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Known as much for his rigorous career choices as for his talent and chiseled good looks, Billy Crudup has been straddling the line between serious actor and "it" leading man for several years. He is father to 20-year-old William Atticus Parker, a director, writer and actor.
Crudup was born in 1968 in Manhasset, New York (a Long Island suburb), the middle child in a family of three boys. He is the son of Georgann (Gaither) and Thomas Henry Crudup III, and the grandson of prominent attorney William Cotter "Billy" Gaither, Jr.
Crudup was raised in Florida and Texas. His family frequently moved and always being the new kid meant Billy had to develop some way of gaining acceptance. Being the class clown was his ticket in. He found roles in school pageants and developed funny impersonations to entertain family and friends. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina (where he confirmed his interest in acting). Upon graduation, Crudup headed to NYC to live with his brother Tommy (who was at that time a publicist) and study at New York University, where he joined a theatre troupe called "The Lab!" and did little plays and musicals - he even played Schroeder in the famed children's musical "You're A Good Man Charlie Brown!".
He then went on to earn a Master of Fine Arts from the Tisch School of the Arts at NY in 1994. A year later, he'd already made a name for himself on Broadway, earning the Outer Critics Circle Outstanding Newcomer Award for his performance in Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia".
Crudup's first big-screen acting gig was in the indie film Grind (1997), which was shot in 1994, but ended up on the shelf for three years. In 1996, he landed another, more lucrative role, opposite Hollywood hotshots Brad Pitt and Jason Patric in the Barry Levinson drama, Sleepers (1996). He followed that up with a brief appearance in Woody Allen's Everyone Says I Love You (1996) and a higher-profile turn as the rakish older brother in Inventing the Abbotts (1997).
A self-described student of human nature, Crudup has said that he looks for characters wrestling with their mistakes. Rumor has it that he declined an audition for the lead in Titanic (1997) in order to seek out more challenging projects, like the "Steve Prefontaine" biopic Without Limits (1998). "Limits" showcased Crudup's ability to completely transform himself for a role (a quality that would help him skirt stardom while continuing to land substantive parts). In 2000, with three major films in release, Crudup's already bustling movie career reached a fever pitch. He first hit the festival circuit in Keith Gordon's Waking the Dead (2000), the tale of an up-and-coming politician who is haunted by the death of his young wife. Next came the art-house favorite Jesus' Son (1999). Finally, he starred as the semi-fictional '70s rocker Russell Hammond in Cameron Crowe's much-lauded Almost Famous (2000). In 2002, his production of "The Elephant Man" on Broadway closed after 65 performances, due to low ticket sales.
Crudup lives in New York and returns regularly to the stage; in fact, it was during the 1996 Broadway run of "Bus Stop" that he began his romance with longtime girlfriend, Mary-Louise Parker. That romance ended in 2004, when Crudup left the then-pregnant Parker for his Stage Beauty (2004) co-star, Claire Danes. He seems to prefer quiet anonymity to the pomp and circumstance of the movie star lifestyle, but his ever-growing popularity guarantees that he won't be able to avoid the spotlight altogether.- Actor
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American-born, Canadian-raised professional wrestler, rock singer, actor and author. Debuted in 1990 in Calgary after training in the Hart Family Dungeon. He competed for Stampede Wrestling, for the Canadian National Wrestling Alliance (no connection to the National Wrestling Alliance) and West Fours Wrestling Alliance before jumping to Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling in Japan. He also wrestled for Canadian Rocky Mountain Wrestling, CMLL, UWA and AAA in Mexico, and WAR in Japan before arriving in the U.S. as part of the team the Thrillseekers (renamed from Sudden Impact) with Lance Storm in James E. Cornette's Smoky Mountain Wrestling promotion. He arrived in ECW in February 1996 and feuded with Pit Bull #2 (Anthony Durante) over the ECW World Television Title. Arrived in WCW in August 1996 and eventually made his home in the Cruiserweight Division, winning the title five times. Turned heel at the end of 1997, essentially solidifying his persona for years to come. Went to WWE in 1999, and would become one of the most decorated wrestlers in the company's history. Outside of wrestling, he has been leading his heavy metal band Fozzy since 1999, published three autobiographies (2007's "A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex" [covering his career right up to his WWE debut]; 2011's "Undisputed: How to Become the World Champion in 1,372 Easy Steps"; and 2014's "Best In The World...At What I Have No Idea."), and has done stage acting and hosted a radio show as well as other pursuits. Among his in-ring achievements, he is a former WWE World Heavyweight Champion, an 8x WWE Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion, a former 5x WWE World Tag Team Champion, a former 2x WWE Tag Team Champion, a former WWE European Heavyweight Champion, a former WWE Hardcore Champion, a former ECW World Television Champion, a former WCW World Television Champion, and was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 2010.- Actor
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Though born in Great Neck, Long Island, Christopher Lambert's family left the US when he was only two years old. His father was a United Nations diplomat assigned to Switzerland and, as a result, Chris was educated at private boarding schools in Geneva. Inspired through his having appeared in a play at age 12, he went to the Paris Conservatoire where he remained for two years. After a few small parts in French films, beginning in 1980, he successfully competed for the title role in Warner Bros. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984). His co-stars included Ian Holm, James Fox and Ralph Richardson (in his final film performance). The movie was popular with Tarzan buffs for remaining faithful (in the first half at least) to Edgar Rice Burroughs' original story. Two years later Lambert brought to the screen Gregory Widens' legendary Connor MacLeod, the immortal Highlander (1986), born in the Highlands of Scotland in 1518 and carrying over into the futuristic Highlander II: The Quickening (1991) and Highlander: The Final Dimension (1994). In recent years he has become a producer while continuing to act in mostly action/adventure films.- David was born on Long Island, New York, and has a younger sister named Betsy and an older sister named Helen, who is also a gifted actor. The family moved to Illinois when David was four and moved all around the suburbs of Chicago - Evanston, Northbrook, Aurora, and finally Naperville when the town was nothing more than a suburban farming town of 27,000 people. Going to public school all his years, he kicked around with the guys of his youth, many of whom he still keeps up with. Every summer from the age of 12 was a working summer, saving for college that only lasted five weeks before he was kicked out.
He met Ken Stien when he was 11. Ken was a local horseman who trained horses and riders alike. Being a transplant and a veteran like David's father, they all fit in together. Ken became a mentor and lifelong friend. Teenage drinking and mild drug abuse colored David's youth with several run-ins with the local police. Trouble followed him for many years before he got straight.
Acting was somewhat of a natural progression. Working for the first time at the age of 12 in a community theater project, he landed a part, not in some cutesy kid story or clown play or happy-happy show, but a production of Kurt Vonnegut's "Happy Birthday, Wanda June" directed by Dale Bowers. The piece was pretty risqué for a small town and walkouts abounded due to language and subject matter. The local critic was very taken by David's presence, and thus provided David's first and only positive review. A few more small local plays and musicals followed, but time and adolescence took him to different places. High school was typically unremarkable, with less than average grades and anger on the menu for those years, leading to an undesired distinction of class clown in the class of '82, which upon receiving, he 'flipped off' the class and administration. The University of Iowa had accepted him, and he decided to pursue study in the field of social work.
Moving back to Naperthrill, he moved into an apartment above an abandoned car dealership and took several different jobs -driving auto parts, doing road construction, and finally enlisting into the United States Marine Corps reserves and letting that wash over him. The intense mandate laid before all recruits - that they must learn to toe the line and suck it up, and learn respect for others and then themselves - had a deep impact on him and followed him in all aspects of life.
Dennis Rosa put him in the chorus of a Chicago hit musical, "One Shining Moment" starring Megan Mullally, Kevin Anderson, and Alan Ruck. After the show's run, David had misgivings about his new profession and didn't quite feel accredited to be in it, having stumbled into the audition while the Chicago school district was on strike and he had no class. He applied and was accepted to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. That decision took him to New York City. They were good days in the city, filled with a pace and energy he could now relate to; ironies abounded in the city, which had no time for its dead, nor patience for sentimentality. A friend simply 'by example' led him to sobriety. Reading plays and lacking any real substantial work, it was years before anything of note came his way. Reading "Six Degrees of Separation" was the first time he discovered, like others, that John Guare had written a great play. He read for several parts first but it was the part of the nameless "hustler" that he knew he had to play and so "serve" this story. Years went by, and little jobs in the theater followed, but most of the years were spent in East Harlem on 109th and 1st paying the bills with carpentry jobs and paint crews. He then stumbled into a friendship with Al Noccella, his partner in construction and beneficiary who kept him employed and ushered him out when it looked like the "break" had come.
The character Steve in "Sex and the City" came after many auditions for many parts on the show and lasted for almost five years. At a USO gala event, he met Chrysti, an Army specialist working the gate at Fort Monroe, Virginia, and through a whole long, bizarre, and weird series of events and lies, hooked his life to a woman that really meant the world to him. - Actor
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Andrew Barth Feldman was born on 7 May 2002 in Manhasset, New York, USA. Andrew Barth is an actor and producer, known for No Hard Feelings (2023), Foul Play (2023) and High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (2019).- Actress
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Lindsey Kraft is an actor, writer, singer, and composer. She is currently workshopping her musical "love, me" and recording a concept album with award-winning producer/songwriter Linda Perry. As an actor, Lindsey can recently be seen on Mythic Quest for Apple TV+ and The Rookie Feds, and she will next recur in Obliterated for Netflix. She can also be seen on Apple's THE SHRINK NEXT DOOR opposite Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd. Lindsey recently completed a five-season run as "Allison" on Grace & Frankie for Netflix. Other television includes the series lead of CBS's Living Biblically, three seasons of HBO's Getting on, recurring roles on The Big Bang Theory, The Conners, Them, Why Women Kill, Fantasy Island and Dirty John, and guest starring roles on The good Doctor, Veep, and Modern Family. As a writer, Lindsey has written pilots for CBS and NBC, and had multiple plays performed in Los Angeles. Her play, "wedding bash," is published by Samuel French and was produced in New York off-Broadway at 59E59 as part of their 2017 season.- Actor
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Scott Bloom was born on 28 July 1973 in Manhasset, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Smokin' Aces (2006), The Stuff (1985) and Who's the Boss? (1984).- Actor
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Grant Rosenmeyer was born on July 3rd, 1991 in Manhasset, New York. He started acting regionally at the age of 7 and, professionally, at age 8, getting his start on Broadway in a short-lived rendition of "Macbeth", opposite Kelsey Grammer, and in the famed musical, "Les Miserables", as "Gavroche", the spunky street urchin. He had to leave after four months to make his film debut in Wes Anderson's modern classic, The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), opposite Gene Hackman and Ben Stiller, along with the rest of the stellar cast. His next film was the famous "Jewxploitation" film, The Hebrew Hammer (2003), opposite Adam Goldberg and Andy Dick. Rosenmeyer then booked Fox's Oliver Beene (2003), as the title role, earning him a great deal of exposure. He has made numerous well-known guest appearances on shows such as Monk (2002), playing "Young Monk", and Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000) as "Wilson" in the episode, The Smoking Jacket (2005).- Actor
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The youngest of seven children, Stephen Gregory was raised in New York. He attended NYU and studied with several noted acting teachers such as Stella Adler, Roy London and Ivana Chubbuck. After acting in numerous television commercials, Stephen appeared on "As the World Turns" (1956)_ as Marisa Tomei's love interest. Then, after the release of the film The Heavenly Kid (1985), he moved to Los Angeles, where he guest-starred on such shows as St. Elsewhere (1982), Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Houston Knights (1987) and NBC's You Can't Take It with You (1987). After a three-year contract on The Young and the Restless (1973), Stephen left acting and began a media consulting business in Los Angeles. A producer on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) remembered him, however, and was able to lure him before the cameras once again. He has a recurring role as Dr. Beresford on "Law and Order: SVU" and splits his time between New York and Los Angeles.- Connor Schnell has acted in numerous Movies and TV Shows over the years. He has appeared multiple times in the hit Netflix show Outer Banks and also in the HBO original series The Righteous Gemstones. He also appears in the 2024 film Suncoast which stars both Woody Harrelson and Laura Linney. He attends the University of Tampa where he studies finance.
- Actress Danielle Moinet is best known for being a WWE Diva under the ring name Summer Rae. She is the first WWE Diva to land a role in a WWE Studios film, The Marine 4: Moving Target, in which she did her own stunt work. She made her debut in the video game world as a downloadable character in WWE 2K14 and appears in WWE 2K15 & 2K16.
Before she became Summer Rae, Danielle was a Lead Brand Ambassador/Spokeswoman for Bobby Labonte's NASCAR race team. She traveled to each market and was featured on both local and national news & radio. After Nascar, this 5'10" blonde was a football player for the Legends Football League's (LFL), Chicago Bliss. While playing cornerback she was also the official spokesperson for the team doing all of the media both locally and nationally.
Danielle graduated from East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina with a BS in Business Marketing where she was a proud member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority.
Danielle is also an avid supporter of the non-profit organization, The DTM foundation named after, Dean Thomas Moinet. Her sister is the executive director and founder of DTM foundation which provides service to families with medically fragile children at Duke and UNC hospital. She visits children in the hospitals whenever she travels back in her home town and avidly supports them on all of her social media platforms. Danielle continuously speaks at 'Be a Star' anti bullying rally's in which WWE superstars speak to students, elementary through high school, about the importance of tolerance and respect. She is also a big supporter of the US troops, and has made appearances with the USO and visited the troops in Kuwait during the holiday season in 2014. - Emme Muñiz was born on 22 February 2008 in Manhasset, Long Island, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Jennifer Lopez: Limitless (2018), Extra (1994) and Today (1952).
- Max Muñiz was born on 22 February 2008 in Manhasset, Long Island, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Marry Me (2022) and Jennifer Lopez: Dance Again (2014).
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Patrick McEnroe is a former professional tennis player, broadcaster, and former captain of the United States Davis Cup team.
Born in Manhasset, New York, he is John McEnroe's youngest brother. He won one singles title and 16 doubles titles, including the 1989 French Open. His career-high rankings were world No. 28 in singles and world No. 3 in doubles.
In 1989, he won the French Open men's doubles title and the Masters doubles title, partnering with Jim Grabb.
His first career singles final came in 1991 at Chicago, where he faced his brother John, who won the match 3-6, 6-2, 6-4. (This was the second time in tour history where two brothers faced each other in a tournament final, after Emilio Sánchez and Javier Sánchez met in the Madrid final in 1987.)
His best Grand Slam singles performance came at the 1991 Australian Open, where he reached the semifinals before being knocked-out by eventual-champion Boris Becker. He was also runner-up in the men's doubles at the Australian Open that year, partnering with his former Stanford teammate David Wheaton.
In the Davis Cup, McEnroe represented his country as a doubles player in 1993, 1994 and 1996, compiling a 3-1 record. In 2000, after older-brother John resigned following an unhappy 14-month spell as Captain, he was named the 38th Captain of the United States Davis Cup team. With McEnroe as captain, the Davis Cup team won the Cup for the U.S. in December 2007. He resigned the position of team captain on September 6, 2010. His time as captain is the longest of any US Davis Cup captain.- There is a slim chance he may still make appearances on the small screen, but in 2013 Bryan made a decided shift in his career to focus on supporting at-risk youth in Los Angeles. He must express his gratitude to Tony LoRe and Juliana Wells at Youth Mentoring Connection for shedding light on his gifts, and giving him the opportunity to devote his life to his true passion.
He is forever indebted to DC and Robin for igniting the spark, and his thanks to Jose, Brian, Jacqueline, Hector, Daisy, Olivia and Connor can never be sufficiently expressed for being the first to change his heart and inspire him to pursue this work - A transition from giving voice to fictional characters, to helping youth find their true voice. - Rachel Fuda was born on 10 April 1991 in Manhasset, New York, USA.
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Dave T. Koenig was born on 19 March 1973 in Manhasset, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Young Rock (2021), The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017) and The Americans (2013).- Actress
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Wendy Liebman was born on 27 February 1961 in Manhasset, New York, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for The Aristocrats (2005), Katie Sullivan (2006) and The Larry Sanders Show (1992). She has been married to Jeff Sherman since 12 April 2003.- Producer
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Jennifer Pearlman was born on 19 May 1966 in Manhasset, New York, USA. She is a producer and executive, known for Sunny Daze (2019), Oxygen (1999) and Mercy (1995).- Producer
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Richard Tucci was born in Manhasset, New York, USA. Richard is a producer and director, known for Unfriendly Fire, Blink (2005) and Virus X (2010).- Actor
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Patrick Cooley was born on 20 August 1970 in Manhasset, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Sharper (2023), Show Me a Hero (2015) and Alien Vs. Zombies (2017).- Michael Goz was born on 19 February 1959 in Manhasset, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Batman: Dark Tomorrow (2003), Sealab 2021 (2000) and The Warriors (2005). He was married to Susan Goss. He died on 11 November 2014 in East Northport, New York, USA.
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Magen Ashley Young was born on 8 June 1992 in Manhasset, New York, USA. She is a production manager and producer, known for How It Ends (2018), Pad Thai (2018) and Vault (2019).- Producer
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Brian Reilly was born on 14 February 1946 in Manhasset, New York, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991), The Santa Clause (1994) and Don Juan DeMarco (1994). He was married to Barra Grant. He died on 1 September 2011 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Animation Department
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Mike Santoro was born on 3 January 1989 in Manhasset, New York, USA. He is known for The Assault (2017), Debris (2021) and Altitude (2017).