List of Jewish American entertainers
This is a list of notable Jewish American entertainers. For other famous Jewish Americans, see List of Jewish Americans.
Actors (film and TV)
organized by birth decade
1990s
- Jonah Bobo (born 1997), film actor (Around the Bend, Zathura)[1]
- Flora Cross (born 1993), film actress (Bee Season)[2]
- Alexander Gould (born 1994), film/TV actor (Finding Nemo)[3]
- Shane Haboucha (born 1990), actor (Desperation, Stacy's Mom)[4]
- Carter Jenkins (born 1991), film/TV actor[5][6]
- Logan Lerman (born 1992), film/TV actor (Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief)[7][8]
- Jonathan Lipnicki (born 1990), film actor (Jerry Maguire, Like Mike)[9]
- Ezra Miller (born 1992), film actor[10]
- Nathalia Ramos (born 1992), Spanish-born American actress (Bratz: The Movie)[11]
- Sarah Ramos (born 1991), TV actress (American Dreams)[12]
- Daryl Sabara (born 1992), actor (Spy Kids, Keeping Up with the Steins, Halloween)[13][14]
- Evan Sabara (born 1992), film/TV actor, brother of Daryl Sabara[15]
- Adiel Stein (born 1991), film actor (Stolen Summer)[16]
- Matt Weinberg (born 1990), film/TV actor (Haunted Lighthouse)[17]
- Zoe Weizenbaum (born 1991), film actress (Memoirs of a Geisha)[18]
1980s
- Brad Pontarelli (born 1989), actor ("Always Mad")
- Dianna Agron (born 1986), actress and singer
- Jonathan Ahdout (born 1989), actor (House of Sand and Fog, 24)[19]
- Justin Baldoni (born 1984), actor (Everwood)[20]
- Amanda Bynes (born 1986), film actress and former show host on Nickelodeon (She's the Man)[21]
- Lizzy Caplan (born 1982), film/TV actress (Mean Girls, Cloverfield)[22]
- Lauren Cohan (born 1982), Film/Television actor (Supernatural)[23]
- Matt Cohen (born 1982), film/TV actor[24]
- John Francis Daley (born 1985), actor/director (Freaks and Geeks)[25]
- Kat Dennings (born 1986), film/TV actress[26][27]
- Zac Efron (born 1987; Jewish paternal grandfather), teen idol/actor (High School Musical, Hairspray)[28]
- Jesse Eisenberg (born 1983), film actor (The Squid and the Whale)[29]
- Ben Feldman (born 1980), film/TV actor[30][31]
- Sean Flynn-Amir (born 1989), TV actor (Zoey 101)[32]
- Ben Foster (born 1980), film actor (X-Men: The Last Stand)[33]
- Jon Foster (born 1984), film/TV actor (Stay Alive)[34]
- Shayna Fox (born 1984), voice actress[35]
- Gideon Glick (born 1988), actor[36]
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt (born 1981), film/TV actor[37][38]
- Max Greenfield (born 1980), film/TV actor[39]
- Zena Grey (born 1988), film actress (Max Keeble's Big Move)[40]
- Jake Gyllenhaal (born 1980), film actor (Brokeback Mountain)[41]
- Jonah Hill (born 1983), film actor[42]
- Scarlett Johansson (born 1984), film actress;[43] [44]
- Ariana Jollee (born 1982), pornographic actress and pornographic film director[45]
- Mila Kunis (born 1983), TV actress (That '70s Show)[46]
- Shia LaBeouf (born 1986), TV/film actor (Even Stevens, Holes, Disturbia, Transformers)[47][48]
- Adam Lamberg (born 1984), actor (Lizzie McGuire)[49]
- Samm Levine (born 1982), film/TV actor[50]
- Margarita Levieva (born 1980), actress and professional gymnast
- Alex D. Linz (born 1989), actor (Home Alone 3, Max Keeble's Big Move)[51][52]
- Jessica Manley, actress (Anne Frank: The Whole Story).
- Eli Marienthal (born 1986), film actor (Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen)[53]
- Scott Mechlowicz (born 1981), film actor (EuroTrip, Mean Creek)[54]
- Sara Paxton (born 1988), actress (Darcy's Wild Life, Aquamarine)[55][56][57]
- Josh Peck (born 1986), actor (Drake & Josh)[58]
- Ashley Peldon (born 1984), film/TV actress[59]
- Courtney Peldon (born 1981), film/TV actress[60]
- Alisan Porter (born 1981), film and stage actress and singer[61]
- Natalie Portman (born 1981), Israeli-born film actor (V for Vendetta)[62]
- Laura Prepon (born 1980), film/TV actress (That '70s Show). .[63][64]
- Nikki Reed (born 1988), film actress/screenwriter (Thirteen)[65][66]
- Seth Rogen (born 1982), comedian, actor, writer
- Daphne Rosen (born 1982), Israeli/American adult film actress and adult movie producer[67]
- Emmy Rossum (born 1986), actress, singer, and songwriter
- Jason Schwartzman (born 1980), known from Rushmore, Spun, I Heart Huckabees, Shopgirl, Marie Antoinette, and for being a member of the predominantly Jewish band Phantom Planet, of which the track "California" became the theme song for the Fox TV series, The O.C.
- Jason Segel (born 1980), film/TV actor[68]
- Jamie-Lynn Sigler (born 1981), TV actress (The Sopranos)[69]
- Sam Smith (born 1989), English actor (Wondrous Oblivion)[70]
- Marla Sokoloff (born 1980), film/TV actress (Big Day)[71]
- Shoshannah Stern (born 1980), TV actress[72][73]
- Lauren Storm (born 1987), TV actress (Flight 29 Down)[74][75]
- Khleo Thomas (born 1989), film actor (Holes)[76]
- Ashley Tisdale (born 1985), actress and singer (High School Musical)[77]
- Michelle Trachtenberg (born 1985), film/TV actress; born to devout Jewish parents; grandparents live in Israel[78]
- Joseph Trohman (born 1984), musician (Fall Out Boy)Joe Trohman
- Raviv (Ricky) Ullman (born 1986), Israeli-born actor, teen idol (Phil of the Future)[79]
- Anneliese van der Pol (born 1984), Dutch/American actress (That's So Raven)[80]
- Mara Wilson (born 1987), film actress (Matilda)[81]
- Evan Rachel Wood (born 1987), film actress (Thirteen, The Upside of Anger)[65][66][82]
- Mario Yedidia (born 1984), former child actor (Warriors of Virtue)[83]
- Anton Yelchin (born 1989), Russian-born film/TV actor[84][85]
- Joey Zimmerman (born 1986), film/TV actor (Halloweentown)[86]
1970s
- Shiri Appleby (born 1978), Israeli/American film/TV actress (Roswell)[87]
- David Arquette (born 1971), film actor[88][89]
- Elizabeth Banks (born 1974), film actress (Invincible)[90][91]
- Justin Bartha (born 1978), film actor (National Treasure,The Hangover)[92]
- Amber Benson (born 1977), actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)[93]
- Elizabeth Berkley (born 1972), TV, film, and stage actress[94]
- Mayim Bialik (born 1975), actress (Blossom)[95]
- Michael Ian Black (born Michael Ian Schwartz, 1971–), actor, comedian and comedy writer[96]
- Selma Blair (born Selma Bleitner, 1972–), film actress, raised w/ Jewish day school (Cruel Intentions)[97]
- Alex Borstein (born 1971), actress, writer, and comedian[98]
- Caprice Bourret (born 1971), English fashion model and actress, often known by her first name[99]
- Zach Braff (born 1975), film/TV actor, director, screenwriter, and producer (Scrubs, Garden State)[100]
- Tamara Braun (born 1971), soap opera actress[101]
- Adam Brody (born 1979), actor (The O.C.)[102]
- Adrien Brody (born 1973), film actor (The Pianist)[103][104]
- Sarah Brown (born 1975), actress[105]
- Brooke Burke (born 1971), TV personality and model[106][107]
- Scott Caan (born 1976), film actor, son of James Caan[108]
- Josh Charles (born 1971), stage, film, and TV actor[109]
- Emmanuelle Chriqui (born 1977), film/TV actress[110]
- Jennifer Connelly (born 1970), film actress[111]
- Erin Daniels (born Erin Cohen, 1973–), actress[112][113]
- Dustin Diamond (born 1977), actor (Saved by the Bell)[114]
- Oded Fehr (born 1970), Israeli/American actor (The Mummy)[115]
- Corey Feldman (born 1971), film actor, 1980s teen idol[116]
- James Franco (born 1978), film actor (James Dean, Spider-Man)[117][118]
- Soleil Moon Frye (born 1976), actress and director (Punky Brewster)[119]
- Sarah Michelle Gellar (born 1977), actress, writer, director, film maker, comedian, singer (Buffy Summers)[120]
- Elon Gold (born 1970), comedian, TV actor, writer, and producer[121]
- Adam Goldberg (born 1970), film actor[122]
- Ginnifer Goodwin (born 1978), film/TV actress (Big Love)[123]
- Seth Green (born 1974), actor, writer, and TV producer[124][125]
- Bryan Greenberg (born 1978), film/TV actor (Prime)[126]
- Maggie Gyllenhaal (born 1977), Golden Globe-nominated actress[113][127]
- Corey Haim (1971–2010), Canadian-born film actor[128]
- Chelsea Handler (born 1975), actress/comedian[129]
- Alyson Hannigan (born 1974), actress ( Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Date Movie)[130]
- Danielle Harris (born 1977), actress[131]
- Samantha Harris (born Samantha Harris Shapiro, 1973–), actress and TV presenter[132]
- Cole Hauser (born 1975), film actor[133][134]
- Jason Hervey (born 1972), actor (The Wonder Years)
- Kate Hudson (born 1979), film actress (Almost Famous, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days)[135]
- Oliver Hudson (born 1976), film/TV actor[34]
- Rashida Jones (born 1976), actress, writer, model, and musician (The Office)[136]
- Chris Kattan (born 1970), comedian (Saturday Night Live)[41]
- Mia Kirshner (born 1975), Israeli/American actress and author born to devout Jewish parents, known for portrayal of Jenny Schecter on The L Word; granddaughter of Jewish Holocaust survivors
- Alla Korot (born 1970), Ukrainian-born actress[137]
- Lisa Kushell (born 1971), comedic actress (MADtv, co-host of Dinner and a Movie)[138]
- David Krumholtz (born 1978), actor (NUMB3RS)[139]
- Adam Levine (born 1979), musician (Maroon 5)Adam Levine
- Aaron Lewis (born 1972), lead singer of post-grunge band Staind
- Jenny Lewis (born 1976), musician and former child actress[140]
- Michael Lucas (born 1972), Russian-born porn star[141]
- Jamie Luner (born 1971), actress (Melrose Place)[142]
- Natasha Lyonne (born Natasha Braunstein, 1979–), film/TV actress (American Pie)[143]
- Gabriel Macht (born 1972), film actor[144]
- Idina Menzel (born 1971), actress, singer and songwriter[145]
- Gwyneth Paltrow (born 1972), actress and singer[146][147][148]
- Adam Pascal (born 1970), actor (Rent)[149]
- Amanda Peet (born 1972), film actress[150][151]
- Joaquin Phoenix (born Joaquin Bottom, 1974–), film actor (Walk the Line)[152][153][154][155]
- Rain Phoenix (born Rain Bottom, 1973–), actress/musician[152][153]
- River Phoenix (born River Bottom, 1970–93), film actor[152][153]
- Summer Phoenix (born 1978), actress and model[152][153]
- Pink (born Alecia Moore, 1979–), singer and actress[156]
- Josh Radnor (born 1976), actor (How I Met Your Mother)[87]
- Michael Rapaport (born 1970), film/TV actor[157]
- Leah Remini (born 1970), actress (The King of Queens)[158]
- Simon Rex (born 1974), actor and model[159]
- Michael Rosenbaum (born 1972), film/TV actor (Smallvile)[160]
- Tracee Ellis Ross (born Tracee Joy Silberstein, 1972–), actress, daughter of singer Diana Ross[161]
- Eli Roth (born 1972), film actor, director, producer and writer[162]
- Maya Rudolph (born 1972), actress/comedian (Saturday Night Live)[91]
- Winona Ryder (born Winona Horowitz, 1971–), film actress[163][164]
- Sarah Saltzberg (born 1976), Broadway theater actress[165]
- Andy Samberg (born David Andrew Samberg, 1977–), comedian. Part of group The Lonely Island; Saturday Night Live
- Fred Savage (born 1976), actor and TV director (Wonder Years)[166][167]
- Josh Saviano (born 1976), (Wonder Years)
- Miriam Shor (born 1971), film/TV actress (Big Day)[168]
- Sarah Silverman (born 1970), stand-up comedian, actress, and writer[169]
- Alicia Silverstone (born 1976), actress and former fashion model (Clueless, Batman and Robin)[170][171]
- Ione Skye (born Ione Skye Leitch, 1971–), English-born actress[172]
- Lindsay Sloane (born Lindsay Sloane Leikin, 1977–), actress[173][174]
- Bahar Soomekh (born 1975), Iranian-born actress (Crash)[175][176]
- Tori Spelling (born 1973), actress (Beverly Hills 90210)[177][178]
- Jordana Spiro (born 1977), TV actress (My Boys)[179]
- Matt Stone (born 1971), animator, film director, screenwriter, actor, voice actor, and creator of South Park[180]
- Danny Strong (born 1974), film/TV actor[181]
- Jonathan Togo (born 1977), actor (CSI: Miami, Mystic River)[182]
- Mageina Tovah (born Mageina Tovah Begtrup, 1979–), actress[183]
- Kevin Weisman (born 1970), film/TV actor[184]
- Jennifer Westfeldt (born 1971), actress and writer (Kissing Jessica Stein)[185]
- Marissa Jaret Winokur (born 1973), film, TV, and stage actress (Hairspray stage version)[186]
- Noah Wyle (born 1971), film/TV actor[187]
- Nikki Ziering (born Natalie Schiele, 1971–), model and actress[188]
- Ethan Zohn (born 1973), Survivor: Africa winner and actor[189]
- Arianne Zuker (born Arianne Zuckerman, 1974–), soap opera actress[190]
1960s
- Paula Abdul (born 1962), singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, dancer, and choreographer[191]
- Steven Adler (born 1965), musician, songwriter, drummer (Guns N' Roses)
- Patricia Arquette (born 1968), Golden Globe-nominated actress[192][193]
- Hank Azaria (born 1964), Ladino (Sephardic Jewish language) speaking film/TV actor, director, comedian, and voice artist (voice actor on The Simpsons, The Birdcage).[194]
- David Alan Basche (born 1968), actor[195]
- Randall Batinkoff (born 1968), film/TV actor (For Keeps?)[196]
- Mary Kay Bergman (1961–99), voice actress (South Park)[197]
- Troy Beyer (born 1964), film director, screenwriter, and actress[111]
- Craig Bierko (born 1964), film/TV actor (Cinderella Man)[198]
- Jack Black (born 1969), film actor and musician[199][200]
- Yasmine Bleeth (born 1968), film/TV actress (Baywatch)[201]
- Lisa Bonet (born 1967), film/TV actress (The Cosby Show)[202]
- Matthew Broderick (born 1962), film and stage actor (Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Producers)[203]
- Gabrielle Carteris (born 1961), actress (Beverly Hills 90210)[204]
- Max Casella (born 1967), actor (Doogie Howser)
- Scott Cohen (born 1964), film/TV actor[205]
- Mindy Cohn (born 1966), TV actress (The Facts of Life)[174]
- David Cross (born 1964), actor/comedian[206]
- Dean Devlin (born 1962), former actor, now producer and screenwriter[207]
- Don Diamont (born Donald Feinberg, 1961–), soap opera actor (The Young and the Restless)[208]
- Robert Downey Jr. (born 1965), actor and musician (Iron Man)[209][210]
- David Duchovny (born 1960), film/TV actor (The X-Files)[211][212]
- Lisa Edelstein (born 1967), actress (House)[213]
- Jon Favreau (born 1966), actor/director[214][215]
- Dan Futterman (born 1967), actor and screenwriter[216]
- Jeff Garlin (born 1962), comic actor (Curb Your Enthusiasm)[217]
- Brad Garrett (born Bradley Harold Gerstenfeld, 1960–), actor and comedian[218]
- Gina Gershon (born 1962), film actress[219]
- Jami Gertz (born 1965), film/TV actress[220]
- Melissa Gilbert (born 1964), former child actress, two terms as president of Screen Actors Guild[221]
- Judy Gold (born 1962), stand-up comedian and actress[222]
- Bill Goldberg (born 1966), former wrestler; wrestled for both World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), film/TV actor[223]
- Jennifer Grey (born 1960), actress and dancer (Dirty Dancing)[224]
- Arye Gross (born 1960), film/TV actor[225]
- Greg Grunberg (born 1966), film/TV actor (Heroes)[226]
- Annabelle Gurwitch (born 1961), comedic actress, hostess of TBS's Dinner and a Movie[227]
- Jessica Hecht (born 1965), film/stage actress[228]
- Monica Horan (born 1963), TV actress (Everybody Loves Raymond)[229]
- Sean Kanan (born Sean Perelman, 1966–), soap opera actor (General Hospital)[230]
- Lesli Kay (born Lesli Pushkin, 1965–), actress (As the World Turns); had first individual girl's bat mitzvah in West Virginia
- Heather Paige Kent (born 1969), TV actress[231]
- Marc Kudisch (born 1966), stage actor[232]
- Lisa Kudrow (born 1963), actress (Friends)[233]
- Juliet Landau (born 1965), actress (Ed Wood), daughter of Martin Landau and Barbara Bain[234]
- John Lehr (born 1967), actor/comedian (10 Items or Less)[179][235]
- Jennifer Jason Leigh (born 1962), Hollywood film actress (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)[9]
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus (born 1961), actress (Seinfeld)[236]
- Joshua Malina (born 1966), film and stage actor[237]
- Camryn Manheim (born 1961), actress (The Practice)[238]
- Cindy Margolis (born 1965), actress/model; in 2000 Guinness Book of World Records as the "most downloaded" person in 1999[195]
- Julianna Margulies (born 1966), film/TV actress (ER)[239]
- Brett Marx (born 1964), actor (The Bad News Bears); great nephew of the Marx Brothers
- Marlee Matlin (born 1965), actress (Children of a Lesser God)[240]
- Debra Messing (born 1968), actress (Will & Grace)[241]
- Dina Meyer (born 1968), film/TV actress (Saw films)[242]
- Ari Meyers (born 1969), actress (Kate & Allie)[243]
- Rob Morrow (born 1962), actor (Northern Exposure, Numb3rs)[244]
- Sarah Jessica Parker (born 1965), Golden Globe, Emmy-winning actress[245][246]
- Sean Penn (born 1960), film actor (Mystic River, Milk)[247]
- Jeremy Piven (born 1965), actor (Entourage)[248]
- Rain Pryor (born 1969), actress and comedian, daughter of Richard Pryor[249]
- Ted Raimi (born 1965), actor, brother of Spider-Man director Sam Raimi[90]
- Adam Rich (born 1968), child actor (Eight is Enough)
- Paul Rudd (born 1969), actor and screenwriter; son of Jewish immigrants from England[250][251]
- Adam Sandler (born 1966), actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter, producer, and musician[252][253]
- Rob Schneider (born 1963), actor, comedian, and screenwriter[254]
- Bitty Schram (born 1968), Golden Globe-nominated actress[255]
- Liev Schreiber (born 1967), Tony Award winning actor[256]
- Scott Schwartz (born 1968), child actor (A Christmas Story and The Toy)
- David Schwimmer (born 1966), Emmy-nominated actor and director (Friends)[257]
- Sam Seder (born 1966), actor, comedian, writer, producer, director[258]
- Kyra Sedgwick (born 1965), Emmy-nominated actress[259]
- Ally Sheedy (born 1962), screen and stage actress ("Brat Pack" films The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire)[260]
- Jonathan Silverman (born 1966), film/TV actor[261]
- Helen Slater (born 1963), film actress and singer-songwriter, (title role in Supergirl)[262]
- Robert Smigel (born 1960), Comedian, actor, writer; puppeteer behind Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog, Saturday Night Live's TV Funhouse cartoon shorts; contributed to album The Jewish Songbook: The Heart and Humor of a People. Son of devout Jewish parents; raised w/strong Jewish identity, Jewish day school, travel to Israel, and Jewish summer camps.
- Rena Sofer (born 1968), actress born to Orthodox Jewish parents; father is an Orthodox Jewish rabbi. Descendant of mystical rabbi and philosopher Baal Shem Tov.[263]
- Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, 1962–), stand-up comedian, actor, author; host, head writer, and producer of The Daily Show[264]
- Ben Stiller (born 1965), Emmy Award winning comedian, actor, and film director[253][265]
- Michael Vartan (born 1968), French-born film/TV actor (Monster-in-Law)[266]
- Steven Weber (born 1961), film/TV actor (Wings)[267]
- Scott Wolf (born 1968), actor (Party of Five)[268]
- Ian Ziering (born 1964), actor (Beverly Hills 90210)[132][269]
1950s
- Caroline Aaron (born 1957), actress and producer[270]
- Jason Alexander (born Jay Greenspan, 1959–), actor, comedian, writer, director ("George Costanza" on Seinfeld)[271]
- Adam Arkin (born 1956), film, TV, and stage actor[272]
- Rosanna Arquette (born 1959), actress, film director, and film producer[273]
- Ellen Barkin (born 1954), actress[39]
- Robby Benson (born Robin Segal, 1956–), actor, former teen idol[274]
- Mike Binder (born 1958), screenwriter, film director, and actor[275]
- Kate Capshaw (born 1953), actress (Indiana Jones)[276]
- Jamie Lee Curtis (born 1958), Golden Globe-winning film actress, writer of books for children[277]
- Wayne Federman (born 1959), comedian, actor, author (Maravich)[278]
- Tovah Feldshuh (born 1952), actress, singer, and playwright[279]
- Harvey Fierstein (born 1954), actor, author, and singer[280]
- Carrie Fisher (born 1956), film actress, novelist (Star Wars)[281]
- Al Franken (born 1951), comedian, actor, author, screenwriter, political commentator, radio host, and U.S. Senator[282]
- Jeff Goldblum (born 1952), film actor[283]
- Steve Guttenberg (born 1958), actor[284]
- Mary Hart (born 1950), actress and TV personality (Entertainment Tonight)[285]
- Amy Irving (born 1953), actress[286]
- Toni Kalem (born 1956), film/TV actress, screenwriter, and director[287]
- Carol Kane (born 1952), actress[288]
- Julie Kavner (born 1950), film/TV actress (voice of Marge on The Simpsons)[289]
- Richard Kind (born 1956), actor[290]
- John Landis (born 1950), actor, director, writer, and producer[291]
- Carol Leifer (born 1956), comedienne and actress[292]
- Joan Lunden (born Joan Blunden, 1950–), broadcaster (Good Morning America), has also acted[293]
- Melanie Mayron (born 1952), actress and director (Thirtysomething)[294]
- Larry Miller (born 1953), stand-up comedian, actor[295]
- Don Most (born 1953), actor (Happy Days)[296]
- Bebe Neuwirth (born 1958), theater, TV, and film actress[145]
- Laraine Newman (born 1952), comedienne and actress[297]
- Ken Olin (born 1954), actor, director and producer[298]
- Mandy Patinkin (born 1952), actor of stage and screen, and singer/interpreter of Yiddish songs[299]
- Lorna Patterson (born 1956), film, stage and TV actress[300]
- Scott Patterson (born 1958), actor (Gilmore Girls)[301]
- David Paymer (born 1954), character actor[302]
- Ron Perlman (born 1950), film/TV actor (Hellboy)[303]
- Kevin Pollak (born 1957), actor, impressionist, and comedian[304]
- Paul Reiser (born 1957), actor, author, and stand-up comedian (Mad About You)[305]
- Paul Reubens (born Paul Rubenfeld, 1952–), aka Peewee Herman
- Alan Rosenberg (born 1950), actor, 24th president of the Screen Actors Guild[306]
- Katey Sagal (born 1954), actress, singer, and writer (Married... with Children)[307]
- Bob Saget (born 1956), actor, stand-up comedian, and game show host[308]
- Richard Schiff (born 1955), actor (The West Wing)[309]
- Steven Seagal (born 1951), action movie actor, producer, writer, director, and singer[310]
- Jerry Seinfeld (born 1954), comedian, actor, and writer[257]
- Jane Seymour (born Joyce Frankenberg, 1951–), English-born film/TV actress[311]
- Wendie Jo Sperber (1958–2005), TV/movie actress[312]
- Annie Sprinkle (born Ellen Steinberg, 1954–), stripper, porn film star/producer, porn magazine editor/writer, turned into an artist, cable TV host[313]
- Howard Stern (born 1954), radio/TV personality, media mogul, humorist, actor, and author[41]
- Stephen Tobolowsky (born 1951), actor[314]
- Robert Trebor (born Robert Schenkman, 1953–), actor (Hercules, Xena)[315]
- Debra Winger (born 1955), actress born to Orthodox Jewish parents; raised w/strong Jewish identity that included trips to kibbutzim in Israel; played "Wonder Girl" in Wonder Woman TV series[316]
- Mare Winningham (born 1959), film/TV actress[317]
1940s
- Bob Balaban (born 1945), actor and director[318]
- Richard Belzer (born 1944), stand-up comedian, writer, and actor[257]
- Lewis Black (born 1948), stand-up comedian and actor
- Albert Brooks (born Albert Lawrence Einstein, 1947–), stand-up comedian, director, screenwriter, actor[319]
- James Caan (born 1940), film, stage, and TV actor (The Godfather)[320]
- Nell Carter (1948–2003), singer and film, stage, and TV actress[321]
- Peter Coyote (born Rachmil Pinchus Ben Mosha Cohon, 1941–), actor and author[322]
- Billy Crystal (born 1947), actor, writer, producer, comedian, and film director (When Harry Met Sally...)[323][324]
- Larry David (born 1947), Emmy-winning writer, director, comedian, actor, producer, co-creator of Seinfeld, and creator of Curb Your Enthusiasm[325]
- Michael Douglas (born 1944), actor and producer (Wall Street); Jewish father[326]
- Richard Dreyfuss (born 1947), actor (The Goodbye Girl)[327]
- Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, 1941–), singer-songwriter, author, musician, and poet, also appeared in several films[328]
- Bob Einstein (born 1942), writer and comedian known as Super Dave
- Richard Elfman (born 1949), film director, writer, and actor[329]
- Harrison Ford (born 1942), actor[142][154]
- Bonnie Franklin (born 1944), actress[330]
- Art Garfunkel (born 1941), singer & songwriter
- Paul Michael Glaser (born 1943), actor (Starsky & Hutch)[331]
- Scott Glenn (born 1941), actor[332]
- Christopher Guest (born 1948), comedian, screenwriter, composer, musician, film director, actor, and Spinal Tap member[333][334]
- Goldie Hawn (born 1945), film actress, director, and producer[335]
- Dan Hedaya (born 1940), character actor[336]
- Barbara Hershey (born Barbara Lynn Herzstein, 1948–), actress[34]
- Ricky Jay (born Richard Jay Potash, 1948–), professional sleight-of-hand artist, actor, and author
- Madeline Kahn (1942–99), actress of film, TV, and theater[337]
- Gabe Kaplan (born 1945), actor, comedian, and professional poker player[338]
- Andy Kaufman (1949–84), comedian; devout Jewish parents[339]
- Judy Kaye (born 1948), singer and actress[340]
- Lainie Kazan (born Lanie Levine, 1940–), actress and singer[341]
- Robert Klein (born 1942), stand-up comedian and occasional actor[342]
- Kevin Kline (born 1947), stage and film actor[29]
- Richard Kline (born 1944), actor and TV director[343]
- Sherry Lansing (born 1944), former CEO of Paramount Studios and actress[344]
- Michael Lembeck (born 1948), actor and director[300]
- Richard Lewis (born 1947), comedian and actor[345]
- Judith Light (born 1949), actress (Who's the Boss?)
- Peggy Lipton (born 1947), TV actress and socialite (The Mod Squad)[346]
- Stephen Macht (born 1942), actor[347]
- Richard Masur (born 1948), actor[330]
- Bette Midler (born 1945), singer, actress, and comedian, also known as The Divine Miss M[348][349]
- Frank Oz (born Richard Frank Oznowicz, 1944–), English-born film director, actor, and puppeteer (Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam the Eagle on The Muppet Show, and Grover, Cookie Monster, and Bert on Sesame Street)
- David Proval (born 1942), actor (The Sopranos)[350]
- Gilda Radner (1946–89), comedian and actress (Saturday Night Live)[351]
- Harold Ramis (born 1944), director, actor, writer, and producer
- Rob Reiner (born 1947), actor, director, producer, writer, political, and anti-tobacco activist; son of Carl Reiner, directed and co-wrote “mockumentary” film This Is Spinal Tap (w/fellow Jewish screenwriters and Spinal Tap members Harry Shearer and Christopher Guest); films Stand by Me, When Harry Met Sally..., and A Few Good Men.[352]
- Peter Riegert (born 1947), film/TV actor[353]
- Garry Shandling (born 1949), comedian and actor[354]
- Wallace Shawn (born 1943), actor and writer[355]
- Harry Shearer (born 1943), actor, comedian, writer, voice artist, musician, author, and radio host; long-running role on The Simpsons, his work on Saturday Night Live, and for being a founding member comedy band Spinal Tap[356][357]
- Paul Simon (born 1941), singer, songwriter
- Brent Spiner (born 1949), actor (Star Trek: The Next Generation)[358]
- Barbra Streisand (born 1942), two-time Academy Award-winning singer, theatre and film actress, songwriter, composer, and film producer and director.[324][359]
- Jeffrey Tambor (born 1944), film/TV actor (Hellboy, Arrested Development)[360]
- Jessica Walter (born 1941), film/TV actress (Arrested Development)[361]
- Zoë Wanamaker (born 1949), American-born English actress[362][363]
- Lesley Ann Warren (born 1946), stage, film, and TV actress[364]
- Anson Williams (born Anson William Heimlick, 1949–), actor (Happy Days)[296]
- Henry Winkler (born 1945), actor, director, producer, and author (Happy Days)[296]
1930s
- Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg, 1935–), Yiddish-speaking film director, writer, actor, musician, and stand-up comedian; raised in an Orthodox Jewish family[365]
- Alan Arkin (born 1934), film actor, director[366]
- Barbara Barrie (born 1931), actress and author of children's books[289]
- Richard Benjamin (born 1938), actor and film director[324]
- Dyan Cannon (born Samille Diane Friesen, 1937–), film/TV actress, editor, producer, and director[367]
- Eddie Carmel (1936–72), entertainer known as "The Jewish Giant"[368]
- Jerry Douglas (born Gerald Rubenstein, 1932–), TV actress (The Young and the Restless)[369]
- Elliott Gould (born Elliot Goldstein, 1938–), film/TV actor[370]
- Charles Grodin (born 1935), actor and former cable talk show host[371]
- Estelle Harris (born Estelle Nussbaum, 1932–), actress (Seinfeld)[257]
- Judd Hirsch (born 1935), actor (Taxi, NUMB3RS)[293]
- Dustin Hoffman (born 1937), two-time Oscar winning actor[372]
- Tony Jay (1933–2006), English/American actor[373]
- Harvey Keitel (born 1939), actor[374]
- Walter Koenig (born 1936), actor, writer, teacher, and director (appeared in original Star Trek)[375]
- Yaphet Kotto (born 1937), African-American actor (son of Cameroonian Crown Prince), (role in Alien)[376]
- Martin Landau (born 1931), film/TV actor
- Michael Landon (born Eugene Maurice Orowitz, 1936–91), actor, producer, and director[377]
- Louise Lasser (born 1939), stage/film/TV actress (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman)[378][379]
- Piper Laurie (born Rosetta Jacobs, 1932–), actress[380]
- Linda Lavin (born 1937), stage, film, and TV actress[381]
- Steve Lawrence (born Sidney Liebowitz, 1935–), singer and actor (The Carol Burnett Show)
- Shari Lewis (born Sonia Phyllis Hurwitz, 1933–98), ventriloquist, puppeteer, and children's TV show host[382]
- Hal Linden (born Harold Lipshitz, 1931–), actor and TV director (Barney Miller)[383]
- Tina Louise (born 1934), model, singer, and film/TV actress[384]
- Jackie Mason (born Yacov Moshe Maza, 1931–), stand-up comedian/actor[385][386]
- Paul Mazursky (born 1930), film director and actor[387]
- Barry Newman (born 1931), actor[388]
- Leonard Nimoy (born 1931), Yiddish-speaking son of Orthodox Jewish parents; film director, actor, writer, singer, songwriter, poet, and photographer; wrote and directed on the Star Trek films and series (in which he played Spock)[389]
- Suzanne Pleshette (1937–2008), actress (The Bob Newhart Show)
- Ron Rifkin (born 1939), actor, director[298]
- Joan Rivers (Joan Alexandra Molinsky Sanger Rosenberg, 1933–), comedienne, actress, talk show host, and celebrity[390][391]
- George Segal (born 1934), film and stage actor[324]
- Susan Strasberg (1938–99), actress (In Praise of Older Women)
- Dame Elizabeth Taylor (1932—2011), Oscar-winning English/American film actress and sex symbol[392][393][394]
- Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman, 1933–), actor and comedian[395]
1920s
- Marty Allen (born 1922), stand-up comedian and actor
- Marilyn Tyler (born 1926), opera singer
- Ed Ames (born Edmund Dantes Urick, 1927–), singer and actor[396]
- Beatrice Arthur (born Bernice Frankel, 1925–2009), actress[397]
- Ed Asner (born 1929), actor[398]
- Lauren Bacall (born Betty Joan Perske, 1924–), film and stage actress[399]
- Julian Beck (1925–85), actor, director, poet, and painter[400]
- Shelley Berman (born 1926), comedian, writer, teacher, and actor[401]
- Herschel Bernardi (1923–86), film, Broadway, and TV actor[402]
- Theodore Bikel (born 1924), character actor, folk singer, and musician[403]
- Larry Blyden (1925–75), actor[404]
- Tom Bosley (1927–2010), film/TV actor (Happy Days)[405]
- Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky, 1926–), director, writer, actor, producer, composer, lyricist, and stand-up comedian; pioneered comedy style of mixing comedy with real historic events[406]
- Lenny Bruce (born Leonard Schneider, 1925–66), stand-up comedian, writer, social critic, satirist[407]
- Susan Cabot (1927–86), actress[408]
- Sid Caesar (born 1922), comic actor and writer[409]
- Robert Clary (born Robert Max Widerman, 1926–), French-born actor, published author, and lecturer[410]
- Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz, 1925–2010), film actor[411]
- Rodney Dangerfield (born Jacob Cohen, 1921–2004), comedian and actor[412]
- Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925–90), (converted to Judaism) entertainer, member of the "Rat Pack"[393][413]
- Peter Falk (1927–2011), actor[414]
- Fyvush Finkel (born 1923), actor[415]
- Eddie Fisher (1928–2010), singer and father of Carrie Fisher
- Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal, 1927–), theater, film, and TV actress, and film director[324]
- Buddy Hackett (born Leonard Hacker, 1924–2003), stand-up comedian, writer, actor, and producer; used Jewish humor in his act[416]
- Monty Hall (born Monte Halperin, 1921–), Canadian-born actor, singer, and sportscaster (Let's Make a Deal)[417]
- Laurence Harvey (born Zvi Mosheh Skikne, 1928–73), Lithuanian-born actor; British and American films
- Steven Hill (born Solomon Krakovsky, 1922–), film/TV actor[418]
- Judy Holliday (born Judith Tuvim, 1921–65), actress, singer[419][420]
- Werner Klemperer (1920–2000), comedic actor[421]
- Jack Klugman (born 1922), actor
- Harvey Korman (1927–2008), actor[422]
- Al Lewis (born Albert Meister, 1920–2006), actor (Grandpa Munster)
- Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch, 1926–), comedian, singer, actor, film director, writer, film producer, and humanitarian, slapstick humor and charity fund-raising telethons; wrote, directed, produced, and starred in films The Ladies Man (1961), The Errand Boy (1961), The Patsy (1964), and The Nutty Professor (1963)[413]
- Bill Macy (born 1922), actor[423]
- Ross Martin (born Martin Rosenblatt, 1920–81), [Jewish family] Polish-born film/TV actor (Wild Wild West)
- Walter Matthau (1920–2000), actor[424]
- Anne Meara (born 1929), comedienne and actress, partner and wife of Jerry Stiller[425][426]
- Marilyn Monroe (1926–62), actress, singer, and model[393]
- Vic Morrow (1929–82), actor[427][428]
- Paul Newman (1925–2008), Academy Award-winning actor and film director, philanthropist, founder of "Newman's Own"[324][429][430]
- Charlotte Rae (born 1926), actress from The Facts of Life
- Tony Randall (born Arthur Leonard Rosenberg, 1920–2004), comic actor[431]
- Carl Reiner (born 1922), actor, film director, producer, writer, and comedian[432]
- Regina Resnik (born 1922), opera singer and actress[433]
- Don Rickles (born 1926), stand-up comedian, actor; pioneer of insult comedy[434]
- Fred Sadoff (1926–94), actor in South Pacific[435]
- Mort Sahl (born 1927), stand-up comedian and actor, pioneered style of stand-up comedy that paved the way for Lenny Bruce, Nichols and May, and Dick Gregory; wrote jokes for speeches delivered by President Kennedy
- Rod Serling (1924–75), screenwriter and actor (The Twilight Zone)[436]
- Simone Signoret (1921–85), Academy Award-winning French actress[324]
- Jerry Stiller (born 1927), comedian and actor[425][426]
- Mel Tormé (1925–99), actor, musician, known as "The Velvet Fog", jazz singer and songwriter; wrote over 400 songs including The Christmas Song ("Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire").[437][438]
- Abe Vigoda (born 1921), film/TV actor (The Godfather)Vigoda
- Shelley Winters (born Shirley Schrift, 1920–2006), two-time Academy Award-winning actress[439][440]
1910s
- Mason Adams (1919–2005), character actor[441]
- Martin Balsam (1919–96), actor; won an Academy Award for A Thousand Clowns
- John Banner (1910–73), Austrian/American actor (Hogan's Heroes)[442]
- Red Buttons (born Aaron Chwatt, 1919–2006), Academy Award-winning comedian and actor[253][324][443]
- Lee J. Cobb (born Leo Jacob, 1911–76), Academy Award-nominated film actor[324]
- Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch, 1916), actor (Spartacus)[444]
- John Garfield (born Jacob Garfinkle, 1913–52), actor[445]
- Paulette Goddard (born Marion Levy, 1910–99), Oscar-nominated film and theatre actress[446]
- Kitty Carlisle Hart (born Catherine Conn, 1910–2007), singer, actress, and spokeswoman for the arts[447]
- Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky, 1913–87), film actor, singer and comedian[448]
- Hedy Lamarr (born Hedwig Kiesler, 1914–2000), actress, invented early form of spread spectrum communications technology, a key to modern wireless communication
- Marc Lawrence (born Max Goldsmith, 1910–2005), character actor[449]
- Zero Mostel (born Samuel Mostel, 1915–77), stage and film actor[450]
- Jan Murray (born Murray Janofsky, 1916–2006), stand-up comedian, actor[253][451]
- Luise Rainer (born 1910), German-born American two-time Academy Award-winning film actress[452][453]
- Lillian Roth (born Lillian Rutstein, 1910–80), singer and actress, noted performer on Broadway[454]
- Dinah Shore (born Frances Rose Shore, 1916–94), singer and actress[455][456]
- Sylvia Sidney (born Sophia Kosow, 1910–99), film actress[457][458]
- Phil Silvers (1911–85), entertainer and comedy actor[459]
- Harold J. Stone (born Harold Hochstein, 1913–2005), film/TV character actor[460]
- Mike Wallace (born Myron Wallace, 1918–), journalist, briefly acted during the 1940s[461]
- Eli Wallach (born 1915), film, TV and stage actor[462]
- Sam Wanamaker (1919–93), actor and director[463]
- Keenan Wynn (1916–86), character actor[324]
1900s
- Stella Adler (1901–92), actress and acting teacher[464]
- Jack Albertson (1907–81), actor (Chico and the Man)
- Leon Askin (born Leon Aschkenasy, 1907–2005), Austrian American actor[465]
- Milton Berle (born Milton Berlinger, 1908–2002), comedian and actor; pioneered vaudeville and stand-up comedy art forms[466][467]
- Joe Besser (1907–88), comedian (Three Stooges)[201]
- Mel Blanc (1908–89), voice actor and comedian, "The Man of a Thousand Voices”, created voices of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Wile E. Coyote, Barney Rubble.[468]
- Ben Blue (born Benjamin Bernstein, 1901–75), Canadian American actor and comedian[324]
- Howard Da Silva (born Howard Silverblatt, 1909–86), film actor[324]
- Melvyn Douglas (born Melvyn Hesselberg, 1901–81), actor, won all three of the entertainment industry's highest awards (two Oscars, a Tony, and an Emmy)[469][470]
- Larry Fine (born Louis Feinberg, 1902–75), comedian and actor (Three Stooges)[201]
- John Houseman (born Jacques Haussmann, 1902–88), actor; won an Academy Award for The Paper Chase
- Curly Howard (born Jerome Horwitz, 1903–52), one of the Three Stooges[201]
- Sam Levene (1905–80), Russian/American stage and film actor[471]
- Peter Lorre (born László Löwenstein, 1904–64), Austria-Hungary-born American stage and screen actor (M)[472]
- Zeppo Marx (1901–79), member of the Marx Brothers[473]
- Sandy Meisner, (1905–97), actor and acting coach; developed acting methodology known as the "Meisner Technique"
- Ritz Brothers (Al Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Harry Ritz, 1901–65, 1904–85, 1907–86), Jewish comedy team[324]
- Natalie Schafer (1900–91), actress (Gilligan's Island)
- Lee Strasberg (born Israel Strassberg, 1901–82), actor, director, and acting teacher in theater and film, who according to author Mel Gussow "revolutionized the art of acting”
1890s
- Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky, 1894–1974), comedian, vaudeville performer, and radio, TV, and film actor[474]
- Gertrude Berg (born Tilly Edelstein, 1899–1966), radio/TV actress[475]
- Fanny Brice (born Fania Borach, 1891–1951), comedian, singer, and entertainer[476]
- George Burns (born Nathan Birnbaum, 1896–1996), comedian and actor[477]
- Eddie Cantor (born Israel Iskowitz, 1892–1964), comedian, singer, actor, songwriter[478]
- Ricardo Cortez (born Jacob Krantz, 1899–1977), Austrian-born American silent film star, known as a "Latin lover" type[479]
- Hermione Gingold (1897–1987), British-born actress[480]
- Moe Howard (born Moses Horwitz, 1897–1975), "leader" of the Three Stooges[201]
- Shemp Howard (born Samuel Horwitz, 1895–1955), member of the Three Stooges[201]
- Sam Jaffe (born Shalom Jaffe, 1891–1984), Academy Award-nominated film and stage actor[324]
- Irving Kaufman (born Isidore Kaufman, 1890–1976), singer, recording artist, and vaudeville performer[481]
- Francis Lederer (1899–2000), Czech-born American actor [482]
- Philip Loeb (1892–1955), stage, film, and TV actor[483]
- Paul Lukas (1895–1971), Hungarian American film actor[324]
- Groucho Marx (born Julius Marx, 1890–1977), comedian, working both with his siblings, the Marx Brothers, and on his own[473]
- Gummo Marx (born Milton Marx, 1893–1977), one of the Marx Brothers[473]
- Paul Muni (born Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund, 1895–1967), Austrian-born American Academy Award and Tony Award-winning actor[484]
- Carmel Myers (1899–1980), silent film actress[485]
- Molly Picon (born Małka Opiekun, 1898–1992), actor of stage, screen, and TV[486]
- Edward G. Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg, 1893–1973), stage and film actor[487]
- Mae West (born Mary Jane West, 1893–1980), actress, playwright, screenwriter, and sex symbol[488]
1880s
- Broncho Billy Anderson (born Maxwell Aronson, 1880–1971), actor, writer, director, and producer; first star of the Western film genre[489]
- Theda Bara (born Theodosia Goodman, 1885–1955), silent film actress; the first screen "Vamp"[490]
- Douglas Fairbanks (born Douglas Ullman, 1883–1939), actor, screenwriter, director, and producer known for his silent films such as The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro in which he starred himself
- Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson, 1886–1950), singer and actor[491]
- Chico Marx (born Leonard Marx, 1887–1961), one of the Marx Brothers[473]
- Harpo Marx (born Adolph Marx, 1888–1964), one of the Marx Brothers[473]
- Sophie Tucker (born Sonya Kalish, 1884–1966), actress, singer, and comedienne[492]
- Erich von Stroheim (1885–1957), Austrian-born American filmmaker and actor[493]
- Louis Wolheim (1880–1931), character actor in silent films during 1920s; also appeared on stage and in early sound films (All Quiet on the Western Front)
- Ed Wynn (born Isaiah Edwin Leopold, 1886–1966), comedian and actor[324]
Pre–1880s
- Alla Nazimova (born Miriam Leventon, 1879–1945), theater and film actress, scriptwriter, and producer[494]
- Boris Thomashefsky (1868–1939), Ukrainian-born American singer, actor, Yiddish theater icon[495]
- Jacob Pavlovitch Adler (1855–1926), Russian-born American actor, Yiddish theater[496]
- Adah Isaacs Menken (1835–68), actress, dancer, painter, and poet; converted to Judaism upon marrying the first of her four husbands[497]
Actors (theater)
Persons listed with a double asteriks (**) are producers who have won the Tony Award for Best Musical and/or the Tony Award for Best Play. Those listed with a triple asteriks (***) have won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and/or Play. Those listed with a quadruple asteriks (****) have won the Tony Award for Best Actor or Best Actress in a Musical or Play.
Comedians
- Dan Ahdoot, finalist Last Comic Standing, 2004[498]
- Morey Amsterdam (1908–96), TV actor and comedian[499]
- Dave Attell (born 1965), stand-up comedian; host of Insomniac with Dave Attell[500]
- Victor Borge (born Børge Rosenbaum, 1909–2000), humorist and concert pianist[501]
- Andrew Ginsburg (born 1979), comedian, actor, and three-time champion bodybuilder[502]
- Tom Lehrer (born 1928), satirist, musician[503]
- Ritz Brothers (Al Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Harry Ritz), see "Actors"[324]
- Robert Schimmel (1950–2010), stand-up comedian; often X-rated and controversial[504]
Dance
Persons listed with a double asteriks (**) are winners of the Tony Award for Best Choreography.
- Paula Abdul, singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, dancer, and choreographer; the main choreographer of the Jacksons, Janet Jackson, and of films Coming to America, Action Jackson, Jerry Maguire, The Running Man, American Beauty (1999 film), Oliver Stone's, The Doors, and the giant keyboard scene involving Tom Hanks’s character in Big.[505]
Film directors
- J.J. Abrams (born 1966), screenwriter, director, film/TV producer[506]
- Woody Allen (born 1935), Oscar-winning screenwriter, director and actor[507]
- Judd Apatow (born 1968), screenwriter, director, film/TV producer[508]
- Alan Arkin (born 1934), Academy Award-nominated film actor, director[253][324]
- Darren Aronofsky (born 1969), film director, screenwriter and producer[235]
- Ralph Bakshi (born 1938), film director and animator[509]
- Noah Baumbach (born 1969), film screenwriter and director[510]
- Richard Benjamin (born 1938), actor/film director[324]
- Mike Binder (born 1958), director, writer and actor in film and TV[511]
- Peter Bogdanovich (born 1939), film actor, writer and director[512]
- Zach Braff (born 1975), film/TV actor, director, screenwriter, and producer[513][514]
- Albert Brooks (born 1947), film actor, writer and director[515]
- James L. Brooks (born 1940), TV and film writer, producer and director[516]
- Mel Brooks (born 1926), writer, director and actor of film, TV and stage[517]
- Richard Brooks (born 1912), film director and producer[518]
- William Castle (born 1914), film director and producer[519]
- Joel Coen (born 1954) and Ethan Coen (born 1957), Academy Award-winning film writers, directors, producers and editors[520]
- David Cronenberg (born 1943), film writer and director[521]
- George Cukor (born 1899), Academy Award-winning film director and producer[522]
- Michael Curtiz (born 1886), Academy Award-winning film director[523]
- Jules Dassin (born 1911), Once blacklisted writer and director of film[524]
- Maya Deren (born 1917), Film writer, director and actress[525]
- Cecil B. DeMille (born 1881), Academy Award-winning film director and producer[526]
- Stanley Donen (born 1924), film producer and director[527]
- Richard Donner (born 1930), film director, producer and sometimes actor[528]
- Robert Downey Sr (born 1935), film writer and director[529]
- Samuel Fuller (born 1911), film writer, director and actor[530]
- Keith Gordon (born 1966), film actor, director and writer[531]
- James Gray (born 1969), film writer and director[532]
- Bud Greenspan (born 1926), director of documentaries on sports[533]
- Christopher Guest (born 1948), see "Actors" above[534][535]
- Todd Haynes (born 1961), film writer and director[536]
- Amy Heckerling (born 1954), film director[537]
- Marshall Herskovitz (born 1952), film producer and director[538]
- Arthur Hiller (born 1923), film director and producer[539]
- Nicole Holofcener (born 1960), writer and director in film[540]
- Peter Hyams (born 1943), film producer and director[541]
- Henry Jaglom (born 1941), writer, director and actor in Independent film[542]
- Andrew Jarecki (born 1960), documentary filmmaker[543]
- Eugene Jarecki (born 1964), documentary filmmaker[543]
- Jeremy Paul Kagan (born 1945), film writer and director[544]
- Jake Kasdan (born 1975), film writer and director[545]
- Lawrence Kasdan (born 1949), film writer and director[546]
- Jeffrey Katzenberg (born 1950), film producer, director and co-founder of DreamWorks SKG[547]
- Aviva Kempner (born 1946), documentary filmmaker[548]
- Irvin Kershner (born 1923), film producer and director[549]
- Henry Koster (born 1905), film director[550]
- Stanley Kramer (born 1913), director[551]
- Stanley Kubrick (born 1925), film director, writer and producer[552]
- John Landis (born 1950), movie actor, director, writer, and producer[553]
- Mervyn LeRoy (born 1900), film director[554]
- Barry Levinson (born 1942), producer, writer and director of film and TV[555]
- Shawn Levy (born 1967), film producer and director[556]
- Albert Lewin (born 1894), film writer, producer and director[557]
- Jerry Lewis (born 1925), film actor, writer and director[558]
- Doug Liman (born 1965), film and TV producer and director[559]
- Ernst Lubitsch (born 1894), film director originally from Germany[560]
- Sidney Lumet (born 1924), film writer, producer and director[561]
- David Mamet (born 1947), writer and director of stage and screen[562]
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz (born 1909), film writer and director[563]
- Michael Mann (born 1943), film director, screenwriter, producer[564]
- Elaine May (born 1932), film, TV and stage writer, director and actress[565]
- Paul Mazursky (born 1930), see "Actors" above[566]
- Nicholas Meyer (born 1945), film director and producer[567]
- Lewis Milestone (born 1895), film director and producer[568]
- Errol Morris (born 1948), documentary filmmaker[569]
- Mike Nichols (born 1931), Emmy, Grammy, Tony and Academy Award-winning film and stage director[324]
- Leonard Nimoy, film director, actor, writer, singer, songwriter, poet, and photographer
- Ken Olin (born 1954), see "Actors" above[570]
- Frank Oz (born 1944), writer, actor and director of film and TV[571]
- Alan J. Pakula (born 1928), film director and producer[572]
- Joe Pasternak (born 1901), film director[573]
- Larry Peerce (born 1930), film writer and director[574]
- Arthur Penn (born 1922), film director and producer[575]
- Sydney Pollack (born 1934), film producer, director, actor and writer[576]
- Abraham Polonsky (born 1910), film writer and director[577]
- Ted Post (born 1918), film director and producer[578]
- Otto Preminger (born 1906), film producer, director and actor[579]
- Bob Rafelson (born 1933), film writer-director[580]
- Sam Raimi (born 1959), film writer, producer and director[581]
- Harold Ramis (born 1944), film writer, director and actor[582]
- Irving Rapper (born 1888), British-born film director[583]
- Ron Rifkin (born 1939), actor, director[570]
- Eli Roth (born 1972), film actor, director, producer and writer[584]
- George Sidney (1916–2002), film director, known for MGM films[324]
- Barry Sonnenfeld, director[585]
- David Zucker & Jerry Zucker (born 1950), parody directors, producers[586]
Models
TV and radio presenters
- Kitty Carlisle, panelist on To Tell the Truth, arts advocate
- Connie Chung, news anchor (converted) [590]
- Liz Claman, host of CNBC Morning Call;
- Myron Cope, sportscaster
- Howard Cosell, sportscaster
- Jim Cramer, TV reporter
- Don Francisco, presenter of Sabado Gigante
- Joe Frank, radio personality
- Al Franken (born 1951), see "Actors" above
- Allen Funt, presenter of Candid Camera
- Ira Glass, presenter of This American Life
- Marty Glickman, sports announcer
- Terry Gross, host of NPR Fresh Air
- Mary Hart (born 1950), see "Actors" above[591]
- Daryn Kagan (born 1963), host of CNN Live Today[592]
- Murray Kaufman, "Murray the K", New York disc jockey who helped promote the Beatles; called "The Fifth Beatle" by George Harrison
- Ted Koppel, presenter of Nightline
- Ricki Lake, presenter of Ricki
- Matt Lauer, host of The Today Show
- Dave Lieberman, presenter of Good Deal with Dave Lieberman
- Bill Maher, ex-presenter of Politically Incorrect
- Howie Mandel, host of Deal or no Deal
- Dave Marash, Al Jazeera English anchor
- Al Michaels [593]
- Suze Orman, financial advisor, author, motivational speaker, and TV host of The Suze Orman Show on CNBC; six consecutive New York Times Best Sellers; has written, co-produced, and hosted six PBS specials based on her books; the most successful fundraiser in the history of public television
- Amy Wynn Pastor (born 1976), carpenter on Trading Spaces[594]
- Ron Popeil, inventor and marketing personality; “the Salesman Inventor of the Century”, and “the Father of the Infomercial”; sold his inventions on a TV concept (the infomercial) that he pioneered; related to Jewish singer/actress Ashley Tisdale
- Maury Povich, talk-show host
- Geraldo Rivera, news reporter (Jewish mother)
- Joan Rivers (born 1933), talk show host, stage actress/writer, comedienne, and celebrity[391]
- Peter Sagal host of "Wait, Wait..don't Tell Me" on NPR
- Michael Savage, KNEW radio host
- Morley Safer, journalist for 60 Minutes born in Canada but lives in New York
- Carl Sagan, astronomer, astrochemist, author, and popularizer of astronomy, astrophysics, and other natural sciences, who wrote and presented the most widely watched PBS program in history; Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, which was based on his own books, and also pioneered exobiology and promoted the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI).
- Judith Sheindlin, aka Judge Judy
- Laura Schlessinger, radio talk-show host of Dr. Laura
- Daniel Schorr (1916–2010), journalist covered the world for more than 60 years, last as a senior news analyst for National Public Radio[595]
- Elliot Segal, host of radio show, Elliot in the Morning
- Dinah Shore, see "Actors" above
- Howie Schwab, sports trivia expert on ESPN
- Special K. (Kiss FM)) DJ
- Jerry Springer (born 1944), host of The Jerry Springer Show[596]
- Dave Spector, personality and commentator
- Herb Stempel, quiz show contestant
- Bill Stern, radio sportscaster
- Howard Stern, radio shock jock, author, actor and producer
- Symphony Sid Torin, jazz disc jockey and personality
- Jon Stewart, see "Actors" above
- Teresa Strasser, writer and TV personality known for hosting the home makeover show While You Were Out on TLC, and for being a co-host on The Adam Carolla Show
- Mike Wallace (born 1918), journalist, 60 Minutes correspondent[597]
- Barbara Walters (born 1929), media personality, regular fixture on morning TV shows (Today and The View), evening news magazines (20/20), and on The ABC Evening News, as the first female evening news anchor[598]
Producers and Directors (Theater)
Persons listed with a double asteriks (**) are producers who have won the Tony Award for Best Musical and/or the Tony Award for Best Play. Those listed with a triple asteriks (***) have won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and/or Play. Those listed with a quadruple asteriks (****) have won the Tony Award for Best Actor or Best Actress in a Musical or Play.
- Herb Alpert, producer, and composer, songwriter, lead singer, and horn player with Tijuana Brass
- Boris Aronson, set designer, costume designer and lighting designer
- George Axelrod, producer & director
- Julian Beck and Judith Malina, founders of Living Theatre
- David Belasco, producer & director
- Michael Bennett, director & producer, choreographer, dancer **
- Rudolf Bing (1902–97), opera impresario, General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera in New York from 1950 to 1972[599]
- Robert Brustein, producer, writer, director, critic, educator
- Abe Burrows, director ***
- Joseph Chaikin & Peter Feldman, founders of Open Theatre
- Paddy Chayefsky, director
- Heinrich Conried, theatre owner/operator & producer
- Norman Corwin, director
- Clive Davis, producer
- Cy Feuer, producer, director & theatre owner/operator **
- Ron Field, director ***
- David Geffen, producer **
- Leonard Goldberg, producer
- Arthur Hammerstein, producer & director (uncle of Oscar Hammerstein II)
- Oscar Hammerstein I, producer & theater director/operator (grandfather of Oscar Hammerstein II)
- Oscar Hammerstein II, producer & director
- Ben Hecht, idiosyncratic screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, and novelist. Known as "the Shakespeare of Hollywood".
- Sidney Howard, producer & director
- George Jessel, see "Actors (Theater)" above
- Robert Kalfin, producer, director, writer **
- Mickey Katz, see "Actors (Theater)" above
- George S. Kaufman, producer, director, and theater owner/operator
- Michael Kidd, director and producer
- Alan King, see "Actors (Theater)" above
- James Lapine, director & librettist
- Norman Lear, creator, head screenwriter, and producer of taboo breaking sitcom All in the Family, which was a big influence on South Park; also created Maude and The Jeffersons
- Ernest Lehman, producer
- Sam Levene, see "Actors (Theater)" above
- Lucille Lortel, Off-Broadway producer, Lucille Lortel Theatre named after her
- Sanford Meisner, founder of Neighbourhood Playhouse
- David Merrick, producer & director **
- Lorne Michaels, comedian, writer, director, producer, the sole creator, writer, director and producer of Saturday Night Live; also produced film and TV projects that spun off from it
- Arthur Miller, playwright
- Mitch Miller, producer
- Isaac Mizrahi (born 1961), fashion designer[600]
- Mike Nichols (born 1931), Emmy, Grammy, Tony and Academy Award-winning film and stage director[324]
- Joseph Papp a.k.a Joe Papp, founded the non-profit NYC Public Theater **
- Marc Platt, producer
- Harold Prince, director **, ***
- Elmer Rice, director & producer
- Jerome Robbins, producer & director ***
- Billy Rose, director, producer, and theater operator
- Morrie Ryskind, director
- Rebecca Schull, actress
- Shubert family, producers & theater owners **
- Anna Sokolow, director
- Lee Strasberg and Harold Clurman, co-founders of Group Theatre
- Julie Taymor, director ***
- Bob Weinstein, producer
- Harvey Weinstein, producer
- Efrem Zimbalist Jr., see "Actors (Theater)" above
- David Zippel, director
Circus
- Abe Goldstein, was regarded as "the Greatest Irish Cop Clown" in the business and worked for Ringling Bros. and other circuses
- Paul Binder, co-founder, ringmaster and artistic director of the Big Apple Circus
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