- Michael Dukakis
Michael Stanley Dukakis (born November 3, 1933) is an American Democratic politician, former Governor of Massachusetts, and the Democratic presidential nominee in 1988. He was born to Greek-immigrant parents in Brookline, Massachusetts and was the longest serving governor in Massachusetts' history - John Cena
John Felix Anthony Cena (born April 23, 1977) is an American professional wrestler, hip hop musician and actor. He is signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), wrestling on its "RAW" brand, where he is the reigning WWE Champion. In WWE, he is also a three-time United States Champion and a one-time World Tag Team Champion. Before being called up to the main WWE roster, Cena trained in and wrestled for Ultimate Pro Wrestling and Ohio Valley Wrestling, … - Mike Wallace
Mike Wallace (born Myron Leon Wallace on May 9, 1918) is an American journalist. Wallace has been a correspondent for CBS's "60 Minutes" since its debut in 1968. During his career at "60 Minutes", he has interviewed a wide range of prominent newsmakers, including Ayn Rand, Deng Xiaoping, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, Ayatollah Khomeini, Kurt Waldheim, Malcolm X, Yasser Arafat, Menachem Begin, Anwar Sadat, Manuel Noriega, Jeffrey Wigand, … - Ed McMahon
Edward "Ed" Peter Leo McMahon, Jr. (born March 6, 1923) is a popular American comedian, game show host, announcer and television personality most famous for his work on television as Johnny Carson's announcer on the "Tonight Show", from 1962 to 1992, and as the host of the talent show "Star Search", from 1983 to 1995. - Bette Davis
Bette Davis (April 5, 1908 - October 6, 1989), born Ruth Elizabeth Davis, was a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress of film, television and theatre. Noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic characters, she was highly regarded for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional comedies, though her greatest successes were romantic dramas. - Denis Leary
Denis Leary (born Denis Colin Leary on August 18 1957) is a Golden Globe Award-nominated and Emmy Award-nominated American actor, comedian, writer and director. He is known for his often angry comedic style and his frequent chain smoking, as well as his copying of comedian Bill Hicks' routine. Much like Hicks' act, Leary displays an overt affinity for libertarianism. - Matthew Perry
Matthew Langford Perry (born August 19, 1969 in Williamstown, Massachusetts) is a Canadian-American Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor who is best known for his role as Chandler Bing in the American television sitcom "Friends", a part he played for 10 years. He currently portrays Matt Albie in the NBC series "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip". - James Spader
James Todd Spader (born February 7, 1960 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-nominated American actor best known for his eccentric roles in movies such as "sex, lies, and videotape" (for which he won the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival), "Stargate", and "Secretary", as well as his role as the lead character in the TV series "Boston Legal". - Sam Waterston
Samuel Atkinson Waterston (born November 15 1940) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor noted particularly for his portrayal of Jack McCoy on the long-running NBC television series "Law & Order". He has also appeared in many feature films. - Donnie Wahlberg
Donald Edmond Wahlberg, Jr. (born August 17, 1969) is an American actor and producer. He was a member of the popular 1980s and 1990s boy band New Kids on the Block and is the older brother of fellow actor Mark Wahlberg. With a background that includes music, feature films, and television, Wahlberg is now working as a producer. - Jane Curtin
Jane Therese Curtin (born on September 6, 1947 in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States) is an American actress and comedienne. Curtin is well known for being one of the Not Ready For Prime Time Players. Curtin was also in a "Saturday Night Live" inspired movie, "The Coneheads". - Paul Michael Glaser
Paul Michael Glaser (born March 25, 1943) is an American actor and director. Originally Paul Manfred Glaser, he was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the youngest of three children. His parents were Dorothy and Samuel Glaser. Glaser attended Tulane University, where he was roommates with film director Bruce Paltrow, and earned a Master's degree in English and theater in 1966. He was a member of the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity. - Nancy Walls
Nancy Ellen Walls (born July 19, 1966, in Cohasset, Massachusetts) is an American actress who has appeared in several comedies. - Scott Wolf
Scott Richard Wolf (born June 4, 1968) is an American actor. Born in Boston, Massachusetts to Steven Wolf and Susan Enowitch, Wolf was raised in West Orange, New Jersey. He attended The George Washington University and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in finance. He also became a Brother of the Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity. Wolf is known for his role as Bailey Salinger on "Party of Five". On both "Everwood" and the short-lived "The Nine", … - Michael Beach
Michael Anthony Beach (born October 30, 1963) is an American actor. Beach was born in Boston, Massachusetts, of Cape Verdean descent. He attended the prestigious Noble & Greenough School in Dedham, Massachusetts on scholarship from ABC (A Better Chance). He was introduced to acting when he was sidelined by a lacrosse injury during high school by a classmate. After high school he went on to graduate from New York City's Juilliard School, … - Alicia Witt
Alicia Roanne Witt (born August 21, 1975) is an American film, stage and television actress. - Paula Poundstone
Paula Poundstone (born December 29, 1959 in Huntsville, Alabama) is an American stand-up comic. She is known for her quiet, self-deprecating style, political observations, and her trademark suit and tie outfit. - Suzyn Waldman
Suzyn Waldman (born in Newton, MA) is an American sports broadcaster. Starting with the 2005 season, she has been the color commentator for New York Yankees baseball, working with John Sterling on radio broadcasts for WCBS-AM in New York City. She is a graduate of Simmons College with a degree in Economics. She is famous for various "pioneering" feats in regards to female sports broadcasters. - Alan Rachins
Alan Rachins (born October 3, 1942 or 1945) is an American screen and voice actor and writer, known for his role of Douglas Brackman in the TV series "L.A. Law". In the late 1970s to early 1980s, he turned to writing for such TV shows as "Knight Rider", "Hart to Hart", "The Fall Guy" and "Quincy". More recently he appeared as (Myron) Larry Finklestein on the TV show "Dharma & Greg". - Peggy Cass
Mary Margaret (Peggy) Cass (May 21, 1924 - March 8, 1999) was an Academy Award-nominated actress, comedian, game show panelist, and announcer. A native of Boston, Massachusetts, Cass became interested in acting as a member of the drama club at Cambridge Latin School; however, she attended all of high school without a speaking part. After graduating high school, she spent most of the 1940s in search of an acting career, … - Louis C.K.
Louis C.K. (born Louis Szekely on September 12, 1967 in Washington, D.C.) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, actor, producer and director. C.K. was born in Washington, D.C. to a Harvard educated father descended from Hungarian Jews and Mexican Catholics, and a Harvard educated mother of Irish Catholic descent. After six years in Mexico, he grew up in Massachusetts, in Framingham and, mostly, Newton. - Charles Starrett
Charles Starrett (March 28 1903 - March 22 1986) was an American actor best known for his starring role in the "Durango Kid" Columbia Pictures western series. He was born in Athol, Massachusetts. A graduate of Worcester Academy in 1922, Starrett went on to study at Dartmouth College. While on the Darmouth football team, he was hired to play a football extra in the 1926 film "The Quarterback". In 1930 he played the romantic lead in "Fast and Loose", … - Jeffrey Donovan
Jeffrey Donovan (born May 11, 1968) is an American television and film actor. - Frank Vincent
Frank Vincent (born Frank Vincent Gattuso on August 4, 1939) is an Italian-American actor. He was born in North Adams, Massachusetts, but was raised in Jersey City, New Jersey. His father was also called Frank. Frank has two brothers: Nick and Jimmy. Frank's father was one of six children, all born in the United States to Sicilian immigrants Nicolo Gattuso and Francesca di Peri. He is Sicilian and Neapolitan. - Barry Gordon
Barry Gordon (born December 21, 1948 in Brookline, Massachusetts) is an American film and television actor. He was the president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1988 to 1995. Gordon's career began as a child star, with his million-selling hit record "Nuttin' for Christmas" in the '50s, which continues to be a holiday favorite. His TV debut came at three years old on Ted Mack's Amateur Hour. He also appeared on The Jackie Gleason Show and Star Time with Benny Goodman. - Tom Lowe
Thomas Peter "Tom" Lowe (born April 23 1978 in Stockport, England) is an English-born singer and actor. - Christopher Titus
Christopher Titus (born October 1, 1966 in Castro Valley, California) is an American comedian and actor. He grew up in Newark, California. Titus came to national attention with the eponymous FOX show "Titus". He is also a successful stand-up comedian whose act revolves around his dysfunctional family and shocking life experiences. Titus has been performing stand up comedy since he was 18. - Alessandro Nivola
Alessandro Antine Nivola (born June 28, 1972) is an American actor, perhaps known for his roles in the films "Best Laid Plans", "Jurassic Park III", "Face/Off", and the "Goal!" trilogy. - Lewis Stone
Lewis Shepard Stone (November 15, 1879 - September 12, 1953) was an American actor. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Stone's hair grew gray by the time he was twenty. He fought in the Spanish-American War, then returned to a career as a writer. He soon began acting, but his career was interrupted by World War I. By then he had a white-haired, distinguished appearance, and began appearing in roles which matched his demeanor. - Howie Long
Howard Michael "Howie" Long (born January 6, 1960 in Somerville, Massachusetts) is a former American football player who played as a defensive end, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2000. Long has been married since June 27, 1982, to the former Diane Addonizio and they have three sons, one of whom, Christopher, plays football at the University of Virginia. The family resides in Charlottesville, Virginia. - Bill Dana
Bill Dana is a U.S. comedian, actor and screenwriter who often appeared on the Ed Sullivan show. He was born William Szathmary in Quincy, Massachusetts. Although he is of Hungarian-Jewish descent, Dana created the heavily accented Latino character José Jiménez for the Steve Allen Show. In the NBC sitcom "The Bill Dana Show" (1963-65), … - Michelle Ye
Michelle Ye Xuan (born February 14 1980 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China), also known as "Michelle Yip Suen" is a Hong Kong television actress, after winning the Miss Chinese International competition in 1999. - Robin Thomas
Robin Thomas (born Robin Thomas Grossman on February 12, 1953 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA) is an American film and television actor. His best-known television roles are as Mark Singleton in the soap opera "Another World" (1983-85), and as Geoffrey Wells on the 1980s series "Who's the Boss?". He has also had recurring roles in series such as "Murphy Brown" (as Jake Lowenstein), … - Thelma Todd
Thelma Todd was a popular American actress of the late 1920s and early 1930s film. Appearing in over 40 pictures between 1926 and 1935, she is best remembered for her comedic roles in films like Marx Brothers' "Monkey Business" and "Horse Feathers". She also had roles in Laurel and Hardy's "Another Fine Mess", "The Devil's Brother" (aka Fra Diavolo), "Chickens Come Home". Thelma also had a brief part in The Bohemian Girl'. - John Flansburgh
John Conant Flansburgh (born May 6, 1960) is an actor and musician from Brooklyn, New York (though born and raised in Lincoln, Massachusetts). He is half of the longstanding alternative rock duo They Might Be Giants, for which he writes, sings and plays rhythm guitar. He is also left-handed. Commonly referred to by the nickname "Flans" (and by "Flansy" on the song "Mr. Xcitement" from the album "Mink Car"), he is married to writer/singer/puppeteer Robin Goldwasser, … - Erik Per Sullivan
Erik Per Sullivan (born on July 12, 1991) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Dewey, the younger brother to middle child Malcolm, on the FOX series "Malcolm in the Middle". He also played the only child in the movie "Unfaithful" and played an orphaned child in "The Cider House Rules". He was also in the movie "Christmas with the Kranks", playing the character of Spike. He played young Joe Dirt in the film of the same name. - John Schuck
John Schuck (born February 4, 1940) is an American character actor, primarily in stage, movies and television. He's best-known for his roles as Rock Hudson's ridiculous partner, Sgt. Charles Enright in the popular 1970s crime drama "McMillan and Wife", and as Lee Meriwether's husband, Herman Munster in the popular 1980s sitcom, "The Munsters Today". Schuck was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Mary Hamilton and Conrad John Schuck, … - Liza Snyder
My television credits include regular roles in "Jesse" and "Sirens," as well as guest-starring roles in "Chicago Hope" and "Murder, She Wrote," both on CBS, and "Down the Shore." I made my feature-film debut in "Pay It Forward." My father was a professor of theater at Smith College and my mother is a singer-songwriter. My maternal grandparents were five-time Oscar-winning composer Johnny Green and actress and consumer reporter Betty Furness. - Andrew Bujalski
Andrew Bujalski (born April 29, 1977 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American film director, screenwriter and actor. - Mark Fidrych
Mark Steven "The Bird" Fidrych (born August 14, 1954 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is a retired Major League Baseball player for the Detroit Tigers. The son of an assistant school principal, he played baseball at Algonquin Regional High School in Northborough, Massachusetts. In the 1974 amateur draft, he was not selected until the 10th round, when the Detroit Tigers picked him.
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