100 Notable alumni of Juilliard School

Updated: June 13, 2026 EliteDegrees

Juilliard School is ranked #3,768 in the world and #993 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Juilliard School sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Juilliard School won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Lorraine Toussaint

1. Lorraine Toussaint

1960-. (aged 66)
stage actor television actor film producer actor film actor
Lorraine Toussaint is a Trinidadian–born actress based in the United States. She is the recipient of various accolades, including a Black Reel Award, a Critics' Choice Television Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
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Cleavon Little

2. Cleavon Little

1939-1992 (aged 53)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
Cleavon Jake Little was an American stage, film and television actor. He began his career in the late 1960s on the stage. In 1970, he starred in the Broadway production of Purlie, for which he earned both a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award. His first leading television role was that of the irreverent Dr. Jerry Noland on the...
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Tom Blyth

3. Tom Blyth

1995-. (aged 31)
actor
Tom Keir Blyth is an English actor. He took an interest in drama from a young age, studying acting at the Central Junior Television Workshop and at the Juilliard School. He had his first lead role in the film Scott and Sid (2018), and has since starred as Glen Byam Shaw in Benediction (2021), Coriolanus Snow in The Hunger Games:...
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John McTiernan

4. John McTiernan

1951-. (aged 75)
screenwriter director film director film producer actor
John Campbell McTiernan Jr. is an American film director, producer and writer best known for his work in the action film genre. His films include Predator (1987), Die Hard (1988), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Last Action Hero (1993), The Thomas Crown Affair and The 13th Warrior (both 1999).
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Tracie Thoms

5. Tracie Thoms

1975-. (aged 51)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
Tracie Thoms is an American actress and singer. She is known for her roles in Rent, Cold Case, The Devil Wears Prada, Death Proof, the Fox television series Wonderfalls; as of 2018 she has been a recurring cast member of the police and firefighter TV drama 9-1-1. She also portrayed Charlotte in the Broadway revival of Falsettos.
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Jon Tenney

6. Jon Tenney

1961-. (aged 65)
television actor stage actor television director film actor
Jonathan Frederick Tenney is an American actor. He played Special Agent Fritz Howard in TNT's The Closer and continued in its spin-off Major Crimes.
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Robert Aramayo

7. Robert Aramayo

1992-. (aged 34)
actor
Robert Michael Aramayo is an English actor. From 2016 to 2017, he played the role of young Eddard Stark in the sixth and seventh season of the HBO series Game of Thrones. In 2021, he starred in the Netflix psychological thriller miniseries Behind Her Eyes. Since 2022, he has played Elrond in the Amazon series The Lord of the Rings:...
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Kyle Gass

8. Kyle Gass

1960-. (aged 66)
stage actor actor composer singer-songwriter guitarist
Kyle Richard Gass is an American musician, actor and comedian, best known for being a member of Tenacious D, a Grammy-winning comedy band. He is also a member of Trainwreck and the Kyle Gass Band.
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Michael Beach

9. Michael Beach

1963-. (aged 63)
actor television actor film actor voice actor stage actor
Michael Anthony Beach is an American actor. He has appeared in the films Lean on Me (1989), One False Move (1992), True Romance (1993), Short Cuts (1993), Waiting to Exhale (1995), A Family Thing (1996), Soul Food (1997), Aquaman (2018), If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), and Saw X (2023). On television, he played Al Boulet on the NBC medical...
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Justine Lupe

10. Justine Lupe

1989-. (aged 37)
film director film producer film actor television writer screenwriter
Justine Lupe-Schomp is an American actress. She gained prominence for her role as Willa Ferreyra in the HBO drama series Succession (2018–2023). She is also known for her recurring roles in the sitcom Cristela (2014–2015), the crime drama Mr. Mercedes (2017–2019), the period comedy series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017–2023), and as Morgan Williams in the romantic comedy series Nobody...
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Leslie Uggams

11. Leslie Uggams

1943-. (aged 83)
singer stage actor television actor actor film actor
Leslie Marian Uggams is an American actress and singer. After beginning her career as a child in the early 1950s, she garnered acclaim for her role in the Broadway musical Hallelujah, Baby!, winning a Theatre World Award in 1967 and the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 1968. Uggams gained wider recognition for portraying Kizzy Reynolds in...
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Teyonah Parris

12. Teyonah Parris

1987-. (aged 39)
film actor actor television actor
Teyonah Parris is an American actress. A graduate of Juilliard School, she began acting in 2010. Her first prominent roles were in the drama series Mad Men (2012–2015) and in the independent film Dear White People (2014). She then appeared in the drama series Empire (2014), Spike Lee's crime comedy Chi-Raq (2015), and the drama film If Beale Street Could...
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Lori Singer

13. Lori Singer

1957-. (aged 69)
musician cellist film producer film actor model
Lori Singer is an American actress and musician. The daughter of conductor Jacques Singer, she was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, and raised in Portland, Oregon, where her father served as the lead conductor of the Oregon Symphony from 1962 to 1972. Singer was a musical prodigy, making her debut as a cellist with the Oregon Symphony at thirteen, and...
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Garrett Morris

14. Garrett Morris

1937-. (aged 89)
singer stage actor television actor actor film actor
Garrett Isaac Morris is an American actor, comedian and singer. He was part of the original cast and was the first Black cast member of the sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live, appearing from 1975 to 1980.
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Dallas Roberts

15. Dallas Roberts

1970-. (aged 56)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
Dallas Mark Roberts is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Milton Mamet in the third season of AMC's The Walking Dead (2012–2013), Eliot Delson in Unforgettable, and Owen Cavanaugh in The Good Wife. He also starred in the Netflix comedy Insatiable.
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Henry Mancini

16. Henry Mancini

1924-1994 (aged 70)
pianist flautist composer music arranger conductor
Henry Mancini was an American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flutist. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four Academy Awards, a Golden Globe, and twenty Grammy Awards, plus a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995.
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Robert James O'Neill

17. Robert James O'Neill

1976-. (aged 50)
military personnel sailor soldier motivational speaker veteran
Robert J. O'Neill is a former United States Navy SEAL (1996–2012), TV news contributor, and author. After participating in May 2011's Operation Neptune Spear with SEAL Team Six, O'Neill was the subject of controversy for claiming to be the sole individual to kill Osama bin Laden.
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Itzhak Perlman

18. Itzhak Perlman

1945-. (aged 81)
violinist conductor professor
Itzhak Perlman is an Israeli-American violinist. He has performed worldwide and throughout the United States, in venues that have included a state dinner for Elizabeth II at the White House in 2007, and at the 2009 inauguration of Barack Obama. He has conducted the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Westchester Philharmonic. In 2015, he was awarded the...
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Eriq La Salle

19. Eriq La Salle

1962-. (aged 64)
actor television actor screenwriter film actor film director
Erik Ki La Salle, professionally known as Eriq La Salle, is an American actor, director, writer and producer. La Salle is known for his performance as Dr. Peter Benton in the NBC medical drama ER (1994–2002; 2008–2009) which earned him three NAACP Image Awards and nominations for a Golden Globe Award and three Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Sam Witwer

20. Sam Witwer

1977-. (aged 49)
musician television actor voice actor actor film actor
Sam Witwer is an American actor and voice actor. He is known for his roles as Crashdown in Battlestar Galactica, Davis Bloome in Smallville, Aidan Waite in Being Human, Mr. Hyde in Once Upon a Time, Ben Lockwood in Supergirl, and Rupert Chipping in Riverdale.
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Erin Krakow

21. Erin Krakow

1984-. (aged 42)
stage actor television actor co-producer executive producer actor
Erin Krakow is an American actress and producer. She appeared in the Lifetime TV series Army Wives, and stars as Elizabeth Thatcher in the Hallmark TV series When Calls the Heart.
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Danielle Brooks

22. Danielle Brooks

1989-. (aged 37)
actor
Danielle Brooks is an American actress. After studying drama at the Juilliard School she earned her breakthrough in television before expanding to theater and film. She has received a Grammy Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award.
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Nicole Beharie

23. Nicole Beharie

1985-. (aged 41)
television actor stage actor singer film actor
Nicole Beharie is an American actress. She is best known for her starring roles in films such as the drama American Violet, the psychological drama Shame (2011), the biographical sports drama 42 (2013), and the independent drama Miss Juneteenth (2020).
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Corey Hawkins

24. Corey Hawkins

1988-. (aged 38)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
Corey Antonio Hawkins is an American actor. He rose to prominence for his role in the TV series The Walking Dead (2015–2016), as well as his portrayal of Dr. Dre in the 2015 film Straight Outta Compton, the latter of which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. He is also known for his performances on Broadway starring in...
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Michael Giacchino

25. Michael Giacchino

1967-. (aged 59)
composer television director television actor music executive film producer
Michael Giacchino is an American film, television, and video game score composer. He has received many accolades for his work, including an Academy Award for Up (2009), an Emmy for Lost (2004), and three Grammy Awards.
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David Garrett

26. David Garrett

1980-. (aged 46)
model music arranger recording artist actor violinist
David Christian Bongartz, known by his stage name David Garrett, is a German classical and crossover violinist and recording artist.
Monica Raymund

27. Monica Raymund

1986-. (aged 40)
stage actor film director television actor actor film actor
Monica Raymund is an American actress and director, known for her roles as Maria "Ria" Torres in the Fox crime drama Lie to Me (2009–2011), Dana Lodge in the CBS legal drama The Good Wife (2011–2012), Gabriela Dawson in the NBC drama Chicago Fire (2012–2019) and Jackie Quiñones in the Starz crime drama Hightown (2020–2024).
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James Marsters

28. James Marsters

1962-. (aged 64)
composer guitarist television actor singer actor
James Wesley Marsters is an American actor, musician, singer, comic book writer, and audiobook narrator.
David Denman

29. David Denman

1973-. (aged 53)
film actor actor television actor
David Denman is an American actor. He made his film debut in The Replacements (2000) before his breakout role as Roy Anderson on the NBC sitcom The Office (2005–2008; 2011–2012), which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award.
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Chick Corea

30. Chick Corea

1941-2021 (aged 80)
composer recording artist pianist jazz musician
Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea was an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader, and occasional percussionist. His compositions "Spain", "500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba", and "Windows" are considered jazz standards.
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Wendell Pierce

31. Wendell Pierce

1963-. (aged 63)
autobiographer radio personality film producer film actor television actor
Wendell Edward Pierce is an American actor and businessman. Having trained at Juilliard School, Pierce rose to prominence as a character actor of stage and screen. He first gained recognition portraying Detective Bunk Moreland in the HBO drama series The Wire from 2002 to 2008.
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Carrie Preston

32. Carrie Preston

1967-. (aged 59)
film producer television actor film editor film actor stage actor
Carrie Preston is an American actress, director, and producer. She is best known for her roles as Arlene Fowler in the HBO fantasy drama series True Blood (2008–2014) and as Elsbeth Tascioni in the CBS legal drama series The Good Wife (2010–2016) and the two spinoffs The Good Fight (2017–2022) and Elsbeth (2024–present). For her work on The Good Wife,...
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Philip Glass

33. Philip Glass

1937-. (aged 89)
librettist pianist film score composer supporting actor composer
Philip Glass is an American composer and pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century. Glass' work has been associated with minimalism, being built up from repetitive phrases and shifting layers. He described himself as a composer of "music with repetitive structures", which he has helped to evolve stylistically.
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Kevin Conroy

34. Kevin Conroy

1955-2022 (aged 67)
dub actor stage actor television actor voice actor film actor
Kevin Conroy was an American actor. He appeared in a variety of stage performances, television series, and television films. Conroy earned fame for voicing the DC Comics superhero Batman in various animated media, beginning with Batman: The Animated Series in 1992. Conroy went on to voice the character for dozens of animated television series, feature films, and video games over...
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Alan Greenspan

35. Alan Greenspan

1926-. (aged 100)
jazz musician banker politician entrepreneur economist
Alan Greenspan is an American economist who served as the 13th chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006. He worked as a private adviser and provided consulting for firms through his company, Greenspan Associates LLC.
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Audra McDonald

36. Audra McDonald

1970-. (aged 56)
musician film actor stage actor television actor actor
Audra Ann McDonald is an American singer and actress. Primarily known for her work on the Broadway stage, she has won six Tony Awards, more performance wins than any other actor, and is the only person to win in all four acting categories. As of the 78th Tony Awards, she has earned a record-breaking eleven nominations.
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Nelsan Ellis

37. Nelsan Ellis

1977-2017 (aged 40)
television actor film producer actor film actor
Nelsan Ellis was an American actor. He achieved critical acclaim for his portrayal of Lafayette Reynolds in the HBO television series True Blood (2008–2014), for which he won a Satellite Award from the International Press Academy, among other accolades. He also starred as Shinwell Johnson in Elementary from 2016 to 2017, and played a variety of guest roles on television.
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Luke Macfarlane

38. Luke Macfarlane

1980-. (aged 46)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
Thomas Luke Macfarlane is a Canadian actor and former singer. He is known for playing Scotty Wandell on the ABC television drama Brothers & Sisters (2006–2011), RAC Agent D'avin Jaqobis on the Space television science fiction series Killjoys (2015–2019), the romantic lead in a number of Hallmark Channel movies, and Aaron Shepard in the gay romantic comedy film Bros (2022).
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Elizabeth Reaser

39. Elizabeth Reaser

1975-. (aged 51)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
Elizabeth Ann Reaser is an American film, television, and stage actress. Her work includes the films Stay, The Family Stone, Sweet Land, Against the Current, The Twilight Saga, Young Adult, and Ouija: Origin of Evil, and the TV series Saved, Grey's Anatomy, The Ex-List, The Good Wife, True Detective, The Handmaid's Tale, and The Haunting of Hill House.
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Elia Kazan

40. Elia Kazan

1909-2003 (aged 94)
film director actor writer film screenwriter film producer
Elias Kazantzoglou, known as Elia Kazan, was a Greek-American film and theatre director, producer, screenwriter and actor, described by The New York Times as "one of the most honored and influential directors in Broadway and Hollywood history".
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Phillipa Soo

41. Phillipa Soo

1990-. (aged 36)
actor television actor musical theatre actor voice actor stage actor
Phillipa Anne Soo is an American actress. Known for her leading roles on Broadway primarily in musicals, she has received two Grammy Awards along with nominations for a Tony Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.
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Yo-Yo Ma

42. Yo-Yo Ma

1955-. (aged 71)
music educator cellist composer
Yo-Yo Ma is an American cellist. Born to Chinese parents in Paris, he was regarded as a child prodigy, and began to study the cello with his father at age four. At the age of seven, Ma moved with his family to Boston and later to New York City, where he continued his cello studies at the Juilliard School before...
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Lynn Collins

43. Lynn Collins

1977-. (aged 49)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
Viola Lynn Collins is an American actress. She has made television appearances in True Blood (2008), Manhunt: Unabomber (2017) and The Walking Dead (2021–2022), and is recognized for her roles in films such as X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) and John Carter (2012).
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Patti LuPone

44. Patti LuPone

1949-. (aged 77)
singer television actor film actor voice actor stage actor
Patti Ann LuPone is an American actress and singer. After starting her professional career with The Acting Company in 1972, she soon gained acclaim for her leading performances on the Broadway and West End stage. Known for playing bold, resilient women in musical theater, she has received numerous accolades, including three Tony Awards, two Olivier Awards, and two Grammy Awards....
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Doug Hutchison

45. Doug Hutchison

1960-. (aged 66)
talent manager children's writer film producer film actor television actor
Doug Anthony Hutchison is an American actor known for his character roles in film and television, often playing disturbed and antagonistic characters. He was nominated for a Satellite Award for his portrayal of the sadistic corrections officer Percy Wetmore in the 1999 film adaptation of the Stephen King novel The Green Mile.
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Glenn Howerton

46. Glenn Howerton

1976-. (aged 50)
comedian film producer actor film actor screenwriter
Glenn Franklin Howerton III is an American actor, writer, and producer. He is best known for playing Dennis Reynolds on the FX/FXX sitcom It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005–present), which he co-developed and on which he serves as an executive producer and writer alongside the other main cast members.
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Wilford Brimley

47. Wilford Brimley

1934-2020 (aged 86)
bodyguard television actor comedian actor blacksmith
Anthony Wilford Brimley was an American actor. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and working odd jobs in the 1950s, Brimley started working as an extra and stuntman in Western films in the late 1960s. He became an established character actor in the 1970s and 1980s in films such as The China Syndrome (1979), The Thing (1982), Tender Mercies...
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Marcia Cross

48. Marcia Cross

1962-. (aged 64)
film actor actor television actor
Marcia Cross is an American actress. She acted in daytime soap operas such as The Edge of Night, Another World, and One Life to Live before moving to primetime television with a recurring role on Knots Landing. From 1992 to 1997, she starred as Kimberly Shaw on Melrose Place. Cross played the role of the housewife Bree Van de Kamp...
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Bebe Neuwirth

49. Bebe Neuwirth

1958-. (aged 68)
voice actor stage actor television actor actor ballet dancer
Beatrice Jane "Bebe" Neuwirth is an American actress, singer, and dancer. Known for her roles on stage and screen, she has received two Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and two Drama Desk Awards.
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Steve Guttenberg

50. Steve Guttenberg

1958-. (aged 68)
actor television actor screenwriter film actor film director
Steven Robert Guttenberg is an American actor, author, businessman, producer, and director. He is known for playing Carey Mahoney in the Police Academy films from 1984 to 1987. He also acted in Three Men and a Baby (1987) and its 1990 sequel as well as the films Diner (1982), Cocoon (1985), Short Circuit (1986), The Bedroom Window (1987), The Big...
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Finn Wittrock

51. Finn Wittrock

1984-. (aged 42)
screenwriter stage actor television actor actor film actor
Peter L. "Finn" Wittrock Jr. is an American actor, known for his collaborations with television producer Ryan Murphy. He began his career in guest roles on several television shows, while making his film debut in 2004's Halloweentown High and later returning to films in the 2010's Twelve. After studying theater at The Juilliard School, he was a regular in the...
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Jon Batiste

52. Jon Batiste

1986-. (aged 40)
singer teacher pianist jazz musician musician
Jonathan Michael Batiste is an American singer, songwriter, musician, composer, bandleader, television personality and actor. He has recorded and performed with artists including Alicia Keys, Stevie Wonder, Prince, Willie Nelson, Lenny Kravitz, ASAP Rocky, Ed Sheeran, Lana Del Rey, Roy Hargrove, Juvenile, Mavis Staples and Lauryn Hill. Batiste appeared nightly with his band, Stay Human, as bandleader and musical director...
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Barry Manilow

53. Barry Manilow

1943-. (aged 83)
singer composer singer-songwriter pianist lyricist
Barry Manilow is an American singer and songwriter with a career spanning over sixty years. His hit recordings include "Could It Be Magic", "Looks Like We Made It", "Mandy", "I Write the Songs", "Ready to Take a Chance Again", "Can't Smile Without You", "Weekend in New England", and "Copacabana (At the Copa)".
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Linda Kozlowski

54. Linda Kozlowski

1958-. (aged 68)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
Linda Kozlowski is a retired American actress. She is best known for her role as Sue Charlton in the Crocodile Dundee film series (1986–2001), with the first installment earning her a Golden Globe Award nomination.
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Benjamin Walker

55. Benjamin Walker

1982-. (aged 44)
stage actor stand-up comedian television actor actor film actor
Benjamin Walker Scodelario-Davis is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He starred as Andrew Jackson in the musical Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, which premiered on Broadway in 2010. He has appeared in a number of Broadway productions, notably as Patrick Bateman in the 2016 musical adaptation of the novel American Psycho and as Chris Keller in the 2019 revival of...
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Bradley Whitford

56. Bradley Whitford

1959-. (aged 67)
actor television actor screenwriter film actor television producer
Bradley Whitford is an American actor and producer. From 1999 to 2006, Whitford starred as Josh Lyman, White House Deputy Chief of Staff, in NBC's political drama television series The West Wing. He won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for the role in 2001.
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Elizabeth McGovern

57. Elizabeth McGovern

1961-. (aged 65)
stage actor singer-songwriter television actor actor film actor
Elizabeth Lee McGovern is an American actress. She has received a Screen Actors Guild Award, three Golden Globe Award nominations, and one Academy Award nomination.
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Sara Ramirez

58. Sara Ramirez

1975-. (aged 51)
stage actor composer voice actor singer-songwriter singer
Sara Elena Ramírez Vargas is an American actor, singer and activist. Born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Ramírez moved from Mexico to the United States at eight years old, eventually graduating with a fine arts degree from the Juilliard School.
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Gillian Jacobs

59. Gillian Jacobs

1982-. (aged 44)
stage actor film director voice actor actor film actor
Gillian MacLaren Jacobs is an American actress. She is known for playing Britta Perry in the NBC sitcom Community (2009–2015), Mickey Dobbs in the Netflix romantic comedy series Love (2016–2018), and Mary Jayne Gold in the Netflix miniseries Transatlantic (2023). Her other notable television roles include Mimi-Rose Howard in the fourth season of the HBO comedy-drama series Girls (2015), Atom...
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Keith David

60. Keith David

1956-. (aged 70)
comedian television actor film actor voice actor stage actor
Keith David Williams is an American actor. He is mostly known for his bass voice and screen presence in over 400 roles across film, stage, television, and interactive media.
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Andre Braugher

61. Andre Braugher

1962-2023 (aged 61)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
Andre Keith Braugher (/ˈbraʊər/ BROW-ər; (July 1, 1962– December 11, 2023) was an American actor known for his roles as Detective Frank Pembleton in the NBC police drama series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999) and Captain Raymond Holt in the Fox/NBC police comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013-2021). He won two Primetime Emmy Awards and was nominated for two Golden...
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Ving Rhames

62. Ving Rhames

1959-. (aged 67)
actor television actor character actor film actor voice actor
Irving Rameses Rhames is an American actor. Born and raised in Harlem, New York City, he studied drama at SUNY Purchase before transferring to the Juilliard School, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1983. After early stage work in Shakespeare and contemporary plays, he made his screen debut in 1985 and gained attention through roles in Jacob's Ladder...
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Wes Bentley

63. Wes Bentley

1978-. (aged 48)
stage actor television actor film producer actor film actor
Wes Bentley is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Ricky Fitts in American Beauty (1999), which earned him a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Supporting Actor, Seneca Crane in The Hunger Games (2012), Doyle in Interstellar (2014), Erik in Mission: Impossible – Fallout, and Jamie Dutton in Yellowstone. He was one of four subjects...
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Alan Tudyk

64. Alan Tudyk

1971-. (aged 55)
stage actor television director television producer voice actor film actor
Alan Wray Tudyk is an American actor. His film work includes roles in 28 Days (2000), A Knight's Tale (2001), Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004), 3:10 to Yuma (2007), and Trumbo (2015). He starred in the black comedy horror film Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (2010).
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Phoebe Cates-Kline

65. Phoebe Cates-Kline

1963-. (aged 63)
singer model television actor actor film actor
Phoebe Belle Cates Kline is an American businesswoman and retired actress and model. She appeared in the films Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Gremlins (1984), Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990), Drop Dead Fred (1991) and Princess Caraboo (1994). In 2005, she founded the Blue Tree boutique.
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Lee Pace

66. Lee Pace

1979-. (aged 47)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
Lee Grinner Pace is an American actor. He starred as Thranduil the Elvenking in The Hobbit trilogy and as Joe MacMillan in the period drama television series Halt and Catch Fire. He has also appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Ronan the Accuser, a role he first played in Guardians of the Galaxy and reprised in Captain Marvel. Pace...
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Kevin Kline

67. Kevin Kline

1947-. (aged 79)
television actor film actor theatrical director voice actor stage actor
Kevin Delaney Kline is an American actor. In a career spanning over five decades, he has become a prominent leading man across both stage and screen. His accolades include an Academy Award and three Tony Awards, along with nominations for two British Academy Film Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and five Golden Globe Awards. In 2003, he was inducted into...
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Jennifer Carpenter

68. Jennifer Carpenter

1979-. (aged 47)
stage actor television actor voice actor actor film actor
Jennifer Carpenter is an American actress. Her early film roles include the cult comedy White Chicks (2004) and the supernatural horror The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005), with the latter establishing her as a scream queen. She rose to prominence for playing Debra Morgan in the crime drama series Dexter (2006–2013), which she reprised in the miniseries Dexter: New Blood...
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Mandy Patinkin

69. Mandy Patinkin

1952-. (aged 74)
screenwriter actor director singer
Mandel Bruce Patinkin is an American actor and singer in musical theatre, television, and film. As a Broadway performer, he has collaborated with Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
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Miles Davis

70. Miles Davis

1926-1991 (aged 65)
songwriter orchestra leader film score composer recording artist autobiographer
Miles Dewey Davis III was an American trumpeter, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. In a career spanning nearly five decades, Davis was at the forefront of several major stylistic developments in jazz, including—but not limited to—bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, third stream, modal jazz, avant-garde...
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Nina Simone

71. Nina Simone

1933-2003 (aged 70)
singer civil rights advocate singer-songwriter recording artist jazz pianist
Nina Simone was an American pianist, singer, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned styles including classical, folk, gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, and pop. Her piano playing was strongly influenced by baroque and classical music, especially Johann Sebastian Bach, and accompanied expressive, jazz-like singing in her contralto voice. Rolling Stone named Simone one of the greatest singers on various...
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Christine Baranski

72. Christine Baranski

1952-. (aged 74)
actor television actor film actor voice actor stage actor
Christine Jane Baranski is an American actress. She received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Maryann Thorpe in the sitcom Cybill (1995–1998). Baranski is also known for her roles as Diane Lockhart in the legal drama series The Good Wife (2009–2016) and its spin-off series The Good Fight (2017–2022), and...
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Tyler Perry

73. Tyler Perry

1969-. (aged 57)
television producer writer film producer film actor theatrical director
Tyler Perry is an American actor, filmmaker, playwright and comedian. He is the creator and performer of Mabel "Madea" Simmons, a tough elderly woman, and also portrays her brother Joe Simmons and her nephew Brian Simmons. Perry's films vary in style from orthodox filmmaking techniques to filmed productions of live stage plays, many of which have been subsequently adapted into...
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Kelsey Grammer

74. Kelsey Grammer

1955-. (aged 71)
film producer film actor television actor television producer director
Allen Kelsey Grammer is an American actor. He gained fame for his role as the psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the NBC sitcom Cheers (1984–1993) and its spin-off Frasier (1993–2004, and again from 2023–2024). With more than 20 years on air, this is one of the longest-running roles played by a single live-action actor in primetime television history. He has...
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William Hurt

75. William Hurt

1950-2022 (aged 72)
actor television actor film actor voice actor stage actor
William McChord Hurt was an American actor. Known for his performances on stage and screen, he received various accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, in addition to nominations for five Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award.
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Oscar Isaac

76. Oscar Isaac

1979-. (aged 47)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
Óscar Isaac Hernández Estrada is an American actor. Recognized for his versatility, he has been credited with breaking stereotypes about Latino characters in Hollywood. He was named the best actor of his generation by Vanity Fair in 2017 and one of the 25 greatest actors of the 21st century by The New York Times in 2020. His accolades include a...
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Morena Baccarin

77. Morena Baccarin

1979-. (aged 47)
stage actor television actor voice actor actor film actor
Morena Silva de Vaz Setta Baccarin is an American actress. She is known for portraying Adria in season 10 of the TV series Stargate SG-1, Inara Serra in the sci-fi television series Firefly (2002–2003) and its follow-up film Serenity (2005), Vanessa in the superhero comedy films Deadpool (2016), Deadpool 2 (2018), and Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), Jessica Brody in the...
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Kelly McGillis

78. Kelly McGillis

1957-. (aged 69)
stage actor television actor voice actor actor film actor
Kelly Ann McGillis is an American actress. She is known for her film roles such as Rachel Lapp in Witness (1985), for which she received Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations; Charlie in Top Gun (1986); Made in Heaven (1987); The House on Carroll Street (1988); and as Katheryn Murphy in The Accused (1988). In her later career, she has starred...
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Adam Driver

79. Adam Driver

1983-. (aged 43)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
Adam Douglas Driver is an American actor. His breakout performance as an emotionally unstable actor in the HBO television series Girls (2012–2017) earned him three consecutive Primetime Emmy nominations. Driver made his film debut in J. Edgar (2011), and played supporting roles in Lincoln (2012), Frances Ha (2012), Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), and While We're Young (2014), before gaining wider...
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Jessica Chastain

80. Jessica Chastain

1977-. (aged 49)
actor film producer
Jessica Michelle Chastain is an American actress and producer. Known for primarily starring in projects with feminist themes, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, two Tony Awards and two British Academy Film Awards. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential...
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Christopher Reeve

81. Christopher Reeve

1952-2004 (aged 52)
voice actor stage actor actor television actor director
Christopher D'Olier Reeve was an American actor, activist, director, and author. He amassed several stage and screen credits in his 34-year career, including playing the title character in the Superman film series (1978–1987). He won a British Academy Film Award, an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. He was also known for his activism.
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Robin Williams

82. Robin Williams

1951-2014 (aged 63)
television actor mime artist voice actor stand-up comedian audiobook narrator
Robin McLaurin Williams was an American actor and comedian. Known for his improvisational skills and the wide variety of characters he created spontaneously and portrayed in drama and comedy films, he is regarded as one of the greatest comedians of all time. Williams received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and six Golden Globe Awards, as...
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Val Kilmer

83. Val Kilmer

1959-2025 (aged 66)
stage actor television actor voice actor actor film actor
Val Edward Kilmer was an American actor. Initially a stage actor, he later found fame as a leading man in films in a wide variety of genres, including comedies, dramas, action adventures, westerns, historical films, crime dramas, science fiction films, and fantasy films. Films in which Kilmer appeared grossed more than $3.85 billion worldwide. In 1992, the film critic Roger...
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Kevin Spacey

84. Kevin Spacey

1959-. (aged 67)
director film actor television producer theatrical director voice actor
Kevin Spacey Fowler is an American actor. Known for his work on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, and two Laurence Olivier Awards as well as nominations for twelve Emmy Awards.
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Anthony Mackie

85. Anthony Mackie

1978-. (aged 48)
film actor television actor stage actor
Anthony Dwane Mackie is an American actor. He gained wide recognition for portraying Sam Wilson in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and later starring as the titular character in Captain America: Brave New World (2025).
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John de Lancie

86. John de Lancie

1948-. (aged 78)
film director comedian film producer actor screenwriter
John Sherwood de Lancie, Jr. is an American actor.
Bobby McFerrin

87. Bobby McFerrin

1950-. (aged 76)
beatboxer animator university teacher recording artist conductor
Robert Keith McFerrin Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, and conductor. His vocal techniques include singing fluidly but with quick and considerable jumps in pitch—for example, sustaining a melody while also rapidly alternating with arpeggios and harmonies—as well as scat singing, polyphonic overtone singing, and improvisational vocal percussion. McFerrin performs and records regularly as an unaccompanied solo vocal artist and...
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Jeanne Tripplehorn

88. Jeanne Tripplehorn

1963-. (aged 63)
stage actor television actor disc jockey actor film actor
Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn is an American actress. She began her career on stage, acting in several plays throughout the early 1990s, including Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters on Broadway. Her film career began with the role of a police psychologist in the erotic thriller Basic Instinct (1992). Her other film roles include The Firm (1993), Waterworld (1995) and Sliding Doors (1998)....
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David Ogden Stiers

89. David Ogden Stiers

1942-2018 (aged 76)
television actor television director actor voice actor conductor
David Allen Ogden Stiers was an American actor and conductor. He appeared in numerous productions on Broadway, and originated the role of Feldman in The Magic Show, in 1974.
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Frances Conroy

90. Frances Conroy

1953-. (aged 73)
stage actor television actor voice actor actor film actor
Frances Hardman Conroy is an American actress. She is best known for playing Ruth Fisher on the television series Six Feet Under (2001–2005), for which she won a Golden Globe and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and received four Primetime Emmy Awards nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She is also known for playing the older version...
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Peter Jacobson

91. Peter Jacobson

1965-. (aged 61)
film actor actor television actor
Peter Jacobson is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Dr. Chris Taub on the Fox medical drama series House. He also starred on the USA Network science fiction drama Colony as former Proxy Snyder.
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Tim Blake Nelson

92. Tim Blake Nelson

1964-. (aged 62)
film director manufacturer television actor voice actor film editor
Timothy Blake Nelson is an American actor, director, and writer. Described as a "modern character actor", his roles include Delmar O'Donnell in O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), Gideon in Minority Report (2002), Doctor Steve Pendanski in Holes (2003), Doctor Jonathan Jacobo in Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), Danny Dalton Jr. in Syriana (2005), Samuel Sterns / The Leader in...
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Laura Linney

93. Laura Linney

1964-. (aged 62)
television director film actor stage actor television actor actor
Laura Leggett Linney is an American actress and director. She is the recipient of several awards, including four Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards, five Tony Awards, and a BAFTA.
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Viola Davis

94. Viola Davis

1965-. (aged 61)
stage actor television actor television producer actor film actor
Viola Davis is an American actress and film producer. Her accolades include both the Triple Crown of Acting and EGOT. Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012 and 2017. The New York Times ranked her ninth on its list of the greatest actors of the 21st century (2020). Davis received the Cecil...
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Thomas Gibson

95. Thomas Gibson

1962-. (aged 64)
television actor film director actor film actor
Thomas Ellis Gibson is an American actor and director best known for his roles as Aaron Hotchner on Criminal Minds (2005–16), Greg Montgomery on Dharma & Greg (1997–2002) and Daniel Nyland on Chicago Hope (1994–97).
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Bill Camp

96. Bill Camp

1964-. (aged 62)
actor television actor stage actor
Bill Camp is an American actor. He has played supporting roles in many films such as Lincoln (2012), Compliance (2012), Lawless (2012), 12 Years a Slave (2013), Love & Mercy (2015), Loving (2016), Molly's Game (2017), Vice (2018), Wildlife (2018), Joker (2019), News of the World (2021), and Sound of Freedom (2023); the HBO miniseries The Night Of in 2016...
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Jake Weber

97. Jake Weber

1963-. (aged 63)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
Jake T. Weber is an English actor. He is known in film for his role as Michael in Dawn of the Dead and for his role as Drew in Meet Joe Black. On television, he is best known for playing Joe DuBois, the sleep-deprived husband of psychic Allison DuBois, in the popular drama series Medium.
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John Williams

98. John Williams

1932-. (aged 94)
composer pianist conductor film score composer
John Christopher Williams AO OBE is an Australian-born classical guitarist renowned for his ensemble playing as well as his interpretation and promotion of the modern classical guitar repertoire. In 1973, he shared a Grammy Award in the Best Chamber Music Performance category with fellow guitarist Julian Bream for Together (released in the US as Julian and John (Works by Lawes,...
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Michael Stuhlbarg

99. Michael Stuhlbarg

1968-. (aged 58)
film actor television actor stage actor
Michael Stuhlbarg is an American actor. Known for his character roles on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades, including a Drama Desk Award, an Obie Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition to nominations for two Tony Awards, two Emmy Awards, and a Golden Globe Award.
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Lux Pascal

100. Lux Pascal

1992-. (aged 34)
actor
Lux Balmaceda Pascal is an American and Chilean actress and transgender activist. She is known for her roles in the Chilean television series Veinteañero a los 40 and Juana Brava and the Chilean drama film The Prince.
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