and producer. His acting roles include Samwise Gamgee in *The Lord of the Rings* trilogy (2001–2003), Mikey Walsh in *The Goonies* (1985), Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger in *Rudy* (1993), Doug Whitmore in *50 First Dates* (2004), and Bob Newby in the second season of *Stranger Things* (2017–2019).[1]

He is a guest reader of BookPALS.
Tony Curtis

**Tony Curtis** (born **Bernard Schwartz**; June 3, 1925 – September 29, 2010) was an American film actor whose career spanned six decades but who achieved the height of his popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. He acted in more than 100 films in roles covering a wide range of genres, from light comedy to serious drama. In his later years, Curtis made numerous television appearances.

Although his early film roles mainly took advantage of his good looks, by the latter half of the 1950s he had demonstrated range and depth in numerous dramatic and comedy roles. In his earliest parts he acted in a string of mediocre films, including swashbucklers, westerns, light comedies, sports films and a musical. However, by the time he starred in *Houdini*(1953) with his wife Janet Leigh, "his first clear success," notes critic David Thomson, his acting had progressed immensely.[1][2]

He achieved his first serious recognition as a dramatic actor in *Sweet Smell of Success* (1957) with co-star Burt Lancaster. The following year he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in *The Defiant Ones* (1958) alongside Sidney Poitier (who was also nominated in the same category). Curtis then gave what could arguably be called his best performance: three interrelated roles in the comedy *Some Like It Hot* (1959). Thomson called it an "outrageous film," and an American Film Institute survey voted it the funniest American film ever made.[3] The film co-starred Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe, and was directed by Billy Wilder. That was followed by Blake Edwards’s *Operation Petticoat* (1959) with Cary Grant. They were both frantic comedies, and displayed his impeccable comic timing.[4] He often collaborated with Edwards on later films. In 1960, Curtis played a supporting role in *Spartacus*, which became another major hit for him.

His stardom and film career declined considerably after 1960. His most significant dramatic part came in 1968 when he starred in the true-life drama *The Boston Strangler*, which some consider his last major film role.[4] The part reinforced his reputation as a serious actor with his chilling portrayal of serial killer Albert DeSalvo.

He later starred alongside Roger Moore in the ITC TV series *The Persuaders!*, with Curtis playing American millionaire Danny Wilde. The series ran twenty-four episodes.

Curtis is the father of actresses Jamie Lee Curtis and Kelly Curtis by his first wife, actress Janet Leigh.[5][6]
Thurl Ravenscroft

**Thurl Arthur Ravenscroft** (/ˈθɜːrl ˈreɪvənzkrɒft/; February 6, 1914 – May 22, 2005) was an American voice actor and bass singer known as the booming voice behind Kellogg's Frosted Flakes animated spokesman Tony the Tiger for more than five decades. He was also the uncredited vocalist for the song "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" from the classic Christmas television special, Dr. Seuss' *How the Grinch Stole Christmas!*[1]

Ravenscroft did some voice-over work and singing for Disney in both the films and the attractions at Disneyland (which were later featured at Walt Disney World). The best known of these attractions are Haunted Mansion as a singing bust, Country Bear Jamboree, Mark Twain Riverboat, Pirates of the Caribbean, Disneyland Railroad, and Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room as "Fritz". His voice acting career began in 1940 and lasted until his death in 2005 at age 91.[2]
Tom Wilkinson

**Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson**[2] OBE (born 5 February 1948)[3][4] is an English actor. He has twice been nominated for an Academy Award, for his roles in *In the Bedroom* (2001) and *Michael Clayton* (2007). In 2009, he won Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Film for playing Benjamin Franklin in *John Adams*.
Steve Zahn

**Steven James Zahn** (/zɑːn/; born November 13, 1967) is an American actor and comedian. His films include *Reality Bites* (1994), *That Thing You Do!* (1996), *SubUrbia* (1996), *Out of Sight* (1998), *Happy, Texas* (1999), *Riding in Cars with Boys* (2001), *Shattered Glass* (2003), *Sahara* (2005), *Rescue Dawn* (2007), the first three *Diary of a Wimpy Kid* movies, *Dallas Buyers Club* (2013), and *War for the Planet of the Apes* (2017).

Zahn has done voice acting in *Chicken Little* (2005), *Escape from Planet Earth* (2013), and *The Good Dinosaur* (2015). He has also worked regularly in television, including the recurring role of Davis McAlary on HBO's *Treme* (2010 to 2013).
Wendie Malick

**Wendie Malick** (born December 13, 1950) is an American actress and former fashion model, known for her roles in various television comedies. She starred as Judith Tupper Stone in the HBO sitcom *Dream On*, and as Nina Van Horn in the NBC sitcom *Just Shoot Me!*, for which she was nominated for two Primetime Emmys and a Golden Globe Award.

She also starred as Victoria Chase in the TV Land comedy series *Hot in Cleveland*. She is also known for her recurring role as Ronee Lawrence on the final season of *Frasier*. Malick also played many character roles in films, including *Scrooged*, *The American President*, *Racing Stripes*, and *Confessions of a Shopaholic*, has made over 50 guest appearances on television shows, primarily on comedies, starred in a number of made for television movies, and works as a voice actress.