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[]

• 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[]

Models[]

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.

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

References[]