IMDb: Most Popular People Born In "Dallas/ Texas/ USA"

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1.		Robin Wright Actress, Beowulf Robin Virginia Wright was born in Dallas, Texas, but grew up in San Diego, California. She started her professional career as a model in 1980 at age 14, and worked both in Paris and Japan. After finishing high school she decided to become an actress. She got a role on the soap opera Santa Barbara...
2.		Gina Carano Actress, Haywire Gina Joy Carano was born under a tornado warning in Dallas, Texas to parents Glenn and Dana Carano. Her father played for the Super Bowl Champion Dallas Cowboys as a backup quarterback for Roger Staubach and Danny White from 1977-1983. In 1984 he was the starting quarterback for the USFL Pittsburgh Maulers...
3.		Angie Harmon Actress, Fun with Dick and Jane
4.		Jensen Ackles Actor, My Bloody Valentine Jensen Ackles was born in Dallas, Texas, to Roger Alan Ackles and Donna Joan Ackles (née Shaffer). After modeling as a young child, he began to concentrate on an acting career in 1996 upon his graduation from Lloyd V. Berkner High School in Richardson, Texas. In 1997, he received a role on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives as Eric Brady...
5.		Troy Baker Actor, The Last of Us
6.		Amy Acker Actress, The Cabin in the Woods Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, where she graduated Lake Highlands High School, Amy Acker is the oldest of four children, two sisters and one brother. An acting major at Southern Methodist University, Amy acted in several college theater productions. She appeared in various roles during the fantasy segments for the popular award-winning children's TV series Wishbone...
7.		Piper Perabo Actress, The Prestige After graduating college, Piper Perabo moved to New York and was later cast in a short film called Single Spaced. Her first big role came after that, where she played the girlfriend of a wannabe rapper in Whiteboyz. In 2000 she was cast in The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle as FBI agent Karen Sympathy. However...
8.		Owen Wilson Actor, Midnight in Paris Self-proclaimed troublemaker Owen Wilson grew up in Texas with his mother, Laura, a photographer; his father, an ad exec; and his brothers, Andrew Wilson (the eldest) and Luke Wilson (the youngest). Expelled from St. Mark's School of Texas (Dallas, TX) in the tenth grade, Wilson finished his sophomore year at Thomas Jefferson School and then headed to a military academy in New Mexico...
9.		Jessica Simpson Self, DreamChaser Tour Jessica Ann Simpson was born July 10, 1980, in Abilene Texas to Joe and Tina Simpson. She grew up in Richardson, Texas, living a normal childhood as the daughter of a youth minister. In church, she was able to shine, using her gifted voice to attract an independent record producer. This producer was the first of many to see the potential for greatness in Jessica...
10.		Christian Kane Actor, Just Married Christian Kane was born in Dallas, Texas. Christian and his family moved around a lot throughout the South before settling down in Norman, Oklahoma. Christian attended the University of Oklahoma where he had plans to major in Art History. But Christian wanted to try out acting, so he took his truck and his life savings of a few hundred dollars and headed to Hollywood...
11.		Luke Wilson Actor, Old School The native handsome Texan, Luke Cunningham Wilson was born in Dallas in Texas in 1971. The son of an advertising executive and a photographer, he was raised with two brothers, Owen Wilson (the middle one) and Andrew Wilson (the eldest one). The three would all go on to make their careers in film...
12.		Josh Henderson Actor, The Girl Next Door Josh Henderson was born in Dallas, Texas. Josh grew up with his mother (Sharon) in Oklahoma & Texas. Graduating from Tulsa Memorial Senior High School in May 2000, he returned to Texas after graduation to auditioned for (2001) Popstars in Dallas. Remembered for "singing like Justin Timberlake" Josh was chosen as one of the six winners...
13.		Travis Tedford Actor, The Little Rascals
14.		Christine Lakin Actress, The Hottie & the Nottie Christine Helen Lakin was born on January 25th, 1979 in Dallas, Texas. After moving several times as a child, her family finally settled in Atlanta, Georgia, where Christine started her acting career. There, she attended the Atlanta workshop players - a theater group which plays in schools in the Atlanta metro area...
15.		Jesse Plemons Actor, Battleship
16.		Brooke Burns Actress, Shallow Hal
17.		Jake McDorman Actor, Live Free or Die Hard
18.		Andrew Wilson Actor, Rushmore
19.		Mark Salling Actor, Children of the Corn: The Gathering Mark Wayne Salling Salling was born in Dallas, Texas. He is the younger of two children of Condy Sue (née Wherry), a school secretary, and John Robert Salling, Jr., an accountant. He was home-schooled at an early age. Salling was raised in a "strict Christian home" and attended Providence Christian School and Our Redeemer Lutheran during elementary school...
20.		Morgan Fairchild Actress, The City "You can never be too rich or too thin." This elegant lady defined the television version of the rich, sophisticated businesswoman who knows what she wants, and will do whatever it takes to get it. She was born Patsy Ann McClenny on February 3, 1950 in Dallas, Texas. She began acting as a child, when her mother enrolled her in drama lessons after she was too shy to give a book report in class...
21.		Stephanie March Actress, Mr. & Mrs. Smith
22.		Madison De La Garza Actress, You Take for Granted Madison De La Garza was born to Eddie DeLaGarza and Dianna Hart on December 28, 2001 in Dallas, Texas. She is the maternal younger half-sister of Demi Lovato and Dallas Lovato. She is best known for her role as "Juanita Solis" on Desperate Housewives. Madison has been made fun of for her weight but her sister, Demi Lovato, has spoken out about her and her own bullying/weight issues.
23.		Nick Jonas Self, Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience
24.		Usher Raymond Self, Justin Bieber: Never Say Never Usher Terry Raymond IV began singing when he was six years old, joining the local church choir at the behest of his mother, Jonnetta Patton, who acted as choir director. Patton, a single mom, raised Usher and his younger brother, James, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, before moving the family to Atlanta...
25.		Jay R. Ferguson Actor, The Lucky One
26.		Peter MacNicol Actor, Bean
27.		Noah Ringer Actor, The Last Airbender Noah Andrew Ringer is an American actor who starred as Aang in the film The Last Airbender. He was discovered in an open casting call for Airbender in Texas. He was also cast in the film Cowboys & Aliens as Emmett. Ringer is a young taekwondo practitioner who was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. At age 12...
28.		William McNamara Actor, Copycat William McNamara studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and has since notched up over sixty-five film and TV appearances. One of his first roles was that of Joel in the teen movie Dream a Little Dream with Corey Feldman and Corey Haim. He followed this up with the Bette Midler film Stella...
29.		Robby Benson Actor, Beauty and the Beast
30.		Sharon Tate Actress, The Fearless Vampire Killers Sharon's early life was one of constant moving as her father served in the military. When she lived in Italy, she was voted "Homecoming Queen" of her high school. After being an extra in a few Italian films, Sharon headed to Hollywood where she would again start as an extra. Her first big break came when she was cast as the shapely bank secretary...
31.		Vanilla Ice Self, That's My Boy Vanilla Ice was born Robert Van Winkle on October 31st, 1967 in South Dallas, Texas. His father left him when he was 4 years old and since then, had many stepfathers. In his teenage years, he was a poor student who got dismal grades and skipped school often. He was 18 when he was in the 10th grade, and dropped out of school...
32.		Peter Ostrum Soundtrack, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
33.		Meat Loaf Actor, Fight Club Meat Loaf was born in Texas, and moved to Los Angeles in 1967 to play in local bands and appear in musicals such as "Hair" and "As You Like It". He made his film debut with a memorable role in cult film The Rocky Horror Picture Show. In 1977, he and lyricist Jim Steinman released an operatic rock album called "Bat Out Of Hell"...
34.		Erin Wasson Actress, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
35.		Dallas Lovato Actress, Snowflake, the White Gorilla
36.		Uriah Shelton Actor, Alabama Moon Uriah was born on March 10, 1997 in Dallas, Texas. One month later his family moved him to Magnolia Springs, Alabama, a small river community about 40 miles south of Mobile. Growing up, Uriah pursued interests in martial arts, piano, and soccer. At the age of 7, he took a modeling class with his cousin...
37.		Stephen Tobolowsky Actor, Memento Character actor Stephen Tobolowsky was born on May 30, 1951 in Dallas, Texas. Over the past three decades, Tobolowsky has racked up a lengthy list of roles in movies and television across many different genres. While Tobolowsky initially attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas with the intention of studying geology...
38.		Brian J. Smith Actor, Red Faction: Origins
39.		Michael Urie Actor, WTC View Michael Urie is a native Texan who was active in Speech and Drama all through high school at Plano Senior High School. He trained in theater studies at Collin County Community College in Plano before going to the Julliard School where he was recipient of the John Houseman prize for excellence in classical theater and the Laura Pels award for a career in the theater.
40.		Glenn Morshower Actor, Transformers: Dark of the Moon
41.		Dillon Casey Actor, The Vow
42.		Greg Vaughan Actor, Poison Ivy: The New Seduction James Gregory Vaughan, Jr., was born in Dallas, Texas, on June 15, 1973, and was raised in both the big city of Dallas and the small German town of Fredericksburg, Texas, from his preschool years through his early teens, graduating from Mesquite High in 1991. Vaughan was involved in sports, student government...
43.		Christopher Pettiet Actor, Point Break Born in Dallas, Texas, Christopher Pettiet began career as a child actor making appearances in television series, made-for-television movies and films. He starred in two hit flicks, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead and Point Break, and then joined the cast of the Western TV series The Young Riders as a young Jesse James...
44.		Paige Hurd Actress, Cradle 2 the Grave
45.		Evan Stone Actor, Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge
46.		Travis Willingham Actor, Secondhand Lions Travis was born in Dallas, Texas on August 3rd, 1981. He graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1999 and then made the short drive to Fort Worth to study theatre at Texas Christian University where Travis graduated in May 2003 with a BFA in Theater Performance. His first screen appearance was in the independent film The Anarchist Cookbook...
47.		Anne Winters Actress, Sand Castles Born on June 3, 1994, Anne Winters is originally from Dallas, Texas. She now resides in N. Hollywood, California. At the age of four, Anne performed in her first musical production. At ten, she sang her first solo to a crowd of over 24,000 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. At 14, Anne was discovered and signed on the spot by her current talent manager...
48.		Miles Fisher Actor, Final Destination 5 Born in Dallas, TX and raised in Washington DC, Fisher attended Harvard University where he was chosen by classmates to deliver the "Harvard Oration" speech for his commencement. After graduating, Fisher moved to Los Angeles where he resides. Fisher first became noticed as an actor after several self-produced videos became viral online...
49.		Stark Sands Actor, Chasing Liberty Stark Sands grew up in Dallas, Texas, where he began acting on the stage at age 13 at Highland Park High School. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in acting from the University of Southern California. During his four years in the intense conservatory program, he appeared in more than a dozen plays and musicals...
50.		Lane Garrison Actor, Shooter Lane Garrison is an American actor, best known for the role of David "Tweener" Apolskis on the television series Prison Break. At 17 and unable to get along with his mother, he left home and moved in with Joe Simpson--the manager and father of pop stars Jessica Simpson and Ashlee Simpson. Garrison graduated from J.J...

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