- Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lynn Lopez, popularly nicknamed J.Lo, is an American actress, singer, songwriter, dancer, and fashion designer. She is the richest Hispanic in Hollywood according to the website "A Socialite's Life" and the most influential Hispanic entertainer in America according to "People en Español"s list of 100 Most Influential Hispanics which pays tribute to Hispanics who have had an impact on their communities. - Inspectah Deck
Inspectah Deck (born Jason Hunter July 6, 1970 in the Bronx, New York) is a rapper, producer and member of the Wu-Tang Clan. Though he has not achieved the same level of success in his solo career as some of his fellow Clansmen (like Ol' Dirty Bastard or Method Man), he has been a prominent member of the group ever since their debut album and stands out on some of their biggest hits such as "C.R.E.A.M." and "Triumph". - Al Pacino
Alfredo James Pacino (born April 26, 1940) is an Academy Award- Golden Globe, AFI, Bafta, Emmy Award- and Tony Award-winning American stage and film actor played such iconic roles as Michael Corleone in "The Godfather Trilogy" and Tony Montana in the 1983 film "Scarface". - Robert de Niro
Robert Mario De Niro Jr., credited professionally as Robert De Niro (born August 17, 1943), is an American film actor, director, and producer. He is noted for his method acting and portrayal of conflicted, troubled characters, for his enduring collaboration with director Martin Scorsese and for his early work with director Brian De Palma. - Jackie Chan
Chan Kong-Sang, also known as Sing Lung or Jackie Chan SBS, (born on April 7, 1954) is a Chinese actor, director, martial artist, film producer, screenwriter, singer and stunt performer. Chan is one of the best known names in kung fu and action movies worldwide for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, usage of improvised weapons and his innovative stunts. - Tracy Morgan
Tracy Morgan (born November 10 1968 in Bronx, New York) is an American actor perhaps best known as a member of the cast of "Saturday Night Live" from 1996 to 2003. He now stars in the 2006-2007 NBC sitcom "30 Rock", a sitcom based on a fictional sketch comedy show. Tracy Morgan was discovered in 1984 while doing stand-up at The Apollo. Martin Lawrence's ex-wife, Patricia Martin, was in the audience and is said to have introduced Morgan to Lawrence. - Army Archerd
Armand "Army" Archerd (b. January 13, 1922 in Bronx, NY) was a gossip columnist for "Variety" for over fifty years before retiring his "Just for Variety" column in September 2005. In November 2005 Archerd began blogging for "Variety" and he is currently at work on his memoirs. In 1984, he was given a star on the Hollywood's Walk of Fame, in front of Mann's Chinese Theater, where he has emceed dozens of movie premieres. - Denzel Washington
Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is a American actor and director. He has garnered much critical acclaim for his portrayals of several real-life figures, such as Steve Biko, Malcolm X, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, and Herman Boone. - Paul Newman
Paul Leonard Newman (born January 26, 1925) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe, Cannes Award, and Emmy Award-winning American actor and film director. He is also the founder of Newman's Own, a food company of which all profits and royalties are donated to charity. As of May 2007, these donations have exceeded $220 million USD. - Carl Reiner
Carl Reiner (March 20, 1922) is an American actor, film director, producer, writer and comedian. He is the father of actor-turned-director Rob Reiner (1947-), and husband of Estelle Lebost Reiner (1914-). Reiner won nine Emmys during his career. On December 24, 1943 he married Estelle Lebost. Estelle is 8 years his senior and the two have been married 63 years now. At the time of the marriage he was 21 and she was 29. Born of Jewish descent in the Bronx, New York, … - Wesley Snipes
Wesley Trent Snipes (born July 31, 1962) is an American actor, martial artist and film producer. He may be best known for his role as the vampire hunter in the "Blade" trilogy of movies. Snipes has starred in action-adventures, thrillers, comedies, and dramatic feature films opposite such actors as Robert De Niro and Sean Connery. On April 24, 2008, he was sentenced to three years in prison for three misdemeanor convictions for willful failure to file federal income tax returns. - Dominic Chianese
Dominic Chianese (pronounced Key-ah-nes-e) (born February 24, 1931 in Bronx, New York) is an American actor and performer. He is perhaps best known for his role as Corrado Soprano on the HBO TV series, "The Sopranos", a role that netted him two Emmy Award nominations. Chianese is a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science. He worked as a bricklayer with his father and attended night school during the 1950s, … - Joey Bishop
Joey Bishop - Mary J. Blige
Mary Jane Blige (born January 11, 1971), is an American R&B, soul, and pop singer, songwriter, rapper, producer, and actress who has sold over 60 million records around the world since her career began in 1991. In that span she has had thirty-one charting hits on the U.S. pop charts. She has had forty hits on the R&B charts, seventeen of which were in the top ten and six which reached number one. She also has nine singles to reach number one on the dance charts, … - Judd Hirsch
Judd Hirsch (born March 15, 1935 in Bronx, New York, USA) is an American actor, best known for playing the character Alex Reiger on the acclaimed television comedy series "Taxi". For his performance in "Taxi", in 1981 and again in 1983, Judd Hirsch won the Emmy Award for Lead Actor In a Comedy Series. - Jon Favreau
Jonathan K. Favreau (born on October 19, 1966) is an American actor and director. - John Garfield
John Garfield was an American actor. Garfield was especially adept at playing brooding, rebellious, working-class character roles, and was twice nominated for an Academy Award (see below). Born Jacob Julius Garfinkle in New York City to Jewish immigrants David and Hannah Garfinkle, he was raised in Sea Gate, Brooklyn until sent to a school for problem children in the Bronx after the death of his mother when he was seven years old. - Tyson Beckford
Tyson Craig Beckford (born December 19, 1970 in Bronx, New York) is an American model and actor, known worldwide for his muscular physique, facial structure, and tattoos; and also as the lead model for Ralph Lauren. He is also reported to be one of the highest-paid and richest male supermodels in the world. Beckford is the son of a half Jamaican half Chinese father (paternal grandmother is 100% Chinese) and Jamaican mother with Panamanian ancestry. - Marc Lawrence
Marc Lawrence (February 17, 1910 - November 28, 2005) was an American character actor who specialized in underworld types. Lawrence was born Max Goldsmith in the Bronx to a Russian Jewish father and a Polish Jewish mother. He participated in plays in school, then attended the City College of New York. In 1930, Lawrence befriended another young actor, John Garfield. - Cuba Gooding Jr.
Cuba Gooding, Jr. (born January 2, 1968) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. - 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...", … - James Caan
James Langston Edmund Caan (born March 26, 1940) is an American Academy Award, Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated American film, stage and television actor. He is known for his Academy Award nominated role of Sonny Corleone in 1972's "The Godfather" and for his role as Ed Deline on "Las Vegas". - Tony Curtis
Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz, June 3, 1925) is an American film actor. Famous for his thick black wavy hair, good looks, flashing long eyelashes and trademark New York accent, he was most popular during the late 1950s and early 1960s. He is best known for his light comic roles, especially his musician on the run from gangsters in "Some Like It Hot" (1959). He has also essayed a number of more serious dramatic roles over the years, … - Kerry Washington
Kerry Washington (born January 31, 1977) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Ray Charles' wife, Della Bea Robinson, in the film "Ray" (2004), and Alicia Masters in the 2005 live-action "Fantastic Four" film and its sequel, "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer". She has also starred in the critically acclaimed independent films "Our Song" and "The Dead Girl". - Lillo Brancato Jr.
Lillo Brancato, Jr. (born August 19, 1976) is an American actor, perhaps best known for his role of Calogero Anello in Robert De Niro's 1993 directorial debut, "A Bronx Tale." He also played a young wannabe mobster on "The Sopranos". In December 2005, Brancato was charged with second-degree murder for his role in a burglary in the Bronx in which an off-duty police officer, Daniel Enchautegui, was fatally shot. - Malik Yoba
Malik Yoba (born September 17, 1967) is an American actor. He is known for his role as the star of the popular Fox Television police drama "New York Undercover" from 1994 to 1998, and has also appeared in films such as "Cool Runnings" and "Criminal". He has made appearances on the Fox television series "Arrested Development" as Ice, a bounty hunter and party planner. He has also been a recurring character, Brock Harris, … - Anne Bancroft
Anne Bancroft (September 17 1931 - June 6 2005) was an iconic Academy Award, Golden Globe, Tony, and Emmy-winning American actress. - Priscilla Lopez
Priscilla Lopez is an American singer, dancer, and actress. Born on February 26, 1948 in the Bronx, Lopez has the distinction of having appeared in two Broadway landmarks - one of its greatest hits, the highly-acclaimed, long-running "A Chorus Line", and one of its biggest flops, the infamous musical version of "Breakfast at Tiffany's", which closed before opening night. Lopez graduated from Manhattan's School of Performing Arts (PA), … - Bobby Darin
Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto) was one of the most popular American big band performers and rock and roll teen idols of the late 1950s. He is widely respected for being a multi-talented, versatile performer who conquered many music genres, including folk, country, pop, and jazz. He was also an award-winning actor, songwriter and music business entrepreneur. - Ellen Rona Barkin
Ellen Rona Barkin (born April 16, 1954) is an Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe Award-nominated American actress. - Penny Marshall
Penny Marshall (born October 15, 1942) is an American Golden Globe nominated actress, producer and director. She was the first woman to direct two films that grossed over $100 million each ("Big" and "A League of Their Own"). - Otto Preminger
Otto Ludwig Preminger (December 5, 1906 - April 23, 1986) was an Austrian actor and twice Oscar-nominated film director. Preminger was born in Vienna to a well-known family. Preminger's father Marc was once the Attorney General of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. As their father, both Otto and his brother, Ingo Preminger, earned law degrees in Vienna. Preminger worked with Max Reinhardt before emigrating to America. At first he directed and acted for 20th Century Fox. - David Zayas
David Zayas is an Puerto Rican-American theatrical, film, and television actor. Born in Puerto Rico, but raised in the Bronx borough of New York City, Zayas joined the United States Air Force early in life where he was able to develop skills that would lead him to become a New York City Police officer after he was discharged from service. As a police officer, Zayas developed the personality that would allow him to develop as a character actor, … - Joy Bryant
Joy Bryant (born 19 October 1976) is an American actress and former fashion model for Tommy Hilfiger. Bryant was born in The Bronx, New York, USA; her mother was 15 years old at the time. Bryant attended, but did not graduate from, Yale University and studies acting in NY and LA with Tony Greco. - Abel Ferrara
Abel Ferrara (born July 19, 1951 in The Bronx) is an American movie screenwriter and director. At the age of 15, he moved upstate where he met Nicholas St. John, a fellow classmate in high school who would go on to write several of his movies. Ferrara started out as a director by making amateur films on Super 8 including a five-minute short that would provide the basis for his 1979 film, "The Driller Killer", … - Harry Carey
Harry Carey (January 16, 1878 - September 21, 1947) was an American actor and one of silent film's earliest superstars. - Jerry Orbach
Jerome Bernard Orbach was an American actor best known for his starring role as Det. Lennie Briscoe in the "Law & Order" television series and for his musical theater roles. - Charles Nelson Reilly
Charles Nelson Reilly (January 13 1931 - May 25 2007) was a Tony Award-winning American actor, comedian, director, and drama teacher known for his comedic roles in movies, children's television, animated cartoons, and as a panelist on the game show "Match Game". - Stacey Dash
Stacey Dash (born January 20, 1966 in The Bronx, New York) is an American film and television actress of West Indian and Aztec descent. - Vincent Pastore
Vincent Pastore (born July 14 1946 in Bronx, New York) is an American film and television actor, often cast as a mobster. Pastore was born in The Bronx, New York, of Italian-American descent. He attended Pace University for 3 years before eventually going into the acting industry after befriending Matt and Kevin Dillon; he was previously a club-owner in New Rochelle, New York. He has made appearances in films ranging from "Goodfellas" to "Shark Tale", …
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