Top 15 Actors Who Need A Show

1. D.C. Douglas

Actor | Drowning in Secrets

D.C. Douglas has cobbled together a fairly quirky acting career covering stage, screen and console since 1985.

In film and television, D.C. has popped up in odd or cultish indie films, from Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014) and Black Ops (2008) to Aquarium of the Dead (2021) and Isle of the Dead (...

2. Andrew Bilgore

Actor | Friends

Bilgore graduated with a degree in Theatre from Dartmouth College. His early theatre career included:

• Training at the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, where Group Theater founding member, Morris Carnovsky, flatteringly named him, "The Voice!"

3. Shulie Cowen

Actress | Mr. Mayor

Shulie Cowen was born in Evanston, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Mr. Mayor (2021), 2 Broke Girls (2011) and Parks and Recreation (2009). She has been married to Kai Narezo since June 12, 2005.

4. Alec Baldwin

Actor | The Departed

Alec Baldwin is the oldest, and best-known, of the four Baldwin brothers in the acting business (the others are Stephen Baldwin, William Baldwin and Daniel Baldwin). Alexander Rae Baldwin III was born on April 3, 1958 in Massapequa, New York, the son of Carol Newcomb (Martineau) and Alexander Rae ...

5. Edie McClurg

Actress | Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Born in Kansas City, Missouri, McClurg began her performing career at age five with the Kansas City Rhythm Kids. She retired when the dance teacher was arrested on a morals charge for "dating" the tall and lissome, yet underage, star dancer in the troupe. That girl's big number culminated with a ...

6. Colin Mochrie

Self | Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Colin Andrew Mochrie was on born November 30, 1957, in Kilmarnock, Scotland. His father, an airline maintenance executive, moved the family to Montreal, Canada, in 1964, and finally to Vancouver in 1969. When asked about his childhood, Mochrie said he tended to be a bit of a loner because of moving...

7. Matt Winston

Actor | Little Miss Sunshine

Matt Winston was born on February 3, 1970. He is an actor and producer, known for Little Miss Sunshine (2006), Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) and Jurassic Park (1993). He has been married to Amy Smallman since October 11, 1998. They have two children.

8. John Fleck

Actor | Waterworld

John Fleck is an actor, known for Waterworld (1995), Falling Down (1993) and The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991).

9. J.P. Manoux

Actor | Phil of the Future

J.P. Manoux grew up in Santa Barbara, California, the oldest of seven. He was involved in children's theater and took tap dance lessons before attending Thacher School in Ojai, California. As college applications approached, Manoux's drama teacher recommended the undergraduate theater department at...

10. Peter MacNicol

Actor | Sophie's Choice

Peter MacNicol is an American actor. He received a Theatre World Award for his 1981 Broadway debut in the play Crimes of the Heart. His film roles include Galen in Dragonslayer (1981), Stingo in Sophie's Choice (1982), Janosz Poha in Ghostbusters II (1989), camp organizer Gary Granger in Addams ...

11. Dominic Cooper

Actor | The Devil's Double

Dominic Edward Cooper was born and raised in Greenwich, London, England. His mother, Julie (Heron), is a nursery school teacher and a keen theater-goer. His father, Brian Cooper, is an auctioneer. They divorced when Dominic was age 5. His maternal great-grandfather was film enthusiast E.T. Heron, ...

12. Rufus Sewell

Actor | Dark City

Rufus Sewell was born on the 29th of October 1967 in Twickenham, England. His mother, Jo, was Welsh, and was an artist and painter. His father, Bill Sewell, was an Australian animator who died when Rufus was 10. He has one brother, Caspar. He attended London's Central School of Speech and Drama and...

13. Ciarán Hinds

Actor | Belfast

Ciarán Hinds was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland on February 9, 1953. He was one of five children and the only son. His father was a doctor who hoped to have Ciarán follow in his footsteps, but that was not to be. It was his mother Moya, an amateur actress, who was the real influence behind his ...

14. John Lutz

Writer | Saturday Night Live

John Lutz was born on April 23, 1973 in Pipestone, Minnesota, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for Saturday Night Live (1975), Friends with Kids (2011) and Mystery Team (2009).

15. Scott Adsit

Actor | Big Hero 6

Scott Adsit performed on the mainstage of Chicago's Second City, between 1994 and 1998, and, alongside Saturday Night Live (1975)'s Rachel Dratch and Tina Fey, was one of the driving forces behind such groundbreaking revues as "Pinata Full of Bees" and "Paradigm Lost". An in-depth look at his craft...

16. Brian Pugh

Actor | Enigmata

Brian Pugh is known for Enigmata (2010), Free Agents (2011) and Whitney (2011).