Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti (born June 6, 1967) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. He began acting in films during the 1990s, appearing in several supporting performances, and came to fame in the early 2000s, after his roles in the well-received films "American Splendor", "Sideways" and "Cinderella Man".

Amy Frederica Brenneman (born June 22, 1964) is a Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated American actress best known for her roles in the television series "NYPD Blue" and "Judging Amy".

Chris Bruno (born March 15, 1966 in Milford, Connecticut) is an American film and television actor best known for his role as Sheriff Walt Bannerman on the USA Network television series "The Dead Zone". During college, Bruno was active in both theater and sports. After an injury sidelined his skiing career while attending college in Vermont, he auditioned for and was cast in the lead in The Mandrake.

James Van Der Beek (born March 8, 1977 in Cheshire, Connecticut) is an American television and film actor, best known for his role as Dawson Leery in "Dawson's Creek".

Meg Ryan (born November 19, 1961) is an American actress who specializes in romantic comedies, but has also worked in other film genres.

Katherine Marie Heigl (born November 24 1978) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actress. Heigl is known for her roles on the TV series "Grey's Anatomy" and "Roswell" as well as in the film "Knocked Up".

Michael Manning Weatherly, Jr. (born July 8 1968) is an American actor.

Dylan McDermott (born Mark Anthony McDermott on 26 October 1961) is an American actor, known for his role as lawyer and law firm head Bobby Donnell on the former TV legal drama "The Practice".

James Naughton is a two time Tony Award-winning American theater, film and television actor. Naughton was born in Middletown, Connecticut to Rosemary (née Walsh) and Joseph Naughton, both of whom were teachers. He is the brother of actor David Naughton and father of actors Keira Naughton and Greg Naughton. He started singing during his years at Conard High School "with the high school band and at parties". Naughton attended Brown University and Yale Drama School.

Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is a five time Academy Award-nominated American film and stage actress. Her success, which has been abundant over the span of her career, has not only allowed her to become a one time Emmy Award- winning TV movie actress, but also a three time Tony Award-winning stage actress. Apart from winning those awards Glenn Close has received nominations for seven Emmys, seven Golden Globes and five Oscars.

Treat Williams (born December 1, 1951) is an American film, stage and television actor. Expected to become a big star in the early '80s due to his talent and film exposure, he never quite did, though he did become a prolific character actor who remains active in films to this day. From 2002 to 2006, he was the star of the popular television series "Everwood".

Jesse Eden Metcalfe (born December 9, 1978 in Carmel Valley, California) is an American actor.

Marcus Giamatti (born October 3, 1961 in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American actor. He is the son of former Yale University president and Major League Baseball commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti and older brother of actor Paul Giamatti who attended Choate Rosemary Hall and then Yale University. He is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama, where he received the Carole Dye Award for Excellence in Acting.

Chloë Stevens Sevigny is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated American actress. Sevigny, who became well known for starring in a string of critically acclaimed, well received independent films in the 1990s, experienced her mainstream breakout role as Lana in "Boys Don't Cry" (1999), for which she received an Oscar and Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress. More recently, Sevigny has enjoyed success playing Nicki Grant, …

William Moseley (born November 11, 1951) is an American film actor who has starred in a number of cult classic horror films. His first big role was in "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2" as Chop Top.

Gary F. Merrill (August 2, 1915 - March 5, 1990) was an American film and television character actor whose credits included more than fifty feature films, a half-dozen mostly short-lived TV series, and dozens of TV guest appearances. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, he began acting in 1944, while still in the United States Army. Before entering films, Merrill's deep cultured voice won him a recurring role as Batman in the "Superman" radio series.

Thomas Ian Griffith (born March 18,1962 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA) is an American actor who has starred in film and on television. His first TV role was on the soap opera "Another World" as Catlin Ewing from 1984-1987. In 1999 he starred in the TV movie "Secret of Giving" with Reba McEntire; earlier in 1999 he appeared in Reba's video for the song "What Do You Say".

Deborah Walley (August 12, 1943 - May 10, 2001) was an American actress. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, at fourteen she was playing summer-stock theatre. She studied acting at New York City's American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She began working on stage in the city and made her Hollywood film debut in 1961's "Gidget Goes Hawaiian", a role for which she is most remembered. From then until 1974 she appeared in fifteen feature length films, …

Glenne Aimee Headly (born on March 13, 1955) is an American actress of film, television and stage.

Titus Welliver (born March 12 1961 in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American actor and the son of the famous landscape painter Neil Welliver. He is currently notable for playing the semi-regular character, Silas Adams on the HBO series "Deadwood". He has had roles in many movies including JFK (film), The Doors (film), Mulholland Falls, and recently in Twisted, Biker Boys, and Assault on Precinct 13 (2005).

Justin Jake Long (born June 2 1978) is an American actor, best known for his performances in the films "Jeepers Creepers", "Waiting...", "Accepted", "Dodgeball", "Live Free or Die Hard", the TV series "Ed" and his personification of a Macintosh computer in Apple's 2006/2007 "Get a Mac" advertisement campaign.

James DeBello (Born June 9, 1980 in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American film actor.

Elisabeth Röhm is a German-American television actress best known for playing Assistant District Attorney Serena Southerlyn on the television drama "Law & Order", a role she played from 2001 to 2005. Röhm moved to New York City before reaching her first birthday and later lived in Greenwich, Connecticut. She maintains dual citizenship (U.S. and Germany). Her father, Eberhard, was a German corporate attorney.

David Alan Basche is an American actor. He was born August 25, 1968 in Hartford, Connecticut. Basche's first acting role was in a school production of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" when he was in the sixth grade at West Hartford's Norfeldt Elementary School. Basche, who describes his demeanor then as an "angry, smart-ass kid," tried out for and landed the lead role after a school counselor suggested he take up acting to channel some of his anger and emotion.

Hope Elise Ross Lange was an American stage, film, and television actress. She was born into a theatrical family in Redding Ridge, Connecticut. Her father, John George Lange, was the music arranger for Florenz Ziegfeld and a conductor for Henry Cohen. Her mother, Minnette Lange, was an actress before becoming a restaurant owner. In 1943, Lange made her Broadway debut in "The Patriots".

Christopher John Grace (born July 12, 1978), better known as Topher Grace, is an American actor best known for playing the lead role of Eric Forman on "That '70s Show" during the show's first seven seasons and for appearing as Eddie Brock/Venom in "Spider-Man 3" (2007).

Mauricio Pita (born June 20, 1985) is a Venezuelan stage actor and singer. Pita began appearing in theater productions and music festivals in the mid 1990s.

Arline Judge (February 21, 1912 - February 7, 1974) was an American actress who worked mostly in low-budget B pictures, but gained some fame for marrying eight times and divorcing eight times. Educated in a Catholic convent, Judge began her career as a dancer in an act for Jimmy Durante. After meeting director Wesley Ruggles on a train, she got her start in films with his help, then married him. Nicknamed "One-Take Sally," her film career spanned the 1930s and 1940s.

Matthew Brandon Ross (born January 3, 1970) is an American actor.

Gretchen Mol (born November 8, 1972) is an American actress.

Loring B. Smith (November 181890-July 81981) was an American stage, film, radio and television actor, frequently of broadly comic and gregarious characters who enjoyed a 65-year career in every aspect of the entertainment business. A native of Stratford, Connecticut, Loring Smith left doubt as to the year of his birth. Most of the earliest sources list 1890, by the 1940s, it was 1895, and by the 1950s, the year became 1900.

Diane Mela is an American film actress whose latest movie is "The Birthday Present", produced at Dedham Digital Studios. She has also regularly appeared in Sideshow Cinema productions by director and filmmaker Michael Legge, notably "Democrazy" and "Honey Glaze". Mela also plays the character Groaner in the cable television horror series "The Dungeon of Dr. Dreck".

Jesse Bradford Watrouse (born May 28, 1979), better known as Jesse Bradford, is an American actor.