Sam Worthington

Australian Sam Worthington initially had no intention of becoming an actor. A high school dropout at 17, he accompanied his girlfriend to an audition for Australia's National Institute of Dramatic ...

Elizabeth Banks

Birth name: Elizabeth Maresal Mitchell

Originally from Massachusetts, Elizabeth Banks received her Bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania, then went on to earn a graduate d...

Jamie Bell

Born in Billingham, England, Jamie Bell comes from a family of dancers, including his grandmother, mother, aunt and sister. When he was small, he would stand outside the door of his sister's dance ...

Anthony Mackie

Originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, Anthony Mackie first studied acting at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts and completed his studies at Juilliard. He made his professional acting debut...

Edward Burns Edward Burns is an independent filmmaker, as well as an actor, director, producer and screenwriter. He received the coveted Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Festival in 1995 for his film The Brother...

Genesis Rodriguez

Venezuelan actress Genesis Rodriguez began taking acting, vocal, and dance classes as a child but knew she needed to do more if she wanted to seriously pursue her dreams of being an actress. So she...

Kyra Sedgwick

Born in New York City, Kyra Sedgwick made her professional acting debut at 16 when she landed the role of teenager Julia Shearer on the soap opera Another World. She played the role for on...

Ed Harris

Edward Allen Harris was born in Tenefly, New Jersey. He was a football star in high school, which led to a scholarship to Columbia University in New York. He dropped out in his second year and mo...