Nathan Lane is an American actor and producer who was born in New Jersey. He joined St. Peter High School, where he was chosen by the school as the Best Actor. He is best known for his voice acting in several animated films.
An American actor and stand-up comedian, born on January 2, 1955. He was known for several works, including Saturday Night Live and Wayne's Ward. He was also known for his impersonation of George Bush Sr. and Ross Perot in his show called Saturday Night Live, which was presented...Read more over the course of 6 months. He received the MTV Award for Best On-Screen Duo, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety Show or Music Program.
An American stand-up comedian, actor, and filmmaker, born in South Carolina. Chris Rock's parents moved to Brooklyn, New York, shortly after his birth before making another move to the working-class area of Bedford–Stuyvesant. His mother, Rosalie, was a teacher for the mentally...Read more disabled, while his father, Julius, was a truck driver who died in 1988 from surgery complications. Chris drew inspiration from his grandfather, who was a preacher. He went to a predominately white school, which left him a target of bullying and racism until his parents pulled him out of school. But he went on to drop out of high school altogether and got a job at a fast-food restaurant. Chris Rock started his career doing stand-up comedy and taking small parts in various comedy movies until his natural aptitude for comedy propelled him to fame. His notable credits include Head of State (2003) and Madagascar (2005).
He is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer, born on September 4, 1960 in New York to a large artistic family; his brothers are Marlon Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans and Shawn Wayans. His son is actor Damon Wayans Jr.. He made his acting debut in the movie...Read more Beverly Hills Cop (1984). His works include The Last Boy Scout, Mo' Money, Major Payne, and My Wife and Kids.
Rob Schneider was born in San Francisco, California. His mother was a kindergarten teacher, and his father a real estate broker. His father was Jewish, while his mother was Catholic. After graduating from Terra Nova High School in 1982, Schneider attended San Francisco State...Read more University. His most famous work include Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), Down Periscope (1996), The Animal (2001), 50 First Dates (2004), and Grown Ups (2010).
John Goodman, born in 1952, is an American film, television and stage actor. He's best known for his long run on the 1990s television series "Roseanne," for which he earned a Best Actor Golden Globe in 1993. He is the voice behind Sully in "Monsters, Inc." (2001). He has...Read more repeatedly worked with the Coen Brothers in "Raising Arizona" (1987), "Barton Fink" (1991), the hilarious cult favorite "The Big Lebowski" (1998) and "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (2000). Goodman played Fred Flintstone in the 1994 screen adaptation of the classic 1960s cartoon "The Flintstones" about a run-of-the-mill, suburban family living in the Stone Age. Goodman continues to make interesting choices, with roles in the Academy Award-winning "The Artist" (2011), a guest spot on the hit television series "Community," and "Flight" (2012) with Denzel Washington.
Timothy Allen Dick was born on June 13th, 1953 in Denver, Colorado. He is a comedian, an actor, a voice-over artist as well as an entertainer. Allen’s mother, Martha Katherine, was a community-service worker while his father, Gerald M. Dick, was a real estate agent. When Allen...Read more was 11, his father died in a car accident in which his car collided with that of a drunk driver. When his mother remarried two years later, she moved him and his four other brothers with her to live with her new husband’s three children in Detroit Michigan. Allen began his career as a comedian in 1975 when a friend dared him to perform at a comedy club in Detroit. As his career blossomed, he eventually moved to Los Angeles to join the comedy community there. Timothy Allen is perhaps best known for his role in the popular television sitcom “Home Improvement”.
An American actress and comedian, was born as Caryn Elaine Johnson on November 13, 1955 in Manhattan, New York. She learned acting in New York and made her film debut in Citizen (1982). She created The Spook Show in 1983, which was transferred to Broadway. She made her Hollywood...Read more debut in The Color Purple (1985), for which she received an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe Award. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Ghost (1991). She is also known for Sister Act (1992) and its sequel, Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993).
A British actor, producer and writer, born in Consett, United Kingdom. He graduated from Newcastle University, and obtained a master's degree in electrical engineering from Oxford. He began acting through the performances he was giving with the university's experimental theater...Read more club. He is famous as Mr. Bean in many works, including: Mr. Bean, Handy Bean, and Mr. Bean: The Animated Series. Among his works are: The Lion King and Johnny English.
Adam Sandler is an American comedian, actor, writer and producer. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, on September 9, 1966, to two Jewish parents with Russian roots. He grew up in Manchester, New Hampshire, and went on to graduate from New York University’s prestigious Tisch...Read more School of the Arts in 1988. Sandler known for his unique, brutish yet sensitive style of comedy, and has made lasting impressions on American humor with his appearances on Saturday Night Live in the early 1990s, Billy Madison (1995), Happy Gilmore (1996), The Wedding Singer (1998), The Waterboy (1998), Punch Drunk Love (2002) and the surprisingly raw and touching Funny People (2009). He founded his own production company, Happy Madison Productions, in 1999. It has since gone on to produce a number of films and TV series, like Rules of Engagement (2007). Adam Sandler is estimated to have a net worth of $300 million.