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Ernest Borgnine

(Ermes Effron Borgnine)actorBorn: 1/24/1917Birthplace: Hamden, Connecticut A heavy-set veteran character actor with more than 70 movies to his credit, he earned acclaim as the lonely New York…

Ben Stiller

actor, director, comicBorn: 11/30/1965Birthplace: New York City Stiller's talents in comedy were shown to advantage on Saturday Night Live (1989) and the Ben Stiller Show (1990), which, though…

Jim Carrey

actorBorn: 1/17/1962Birthplace: Ontario, Canada Golden Globe-winning actor known for his inane, physical comedy. In 1995, he became Hollywood's highest paid actor, earning $20 million for The…

Chris O'Donnell

actorBorn: 6/26/1970Birthplace: Winnetka, Illinois In his premiere role as Jessica Lange's eldest son in Men Don't Leave, O'Donnell establish self in the regular-guy role. He later played Buddy…

John Malkovich

actorBorn: 12/9/1953Birthplace: Christopher, Illinois Disturbing and often spooky film, television and stage actor, Malkovich began his career on the stage and still claims a greater fidelity to…

Robert Mitchum

actorBorn: 8/6/1917Birthplace: Bridgeport, Connecticut Film and television actor often cast as a tough guy, he started out as an extra in the early '40s and became a star in the years following…

Charles Bronson

(Charles Buchinsky)actorBorn: 11/3/1921Birthplace: Ehrenfield, Pennsylvania He is best-known for his portrayals of steely eyed, impassive tough guys, as the harmonica-playing gunslinger in Sergio…

Lasse Hallström

(Lars Hallström)director, screenwriter, producerBorn: 6/6/1946Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden Lasse Hallström is renowned for his sensitive but unsentimental depictions of childhood in such films as…

Samuel Goldwyn

(Samuel Goldfish)film producerBorn: 7/1879Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland After emigrating to America at age 13 and a brief career in glovemaking and sales, he partnered with Cecil B. DeMille to found…

Ron Silver

(Ron Zimelman)actorBorn: 7/2/1946Birthplace: New York City After a series of minor roles in film in the 1970s, Silver won acclaim for his portrayal of Claus von Bulow's defense attorney in Reversal…