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1. John Hurt John Hurt Actor, V for Vendetta This transatlantic talent was born John Vincent Hurt on January 22, 1940 in Shirebrook, a coal mining village near the busy market town of Chesterfield, in Derbyshire, England, to a parish vicar and a one-time actress. The youngest of three children, he spent much of his childhood in solitude. Demonstrating little initiative...
2. Al Pacino Al Pacino Actor, The Godfather Known for his forceful dramatic presentation, Al Pacino is most closely associated with the roles of Michael Corleone in The Godfather trilogy, as well as Tony Montana of the legendary gangster film Scarface. But it was his performance as Frank Slade, a blind, retired Lt. Colonel, in Scent of a Woman that won him the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1993...
3. Patrick Stewart Patrick Stewart Actor, X2 Patrick Hewes Stewart was born in Mirfield, Yorkshire, England. He was a member of various local drama groups from about age 12. He left school at age 15 to work as a junior reporter on a local paper; he quit when his editor told him he was spending too much time at the theatre and not enough working...
4. Michael Gambon Michael Gambon Actor, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 After joining the National Theatre, under the Artistic Directorship of Sir Laurence Olivier, Gambon went on to appear in a number of leading roles in plays written by Alan Ayckbourn. His career was catapulted in 1980 when he took the lead role in John Dexter's production of "Galileo". Since then...
5. Martin Sheen Martin Sheen Actor, Apocalypse Now Multiple Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Martin Sheen is one of America's most celebrated, colorful, and accomplished actors. Moving flawlessly between artistic mediums, Sheen's acting range is breathtaking. On the big screen, the Ohio native has appeared in more than 65 feature films including a star turn as Army Captain Benjamin L...
6. James Caan James Caan Actor, The Godfather A masculine and enigmatic actor whose life and movie career have had more ups and downs than the average rollercoaster and whose selection of roles has arguably derailed him from achieving true superstar status, James Caan is New York born and bred (the son of a butcher). The athletically gifted Caan played football at Michigan State University while studying economics...
7. Chuck Norris Chuck Norris Actor, The Expendables 2 Chuck Norris attended North Torrance High School from its inception in September, 1955 until his graduation in June, 1958. He is one of several storied alumni from the school. Other NHS alumni include Bob Hite (1943-1981), who was the lead singer of "Canned Heat," Chris Demaria, who was a professional baseball player in the Kansas City Royals and Milwaukee Brewers organizations...
8. Sam Waterston Sam Waterston Actor, The Killing Fields
9. James Cromwell James Cromwell Actor, The Green Mile Born in Los Angeles but raised in Manhattan and educated at Middlebury College and Carnegie Tech, James Cromwell - the son of noted film director John Cromwell - studied acting at Carnegie-Mellon. He went into the theater (like both his parents) doing everything from Shakespeare to experimental plays...
10. Bruce Lee Bruce Lee Actor, Enter the Dragon Bruce Lee remains the greatest icon of martial arts cinema, and a key figure of modern popular media. Had it not been for Bruce Lee and his movies in the early 1970s, it's arguable whether or not the martial arts film genre would have ever penetrated and influenced mainstream North American and European cinema and audiences the way it has over the past four decades...
11. Terry Gilliam Terry Gilliam Writer, Monty Python and the Holy Grail
12. Lance Henriksen Lance Henriksen Actor, Aliens An intense, versatile actor as adept at playing clean-cut FBI agents as he is psychotic motorcycle-gang leaders, who can go from portraying soulless, murderous vampires to burned-out, world-weary homicide detectives, Lance Henriksen has starred in a variety of films that have allowed him to stretch his talents just about as far as an actor could possibly hope...
13. Brian De Palma Brian De Palma Director, Scarface Brian De Palma is the son of a surgeon. He studied physics but at the same time felt his dedication for the movies and made some short films. After seven independent productions he had his first success with Sisters and his voyeuristic style. Restlessly he worked on big projects with the script writers Paul Schrader...
14. Raquel Welch Raquel Welch Actress, The Three Musketeers A new reigning 1960s international sex symbol took to the cinematic throne as soon as Raquel Welch emerged from the sea in her purposely depleted, furry prehistoric bikini. Tantalizingly wet with her garb clinging to all the right amazonian places, One Million Years B.C., if nothing else, captured the hearts...
15. Bibi Besch Bibi Besch Actress, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Bibi Besch was a very busy supporting actress who had worked in television for over twenty years before she was nominated for an Emmy. She received one supporting actress Emmy nomination for Doing Time on Maple Drive and another in 1993 for a guest appearance on Northern Exposure. While Bibi is a veteran of dozens of television movies from 1976 to 1995...
16. James Brolin James Brolin Actor, Catch Me If You Can
17. Katharine Ross Katharine Ross Actress, The Graduate Katharine Ross was born in Hollywood, California on January 29, 1940. Her father was in the US Navy and was away when she was born. His navy career shuttled the family around to Virginia, then Palo Alto and finally to Walnut Creek, outside of San Francisco, where Ross grew up. She graduated from Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek in 1957 and attended Diablo Valley College in the Bay Area...
18. Paul Shane Paul Shane Actor, Pilot
19. Rene Auberjonois Rene Auberjonois Actor, The Little Mermaid René Murat Auberjonois was born on June 1, 1940 in New York City. René was born into an already artistic family, which included his grandfather, a well-known Swiss painter, and his father Fernand, a writer. The Auberjonois family moved to Paris shortly after World War II, and it was there that René made an important career decision at the age of six...
20. Mariette Hartley Mariette Hartley Actress, One Life to Live Mariette Hartley was born Mary Loretta, a name she dislikes, in Weston, Connecticut. She was raised in accordance with the principles espoused by her behavioral psychologist grandfather, John B. Watson, who believed that children should never be held or cuddled. She says that the lack of warmth at home is what drove her to the theatre...
21. Richard Pryor Richard Pryor Writer, Blazing Saddles Highly influential, and always controversial, African/American actor/comedian who was equally well known for his colorful language during his live comedy shows, as for his fast paced life, multiple marriages and battles with drug addiction. He has been acknowledged by many modern comic artist's as a key influence on their careers...
22. Max Cullen Max Cullen Actor, X-Men Origins: Wolverine
23. John Mahoney John Mahoney Actor, Primal Fear John Mahoney is an award-winning American actor who was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, England. The seventh of eight children, Mahoney's family had been evacuated to the sea-side resort to avoid the Nazi bombing of their native Manchester. The Mancunian Mahoneys eventually returned to Manchester during the war...
24. Peter Fonda Peter Fonda Actor, Easy Rider
25. Raul Julia Raul Julia Actor, The Addams Family Raul Julia was born on March 9, 1940 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He graduated from Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola High School in San Juan. Here he studied the rigorous classical curriculum of the Jesuits and was always active in student dramatics. In 1990, he was awarded the Ignatius Medal by his school...
26. Michael Parks Michael Parks Actor, Kill Bill: Vol. 2
27. Barry Corbin Barry Corbin Actor, No Country for Old Men Barry's full given name is Leonard Barrie Corbin, and he was born on October 16, 1940, to Kilmer Blain Corbin, an attorney, and Alma Corbin, an elementary school teacher in Lamesa, Texas. Barry has a daughter named Shannon Ross, with whom he shares his 15-acre ranch in Fort Worth, Texas, when he isn't working. He says that he rides horses there every chance he gets.
28. Lainie Kazan Lainie Kazan Actress, My Big Fat Greek Wedding
29. Bernardo Bertolucci Bernardo Bertolucci Writer, Last Tango in Paris Bernardo Bertolucci, the Italian director whose films are known for their colorful visual style, was born in Parma, Italy, in 1940. He attended Rome University and became famous as a poet. He served as assistant director for Pier Paolo Pasolini in the film Accattone and directed The Grim Reaper. His second film...
30. George A. Romero George A. Romero Writer, Night of the Living Dead George A. Romero never set out to become a Hollywood figure; however, by all indications, he was very successful. The director of the groundbreaking "Dead" pentalogy was born February 4, 1940, in New York City. He grew up there until attending the renowned Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
31. Paul Williams Paul Williams Music Department, The Muppet Movie Known for timeless classics such as "We've Only Just Begun", "Rainy Days and Mondays", "Evergreen", "Just An Old Fashioned Love Song" and "Rainbow Connection", Paul Williams is responsible for what will remain part of our pop culture for many years to come. His music has been recorded by some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry...
32. Dan Hedaya Dan Hedaya Actor, The Usual Suspects Dan Hedaya is a familiar face from his work in films and on TV, where he often plays a villain (although he had a good comic turn as the charmingly sleazy Nick Tortelli, Carla's ex-husband, in Cheers and its short-lived spin-off The Tortellis). He has also done much stage work, appearing...
33. Burt Young Burt Young Actor, Rocky Burly, talented character actor who has remained consistently busy playing "rough at the edge" type characters, often on the wrong side of the law. Young was born on April 30 1940 in New York City, where he received his dramatic arts training under legendary acting coach Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio...
34. Susan Clark Susan Clark Actress, Colossus: The Forbin Project Award-winning Canadian actress Susan Clark, born on March 8, 1940, took up acting at an early age (12) in her hometown of Sarnia, Ontario. Her family moved to Toronto around that period of time and she joined the Toronto Children's Players Theatre. Her first professional curtain call took place on the...
35. Ricky Nelson Ricky Nelson Actor, Rio Bravo
36. Pauline Collins Pauline Collins Actress, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
37. Dario Argento Dario Argento Writer, Once Upon a Time in the West Dario Argento was born in Rome, Italy on September 7 1940. He is the son of producer Salvatore Argento. He began his career as a movie critic for the Rome daily newspaper "Paese Sera". A professional screenwriter by the tender age of 20, he joined Bernardo Bertolucci to write the screenplay for Sergio Leone's epic western "Once Upon A Time In The West" in 1967...
38. Larry Hankin Larry Hankin Actor, Home Alone
39. Ken Jenkins Ken Jenkins Actor, The Sum of All Fears A versatile veteran of film, television and theater, Ken Jenkins began his acting career performing in high school theater productions in his hometown of Dayton, Ohio. "I was fortunate to discover the world through the words of William Shakespeare, George Bernard Shaw, Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams, and to discover in myself a love for the theater that has shaped my life"...
40. Austin Pendleton Austin Pendleton Actor, Finding Nemo
41. Jill St. John Jill St. John Actress, Diamonds Are Forever An incredible piece of 1960s eye candy, Jill St. John absolutely smoldered on the big screen, a trendy presence in lightweight comedy, spirited adventure and spy intrigue, and perhaps best known for her bikini-clad, sexpot roles. Although she was not called upon to do much more than frolic in the sun and playfully taunt and tempt as needed...
42. Carlin Glynn Carlin Glynn Actress, Sixteen Candles
43. Howard Hesseman Howard Hesseman Actor, About Schmidt Howard Hesseman has been a leading counter-culture figure since the late 1960s. He was a member of the improv group, "the Committee", for ten years in the sixties and seventies. He has been a character actor for many years on different television shows since the 1960s, and took small parts in The Andy Griffith Show...
44. James L. Brooks James L. Brooks Writer, As Good as It Gets
45. John Lennon John Lennon Soundtrack, Children of Men John Winston (later Ono) Lennon was born on October 9, 1940, in Liverpool, England. In the mid-1950s he formed his first band, The Quarrymen (after Quarry Bank High School, which he attended) who, with the addition of Paul McCartney and George Harrison, later became The Beatles. After some years of performing in Liverpool and Hamburg...
46. David Jason David Jason Actor, Hogfather David Jason was born in Edmonton, London, in 1940. He has become one of Britain's most famous and respected actors. He is a versatile actor who is most famously known for his role in Only Fools and Horses.... as Del Boy. He made his debut as DelBoy back in 1981 and was still playing the same role up to the Christmas special in 2002...
47. Abbas Kiarostami Abbas Kiarostami Writer, Taste of Cherry Abbas Kiarostami was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1940. He graduated from university with a degree in fine arts before starting work as a graphic designer. He then joined the Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, where he started a film section, and this started his career as a filmmaker at the age of 30...
48. Donna Mills Donna Mills Actress, Play Misty for Me The living embodiment of a Barbie doll, Donna Mills was born Donna Jean Miller in Chicago on December 11, 1940. After high school, she completed one year of studies at the University of Illinois before dropping out to pursue a career as an actress and dancer. She appeared in several productions at the Drury Lane Theatre in Chicago...
49. Daniel J. Travanti Daniel J. Travanti Actor, General Hospital The highly-regarded actor Daniel J. Travanti was born Danielo Giovanni Travanty in the southeastern part of Wisconsin on March 7, 1940, but raised for a time in Iowa before returning to his native state. The youngest son of an American Motors auto worker, he showed both athletic and academic prowess in high school on both the football and debate teams...
50. John Schuck John Schuck Actor, The Curse of the Jade Scorpion John Schuck was born Conrad John Schuck in Boston, Massachusetts in 1940, the son of an English professor who took several teaching positions including Princeton College and SUNY Buffalo while John was growing up. Following graduation from Denison University where he appeared in a number of plays, John turned to regional theatre for work...
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