Famous Jewish actors and actresses
list of Famous Jewish actors and actresses And few singers
who are Jewish from there mother's side, both sides Or converted.
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who are Jewish from there mother's side, both sides Or converted.
Suggestions about other people that match this list are welcome!!
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101.
Corey Haim
Actor, The Lost Boys
Canadian-born Haim broke into the Film industry in 1984 as a young child caught up in a family war in the hit movie Firstborn. The following year he starred in the TV movie A Time to Live, for which he received an award, and Silver Bullet. Lucas, in which he starred alongside Charlie Sheen showed his ability, but was not a big hit...
102.
Aubrey Graham
Actor, Charlie Bartlett
Aubrey Drake Graham was born in Toronto,
Ontario, the son of Dennis Graham, an African-American musician born in
Memphis, Tennessee, and Sandi Graham, a Jewish-Canadian educator. As a
young man, Drake appeared in several commercials for such retailers as
Sears and GMC. In 2001, Drake rose to fame playing the role of Jimmy
Brooks...
104.
Tori Spelling
Actress, Trick
The daughter of Candy Spelling and Hollywood producer Aaron Spelling.
With her father as the producer of many popular television shows in the
1970s, Tori had a taste for fame. She appeared on many of her father's
shows, which gained her more praise for acting in comedies. Tori has a
younger brother Randy Spelling...
106.
Carter Jenkins
Actor, Aliens in the Attic
Carter Jenkins was born in Tampa, Florida.
For Carter, acting class began at only 7 years old as an after school
activity and a way to get out of his shell. He began by performing in
community theater and then went on to local and national commercials. At
the age of 10, he and his mother traveled to Los Angeles to explore
film and television opportunities...
107.
Sarah Silverman
Actress, The School of Rock
Sassy, sharp tongued actress / comedian / writer from Bedford, New Hampshire who first started out writing in the 1990s for Saturday Night Live, and then moved on to the HBO program Mr. Show with Bob and David.
Her quick wit and attractive features meant she was ideal on either
side of the camera, and Silverman soon broke into feature films with
appearances in Bulworth, There's Something About Mary and The Bachelor...
108.
Jason Alexander
Actor, The Soup Nazi
Jason Greenspan adopted the stage name
Jason Alexander while still in high school in New Jersey. He was soon
appearing in Broadway plays and movies, then in the hit TV series, Seinfeld, from 1990 to 1998. Alexander also directs and produces films.
110.
Fran Drescher
Writer, The Nanny
Francine Joy Drescher was born on September 30th, 1957 in Flushing, Queens, New York to Mort Drescher and Sylvia Drescher. Fran, as she is called, attended Hillcrest High school in New York with another now-famous name, Ray Romano. She was a studious girl and was quite popular. In fact, at age fifteen...
112.
Jamie-Lynn Sigler
Actress, Dark Ride
Jamie-Lynn Sigler has been acting and
singing since the age of 7. She got her start in New York regional
theater, and has since starred in over two dozen theatrical productions
including "Annie," "The Wizard of Oz," "The Sound of Music," "The Wiz,"
and "Gypsy." In the summer of 2001, she starred in...
113.
Scott Glenn
Actor, The Silence of the Lambs
Scott Glenn was born January, 26, 1941, in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As he grew up in Appalachia, his health was
poor; he was bedridden for a year and doctors predicted he would limp
for the rest of his life. During long periods of illness, Glenn was
reading a lot and "dreaming of becoming Lord Byron". He challenged his
illness by intense training programs and eventually got rid of his
limp...
114.
Victor Garber
Actor, Titanic
A leading player on Broadway for over two decades, Victor Garber
has appeared in comedies and musicals in New York to applause and Tony
nominations, but his career in TV and films has been limited to mostly
supporting parts. Garber's first stage success of note came in his
native Canada, where he...
115.
Gregg Sulkin
Actor, Avalon High
Gregg was born in London, England where he
attended Highgate School. He made his acting debut in 2002, with the
mini-series Doctor Zhivago. Gregg recently played the lead role of Will
Wagner in the Disney Channel Original movie "Avalon High", which
premiered on November 12th, 2010. Currently, you can see him in his
recurring role of Alex Russo's werewolf boyfriend...
117.
Ally Sheedy
Actress, The Breakfast Club
While at New York's Bank Street School,
12-year-old Ally Sheedy wrote about a mythical encounter between Queen
Elizabeth I and an inquisitive mouse. The result, "She Was Nice to
Mice", was published by McGraw-Hill and became an instant best seller.
Although it proved a springboard to an acting career...
118.
Lisa Bonet
Actress, Enemy of the State
Lisa Bonet was born in San Francisco but
has lived most of her life in New York and Los Angeles, where she
attended Reseda High School and Celluloid Actor's Studio. Lisa is the
child of a Jewish mother and a black father who was a music teacher. Her
parents divorced when she was young, and she began acting in
commercials at the age of 11...
119.
Noah Wyle
Actor, Donnie Darko
One of six children in a blended family,
Noah had early support for his acting ambitions from his stepfather,
film restorationist James C. Katz.
He had small parts in high school productions (and won an award for a
play he wrote). He participated in a Northwestern University theater
program, and was hooked - acting rather than college after high
school...
121.
Judd Nelson
Actor, The Breakfast Club
Born in Portland, Maine to attorney
Leonard Nelson and his wife, Merle Nelson, (attorney and state
assemblywoman), Judd attended St. Paul's preparatory school in Concord,
New Hampshire before majoring in philosophy at the prestigious Haverford
College in Pennsylvania. The acting bug bit when he went to watch a
friend's audition and was obliged to audition in order to stay. He won
the role...
122.
Marla Sokoloff
Actress, Dude, Where's My Car?
Born and raised in San Francisco, Marla Sokoloff
moved to Los Angeles in 1994 and enrolled in the Los Angeles County
High School of the Arts, where she studied theater and music. She won
numerous awards and accolades for her singing, performing the national
anthem at such high profile events as the Oakland A's baseball games and
for the USO...
123.
Christopher Guest
Actor, This Is Spinal Tap
US-born actor, director, writer, musician,
and composer best known for his hilarious mockumentaries, poking fun at
heavy metal music, small town theater, dog shows and folk music.
Christopher Haden-Guest was born February 5th, 1948, in New York City to
an American mother and a British father, Peter Haden-Guest, the fourth
Baron of Saling in the County of Essex...
124.
Scott Mechlowicz
Actor, EuroTrip
Scott David Mechlowicz was born in New
York City, then raised in Plano, Texas. He graduated from Plano Senior
High School and after one semester of university in Texas, he studied at
and graduated from UCLA in 2003. His career began with Neverland, a short film, then the teen-comedy film EuroTrip, followed by an independent film, Mean Creek. He resides in New York City, New York.
128.
Amy Winehouse
Soundtrack, Life as We Know It
Amy Winehouse was a five-time Grammy
Award-winning English singer-songwriter known for such hits as 'Rehab'
and 'You Know I'm No Good' among her other works. She was born Amy Jade
Winehouse, on September 14, 1983, in Enfield, London, England to a
Jewish family with Russian ancestry on her mother's side...
129.
Kate Capshaw
Actress, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Capshaw worked as a teacher with an MA in
Learning Disabilities. Her desire to be an actress led her to New York
where she landed a role on the soap The Edge of Night. She met her future husband, Steven Spielberg while beating out 120 actresses for the female lead in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
132.
Bob Dylan
Soundtrack, Forrest Gump
Robert Allen Zimmerman was born 24 May
1941 in Duluth, Minnesota; his father Abe worked for the Standard Oil
Co. Six years later the family moved to Hibbing, often the coldest place
in the US, where he taught himself piano and guitar and formed several
high school rock bands. In 1959 he entered the University of Minnesota
and began performing as Bob Dylan at clubs in Minneapolis and St...
133.
Helen Slater
Actress, The Secret of My Succe$s
Helen Slater was born Helen Rachel
Schlacter to Gerald Schlachter and Alice Joan Citrin, in Massapequa,
Long Island, New York. Appearing in many shows as a child, she attended
the New York High School of Performing Arts, graduating in 1982. Having
made her acting debut in Amy & the Angel, co-starring with James Earl Jones and Matthew Modine...
137.
Mandy Patinkin
Actor, The Princess Bride
Mandy Patinkin was born "Mandel Bruce
Patinkin" to Lester, a scrap metal dealer and Doris "Doralee". His first
name was a tribute to his grandfather. Growing up he began singing in
synagogue choirs at the age of 13-14 and still continues to use his
fantastic voice in musicals and in recordings. Attending...
138.
Brooke Burke Charvet
Brooke Burke is recognized worldwide as the hottest tour guide and adrenaline junkie on E!'s popular travel series, Wild On...
seen in 120 countries and in more than 400 million homes. She has
graced numerous magazine covers, has top-selling swimsuit calendars and
is regularly ranked in men's magazines as one of the sexiest women in
the world today...
141.
Rena Sofer
Actress, General Hospital
Rena was born in Arcadia, California. She
moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania when her parents divorced. Her father
is an Conservative Jewish Rabbi. Her mother teaches psychology. She was
discovered at age 15 by a New York talent agent. She appeared on Another World for a short time and then went to Loving...
142.
Dyan Cannon
Actress, Revenge of the Pink Panther
Perhaps best known for her trademark curly
blond tresses and her faithful appearances at L.A. Lakers basketball
games, Dyan Cannon has enjoyed nearly fifty years in the entertainment
industry. Born Samille Diane Friesen in Tacoma, Washington, Cannon had
early dreams of becoming an actress. She made her screen debut with a
small part in the critically acclaimed crime drama The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond...
143.
Fred Savage
Actor, The Princess Bride
Fred Savage was born July 9, 1976. he began acting at age 9 with Jay Underwood in The Boy Who Could Fly. At the age of twelve, he was cast the lead role of the series The Wonder Years. It became a good show, and on the pilot, he got his first kiss. He was later in the movie Vice Versa with Judge Reinhold and then in Little Monsters...
144.
Brad Garrett
Actor, Finding Nemo
Standing 6 feet 8-1/2 inches tall, Garrett
grew up in Woodland Hills outside of Los Angeles. His father was a
hearing aid specialist working in geriatrics and his mother was a
housewife. Garrett spent a whopping six weeks at UCLA before going into
stand-up comedy full time. He began performing his act at various Los
Angeles comedy clubs...
145.
Kevin Pollak
Actor, The Usual Suspects
Born in San Francisco in 1957 and a
stand-up comedy performer at age 10, actor Kevin Pollak turned
professional comedian a decade later and was puttering around from city
to city when film roles beckoned. Pollak refocused thereafter on acting
in what would be a wise and profitable career move. Landing his first
film role in George Lucas' Willow...
147.
Paula Abdul
Self, Brüno
Paula Abdul grew up in the San Fernando
Valley, California. She began taking dance lessons when she was eight.
She attended Van Nuys High School, where she was senior class president
and head cheerleader. After graduating in 1980, she started college at
Cal State-Northridge, majoring in TV and radio...
150.
Jonathan Lipnicki
Actor, Jerry Maguire
Jonathan was born in Westlake Village, CA
to Rhonda and Joe Lipnicki. At the age of five Jonathan Lipnicki
received global acclaim as he carried his own with Tom Cruise and Renee
Zellweger in the Academy Award-winning film Jerry Maguire. After this
breakout role, Jonathan had become a widely-recognizable celebrity...
151.
Mark Feuerstein
Actor, What Women Want
Mark Feuerstein got his break-through on television as a recurring character on the daytime soap opera Loving.
Most of the people in his family are lawyers. He was a high school
state championship wrestler. He enjoys mountain-biking, wrestling,
dancing (hip-hop to salsa) and jogging. He got...
154.
Noah Emmerich
Actor, The Truman Show
Born and raised in New York City, he
attended Yale University, where he sang with the a capella group the
Yale Spizzwinks. He attended NYU Film School where he wrote and directed
an award winning short film called "The Painter." Emmerich came to
prominence with starring roles in the cult hit Beautiful Girls and the Jim Carrey blockbuster The Truman Show...
158.
Justin Berfield
Actor, Who's Your Daddy?
Actor/Producer Justin Berfield has spent
the majority of his life in front of cameras. At the age of five, he
auditioned for his first commercial for Folgers Coffee, and soon
thereafter, appeared in over 20 national commercials. Berfield made his
television series debut at the age of six, when he co-starred in 'The
Good Life' with Drew Carey...
160.
Ian Ziering
Actor, Guiding Light
Ian Ziering began working in television and radio commercials when he was 12 years old. Besides Beverly Hills, 90210, his television work included a stint on the daytime drama, Guiding Light. He is also the voice of Vinnie in the syndicated cartoon Biker Mice from Mars and one of the voices on the animated series Mighty Ducks...
161.
Mili Avital
Actress, Stargate
Mili Avital began her career at the age of
17 in Christopher Hampton's Dangerous Liaisons, at the Cameri Theater
of Tel- Aviv. Among her Israeli films, she won the 1992 Israeli Academy
Award for Best Supporting Actress for Over the Ocean. Arriving in New
York in 1994, she was immediately cast as the female lead in Roland
Emmerich's Stargate...
164.
Jordana Spiro
Actress, Trespass
Born and raised in Manhattan, Spiro
studied at the Circle in the Square Theatre School and briefly attended
the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. Spiro splits her time
between Los Angeles and New York. In addition to acting, Spiro has a
passion for photography, and has produced and directed several shorts.
Last fall, she began the MFA Program in Filmmaking at Columbia
University...
165.
Ben Savage
Actor, Little Monsters
Bennett "Ben" Joseph Savage was born on September 13th, 1980, in Chicago, Illinois. He's the younger brother of Fred Savage, the star of The Wonder Years,
whom he credits for inspiring him to become an actor. Ben got his start
in acting when he appeared in his first commercial at the tender age of
5...
167.
Robert Kazinsky
Actor, Christmas Day 2008: Part 1
Robert Kazinsky was born in Cuckfield
England and grew up in the seaside town of Brighton on Englands southern
Coast. Kazinsky studied Theatre at the Guildford School of Acting from
2002-2005 graduating with full honors, shortly thereafter he was cast as
the enigmatic Footballer Casper Rose in Sky Ones Footballing Drama
Dream Team...
170.
Mare Winningham
Actress, Turner & Hooch
Mary 'Mare' Megan Winningham is an actress
and songwriter who has appeared in nearly 100 TV shows and feature
films. She began her career in 1976 as a singer, and starred in numerous
and diverse film roles before hitting it big as one of the original
Brat Pack in Joel Schumacher's St. Elmo's Fire with Emilio Estevez, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, and Ally Sheedy...
172.
Mayim Bialik
Actress, Beaches
Mayim Bialik grew up in San Diego and got her first acting job (Pumpkinhead) when she was just 12 years old. A number of TV roles followed until in 1990 she was cast in Blossom,
the role which made her famous. By 1993, while Blossom was still
airing, she had already won a deferred place at Harvard and was also
accepted by Yale but chose in the end to attend UCLA...
173.
Abe Vigoda
Actor, The Godfather
Tall, dour-faced and slouch-shouldered
character actor who has proved himself in both gritty dramatic roles and
as an actor with wonderful comedic timing. Vigoda was the son of a
Lower East Side tailor. He made his first stage appearance at the age of
17 and plodded away in small theatre shows for over 20 years...
175.
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178.
Scott Weinger
Actor, Aladdin
Scott Eric Weinger (pronounced wine-gur)
was born in New York, New York, on October 5, 1975, to Babs Weinger, a
teacher, and Elliott Weinger, an orthopedic surgeon. The eldest of four
children, Scott has two brothers and one sister. He spent the majority
of his formative years in southern Florida, then moved with his family
to Los Angeles when his career began to take off...
185.
Eli Marienthal
Actor, The Iron Giant
Eli Marienthal was born on March 6, 1986,
in Santa Monica, California, though he has lived most of his life in
Berkeley. His career started in Bay Area theatres, where he has
performed in "Missing Persons," "The Cryptogram," "Hecuba," "A Midsummer
Night's Dream," "Every 17 Minutes the Crowd Goes Crazy," and "The Life
of Galileo." His parents' names are Joe and Lola...
186.
Allan Corduner
Actor, Gladiator
Born in Stockholm, Sweden to a German
mother and Russo-Finnish father, Allan Corduner moved to England with
his parents at the age of one year old, growing up in London. His
parents were artistic and encouraged his early ambition to become a
concert pianist - he is still extremely accomplished on the piano...
189.
Gila Golan
Actress, Our Man Flint
Gila Golan's career started as an Israeli
fashion model, which led to appearances as a film actress. She was
apparently born in Krakow, Poland, for she was discovered there in a
train station during the German occupation in 1940. She was adopted by a
Roman Catholic couple and later sent to a boarding...
191.
Dinah Manoff
Actress, Grease
Dinah Manoff began her professional career
in the PBS production of "The Great Cherub Knitwear Strike". After
subsequent guest appearances on various television series, she received a
Tony Award in 1980 for her performance in the Broadway production of Neil Simon's "I Ought To Be In Pictures", a role she reprised in the film version...
193.
Walter Koenig
Walter Koenig has had a recurring role of the quintessential scoundrel Bester on the television series Babylon 5.
He has been the "Special Guest Star" in twelve episodes and, at the end
of the third season, the production company applied for an Emmy
nomination on his behalf. He once again plays Bester in the spin-off
series Crusade...
194.
Louise Lasser
Actress, Requiem for a Dream
The daughter of tax specialist S. J.
Lasser, comedy actress Louise Lasser must have started off lightening
things up considerably in her own household. She first won notice
singing in Greenwich Village dives, improvisational revues and on
Broadway in the early 1960s. Probably best known as the second Mrs...
196.
Paul Reiser
Actor, Aliens
Paul Reiser is one of a handful of
stand-up comedians who, in the the 1990s, were given the opportunity to
create their own sitcoms. "Mad About You," which co-starred Emmy winner
Helen Hunt as his wife, was a huge success and enjoyed a very long and
very comfortable run, placing Paul squarely on the entertainment map...
198.
Jonah Hill
Actor, Superbad
Hill grew up in Los Angeles, the son of a tour accountant for Guns N' Roses (Richard Feldstein).
He graduated from Crossroads School in Santa Monica and went on to The
New School in New York to study drama. He began writing and performing
in plays while at college in New York, and managed to get himself
introduced to Dustin Hoffman...
199.
Jeremy Piven
Actor, Old School
Born in Manhattan and raised in Evanston, Illinois, he is an alumnus of the Piven Theatre Workshop founded by his parents (Byrne Piven and Joyce Hiller Piven) and a one time Chicago stage actor.
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