List of Jewish actors

This is a list of notable Jewish actors. Some of these may have had some Jewish ancestry, and are ethnically considered Jewish, but did not practice Judaism (e.g. Douglas Fairbanks).

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Born in the 1990s–2000s

Name	Years	Nationality	Notable Roles	References
Austin Abrams	1996–	American	The Walking Dead, Paper Towns, Euphoria, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark	[1]
Gideon Adlon	1997–	American	Blockers, The Walking Dead: The Final Season, The Mustang, The Craft: Legacy, Sick
Asher Angel	2002–	American	Andi Mack, Shazam!	[2]
Iris Apatow	2002–	American	This Is 40, Love	[3][4][5][6][7]
Maude Apatow	1997–	American	This Is 40, Other People, Assassination Nation, Euphoria	[3][4][5][6][7]
Baby Ariel	2000–	American	Zombies
Chiara Aurelia	2002–	American	Gerald's Game, Fear Street Part Two: 1978, Cruel Summer
Odessa A'zion	2000–	American	Grand Army, Hellraiser, Sitting in Bars with Cake, Until Dawn	[8]
Ariela Barer	1998–	American	One Day at a Time, Runaways, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, The Last of Us	[9]
Madison Beer	1999–	American	Louder Than Words	[10]
Sofia Black-D'Elia	1991–	American	Skins, Single Drunk Female	[11]
Asher Blinkoff	2008–	American	Hotel Transylvania 2, Hotel Transylvania 3	[12][13]
Jonah Bobo	1997–	American	Zathura	[14][15]
Billie Boullet	2005–	British-French	The Worst Witch, A Small Light	[16]
Cameron Boyce	1999–2019	American	Jessie, Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything, Descendants	[17][18]
Abigail Breslin	1996–	American	Signs, Little Miss Sunshine, Zombieland, Zombieland: Double Tap, Stillwater	[19][20]
Spencer Breslin	1992–	American	The Happening	[19][20]
Ashley Brooke	2005–	American	Troop Zero, A Small Light	[21]
Max Burkholder	1997–	American	Parenthood	[22]
Carly Chaikin	1990–	American	Suburgatory, Mr. Robot
Pauline Chalamet	1992–	American	The King of Staten Island, The Sex Lives of College Girls, Between the Temples
Timothée Chalamet	1995–	American	Call Me by Your Name, Lady Bird, Little Women, Dune, Wonka	[23]
Catherine Cohen	1991–	American	Search Party, Three Busy Debras	[24]
Emory Cohen	1990–	American	The Place Beyond the Pines, Brooklyn, The OA, Rebel Ridge	[25]
David Corenswet	1993–	American	The Politician, We Own This City, Pearl, Twisters, Superman	[26]
Caylee Cowan	1998–	American	Willy's Wonderland, Frank and Penelope	[27]
Flora Cross	1993–	American	Bee Season	[28]
Spencer Daniels	1992–	American		[29]
Pete Davidson	1993–	American	Saturday Night Live, The King of Staten Island, Bodies Bodies Bodies	[30]
Zoey Deutch	1994–	American	Vampire Academy, Everybody Wants Some!!, Before I Fall, Not Okay	[31]
Jason Drucker	2005–	American	Bumblebee	[32]
Hannah Einbinder	1995–	American	Hacks	[33]
Ansel Elgort	1994–	American	The Fault in Our Stars, Baby Driver	[34]
Beanie Feldstein	1993–	American	Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, Lady Bird, Booksmart
Noa Fisher	2000–	American	Uncut Gems, Betty, Master, Goodrich
Brandon Flynn	1993–	American	13 Reasons Why, Ratched, Hellraiser	[35]
Fabien Frankel	1994–	British	House of the Dragon	[36]
Isabelle Fuhrman	1997–	American	Orphan, The Hunger Games, The Novice	[37]
Aidan Gallagher	2003–	American	Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, The Umbrella Academy
Julia Garner	1994–	American	Electrick Children, We Are What We Are, Grandma, Ozark	[38]
Dylan Gelula	1994–	American	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, First Girl I Loved, Support the Girls, Shithouse, Smile 2	[39]
Kaia Gerber	2001–	American	American Horror Stories, American Horror Story: Double Feature, Bottoms	[40]
Esti Ginzburg	1990–	Israeli	Twelve	[41]
Skyler Gisondo	1996–	American	Santa Clarita Diet, Vacation, The Righteous Gemstones, Booksmart, Licorice Pizza, Superman	[42]
Ariella Glaser	2005–	British	Radioactive, White Bird	[43]
Molly Gordon	1995–	American	Animal Kingdom, Booksmart, Good Boys, Shiva Baby, The Bear
Zachary Gordon	1998–	American	Diary of a Wimpy Kid	[44]
Alexander Gould	1994–	American	Finding Nemo, Weeds	[45]
Jack Dylan Grazer	2003–	American	It, Shazam!	[46]
Ariana Greenblatt	2007–	American	Avengers: Infinity War, Love and Monsters, Barbie	[47]
Shira Haas	1995–	Israeli	Shtisel, Princess, Foxtrot, Unorthodox, Captain America: Brave New World
Teo Halm	1999–	American	Earth to Echo	[48]
Jonah Hauer-King	1995–	British	A Dog's Way Home, The Little Mermaid, The Tattooist of Auschwitz	[49]
Fred Hechinger	1999–	American	News of the World, The Fear Street Trilogy, The White Lotus, Hell of a Summer, Gladiator II, Nickel Boys	[50][51]
Madison Iseman	1997–	American	Tales of Halloween, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle	[52]
Carter Jenkins	1991–	American	After	[53]
Rachel Keller	1992–	American	Legion, Fargo, The Society	[54]
Hunter King	1993–	American	A Girl Like Her	[55]
Joey King	1999–	American	The Conjuring, Fargo, The Kissing Booth, The Act, We Were the Lucky Ones	[55]
Kira Kosarin	1997–	American	The Thundermans	[56]
Logan Lerman	1992–	American	Percy Jackson & the Olympians, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Noah, Fury, Hunters, We Were the Lucky Ones	[57][58]
Julia Lester	2000–	American	High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
Chloe Levine	1996–	American	The Transfiguration, The OA, Ask for Jane
Judah Lewis	2001–	American	Demolition, The Babysitter, The Christmas Chronicles	[59]
Jaren Lewison	2000–	American	Never Have I Ever
Jonathan Lipnicki	1990–	American	Jerry Maguire, Stuart Little, Like Mike	[60]
Billie Lourd	1992–	American	American Horror Story, Booksmart, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker	[61][62][63][64][65]
Mikey Madison	1999–	American	Better Things, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Scream, Anora, Lady in the Lake	[66]
Milo Manheim	2001–	American	Zombies	[67][68]
Yali Topol Margalith	2000–	Israeli	A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, The Tattooist of Auschwitz
David Mazouz	2001–	American	Gotham, Touch	[69]
Clara McGregor	1996–	British	American Horror Story: NYC, Bleeding Love	[70]
Esther McGregor	2001–	British	Babygirl, The Room Next Door, High School, We Were Liars	[71]
Blake Michael	1996–	American	Lemonade Mouth, Dog with a Blog
Ezra Miller	1992–	American	City Island, Beware the Gonzo, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Perks of Being a Wallflower, Justice League	[72]
Ian Nelson	1995–	American		[73]
Wyatt Oleff	2003–	American	It, Guardians of the Galaxy
Yasmin Paige	1990s–	British	Pramface, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Submarine	[74]
Victoria Pedretti	1995–	American	The Haunting, You, Shirley
Nicola Peltz	1995–	American	Bates Motel, Transformers: Dark of the Moon	[75]
Ben Platt	1993–	American	Pitch Perfect, Dear Evan Hansen	[76][77][78]
Ryan Potter	1995–	American	Supah Ninjas, Big Hero 6	[79]
Bel Powley	1992–	British	The Diary of a Teenage Girl, White Boy Rick, The King of Staten Island, Moominvalley, A Small Light, Masters of the Air
Emily Ratajkowski	1991–	American	Gone Girl	[80]
Nathalia Ramos	1992–	Spanish	House of Anubis	[81]
Sarah Ramos	1991–	American	American Dreams, Parenthood	[82]
Anna Rezan	1992–	Greek		[83]
Ben Rosenfield	1992–	American	Boardwalk Empire, 6 Years, Twin Peaks	[84]
Sofia Rosinsky	2006–	American	Paper Girls, Death and Other Details	[85]
Ella Rubin	2001–	American	The Chair, The Idea of You, Masters of the Air, Until Dawn, Fear Street: Prom Queen	[86]
Joshua Rush	2001–	American	Andi Mack	[87]
Odeya Rush	1997–	Israeli-American	The Giver, Goosebumps, Lady Bird, Dumplin', Let It Snow, Cha Cha Real Smooth	[88]
Daryl Sabara	1992–	American	Spy Kids series, Generator Rex, Ben 10	[89]
Halston Sage	1993–	American	How to Rock, Neighbors, Paper Towns	[90]
Sadie Sandler	2006–	American	Hubie Halloween, You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah, Leo	[91]
Sunny Sandler	2008–	American	Hubie Halloween, You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah, Leo	[91]
Larry Saperstein	1998–	American	High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
Noah Schnapp	2004–	American	Stranger Things	[92]
Max Schneider	1992–	American	How to Rock	[93]
Sarah Sherman	1993–	American	Nimona, You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah	[94]
Diana Silvers	1997–	American	Into the Dark, Booksmart, Ma, Space Force, Birds of Paradise
Troye Sivan	1995–	Australian	Spud	[95]
Sasha Spielberg	1990–	American	In a Relationship	[96]
Ari'el Stachel	1991–	American	Zola, Don't Worry Darling	[97]
Adiel Stein	1991–	American	Stolen Summer	[98]
Hanna Stein	1991–	American	Never Have I Ever
Hailee Steinfeld	1996–	American	True Grit, The Edge of Seventeen, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Bumblebee	[99][100][101]
Gregg Sulkin	1992–	British	Avalon High, Faking It, Wizards of Waverly Place, Runaways	[102]
Aaron Taylor-Johnson	1990–	British	Nowhere Boy, Kick-Ass, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Nocturnal Animals, Outlaw King, Nosferatu, 28 Years Later	[103]
Bex Taylor-Klaus	1994–	American	The Killing, House of Lies, Arrow, Scream
Yali Topol Margalith	2000–	Israeli	The Tattooist of Auschwitz, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder	[104]
Madeline Weinstein	1993–	American	Beach Rats, Alex Strangelove, Mare of Easttown, Between the Temples	[105]
Zoe Weizenbaum	1991–	American	Memoirs of a Geisha	[106]
Alex Wolff	1997–	American	The Naked Brothers Band, Patriots Day, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Hereditary	[107]
Nat Wolff	1994–	American	The Naked Brothers Band, The Fault in Our Stars, Paper Towns	[107]
Sarah Yarkin	1993–	American	Happy Death Day 2U, Motherland: Fort Salem, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Not Okay
Hadas Yaron	1990–	Israeli	Fill the Void, Felix and Meira, Shtisel, We Were the Lucky Ones
Lucas Jade Zumann	2000–	American	20th Century Women, Anne with an E	[108][109]

Born in the 1980s

Name	Years	Nationality	Notable roles	References
Dianna Agron	1986–	American	Heroes, Glee, I Am Number Four, Shiva Baby	[110]
Jonathan Ahdout	1989–	American	House of Sand and Fog	[111]
Cooper Andrews	1985–	American	Shazam!, The Walking Dead	[112]
Aviv Alush	1982–	Israeli	False Flag, The Women's Balcony, The Shack
Nora Arnezeder	1989–	French		[113]
Skylar Astin	1987–	American	Pitch Perfect, Spring Awakening	[114]
Moran Atias	1981–	Israeli	The Resident
Justin Berfield	1986–	American	Malcolm in the Middle	[115]
Rachel Bilson	1981–	American	The O.C., The Last Kiss, Hart of Dixie	[116][117]
Rachel Bloom	1987–	American	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	[118]
Josh Bowman	1988–	British	Revenge	[119][120]
Alison Brie	1982–	American	Community, Mad Men, GLOW	[121]
Ania Bukstein	1982–	Russian-born Israeli	False Flag, Game of Thrones
Amanda Bynes	1986–	American	She's the Man, Hairspray, The Amanda Show	[122]
Aya Cash	1982–	American	The Boys, You’re the Worst	[123]
Lizzy Caplan	1982–	American	Mean Girls, Cloverfield, Party Down, True Blood	[124]
Cristiana Capotondi	1980–	Italian		[125]
Lauren Cohan	1982–	British-American	The Walking Dead
Matt Cohen	1982–	American	South of Nowhere	[126]
Lauren Collins	1986–	Canadian	Degrassi: The Next Generation	[127]
Alexa Davalos	1982–	American		[128]
Kat Dennings	1986–	American	Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, 2 Broke Girls, Thor	[129]
Daveed Diggs	1982–	American	Hamilton, clipping.	[130]
Drake	1986–	Canadian	Degrassi: The Next Generation	[127]
Lena Dunham	1986–	American	Girls	[131]
Zac Efron	1987–	American	High School Musical, 17 Again, Neighbors	[132]
Alden Ehrenreich	1989–	American	Hail, Caesar!, Solo: A Star Wars Story	[133]
Jesse Eisenberg	1983–	American	The Social Network, Now You See Me, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	[134]
Jake Epstein	1987–	Canadian	Degrassi: The Next Generation	[127][131]
Stacey Farber	1987–	Canadian	Degrassi: The Next Generation	[127]
Ben Feldman	1980–	American	The Perfect Man, Mad Men, Superstore	[135]
Donna Feldman	1982–	American	You Don't Mess with the Zohan	[136]
Jeremy Ferdman	1986–	Canadian		[137]
Ben Foster	1980–	American	X-Men: The Last Stand	[138]
Jon Foster	1984–	American	Stay Alive	[139]
Shayna Fox	1984–	American		[140]
Dave Franco	1985–	American	Superbad, Now You See Me, Scrubs	[141]
Jason Fuchs	1986–	American	Holy Rollers	[142]
Seth Gabel	1981–	American		[143]
Josh Gad	1981–	American	The Rocker, 21, Love & Other Drugs, Frozen, Frozen II	[144][145]
Gal Gadot	1985–	Israeli	Fast & Furious, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	[146]
Andrew Garfield	1983–	American-born British	Lions for Lambs, The Social Network, The Amazing Spider-Man, Tick, Tick... Boom!	[147]
Romola Garai	1982–	Hong Kong-born British		[148]
Rafi Gavron	1989–	British-American	Inkheart	[149]
Gideon Glick	1988–	American	Spring Awakening	[150]
Ilana Glazer	1987–	American	Broad City, The Night Before
Jake Goldsbie	1988–	Canadian		[127]
Brett Goldstein	1980–	British	Ted Lasso
Joseph Gordon-Levitt	1981–	American	10 Things I Hate About You, Inception, Looper, (500) Days of Summer, The Dark Knight Rises, Premium Rush	[151]
Katerina Graham	1989–	Swiss-born American	The Vampire Diaries	[152]
Ari Graynor	1983–	American	Holy Rollers, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, Whip It	[153]
Eva Green	1980–	French	The Dreamers, Casino Royale	[154]
Yael Grobglas	1984–	French-born Israeli	Reign, Jane the Virgin, JeruZalem
Jake Gyllenhaal	1980–	American	Donnie Darko, Brokeback Mountain, The Day After Tomorrow	[155][156]
Erin Heatherton	1989–	American		[157]
Simon Helberg	1980–	American	The Big Bang Theory, A Serious Man	[158]
Jonah Hill	1983–	American	Superbad, Moneyball, 21 Jump Street, The Wolf of Wall Street	[159]
Aaron Himelstein	1986–	American	Austin Powers in Goldmember	[160]
Michiel Huisman	1981–	Dutch	Game of Thrones, The Haunting of Hill House, The Age of Adaline	[161][162]
Oliver Jackson-Cohen	1986–	British	The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, The Invisible Man	[163]
Dana Ivgy	1982–	Israeli	Or (My Treasure), Jaffa, Zero Motivation
Abbi Jacobson	1984–	American	Broad City, Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Will Janowitz	1980–	American	The Sopranos	[164]
Scarlett Johansson	1984–	American	Lost in Translation, Match Point, The Avengers, Her, Marriage Story, Jojo Rabbit	[165][166]
Jeremy Jordan	1984–	American	Smash, The Last Five Years	[167]
Tomer Kapon	1985–	Israeli	The Boys
Eddie Kaye Thomas	1980–	American	American Pie, Scorpion, American Dad, 'Til Death, How to Make It in America, Harold & Kumar	[168]
Robert Kazinsky	1983–	British	EastEnders	[169]
Jonathan Keltz	1988–	American	Entourage, Prom, 21 & Over	[170][171][172]
Shane Kippel	1986–	Canadian	Degrassi: The Next Generation	[127]
Mila Kunis	1983–	Ukrainian-born American	That '70s Show, Family Guy, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Black Swan, Ted	[173][174]
Shia LaBeouf	1986–	American	Transformers, Disturbia, The Greatest Game Ever Played, Eagle Eye, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	[175][176]
Emma Lahana	1984–	New Zealand	Power Rangers Dino Thunder, Cloak & Dagger	[177]
Melanie Laurent	1983–	French	Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas, Inglourious Basterds	[178]
Inbar Lavi	1986–	Israeli	Imposters, Prison Break, Lucifer	[179]
Margarita Levieva	1980–	Russian	The Invisible, Revenge	[180][181]
Jane Levy	1989–	American	Shameless, Evil Dead, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist	[182]
Sivan Levy	1987–	Israeli	Six Acts, Inch'Allah
Alex D. Linz	1989–	American	Home Alone 3, Max Keeble's Big Move	[183][184]
John Magaro	1983–	American	The Life Before Her Eyes, Assassination of a High School President	[185][186]
Shiri Maimon	1981–	Israeli		[187]
Zosia Mamet	1988–	American	Girls	[188]
Eli Marienthal	1986–	American	Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, The Iron Giant	[189]
Thomas McDonell	1986–	American	The 100	[190]
Scott Mechlowicz	1981–	American	EuroTrip, Mean Creek	[191]
Christopher Mintz-Plasse	1989–	American	Superbad, Role Models, Kick-Ass	[192][193]
Julian Morris	1983–	British	Pretty Little Liars, ER, Cry Wolf	[194]
Bar Paly	1985–	Russian-born Israeli-American		[195]
Adam Pally	1982–	American	Happy Endings
Sara Paxton	1988–	American	Darcy's Wild Life, Aquamarine	[196][197][198]
Josh Peck	1986–	American	Drake & Josh, Max Keeble's Big Move	[199]
Ashley Peldon	1984–	American		[200]
Courtney Peldon	1981–	American		[201]
Sarah Podemski	1983–	Canadian	Empire of Dirt, Reservation Dogs	[202]
Alisan Porter	1981–	American	Curly Sue, The Voice	[203]
Natalie Portman	1981–	Israeli-born American	Star Wars: Episodes I, II, III, V for Vendetta, Black Swan	[204]
Laura Prepon	1980–	American	That '70s Show. Orange Is the New Black	[205][206]
Ester Rada	1985–	Israeli
Daniel Radcliffe	1989–	British	Harry Potter	[207]
Ben Rappaport	1986–	American	Outsourced	[208]
Melissa Rauch	1980–	American	The Big Bang Theory, The Bronze	[209]
Monica Raymund	1986–	American
Nikki Reed	1988–	American	Thirteen, Lords of Dogtown, The Twilight Saga	[210][211]
Bar Refaeli	1985–	Israeli	Session	[212]
Max Rhyser	1982–	American	A Four Letter Word, Homeland, Violet Tendencies	[213]
Seth Rogen	1982–	Canadian	Pineapple Express, Knocked Up, Neighbors	[214][215]
Agam Rodberg	1986–	Israel
Emmy Rossum	1986–	American	The Phantom of the Opera, Poseidon, Shameless	[216][217]
Jessica Rothe	1987–	American	Happy Death Day
Daniela Ruah	1983–	Portuguese-American	NCIS: Los Angeles
Lara Sacher	1986–	Australian	Neighbours	[218]
Amy Schumer	1981–	American	Inside Amy Schumer, Trainwreck
Ben Schwartz	1981–	American	Peep World, Undercovers, House of Lies, Sonic The Hedgehog	[219]
Jason Schwartzman	1980–	American
Robert Schwartzman	1982–	American	Princess Diaries
Jason Segel	1980–	American	How I Met Your Mother, Forgetting Sarah Marshall	[220]
David Serero	1981–	French		[221]
Jamie-Lynn Sigler	1981–	American	The Sopranos, Entourage	[222]
Nick Simmons	1989–	American		[223]
Ed Skrein	1983–	British	Game of Thrones, The Transporter Refueled, Deadpool
Jenny Slate	1982–	American	Saturday Night Live, Despicable Me 3	[224]
Leelee Sobieski	1983–	American		[225]
Marla Sokoloff	1980–	American	Big Day	[226]
Emilia Spivak	1981–	Russian		[227]
Shoshannah Stern	1980–	American	Jericho, The Hammer, Supernatural
Yael Stone	1985–	Australian	Orange Is The New Black	[228]
Lauren Storm	1987–	American	Flight 29 Down	[229]
Alona Tal	1983–	Israeli	Supernatural, Hostages, Daredevil
Ninet Tayeb	1983–	Israeli		[230]
Khleo Thomas	1989–	American	Holes	[231]
Itay Tiran	1980–	Israeli	Beaufort, Lebanon, Hostages
Ashley Tisdale	1985–	American	High School Musical, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	[232]
Michelle Trachtenberg	1985–2025	American	Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Gossip Girl, 17 Again	[233]
Jonathan Tucker	1982–	American	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Ruins	[234]
Raviv (Ricky) Ullman	1986–	Israeli-born American	Phil of the Future	[235]
Milana Vayntrub	1987–	Uzbek-American	AT&T television commercials, This Is Us
Hannah Ware	1982–	English	Boss	[236]
Michael Welch	1987–	American	Joan of Arcadia	[237]
Mara Wilson	1987–	American	Matilda, Mrs. Doubtfire, Miracle on 34th Street
Sophie Winkleman	1980–	British	Two and a Half Men
James Wolk	1985–	American	Lone Star, Shameless	[238][239]
Evan Rachel Wood	1987–	American	Thirteen, The Upside of Anger, Across the Universe, Westworld	[210][211][240]
Alex Wyse	1987–	American	Spring Awakening, Lysistrata Jones, Wicked
Anton Yelchin	1989–2016	Russian-born American	Alpha Dog, Terminator Salvation, Star Trek	[241][242]
Ashley Zukerman	1983–	American	The Fear Street Trilogy	[243]

Born in the 1970s

Name	Years	Nationality	Prominent roles	References
Reymond Amsalem	1978–	Israeli	Hostages
Dave Annable	1979–	American		[244][245]
Shiri Appleby	1978–	American	Roswell	[246]
David Arquette	1971–	American	Scream, See Spot Run	[247][248]
Matt Austin	1975–	Canadian	Power Rangers S.P.D.
Mili Avital	1972–	Israeli	Stargate	[249][250]
Eric Balfour	1977–	American		[251]
Elizabeth Banks	1974–	American	The Hunger Games, Spider-Man	[252]
Sendi Bar	1976–	Israeli		[253]
Sacha Baron Cohen	1971–	British	Ali G, Borat, Brüno, The Dictator	[254]
Justin Bartha	1978–	American	Gigli, National Treasure, The Hangover	[255]
Dani Behr	1971–	British		[256]
Amber Benson	1977–	American	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	[257]
Elizabeth Berkley	1972–	American	Saved by the Bell, Showgirls	[258]
Josh Bernstein	1971–	American	Digging for the Truth	[259]
Jon Bernthal	1976–	American	The Walking Dead, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, The Punisher
Mayim Bialik	1975–	American	Blossom, The Big Bang Theory	[260]
Michael Ian Black	1971–	American		[261]
Selma Blair	1972–	American	Cruel Intentions, Hellboy	[262]
Alex Borstein	1973–	American	Family Guy	[263]
Caprice Bourret	1971–	American/British		[264]
Zach Braff	1975–	American	Scrubs, Garden State, The Last Kiss	[265]
Tamara Braun	1971–	American		[266]
Adam Brody	1979–	American	The O.C.	[267]
Adrien Brody	1973–	American	Septembers of Shiraz, The Pianist	[268][269]
Sarah Brown	1975–	American		[270]
Brooke Burke	1971–	American		[271][272]
Scott Caan	1976–	American	Hawaii 5–0
James Callis	1971–	British	Battlestar Galactica	[273]
Neve Campbell	1973–	Canadian	Scream
Josh Charles	1971–	American	The Good Wife, Sports Night, Dead Poets Society	[274]
David Charvet	1972–	French-born American	Baywatch	[275][276]
Dmitry Chepovetsky	1970–	Ukrainian	ReGenesis	[277]
Emmanuelle Chriqui	1977–	Canadian	Entourage, You Don't Mess with the Zohan	[278]
Assaf Cohen	1972–	American
Jennifer Connelly	1970–	American		[279]
Eric Dane	1972–	American	Grey's Anatomy, Marley & Me, Valentine's Day	[280][281]
Erin Daniels	1973–	American	The L Word	[282][283]
Dustin Diamond	1977–2021	American	Saved by the Bell
Meital Dohan	1976–	Israeli	Weeds	[284]
Vanja Ejdus	1976–	Serbian
Gad Elmaleh	1971–	Moroccan-French
Oded Fehr	1970–	Israeli/American	The Mummy, Resident Evil	[285]
Corey Feldman	1971–	American	The Goonies	[286]
Mark Feuerstein	1971–	American	Royal Pains	[287]
Isla Fisher	1976–	Omani-born Australian	Wedding Crashers, Confessions of a Shopaholic, The Great Gatsby	[288]
James Franco	1978–	American	James Dean, Spider-Man, 127 Hours	[289][290]
Soleil Moon Frye	1976–	American	Punky Brewster	[291]
Sarah Michelle Gellar	1977–	American	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	[292][293]
Sara Gilbert	1975–	American	Roseanne	[294]
Jessalyn Gilsig	1971–	Canadian	Nip/Tuck	[295]
Elon Gold	1970–	American		[296]
Iddo Goldberg	1975–	Israeli	Defiance
Ginnifer Goodwin	1978–	American	Once Upon a Time	[297]
Seth Green	1974–	American	Robot Chicken, Austin Powers, Family Guy	[298][299]
Bryan Greenberg	1978–	American	Prime	[300]
Max Greenfield	1979–	American	New Girl	[301]
Becky Griffin	1977–	American-Israeli		[302]
Maggie Gyllenhaal	1977–	American	The Dark Knight	[283][303]
Tiffany Haddish	1979–	American-Eritrean	Girls Trip	[304][305]
Corey Haim	1971–2010	Canadian	Lucas, The Lost Boys	[306]
Tzachi Halevy	1975–	Israeli	Bethlehem, Fauda, Mary Magdalene
Chelsea Handler	1975–	American	Chelsea Lately	[307]
Alyson Hannigan	1974–	American
Samantha Harris	1973–	American		[308]
Cole Hauser	1975–	American		[309][310]
Daniel Hendler	1976–	Uruguayan	Bottom of the Sea, Family Law	[311]
Kate Hudson	1979–	American	Almost Famous, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days	[312]
Oliver Hudson	1976–	American		[139]
Rashida Jones	1976–	American	The Office (U.S.), Parks and Recreation	[313]
Chris Kattan	1970–	American
Omri Katz	1976–	American	Dallas	[314]
Joel Kinnaman	1979–	Swedish and American	Easy Money, RoboCop, Altered Carbon	[315]
Mia Kirshner	1975–	Canadian	The L Word, 24	[283]
Alla Korot	1970–	Ukrainian-born American		[316]
Nick Kroll	1978–	American	The League, Big Mouth, Kroll Show, The House	[317]
Lisa Kushell	1971–	American	MADtv, co-host of Dinner and a Movie	[318]
David Krumholtz	1978–	American	NUMB3RS	[319]
Juliet Landau	1972–	American		[320][321]
Aaron Lazar	1976–	American	J. Edgar, The Notorious Bettie Page	[322][323]
Yehezkel Lazarov	1974–	Israeli
Adam Levine	1979–	American	The Voice	[324]
Jonah Lotan	1973–	Israeli-American	Hostages
Matt Lucas	1974–	British	The Infidel	[325]
Michael Lucas	1972–	Russian-born		[326]
Jamie Luner	1971–	American	Melrose Place	[327]
Natasha Lyonne	1979–	American	American Pie, Orange is the New Black	[328]
Gabriel Macht	1972–	American		[329]
Idina Menzel	1971–	American	Wicked, Frozen	[330]
Adir Miller	1974–	Israeli	Ramzor
B. J. Novak	1979–	American	The Office, Inglourious Basterds	[331]
Gwyneth Paltrow	1972–	American	Shakespeare in Love	[332][333]
Pink	1978–	American		[334]
Adam Pascal	1970–	American	Rent	[335]
Amanda Peet	1972–	American		[336][337]
Melanie Peres	1971–	Israeli
Joaquin Phoenix	1974–	Puerto Rican-born American	Gladiator, Walk the Line, Joker	[338][339][340][341]
Rain Phoenix	1973–	American		[338][339]
River Phoenix	1970–1993	American	Stand by Me	[338][339]
Summer Phoenix	1978–	American		[338][339]
Eyal Podell	1975–	Israeli-American
Jennifer Podemski	1973–	Canadian	Empire of Dirt, Reservation Dogs	[202]
Tamara Podemski	1977–	Canadian	Outer Range, Reservation Dogs	[202]
Josh Radnor	1974–	American	How I Met Your Mother	[246]
Michael Rapaport	1970–	American	Boston Public, Atypical	[342]
Lior Raz	1971–	Israeli	Fauda
Leah Remini	1970–	American	The King of Queens	[343]
Simon Rex	1974–	American	What I Like About You, National Lampoon's Pledge This, Red Rocket	[344]
Sasha Roiz	1973–	Israeli-born Canadian	Grimm
Michael Rosenbaum	1972–	American	Smallville	[345]
Tracee Ellis Ross	1972–	American	Black-ish
Eli Roth	1972–	American		[346]
Maya Rudolph	1972–	American	Saturday Night Live	[347]
Winona Ryder	1971–	American	Heathers, Edward Scissorhands, Stranger Things, Beetlejuice, Mermaids, A Scanner Darkly	[340][348][349]
Antonio Sabàto Jr	1972–	Italian-American
John Safran	1972–	Australian		[350]
Sarah Saltzberg	1976–	American		[351]
Andy Samberg	1978–	American	Saturday Night Live	[352]
Fred Savage	1976–	American	The Wonder Years, The Princess Bride	[353][354]
Yuval Segal	1971–	Israeli	Fauda
Michael Showalter	1970–	American		[355]
Maggie Siff	1974–	American	Mad Men, Sons of Anarchy, Push	[356]
Sarah Silverman	1970–	American	The Sarah Silverman Program	[357]
Alicia Silverstone	1976–	American	Clueless, Batman and Robin	[358][359]
Estelle Skornik	1971–	French	Papa and Nicole	[360]
Ione Skye	1971–	British-born American	Say Anything...	[361]
Troy Slaten	1975–	American	Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Cagney & Lacey	[362]
Lindsay Sloane	1977–	American		[363][364]
Bahar Soomekh	1975–	Iranian-born American	Crash, Saw	[365][366]
Tori Spelling	1973–	American	Beverly Hills 90210	[367][368]
Jordana Spiro	1977–	American	My Boys	[369]
Rachel Stevens	1978–	British	S Club 7	[370]
Corey Stoll	1976–	American	North Country, Lucky Number Slevin, House of Cards	[371]
Matt Stone	1971–	American	South Park	[372][373]
Danny Strong	1974–	American		[374]
Tara Strong	1973–	Canadian	Drawn Together, Ben 10, The Fairly Oddparents, Hamtaro, The Powerpuff Girls, My Little Pony	[375]
Kevin Sussman	1970–	American	Ugly Betty, Burn After Reading	[376]
Noa Tishby	1975–	Israeli	The Island
Mageina Tovah	1979–	American		[377]
Hilla Vidor	1975–	Israeli	Hostages
Taika Waititi	1975–	New Zealander
Scott Weinger	1975–	American	Full House, Aladdin	[378]
Kevin Weisman	1970–	American		[379]
Rachel Weisz	1971–	British		[380][381][382]
Jennifer Westfeldt	1970–	American	Kissing Jessica Stein	[383]
Marissa Jaret Winokur	1973–	American	Hairspray (stage version)	[384]
Noah Wyle	1971–	American	ER, Falling Skies	[385]
Michal Yannai	1972–	Israeli-American	Avenue Q	[386]
Michael Zegen	1979–	American	Rescue Me, Boardwalk Empire	[387]
Nikki Ziering	1971–	American		[388]
Naor Zion	1973–	Israeli	Naor's Friends

Born in the 1960s

Name	Years	Nationality	Prominent roles	Jewish lineage	References
Paula Abdul	1962–	American	American Idol		[389]
Paul Adelstein	1969–	American	Prison Break, Private Practice		[390]
Ronni Ancona	1968–	British (Scottish)			[256][391]
Mathieu Amalric	1965–	French	Munich, Quantum of Solace, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The French Dispatch		[392]
Patricia Arquette	1968–	American	True Romance, Boyhood	Mother	[393]
Lior Ashkenazi	1969–	Israeli	Late Marriage, Footnote, Big Bad Wolves, Foxtrot, 7 Days in Entebbe
Yvan Attal	1965–	Israeli-French	Munich, Rush Hour 3
Hank Azaria	1964–	American	The Simpsons, Uprising		[394]
David Baddiel	1964–	British			[395]
David Alan Basche	1968–	American			[396]
Randall Batinkoff	1968–	American	For Keeps?		[397]
H. Jon Benjamin	1966–	American	Archer, Bob's Burgers		[398]
Abraham Benrubi	1969–	American	ER
Bob Bergen	1964–	American	Jep!, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, Space Jam
Mary Kay Bergman	1961–1999	American	South Park		[399]
Troy Beyer	1964–	American			[279]
Craig Bierko	1964–	American	Cinderella Man		[400]
Jack Black	1969–	American	School of Rock, Kung Fu Panda,a minecraft movie	Mother	[401]
Maddie Blaustein	1960–2008	American	Pokémon
Yasmine Bleeth	1968–	American	Baywatch		[402]
Kim Bodnia	1965–	Danish	Pusher, The Bridge, Killing Eve		[403]
Lisa Bonet	1967–	American	Angel Heart, The Cosby Show	Father	[404]
Helena Bonham Carter	1966–	British	Alice in Wonderland, Harry Potter film series, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street		[405][406]
Bussunda	1962–2006	Brazilian	Casseta & Planeta
Gabrielle Carteris	1961–	American	Beverly Hills 90210		[407]
Louis C.K.	1967–	American			[408]
Scott Cohen	1964–	American	The 10th Kingdom, Gilmore Girls, Perfect Murder, Perfect Town		[409]
Mindy Cohn	1966–	American	The Facts of Life, Scooby-Doo		[364]
David Cross	1964–	American	Arrested Development		[410]
Dean Devlin	1962–	American			[411]
Don Diamont	1961–	American	The Young and the Restless		[412]
Robert Downey Jr.	1965–	American	Pound, Weird Science, Less than Zero, Chaplin, The Singing Detective, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Iron Man, Tropic Thunder, Gothika	Father	[413]
Julia Louis-Dreyfus	1961–	American	Seinfeld, Veep	Father
Lisa Edelstein	1966–	American	House		[414]
Ronit Elkabetz	1964–2016	Israeli
Jon Favreau	1966–	American	Chef, Iron Man, Spider-Man: Homecoming	Mother	[415][416]
Vanessa Feltz	1962–	British			[417]
Dan Futterman	1967–	American			[418]
Jeff Garlin	1962–	American	Curb Your Enthusiasm		[419]
Brad Garrett	1960–	American	Everybody Loves Raymond		[420]
Gina Gershon	1962–	American			[421]
Jami Gertz	1965–	American			[422]
Melissa Gilbert	1964–	American			[423]
Judy Gold	1962–	American			[424]
Bill Goldberg	1966–	American	WCW		[425]
Jennifer Grey	1960–	American	Dirty Dancing, Ferris Bueller's Day Off		[426]
Arye Gross	1960–	American			[427]
Annabelle Gurwitch	1961–	American	Hostess of TBS's Dinner and a Movie		[428]
Evan Handler	1961–	American	Sex and the City, Californication		[429][430]
Jessica Hecht	1965–	American			[431]
Monica Horan	1963–	American	Everybody Loves Raymond		[378][432]
Helen Hunt	1963–	American	Mad About You, What Women Want	Paternal Grandmother	[433]
Jason Isaacs	1963–	British	Harry Potter, The Patriot, Brotherhood, Star Trek: Discovery		[216][434]
Peter Jacobson	1965–	American	House		[435]
Lesli Kay	1965–	American	The Bold and the Beautiful
Paul Kaye	1964–	British			[436]
Heather Paige Kent	1969–	American			[437]
Marc Kudisch	1966–	American			[438]
Lisa Kudrow	1963–	American	Friends		[439]
John Lehr	1967–	American	10 Items or Less	Converted to Judaism	[369]
Jennifer Jason Leigh	1962–	American	Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Last Exit to Brooklyn, Single White Female, The Hateful Eight		[60][440]
Paul Lieberstein	1967–	American			[441]
Joshua Malina	1966–	American			[442]
Camryn Manheim	1961–	American	The Practice		[443]
Cindy Margolis	1965–	American			[396]
Julianna Margulies	1966–	American	ER		[444]
Marc Maron	1963–	American	GLOW, Joker		[445][446]
Brett Marx	1964–	American	The Bad News Bears
Marlee Matlin	1965–	American	Children of a Lesser God		[447]
Mathilda May	1965–	French	Lifeforce
Debra Messing	1968–	American	Will & Grace		[448]
Dina Meyer	1968–	American	Saw films		[449]
Ari Meyers	1969–	American	Kate & Allie		[450]
Sasha Mitchell	1967–	American	Step by Step		[451]
Maia Morgenstern	1962–	Romanian	The Passion of the Christ		[452]
Rob Morrow	1962–	American	Northern Exposure, Numb3rs		[453]
Erin Murphy	1964–	American
Andy Nyman	1966–	British	Dead Set, Death at a Funeral, Ghost Stories		[454]
Sophie Okonedo	1969–	British	Hotel Rwanda		[455]
Sarah Jessica Parker	1965–	American	Sex and the City, New Year's Eve, Footloose		[456][457]
Sean Penn	1960–	American	Milk, Mystic River, Carlito's Way		[340][458]
Tracy Pollan	1960–	American	Family Ties
Jeremy Piven	1965–	American	Entourage		[459]
Rain Pryor	1969–	American		Mother	[460]
Ted Raimi	1965–	American			[461]
Adam Rich	1968–2023	American	Eight is Enough
Kyle Richards	1969–	American	Halloween	Converted to Judaism	[462]
Paul Rothbart	1961-	American comedian, writer, director, actor	Isn't It Romantic?
Paul Rudd	1969–	American	Ant-Man, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, This is 40, Mute, Ideal Home		[463][464]
Adam Sandler	1966–	American	Billy Madison, Click, Grown Ups, Happy Gilmore, You Don't Mess with the Zohan
Rebecca Schaeffer	1967–1989	American
Rob Schneider	1963–	American	Deuce Bigelow: Male Gigolo	Father	[465]
Bitty Schram	1968–	American			[466]
Liev Schreiber	1967–	American	Ray Donovan		[467]
Scott Schwartz	1968–	American	A Christmas Story, The Toy
David Schwimmer	1966–	American	Friends, Madagascar		[468]
Sam Seder	1966–	American			[469]
Kyra Sedgwick	1965–	American			[455]
Ally Sheedy	1962–	American	The Breakfast Club, St. Elmo's Fire		[470]
Ben Shenkman	1968–	American	Angels in America, Then She Found Me		[471]
Pauly Shore	1968–	American	Encino Man, Son in Law, Bio-Dome		[472]
Jonathan Silverman	1966–	American			[473]
Laura Silverman	1966–	American	The Sarah Silverman Program, The Comeback
Meskie Shibru-Sivan	1967–	Ethiopian-born Israeli
Helen Slater	1963–	American			[474]
Georgia Slowe	1966–	British	Emmerdale		[475]
Rena Sofer	1968–	American			[476]
Israel Sonnenschein	1962–	German	Finale		[477]
Jon Stewart	1962–	American	The Daily Show		[478]
Ben Stiller	1965–	American	Keeping the Faith, Zoolander, Tower Heist, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Night at the Museum, Meet the Parents, Black and White, Madagascar		[479]
Michael Stuhlbarg	1968–	American	A Serious Man, Boardwalk Empire		[480]
Matilda Thorpe	1960–	British	Desmond's, Porkpie, Sick Note	Mother (Gillian Freeman)	[481]
Rachel True	1966–	American	CB4, Half Baked		[482]
Michael Vartan	1968–	French-American actor	Alias		[483]
Jean-Claude Van Damme	1960–	Belgian		Paternal Grandmother
Alex Winter	1965–	British-born American actor	Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, The Lost Boys		[484]
Maggie Wheeler	1961–	American actor	Ellen, Friends
Scott Wolf	1968–	American	Party of Five		[485]
Ian Ziering	1964–	American	Beverly Hills 90210, Sharknado		[308][486]
Ayelet Zurer	1969–	Israeli	Ben Hur, Munich, Vantage Point

Born in the 1950s

Name	Years	Nationality/profession	Prominent roles	Jewish lineage	References
Caroline Aaron	1952–	American actress and producer	Wings		[487]
Jason Alexander	1959–	American actor	Seinfeld		[488]
Adam Arkin	1956–	American television, film, and stage actor	Chicago Hope		[489]
Tom Arnold	1959–	American actor and comedian		Converted to Judaism	[490]
Rosanna Arquette	1959–	American actress, film director, and film producer			[491]
Ellen Barkin	1954–	American actress			[492]
Roseanne Barr	1952–	American actress, writer, talk-show host and comedian	Roseanne		[493]
Steven Bauer	1956–	Cuban-born American actor	Ray Donovan, Scarface
Robby Benson	1956–	American actor, former teen idol	Beauty and the Beast		[494]
Sandra Bernhard	1955–	American actress and comedian			[495]
Mark Blum	1950–2020	American actor	Desperately Seeking Susan, Crocodile Dundee		[496]
Leslie Hoffman	1955–	American stuntwoman and actress	Nightmare on Elm Street, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, First Stuntwoman elected to the SAG board of directors
Mike Binder	1958–	American screenwriter, film director and actor			[497]
Kate Capshaw	1953–	American actress	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Converted to Judaism	[498]
Allan Corduner	1950–	British television, film, and stage actor	Topsy Turvy, Defiance
Katie Couric	1957–	American media personality	Shark Tale	Jewish mother	[499]
Jamie Lee Curtis	1958–	American film actress, successful writer	Halloween		[500]
Daniel Day-Lewis	1957–	British-born Academy Award–winning actor	Lincoln	Mother (Jill Balcon)	[501]
Ted Levine	1957–	American actor	The Silence of the Lambs		[502]
Fran Drescher	1957–	American film and television actress	The Nanny, Saturday Night Fever, Cadillac Man		[503]
Susie Essman	1955–	American stand-up comedian, television and film actress	Curb Your Enthusiasm		[504]
Tovah Feldshuh	1952–	American actress, singer, and playwright			[505]
Harvey Fierstein	1954–	American actor, author, and singer			[506]
Roy Firestone	1953–	American sports commentator and journalist
David Fleeshman	1952–	British actor, broadcaster, lecturer and theatre director	Boys from the Blackstuff, Edge of Darkness, Silent Witness, Trial & Retribution		[74]
Al Franken	1951–	American comedian, actor, author, politician	Saturday Night Live		[507]
Ethan Freeman	1959–	American musical theatre actor	Beauty and the Beast, The Phantom of the Opera
Stephen Fry	1957–	British comedian, author, actor and filmmaker		Mother	[508]
Mira Furlan	1955–2021	Croatian actress/singer			[509]
Uri Gavriel	1955–	Israeli actor	House of Saddam, The Syrian Bride, The Dark Knight Rises, Fauda
Brian George	1952–	Canadian, British-Israeli actor			[510]
Joanna Gleason	1950–	Canadian-born actress			[438]
Jeff Goldblum	1952–	American Academy Award–nominated film actor	The Fly, Jurassic Park, Independence Day, Thor: Ragnarok		[511]
Henry Goodman	1950–	British theatre actor			[512]
Steve Guttenberg	1958–	American actor			[513]
Mary Hart	1950–	American former actress and television personality	Entertainment Tonight		[514]
Nina Hartley	1959–	American adult film actress			[515]
Ofra Haza	1957–2000	Israeli actress, singer-songwriter	The Prince of Egypt
Dominique Horwitz	1957–	French actor	Anne Frank: The Whole Story, Shooting Dogs		[516][517]
Amy Irving	1953–	American actress			[518]
Moshe Ivgy	1953–	Moroccan-born Israeli actor	Haborer, Zaguri Imperia
Ron Jeremy	1953–	American adult film actor			[519]
Toni Kalem	1956–	American film, television actress, screenwriter and director			[520]
Carol Kane	1952–	American Academy Award–nominated actress			[521]
Julie Kavner	1950–	American film/television actress	Voice of Marge on The Simpsons		[522]
Richard Kind	1956–	American actor
Stepfanie Kramer	1956–	American actress	Hunter		[523]
Moshe Ivgy	1953–	Moroccan-born Israeli actor	Haborer, Zaguri Imperia
Judy Kuhn	1958–	American actress and singer			[524]
Hana Laszlo	1953–	Israeli actress
Carol Leifer	1956–	American comedian and actress			[525]
Dani Levy	1957–	Swiss/German filmmaker, theatrical director, actor			[526]
Jon Lovitz	1957–	American actor and comedian			[527]
Joan Lunden	1950–	American broadcaster, who also acted	Good Morning America		[528]
Howie Mandel	1955–	Canadian comedian and actor			[529]
Dinah Manoff	1958–	American actress	Grease, I Ought to Be in Pictures, Empty Nest
Melanie Mayron	1952–	American actress and director	Thirtysomething		[530]
Fred Melamed	1956–	American actor and writer	A Serious Man		[531]
Kay Mellor	1950–	British actress, scriptwriter and director			[532]
Juliano Mer-Khamis	1958–2011	Israeli-Palestinian
Larry Miller	1953–	American stand-up comedian, actor			[533]
Rick Moranis	1953–	Canadian comic actor	Ghostbusters, Parenthood, Spaceballs, Strange Brew		[534]
Moni Moshonov	1951–	Bulgarian-Israeli actor
Don Most	1953–	American actor	Happy Days		[378][535]
Yigal Naor	1958–	Israeli actor	Munich, Rendition, House of Saddam, Green Zone
Judd Nelson	1959–	American actor	The Breakfast Club
Bebe Neuwirth	1958–	American Tony Award–winning theater, television, and film	Cheers, Jumanji		[536]
Laraine Newman	1952–	American comedian and actress			[537]
Ken Olin	1954–	American actor, director and producer			[538]
Mandy Patinkin	1952–	American actor of stage and screen			[539]
Lorna Patterson	1956–	American film, stage and television actress		Converted to Judaism	[540]
David Paymer	1954–	American character actor			[541]
Ron Perlman	1950–	American film/television actor	Hellboy		[542]
Kevin Pollak	1957–	American actor, impressionist and comedian			[543]
Paul Reiser	1957–	American actor, author and stand-up comedian	Mad About You		[544]
Paul Reubens	1952–2023	American actor and comedian	Pee-Wee Herman
Tanya Roberts	1955–2021	American actress	Charlie's Angels, A View to a Kill		[206]
Alan Rosenberg	1950–	American stage and screen actor			[545]
Cecilia Roth	1956–	Argentine actress	What Have I Done to Deserve This?, Antigua, My Life		[546][547]
Katey Sagal	1954–	American actress, singer, and writer	Married... with Children, Futurama, Sons of Anarchy		[295]
Bob Saget	1956–2022	American actor, stand-up comedian and game show host	Full House, How I Met Your Mother		[548]
Nitza Saul	1950–	Israeli actress	Kessler
Herschel Savage	1955–	American adult film actor and director			[549]
Alexei Sayle	1952–	British actor	The Young Ones
Richard Schiff	1955–	American actor	The Good Doctor (TV series), The West Wing		[550]
Jerry Seinfeld	1954–	American comedian, actor, and writer	Seinfeld		[468]
Jane Seymour	1951–	British-born film/television actress		Father	[551]
Wendie Jo Sperber	1958–2005	American television/movie actress			[552]
Daniel Stern	1957–	American actor	Home Alone, City Slickers		[216]
Howard Stern	1954–	American radio and TV personality			[216]
Harriet Thorpe	1957–	British actress	Absolutely Fabulous, The Brittas Empire, EastEnders	Mother (Gillian Freeman)	[553]
Stephen Tobolowsky	1951–	American actor	Groundhog Day		[554]
Robert Trebor	1953–2025	American actor	Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess		[555]
Debra Winger	1955–	American Academy Award–nominated actress			[556]
Mare Winningham	1959–	American film and television actress		Converted to Judaism	[557]

Born in the 1940s

Name	Years	Nationality/profession	Prominent roles	Jewish lineage	References
Harvey Atkin	1942–2017	Canadian actor	Cagney & Lacey, The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
Bob Balaban	1945–	American actor and director	Gosford Park, Waiting for Guffman		[558]
Richard Belzer	1944–2023	American stand-up comedian, writer and actor	Homicide: Life on the Street, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit		[468]
Jeannie Berlin	1949–	Actress	The Heartbreak Kid
Lewis Black	1948–	American comedian and actor	The Daily Show
Albert Brooks	1947–	American comedian, actor, writer, and director	Finding Nemo, Broadcast News		[559]
James Caan	1940–2022	American film, stage and television actor	The Godfather, Thief, Misery		[560]
Nell Carter	1948–2003	American singer and actress	Gimme a Break!	Converted to Judaism	[378][561]
Peter Coyote	1941–	American actor and author	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Jagged Edge, Erin Brockovich		[562]
Billy Crystal	1948–	American actor, comedian, writer and director	When Harry Met Sally, Monsters, Inc.		[563][564]
Larry David	1947–	American actor, writer, comedian, and producer	Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm		[565]
Michael Douglas	1944–	American actor and producer	Wall Street, Fatal Attraction	Father	[340][566]
Richard Dreyfuss	1947–	American actor	Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Mr. Holland's Opus		[567]
Bob Einstein	1942–2019	American comedian, known as Super Dave Osborne	Curb Your Enthusiasm
Predrag Ejdus	1947–2018	Serbian actor		Father
Richard Elfman	1949–	American film director, writer and actor		[568]
Harrison Ford	1942–	American actor	Star Wars and Indiana Jones series	Mother	[327][340]
Bonnie Franklin	1944–2013	American actress and singer	One Day at a Time		[378][569]
Victor Garber	1949–	Canadian actor	Sleepless in Seattle, Alias		[570]
Paul Michael Glaser	1943–	American actor	Starsky & Hutch		[571]
Scott Glenn	1941–	American actor	The Right Stuff, The Silence of the Lambs	Converted to Judaism	[572]
Barry Gordon	1948–	American voice actor	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Susan Gordon	1949–2011	American child actress	The Twilight Zone, The Five Pennies		[573]
Stephen Greif	1944–2022	British actor	Blake's 7, The Crown		[574]
Christopher Guest	1948–	American comedian, actor, and director	This Is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman		[575]
Larry Hankin	1940–	American actor/comedian			[576]
Goldie Hawn	1945–	American actress and producer	Private Benjamin, The First Wives Club	Mother	[577]
Anthony Heald	1944–	American television and stage actor	The Silence of the Lambs, Boston Public	Converted to Judaism	[578]
Dan Hedaya	1940–	American character actor	Commando, Clueless, Dick		[579]
Barbara Hershey	1948–	American film actress	Hannah and Her Sisters, Beaches	Father	[139]
Ricky Jay	1948–2018	American magician, actor, and author	House of Games, Boogie Nights		[580][581]
Madeline Kahn	1942–1999	American film, television, and theater actress	Paper Moon, Young Frankenstein		[582]
Gabe Kaplan	1945–	American actor, comedian, and poker player	Welcome Back, Kotter		[583]
Andy Kaufman	1949–1984	American entertainer	Taxi		[584]
Judy Kaye	1948–	American singer and stage actress	The Phantom of the Opera, Mamma Mia!		[585]
Lainie Kazan	1940–	American actress and singer	My Favorite Year, My Big Fat Greek Wedding		[586]
Robert Klein	1942–	American comedian and actor	The Owl and the Pussycat, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days		[587]
Richard Kline	1944–	American actor and television director			[588]
Jeroen Krabbé	1944–	Dutch actor	The Living Daylights, The Fugitive		[589]
Michael Lembeck	1948–	American actor and director			[540]
Michael Lerner	1941–2023	American actor	Barton Fink		[590]
Eugene Levy	1946–	Canadian actor, director, producer and writer	American Pie, Schitt's Creek		[575]
Richard Lewis	1947–2024	American comedian and actor	Curb Your Enthusiasm		[591]
Judith Light	1949–	American actress	Who's the Boss?, Transparent
Maureen Lipman	1946–	British film, television & theatre actress			[592]
Peggy Lipton	1947–2019	American television actress	The Mod Squad, Twin Peaks		[593]
Stephen Macht	1942–	American actor	Raid on Entebbe, Suits		[594]
Janet Margolin	1943–1993	American actress	David and Lisa, Morituri, Take The Money And Run, Ghostbusters II
Miriam Margolyes	1941–	British-Australian character actress			[595]
Richard Masur	1948–	American actor	Risky Business, Transparent		[569]
Bette Midler	1945–	American singer and actress	The Rose, Ruthless People, For the Boys		[596]
Frank Oz	1944–	American film director, actor and puppeteer	Yoda in the Star Wars films, The Muppets		[597]
Rhea Perlman	1948–	American actress	Cheers		[378]
David Proval	1942–	American actor	The Sopranos		[598]
Gilda Radner	1946–1989	American comedian and actress	Saturday Night Live		[599]
Harold Ramis	1944–2014	American actor, director, and writer	Ghostbusters		[600]
Harry Reems	1947–2013	American theater and adult film actor			[601]
Rob Reiner	1947–	American actor, producer, and director	All in the Family, Bullets Over Broadway		[602]
Peter Riegert	1947–	American actor	Local Hero, The Mask		[603]
Andrew Rubin	1946–2015	American actor	Police Academy		[604]
Saul Rubinek	1948–	Canadian actor	Wall Street, Unforgiven		[605]
Seka Sablić	1942–	Serbian actress
Garry Shandling	1949–2016	American comedian and actor	The Larry Sanders Show, Iron Man 2		[606]
Wallace Shawn	1943–	American actor and writer	The Princess Bride, Toy Story		[607]
Harry Shearer	1943–	American comedic actor and writer	This Is Spinal Tap, The Simpsons		[608][609]
Antony Sher	1949–2021	South African-born British actor	The Wind in the Willows, Shakespeare in Love		[610]
Ron Silver	1946–2009	American film/television actor	The West Wing, Reversal of Fortune
Brent Spiner	1949–	American actor	Star Trek: The Next Generation		[611]
Sylvester Stallone	1946–	American actor
Ben Stein	1944–	American actor, lawyer, economist, and former White House speechwriter	Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Mask		[612]
David Steinberg	1942–	Canadian comedian, writer, director and actor	The End, Something Short of Paradise
Jill St. John	1940–	American actress	Diamonds Are Forever, Come Blow Your Horn		[613]
Marcia Strassman	1948–2014	American actress	Welcome Back, Kotter		[614]
Barbra Streisand	1942–	American singer, actress, producer and director	Funny Girl, The Way We Were, The Prince of Tides		[615]
Jeffrey Tambor	1944–	American actor	Arrested Development, Transparent		[616]
Teller	1948–	American actor	Miami Vice, Penn & Teller: Fool Us
Jessica Walter	1941–2021	American actress	Play Misty for Me, Arrested Development		[617]
Zoë Wanamaker	1949–	American-born British actress	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, My Week with Marilyn		[618][619]
Lesley Ann Warren	1946–	American actress	Victor/Victoria, Secretary		[620]
Bruce Weitz	1943–	American actor	Hill Street Blues, General Hospital		[citation needed]
Anson Williams	1949–	American actor	Happy Days		[378][535]
Henry Winkler	1945–	American actor, director, producer and author	Happy Days, Barry		[378][535]

Born in the 1930s

Name	Years	Nationality/profession	Prominent Roles	Jewish lineage	References
Anouk Aimée	1932–2024	French film actress		Converted to Judaism	[564]
Woody Allen	1935–	American Academy Award–winning film director, writer, actor, and comedian		[621]
Gila Almagor	1939–	Israeli film actress	Munich		[citation needed]
Alan Arkin	1934–2023	American Academy Award–winning film actor, director		[622]
Barbara Bain	1931–	American actress		[378]
Barbara Barrie	1931–	American actress and author		[522]
Richard Benjamin	1938–	American actor and film director		[564]
Steven Berkoff	1937–	British actor, writer and director		[623]
Peter Birrel	1935–2004	British actor	Alexander the Greatest		[624]
Claire Bloom	1931–	British film and stage actress		[citation needed]
Bernard Bresslaw	1934–1993	British comedian and actor		[256]
May Britt	1934–	Swedish film actress		Converted to Judaism	[citation needed]
Eleanor Bron	1938–	British actress		[256]
Dyan Cannon	1937–	American three-time Academy Award–nominated film and television actress, editor, producer and director		Mother	[625]
Eddie Carmel	1936–1972	American entertainer known as "The Jewish Giant"		[626]
Joan Collins	1933–	British actress and author		Father	[627]
Jerry Douglas	1932–2021	American television actress	The Young and the Restless		[628]
Herb Edelman	1933–1996	American stage, film, and television actor	The Golden Girls		[citation needed]
Marty Feldman	1934–1982	British writer, comedian and film and television actor		[256]
Sami Frey	1937–	French actor and director		[citation needed]
Yehoram Gaon	1939–	Israeli actor and musician
Allen Garfield	1939–2020	American actor
Elliott Gould	1938–	American actor		[629]
Charles Grodin	1935–2021	American actor and former cable talk show host	Rosemary's Baby, Beethoven		[630]
Judd Hirsch	1935–	American actor	Taxi, NUMB3RS		[528]
Dustin Hoffman	1937–	American two-time Oscar-winning actor		[631]
Neville Jason	1934–2015	British actor	Maigret, From Russia with Love
Tony Jay	1933–2006	British-born American actor	Beauty and the Beast, The Hunchback of Notre Dame		[632]
Jerome Charles Kattan	1937–2010	American
Harvey Keitel	1939–	Academy Award–nominated American actor	Taxi Driver, Pulp Fiction, U-571		[633]
Walter Koenig	1936–	American actor, writer, teacher and director	Star Trek		[378][634]
Susan Kohner	1936–	American Academy Award–nominated, Golden Globe–winning American actress		Father	[635]
Yaphet Kotto	1939–2021	American actor	Live and Let Die, Alien		[636]
Steve Landesberg	1936–2010	American comic actor	’’Barney Miller’’
Michael Landon	1936–1991	American actor, producer and director		Father	[637]
Louise Lasser	1939–	American stage/film/television actress	Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman		[638]
Piper Laurie	1932–2023	American actress	Carrie (1976)		[639]
Linda Lavin	1937–2024	American Tony Award and Golden Globe Award–winning stage, film and television actress and singer		[640]
Steve Lawrence	1935–2024	American singer and actor	The Carol Burnett Show		[citation needed]
Shari Lewis	1933–1998	American ventriloquist, puppeteer, singer, actress, and children's television show host, popular during the 1960s		[641]
Hal Linden	1931–	American actor and television director		[642]
Tina Louise	1934–	American model, singer, and film and television actress		[378][643]
Mark Margolis	1939–2023	American actor	Scarface, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul	[644][645]
David Margulies	1937–2016	American actor	Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters II, The Sopranos	[646][647]
Jackie Mason	1931–2021	American stand-up comedian/actor		[648]
Elaine May	1932–	American screenwriter, film director, actress, and comedian	A New Leaf
Paul Mazursky	1930–2014	American film director and actor		[649]
Shelley Morrison	1936–2019	American actress		[650]
Nadira	1932–2006	Indian Bollywood actress		[651]
Derren Nesbitt	1935–	English actor
Anthony Newley	1931–1999	British actor, singer-songwriter		[256]
Barry Newman	1938–2023	American actor		[652]
Leonard Nimoy	1931–2015	American actor, film director, poet, musician and photographer		[653]
Alan Oppenheimer	1930–	American actor		[citation needed]
Noam Pitlik	1932–1999	Emmy-winning American actor and television director		[citation needed]
Ron Rifkin	1939–	American actor, director		[538]
Joan Rivers	1933–2014	American comedian, actress, talk show host, and celebrity		[654]
Andrew Sachs	1930–2016	German-born British actor		[256]
Neil Sedaka	1939–	American musician and actor		[655]
George Segal	1934–2021	American film and stage actor		[564]
William Shatner	1931–	Canadian Emmy and Golden Globe Award–winning actor		[656]
Susan Strasberg	1938–1999	American actress	In Praise of Older Women		[citation needed]
Janet Suzman	1939–	South African actress and director		[657]
Dame Elizabeth Taylor	1932–2011	British-American Academy Award–winner, film actress & humanitarian		Converted to Judaism	[658][659][660]
Renée Taylor	1933–	American-born actress	The Nanny		[citation needed]
Chaim Topol	1935–2023	Israeli theatrical and film performer		[564]
Al Waxman	1935–2001	Canadian actor	King of Kensington
Gene Wilder	1933–2016	American actor and comedian
Mike & Bernie Winters	1926–2013 1930–1991	British double act of comedians (brothers)		[256]
Henry Woolf	1930–2021	British actor	The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Superman III		[citation needed]

Born in the 1920s

Name	Years	Nationality/profession	Prominent roles	Jewish lineage	References
Jerry Adler	1929–	American actor	The Sopranos, Rescue Me, Prime	[661]
Ed Ames	1927–2023	American singer and actor		[662]
Beatrice Arthur	1922–2009	American actress		[378][663]
Ed Asner	1929–2021	American actor		[664]
Lauren Bacall	1924–2014	American Golden Globe and Tony Award–winning, and Academy Award–nominated, film and stage actress		[665]
Gábor Baraker	1926–1983	Hungarian actor	Thunderball, Inspector Clouseau		[666]
John Barrard	1924–2013	English actor	Santa Claus: The Movie
Alfie Bass	1921–1987	British character actor		[667]
Julian Beck	1925–1985	American actor, director, poet, and painter		[668]
John Bennett	1928–2005	English actor	The House That Dripped Blood, The Talons of Weng-Chiang		[624]
Shelley Berman	1926–2017	American comedian, writer, teacher, and actor		[669]
Herschel Bernardi	1923–1986	American film, Broadway and television actor		[670]
Turhan Bey	1922–2012	Austrian-American actor
Theodore Bikel	1924–2015	Austrian-born British character actor, folk singer and musician		[671]
Larry Blyden	1925–1975	American actor		[672]
Lloyd Bochner	1924–2005	Canadian film and television actor		[673]
Tom Bosley	1927–2010	American film/television actor	Happy Days		[674]
Mel Brooks	1926–	American EGOT–winning actor, writer, director and producer		[675]
June Brown	1927–2022	British actress, converted to Christianity	EastEnders
Lenny Bruce	1925–1966	American actor, stand-up comedian, writer, social critic and satirist		[676]
Susan Cabot	1927–1986	American actress		[677]
Sid Caesar	1922–2014	American comic actor and writer		[678]
Robert Clary	1926–2022	French-born American actor, published author, and lecturer		[378][679]
Tony Curtis	1925–2010	American actor	Spartacus, The Persuaders!		[680]
Rodney Dangerfield	1921–2004	American comedian and actor		[681]
Sammy Davis Jr.	1925–1990	American entertainer	Member of the "Rat Pack"	Converted to Judaism in 1961	[659][682]
Freddie Earlle	1924–2007	Glaswegian actor	Clochemerle, Yanks Go Home		[683]
Peter Falk	1927–2011	American actor	Columbo		[684]
Leonard Fenton	1926–2022	British actor	EastEnders		[685]
Fenella Fielding	1927–2018	British actress	Carry On Screaming!		[256]
Fyvush Finkel	1923–2016	American actor	Picket Fences, Boston Public		[686]
Eddie Fisher	1928–2010	American singer	Father of Carrie Fisher
Paul Frees	1920–1986	American actor
Estelle Getty	1923–2008	American actress	The Golden Girls		[378]
David Graham	1925–2024	British actor	Stingray, Thunderbirds
Lee Grant	1925–	American Academy Award–winning theater, film and television actress, and film director		[564]
Buddy Hackett	1924–2003	American comedian and actor		[687]
Monty Hall	1921–2017	Canadian-born actor, singer and sportscaster	Let's Make a Deal		[688]
Estelle Harris	1928–2022	American-born actress, daughter of Polish Jewish immigrants	Seinfeld
Laurence Harvey	1928–1973	Lithuanian-born actor, achieved fame in British and American films		[256]
Steven Hill	1922–2016	American film and television actor		[689]
Judy Holliday	1921–1965	American Academy Award–winning actress and singer		[690][691]
Rick Jason	1923–2000	American actor	Combat!
Miriam Karlin	1925–2011	British actress	The Rag Trade		[256]
Alan King	1927–2004	American comedian and actor		[692]
Werner Klemperer	1920–2000	German-born American Emmy Award–winning comedic actor		[378][693]
Jack Klugman	1922–2012	American actor		[694]
Harvey Korman	1927–2008	American actor		[695]
Jack Kruschen	1922–2002	Canadian actor
Martin Landau	1928–2017	American Academy Award–winning American film and television actor		[696]
Stan Lee	1922–2018	American comic-book writer, editor, film executive producer, actor, and publisher.	Marvel, Himself	Romanian Jewish
Al Lewis	1920–2006	American actor	Best known as Grandpa Munster		[378]
Jerry Lewis	1926–2017	American comedian, actor, film producer, writer and director known for his slapstick humor and his charity fund-raising telethons		[682]
Bill Macy	1922–2019	American actor	Maude		[378][697]
Ross Martin	1920–1981	Polish-born American TV and film actor	The Wild Wild West
Walter Matthau	1920–2000	American Academy Award–winning actor		[698]
Anne Meara	1929–2015	American comedian and actress; partner and wife of Jerry Stiller		Converted to Judaism	[699]
Sylvia Miles	1924–2019	American actress
Laurie Mitchell	1928–2018	American actress
Warren Mitchell	1926–2015	British-Australian actor		[700]
Yvonne Mitchell	1925–1979	British stage, television and film actress		[564]
Marilyn Monroe	1926–1962	American actress, singer and model		Converted to Judaism	[659]
Ron Moody	1924–2015	British film actor	Oliver!		[256]
Chesty Morgan	1928–	Polish-born American actress/ exotic entertainer		[701]
Aubrey Morris	1926–2015	British actor
Wolfe Morris	1925–1996	British actor
Vic Morrow	1929–1982	American actor		[440][702]
Paul Newman	1925–2008	American Academy and Golden Globe Award–winning actor, director		Father was Jewish	[703]
Jerry Paris	1925–1986	Emmy Award-winning actor and director	The Dick Van Dyke Show, Happy Days
Charlotte Rae	1926–2018	American actress and singer	The Facts of Life
Tony Randall	1920–2004	American actor		[704]
Carl Reiner	1922–2020	American actor, film director, producer, writer and comedian		[705]
Regina Resnik	1922–2013	American opera singer and actress		[706]
Don Rickles	1926–2017	American comedian, film actor, and voice actor		[707]
Doris Roberts	1925–2016	American Emmy Award–winning actress	Everybody Loves Raymond		[708]
Fred Sadoff	1926–1994	American actor	South Pacific
Marian Seldes	1928–2014	American radio, stage, television, and film actress	Home Alone 3	Daughter of George Seldes; she self-identified as Jewish
Peter Sellers	1925–1980	British comedian, actor, and performer		Mother	[709]
Rod Serling	1924–1975	American screenwriter and actor	The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery		[710]
Cyril Shaps	1923–2003	English actor	Doctor Who, The Liver Birds
Simone Signoret	1921–1985	French Academy Award–winning actress		Father	[564]
Beverly Sills	1929–2007	American operatic soprano
Paul Sparer	1923–1999	American character actor	Somerset, Another World
Gordon Sterne	1923–2017	German actor	An American Werewolf in London, Highlander		[711]
Jerry Stiller	1927–2020	American comedian and actor	Seinfeld
Leonard Stone	1923–2011	American actor	Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Mel Tormé	1925–1999	American actor and singer	Known as one of the great male jazz singers		[712][713]
Harry Towb	1925–2009	Northern Irish actor
Abe Vigoda	1921–2016	American film/television actor	The Godfather, Barney Miller		[378]
Shelley Winters	1920–2006	American two-time Academy Award–winning actress		[714][715]
Arnold Yarrow	1920–2024	British actor, screenwriter and novelist		[716]

Born in the 1910s

Name	Years	Nationality/profession	Prominent roles	Jewish lineage	References
Mason Adams	1919–2005	American character actor	The Final Conflict		[717]
Jean-Pierre Aumont	1911–2001	French-born actor		[718]
Martin Balsam	1919–1996	American actor, Academy award winner	A Thousand Clowns
John Banner	1910–1973	Austrian/American actor	Hogan's Heroes		[378][719]
Red Buttons	1919–2006	American Academy Award–winning comedian and actor		[720]
Kitty Carlisle Hart	1910–2007	American singer, actress, and spokeswoman for the arts		[721]
William Castle	1914–1977	American actor and filmmaker
Jeff Chandler	1918–1961	American film actor
Lee J. Cobb	1911–1976	American film actor, Academy Award–nominated		[564]
Arnold Diamond	1915–1992	English actor	In Sickness and in Health
Anton Diffring	1916–1989	German actor
Kirk Douglas	1916–2020	American film star	Spartacus		[722]
Rahela Ferari	1911–1994	Serbian actor
June Foray	1917–2017	American voice actress
Eva Gabor	1919–1995	Hungarian-American socialite, film star	Aristocats, Gigi, Star Spangled Rhythm, etc.		[723]
Zsa Zsa Gabor	1917–2016	Hungarian-American socialite, film star, former beauty queen	(Moulin Rouge 1952)		[723]
John Garfield	1913–1952	American actor, 1940s film star		[724]
Henry Gilbert	1913–1973	English-Australian actor	Long John Silver		[725]
Paulette Goddard	1910–1990	American Oscar-nominated film and theatre actress		Father	[726]
Lorne Greene	1915–1987	Canadian actor known for roles on American television		[727]
Sid James	1913–1976	British film and television actor and comedian	Carry On films, Hancock's Half Hour		[728]
Danny Kaye	1911–1987	American film actor, singer and comedian		[729]
Stubby Kaye	1918–1997	American actor, comedian, vaudevillian and singer,	Guys and Dolls
David Kossoff	1919–2005	British actor	The Larkins, A Kid for Two Farthings, The Bespoke Overcoat, Freud: The Secret Passion, The Mouse that Roared, The Mouse on the Moon		[730]
Hedy Lamarr	1914–2000	Austrian born actress
Marc Lawrence	1910–2005	American character actor	The Man with the Golden Gun, From Dusk till Dawn	[731]
Tutte Lemkow	1918–1991	Norwegian actor	Fiddler on the Roof
Herbert Lom	1917–2012	British actor
Howard Morris	1919–2005	American actor
Zero Mostel	1915–1977	American stage and film actor		[732]
Leila Mourad	1891–1951	Egyptian actress and singer		[733]
Jan Murray	1916–2006	American stand-up comedian, actor		[734]
Hana Maria Pravda	1916–2008	Czechoslovakian actress	Death Wish 3
Luise Rainer	1910–2014	German-born British-based American two-time Academy Award–winning film actress		[735][736]
Lillian Roth	1910–1980	American singer and actress, noted performer on Broadway		[737]
Dinah Shore	1916–1994	American singer and actress		[738][739]
Sylvia Sidney	1910–1999	American stage, film, and television actress		[740][741]
Phil Silvers	1911–1985	American entertainer and comedy actor		[742]
Zypora Spaisman	1916–2002	Polish-American Yiddish theater actress and empresaria		[743]
Bernard Spear	1919–2003	British actor	Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D., Wombling Free
Milo Sperber	1911–1992	Polish actor	The Spy Who Loved Me, Are You Being Served?
Harold J. Stone	1913–2005	American film and television character actor		[744]
Alan Tilvern	1918–2003	British actor	Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Mike Wallace	1918–2012	American journalist, who briefly acted during the 1940s		[745]
Eli Wallach	1915–2014	American film, TV and stage actor	The Magnificent Seven, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Godfather III		[746]
Sam Wanamaker	1919–1993	American actor and director		[747]
Cornel Wilde	1912–1989	American actor
Joseph Wiseman	1918–2009	Canadian actor	Dr. No

Born in the 1900s

Name	Years	Nationality/profession	Prominent roles	Jewish lineage	References
Stella Adler	1901–1992	American actress	For decades regarded as America's foremost acting teacher		[748]
Jack Albertson	1907–1981	American actor	Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory		[378]
Morey Amsterdam	1908–1996	American actor	The Dick Van Dyke Show		[749]
Leon Askin	1907–2005	Austrian actor			[378][750]
Mischa Auer	1905–1967	Russian-American actor
Bea Benaderet	1906–1968	American actress
Milton Berle	1908–2002	American comedian and actor			[751]
Joe Besser	1907–1988	American comedian and actor	One of the Three Stooges comedy team from 1955 to 1958		[402]
Mel Blanc	1908–1989	American voice actor	Voice of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck		[752]
Victor Borge	1909–2000	Danish-American comedian and pianist	Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2		[753]
Ricardo Cortez	1900–1977	American silent film star, known as a "Latin lover" type			[754]
Howard Da Silva	1909–1986	American film actor			[564]
Melvyn Douglas	1901–1981	American actor, won all three of the entertainment industries' highest awards, two Oscars, a Tony and an Emmy		Father	[755][756]
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.	1909–2000	American actor	Gunga Din (1939)
Larry Fine	1902–1975	American comedian and actor	One of the Three Stooges comedy team		[402]
Leo Genn	1905–1978	British actor
John Houseman	1902–1988	American actor. Academy Award winner	The Paper Chase (1973)	Father
Curly Howard	1903–1952	American comedian and actor	One of the Three Stooges comedy team from 1932 to 1946, brother of Moe and Shemp Howard		[402]
Delia de Leon	1901–1993	British stage actress			[757]
Sam Levene	1905–1980	Russian/American stage and film actor			[758]
Peter Lorre	1904–1964	Hungarian-born stage and screen actor	Casablanca (1942)		[759]
Zeppo Marx	1901–1979	American comedian and actor	One of the Marx Brothers		[760]
Sanford Meisner	1905–1997	American actor
Otto Preminger	1905–1986	Austrian director and actor	Stalag 17 (1953)
Lee Strasberg	1901–1982	American actor
Chaim Towber	1901–1972	American actor, playwright, musician
Herman Yablokoff	1903–1981	American stage actor, singer, composer, poet, director and producer of Yiddish theatre	Papirossen (1935)		[761]

Born in the 1890s

Name	Years	Nationality/profession	Prominent roles	Jewish lineage	References
Jack Benny	1894–1974	American comedian, vaudeville performer, and radio, television, and film actor			[762]
Gertrude Berg	1899–1966	American radio and television actress	1951 Emmy Award for Lead Actress in a Television Series as Molly Goldberg in "The Goldbergs", which she also wrote.		[763]
Elisabeth Bergner	1897–1986	Austrian film actress			[764]
Fanny Brice	1891–1951	American comedian, singer, and entertainer			[765]
George Burns	1896–1996	American comedian and actor			[766]
Eddie Cantor	1892–1964	American comedian, singer, actor, songwriter	One of the most popular entertainers in the U.S. in the early and middle 20th century		[767]
Michael Chekhov	1891–1955	Russian-American Academy Award–nominated actor, director	Nephew of Anton Chekhov, protege of Constantin Stanislavki
Hermione Gingold	1897–1987	British actress			[768]
Harold Goldblatt	1899–1982	(Northern) Irish actor	A Night to Remember		[769]
Jetta Goudal	1891–1985	Dutch-American actress			[770]
Leslie Howard	1893–1943	British film actor	Gone with the Wind		[256][771]
Moe Howard	1897–1975	American comedian and actor	The "leader" of the Three Stooges comedy team, brother of Curly and Shemp Howard		[402]
Shemp Howard	1895–1955	American comedian and actor	Part of the Three Stooges comedy team until 1932 and from 1946 to 1955, brother of Curly and Moe Howard		[402]
Sam Jaffe	1891–1984	American film and stage actor	Academy Award–nominated		[564]
Ida Kaminska	1899–1980	Polish Academy Award–nominated actress			[564]
Francis Lederer	1899–2000	Czech-born actor			[772][773]
Ernst Lubitsch	1892–1947	German-American filmmaker and actor
Lilyan Tashman	1896–1934	American actor
Groucho Marx	1890–1977	American comedian and actor	Worked both with his siblings, the Marx Brothers, and on his own		[760]
Gummo Marx	1893–1977	American comedian and actor	One of the Marx Brothers		[760]
Solomon Mikhoels	1890–1948	Soviet actor and director in Yiddish theater	Chairman of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee		[774]
Martin Miller	1899–1969	Czech actor	The Pink Panther
Paul Muni	1895–1967	American Academy Award– and Tony Award–winning actor			[775]
Carmel Myers	1899–1980	American silent film actress			[776]
Julius Nathanson	1890–1957	American actor and comedian
Irving Pichel	1891–1954	American actor and director	Dracula's Daughter
Molly Picon	1898–1992	American star of stage, screen and television			[777]
Gregory Ratoff	1893–1960	Russian-American actor, director and producer	All About Eve
Edward G. Robinson	1893–1973	American stage and film actor			[778]
Joseph Schildkraut	1896–1964	Austrian-born stage and film actor			[779]
Frederick Schrecker	1892–1976	Austrian actor	The Trollenberg Terror		[780]
Meier Tzelniker	1894–1980	British actor	Appeared in Yiddish theatre		[781]

Born in the 1880s

Name	Years	Nationality/profession	Prominent roles	Jewish lineage	References
Broncho Billy Anderson	1880–1971	American actor, writer, director, and producer	Perhaps best known as the first star of the Western film genre		[782]
Theda Bara	1885–1955	American silent film actress	Known as the first screen "Vamp"		[783]
Cecil B. DeMille	1881–1959	American director and filmmaker		Mother
Douglas Fairbanks	1883–1939	American actor		Father	[760]
Menahem Gnessin	1882–1952	Jewish actor and Hebrew language instructor			[784]
Al Jolson	1886–1950	American singer and actor			[785]
Chico Marx	1887–1961	American comedian and actor	One of the Marx Brothers		[760]
Harpo Marx	1888–1964	American comedian and actor	One of the Marx Brothers		[760]
Ida Rubinstein	1885–1960	Famous Russian Belle Époque beauty			[786]
Vladimir Sokoloff	1889–1962	Russian actor in German and French silents and American talkies
Ludwig Stössel	1883–1973	Austrian actor
Sophie Tucker	1884–1966	American actress, singer and comedian			[787]
Erich von Stroheim	1885–1957	Austrian-born filmmaker and actor			[788]
Ed Wynn	1886–1966	American comedian and actor			[564]
S. Z. Sakall	1883–1955	Hungarian-American character actor	Casablanca

Born in the mid-19th century

Name	Years	Nationality/profession	Prominent roles	Jewish lineage	References
Jacob Pavlovitch Adler	1855–1926	Russian-born (later American) actor, a star of the Yiddish theatre			[789]
Oscar Beregi Sr.	1876–1965	Hungarian stage and film actor	Father of Oscar Beregi
Sarah Bernhardt	1844–1923	French stage actress			[790]
Anna Held	1872–1918	Polish-born stage performer	Most often associated with impresario Florenz Ziegfeld, her common-law husband		[791]
Adah Isaacs Menken	1835–1868	American actress and poet			[792]
Alla Nazimova	1879–1945	American theater and film actress, scriptwriter, and producer			[793]
Henriette Nissen-Saloman	1819–1879	Swedish singer and actress
Rachel	1820–1858	French stage actress			[794]
Rudolph Schildkraut	1862–1930	Austrian-American theater and film actor	Father of Joseph Schildkraut
Al Shean	1868–1949	German-American actor and comedian	Uncle of the Marx Brothers
Boris Thomashefsky	1868–1939	Ukrainian-born (later American) singer and actor	Grandfather of conductor Michael Tilson Thomas		[795]
Rudolph Marks	circa 1867–1930	Ukrainian-born (later American) actor, comedian and playwright			[796][797]