A Wrinkle in Time 2018 premiere

1. Storm Reid

Actress | A Wrinkle in Time

Storm Reid is an Emmy-nominated actress, producer, and current student at USC. With numerous credits to her name, Reid has emerged as one of Hollywood's most sought-after young actors. She recently earned her first Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series" for her work as ...

2. Yvette Nicole Brown

Actress | Community

Yvette Nicole Brown is an Emmy-nominated actress, writer, producer and host best known for her series-regular and Special Guest Star* roles on the television shows: "Community", "The Mayor", "Drake and Josh", "The Odd Couple", Disney Plus' "Big Shot" and "Act Your Age"* on Bounce TV.

And films as ...

3. Timon Kyle Durrett

Actor | Heroes

Timon Kyle Durrett is known for Heroes (2006), New Growth (2021) and Samantha Who? (2007).

4. Joshua Rush

Actor | Parental Guidance

Joshua Rush was born on December 14, 2001 in Houston, Texas, USA. He is an actor, known for Parental Guidance (2012), The Lion Guard (2015) and Unstoppable (2010).

5. Fola Evans-Akingbola

Actress | The Night Agent

Fola is a British actress. She trained at the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain (NYT) and Identity Drama School in London. Most recently she starred in Netflix's No.1 show The Night Agent. Following her role in BAFTA winner John Morton's show, Ten Percent (Amazon), Fola was named as one of ...

6. Henry G. Sanders

Actor | Selma

Henry G. Sanders was born on August 18, 1942 in Houston, Texas, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Selma (2014), Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017) and Rocky Balboa (2006).

7. Justin Simien

Writer | Dear White People

Justin Simien is known for Dear White People (2014), Dear White People (2017) and Bad Hair (2020).

8. Ramin Djawadi

Composer | Game of Thrones

Ramin Djawadi is an Iranian-German film score composer known for composing the hit HBO series Game of Thrones and the Marvel films Blade: Trinity, Iron Man and Eternals. He also composed Clash of the Titans, A Wrinkle in Time, Pacific Rim, Westworld, Gears of War 4 and 5, Medal of Honor, Open ...

9. Tracee Ellis Ross

Producer | The Hair Tales

Tracee Joy Silberstein known professionally as Tracee Ellis Ross, is an American actress, singer, television host, producer and director. She is known for her lead roles in the television series Girlfriends (2000-2008) and Black-Ish (2014-2022). She owns Pattern Beauty, a hair-care line for curly ...

10. Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Actress | Belle

Gugu Mbatha-Raw was born Gugulethu Sophia Mbatha in the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, England. Her father, Patrick Mbatha, is a Black South African doctor, and her mother, Anne Raw, is a Caucasian English nurse. Her parents separated when she was a year old, and she was brought up by her mother ...

11. Sofia Wylie

Actress | High School Musical: The Musical - The Series

Sofia Wylie will star in the upcoming feature directed by Paul Feig, 'The School For Good And Evil'.

Sofia also stars in the DISNEY + hit series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, which debuted earlier this year. Sofia lead the 2020 Emmy Nominated series "Shook," produced by Mark Duplass ...

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13. Rowan Blanchard

Actress | Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World

Rowan Blanchard is an American actress best known for her role as Riley in Girl Meets World (2014) which earned her Young Artist Award nominations. She has since had roles as Jackie Geary on the ABC Sitcom The Goldbergs (2013) and Alexandra Cavill in the TNT Series Snowpiercer (2020). Rowan's other...

14. JD McCrary

Actor | The Lion King

Jaydon McCrary (born July 18, 2007) is an American singer, dancer and actor. He is currently starring in The Paynes as Kenny Payne on the Oprah Winfrey Network. He starred in 2019's The Lion King as the voice of young Simba. He is signed to Hollywood Records and released his first extended play ...

15. Anna Moore

Actress | Fighting Fish

Anna Moore is an American actress born in San Francisco, California to Mary Judith Pleissner (an archaeologist) and Dr. Stephen Moore, PhD (a statistician). Her ancestry includes English, Swedish and French. Throughout her adolescence, Moore studied drama and dance, starring in many school plays ...

16. Jennifer Lee

Writer | Frozen

Jennifer Lee was born on October 22, 1971 in Barrington, Rhode Island, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for Frozen (2013), Frozen II (2019) and Wreck-It Ralph (2012). She has been married to Alfred Molina since August 2021. She was previously married to Robert Joseph Monn.

17. Sasha Lane

Actress | American Honey

Sasha Bianca Lane is an American actress. She made her film debut in American Honey (2016) directed by Andrea Arnold.

Lane was born in Houston, Texas and grew up in Dallas, Texas. Her father is African-American, and her mother, who is from New Zealand, is of European and Maori descent. After her ...

18. Sergio Darcy Lane

Actor | Violent Delights

Sergio Darcy Lane is known for Violent Delights and Top Rope.

19. Levi Miller

Actor | Pan

Levi Miller is an Australian actor and model. He is known for playing Peter Pan in Pan (2015), Luke in Better Watch Out (2016), and Calvin in A Wrinkle in Time (2018). Miller was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. At the age of 5 or 6 he entered and won a drama competition with a Peter Pan ...

20. Tina Lifford

Actress | Blood Work

Tina Lifford emerged as an actress in 1994 as series lead in the critically acclaimed FOX comedy-drama South Central. In a career of more than twenty-five years, notable credits include Grand Canyon (1991), Mandela and De Klerk (1997), Blood Work (2002), Hostage (2005), Parenthood (2011-2015) and ...

21. Bianca Lawson

Actress | Save the Last Dance

Bianca Lawson was born on March 20, 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Save the Last Dance (2001), The Feast of All Saints (2001) and Rogue (2013).

22. Spencer Averick

Editor | 13th

Spencer Averick is known for 13th (2016), Selma (2014) and A Wrinkle in Time (2018).

23. Bellamy Young

Actress | Scandal

Born in Asheville, North Carolina, Bellamy is a graduate of Yale University. She also studied at Oxford University in England. In New York, she starred on Broadway as Mary in Cy Coleman's "The Life" and also as Meg in the revival of Stephen Sondheim's "Merrily We Roll Along". Other notable theater ...

24. Chris Pine

Actor | Star Trek

Chris Pine was born in Los Angeles. His parents are actors Robert Pine and Gwynne Gilford, and his maternal grandparents were Max M. Gilford, a president of the Hollywood Bar Association, and actress Anne Gwynne. His sister, Katherine Pine, has also acted. Chris's ancestry is Russian Jewish (from ...

25. Brittany Mayti

Actress | Tales

Brittany Mayti was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Mayti knew she wanted to be an actress from a very young age. She got her first taste of the theater at age 11 in the stage play "Ultimus Veneficus" at the legendary Cleveland Playhouse. This experience solidified her professional goals. Always an ...

26. Miles Brown

Actor | Black·ish

Miles Brown is a 18 year old actor, executive producer, dancer, and rapper from Oxnard, California who plays "Jack Johnson" on the hit ABC show "Black-ish". He is the youngest on the Jr.NBA council board as the official Jr. NBA/NBA correspondent. He has been featured on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, ...

27. Emayatzy Corinealdi

Actress | Middle of Nowhere

Emayatzy Corinealdi was born on January 14, 1980 in Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA. She is an actress, known for Middle of Nowhere (2012), The Invitation (2015) and Roots (2016).

28. Lalah Hathaway

Soundtrack | Hidden Figures

Lalah was born Eulaulah Hathaway in Chicago, Illinois, into a family for whom music was their first language. She is the daughter of the great Donny Hathaway. As raised by Donny and Eulaulah Hathaway, Lalah and her younger sister, Kenya Hathaway, were baptized in pan-cultural artistic expressions ...

29. Alano Miller

Actor | Dexter: New Blood

Alano Miller has built a dynamic career as a versatile actor who has moved effortlessly form one genre to another, shining in comedy and drama, film, television and theater. He can be seen as 'Evan Fisher,' the title star of "Cherish the Day", an anthology drama by Ava DuVernay. He can also be seen...

30. DeWanda Wise

Actress | Jurassic World Dominion

In film, television, and theater, DeWanda Wise has established herself as one of the industry's most consistently critically acclaimed artists.

Of her work as Kayla Watts in Jurassic World Dominion, she's been nearly universally considered a standout of the sixth installment with critics noting her ...

31. Deric McCabe

Actor | A Wrinkle in Time

Deric McCabe was born on August 28, 2008. He is an actor, known for A Wrinkle in Time (2018), Stephanie (2017) and Hold On (2019).

32. Toni Trucks

Actress | SEAL Team

Toni Trucks is an American theater, film, and television actress.

Trucks studied Musical Theatre at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. Upon graduation, she moved to New York where she performed regionally before relocating to Los Angeles to make her television debut as the ...

33. Catherine Hand

Producer | A Wrinkle in Time

Catherine Hand is known for A Wrinkle in Time (2018), A Wrinkle in Time (2003) and Movies We Like (2016).

34. Zach Galifianakis

Actor | The Hangover

Zach Galifianakis was born in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, to Mary Frances (Cashion), who owned a community arts center, and Harry Galifianakis, a heating oil vendor. His father is of Greek descent and his mother is of mostly English and Scottish ancestry. Zach moved to New York City after failing ...

35. Issa Rae

Producer | Insecure

Jo-Issa Rae Diop credited professionally as Issa Rae, is an American actress, writer, producer, and comedian. Rae first garnered attention for her work on the YouTube web series Awkward Black Girl. Since 2011, Rae has continued to develop her YouTube channel, which features various short films, web...

36. Douglas C. Merrifield

Producer | A Wrinkle in Time

Douglas C. Merrifield is known for A Wrinkle in Time (2018), The Shallows (2016) and The Finest Hours (2016).

37. Peyton Elizabeth Lee

Actress | Andi Mack

Peyton Elizabeth Lee was born on May 22, 2004 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Andi Mack (2017), Secret Society of Second Born Royals (2020) and Prom Pact (2023).

38. Dawn-Lyen Gardner

Actress | Queen Sugar

A native of Los Angeles, CA

She began acting in commercials and television at an early age, at the urging of a family friend who was a commercials casting director. She went on to study acting at the prestigious Juilliard School in New York City, where she was awarded the Liz Smith Prize.

Originated ...

39. Paco Delgado

Costume_designer | Les Misérables

Paco Delgado was born in Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain. He is known for Les Misérables (2012), The Danish Girl (2015) and The Skin I Live In (2011).

40. Jim Whitaker

Producer | Robin Hood

Jim Whitaker was born in 1968 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Robin Hood (2010), Friday Night Lights (2004) and Rebirth (2011).

41. Glynn Turman

Actor | Super 8

New York City-bred actor Glynn Russell Turman, born on January 31, 1947, who enjoyed his first taste of success as a young teenager, originating the role of "Travis Younger" on Broadway in Lorraine Hansberry's landmark play "A Raisin in the Sun" in 1959 opposite Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia ...

42. Winston Duke

Actor | Black Panther

Winston Duke was born on November 15, 1986 in Trinidad and Tobago. He is an actor and producer, known for Black Panther (2018), Us (2019) and Nine Days (2020).

43. Jenna Ortega

Actress | Scream

Jenna Marie Ortega was born on September 27, 2002 in Coachella Valley, California. She began acting at age 9 and has portrayed Harley, a creative-engineering prodigy navigating life as the middle child in a family of 7 children in "Stuck in the Middle," a Disney Channel series told from Harley's ...

44. Oprah Winfrey

Producer | The Oprah Winfrey Show

Oprah Gail Winfrey , often known simply as Oprah, is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, broadcast from Chicago, which was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history and ...

45. Yara Shahidi

Actress | Salt

Yara Shahidi was born on February 10, 2000 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Salt (2010), Black-ish (2014) and Grown-ish (2018).

46. Don Cheadle

Actor | Crash

Donald Frank Cheadle was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on November 29, 1964. His childhood found him moving from city to city with his family: mother Bettye (née North), a teacher; father Donald Frank Cheadle Sr., a clinical psychologist; sister Cindy; and brother Colin. After graduating from high...

47. Bridgid Coulter

Actress | Rosewood

Bridgid Coulter was born on August 2, 1968 in Alameda County, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Rosewood (1997), Westworld (2016) and Martin (1992).

48. Tessa Thompson

Actress | Creed

The actress Tessa Lynn Thompson was born on October 3, 1983 in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of singer-songwriter Marc Anthony Thompson and the granddaughter of actor-musician Bobby Ramos. She was raised in Los Angeles before moving to Brooklyn, New York. Her father is of ...

49. Chloe Bailey

Actress | Praise This

Chloe Bailey was born on July 1, 1998 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Praise This (2023), Last Holiday (2006) and A Wrinkle in Time (2018).

50. Halle Bailey

Actress | The Little Mermaid

Halle Bailey was born on March 27, 2000 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for The Little Mermaid (2023), The Color Purple (2023) and Last Holiday (2006).

51. Chris Bosh

Actor | Entourage

Chris Bosh was born on March 24, 1984 in Dallas, Texas, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Entourage (2004), Parks and Recreation (2009) and Telenovela (2015). He has been married to Adrienne Nicole Williams since July 16, 2011. They have four children.

52. Susan Kelechi Watson

Actress | This Is Us

Susan Kelechi Watson was born in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for This Is Us (2016), A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019) and NCIS (2003).

53. Reese Witherspoon

Producer | Wild

Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon was born on March 22, 1976 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Betty Witherspoon, a registered nurse & John Draper Witherspoon, a military surgeon. Reese spent the first 4 years of her life in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany, where her father served as a lieutenant colonel in the ...

54. Ava Phillippe

Self | Good Morning America

Ava Phillippe was born on September 9, 1999 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

55. Mindy Kaling

Actress | The Office

Vera Mindy Chokalingam is an Indian-American actress, comedienne, producer, writer and director from Cambridge, Massachusetts known for playing Kelly Kapoor in The Office, Disgust in Inside Out, and creating The Mindy Project. She also appeared in Wreck-It Ralph, Despicable Me, The 40-Year-Old ...

56. Napiera Groves

Actress | American Auto

Napiera Groves was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. She is an actress and director, known for American Auto (2021), Us (2019) and High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (2019).

57. Marcus Scribner

Actor | Black·ish

Marcus Scribner landed his first series regular role at the age of 13 on ABC's hit comedy "Black-ish" starring as Andre Jr opposite Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross. Since its premiere in September 2014, the series has gone on to receive both critical acclaim and awards recognition year after...

58. Chandler Kinney

Actress | Lethal Weapon

Chandler Kinney was born in Sacramento, California, USA, and raised in southern California. She is an actress, singer, and producer, best known for her work in Disney's Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 2 (2020), Lethal Weapon (2016-2019), and K.C. Undercover (2017). Chandler is set to appear in two highly anticipated...

59. Kobe Bryant

Producer | Dear Basketball

Kobe Bean Bryant was an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time, Bryant won five NBA championships, ...

60. Vanessa Bryant

Self | Kobe Bryant: A Tribute

Vanessa Marie Laine was born Vanessa Urbieta Cornejo on May 5, 1982 in Los Angeles, California and raised in Garden Grove, California to Sofia Laine (née Urbieta). She attended St. Boniface Parochial School in 1996, and was a member of the varsity cheerleading squad before transferring to Marina ...

61. Gianna Bryant

Self | 2020: The Lost Year

Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant was an American middle school basketball player that attended Harbor Day School in Newport Beach, California. Born in Los Angeles, California to Kobe Bryant and Vanessa Bryant, Gianna was raised with her older sister Natalia and two younger sisters, Bianka and Capri. Her ...

62. Natalia Bryant

Make_up_department | Virgins for Satan

Natalia Diamante Bryant is an American model at the University of Southern California. She is the daughter of the late Hall of Fame player Kobe Bryant. In 2021, she graduated from Sage Hill High School, where she was captain of the varsity volleyball team. She set a school record for kills in a ...

63. Janet Mock

Producer | Pose

Janet Mock is a writer, director and executive producer for the FX series "Pose" and the Netflix limited series "Hollywood." She's also the New York Times bestselling and trailblazing author of two memoirs, Redefining Realness (2014) and Surpassing Certainty (2017) about her journey as a trans ...

64. Constance Wu

Actress | Crazy Rich Asians

Constance Wu was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. Her mother is a computer programmer and her father is a college professor. Both are immigrants from Taiwan. Constance grew up in Richmond performing in the local community theater scene. At 16, she moved to New York City to study at the famed ...

65. Jeff Stockwell

Writer | A Wrinkle in Time

Jeff Stockwell is known for A Wrinkle in Time (2018), The Ottoman Lieutenant (2017) and Bridge to Terabithia (2007).

66. B.J. Novak

Actor | Vengeance

B. J. Manaly Novak is a Jewish-American actor, writer and director from Newton, Massachusetts known for playing Ryan Howard from The Office. He wrote several episodes for the show. He also acted in Saving Mr. Banks, Knocked Up, Reign Over Me, The Internship, Inglorious Basterds, The Amazing ...

67. Ryan Coogler

Director | Black Panther

Ryan Kyle Coogler is an African-American filmmaker and producer who is from Oakland, California. He is known for directing the Black Panther film series, Creed, a Rocky spin-off and Fruitvale Station. He frequently casts Michael B. Jordan in his works. He produced the Creed sequels, Judas and the ...

68. Zinzi Coogler

Rampage

Zinzi Coogler is known for Rampage (2018), Creed III (2023) and Creed (2015). Zinzi has been married to Ryan Coogler since May 2016.

69. Aisha Hinds

Actress | The Next Three Days

When Aisha Hinds' junior high school tap dance instructor observed that she needed an outlet for expression that surpassed her tap shoes, she was guided to the High School of Performing Arts in New York - where her formal acting training began.

Hinds' numerous television credits include a supporting...

70. Stacey Sargeant

Actress | The Forty-Year-Old Version

Stacey Sargeant is known for The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020), Come Sunday (2018) and The Blacklist (2013).

71. Ava DuVernay

Writer | Queen Sugar

A director, producer, writer, marketer and film distributor, Ava DuVernay made her feature film debut with the documentary This is the Life (2008), a history on hip hop movement that flourished in Los Angeles in the 1990's. This was followed by series of television music documentaries which ...

72. Jason Bolden

Costume_department | Sabrina Carpenter: Skin

Jason Bolden is known for Sabrina Carpenter: Skin (2021), The 365Black Awards (2013) and The 65th Annual Grammy Awards (2023).

73. J.J. Abrams

Producer | Lost

Jeffrey Jacob Abrams was born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles, the son of TV producer parents. At 15, he wrote the music for Don Dohler's Nightbeast (1982). In his senior year of college, he and Jill Mazursky teamed up to write a feature film, which became Taking Care of Business (1990)....

74. Katie McGrath

Producer | Duster

Katie McGrath is known for Duster, America Divided (2016) and 100 Years (2017). She has been married to J.J. Abrams since September 29, 1996. They have three children.

75. Meagan Good

Actress | Think Like a Man

Meagan Monique Good was born on 8 August 1981 in Panorama City, California, USA, to Tyra Wardlow-Doyle, who worked as her manager, and Leondis "Leon" Good, an LAPD officer. She began appearing on commercials at the age of four. Then she started guest-starring on series like The Parent 'Hood (1995), ...

76. DeVon Franklin

Actor | Jesus Revolution

DeVon Franklin is an award-winning Film & TV producer, best-selling author, in-demand preacher and spiritual success coach. A recognized authority on spirituality, faith and the entertainment business, Franklin is committed to using the power of media as an inspirational tool. Beliefnet calls him ...

77. Eva Longoria

Actress | Desperate Housewives

Eva Jacqueline Longoria was born on March 15, 1975 in Corpus Christi, Texas to Ella Eva Longoria (née Mireles), a special education teacher & Enrique Longoria Jr., a rancher. The youngest of four sisters who grew up in a Mexican-American family on a ranch near Corpus Christi, Longoria attended ...

78. Anthony Anderson

Actor | The Departed

Anthony Anderson is an American actor, comedian and game show host who is known for playing Louis Booker from Kangaroo Jack, Glen Whitmann from Transformers, Ray Ray from The Proud Family and Antwon Mitchell from The Shield. He also acted in Blackish, Hoodwinked, The Departed, Agent Cody Banks 2 ...

79. Marsai Martin

Actress | Little

Rising star Marsai Martin, at just 18-years-old, is already on course to be a whirlwind sensation. At the age of five she landed her first national commercial and shortly after relocating to Los Angeles, she was cast as Diane Johnson on the ABC Emmy-nominated hit comedy Black-ish (2014). Alongside ...

80. Angela Bassett

Actress | Strange Days

Captivating, gifted, and sensational, Angela Bassett's presence has been felt in theaters and on stages and television screens throughout the world. Angela Evelyn Bassett was born on August 16, 1958 in New York City, to Betty Jane (Gilbert), a social worker, and Daniel Benjamin Bassett, a ...

81. Dondré T. Whitfield

Actor | All My Children

A three-time Emmy nominee, Dondré Whitfield's career has spanned over a quarter century and has seen him work with such industry heavyweights as John Travolta, Helen Mirren, David Oyelowo, Michael B. Jordan and Kevin Hart to name a few. Dondré has stood toe to toe with the likes of some of the ...

82. Jay Hernandez

Actor | Hostel

Carrying talent, the requisite good looks, and plenty of on-screen charisma, Jay Hernandez was born in Morelia, Mexico and grew up in Los Angeles, California, to Isis (Maldonado), an accountant and secretary, and Javier Hernandez, Sr., a mechanic. He is of Mexican descent. Jay had a serendipitous ...

83. Lena Waithe

Producer | Master of None

Lena Waithe was born on May 17, 1984 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for Master of None (2015), Ready Player One (2018) and Queen & Slim (2019). She has been married to Alana Mayo since November 2019.

84. Salma Hayek

Actress | Frida

Salma Hayek was born on September 2, 1966 in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico. Her father is of Lebanese descent and her mother is of Mexican/Spanish ancestry. After having seen Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) in a local movie theater, she decided she wanted to become an actress. At age 12, she...

85. Laura Dern

Actress | Jurassic Park

Laura Dern was born on February 10, 1967 in Los Angeles, the daughter of actors Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd. Dern was exposed to movie sets and the movie industry from infancy, and obtained several bit parts as a child. Her parents divorced when Dern was two and Dern lost contact with her father for ...

86. Jaya Harper

Actress | Teenage Emotions

Jaya Harper is known for Teenage Emotions (2021), The Good Time Girls (2017) and Entertainment Tonight (1981).

87. Jurnee Smollett

Actress | The Burial

Jurnee Smollett is an award-winning actress and activist of rare talent and conviction. In the fall of 2020, she starred in J.J. Abrams, Jordan Peele and Misha Green's critically acclaimed drama for HBO, "Lovecraft Country." Smollett's performance was lauded by industry insiders and critics alike. ...

88. Omar J. Dorsey

Actor | Race to Witch Mountain

Omar graduated from the Dekalb Center for the Performing Arts at Avondale High School (Decatur, Georgia) in 1994. Voted "Most Likely To Do Anything," Omar was always into performing everywhere possible from on stage to public access television to, now, the big screen.

89. Chiké Okonkwo

Actor | La Brea

Chiké Okonkwo is an award-winning international star on the rise.

He stars in the NBC drama LA BREA, a high-concept disaster series that begins when a massive sinkhole opens in the middle of Los Angeles, pulling in a disparate group of people who find themselves in a mysterious primeval land and ...

90. Agnez Mo

Actress | Agnez Mo, Chris Brown: Overdose

After rising to stardom at the age of 6, Indonesian singer Agnes Monica has made a name for herself as an award-winning, multi-platinum singer and highly acclaimed actress. With eight albums under her belt, Agnes has gained commercial success in many countries, including her homeland Indonesia, as ...

91. Kenya Barris

Writer | Black·ish

Kenya Barris was born on August 9, 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Black-ish (2014), #BlackAF (2020) and You People (2023). He has been married to Rainbow Barris since December 3, 1999. They have six children.

92. Ellen Pompeo

Actress | Grey's Anatomy

Ellen Kathleen Pompeo was born in Everett, Massachusetts, to Kathleen B. (O'Keefe) and Joseph E. Pompeo, a salesman. She is of Italian (from her paternal grandfather), Irish, and some English, ancestry.

Pompeo made her major studio screen debut in Brad Silberling's Moonlight Mile (2002), starring ...

93. Forest Whitaker

Actor | The Last King of Scotland

Forest Steven Whitaker has packaged a king-size talent into his hulking 6' 2", 220 lb. frame. He won an Academy Award for his performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the film The Last King of Scotland (2006), and has also won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA. He is the fourth African-American male to...

94. Tony Revolori

Actor | The Grand Budapest Hotel

Tony Revolori was born Anthony Quinonez in Anaheim, California, and is the younger brother of actor Mario Revolori. He began acting when he was 2 years old. He is known for playing Zero Moustafa in Wes Anderson's critically acclaimed film The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). Revolori also played Flash ...

95. David Dastmalchian

Actor | Oppenheimer

David Dastmalchian is originally from Kansas. He moved to Chicago, IL, to study acting at The Theatre School, DePaul University. After college, David worked as a professional fisherman in Alaska, a circus performer, movie theatre usher and playwright. He is an ensemble member of Shattered Globe ...

96. Chris Pratt

Actor | Guardians of the Galaxy

Christopher Michael "Chris" Pratt was born on June 21, 1979 in Virginia, Minnesota and raised in Lake Stevens, Washington, to Kathleen Louise (Indahl), who worked at a supermarket, and Daniel Clifton Pratt, who remodeled houses. He is of mostly Norwegian descent. He graduated from Lake Stevens High...

97. Chita Rivera

Actress | Chicago

An accomplished and versatile actress/singer/dancer, Chita Rivera has won two Tony Awards as Best Leading Actress in a Musical and received eight additional Tony nominations for an exceptional 10 Tony nominations. She recently starred in The Visit, the final John Kander/Fred Ebb/Terrence McNally ...

98. Helen Hunt

Actress | As Good as It Gets

Helen Hunt began studying acting at the age of eight with her father, respected director and acting coach Gordon Hunt. A year later she made her professional debut and afterwards worked steadily in films, theatre and television.

99. Alfonso Ribeiro

Actor | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Alfonso Ribeiro was born in New York on September 21, 1971. Alfonso's family is from Trinidad & Tobago. Although rumor has been that he is of Dominican descent, he has stated in an interview that this is false. Neither he nor his family are from the Dominican Republic; they originate from Trinidad ...

100. Robby Benson

Actor | Beauty and the Beast

Robby Benson is an American writer, director, composer, lyricist, actor, professor of film, filmmaker and novelist. He began his career in the theater, (Oliver, The King and I); on Broadway (co-starring in Zelda, The Rothschilds and Joseph Papp's The Pirates of Penzance, where he met and fell in ...