Famous Jewish Actors
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There many famous Jewish actors working today and in the past. Some of the names you might know are Daniel Radcliff, Shia LaBeouf, Andrew Garfield, James Franco, Adam Sandler, James Caan, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jeremy Piven, Tony Curtis, William Shatner, Chris Pine and Jake Gyllenhaal. For convenience, the list below shows both Jewish actors and actresses.
| Name | Known For | Birth Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Schwartz | Actor, The Mighty Ducks | 4 January 1981 | |
| Abe Vigoda | Actor, The Godfather | 24 February 1921 | |
| Adam Arkin | Actor, Hitch | 19 August 1956 | |
| Adam Brody | Actor, Mr. & Mrs. Smith | 15 December 1979 | |
| Adam Goldstein | Self, Iron Man 2 | 30 March 1973 | |
| Adam Lambert | Self, Adam Lambert/Nicolas Cage/Demian Bichir/Jason Mraz | 29 January 1982 | |
| Adam Pascal | Actor, The School of Rock | 25 October 1970 | |
| Adam Sandler | Actor, Grown Ups | 9 September 1966 | |
| Adam Shankman | Miscellaneous Crew, Hairspray | 27 November 1964 | |
| Alan Arkin | Actor, Little Miss Sunshine | 26 March 1934 | |
| Alan Rosenberg | Actor, Righteous Kill | 4 October 1950 | |
| Albert Brooks | Actor, Finding Nemo | 22 July 1947 | |
| Alicia Silverstone | Actress, Clueless | 4 October 1976 | |
| Alison Brie | Actress, Scream 4 | 29 December 1982 | |
| Allan Corduner | Actor, Gladiator | 2 April 1950 | |
| Ally Sheedy | Actress, The Breakfast Club | 13 June 1962 | |
| Alona Tal | Actress, Halo: Reach | 20 October 1983 | |
| Alyson Hannigan | Actress, American Pie | 24 March 1974 | |
| Amanda Bynes | Actress, Easy A | 3 April 1986 | |
| Amanda Peet | Actress, 2012 | 11 January 1972 | |
| Amy Winehouse | Soundtrack, Life as We Know It | 14 September 1983 | |
| Andrew Garfield | Actor, The Social Network | 20 August 1983 | |
| Andy Samberg | Actor, Hot Rod | 18 August 1978 | |
| Ari Graynor | Actress, Mystic River | 27 April 1983 | |
| Ashley Tisdale | Actress, High School Musical | 2 July 1985 | |
| Aubrey Graham | Actor, Charlie Bartlett | 24 October 1986 | |
| Ayelet Ben-Shahar | Actress, Viking Pride | 1 August 1986 | |
| Ayelet Zurer | Actress, Angels & Demons | 28 June 1969 | |
| B.J. Novak | Actor, Inglourious Basterds | 31 July 1979 | |
| Bar Refaeli | Self, Episode #16.89 | 4 June 1985 | |
| Barbra Streisand | Self, Barbra: The Concert | 24 April 1942 | |
| Barry Manilow | Soundtrack, Bowling for Columbine | 17 June 1943 | |
| Ben Savage | Actor, Little Monsters | 13 September 1980 | |
| Ben Stiller | Actor, Zoolander | 30 November 1965 | |
| Billy Crystal | Actor, Monsters, Inc. | 14 March 1948 | |
| Billy Joel | Soundtrack, A League of Their Own | 9 May 1949 | |
| Bob Balaban | Actor, Close Encounters of the Third Kind | 16 August 1945 | |
| Bob Dylan | Soundtrack, Forrest Gump | 24 May 1941 | |
| Bonnie Franklin | Actress, The Law | 6 January 1944 | |
| Brad Garrett | Actor, Finding Nemo | 14 April 1960 | |
| Brooke Burke Charvet | Self, ‘Smallville’ Backstage Special | 8 September 1971 | |
| Bryan Greenberg | Actor, Friends with Benefits | 24 May 1978 | |
| Carol Kane | Actress, Annie Hall | 18 June 1952 | |
| Caroline Aaron | Actress, Edward Scissorhands | 7 August 1952 | |
| Carter Jenkins | Actor, Aliens in the Attic | 4 September 1991 | |
| Chris Pine | Actor, Star Trek | 26 August 1980 | |
| Christopher Guest | Actor, This Is Spinal Tap | 5 February 1948 | |
| Cole Hauser | Actor, Good Will Hunting | 22 March 1975 | |
| Corey Feldman | Actor, Stand by Me | 16 July 1971 | |
| Corey Haim | Actor, The Lost Boys | 23 December 1971 | |
| Craig Bierko | Actor, Cinderella Man | 18 August 1964 | |
| Dan Futterman | Actor, A Mighty Heart | 8 June 1967 | |
| Daniel Day-Lewis | Actor, There Will Be Blood | 29 April 1957 | |
| Daniel Radcliffe | Actor, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | 23 July 1989 | |
| Danny Nucci | Actor, Titanic | 15 September 1968 | |
| David Arquette | Actor, Never Been Kissed | 8 September 1971 | |
| David Cross | Actor, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | 4 April 1964 | |
| David Krumholtz | Actor, 10 Things I Hate About You | 15 May 1978 | |
| David Schwimmer | Actor, Madagascar | 2 November 1966 | |
| Debra Messing | Actress, The Ex-Files | 15 August 1968 | |
| Debra Winger | Actress, Terms of Endearment | 16 May 1955 | |
| Dianna Agron | Actress, I Am Number Four | 30 April 1986 | |
| Dinah Manoff | Actress, Grease | 25 January 1958 | |
| Don Diamont | Actor, Anger Management | 31 December 1962 | |
| Dustin Hoffman | Actor, Kramer vs. Kramer | 8 August 1937 | |
| Dyan Cannon | Actress, Revenge of the Pink Panther | 4 January 1937 | |
| Edward G. Robinson | Actor, Double Indemnity | 12 December 1893 | |
| Eli Marienthal | Actor, The Iron Giant | 6 March 1986 | |
| Eli Roth | Producer, Grindhouse | 18 April 1972 | |
| Elizabeth Banks | Actress, Zack and Miri Make a Porno | 10 February 1974 | |
| Ellen Barkin | Actress, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | 16 April 1954 | |
| Elliott Gould | Actor, American History X | 29 August 1938 | |
| Emmanuelle Chriqui | Actress, You Don’t Mess with the Zohan | 10 December 1977 | |
| Emmy Rossum | Actress, Pilot | 12 September 1986 | |
| Eric Dane | Actor, Marley & Me | 9 November 1972 | |
| Esti Ginzburg | Actress, Twelve | 6 March 1990 | |
| Evan Rachel Wood | Actress, The Wrestler | 7 September 1987 | |
| Fran Drescher | Writer, The Nanny | 30 September 1957 | |
| Fred Savage | Actor, The Princess Bride | 9 July 1976 | |
| Gabrielle Carteris | Actress, Another World | 2 January 1961 | |
| Gal Gadot | Actress, Fast Five | 30 April 1985 | |
| Gila Golan | Actress, Our Man Flint | ||
| Gina Gershon | Actress, Face/Off | 10 June 1962 | |
| Ginnifer Goodwin | Actress, Walk the Line | 22 May 1978 | |
| Goldie Hawn | Actress, Death Becomes Her | 21 November 1945 | |
| Greg Grunberg | Actor, Hollow Man | 11 July 1966 | |
| Gregg Sulkin | Actor, Avalon High | ||
| Hank Azaria | Actor, The Simpsons Movie | 25 April 1964 | |
| Harrison Ford | Actor, Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope | 13 July 1942 | |
| Harvey Keitel | Actor, Reservoir Dogs | 13 May 1939 | |
| Helen Slater | Actress, The Secret of My Succe$s | 15 December 1963 | |
| Henry Winkler | Actor, The Waterboy | 30 October 1945 | |
| Ian Ziering | Actor, Guiding Light | 30 March 1964 | |
| Iddo Goldberg | Actor, Defiance | 5 August 1975 | |
| Isla Fisher | Actress, Rango | 3 February 1976 | |
| Jack Black | Actor, Kung Fu Panda | 28 August 1969 | |
| Jake Gyllenhaal | Actor, Donnie Darko | 19 December 1980 | |
| James Caan | Actor, The Godfather | 26 March 1940 | |
| James Franco | Actor, 127 Hours | 19 April 1978 | |
| James Maslow | Actor, Big Time Movie | 16 July 1990 | |
| Jami Gertz | Actress, Twister | 28 October 1965 | |
| Jamie-Lynn Sigler | Actress, Dark Ride | 15 May 1981 | |
| Jason Alexander | Actor, The Soup Nazi | 23 September 1959 | |
| Jason Isaacs | Actor, The Patriot | 6 June 1963 | |
| Jeff Goldblum | Actor, Jurassic Park | 22 October 1952 | |
| Jennifer Connelly | Actress, Requiem for a Dream | 12 December 1970 | |
| Jeremy Piven | Actor, Old School | 26 July 1965 | |
| Jerry Lewis | Actor, The Nutty Professor | 16 March 1926 | |
| Jerry Seinfeld | Writer, Seinfeld | 29 April 1954 | |
| Jesse Eisenberg | Actor, The Social Network | 5 October 1983 | |
| Joaquin Phoenix | Actor, Gladiator | 28 October 1974 | |
| Jon Favreau | Actor, Iron Man | 19 October 1966 | |
| Jonah Hill | Actor, Superbad | 20 December 1983 | |
| Jonathan Lipnicki | Actor, Jerry Maguire | 22 October 1990 | |
| Jonathan Silverman | Actor, Weekend at Bernie’s | 5 August 1966 | |
| Jordana Spiro | Actress, Trespass | 12 April 1977 | |
| Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Actor, Inception | 17 February 1981 | |
| Josh Peck | Actor, Ice Age: The Meltdown | 10 November 1986 | |
| Josh Radnor | Actor, Slap Bet | 29 July 1974 | |
| Judd Nelson | Actor, The Breakfast Club | 28 November 1959 | |
| Julianna Margulies | Actress, Snakes on a Plane | 8 June 1966 | |
| Justin Bartha | Actor, The Hangover | 21 July 1978 | |
| Justin Berfield | Actor, Who’s Your Daddy? | 25 February 1986 | |
| Kate Capshaw | Actress, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | 3 November 1953 | |
| Kate Hudson | Actress, Almost Famous | 19 April 1979 | |
| Kevin Pollak | Actor, The Usual Suspects | 30 October 1957 | |
| Kirk Douglas | Actor, Spartacus | 9 December 1916 | |
| Kyra Sedgwick | Actress, Phenomenon | 19 August 1965 | |
| Larry David | Writer, Seinfeld | 2 July 1947 | |
| Laura Silverman | Actress, Half Baked | 10 June 1966 | |
| Lauren Bacall | Actress, The Big Sleep | 16 September 1924 | |
| Leonard Cohen | Soundtrack, Watchmen | 21 September 1934 | |
| Leonard Nimoy | Actor, Star Trek | 26 March 1931 | |
| Liev Schreiber | Actor, X-Men Origins: Wolverine | 4 October 1967 | |
| Lisa Bonet | Actress, Enemy of the State | 16 November 1967 | |
| Lisa Edelstein | Actress, What Women Want | 21 May 1966 | |
| Lisa Kudrow | Actress, Analyze This | 30 July 1963 | |
| Lizzy Caplan | Actress, Cloverfield | 30 June 1982 | |
| Logan Lerman | Actor, 3:10 to Yuma | 19 January 1992 | |
| Louise Lasser | Actress, Requiem for a Dream | 11 April 1939 | |
| Maggie Gyllenhaal | Actress, The Dark Knight | 16 November 1977 | |
| Mandy Patinkin | Actor, The Princess Bride | 30 November 1952 | |
| Marc Jacobs | Self, Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton | 9 April 1963 | |
| Mare Winningham | Actress, Turner & Hooch | 16 May 1959 | |
| Margarita Levieva | Actress, The Invisible | 9 February 1980 | |
| Mark Feuerstein | Actor, What Women Want | 8 June 1971 | |
| Marla Sokoloff | Actress, Dude, Where’s My Car? | 19 December 1980 | |
| Marlee Matlin | Actress, Children of a Lesser God | 24 August 1965 | |
| Martin Landau | Actor, Ed Wood | 20 June 1928 | |
| Matthew Broderick | Actor, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off | 21 March 1962 | |
| Mayim Bialik | Actress, Beaches | 12 December 1975 | |
| Mel Brooks | Actor, The Producers | 28 June 1926 | |
| Mia Kirshner | Actress, Exotica | 25 January 1975 | |
| Michael Rosenbaum | Actor, Urban Legend | 11 July 1972 | |
| Michael Vartan | Actor, One Hour Photo | 27 November 1968 | |
| Michelle Trachtenberg | Actress, All My Children | 11 October 1985 | |
| Mila Kunis | Actress, Black Swan | 14 August 1983 | |
| Mili Avital | Actress, Stargate | 30 March 1972 | |
| Mélanie Laurent | Actress, Inglourious Basterds | 21 February 1983 | |
| Natalie Portman | Actress, V for Vendetta | 9 June 1981 | |
| Natasha Lyonne | Actress, American Pie | 4 April 1979 | |
| Neve Campbell | Actress, Scream | 3 October 1973 | |
| Nikki Schieler Ziering | Self, Playboy: Playmate Profile Video Collection Featuring Miss September 1997, 1994, 1991, 1988 | 9 August 1971 | |
| Noah Emmerich | Actor, The Truman Show | 27 February 1965 | |
| Noah Wyle | Actor, Donnie Darko | 4 June 1971 | |
| Oliver Hudson | Actor, The Breed | 7 September 1976 | |
| Patricia Arquette | Actress, True Romance | 8 April 1968 | |
| Paul Michael Glaser | Actor, Something’s Gotta Give | 25 March 1943 | |
| Paul Reiser | Actor, Aliens | 30 March 1957 | |
| Paul Rudd | Actor, Role Models | 6 April 1969 | |
| Paula Abdul | Self, Brüno | 19 June 1962 | |
| Peggy Lipton | Actress, The Postman | 30 August 1946 | |
| Peter Coyote | Actor, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial | 10 October 1941 | |
| Peter Falk | Actor, The Princess Bride | 16 September 1927 | |
| Pink | Self, Get Him to the Greek | 8 September 1979 | |
| Rashida Jones | Actress, I Love You, Man | 25 February 1976 | |
| Rena Sofer | Actress, General Hospital | 2 December 1968 | |
| Richard Dreyfuss | Actor, Close Encounters of the Third Kind | 29 October 1947 | |
| Richard Kind | Actor, A Serious Man | 22 November 1956 | |
| Robert Kazinsky | Actor, Red Tails | 18 November 1983 | |
| Rosanna Arquette | Actress, Pulp Fiction | 10 August 1959 | |
| Sacha Baron Cohen | Actor, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan | 13 October 1971 | |
| Sara Paxton | Actress, The Innkeepers | 25 April 1988 | |
| Sarah Michelle Gellar | Actress, Cruel Intentions | 14 April 1977 | |
| Sarah Silverman | Actress, The School of Rock | 1 December 1970 | |
| Scarlett Johansson | Actress, Lost in Translation | 22 November 1984 | |
| Scott Glenn | Actor, The Silence of the Lambs | 26 January 1941 | |
| Scott Mechlowicz | Actor, EuroTrip | 17 January 1981 | |
| Scott Weinger | Actor, Aladdin | 5 October 1975 | |
| Scott Wolf | Actor, Go | 4 June 1968 | |
| Seth Green | Actor, Austin Powers in Goldmember | 8 February 1974 | |
| Seth Rogen | Actor, Pineapple Express | 15 April 1982 | |
| Shia LaBeouf | Actor, Transformers | 11 June 1986 | |
| Shiri Appleby | Actress, Swimfan | 7 December 1978 | |
| Shirly Brener | Actress, Righteous Kill | 24 September 1974 | |
| Tony Curtis | Actor, Some Like It Hot | 3 June 1925 | |
| Tori Spelling | Actress, Trick | 16 May 1973 | |
| Victor Garber | Actor, Titanic | 16 March 1949 | |
| Walter Koenig | Actor, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | 14 September 1936 | |
| William Shatner | Actor, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | 22 March 1931 | |
| Woody Allen | Writer, Annie Hall | 1 December 1935 | |
| Zach Braff | Actor, Garden State | 6 April 1975 | |
| Zachary Gordon | Actor, Diary of a Wimpy Kid | 15 February 1998 | |
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