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  1. James Gandolfini

    Although he acted on Broadway and in various films in the 1990s, Gandolfini's most-acclaimed role is that of Tony Soprano, the Mafia boss and family man in the multi-award-winning HBO series The Sopranos, which debuted in 1999. He has since starred in films such as 8 MM and The Mexican. He was born in Westwood, New Jersey, grew up in New Jersey, and currently lives in New York City.

  2. Bernie Mac

    Bernard Jeffrey McCullough (born October 5, 1957), better known as Bernie Mac, is a two time Emmy Award-nominated American actor and comedian.

  3. Cynthia Nixon

    Cynthia Nixon (born April 9, 1966) is a Tony and Emmy Award-winning American actress who is best known for her portrayal of lawyer Miranda Hobbes in the popular HBO dramedy "Sex and the City" (1998-2004).

  4. Kristin Davis

    Kristin Landen Davis (also listed as Kristin Lee Davis) (born February 23 or February 24, 1965 depending on the source) is an American Golden Globe and Emmy award-nominated actress best known for the role of Charlotte York on HBO's "Sex and the City".

  5. Peter Krause

    Peter Krause (last name pronounced //) (born August 12 1965) is an American film and television actor, best known for his role as Nate Fisher on the popular HBO drama "Six Feet Under".

  6. Lauren Ambrose

    Lauren Ambrose (born Laura Anne D'Ambruoso, 20 February 1978) is an American film and television actress, best known for portraying the character Claire Fisher on the popular HBO drama "Six Feet Under".

  7. Cheryl Hines

    Cheryl Hines (born September 21, 1965 in Miami Beach, Florida) is an American actress most famous for her role as Larry David's wife on HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm". She grew up in Tallahassee, Florida, where she attended Young Actors Theatre throughout high school. Hines attended West Virginia University and Florida State University, before graduating from the University of Central Florida. She moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue an acting career, …

  8. Jeff Garlin

    Jeff Garlin (born June 5, 1962 in Chicago, Illinois) is a comedic actor best known for his role as Jeff Greene, Larry David's manager on the HBO show "Curb Your Enthusiasm".

  9. Mathew St. Patrick

    Mathew St. Patrick (born March 17, 1969 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actor. He has starred in the television soap opera "All My Children" (1998-2000), starred (2001-2005) as Keith Charles on HBO drama "Six Feet Under", was the first voice of Skulker (2004) on "Danny Phantom" and starred as the principal detective in the Fox fall drama, "Reunion" (2005).

  10. Robert F. Colesberry

    Robert F. Colesberry (1946 - February 9 , 2004) was an American film and television producer and first assistant director notable for his work as a producer on the Emmy Award winning miniseries "The Corner" and Peabody Award winning "The Wire" for HBO. Colesberry had a recurring cameo on "The Wire" as detective Ray Cole. Colesberry died from complicatons following cardiac surgery in 2004.

  11. Damian Lewis

    Damian Lewis (born 11 February, 1971) is an English actor, born in St John's Wood, London. Lewis, whose family is from Wales, was educated at Eton College and graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1993, after which he served as a stage actor for the Royal Shakespeare Company. During his time with the RSC, he played Borgheim in Adrian Noble's production of Ibsen's "Little Eyolf", as well as Posthumus in Shakespeare's "Cymbeline".

  12. Kevin McKidd

    Kevin McKidd (born August 9, 1973) is a Scottish actor. McKidd was born and spent his childhood in Elgin, Moray, Scotland. He was a member of the local acting group the Moray Youth Theatre. As a teenager he was part of rock band Plan 9, touring the north of Scotland and enjoying some local success. Planning to study engineering he attended the University of Edinburgh but dropped out and instead enrolled at Queen Margaret College in Edinburgh to study drama.

  13. Leon Rippy

    Leon Rippy is an American actor from Rock Hill, South Carolina. He has worked with Roland Emmerich on 7 movies including: "Moon 44" (1990), "Eye of the Storm" (1991), "Universal Soldier" (1992), "Stargate" (1994), "The Thirteenth Floor" (1999), "The Patriot" (2000), and "Eight Legged Freaks" (2002). Television appearances include a guest role on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" ("The Neutral Zone"), …

  14. Fernando Vargas

    Fernando Vargas (born December 7, 1977 in Oxnard, California) is an American boxer and two-time world champion, who won a bronze medal as an amateur at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata. His nicknames include "Ferocious" and "The Aztec Warrior". Some of Fernando's victims include former world champions Raul Marquez, Ike Quartey and Winky Wright (though many thought Wright won his fight against Vargas). His losses to Felix Trinidad, Oscar de la Hoya, …

  15. Idris Elba

    Idris Elba (born September 6, 1972) is a British television, theatre, and film actor who has starred in both British and American productions. Elba is also a DJ under the moniker DJ Big Driis / Big Driis the Londoner, and a hip-hop soul recording artist.

  16. Larry Merchant

    Larry Merchant (b. February 11, 1931) is a former sportswriter and longtime commentator for HBO Sports presentations of "HBO World Championship Boxing", "Boxing After Dark" and HBO pay-per-view telecasts. In 1978, Merchant joined HBO Sports as an analyst. Prior to joining HBO Sports, Merchant was a well-regarded sports columnist with the "The Philadelphia Daily News" and a general reporter for the "The New York Post".

  17. Garret Dillahunt

    Garret Dillahunt (born November 24 1964 in Castro Valley, California) is an American actor who began his career on Broadway but later began pursuing film and television roles. He is notable for his portrayal of two distinct characters across the first two seasons on the HBO series "Deadwood"; Jack McCall in 2004 and Francis Wolcott in 2005. He is married to actress Michelle Hurd. Dillahunt also portrayed Steve Curtis, estranged husband of Samantha Taggart, …

  18. Rick Warden

    Rick Warden, Richard George Warden, (b. September 29, 1971) is a television and movie actor. Warden studied at Dr Challoner's Grammar School and received a B.A. Honours in History at Churchill College, Cambridge University, 1994. He married actress Lucy Barker on May 1 2004. He is probably best known for his appearances in "Band of Brothers", as "1st Lt. Harry Welsh", …

  19. Steve Shill

    Steven Shill is an British actor and television director who is probably best known for his work on several programs produced by HBO, including "The Sopranos", "The Wire", "Rome", "Carnivàle", "Deadwood" and "Big Love". Most recently, he directed episodes of Showtime's "The Tudors". Shill has also directed episodes of many network programs, including all three programs of the "Law & Order" series, …

  20. Andre Royo

    Andre Royo (born July 17, 1968]] in the Bronx, New York) is an American actor of Cuban heritage. He is best known for his role on the HBO program "The Wire" as "Bubbles".He also had a small role in John Singleton's 2000 remake of the film "Shaft". Andre attended Mount St. Michael Academy in the Bronx, NY from 1982 through 1986 alongside such notables as Sean "Diddy" Combs and Craig Grant (Oz).

  21. David Bamber

    David Bamber (b. September 19, 1954) is a British actor, known for his television and theatre work.

  22. Bob Odenkirk

    Robert "Bob" Odenkirk (born October 22, 1962, in Naperville, Illinois) is an American actor, writer, director and producer. Odenkirk is best known as the co-creator and co-star of the HBO sketch comedy series, "Mr. Show".

  23. Titus Welliver

    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).

  24. Lance Reddick

    Lance Reddick is an American actor born in Baltimore, Maryland. He studied at Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York and Yale University. Whilst trying to embark on a career as a singer and paying the bills with part time jobs, he injured his back, forcing him to quit. Thereafter, he changed direction, being accepted at Yale's graduate school for drama. He has since worked in theatre, film and TV starring in two episodes of "Law & Order".

  25. Keone Young

    Keone Young is an American character actor, born on September 6 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He has guest starred in many TV shows, and is a semi-regular on the HBO series "Deadwood" as Mr. Wu. Young gives voice to Grandpa in "American Dragon: Jake Long" and Kaz in "Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi". He has also voiced Mr. Sanban in "Codename: Kids Next Door" and the firebending master "Jeong Jeong, …

  26. Clarke Peters

    Clarke Peters was born Peter Clarke April 7 1952) is an American actor, singer, and writer. Clarke Peters grew up in Englewood, NJ and graduated from Dwight Morrow High School in 1970. Born in New York City, Peters earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Book of a Musical for writing the revue "Five Guys Named Moe". As an actor, he has appeared on Broadway in "The Iceman Cometh" (1999), which won him the Theatre World Award, …

  27. Seth Gilliam

    Seth Gilliam (November 5, 1968) is an American actor. He is most notable for appearances on the HBO programs "Oz" (as Clayton Hughes) and "The Wire" (as Ellis Carver). On both of these appearances, he co-starred with Lance Reddick and J.D. Williams. He was directly cast alongside both of these actors. His feature film credits include Private Sugar Watkins in the 1997 action movie "Starship Troopers".

  28. Robert Wisdom

    Robert Wisdom (born September 14, 1953) is an American actor. Wisdom was born in Washington, D.C. to Jamaican parents. He has appeared on the HBO program "The Wire" as Howard "Bunny" Colvin, and has also starred in the 2004 films "Barbershop 2: Back in Business" and "Ray", and the 2007 film "Freedom Writers". He has landed a regular role on season 3 of Prison Break playing the role of a Panamanian drug kingpin.

  29. Christopher Meloni

    Christopher Peter Meloni (born on April 2, 1961) is an American Emmy-nominated actor known for his near opposite roles as the protective and committed Det. Elliot Stabler on the NBC drama series "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit", and as the bisexual serial killer Chris Keller on HBO's "Oz".

  30. Corey Parker Robinson

    Corey Parker Robinson (born February 9 1975) is an American actor. He may be best known for appearing on the HBO program "The Wire" as Detective Leander Sydnor. He also appeared in Wire creator David Simon's earlier "The Corner".

  31. Hassan Johnson

    Hassan Johnson is an American actor. He is most notable for appearing on the HBO program "The Wire" as Wee-Bey Brice. His first acting role was in the Spike Lee film Clockers. He has had a recurring role on "ER" as Darnell Thibeaux. He has also appeared in Mýa's music video for "Fallen", The Roots music video for "Break You Off", and alongside DMX and Nas in the movie "Belly". He has recently modled for Shady LTD Clothing

  32. Malin Akerman

    Malin Akerman is a Canadian actress, model and singer. Akerman was born Malin Maria Åkerman in Stockholm, Sweden. Her family moved to Canada when she was two years old. At the age of 17 she won the Ford Supermodel of Canada search. After a career in modeling, she turned to acting and now resides in California, U.S.A.. She has had roles in several films, …

  33. J. D. Williams

    J.D. Williams (born May 22, 1978 in Newark, New Jersey) is an African-American actor notable for his starring roles in the HBO television programs "Oz" and "The Wire". Williams has appeared as Preston "Bodie" Broadus in all four seasons of "The Wire". He has also appeared in another show David Simon created, "Homicide: Life on the Street", guest starring in the episode "The Why Chromosome" as Casper.

  34. Bob Zmuda

    Bob Zmuda (born December 12, 1949) is an American writer, comedian, producer and director best known as the sidekick, co-writer and friend of cult personality Andy Kaufman. Bob Zmuda occasionally portrayed Kaufman's Tony Clifton character on stage and for television appearances (Zmuda has not confirmed the rumor that it was he and not Kaufman who appeared as Clifton on "Late Night with David Letterman").

  35. Deirdre Lovejoy

    Deirdre Lovejoy (born June 30, 1962 in Abilene, Texas) is an American actress. She is most notable for appearance on the HBO program "The Wire" (as Rhonda Pearlman).

  36. Jim True-Frost

    Jim True-Frost, a.k.a. Jim True, (born July 31, 1966 in Greenwich, Connecticut) is an American stage, television and screen actor. He is most notable for his portrayal of Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski for four seasons on the HBO program "The Wire". A New York-based actor, True-Frost has been an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago since 1989. Prior to that, he was a member of Remains Theater, …

  37. Richard Jeni

    Richard John Colangelo (April 14, 1957 - March 10 2007), better known by the stage name of Richard Jeni, was an American stand-up comedian and actor.

  38. Chris Bauer

    Mark Christopher Bauer (born October 28, 1966) is an American film and television actor. Bauer was born in Los Angeles, California and graduated from Miramonte High School in Orinda, California, in 1984, playing on the Championship football team of the same year. Later, he attended the University of San Diego and graduated from the Yale School of Drama. Bauer played Lloyd Gettys in the 1997 movie "The Devil's Advocate", …

  39. Paula Jai Parker

    Paula Jai Parker (born August 19, 1969) is an African American actress and comedian. She was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, but moved to Washington, D.C. in 1987 to study at Howard University. After graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in Arts, she moved to New York City and played a number of clubs. Her reputation as a comedian earned her a place on the FOX comedy program "The Apollo Comedy Hour," filmed live at the legendary Apollo Theater.

  40. Tom Kenny

    Thomas James Kenny (born July 13, 1962 in East Syracuse, New York) is an American voice actor who is perhaps best known for his work in the animated series "SpongeBob SquarePants", in which he is the voice of Spongebob, the narrator, Patchy the Pirate, and a number of other characters. Aside from voice acting, Kenny has also been a cast member of the HBO sketch comedy program "Mr. Show" and the short-lived Fox Television sketch show "The Edge", …

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