List of Jewish American entertainers
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This is a list of notable Jewish American entertainers. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of Jewish Americans.
Actors (film and TV) & artists[]
organized by birth decade
2000s[]
- Asher Angel (born 2002), actor and singer[1]
- David Mazouz (born 2001), actor[2]
- Joshua Rush (born 2001), actor (Andi Mack)[3]
- Noah Schnapp (born 2004), actor (Stranger Things)[4]
- Odessa Adlon (born 2000), actress
1990s[]
- Mac Miller (1992–2018), American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer
- Sofia Black-D'Elia (born 1991), actress[5]
- Jonah Bobo (born 1997), film actor (Around the Bend, Zathura)[6]
- Ben Platt (born 1993), Broadway star, actor, singer and songwriter (Dear Evan Hansen, The Politician)
- Dawn M. Bennett (born 1992), Filipino-American voice actress[7][8]
- Cameron Boyce (1999–2019), actor[9][10]
- Max Burkholder (born 1997), actor[11]
- Timothée Chalamet (born 1995), actor[12]
- Emory Cohen (born 1990), actor[13]
- Flora Cross (born 1993), film actress (Bee Season)[14]
- Spencer Daniels (born 1992), actor[15]
- Abella Danger (born 1995), pornographic actress[16]
- Zoey Deutch (born 1994), actress[17]
- Ansel Elgort (born 1994), actor (Jewish father)[18]
- Beanie Feldstein (born 1993), actress (Lady Bird, Booksmart)[19]
- Julia Garner (born 1994), actress[20]
- Zachary Gordon (born 1998), film actor (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)[21]
- Alexander Gould (born 1994), film/TV actor (Finding Nemo)[22]
- Teo Halm (born 1999), actor[23]
- Carter Jenkins (born 1991), film/TV actor[24][25]
- Hunter King (born 1993), actress, (The Young and the Restless)
- Logan Lerman (born 1992), film/TV actor (Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief)[26][27]
- Jonathan Lipnicki (born 1990), film actor (Jerry Maguire, Like Mike)[28]
- James Maslow (born 1990), actor/singer[29]
- Blake Michael (born 1996), actor
- Ezra Miller (born 1992), film actor[30]
- Ian Nelson (born 1995), actor[31]
- Nicola Peltz (born 1994), actress[32]
- Ryan Potter (born 1995), actor[33]
- Charlie Puth (born 1991), singer and songwriter
- Nathalia Ramos (born 1992), Spanish-born American actress (Bratz: The Movie)[34]
- Sarah Ramos (born 1991), TV actress (American Dreams)[35]
- Ben Rosenfield (born c. 1992/93), actor[36]
- Odeya Rush (born 1997), Israeli-born American[37]
- Daryl Sabara (born 1992), actor (Spy Kids, Keeping Up with the Steins, Halloween)[38][39]
- Halston Sage (born 1993), actress[40]
- (born 1992), actor and musician[41]
- Eden Sher (born 1991), actress, The Middle TV series
- Troye Sivan (born 1995), singer, actor
- Adiel Stein (born 1991), film actor (Stolen Summer)[42]
- Hailee Steinfeld (born 1996), actor (True Grit, Ender's Game, Pitch Perfect 2); singer of "Love Myself" (Jewish father)
- Zoe Weizenbaum (born 1991), film actress (Memoirs of a Geisha)[43]
- Nat Wolff (born 1994), actor/musician (Jewish father)[44]
1980s[]
- Zoe Kravitz (born 1988), actress, model and singer
- Dianna Agron (born 1986), actress and singer
- Jonathan Ahdout (born 1989), actor (House of Sand and Fog, 24)[45]
- Jack Antonoff (born 1984),Singer/songwriter/record producer (Member of the bands FUN, Bleachers & Steel Train)[46]
- Skylar Astin (born Skylar Astin Lipstein; 1987), actor and singer
- Justin Baldoni (born 1984), actor (Everwood)[47]
- David "Lil Dicky" Andrew Burd (born 1988), rapper and comedian[48]
- Alison Brie (born 1982), actress[49]
- Rachel Bloom (born 1987), actress, singer and comedy writer (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend)[50]
- Amanda Bynes (born 1986), film actress and former show host on Nickelodeon (She's the Man)[51]
- Lizzy Caplan (born 1982), film/TV actress (Mean Girls, Cloverfield)[52]
- Greg Cipes (born 1980), actor, entertainer, singer songwriter, and professional surfer
- Lauren Cohan (born 1982), film/television actress (Supernatural)[53]
- Matt Cohen (born 1982), film/TV actor[54]
- Alexa Davalos (born 1982), actress[55]
- John Francis Daley (born 1985), actor/director (Freaks and Geeks)[56]
- Kat Dennings (born 1986), film/TV actress[57][58]
- Lena Dunham (born 1986),Actress/Writer/Director (Girls)[46]
- Zac Efron (born 1987), film/TV actor (Efron's paternal grandfather was Jewish, and Efron has referred to himself as Jewish)[59]
- Alden Ehrenreich (born 1989), actor[60]
- Jesse Eisenberg (born 1983), film actor (The Squid and the Whale)[61]
- Ben Foster (born 1980), actor[62]
- Jon Foster (born 1984), film/TV actor (Stay Alive)[62]
- Shayna Fox (born 1984), voice actress[63]
- Dave Franco (born 1985), actor[64]
- Seth Gabel (born 1981), American actor[65]
- Andrew Garfield (born 1983), British and American actor[66]
- Rafi Gavron (born 1989), British and American actor[67]
- Gideon Glick (born 1988), actor[68]
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt (born 1981), film/TV actor[69][70]
- Aubrey "Drake" Graham (born 1986), actor, singer, and rapper (Jewish mother)[48]
- Max Greenfield (born 1980), film/TV actor[71]
- Jake Gyllenhaal (born 1980), film actor (Brokeback Mountain)[72]
- Armie Hammer (born 1986), actor (has identified himself as "half Jewish")[73]
- Erin Heatherton (born 1989), model and actress[74]
- Simon Helberg (born 1980), TV actor and comedian (The Big Bang Theory)
- Jonah Hill (born 1983), film actor[75]
- Scarlett Johansson (born 1984), film actress (Jewish mother)[76][77]
- Jeremy Jordan (born 1984), stage/musical film/television actor (Jewish mother)[78]
- Ariana Jollee (born 1982), pornographic actress and pornographic film director[citation needed]
- Avriel Kaplan (born 1989), musician/songwriter (vocal bassist of a cappella group Pentatonix, founder of musical group Avriel & the Sequoias)
- Jonathan Keltz (born 1988), Canadian and American actor[79]
- Ethan Klein (born 1985), internet personality
- Mila Kunis (born 1983), TV actress (That '70s Show, Family Guy)[80]
- Adam Lamberg (born 1984), actor (Lizzie McGuire)[81]
- Adam Lambert (born 1982), singer and runner-up on American Idol
- Shia LaBeouf (born 1986), TV/film actor (Even Stevens, Holes, Disturbia, Transformers)[82][83]
- Samm Levine (born 1982), film/TV actor[84]
- Margarita Levieva (born 1980), actress and professional gymnast
- Alex D. Linz (born 1989), actor (Home Alone 3, Max Keeble's Big Move)[85][86]
- Jessica Manley (born 1985), actress (Anne Frank: The Whole Story)
- Eli Marienthal (born 1986), film actor (Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen)[87]
- Scott Mechlowicz (born 1981), film actor (EuroTrip, Mean Creek)[88]
- Sara Paxton (born 1988), actress (Darcy's Wild Life, Aquamarine)[89][90][91]
- Josh Peck (born 1986), actor (Drake & Josh)[92]
- Ashley Peldon (born 1984), film/TV actress[93]
- Courtney Peldon (born 1981), film/TV actress[94]
- Alisan Porter (born 1981), film and stage actress and singer[95]
- Natalie Portman (born 1981), Israeli-born film actor (V for Vendetta)[96]
- Laura Prepon (born 1980), film/TV actress (That '70s Show)[97][98]
- Nikki Reed (born 1988), film actress/screenwriter (Thirteen)[99][100]
- Seth Rogen (born 1982), Canadian-American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director
- Emmy Rossum (born 1986), actress, singer, and songwriter
- Daniela Ruah (born 1983), Portuguese-American actress
- Jason Schwartzman (born 1980), actor and member of the band Phantom Planet
- Jason Segel (born 1980), film/TV actor[101]
- Jamie-Lynn Sigler (born 1981), film/TV actress and singer (The Sopranos)[102][103]
- Jenny Slate (born 1982), actress/comedian[104]
- Marla Sokoloff (born 1980), film/TV actress (Big Day)[105]
- Shoshannah Stern (born 1980), TV actress[106][107]
- Lauren Storm (born 1987), TV actress (Flight 29 Down)[108][109]
- Khleo Thomas (born 1989), film actor (Holes)[110]
- Ashley Tisdale (born 1985), actress and singer (High School Musical)[111]
- Michelle Trachtenberg (born 1985), film/TV actress[112]
- Joseph Trohman (born 1984), musician (Fall Out Boy)
- Raviv (Ricky) Ullman (born 1986), Israeli-born actor, teen idol (Phil of the Future)[113]
- Anneliese van der Pol (born 1984), Dutch/American actress (That's So Raven)[114]
- Mara Wilson (born 1987), film actress (Matilda)[115]
- James Wolk (born 1985), actor[116]
- Evan Rachel Wood (born 1987), film actress (Thirteen, The Upside of Anger)[99][100][117]
- Mario Yedidia (born 1984), former child actor (Warriors of Virtue)[118]
- Anton Yelchin (1989–2016), Russian-born film/TV actor[119][120]
- Joey Zimmerman (born 1986), film/TV actor (Halloweentown)[121]
1970s[]
- Dave Annable (born 1979), actor[122][123]
- Shiri Appleby (born 1978), Israeli/American film/TV actress (Roswell)[124]
- David Arquette (born 1971), film actor[125][126]
- Eric Balfour (born 1977), actor[127]
- Elizabeth Banks (born 1974), film actress (Invincible)[128][129]
- Justin Bartha (born 1978), film actor (National Treasure, The Hangover)[130]
- Amber Benson (born 1977), actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)[131]
- Elizabeth Berkley (born 1972), TV, film, and stage actress[132]
- Jon Bernthal (born 1976), actor[133]
- Mayim Bialik (born 1975), actress (Blossom)[134]
- Michael Ian Black (born Michael Ian Schwartz, 1971), actor, comedian and comedy writer[135]
- Selma Blair (born Selma Bleitner, 1972), film actress, raised w/ Jewish day school (Cruel Intentions)[136]
- Alex Borstein (born 1971), actress, writer, and comedian[137]
- Caprice Bourret (born 1971), fashion model and actress, often known by her first name[138]
- Zach Braff (born 1975), film/TV actor, director, screenwriter, and producer (Scrubs, Garden State)[139]
- Tamara Braun (born 1971), soap opera actress[140]
- Adam Brody (born 1979), actor (The O.C.)[141]
- Adrien Brody (born 1973), film actor (The Pianist)[142][143]
- Sarah Brown (born 1975), actress[144]
- Brooke Burke (born 1971), TV personality and model[145][146]
- Scott Caan (born 1976), film actor, son of James Caan[147]
- Josh Charles (born 1971), stage, film, and TV actor[148]
- Emmanuelle Chriqui (born 1977), film/TV actress[149]
- Jennifer Connelly (born 1970), film and TV actress (Requiem for a Dream)[150]
- Eric Dane (born 1972), actor[151]
- Erin Daniels (born Erin Cohen, 1973), actress[152][153]
- Dustin Diamond (1977–2021), actor (Saved by the Bell)[154]
- Oded Fehr (born 1970), Israeli/American actor (The Mummy)[155]
- Corey Feldman (born 1971), film actor, 1980s teen idol[156]
- James Franco (born 1978), film actor (James Dean, Spider-Man)[157][158]
- Soleil Moon Frye (born 1976), actress and director (Punky Brewster)[159]
- Sarah Michelle Gellar (born 1977), actress, writer, director, film maker, comedian, singer (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)[160]
- Elon Gold (born 1970), comedian, TV actor, writer, and producer[161]
- Ginnifer Goodwin (born 1978), film/TV actress (Big Love)[162]
- Seth Green (born 1974), actor, writer, and TV producer[163][164]
- Bryan Greenberg (born 1978), film/TV actor (Prime)[165]
- Maggie Gyllenhaal (born 1977), Golden Globe-nominated actress[153][166]
- Corey Haim (1971–2010), Canadian-born film actor[167]
- Chelsea Handler (born 1975), actress/comedian[168]
- Alyson Hannigan (born 1974), actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Date Movie)[169]
- Danielle Harris (born 1977), actress[170]
- Samantha Harris (born Samantha Harris Shapiro, 1973), actress and TV presenter[171]
- Cole Hauser (born 1975), film actor[172][173]
- Jason Hervey (born 1972), actor (The Wonder Years)
- Kate Hudson (born 1979), film actress (Almost Famous, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days)[174]
- Oliver Hudson (born 1976), film/TV actor[62]
- Rashida Jones (born 1976), actress, writer, model, and musician (The Office)[175]
- Chris Kattan (born 1970), comedian (Saturday Night Live)[72]
- Joel Kinnaman (born 1979), Swedish and American actor (Jewish mother)[176]
- Nick Kroll (born 1978), Comedian/Actor[177]
- Alla Korot (born 1970), Ukrainian-born actress[178]
- Lisa Kushell (born 1971), comedic actress (MADtv, co-host of Dinner and a Movie)[179]
- David Krumholtz (born 1978), actor (NUMB3RS)[180]
- Adam Levine (born 1979), musician (Maroon 5)[181]
- Jenny Lewis (born 1976), musician and former child actress[182]
- Michael Lucas (born 1972), Russian-born porn star[183]
- Jamie Luner (born 1971), actress (Melrose Place)[184]
- Natasha Lyonne (born Natasha Braunstein, 1979), film/TV actress (American Pie)[185]
- Gabriel Macht (born 1972), film actor[186]
- Matisyahu (born Matthew Paul Miller, 1979), singer and rapper
- Idina Menzel (born 1971), actress, singer and songwriter[187]
- Marisol Nichols (born 1973), actress (Jewish biological father)[188]
- Gwyneth Paltrow (born 1972), actress and singer[189][190][191]
- Adam Pascal (born 1970), actor (Rent)[192]
- Amanda Peet (born 1972), film actress[193][194]
- Joaquin Phoenix (born Joaquin Bottom, 1974), film actor (Walk the Line)[195][196][197][198]
- Rain Phoenix (born Rain Bottom, 1973), actress/musician[195][196]
- River Phoenix (born River Bottom, 1970–1993), film actor[195][196]
- Summer Phoenix (born 1978), actress and model[195][196]
- Pink (born Alecia Moore, 1979–), singer and actress[199]
- Dave Portnoy (born 1977), founder of (Barstool Sports)
- Josh Radnor (born 1976), actor (How I Met Your Mother)[124]
- Leah Remini (born 1970), actress (The King of Queens)[200]
- Simon Rex (born 1974), actor and model[201]
- Michael Rosenbaum (born 1972), film/TV actor (Smallvile)[202]
- Tracee Ellis Ross (born Tracee Joy Silberstein, 1972), actress, daughter of singer Diana Ross[203]
- Eli Roth (born 1972), film actor, director, producer and writer[204]
- Maya Rudolph (born 1972), actress/comedian (Saturday Night Live)[129]
- Winona Ryder (born Winona Horowitz, 1971), film actress[205][206]
- Antonio Sabato Jr. (born 1972), actor and model
- Sarah Saltzberg (born 1976), Broadway theater actress[207]
- Andy Samberg (born David Andrew Samberg, 1978), comedian; part of group The Lonely Island; Saturday Night Live
- Fred Savage (born 1976), actor and TV director (Wonder Years)[208][209]
- Miriam Shor (born 1971), film/TV actress (Big Day)[210]
- Sarah Silverman (born 1970), stand-up comedian, actress, and writer[211]
- Alicia Silverstone (born 1976), actress and former fashion model (Clueless, Batman and Robin)[212][213]
- Ione Skye (born Ione Skye Leitch, 1971), English-born actress[214]
- Lindsay Sloane (born Lindsay Sloane Leikin, 1977), actress[215][216]
- Bahar Soomekh (born 1975), Iranian-born actress (Crash)[217][218]
- Tori Spelling (born 1973), actress (Beverly Hills 90210)[219][220]
- Jordana Spiro (born 1977), TV actress (My Boys)[221]
- Corey Stoll (born 1976), actor[222]
- Matt Stone (born 1971), animator, film director, screenwriter, actor, voice actor, and co-creator of South Park[223]
- Danny Strong (born 1974), film/TV actor[224]
- Jonathan Togo (born 1977), actor (CSI: Miami, Mystic River)[225]
- Mageina Tovah (born Mageina Tovah Begtrup, 1979), actress[226]
- Kevin Weisman (born 1970), film/TV actor[227]
- Jennifer Westfeldt (born 1971), actress and writer (Kissing Jessica Stein)[228]
- Marissa Jaret Winokur (born 1973), film, TV, and stage actress (Hairspray stage version)[229]
- Noah Wyle (born 1971), film/TV actor[230]
- Nikki Ziering (born Natalie Schiele, 1971), model and actress[231]
- Jason Zimbler (born 1977), actor (Clarissa Explains It All)
- Ethan Zohn (born 1973), Survivor: Africa winner and actor[232]
- Arianne Zuker (born Arianne Zuckerman, 1974), soap opera actress[233]
1960s[]
- Paula Abdul (born 1962), singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, dancer, and choreographer[234]
- Steven Adler (born 1965), musician, songwriter, drummer (Guns N' Roses)
- Patricia Arquette (born 1968), Golden Globe-nominated actress[235][236]
- Hank Azaria (born 1964), film/TV actor, director, comedian, and voice artist[237]
- David Alan Basche (born 1968), actor[238]
- Randall Batinkoff (born 1968), film/TV actor (For Keeps?)[239]
- Mary Kay Bergman (1961–1999), voice actress (South Park)[240]
- Troy Beyer (born 1964), film director, screenwriter, and actress[150]
- Craig Bierko (born 1964), film/TV actor (Cinderella Man)[241]
- Jack Black (born 1969), film actor and musician[242][243]
- Lisa Bonet (born 1967), film/TV actress (The Cosby Show)[244]
- Matthew Broderick (born 1962), film and stage actor (Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Producers)[245]
- Gabrielle Carteris (born 1961), actress (Beverly Hills 90210)[246]
- Max Casella (born 1967), actor (Doogie Howser)
- Scott Cohen (born 1964), film/TV actor[247]
- Mindy Cohn (born 1966), TV actress (The Facts of Life)[216]
- David Cross (born 1964), actor/comedian[248]
- Dean Devlin (born 1962), former actor, now producer and screenwriter[249]
- Don Diamont (born Donald Feinberg, 1961), soap opera actor (The Young and the Restless)[250]
- Robert Downey Jr. (born 1965), actor and musician (Iron Man)[251][252]
- David Duchovny (born 1960), film/TV actor (The X-Files)[253][254]
- Lisa Edelstein (born 1967), actress (House)[255]
- Jon Favreau (born 1966), actor/director[256][257]
- Dan Futterman (born 1967), actor and screenwriter[258]
- Jeff Garlin (born 1962), comic actor (Curb Your Enthusiasm)[259]
- Brad Garrett (born Bradley Harold Gerstenfeld, 1960), actor and comedian[260]
- Gina Gershon (born 1962), film actress[261]
- Jami Gertz (born 1965), film/TV actress[262]
- Melissa Gilbert (born 1964), former child actress, two terms as president of Screen Actors Guild[263]
- Judy Gold (born 1962), stand-up comedian and actress[264]
- Bill Goldberg (born 1966), former wrestler; wrestled for both World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), film/TV actor[265]
- Jennifer Grey (born 1960), actress and dancer (Dirty Dancing)[266]
- Arye Gross (born 1960), film/TV actor[267]
- Greg Grunberg (born 1966), film/TV actor (Heroes)[268]
- Annabelle Gurwitch (born 1961), comedic actress, hostess of TBS's Dinner and a Movie[269]
- Jessica Hecht (born 1965), film/stage actress[270]
- Monica Horan (born 1963), TV actress (Everybody Loves Raymond)[271]
- Helen Hunt (born 1963), actress
- Sean Kanan (born Sean Perelman, 1966), soap opera actor (General Hospital)[272]
- 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[273]
- Marc Kudisch (born 1966), stage actor[274]
- Lisa Kudrow (born 1963), actress (Friends)[275]
- Juliet Landau (born 1965), actress (Ed Wood), daughter of Martin Landau and Barbara Bain[276]
- John Lehr (born 1967), actor/comedian (10 Items or Less)[221][277]
- Jennifer Jason Leigh (born Jennifer Lee Morrow, 1962), Hollywood film actress (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)[28]
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus (born 1961), actress (Seinfeld)[278]
- Joshua Malina (born 1966), film and stage actor[279]
- Camryn Manheim (born 1961), actress (The Practice)[280]
- Cindy Margolis (born 1965), actress/model; in 2000 Guinness Book of World Records as the "most downloaded" person in 1999[238]
- Julianna Margulies (born 1966), film/TV actress (ER)[281]
- Marc Maron (born 1963), comedian, film/TV actor
- 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)[282]
- Debra Messing (born 1968), actress (Will & Grace)[283]
- Dina Meyer (born 1968), film/TV actress (Saw films)[284]
- Ari Meyers (born 1969), actress (Kate & Allie)[285]
- Rob Morrow (born 1962), actor (Northern Exposure, Numb3rs)[286]
- Sarah Jessica Parker (born 1965), Golden Globe, Emmy-winning actress[287][288]
- Sean Penn (born 1960), film actor (Mystic River, Milk)[289]
- Jeremy Piven (born 1965), actor (Entourage)[290]
- Rain Pryor (born 1969), actress and comedian, daughter of Richard Pryor[291]
- Ted Raimi (born 1965), actor, brother of Spider-Man director Sam Raimi[128]
- Adam Rich (born 1968), child actor (Eight is Enough)
- Paul Rudd (born 1969), actor and screenwriter[292][293]
- Adam Sandler (born 1966), actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter, producer, and musician[294][295]
- Rob Schneider (born 1963), actor, comedian, and screenwriter[296]
- Bitty Schram (born 1968), Golden Globe-nominated actress[297]
- Liev Schreiber (born 1967), Tony Award-winning actor[298]
- Scott Schwartz (born 1968), child actor (A Christmas Story and The Toy)
- David Schwimmer (born 1966), Emmy-nominated actor and director (Friends)[299]
- Sam Seder (born 1966), actor, comedian, writer, producer, director[300]
- Kyra Sedgwick (born 1965), Emmy-nominated actress[301]
- Ally Sheedy (born 1962), screen and stage actress ("Brat Pack" films The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire)[302]
- Jonathan Silverman (born 1966), film/TV actor[303]
- Helen Slater (born 1963), film actress and singer-songwriter (title role in Supergirl)[304]
- Rena Sofer (born 1968), actress[305]
- Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, 1962), stand-up comedian, actor, author; host, head writer, and producer of The Daily Show[306]
- Ben Stiller (born 1965), Emmy Award-winning comedian, actor, and film director[295][307]
- Lars Ulrich (born 1963), Danish-born Metallica drummer[308]
- Michael Vartan (born 1968), French-born film/TV actor (Monster-in-Law)[309]
- Steven Weber (born 1961), film/TV actor (Wings)[310]
- Scott Wolf (born 1968), actor (Party of Five)[311]
- Ian Ziering (born 1964), actor (Beverly Hills 90210)[171][312]
1950s[]
- Caroline Aaron (born 1957), actress and producer[313]
- Jason Alexander (born Jay Greenspan, 1959), actor, comedian, writer, director[314]
- Adam Arkin (born 1956), film, TV, and stage actor[315]
- Rosanna Arquette (born 1959), actress, film director, and film producer[316]
- Ellen Barkin (born 1954), actress[71]
- Roseanne Barr (born 1952), actress, comedian, writer and television producer[citation needed]
- Robin Beck (born 1954), singer, songwriter, record producer[317]
- Robby Benson (born Robin David Segal, 1956), actor, former teen idol[318]
- Mike Binder (born 1958), screenwriter, film director, and actor[319]
- Kate Capshaw (born 1953), actress (Indiana Jones)[320]
- Jamie Lee Curtis (born 1958), Golden Globe-winning film actress, writer of books for children[321]
- Fran Drescher (born 1957), actor, producer, writer, comedian[322]
- Danny Elfman (born 1953), musician, composer[323]
- Wayne Federman (born 1959), comedian, actor, author (Maravich)[324]
- Tovah Feldshuh (born 1952), actress, singer, and playwright[325]
- Harvey Fierstein (born 1954), actor, author, and singer[326]
- Deb Filler (born 1954), actress, comic, singer and writer[327]
- Carrie Fisher (1956–2016), film actress, novelist (Star Wars)[328]
- Al Franken (born 1951), comedian, actor, author, radio host, and U.S. Senator[329]
- Jeff Goldblum (born 1952), film actor[330]
- Steve Guttenberg (born 1958), actor[331]
- Mary Hart (born 1950), actress and TV personality (Entertainment Tonight)[332]
- Amy Irving (born 1953), actress[333]
- Toni Kalem (born 1956), film/TV actress, screenwriter, and director[334]
- Carol Kane (born 1952), actress[335]
- Julie Kavner (born 1950), film/TV actress (voice of Marge on The Simpsons)[336]
- Richard Kind (born 1956), actor[337]
- John Landis (born 1950), actor, director, writer, and producer[338]
- Carol Leifer (born 1956), comedian and actress[339]
- Joan Lunden (born Joan Blunden, 1950), broadcaster (Good Morning America)[340]
- Melanie Mayron (born 1952), actress and director (Thirtysomething)[341]
- Larry Miller (born 1953), stand-up comedian, actor[342]
- Don Most (born 1953), actor (Happy Days)[343]
- Judd Nelson (born 1959), actor and screenwriter (The Breakfast Club, Billionaire Boys Club)
- Bebe Neuwirth (born 1958), theater, TV, and film actress[187]
- Laraine Newman (born 1952), comedian and actress[344]
- Ken Olin (born 1954), actor, director and producer[345]
- Mandy Patinkin (born 1952), actor of stage and screen, and singer/interpreter of Yiddish songs[346]
- Lorna Patterson (born 1956), film, stage and TV actress[347]
- Scott Patterson (born 1958), actor (Gilmore Girls)[348]
- David Paymer (born 1954), character actor[349]
- Ron Perlman (born 1950), film/TV actor (Hellboy)[350]
- Kevin Pollak (born 1957), actor, impressionist, and comedian[351]
- Paul Reiser (born 1957), actor, author, and stand-up comedian (Mad About You)[352]
- Paul Reubens (born Paul Rubenfeld, 1952), aka Peewee Herman
- Alan Rosenberg (born 1950), actor, 24th president of the Screen Actors Guild[353]
- Katey Sagal (born 1954), actress, singer, and writer (Married... with Children)[354]
- Bob Saget (born 1956), actor, stand-up comedian, and game show host[355]
- Richard Schiff (born 1955), actor (The West Wing)[356]
- Steven Seagal (born 1952)
- Jerry Seinfeld (born 1954), comedian, actor, and writer[299]
- Jane Seymour (born Joyce Frankenberg, 1951), English-born film/TV actress[357]
- Wendie Jo Sperber (1958–2005), TV/movie actress[358]
- Howard Stern (born 1954), radio/TV personality, media mogul, humorist, actor, and author[72]
- Stephen Tobolowsky (born 1951), actor[359]
- Robert Trebor (born Robert Schenkman, 1953), actor (Hercules, Xena)[360]
- Debra Winger (born 1955), actress[361]
- Leslie Hoffman (born 1955), actress-stuntwoman
- Mare Winningham (born 1959), film/TV actress[362]
1940s[]
- Bob Balaban (born 1945), actor and director[363]
- Richard Belzer (born 1944), stand-up comedian, writer, and actor[299]
- Lewis Black (born 1948), stand-up comedian and actor
- Albert Brooks (born Albert Lawrence Einstein, 1947–), stand-up comedian, director, screenwriter, actor[364]
- James Caan (born 1940), film, stage, and TV actor (The Godfather)[365]
- Nell Carter (1948–2003), singer and film, stage, and TV actress[366]
- Peter Coyote (born Rachmil Pinchus Ben Mosha Cohon, 1941–), actor and author[367]
- Billy Crystal (born 1948), actor, writer, producer, comedian, and film director (When Harry Met Sally...)[368][369]
- Larry David (born 1947), Emmy-winning writer, director, comedian, actor, producer, co-creator of Seinfeld, and creator of Curb Your Enthusiasm[370]
- Richard Dreyfuss (born 1947), actor (The Goodbye Girl)[371]
- Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, 1941), singer-songwriter, author, musician, and poet, also appeared in several films[372]
- Bob Einstein (1942–2019), writer and comedian known as Super Dave
- Richard Elfman (born 1949), film director, writer, and actor[373]
- Donald Fagen (born 1948), musician, singer-songwriter, cultural critic, author, columnist, writer, and co-founder of the famous jazz-rock duo Steely Dan[374]
- Harrison Ford (born 1942), actor[184][197]
- Bonnie Franklin (1944–2013), actress[375]
- Art Garfunkel (born 1941), singer and songwriter
- Paul Michael Glaser (born 1943), actor (Starsky & Hutch)[376]
- Scott Glenn (born 1941), actor[377]
- Christopher Guest (born 1948), comedian, screenwriter, composer, musician, film director, actor, and Spinal Tap member[378][379]
- Goldie Hawn (born 1945), film actress, director, and producer[380]
- Dan Hedaya (born 1940), character actor[381]
- Sandy Helberg (born 1949), actor
- Barbara Hershey (born Barbara Lynn Herzstein, 1948), actress[62]
- Ricky Jay (born Richard Jay Potash, 1946–2018), professional sleight-of-hand artist, actor, and author
- Billy Joel (born 1949), singer, songwriter, and musician
- Madeline Kahn (1942–1999), actress of film, TV, and theater[382]
- Gabe Kaplan (born 1945), actor, comedian, and professional poker player[383]
- Andy Kaufman (1949–1984), comedian; devout Jewish parents[384]
- Judy Kaye (born 1948), singer and actress[385]
- Lainie Kazan (born Lanie Levine, 1940), actress and singer[386]
- Robert Klein (born 1942), stand-up comedian and occasional actor[387]
- Kevin Kline (born 1947), stage and film actor[61]
- Richard Kline (born 1944), actor and TV director[388]
- Sherry Lansing (born 1944), former CEO of Paramount Studios and actress[389]
- Michael Lembeck (born 1948), actor and director[347]
- Richard Lewis (born 1947), comedian and actor[390]
- Judith Light (born 1949), actress (Who's the Boss?)
- Peggy Lipton (born 1947), TV actress and socialite (The Mod Squad)[391]
- Stephen Macht (born 1942), actor[392]
- Richard Masur (born 1948), actor[375]
- Bette Midler (born 1945), singer, actress, and comedian[393][394]
- Olivia Newton-John (born 1948), singer, actor, author, environmental activist, cancer activist, four time Grammy winner. Mother Irene Born, Jewish. Maternal grandfather Max Born, Nobel Prize winning Physicist
- David Proval (born 1942), actor (The Sopranos)[395]
- Gilda Radner (1946–1989), comedian and actress (Saturday Night Live)[396]
- Harold Ramis (1944–2014), director, actor, writer, and producer
- Lou Reed (1942–2013), musician, singer, and songwriter
- Rob Reiner (born 1947), actor, director, producer, writer[397]
- Peter Riegert (born 1947), film/TV actor[398]
- Jill St. John (born 1940), actress[399]
- Garry Shandling (1949–2016), comedian and actor[400]
- Wallace Shawn (born 1943), actor and writer[401]
- Harry Shearer (born 1943), actor, comedian, writer, and radio host[402][403]
- Paul Simon (born 1941), singer, songwriter
- Brent Spiner (born 1949), actor (Star Trek: The Next Generation)[404]
- Sylvester Stallone (born 1946), film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (Rocky), maternally Jewish
- Barbra Streisand (born 1942), two-time Academy Award-winning singer and actress[369][405]
- Jeffrey Tambor (born 1944), film/TV actor (Hellboy, Arrested Development)[406]
- Jessica Walter (1941–2021), film/TV actress (Arrested Development)[407]
- Zoë Wanamaker (born 1949), American-born English actress[408][409]
- Lesley Ann Warren (born 1946), stage, film, and TV actress[410]
- Anson Williams (born Anson William Heimlick, 1949), actor (Happy Days)[343]
- Henry Winkler (born 1945), actor, director, producer, and author (Happy Days)[343]
1930s[]
- Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg, 1935), film director, writer, actor, and stand-up comedian[411]
- Alan Arkin (born 1934), film actor, director[412]
- Barbara Barrie (born 1931), actress and author of children's books[336]
- Richard Benjamin (born 1938), actor and film director[369]
- Dyan Cannon (born Samille Diane Friesen, 1937), film/TV actress, editor, producer, and director[413]
- Eddie Carmel (1936–1972), entertainer known as "The Jewish Giant"[414]
- Jerry Douglas (born Gerald Rubenstein, 1932), TV actress (The Young and the Restless)[415]
- Elliott Gould (born Elliot Goldstein, 1938), film/TV actor[416]
- Andre Gregory (born 1934), actor-writer-director, known for My Dinner with Andre
- Charles Grodin (1935–2021), actor and cable talk show host[417]
- Judd Hirsch (born 1935), actor (Taxi, NUMB3RS)[340]
- Dustin Hoffman (born 1937), two-time-Oscar-winning actor[418]
- Tony Jay (1933–2006), English/American actor[419]
- Harvey Keitel (born 1939), actor[420]
- Larry King (born 1933), television host
- Walter Koenig (born 1936), actor, writer, teacher, and director (appeared in original Star Trek)[421]
- Yaphet Kotto (1939–2021), African-American actor; son of Cameroonian Crown Prince (role in Alien)[422]
- Michael Landon (born Eugene Maurice Orowitz, 1936–1991), actor, producer, and director[423]
- Louise Lasser (born 1939), stage/film/TV actress (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman)[424][425]
- Piper Laurie (born Rosetta Jacobs, 1932–), actress[426]
- Linda Lavin (born 1937), stage, film, and TV actress[427]
- Steve Lawrence (born Sidney Liebowitz, 1935–), singer and actor (The Carol Burnett Show)
- Shari Lewis (born Sonia Phyllis Hurwitz, 1933–1998), ventriloquist, puppeteer, and children's TV show host[428]
- Hal Linden (born Harold Lipshitz, 1931), actor and TV director (Barney Miller)[429]
- Tina Louise (born 1934), model, singer, and film/TV actress[430]
- Jackie Mason (born Yacov Moshe Maza, 1931–), stand-up comedian/actor[431][432]
- Paul Mazursky (born 1930), film director and actor[433]
- Shelley Morrison (1936-2019) American actress to Jewish-Sephardic parents.[434]
- Barry Newman (born 1931), actor[435]
- Leonard Nimoy (1931–2015), film director, actor; played Spock on Star Trek[436]
- Suzanne Pleshette (1937–2008), actress (The Bob Newhart Show)
- Ron Rifkin (born 1939), actor, director[345]
- Joan Rivers (born Joan Alexandra Molinsky Sanger Rosenberg, 1933–2014), comedian, actress, talk show host[437][438]
- George Segal (1934–2021), film and stage actor[369]
- William Shatner (born 1931), actor and writer, portrayed James T. Kirk on Star Trek
- Susan Strasberg (1938–1999), actress (In Praise of Older Women)
- Dame Elizabeth Taylor (1932–2011), Oscar-winning English/American film actress and sex symbol[439][440][441]
- Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman, 1933–2016), actor and comedian[442]
1920s[]
- Marty Allen (1922–2018), stand-up comedian and actor
- Ed Ames (born Edmund Dantes Urick, 1927), singer and actor[443]
- Beatrice Arthur (born Bernice Frankel, 1922–2009), actress[444]
- Ed Asner (born 1929), actor[445]
- Lauren Bacall (born Betty Joan Perske, 1924–2014), film and stage actress[446]
- Julian Beck (1925–1985), actor, director, poet, and painter[447]
- Shelley Berman (1926–2017), comedian, writer, teacher, and actor[448]
- Herschel Bernardi (1923–1986), film, Broadway, and TV actor[449]
- Theodore Bikel (1924–2015), character actor, folk singer, and musician[450]
- Larry Blyden (1925–1975), actor[451]
- Tom Bosley (1927–2010), film/TV actor (Happy Days)[452]
- Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky, 1926), director, writer, actor, and stand-up comedian[453]
- Lenny Bruce (born Leonard Schneider, 1925–1966), stand-up comedian, writer, social critic, satirist[454]
- Susan Cabot (1927–1986), actress[455]
- Sid Caesar (1922–2014), comic actor and writer[456]
- Robert Clary (born Robert Max Widerman, 1926), French-born actor, published author, and lecturer[457]
- Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz, 1925–2010), film actor[458]
- Rodney Dangerfield (born Jacob Cohen, 1921–2004), comedian and actor[459]
- Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925–1990) (converted to Judaism), entertainer, member of the "Rat Pack"[440][460]
- Peter Falk (1927–2011), actor[461]
- Fyvush Finkel (1922–2016), actor[462]
- Eddie Fisher (1928–2010), singer; father of Carrie Fisher
- Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal, 1927), theater, film, and TV actress, and film director[369]
- Buddy Hackett (born Leonard Hacker, 1924–2003), stand-up comedian, writer, actor, and producer[463]
- Monty Hall (born Monte Halperin, 1921–2017), Canadian-born actor, singer, and sportscaster (Let's Make a Deal)[464]
- Estelle Harris (born Estelle Nussbaum, 1928), actress (Seinfeld)[299]
- Laurence Harvey (born Zvi Mosheh Skikne, 1928–1973), Lithuanian-born actor; British and American films
- Steven Hill (born Solomon Krakovsky, 1922–2016), film/TV actor[465]
- Judy Holliday (born Judith Tuvim, 1921–1965), actress, singer[466][467]
- Werner Klemperer (1920–2000), comedic actor[468]
- Jack Klugman (1922–2012), actor
- Harvey Korman (1927–2008), actor[469]
- Martin Landau (1928–2017), film/TV actor
- Al Lewis (born Albert Meister, 1920–2006), actor (Grandpa Munster)
- Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch, 1926–2017), comedian, actor, and charity fund-raising telethons[460]
- Bill Macy (1922–2019), actor[470]
- Ross Martin (born Martin Rosenblatt, 1920–1981), Polish-born (Jewish family) film/TV actor (Wild Wild West)
- Walter Matthau (1920–2000), actor[471]
- Anne Meara (1929–2015), comedian and actress, partner and wife of Jerry Stiller[472][473]
- Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962), actress, singer, and model, converted to Judaism.[440]
- Vic Morrow (1929–1982), actor[474][475]
- Jerry Paris (1925–1986), actor and Emmy-winning director (The Dick Van Dyke Show)
- Charlotte Rae (1926–2018), actress (The Facts of Life)
- Tony Randall (born Arthur Leonard Rosenberg, 1920–2004), comic actor[476]
- Carl Reiner (born 1922), actor, film director, producer, writer, and comedian[477]
- Regina Resnik (born 1922), opera singer and actress[478]
- Don Rickles (1926–2017), stand-up comedian, actor; pioneer of insult comedy[479]
- Fred Sadoff (1926–1994), actor in South Pacific[480]
- Mort Sahl (born 1927), stand-up comedian and actor
- Rod Serling (1924–1975), screenwriter and actor (The Twilight Zone)[481]
- Simone Signoret (1921–1985), Academy Award-winning French actress[369]
- Jerry Stiller (1927–2020), comedian and actor[472][473]
- Mel Tormé (1925–1999), actor, musician, known as "The Velvet Fog", jazz singer and songwriter[482][483]
- Marilyn Tyler (1926–2017), opera singer
- Abe Vigoda (1921–2016), film/TV actor (The Godfather)
- Shelley Winters (born Shirley Schrift, 1920–2006), two-time Academy Award-winning actress[484][485]
1910s[]
- Mason Adams (1919–2005), character actor[486]
- Martin Balsam (1919–1996), actor; won an Academy Award for A Thousand Clowns
- John Banner (1910–1973), Austrian/American actor (Hogan's Heroes)[487]
- Red Buttons (born Aaron Chwatt, 1919–2006), Academy Award-winning comedian and actor[295][369][488]
- Lee J. Cobb (born Leo Jacob, 1911–1976), Academy Award-nominated film actor[369]
- Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch, 1916–2020), actor (Spartacus)[489]
- John Garfield (born Jacob Garfinkle, 1913–1952), actor[490]
- Paulette Goddard (born Marion Levy, 1910–1999), Oscar-nominated film and theatre actress[491]
- Kitty Carlisle Hart (born Catherine Conn, 1910–2007), singer, actress, and spokeswoman for the arts[492]
- Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky, 1911–1987), film actor, singer and comedian[493]
- 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[494]
- Zero Mostel (born Samuel Mostel, 1915–1977), stage and film actor[495]
- Jan Murray (born Murray Janofsky, 1916–2006), stand-up comedian, actor[295][496]
- Luise Rainer (1910–2014), German-born American two-time Academy Award-winning film actress[497][498]
- Lillian Roth (born Lillian Rutstein, 1910–1980), singer and actress, performer on Broadway[499]
- Dinah Shore (born Frances Rose Shore, 1916–1994), singer and actress[500][501]
- Sylvia Sidney (born Sophia Kosow, 1910–1999), film actress[502][503]
- Phil Silvers (1911–1985), entertainer and comedy actor[504]
- Harold J. Stone (born Harold Hochstein, 1913–2005), film/TV character actor[505]
- Mike Wallace (born Myron Wallace, 1918–2012), journalist, briefly acted during the 1940s[506]
- Eli Wallach (1915–2014), film, TV and stage actor[507]
- Sam Wanamaker (1919–1993), actor and director[508]
- Keenan Wynn (1916–1986), character actor[369]
1900s[]
- Stella Adler (1901–1992), actress and acting teacher[509]
- Jack Albertson (1907–1981), actor (Chico and the Man)
- Leon Askin (born Leon Aschkenasy, 1907–2005), Austrian American actor[510]
- Milton Berle (born Milton Berlinger, 1908–2002), comedian and actor; pioneered vaudeville and stand-up comedy art forms[511][512]
- Joe Besser (1907–1988), comedian (Three Stooges)[513]
- Mel Blanc (1908–1989), 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[514]
- Ben Blue (born Benjamin Bernstein, 1901–1975), Canadian American actor and comedian[369]
- Howard Da Silva (born Howard Silverblatt, 1909–1986), film actor[369]
- Melvyn Douglas (born Melvyn Hesselberg, 1901–1981), actor, won all three of the entertainment industry's highest awards (two Oscars, a Tony, and an Emmy)[515][516]
- Larry Fine (born Louis Feinberg, 1902–1975), comedian and actor (Three Stooges)[513]
- Joseph Green (1900–1996), Polish-American film actor and director[517]
- John Houseman (born Jacques Haussmann, 1902–1988), actor; won an Academy Award for The Paper Chase
- Curly Howard (born Jerome Horwitz, 1903–1952), one of the Three Stooges[513]
- Sam Levene (1905–1980), Russian/American stage and film actor[518]
- Peter Lorre (born László Löwenstein, 1904–1964), Austria-Hungary-born American stage and screen actor (M)[519]
- Zeppo Marx (1901–1979), member of the Marx Brothers[520]
- Sandy Meisner (1905–1997), actor and acting coach; developed acting methodology known as the "Meisner Technique"
- Ritz Brothers (Al, Jimmy, and Harry Ritz, 1901–1965, 1904–1985, 1907–1986 respectively), Jewish comedy team[369]
- Natalie Schafer (1900–1991), actress (Gilligan's Island)
- Lee Strasberg (born Israel Strassberg, 1901–1982), 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[521]
- Gertrude Berg (born Tilly Edelstein, 1899–1966), radio/TV actress[522]
- Fanny Brice (born Fania Borach, 1891–1951), comedian, singer, and entertainer[523]
- George Burns (born Nathan Birnbaum, 1896–1996), comedian and actor[524]
- Eddie Cantor (born Israel Iskowitz, 1892–1964), comedian, singer, actor, songwriter[525]
- Ricardo Cortez (born Jacob Krantz, 1899–1977), Austrian-born American silent film star, known as a "Latin lover" type[526]
- Anthony Frome, (born Abraham Feinberg, 1899–1986), singer, the "Poet Prince of the Air Waves".[527]
- Hermione Gingold (1897–1987), British-born actress[528]
- Moe Howard (born Moses Horwitz, 1897–1975), "leader" of the Three Stooges[513]
- Shemp Howard (born Samuel Horwitz, 1895–1955), member of the Three Stooges[513]
- Sam Jaffe (born Shalom Jaffe, 1891–1984), Academy Award-nominated film and stage actor[369]
- Irving Kaufman (born Isidore Kaufman, 1890–1976), singer, recording artist, and vaudeville performer[529]
- Francis Lederer (1899–2000), Czech-born American actor[530]
- Philip Loeb (1892–1955), stage, film, and TV actor[531]
- Paul Lukas (1895–1971), Hungarian American film actor[369]
- Groucho Marx (born Julius Marx, 1890–1977), comedian, working both with his siblings, the Marx Brothers, and on his own[520]
- Gummo Marx (born Milton Marx, 1893–1977), one of the Marx Brothers[520]
- Paul Muni (born Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund, 1895–1967), Austrian-born American Academy Award and Tony Award-winning actor[532]
- Carmel Myers (1899–1980), silent film actress[533]
- Molly Picon (born Małka Opiekun, 1898–1992), actor of stage, screen, and TV[534]
- Edward G. Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg, 1893–1973), stage and film actor[535]
- Mae West (born Mary Jane West, 1893–1980), actress, playwright, screenwriter, and sex symbol[536]
1880s[]
- Broncho Billy Anderson (born Maxwell Aronson, 1880–1971), actor, writer, director, and producer; first star of the Western film genre[537]
- Theda Bara (born Theodosia Goodman, 1885–1955), silent film actress; the first screen "vamp"[538]
- Douglas Fairbanks (born Douglas Ullman, 1883–1939), actor, screenwriter, director, and producer known for his silent films
- Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson, 1886–1950), singer and actor[539]
- Chico Marx (born Leonard Marx, 1887–1961), one of the Marx Brothers[520]
- Harpo Marx (born Adolph Marx, 1888–1964), one of the Marx Brothers[520]
- Sophie Tucker (born Sonya Kalish, 1884–1966), actress, singer, and comedian[540]
- Erich von Stroheim (1885–1957), Austrian-born American filmmaker and actor[541]
- Louis Wolheim (1880–1931), character actor in silent films during the 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[369]
Pre–1880s[]
- Alla Nazimova (born Miriam Leventon, 1879–1945), theater and film actress, scriptwriter, and producer[542]
- Boris Thomashefsky (1868–1939), Ukrainian-born American singer, actor, Yiddish theater icon[543]
- Jacob Pavlovitch Adler (1855–1926), Russian-born American actor, Yiddish theater[544]
- Adah Isaacs Menken (1835–1868), actress, dancer, painter, and poet; converted to Judaism upon marrying the first of her four husbands[545]
Comedians[]
- Dan Ahdoot, finalist Last Comic Standing, 2004[546]
- Dave Attell (born 1965), stand-up comedian; host of Insomniac with Dave Attell[547]
- Victor Borge (born Børge Rosenbaum, 1909–2000), humorist and concert pianist[548]
- Andrew Ginsburg (born 1979), comedian, actor, and three-time champion bodybuilder[549]
- Tom Lehrer (born 1928), satirist, musician[550]
- Ritz Brothers (Al Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Harry Ritz), see "Actors"[369]
- Robert Schimmel (1950–2010), stand-up comedian; often X-rated and controversial[551]
- Danny Sexbang (born 1979), member of musical-comedy duo Ninja Sex Party
- Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, 1962), stand-up comedian, actor, author; host, head writer, and producer of The Daily Show
- Eric Andre (born 1983), actor, host on the Eric Andre Show, absurdist comedian
- Gabriel Iglesias (born Gabriel Jesùs Iglesias, 1976), comedian, actor
- Marc Maron (born 1963), stand-up comedian, podcaster, writer, and actor
Film/television directors[]
- J. J. Abrams (born 1966), screenwriter, director, film/TV producer[552]
- Woody Allen (born 1935), Oscar-winning screenwriter, director and actor[553]
- Eleanor Antin (born 1935), photographer, author, and artist working with video, film, performance, and drawing[554]
- Judd Apatow (born 1968), screenwriter, director, film/TV producer[555]
- Alan Arkin (born 1934), Academy Award-nominated film actor, director[295][369]
- Danny Arnold (1925–1995), actor/director[556]
- Darren Aronofsky (born 1969), film director, screenwriter and producer[277]
- Ralph Bakshi (born 1938), film director and animator[557]
- Noah Baumbach (born 1969), film screenwriter and director[558]
- Henry Bean (born 1945)[559]
- Richard Benjamin (born 1938), actor/film director[369]
- Curtis Bernhardt (1899–1981, Germany)[560]
- Mike Binder (born 1958), director, writer and actor in film and TV[561]
- Peter Bogdanovich (born 1939), film actor, writer and director[562]
- Zach Braff (born 1975), film/TV actor, director, screenwriter, and producer[563][564]
- John Brahm (1893–1982, Germany)[560]
- Albert Brooks (born 1947), film actor, writer and director[565]
- James L. Brooks (born 1940), TV and film writer, producer and director[566]
- Mel Brooks (born 1926), writer, director and actor of film, TV and stage[567]
- Richard Brooks (1912–1992), film director and producer[568]
- William Castle (1914–1977), film director and producer[569]
- Joel Coen (born 1954) and Ethan Coen (born 1957), Academy Award-winning film writers, directors, producers and editors[570]
- David Cronenberg (born 1943), film writer and director[571]
- George Cukor (1899–1983), Academy Award-winning film director and producer[572]
- Michael Curtiz (1886–1962), Academy Award-winning film director[573]
- Jules Dassin (1911–2008), once blacklisted writer and director of film[574]
- Maya Deren (1917–1961), Film writer, director and actress[575]
- Cecil B. DeMille (1881–1959), Academy Award-winning film director and producer[576]
- Stanley Donen (1924–2019), film producer and director[577]
- Richard Donner (1930–2021), film director, producer and sometimes actor[578]
- Robert Downey Sr. (1935–2021), film writer and director[579]
- Samuel Fuller (1912–1997), film writer, director and actor[580]
- Keith Gordon (born 1961), film actor, director and writer[581]
- Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal, 1927), theater, film, and TV actress, and film director[369]
- James Gray (born 1969), film writer and director[582]
- Joseph Green (1900–1996), Polish-American film director and actor[517]
- Bud Greenspan (1926–2010), director of documentaries on sports[583]
- Christopher Guest (born 1948), see "Actors" above[584][585]
- Todd Haynes (born 1961), film writer and director[586]
- Amy Heckerling (born 1954), film director[587]
- Marshall Herskovitz (born 1952), film producer and director[588]
- Arthur Hiller (1923–2016), film director and producer[589]
- Agnieszka Holland (born 1948 in Poland)[590]
- Nicole Holofcener (born 1960), writer and director in film[591]
- Henry Jaglom (born 1938), writer, director and actor in Independent film[592]
- Andrew Jarecki (born 1960), film director and producer, musician, and entrepreneur; brother of Eugene Jarecki and half-brother of Nicholas Jarecki[593]
- Eugene Jarecki (born 1964), film director, writer, and producer, and author; brother of Andrew Jarecki and half-brother of Nicholas Jarecki[593]
- Miranda July (born Miranda Jennifer Grossinger, 1974), Jewish father[594]
- Jeremy Paul Kagan (born 1945), film writer and director[595]
- Jake Kasdan (born 1975), film writer and director[596]
- Lawrence Kasdan (born 1949), film writer and director[597]
- Jeffrey Katzenberg (born 1950), film producer, director and co-founder of DreamWorks SKG[598]
- Philip Kaufman (born 1936), film director and screenwriter[599]
- Henry Koster (1905–1988), film director[600]
- Stanley Kramer (1913–2001), director[601]
- Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999)
- John Landis (born 1950), movie actor, director, writer, and producer[602]
- Fritz Lang (1890–1976, Austria, mother born Jewish)[560]
- Andy Lassner (born 1966), Colombian-American television producer[603][604]
- Norman Lear (born 1922), film and television director[605]
- Mervyn LeRoy (1900–1987), film director[606]
- Barry Levinson (born 1942), producer, writer and director of film and TV[607]
- Shawn Levy (born 1968), film producer and director[608]
- Albert Lewin (1894–1968), film writer, producer and director[609]
- Jerry Lewis (1926–2017), film actor, writer and director[610]
- Doug Liman (born 1965), film and TV producer and director[611]
- Lynne Littman (born 1941), film and television director and producer[612]
- Ernst Lubitsch (1892–1947), film director originally from Germany[613]
- Michael Lucas (born 1972, USSR)[614]
- Sidney Lumet (1924–2011), film writer, producer and director[615]
- David Mamet (born 1947), writer and director of stage and screen[616]
- Michael Mann (born 1943), film director, screenwriter, producer[617]
- Elaine May (born 1932), film, TV and stage writer, director and actress[618]
- Paul Mazursky (1930–2014), see "Actors" above[619]
- Lewis Milestone (1895–1980), film director and producer[620]
- John Milius (born 1944)[621]
- Meredith Monk (born 1942), composer, performer, theater director, vocalist, filmmaker, and choreographer[622]
- Errol Morris (born 1948), documentary filmmaker[623]
- Mike Nichols (1931–2014), Emmy, Grammy, Tony and Academy Award-winning film and stage director[369]
- Leonard Nimoy (1931–2015), film director, actor, writer, singer, songwriter, poet, and photographer
- Ken Olin (born 1954), see "Actors" above[624]
- Marcel Ophüls (born 1927), documentary filmmaker, son of Max Ophüls[560][625]
- Max Ophüls (1902–1957, Germany), father of Marcel Ophüls[560][626]
- Frank Oz (born 1944), writer, actor and director of film and TV[627]
- Alan J. Pakula (1928–1998), film director and producer[628]
- Jerry Paris (1925–1986), Emmy-winning television director (The Dick Van Dyke Show, Happy Days)
- Larry Peerce (born 1930), film writer and director[629]
- Arthur Penn (1922–2010), film director and producer[630]
- Sydney Pollack (born 1934), film producer, director, actor and writer[631]
- Abraham Polonsky (1910–1999), film writer and director[632]
- Otto Preminger (1905–1986), film producer, director and actor[633]
- Bob Rafelson (born 1933), film writer-director[634]
- Irving Rapper (1898–1999), British-born film director[635]
- Brett Ratner (born 1969)[636]
- Ron Rifkin (born 1939), actor, director[624]
- Jay Roach (born 1957), film director, producer and screenwriter, converted to Judaism[637]
- Eli Roth (born 1972), film actor, director, producer and writer[638]
- Julian Schnabel (born 1951)[639]
- Steve Sekely (1899–1979), Hungarian-born film director[517]
- George Sidney (1916–2002), film director, known for MGM films[369]
- Joan Micklin Silver (1935–2020)[612]
- Bryan Singer (born 1965)[640]
- Curt Siodmak (1902–2000)[641]
- Robert Siodmak (1900–1973)[641]
- Barry Sonnenfeld, director[642]
- Steven Spielberg (born 1946)[643]
- Edgar Ulmer (1904–1972, Austria-Hungary)[560]
- Josef von Sternberg (1894, Austria–1969)[644]
- Erich von Stroheim (1885, Austria–1957)[645]
- Robin Washington (born 1956)[646]
- Claudia Weill (born 1947), film and theater director, educator, cinematographer[647]
- Billy Wilder (1906–2002)[560]
- William Wyler (1902, Germany–1981)[648]
- Fred Zinnemann (1907, Austria–1997)[560]
- David Zucker & Jerry Zucker (born 1950), parody directors, producers[649]
Models[]
- Brooke Burke, TV personality and model[650]
- Yael Markovich, Israeli/American model/beauty queen[651]
- Antonio Sabato Jr., model and actor
- Lindsey Vuolo, model and Playboy Playmate[652]
TV and radio presenters[]
- Don Francisco (Mario Kreutzberger), network TV host of Sabado Gigante, filmed in Miami
- Monty Hall, network TV host of Let's Make a Deal game show
- Mary Hart (born 1950), see "Actors" above[653]
- Daryn Kagan (born 1963), host of CNN Live Today[654]
- Larry King (1993–2021), network TV interviewer
- Matt Lauer, co-host on The Today Show
- Bernard Meltzer, network radio psychologist advising call-in listeners on variety of problems
- Al Michaels[655]
- Amy Wynn Pastor (born 1976), carpenter on Trading Spaces[656]
- Maury Povich, network TV host analyzing relationship problems
- Sally Jessie Raphael network radio psychologist
- Joan Rivers (1933–2014), talk show host, stage actress/writer, comedian, and celebrity[438]
- Daniel Schorr (1916–2010), journalist who covered the world for more than 60 years, last as a senior news analyst for National Public Radio[657]
- Jerry Springer (born 1944), host of The Jerry Springer Show[658]
- Mike Wallace (1918–2012), journalist, 60 Minutes correspondent[659]
- 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[660]
- Dr. Ruth Westheimer, network radio psychologist of sexual relationships
Producers and directors (theater)[]
Persons listed with a double asterisk (**) are producers who have won the Tony Award for Best Musical and/or the Tony Award for Best Play. Those listed with a triple asterisk (***) have won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and/or Play. Those listed with a quadruple asterisk (****) 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 and director
- Julian Beck and Judith Malina, founders of Living Theatre
- David Belasco, producer and director
- Michael Bennett, director & producer, choreographer, dancer **
- Rudolf Bing (1902–1997), opera impresario, General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera in New York from 1950 to 1972[661]
- 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 and producer
- Norman Corwin, director
- Clive Davis, producer
- Cy Feuer, producer, director and theatre owner/operator **
- Ron Field, director ***
- David Geffen, producer **
- Leonard Goldberg, producer
- Arthur Hammerstein, producer and director (uncle of Oscar Hammerstein II)
- Oscar Hammerstein I, producer and theater director/operator (grandfather of Oscar Hammerstein II)
- Oscar Hammerstein II, producer and director
- Ben Hecht, idiosyncratic screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, and novelist; known as "the Shakespeare of Hollywood"
- Sidney Howard, producer and 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 and librettist
- Norman Lear, creator, head screenwriter, and producer of taboo breaking sitcom All in the Family; 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 and 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[662]
- Mike Nichols (1931–2014), Emmy, Grammy, Tony and Academy Award-winning film and stage director[369]
- Toby Orenstein, producer and founder of Toby's Dinner Theatre, Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts, and the Young Columbians
- Joseph Papp a.k.a. Joe Papp, founded the non-profit NYC Public Theater **
- Marc Platt, producer
- Harold Prince, director **, ***
- Elmer Rice, director and producer
- Jerome Robbins, producer and director ***
- Billy Rose, director, producer, and theater operator
- Morrie Ryskind, director
- Rebecca Schull, actress
- Shubert family, producers and theater owners **
- Anna Sokolow, director
- Steven Spielberg, film director, producer
- Lee Strasberg and Harold Clurman, co-founders of the Group Theatre
- Julie Taymor, director ***
- Bob Weinstein, producer, screenwriter
- Harvey Weinstein, producer
- Efrem Zimbalist Jr., see "Actors (Theater)" above
- David Zippel, director
Circus[]
- Paul Binder, co-founder, ringmaster and artistic director of the Big Apple Circus
- Abe Goldstein, regarded as "the Greatest Irish Cop Clown" in the business and worked for Ringling Bros. and other circuses
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