- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 's outstanding play on the court thrust him into the NBA Hall of Fame in 1995. After 20 seasons, Kareem is the only player in NBA History to win the MVP award six times and is the NBA's all-time regular season scoring leader. As president of Kareem Productions, he now spends time on his second passion, film making. - Tony Blankley
Anthony "Tony" Blankley (born 1948 in London, United Kingdom) is the editorial page editor for "The Washington Times", co-host of the nationally syndicated public radio program "Left, Right & Center", and author of "The West's Last Chance: Will We Win the Clash of Civilizations?" Additionally, Blankley is a regular "talking head" for various television shows, including "The McLaughlin Group" and "The Diane Rehm Show". - Brooke Burke
Brooke Lisa Burke (born September 8, 1971) is an American television personality and model, known for hosting "Wild On!" (1999-2002) and "Rock Star". (2005-present) - Rafer Johnson
Rafer Lewis Johnson (born August 18, 1935) is a former American decathlete. Johnson was born in Hillsboro, Texas, but moved to Kingsburg, California at age 9. In high school, he played on the school's football, baseball and basketball teams. As a versatile athlete, he was attracted to the decathlon after seeing double Olympic Champion Bob Mathias compete and told his coach "I could have beaten most of those guys in that meet". He competed in his first meet in 1954, … - Jim Morrison
James Douglas Morrison was an American singer, songwriter, writer, film director, and poet. He was best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the popular American rock band The Doors, and is considered to be one of the most charismatic, unique, and influential frontmen in the history of rock music. He was also an author of several poetry books, a documentary, short film, and three early music videos ("The Unknown Soldier", "Moonlight Drive", and "People are Strange"). - Will Forte
Orville Willis "Will" Forte IV (born June 17, 1970) is an American actor, writer, and comedian best known for appearing on the television show "Saturday Night Live", where he has been a cast member since 2002. Forte was born in Alameda County, California and raised in Lafayette, California. He graduated from Acalanes High School and UCLA with a B.A. in History. Before joining "SNL", Forte was a member of The Groundlings. - Heather Locklear
Heather Deen Locklear (born September 25, 1961 in Westwood, California) is an American actress, primarily on soap operas, movies and television, probably best known for her roles as William Shatner's sexy, young partner and Richard Herd's daughter, Officer Stacy Sheridan in the successful 1980s crime drama "T.J. Hooker", as John Forsythe's and Linda Evans's no angelic, selfish niece, Sammy Jo Carrington on the popular 1980s soap, … - Merrin Dungey
Merrin Dungey, (born August 6, 1971, Sacramento, California), is a American film and television actress. As a child, she was active in ballet and dance as well as piano. Dungey was also an accomplished ice skater. Dungey graduated in 1989 from Rio Americano High School in Sacramento, California. She earned a degree of Bachelor of Arts from UCLA. She was the youngest recipient of the UCLA Acting Award. - Ray Manzarek
Raymond Daniel Manzarek or Manczarek (b. February 12, 1939, Chicago, Illinois) is an American musician, singer, producer, movie director, writer, co-founder and keyboardist of The Doors from 1965 to 1973, and the Doors of the 21st Century (renamed Riders on the Storm) since 2001. - Carol Burnett
Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is a five-time Golden Globe winning American actress and comedienne. In a career spanning five decades in television, stage and film, she is best known for her eponymous variety show that ran on CBS from 1967 through 1978. - Tim Robbins
Timothy Francis Robbins (born October 16, 1958) is an American Academy Award-winning actor, screenwriter, director, producer, activist and small time musician. He is the longtime partner of actress Susan Sarandon, with whom he shares strong liberal political views. - Rob Reiner
Robert "Rob" Reiner (born March 6, 1947) is an American actor, director, producer, and writer. As an actor, Reiner first came to national prominence as Carroll O'Connor's and Jean Stapleton's son-in-law, Michael "Meathead" Stivic, on "All in the Family" in a role which earned him two Emmy Awards during the 1970s. As director, the Directors Guild of America recognized him with nominations for his work on "Stand By Me", "When Harry Met Sally...", … - Gabrielle Union
Gabrielle Monique Union (born October 29, 1972) is an American actress and former model. Among her notable roles is as the cheerleader opposite Kirsten Dunst's in the film "Bring it On". Union also starred opposite Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in the blockbuster film "Bad Boys II" and played a medical doctor in the CBS drama series "City of Angels". - George Takei
George Hosato Takei (born April 20, 1937) is an American actor known for his role in the TV series "Star Trek", in which he played the helmsman Hikaru Sulu on the USS "Enterprise". Takei is also known for his baritone voice and deep-throated catch phrase, "Oh my!" Consequently, Takei began recurring appearances as the announcer for "The Howard Stern Show" on January 9, 2006, after that show's move to satellite radio. - Elizabeth Berkley
Elizabeth Berkley (born July 28, 1972) is an American television, film, and stage actress. She is known for her roles on the television series "Saved by the Bell" and the 1995 film "Showgirls". - Justin Gimelstob
Justin Gimelstob, (born 26 January 1977 in Livingston, New Jersey), is an American male tennis player. Gimelstob attended Newark Academy in Livingston, NJ and graduated in 1995. Gimelstob turned professional in 1996, after one year at UCLA, and has since established himself chiefly as a doubles specialist, winning 12 titles. In eleven appearances at the US Open, he has partnered eleven different players. - Woody Strode
Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode (born July 28, 1914, Los Angeles, California; died December 31, 1994) was a decathlete and football star at UCLA before becoming a pioneering African-American film actor. Strode and fellow UCLA alumnus Kenny Washington were two of the first African-Americans to play in the National Football League, playing for the Los Angeles Rams in 1946. In 1948 and 1949, he played for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League. - Lloyd Bridges
Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Jr. (January 15, 1913 - March 10, 1998) was an American actor. Bridges had success as a star in television series, and appeared in more than 150 films. - Danica McKellar
Danica Mae McKellar (born January 3, 1975), is an American actress of Scottish and Portuguese descent. She is best known for her role as Winnie Cooper in the television show "The Wonder Years." Born in La Jolla, California, McKellar and sister Crystal McKellar have maintained a friendly competition to see who gets more acting jobs. Indeed, when the actress who would play Winnie had to be chosen, … - Harry Shearer
Harry Julius Shearer (born December 23, 1943) is an American comedic actor and writer. - Doug Chiang
Doug Chiang is an American movie designer and artist. He was born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1962 and grew up in the United States. Chiang studied film at UCLA and industrial design at the College for Creative Studies. During the late 1980's he worked at various production studios including Rhythm and Hues. Chiang eventually joined Industrial Light and Magic as a creative director where he worked on films such as "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" and "Forrest Gump". - Autumn Reeser
Autumn Alicia Reeser (born September 21, 1980) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Taylor Townsend on the Fox series "The O.C.". - Karch Kiraly
Kiraly has earned more than three million dollars playing beach volleyball and is the 'winningest' player in the history of beach volleyball . He has finished lower than ninth place only four times and has been in the semifinals over 80% of the time. Karch Kiraly was taught how to play volleyball at six years old from his father, Laazio, a former Hungarian Junior National Team player. Kiraly graduated from high school third in his class with a 3.96 grade-point average. - Sean Astin
Sean Astin (born Sean Patrick Duke on February 25, 1971) is an American film actor, director, and Oscar-nominated producer, most famous for his film roles as Mikey in "The Goonies", the title character of "Rudy", Samwise Gamgee in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, and Drew Barrymore's steroid-juiced brother in "50 First Dates". He also appeared as Lynn McGill on the fifth season of the television series "24". - Shane Black
Shane Black (born December 16, 1961) is an American actor, screenwriter and film director. He is responsible for the some of the biggest blockbuster action films of the late 1980s and early 1990s, including "Lethal Weapon" and "The Last Boy Scout". - Mitch Gaylord
Mitchell ("Mitch") Jay Gaylord (born March 10, 1961) is an American gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist. He was born in Van Nuys, California to a Jewish family. While attending UCLA, he won the All-Around in the 1983 & 1984 US National Championships, and the 1984 NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championship. In the 1984 Summer Olympic Games, Gaylord led the gold medal winning US men's gymnastics team. - Carol Barbee
Carol Denise Barbee is an American television writer, actress and producer. - James Coburn
James Harrison Coburn (August 31, 1928 - November 18, 2002) was an Academy Award-winning American actor. - Sarah Uriarte Berry
Sarah Uriarte Berry is an American actress and singer. A native of Fresno, California and a graduate of UCLA, Berry made her Broadway debut as Eponine in "Les Misérables" in 1997. She also has appeared in the short-lived "Taboo" (2004) and "The Light in the Piazza" (2005), which garnered her Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations as Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical. - Nancy Cartwright
Nancy Campbell Cartwright (born October 25, 1957) is an American voice actress. She is best known and most famous for providing the voice of Bart Simpson; she also provides the voices of Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders and Kearney, as well as Maggie Simpson's squeaks and giggles, on the animated television show "The Simpsons". - Armin Shimerman
Armin Shimerman (born November 5, 1949) is an American actor who was born and raised in Lakewood, New Jersey. He is married to actress Kitty Swink. When he was 16 his family moved to Los Angeles, where his mother enrolled him in a drama group in an effort to expand his social circle. He later graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles, then was selected to apprentice at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego. - Michael Burns
Michael Burns, Ph.D., was born on December 30, 1947, in Mineola, Long Island, New York. He is professor emeritus in history at Mount Holyoke College. Burns began his career as a child actor, starring on the television program "Wagon Train" as the character "Barnaby West" in the 1960s. He appeared as a guest star in over 35 television series in the 1960s and 1970s, mostly westerns. - Catherine Hardwicke
Catherine Harwicke (born Helen Catherine Hardwicke on October 21, 1955) is an American production designer and film director. She is perhaps best known for directing the independent film "Thirteen" and the Biblically-themed "The Nativity Story". - Brad Silberling
Bradley Mitchell Silberling (born September 8 1963 in California, United States) is an American television and film director. He is married to the actress Amy Brenneman, with whom he has two children, Charlotte Tucker (b. March 2001) and Bodhi Russell (b. June 2005). Silberling studied film directing at the UCLA Film School. He managed to start his career within the entertainment industry before completing his studies. - Carlos Lacamara
Carlos Lacamara is a Cuban-born actor who has had a long career on American television, making his first appearance in 1983 on the popular sitcom "Family Ties". Lacamara has mostly played supporting characters and guest star roles, with the exception of his roles as Paco Ortíz on the sitcom "Nurses", and as Ray García, the family patriarch on "The Brothers García". - Sunkrish Bala
Sunkrish Bala (born Sunkrish Balasubramanian on May 21, 1984) is an American actor. Bala was born in Bombay, India of South Indian ancestry. He graduated Bellarmine College Preparatory, San Jose in 2002 and from UCLA in 2006. Since early 2007, Bala has appeared in a regular role as Eric on ABC's "Notes from the Underbelly". - Alex Cox
Alexander Cox (b. December 15, 1954) is a British film director and sometime actor, well known for his idiosyncratic style and scripts. His film "Repo Man" is often credited as one of the first truly independent movies. It was this film that brought him critical acclaim. Alex Cox was born in Bebington, Wirral, Nr. Liverpool, Merseyside. (Interestingly, the Wirral produced another major British film director in Charles Crichton. - Hal Fishman
Hal Fishman (born August 25, 1931) is an iconic local news anchor, based in Los Angeles. He is currently the longest-running news anchor in the history of television. He received a master's degree in Political Science from UCLA in 1956, and planned for a career in academia (he actually worked as an assistant political science professor for two years). However, after KCOP-TV Channel 13 approached him to teach an on-air course, … - Mariska Hargitay
Mariska Magdolna Hargitay (born January 23, 1964) is a Golden Globe- and Emmy Award- winning American actress known for her role as Det. Olivia Benson on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit". - Kal Penn
Kalpen Suresh Modi (born April 23, 1977) is an American actor, known by his stage name, Kal Penn. He is known for his starring roles in "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle", "National Lampoon's Van Wilder" and the recently released "The Namesake" (2007).
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