Matt Dillon was a teen screen idol in the 1980s who became a versatile character actor, earning an Oscar nomination for his performance in Paul Haggis's Crash (2004). Dillon got his start in 1979's…
Hollywood tough guy Robert Mitchum made a career of playing insouciant fatalists and unscrupulous rogues, especially in noir films of the 1950s. He was in the movies for more than five decades,…
Roy Claxton Acuff was a crooning fiddle player from the mountains of Tennessee who became one of country music's biggest stars. Acuff, a gifted athlete, started out to be a baseball player before a…
Stanley Tookie Williams, who helped to found the notorious Crips street gang, was executed by the state of California in 2005. His plea for clemency made him a national celebrity and turned his case…
Taraji P. Henson is an American actress best known for her role on TV's Empire and for her Oscar-nominated role in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2011, starring Brad Pitt). Born and raised in…
Blonde and buxom, actress Tara Reid is best known for her appearances in tabloids and on entertainment TV shows such as E!'s Taradise. After a childhood career in front of the cameras in New York,…
Name at birth: Ian Fraser KilmisterLemmy Kilmister was the face and driving force of the rock group Motörhead, a U.K. metal band known for songs such as 1980's "Ace of Spades." Kilmister got into the…
Name at birth: Sherman Joseph Alexie, Jr.Sherman Alexie is a novelist, poet and filmmaker who wrote The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, a best-selling, semi-autobiographical novel that…
Name at birth: Dwyane Tyrone Wade, Jr.Three years after he joined the NBA, guard Dwyane Wade led the Miami Heat to the 2006 championship and drew early comparisons to basketball legend Michael Jordan…
Keith Richards and a schoolmate, Mick Jagger, fell in together in the early 1960s and formed the rock band The Rolling Stones with Brian Jones. Losing and adding a few other band members along the…
