Biographies of American actors and actresses from film and television, covering Hollywood legends, character actors, and rising stars. Each profile explores early life, family, acting career, filmography, and notable roles.
American actors
Gardner McKay was the actor who became widely known as Adam Troy, the skipper of the schooner Tiki on ABC's Adventures in Paradise, and later built a serious second career as a playwright and novelist. The role made him a recognizable 1960s television star and fixed him in
American actors
Fred Gwynne was an American actor, author, and illustrator whose career ran from the early 1950s until his death in 1993. He is best known as Herman Munster, the gentle, towering father in *The Munsters*, but he also gave memorable later performances in *Pet Sematary* and *My Cousin Vinny* and
American actors
Candice Bergen is the American actor best known for playing the formidable TV journalist Murphy Brown, a role that made her one of the defining sitcom stars of the 1980s and 1990s. She is not the Canadian politician of the same name. Beyond Murphy Brown, Bergen has had a long
American actors
Burt Young was the American actor who played Paulie Pennino, Rocky Balboa’s rough-edged brother-in-law and longtime friend, in six Rocky films. His Oscar-nominated performance made Paulie one of the series’ defining supporting characters, but Young’s career also included crime dramas, comedies, television, painting, and
Photography
Brad Everett Young was an American actor, celebrity photographer, and arts advocate. He appeared in film and television, later became known for photographing Los Angeles entertainment and charity events, and founded Dream Loud Official to support arts education and creative opportunities for young people. He died at 41 in a
American actors
Allegra Curtis is an actress and the daughter of Tony Curtis and German-Austrian actress Christine Kaufmann. She is Jamie Lee Curtis and Kelly Curtis’s paternal half-sister, not their full sister. Allegra has worked in entertainment but has kept a much lower public profile than Tony Curtis, Jamie
American actors
Adah Isaacs Menken was a nineteenth-century American actress, poet, journalist, and self-publicist whose performance in *Mazeppa* made her internationally famous. In 1861, she played a male prisoner bound to a horse in a flesh-colored costume that created the appearance of exposed flesh, turning a melodramatic scene into
American actors
Abbi Jacobson is an actor, comedian, writer, producer and illustrator best known for co-creating and starring in *Broad City* and for co-creating and leading Amazon Prime Video’s *A League of Their Own*. She first broke through with Ilana Glazer, turning their independent *Broad City* web series into
American actors
Jason Lee is the American actor and former professional skateboarder best known for playing Earl Hickey in *My Name Is Earl*, Brodie Bruce in *Mallrats*, and Jeff Bebe in *Almost Famous*. He also played Dave Seville in the *Alvin and the Chipmunks* films and voiced Syndrome in Pixar’s *The
American actors
Tamara Braun is an American actress best known for daytime television. Soap viewers most often know her as Carly Corinthos on General Hospital, a role she played from 2001 to 2005, and as Ava Vitali on Days of Our Lives, which she first joined in 2008 and has revisited in
American actors
John Dierkes was a German-American character actor who worked mainly in early-1950s Hollywood films. Classic-film viewers most often recognize him from **Shane** (1953), in which he played Morgan Ryker, and **The Day the Earth Stood Still** (1951), where he appeared as Mr. Krull. He rarely received top
Broadway
Jason Tam is the Honolulu-born American actor, singer, and dancer known for Broadway musicals and television work. He is best recognized for playing Paul San Marco in the 2006 Broadway revival of A Chorus Line, Lucas in If/Then, Mr. Reyes in Be More Chill, and Markko Rivera on