My Favourite People
by graceunderwater | created - 05 Jan 2011 | updated - 06 Jan 2012 | Public
1. Alan Rickman
Actor | Die Hard
Alan Rickman was born on a council estate in Acton, West London, to Margaret Doreen Rose (Bartlett), of English and Welsh descent, and Bernard Rickman, of Irish descent, who worked at a factory. Alan Rickman had an older brother (David), a younger brother (Michael), and a younger sister (Sheila). ...
Harry Potter series (2001-11) - Prof. Severus Snape Die Hard (1988) - Hans Gruber Sense and Sensibility (1995) - Colonel Brandon Love Actually (2003) - Harry Sweeney Todd (2007) - Judge Turpin The Song of Lunch (2010) - He Alice in Wonderland (2010) - Blue Caterpillar (voice) Snow Cake (2006) - Alex Galaxy Quest (1999) - Alexander Dane Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (2005) - Marvin (voice)
2. John Hughes
Writer | Planes, Trains & Automobiles
John Hughes was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter. He was credited for creating some of the most memorable comedy films of the 1980s and the 1990s, when he was at the height of his career. He had a talent for writing coming-of-age stories, and for depicting fairly realistic...
The Breakfast Club (1985) Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) Home Alone (1990) Weird Science (1985) Sixteen Candles (1984) Uncle Buck (1989) Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) Home Alone 2 (1992)
3. Daniel Radcliffe
Actor | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Daniel Jacob Radcliffe was born on July 23, 1989 in Fulham, London, England, to casting agent Marcia Gresham (née Jacobson) and literary agent Alan Radcliffe. His father is from a Northern Irish Protestant background, while his mother was born in South Africa, to a Jewish family (from Lithuania, ...
Harry Potter series (2001-11) - Harry December Boys (2007) - Maps
4. Blake Lively
Actress | Gossip Girl
Blake Ellender Lively was born Blake Ellender Brown on August 25, 1987 in Los Angeles, California to Elaine Lively & Ernie Lively. Her brother is actor Eric Lively, and her half-siblings are actors Lori Lively, Robyn Lively and Jason Lively. She followed her parents' and siblings' steps. Her first ...
The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (2005-8) - Bridget Vreeland Gossip Girl (2007-) - Serena Van Der Woodsen
5. David Tennant
Actor | Doctor Who
Widely considered as one of the greatest stage and screen actors of his generation both in his native Scotland and internationally, David Tennant was born David John McDonald in West Lothian, Scotland, to Essdale Helen (McLeod) and Sandy McDonald, who was a Presbyterian minister. He is of Scottish ...
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) - Barty Crouch Jnr Doctor Who (2005-09) - The Doctor The Catherine Tate Show (2007-9)
6. Richard Curtis
Writer | Love Actually
Richard Curtis was born on November 8, 1956 in Wellington, New Zealand. He is a writer and producer, known for Love Actually (2003), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) and About Time (2013).
Love Actually (2003) The Boat That Rocked (2009) Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) Mr Bean (1995) Notting Hill (1999) Bridget Jones Diary (2001) Bridget Jones Diary 2 (2004)
7. Anthony Michael Hall
Actor | War Machine
Anthony Michael Hall was born in West Roxbury, Massachusetts. His parents are Mercedes Hall, an actress-blues and jazz singer, and Larry Hall, who owned an auto body shop. His stepfather is a show-business manager. His sister, Mary Christian, is also a performer. He has Irish and Italian ancestry. ...
The Breakfast Club (1985) - Brian Johnson Weird Science (1985) - Gary Sixteen Candles (1984) - Ted/the Geek Edward Scissorhands (1990) - Jim The Dark Knight (2008)
8. Hugh Grant
Actor | Love Actually
Hugh Grant, one of Britain's best known faces, has been equally entertaining on-screen as well as in real life, and has had enough sense of humor to survive a media frenzy. He is known for his roles in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), with Andie MacDowell, Notting Hill (1999), opposite Julia ...
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) - Daniel Cleaver Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) - Charles Love Actually (2003) - David/PM Music and Lyrics (2007) - Alex Fletcher Notting Hill (1999) - William Bridget Jones 2 (2004) - Daniel Cleaver Sense and Sensibility (1995) - Edward Ferrars About A Boy (2002) - Will
9. Bill Nighy
Actor | Love Actually
Bill Nighy is an award-winning British character actor. He was born William Francis Nighy on December 12, 1949 in Caterham, Surrey, England, to Catherine Josephine (Whittaker), a psychiatric nurse from Glasgow, and Alfred Martin Nighy, who was English-born and managed a garage in Croydon.
At school,...
The Boat That Rocked (2009) - Quentin Love Actually (2003) - Billy Mack Hot Fuzz (2007) - Sergeant Met Inspector Pirates of the Caribbean series (2006-7) - Davy Jones Wild Target (2010) - Victor Maynard Shaun of the Dead (2004) - Philip Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (2010) - Scrimgeour Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (2005) - Startifartblast Stormbreaker (2006) - Alan Blunt
10. Stephen Curry
Actor | Rogue
Stephen Curry is an Australian comedian and actor who has appeared in many television drama and comedy series, and feature films. Curry was born in Melbourne in 1976. The youngest of five children, he grew up in Deepdene in Melbourne's eastern suburbs. Curry was raised Catholic and attended Our ...
The Castle (1997) - Dale Thunderstruck (2004) - Ben The King (2007) - Graham Kennedy Take Away (2004) - Trev The Cup (2011) - Damien Oliver Cloudstreet (2011) - Sam Pickles The Librarians (2007)
11. Martin Freeman
Actor | Black Panther
Martin Freeman is an English actor, known for portraying Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit film trilogy, Tim Canterbury in the original UK version of sitcom mockumentary The Office (2001), Dr. John Watson in the British crime drama Sherlock (2010) and Lester Nygaard in the dark ...
Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy (2005) - Arthur Dent The Office series (2001-3) - Tim Love Actually (2003) - John Shaun of the Dead (2004) - Declan Hot Fuzz (2007) - Met Sergeant Wild Target (2010) - Hector
12. David Spade
Actor | Joe Dirt
Adept at playing comic brat extraordinaires both on film and TV, David Spade was born on July 22, 1964, in Birmingham, Michigan, the youngest of three brothers. He is the son of Judith J. (Meek), a writer and editor, and Wayne M. Spade, a sales rep, and is of German, English, Irish, and Scottish ...
Just Shoot Me! (1997-03) - Dennis Finch 8 Simple Rules (2005) - CJ The Benchwarmers (2006) - Richie Grown Ups (2010) - Marcus Rules of Engagement (2007) - Russell
13. Leonardo DiCaprio
Actor | Inception
Few actors in the world have had a career quite as diverse as Leonardo DiCaprio's. DiCaprio has gone from relatively humble beginnings, as a supporting cast member of the sitcom Growing Pains (1985) and low budget horror movies, such as Critters 3 (1991), to a major teenage heartthrob in the 1990s,...
Titanic (1997) - Jack Dawson Catch Me If You Can (2002) - Frank Abagnale Jnr Inception (2010) - Dom Cobb
14. Simon Pegg
Actor | Shaun of the Dead
English actor, writer, and comedian Simon Pegg was born Simon John Beckingham in Brockworth, Gloucestershire, to Gillian Rosemary (Smith), a civil servant, and John Henry Beckingham, a jazz musician. His parents divorced when he was seven. He later took his stepfather's surname "Pegg." He was ...
Spaced (1999) - Tim Shaun of the Dead (2004) - Shaun Hot Fuzz (2007) - Sgt. Nicholas Angel Paul (2011)
15. Tom Hanks
Producer | Cast Away
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks was born in Concord, California, to Janet Marylyn (Frager), a hospital worker, and Amos Mefford Hanks, an itinerant cook. His mother's family, originally surnamed "Fraga", was entirely Portuguese, while his father was of mostly English ancestry. Tom grew up in what he has ...
Toy Story series (1995- 2010) - Woody Forrest Gump (1994) - Forrest Gump Catch Me If You Can (2002) - Carl Castaway (1999) Big (1988) - Josh
16. Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Actor | Inception
Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt was born February 17, 1981 in Los Angeles, California, to Jane Gordon and Dennis Levitt. Joseph was raised in a Jewish family with his late older brother, Dan Gordon-Levitt, who passed away in October 2010. His parents worked for the Pacifica Radio station KPFK-FM and ...
10 Things I Hate About You (1999) - Cameron (500) Days of Summer (2009) - Tom Inception (2010)
17. Kate Winslet
Actress | Titanic
Ask Kate Winslet what she likes about any of her characters, and the word "ballsy" is bound to pop up at least once. The British actress has made a point of eschewing straightforward pretty-girl parts in favor of more devilish damsels; as a result, she's built an eclectic resume that runs the gamut...
Sense and Sensibility (1995) - Marianne Dashwood Titanic (1998) - Rose DeWitt Bukater The Holiday (2006) - Iris
18. Matthew Broderick
Actor | The Producers
A slight comic actor chiefly known for his boyish charm, Matthew Broderick was born on March 21, 1962 in New York City, to Patricia Broderick (née Biow), a playwright and painter, and James Broderick, an actor. His father had Irish and English ancestry, and his mother was from a Jewish family (from...
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) - Ferris Bueller
19. Sam Rockwell
Actor | Moon
Sam Rockwell was born on November 5, 1968, in San Mateo, California, the only child of two actors, Pete Rockwell and Penny Hess. The family moved to New York when he was two years old, living first in the Bronx and later in Manhattan. When Sam was five years old, his parents separated, at which ...
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (2005) - Zaphod Beeblebrox Moon (2009) - Sam Charlie's Angels (2000) - Eric Knox
20. Zooey Deschanel
Actress | New Girl
Zooey Deschanel was born in 1980 into a showbiz family. Her father, Caleb Deschanel, is an Academy Award-nominated cinematographer (perhaps most notably for The Passion of the Christ (2004)) and her mother, Mary Jo Deschanel (née Weir), is an actress who appeared in Twin Peaks (1990). Her paternal ...
(500) Days of Summer (2009) - Summer Finn Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (2005) - Trillian
21. Rupert Grint
Actor | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint was born in Harlow, Essex, England, the elder son of Joanne (Parsons) and Nigel Grint, who dealt in memorabilia. The first of 5 children, Rupert has one brother and three sisters.
Rupert grew up in Hertfordshire, the English county directly to the north of London, ...
Harry Potter series (2001-11) - Ron Weasley Wild Target (2010) - Tony
22. Cate Blanchett
Actress | Carol
Cate Blanchett was born on May 14, 1969 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, to June (Gamble), an Australian teacher and property developer, and Robert DeWitt Blanchett, Jr., an American advertising executive, originally from Texas. She has an older brother and a younger sister. When she was ten ...
Thank God He Met Lizzie (1998) - Lizzie The Curious Case of Benjamin button (2008) - Daisy
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