List of Jewish actors

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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).

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
Gideon Adlon	1997–	American	Blockers, The Mustang, The Craft: Legacy
Asher Angel	2002–	American	Andi Mack, Shazam!
Iris Apatow	2002–	American	This Is 40, Love
Maude Apatow	1997–	American	This Is 40, Other People, Assassination Nation, Euphoria
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, Am I OK?
Ariela Barer	1998–	American	One Day at a Time, Runaways, How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Madison Beer	1999–	American	Louder Than Words
Sofia Black-D'Elia	1991–	American	Skins, Single Drunk Female
Asher Blinkoff	2008–	American	Hotel Transylvania 2, Hotel Transylvania 3
Jonah Bobo	1997–	American	Zathura
Billie Boullet	2005–	British-French	The Worst Witch, A Small Light
Cameron Boyce	1999–2019	American	Jessie, Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything, Descendants
Abigail Breslin	1996–	American	Signs, Little Miss Sunshine, Zombieland
Spencer Breslin	1992–	American
Ashley Brooke	2005–	American	Troop Zero, A Small Light
Max Burkholder	1997–	American	Parenthood
Carly Chaikin	1990–	American	Suburgatory, Mr. Robot
Pauline Chalamet	1992–	American	The King of Staten Island, The Sex Lives of College Girls
Timothée Chalamet	1995–	American	Call Me by Your Name, Lady Bird, Little Women, Dune
Catherine Cohen	1991–	American	Search Party, Three Busy Debras
Emory Cohen	1990–	American	The Place Beyond the Pines, Brooklyn, The OA
David Corenswet	1993–	American	The Politician
Caylee Cowan	1998–	American	Willy's Wonderland, Frank and Penelope
Flora Cross	1993–	American	Bee Season
Spencer Daniels	1992–	American
Pete Davidson	1993–	American	Saturday Night Live
Zoey Deutch	1994–	American	Vampire Academy, Everybody Wants Some!!, Before I Fall, Not Okay
Jason Drucker	2005–	American	Bumblebee
Ansel Elgort	1994–	American	The Fault in Our Stars, Baby Driver
Beanie Feldstein	1993–	American	Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, Lady Bird, Booksmart
Brandon Flynn	1993–	American	13 Reasons Why
Isabelle Fuhrman	1997–	American	Orphan, The Hunger Games, The Novice
Aidan Gallagher	2003–	American	Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, The Umbrella Academy
Julia Garner	1994–	American	Electrick Children, We Are What We Are, Grandma, Ozark
Dylan Gelula	1994–	American	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, First Girl I Loved, Support the Girls
Kaia Gerber	2001–	American	American Horror Stories, American Horror Story: Double Feature, Bottoms
Esti Ginzburg	1990–	Israeli	Twelve
Ariella Glaser	2005–	British	Radioactive, White Bird
Molly Gordon	1995–	American	Animal Kingdom, Booksmart, Good Boys, Shiva Baby, The Bear
Zachary Gordon	1998–	American	Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Alexander Gould	1994–	American	Finding Nemo, Weeds
Jack Dylan Grazer	2003–	American	It, Shazam!
Shira Haas	1995–	Israeli	Unorthodox, Princess, Foxtrot, Shtisel
Teo Halm	1999–	American	Earth to Echo
Jonah Hauer-King	1995–	British	A Dog's Way Home
Fred Hechinger	1999–	American	News of the World, The Fear Street Trilogy
Madison Iseman	1997–	American	Tales of Halloween, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Carter Jenkins	1991–	American
Rachel Keller	1992–	American	Legion, Fargo, The Society
Hunter King	1993–	American	A Girl Like Her
Joey King	1999–	American	The Conjuring, White House Down, Fargo
Kira Kosarin	1997–	American	The Thundermans
Logan Lerman	1992–	American	Percy Jackson & the Olympians, Hoot, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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
Jaren Lewison	2000–	American	Never Have I Ever
Jonathan Lipnicki	1990–	American	Jerry Maguire, Stuart Little, Like Mike
Billie Lourd	1992–	American	American Horror Story, Booksmart, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Milo Manheim	2001–	American	Zombies
David Mazouz	2001–	American	Gotham, Touch
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
Ian Nelson	1995–	American
Wyatt Oleff	2003–	American	It, Guardians of the Galaxy
Yasmin Paige	1990s–	British	Pramface, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Submarine
Victoria Pedretti	1995–	American	The Haunting, You, Shirley
Nicola Peltz	1995–	American	Bates Motel, Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Ben Platt	1993–	American	Pitch Perfect, Dear Evan Hansen
Ryan Potter	1995–	American	Supah Ninjas, Big Hero 6
Bel Powley	1992–	British	The Diary of a Teenage Girl, White Boy Rick, The King of Staten Island
Emily Ratajkowski	1991–	American
Nathalia Ramos	1992–	Spanish	House of Anubis
Sarah Ramos	1991–	American	American Dreams, Parenthood
Anna Rezan	1992–	Greek
Ben Rosenfield	1992–	American	Boardwalk Empire, 6 Years, Twin Peaks
Sofia Rosinsky	2006–	American	Paper Girls, Death and Other Details
Joshua Rush	2001–	American	Andi Mack
Odeya Rush	1997–	Israeli-American	The Giver, Goosebumps, Lady Bird
Daryl Sabara	1992–	American	Spy Kids series, Generator Rex, Ben 10
Halston Sage	1993–	American	How to Rock, Neighbors, Paper Towns
Larry Saperstein	1998–	American	High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
Noah Schnapp	2004–	American	Stranger Things
Max Schneider	1992–	American	How to Rock
Diana Silvers	1997–	American	Into the Dark, Booksmart, Ma
Troye Sivan	1995–	Australian	Spud
Sasha Spielberg	1990–	American	In a Relationship
Ari'el Stachel	1991–	American	Zola, Don't Worry Darling
Adiel Stein	1991–	American	Stolen Summer
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
Gregg Sulkin	1992–	British	Avalon High, Faking It, Wizards of Waverly Place
Aaron Taylor-Johnson	1990–	British	Nowhere Boy, Kick-Ass, Avengers: Age of Ultron
Bex Taylor-Klaus	1994–	American	The Killing, House of Lies, Arrow, Scream
Madeline Weinstein	1993–	American	Beach Rats, Alex Strangelove, Mare of Easttown
Zoe Weizenbaum	1991–	American	Memoirs of a Geisha
Alex Wolff	1997–	American	The Naked Brothers Band, Patriots Day, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Hereditary
Nat Wolff	1994–	American	The Naked Brothers Band, The Fault in Our Stars, Paper Towns
Sarah Yarkin	1993–	American	Happy Death Day 2U, Motherland: Fort Salem, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Not Okay
Hadas Yaron	1990–	Israeli	Winner of the best actress award at Venice Film Festival for Fill the Void.
Lucas Jade Zumann	2000–	American	20th Century Women, Anne with an E

Born in the 1980s

Name	Years	Nationality	Notable roles	References
Dianna Agron	1986–	American	Heroes, Glee, I Am Number Four, Shiva Baby
Jonathan Ahdout	1989–	American	House of Sand and Fog
Rachel Bloom	1987–	American	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Aviv Alush	1982–	Israeli	False Flag, The Women's Balcony, The Shack
Nora Arnezeder	1989–	French
Skylar Astin	1987–	American	Pitch Perfect, Spring Awakening
Moran Atias	1981–	Israeli	The Resident
Justin Berfield	1986–	American	Malcolm in the Middle
Rachel Bilson	1981–	American	The O.C., The Last Kiss, Hart of Dixie
Josh Bowman	1988–	British	Revenge
Alison Brie	1982–	American	Community, Mad Men, GLOW
Ania Bukstein	1982–	Russian-born Israeli	False Flag, Game of Thrones
Amanda Bynes	1986–	American	She's the Man, Hairspray, The Amanda Show
Aya Cash	1982–	American	The Boys, You’re the Worst
Lizzy Caplan	1982–	American	Mean Girls, Cloverfield, Party Down, True Blood
Cristiana Capotondi	1980–	Italian
Lauren Cohan	1982–	British-American	The Walking Dead
Matt Cohen	1982–	American	South of Nowhere
Lauren Collins	1986–	Canadian	Degrassi: The Next Generation
Alexa Davalos	1982–	American
Kat Dennings	1986–	American	Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, 2 Broke Girls, Thor
Daveed Diggs	1982–	American	Hamilton, clipping.
Drake	1986–	Canadian	Degrassi: The Next Generation
Lena Dunham	1986–	American	Girls
Zac Efron	1987–	American	High School Musical, 17 Again, Neighbors
Alden Ehrenreich	1989–	American	Hail, Caesar!, Solo: A Star Wars Story
Jesse Eisenberg	1983–	American	The Social Network, Now You See Me, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Jake Epstein	1987–	Canadian	Degrassi: The Next Generation
Stacey Farber	1987–	Canadian	Degrassi: The Next Generation
Ben Feldman	1980–	American	The Perfect Man, Mad Men, Superstore
Donna Feldman	1982–	American	You Don't Mess with the Zohan
Jeremy Ferdman	1986–	Canadian
Ben Foster	1980–	American	X-Men: The Last Stand
Jon Foster	1984–	American	Stay Alive
Shayna Fox	1984–	American
Dave Franco	1985–	American	Superbad, Now You See Me, Scrubs
Jason Fuchs	1986–	American	Holy Rollers
Seth Gabel	1981–	American
Josh Gad	1981–	American	The Rocker, 21, Love & Other Drugs, Frozen, Frozen II
Gal Gadot	1985–	Israeli	Fast & Furious, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Andrew Garfield	1983–	American-born British	Lions for Lambs, The Social Network, The Amazing Spider-Man, Tick, Tick… Boom!
Romola Garai	1982–	Hong Kong-born British
Rafi Gavron	1989–	British-American	Inkheart
Gideon Glick	1988–	American	Spring Awakening
Ilana Glazer	1987–	American	Broad City, The Night Before
Jake Goldsbie	1988–	Canadian
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
Katerina Graham	1989–	Swiss-born American	The Vampire Diaries
Ari Graynor	1983–	American	Holy Rollers, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, Whip It
Eva Green	1980–	French	The Dreamers, Casino Royale
Yael Grobglas	1984–	French-born Israeli	Reign, Jane the Virgin, JeruZalem
Jake Gyllenhaal	1980–	American	Donnie Darko, Brokeback Mountain, The Day After Tomorrow
Erin Heatherton	1989–	American
Simon Helberg	1980–	American	The Big Bang Theory, A Serious Man
Jonah Hill	1983–	American	Superbad, Moneyball, 21 Jump Street, The Wolf of Wall Street
Aaron Himelstein	1986–	American	Austin Powers in Goldmember
Michiel Huisman	1981–	Dutch	Game of Thrones, The Haunting of Hill House, The Age of Adaline
Oliver Jackson-Cohen	1986–	British	The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, The Invisible Man
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
Scarlett Johansson	1984–	American	Lost in Translation, Match Point, The Avengers, Her, Marriage Story, Jojo Rabbit
Jeremy Jordan	1984–	American	Smash, The Last Five Years
Tomer Kapon	1985–	Israeli	The Boys
Robert Kazinsky	1983–	British	EastEnders
Jonathan Keltz	1988–	American	Entourage, Prom, 21 & Over
Shane Kippel	1986–	Canadian	Degrassi: The Next Generation
Mila Kunis	1983–	Ukrainian-born American	That '70s Show, Family Guy, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Black Swan, Ted
Shia LaBeouf	1986–	American	Transformers, The Greatest Game Ever Played, Eagle Eye, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Emma Lahana	1984–	New Zealand	Power Rangers Dino Thunder, Cloak & Dagger
Melanie Laurent	1983–	French	Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas, Inglourious Basterds
Inbar Lavi	1986–	Israeli	Imposters, Prison Break, Lucifer
Margarita Levieva	1980–	Russian	The Invisible, Revenge
Jane Levy	1989–	American	Shameless, Evil Dead, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
Sivan Levy	1987–	Israeli	Six Acts, Inch'Allah
Alex D. Linz	1989–	American	Home Alone 3, Max Keeble's Big Move
John Magaro	1983–	American	The Life Before Her Eyes, Assassination of a High School President
Shiri Maimon	1981–	Israeli
Zosia Mamet	1988–	American	Girls
Eli Marienthal	1986–	American	Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, The Iron Giant
Thomas McDonell	1986–	American	The 100
Scott Mechlowicz	1981–	American	EuroTrip, Mean Creek
Christopher Mintz-Plasse	1989–	American	Superbad, Role Models, Kick-Ass
Julian Morris	1983–	British	Pretty Little Liars, ER, Cry Wolf
Bar Paly	1985–	Russian-born Israeli-American
Sara Paxton	1988–	American	Darcy's Wild Life, Aquamarine
Josh Peck	1986–	American	Drake & Josh, Max Keeble's Big Move
Ashley Peldon	1984–	American
Courtney Peldon	1981–	American
Sarah Podemski	1983–	Canadian	Empire of Dirt, Reservation Dogs
Alisan Porter	1981–	American	Curly Sue, The Voice
Natalie Portman	1981–	Israeli-born American	Star Wars: Episodes I, II, III, V for Vendetta, Black Swan
Laura Prepon	1980–	American	That '70s Show. Orange Is the New Black
Ester Rada	1985–	Israeli
Daniel Radcliffe	1989–	British	Harry Potter
Ben Rappaport	1986–	American	Outsourced
Melissa Rauch	1980–	American	The Big Bang Theory, The Bronze
Monica Raymund	1986–	American
Nikki Reed	1988–	American	Thirteen, Lords of Dogtown, The Twilight Saga
Bar Refaeli	1985–	Israeli	Session
Max Rhyser	1982–	American	A Four Letter Word, Homeland, Violet Tendencies
Seth Rogen	1982–	Canadian	Pineapple Express, Knocked Up, Neighbors
Agam Rodberg	1986–	Israel
Emmy Rossum	1986–	American	The Phantom of the Opera, Poseidon, Shameless
Jessica Rothe	1987–	American	Happy Death Day
Daniela Ruah	1983–	Portuguese-American	NCIS: Los Angeles
Lara Sacher	1986–	Australian	Neighbours
Amy Schumer	1981–	American	Inside Amy Schumer, Trainwreck
Ben Schwartz	1981–	American	Peep World, Undercovers, House of Lies
Jason Schwartzman	1980–	American
Robert Schwartzman	1982–	American	Princess Diaries
Jason Segel	1980–	American	How I Met Your Mother, Forgetting Sarah Marshall
David Serero	1981–	French
Jamie-Lynn Sigler	1981–	American	The Sopranos, Entourage
Nick Simmons	1989–	American
Ed Skrein	1983–	British	Game of Thrones, The Transporter Refueled, Deadpool
Jenny Slate	1982–	American	Saturday Night Live, Despicable Me 3
Leelee Sobieski	1983–	American
Marla Sokoloff	1980–	American	Big Day
Emilia Spivak	1981–	Russian
Shoshannah Stern	1980–	American	Jericho, The Hammer, Supernatural
Yael Stone	1985–	Australian	Orange Is The New Black
Lauren Storm	1987–	American	Flight 29 Down
Alona Tal	1983–	Israeli	Supernatural, Hostages, Daredevil
Ninet Tayeb	1983–	Israeli
Khleo Thomas	1989–	American	Holes
Itay Tiran	1980–	Israeli	Beaufort, Lebanon, Hostages
Ashley Tisdale	1985–	American	High School Musical, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Michelle Trachtenberg	1985–	American	Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Gossip Girl, 17 Again
Jonathan Tucker	1982–	American	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Ruins
Raviv (Ricky) Ullman	1986–	Israeli-born American	Phil of the Future
Milana Vayntrub	1987–	Uzbek-American	AT&T television commercials, This Is Us
Hannah Ware	1982–	English	Boss
Michael Welch	1987–	American	Joan of Arcadia
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
Evan Rachel Wood	1987–	American	Thirteen, The Upside of Anger, Across the Universe, Westworld
Alex Wyse	1987–	American	Spring Awakening, Lysistrata Jones, Wicked
Anton Yelchin	1989–2016	Russian-born American	Alpha Dog, Terminator Salvation, Star Trek
Ashley Zukerman	1983–	American	The Fear Street Trilogy

Born in the 1970s

Name	Years	Nationality	Prominent roles	References
Reymond Amsalem	1978–	Israeli	Hostages
Dave Annable	1979–	American
Shiri Appleby	1978–	American	Roswell
David Arquette	1971–	American	Scream, See Spot Run
Matt Austin	1975-	Canadian	Power Rangers S.P.D.
Mili Avital	1972–	Israeli	Stargate
Eric Balfour	1977–	American
Elizabeth Banks	1974–	American	The Hunger Games, Spider-Man
Sendi Bar	1976–	Israeli
Sacha Baron Cohen	1971–	British	Ali G, Borat, Brüno, The Dictator
Justin Bartha	1978–	American	Gigli, National Treasure, The Hangover
Dani Behr	1971–	British
Amber Benson	1977–	American	Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Elizabeth Berkley	1972–	American	Saved By The Bell, Showgirls
Josh Bernstein	1971–	American	Digging for the Truth
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
Michael Ian Black	1971–	American
Selma Blair	1972–	American	Cruel Intentions, Hellboy
Alex Borstein	1973–	American	Family Guy
Caprice Bourret	1971–	American/British
Zach Braff	1975–	American	Scrubs, Garden State, The Last Kiss
Tamara Braun	1971–	American
Adam Brody	1979–	American	The O.C.
Adrien Brody	1973–	American	Septembers of Shiraz, The Pianist
Sarah Brown	1975–	American
Brooke Burke	1971–	American
Scott Caan	1976–	American	Hawaii 5-0
James Callis	1971–	British	Battlestar Galactica
Neve Campbell	1973–	Canadian	Scream
Josh Charles	1971–	American	The Good Wife, Sports Night, Dead Poets Society
David Charvet	1972–	French-born American	Baywatch
Dmitry Chepovetsky	1970–	Ukrainian	ReGenesis
Emmanuelle Chriqui	1977–	Canadian	Entourage, You Don't Mess with the Zohan
Assaf Cohen	1972–	American
Jennifer Connelly	1970–	American
Eric Dane	1972–	American	Grey's Anatomy, Marley & Me, Valentine's Day
Erin Daniels	1973–	American	The L Word
Dustin Diamond	1977–2021	American	Saved by the Bell
Meital Dohan	1976–	Israeli	Weeds
Vanja Ejdus	1976–	Serbian
Gad Elmaleh	1971–	Moroccan-French
Oded Fehr	1970–	Israeli/American	The Mummy, Resident Evil
Corey Feldman	1971–	American	The Goonies
Mark Feuerstein	1971–	American	Royal Pains
Isla Fisher	1976–	Omani-born Australian	Wedding Crashers, Confessions of a Shopaholic, The Great Gatsby
James Franco	1978–	American	James Dean, Spider-Man, 127 Hours
Soleil Moon Frye	1976–	American	Punky Brewster
Sarah Michelle Gellar	1977–	American	Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Sara Gilbert	1975–	American	Roseanne
Jessalyn Gilsig	1971–	Canadian	Nip/Tuck
Elon Gold	1970–	American
Iddo Goldberg	1975–	Israeli	Defiance
Ginnifer Goodwin	1978–	American	Once Upon a Time
Seth Green	1974–	American	Robot Chicken, Austin Powers, Family Guy
Bryan Greenberg	1978–	American	Prime
Max Greenfield	1979–	American	New Girl
Becky Griffin	1977–	American-Israeli
Maggie Gyllenhaal	1977–	American	The Dark Knight
Tiffany Haddish	1979–	American-Eritrean	Girls Trip
Corey Haim	1971–2010	Canadian	Lucas, The Lost Boys
Tzachi Halevy	1975–	Israeli	Bethlehem, Fauda, Mary Magdalene
Chelsea Handler	1975–	American	Chelsea Lately
Alyson Hannigan	1974–	American
Samantha Harris	1973–	American
Cole Hauser	1975–	American
Daniel Hendler	1976–	Uruguayan	Bottom of the Sea, Family Law
Kate Hudson	1979–	American	Almost Famous, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Oliver Hudson	1976–	American
Rashida Jones	1976–	American	The Office (U.S.), Parks and Recreation
Chris Kattan	1970–	American
Omri Katz	1976–	American	Dallas
Joel Kinnaman	1979–	Swedish and American	Easy Money, RoboCop, Altered Carbon
Mia Kirshner	1975–	Canadian	The L Word, 24
Alla Korot	1970–	Ukrainian-born American
Nick Kroll	1978–	American	The League, Big Mouth, Kroll Show, The House
Lisa Kushell	1971–	American	MADtv, co-host of Dinner and a Movie
David Krumholtz	1978–	American	NUMB3RS
Juliet Landau	1972–	American
Aaron Lazar	1976–	American	J. Edgar, The Notorious Bettie Page
Yehezkel Lazarov	1974–	Israeli
Adam Levine	1979–	American	The Voice
Jonah Lotan	1973–	Israeli-American	Hostages
Matt Lucas	1974–	British	The Infidel
Michael Lucas	1972–	Russian-born
Jamie Luner	1971–	American	Melrose Place
Natasha Lyonne	1979–	American	American Pie, Orange is the New Black
Gabriel Macht	1972–	American
Idina Menzel	1971–	American	Wicked, Frozen
Adir Miller	1974–	Israeli	Ramzor
B. J. Novak	1979–	American	The Office, Inglourious Basterds
Gwyneth Paltrow	1972–	American	Shakespeare in Love
Pink	1978–	American
Adam Pascal	1970–	American	Rent
Amanda Peet	1972–	American
Melanie Peres	1971–	Israeli
Joaquin Phoenix	1974–	Puerto Rican-born American	Gladiator, Walk the Line, Joker
Rain Phoenix	1973–	American
River Phoenix	1970–1993	American	Stand by Me
Summer Phoenix	1978–	American
Eyal Podell	1975–	Israeli-American
Jennifer Podemski	1973–	Canadian	Empire of Dirt, Reservation Dogs
Tamara Podemski	1977–	Canadian	Outer Range, Reservation Dogs
Josh Radnor	1974–	American	How I Met Your Mother
Michael Rapaport	1970–	American	Boston Public, Atypical
Lior Raz	1971–	Israeli	Fauda
Leah Remini	1970–	American	The King of Queens
Simon Rex	1974–	American	What I Like About You, National Lampoon's Pledge This, Red Rocket
Sasha Roiz	1973–	Israeli-born Canadian	Grimm
Michael Rosenbaum	1972–	American	Smallville
Tracee Ellis Ross	1972–	American	Black-ish
Eli Roth	1972–	American
Maya Rudolph	1972–	American	Saturday Night Live
Winona Ryder	1971–	American	Heathers, Edward Scissorhands, Stranger Things, Beetlejuice, Mermaids, A Scanner Darkly
Antonio Sabàto Jr	1972–	Italian-American
John Safran	1972–	Australian
Sarah Saltzberg	1976–	American
Andy Samberg	1978–	American	Saturday Night Live
Fred Savage	1976–	American	The Wonder Years, The Princess Bride
Yuval Segal	1971–	Israeli	Fauda
Michael Showalter	1970–	American
Maggie Siff	1974–	American	Mad Men, Sons of Anarchy, Push
Sarah Silverman	1970–	American	The Sarah Silverman Program
Alicia Silverstone	1976–	American	Clueless, Batman and Robin
Estelle Skornik	1971–	French	Papa and Nicole
Ione Skye	1971–	British-born American	Say Anything...
Troy Slaten	1975–	American	Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Cagney & Lacey
Lindsay Sloane	1977–	American
Bahar Soomekh	1975–	Iranian-born American	Crash, Saw
Tori Spelling	1973–	American	Beverly Hills 90210
Jordana Spiro	1977–	American	My Boys
Rachel Stevens	1978–	British	S Club 7
Corey Stoll	1976–	American	North Country, Lucky Number Slevin, House of Cards
Matt Stone	1971–	American	South Park
Danny Strong	1974–	American
Tara Strong	1973–	Canadian	Drawn Together, Ben 10, The Fairly Oddparents, Hamtaro, The Powerpuff Girls, My Little Pony
Kevin Sussman	1970–	American	Ugly Betty, Burn After Reading
Noa Tishby	1975–	Israeli	The Island
Mageina Tovah	1979–	American
Hilla Vidor	1975–	Israeli	Hostages
Taika Waititi	1975–	New Zealander
Scott Weinger	1975–	American	Full House, Aladdin
Kevin Weisman	1970–	American
Rachel Weisz	1971–	British
Jennifer Westfeldt	1970–	American	Kissing Jessica Stein
Marissa Jaret Winokur	1973–	American	Hairspray (stage version)
Noah Wyle	1971–	American	ER, Falling Skies
Michal Yannai	1972–	Israeli-American	Avenue Q
Michael Zegen	1979–	American	Rescue Me, Boardwalk Empire
Nikki Ziering	1971–	American
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
Paul Adelstein	1969–	American	Prison Break, Private Practice
Ronni Ancona	1968–	British (Scottish)
Mathieu Amalric	1965–	French	Munich, Quantum of Solace, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The French Dispatch
Patricia Arquette	1968–	American	True Romance, Boyhood
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
David Baddiel	1964–	British
David Alan Basche	1968–	American
Randall Batinkoff	1968–	American	For Keeps?
H. Jon Benjamin	1966–	American	Archer, Bob's Burgers
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
Troy Beyer	1964–	American
Craig Bierko	1964–	American	Cinderella Man
Jack Black	1969–	American	School of Rock, Kung Fu Panda
Maddie Blaustein	1960–2008	American	Pokémon
Yasmine Bleeth	1968–	American	Baywatch
Kim Bodnia	1965–	Danish	Pusher, The Bridge, Killing Eve
Lisa Bonet	1967–	American	Angel Heart, The Cosby Show
Helena Bonham Carter	1966–	British	Alice in Wonderland, Harry Potter film series, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Bussunda	1962–2006	Brazilian	Casseta & Planeta
Gabrielle Carteris	1961–	American	Beverly Hills 90210
Louis C.K.	1967–	American
Scott Cohen	1964–	American	The 10th Kingdom, Gilmore Girls, Perfect Murder, Perfect Town
Mindy Cohn	1966–	American	The Facts of Life, Scooby-Doo
David Cross	1964–	American	Arrested Development
Dean Devlin	1962–	American
Don Diamont	1961–	American	The Young and the Restless
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
Julia Louis-Dreyfus	1961–	American	Seinfeld, Veep	Father
Lisa Edelstein	1966–	American	House
Ronit Elkabetz	1964–2016	Israeli
Jon Favreau	1966–	American	Chef, Iron Man, Spider-Man: Homecoming
Vanessa Feltz	1962–	British
Dan Futterman	1967–	American
Jeff Garlin	1962–	American	Curb Your Enthusiasm
Brad Garrett	1960–	American	Everybody Loves Raymond
Gina Gershon	1962–	American
Jami Gertz	1965–	American
Melissa Gilbert	1964–	American
Judy Gold	1962–	American
Bill Goldberg	1966–	American	WCW
Jennifer Grey	1960–	American	Dirty Dancing, Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Arye Gross	1960–	American
Annabelle Gurwitch	1961–	American	Hostess of TBS's Dinner and a Movie
Evan Handler	1961–	American	Sex and the City, Californication
Jessica Hecht	1965–	American
Monica Horan	1963–	American	Everybody Loves Raymond
Helen Hunt	1963–	American	Mad About You, What Women Want
Jason Isaacs	1963–	British	Harry Potter, The Patriot, Brotherhood, Star Trek: Discovery
Peter Jacobson	1965–	American	House
Lesli Kay	1965–	American	The Bold and the Beautiful
Paul Kaye	1964–	British
Heather Paige Kent	1969–	American
Marc Kudisch	1966–	American
Lisa Kudrow	1963–	American	Friends
John Lehr	1967–	American	10 Items or Less	Converted to Judaism
Jennifer Jason Leigh	1962–	American	Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Last Exit to Brooklyn, Single White Female, The Hateful Eight
Paul Lieberstein	1967–	American
Joshua Malina	1966–	American
Camryn Manheim	1961–	American	The Practice
Cindy Margolis	1965–	American
Julianna Margulies	1966–	American	ER
Marc Maron	1963–	American	GLOW, Joker
Brett Marx	1964–	American	The Bad News Bears
Marlee Matlin	1965–	American	Children of a Lesser God
Mathilda May	1965–	French	Lifeforce
Debra Messing	1968–	American	Will & Grace
Dina Meyer	1968–	American	Saw films
Ari Meyers	1969–	American	Kate & Allie
Sasha Mitchell	1967–	American	Step by Step
Maia Morgenstern	1962–	Romanian	The Passion of the Christ
Rob Morrow	1962–	American	Northern Exposure, Numb3rs
Erin Murphy	1964–	American
Andy Nyman	1966–	British	Dead Set, Death at a Funeral, Ghost Stories
Sophie Okonedo	1969–	British	Hotel Rwanda
Sarah Jessica Parker	1965–	American	Sex and the City, New Year's Eve, Footloose
Sean Penn	1960–	American	Milk, Mystic River, Carlito's Way
Tracy Pollan	1960–	American	Family Ties
Jeremy Piven	1965–	American	Entourage
Rain Pryor	1969–	American
Ted Raimi	1965–	American
Adam Rich	1968–	American	Eight is Enough
Paul Rudd	1969–	American	Ant-Man, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, This is 40, Mute, Ideal Home
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
Bitty Schram	1968–	American
Liev Schreiber	1967–	American	Ray Donovan
Scott Schwartz	1968–	American	A Christmas Story, The Toy
David Schwimmer	1966–	American	Friends, Madagascar
Sam Seder	1966–	American
Kyra Sedgwick	1965–	American
Ally Sheedy	1962–	American	The Breakfast Club, St. Elmo's Fire
Ben Shenkman	1968–	American	Angels in America, Then She Found Me
Pauly Shore	1968–	American	Encino Man, Son in Law, Bio-Dome
Jonathan Silverman	1966–	American
Laura Silverman	1966–	American	The Sarah Silverman Program, The Comeback
Meskie Shibru-Sivan	1967–	Ethiopian-born Israeli
Helen Slater	1963–	American
Georgia Slowe	1966–	British	Emmerdale
Rena Sofer	1968–	American
Israel Sonnenschein	1962–	German	Finale
Jon Stewart	1962–	American	The Daily Show
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
Michael Stuhlbarg	1968–	American	A Serious Man, Boardwalk Empire
Matilda Thorpe	1960–	British	Desmond's, Porkpie, Sick Note	Mother (Gillian Freeman)
Rachel True	1966–	American	CB4, Half Baked
Michael Vartan	1968–	French-American actor	Alias
Jean-Claude Van Damme	1960–	Belgian		Paternal Grandmother
Alex Winter	1965–	British-born American actor	Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, The Lost Boys
Scott Wolf	1968–	American	Party of Five
Ian Ziering	1964–	American	Beverly Hills 90210, Sharknado
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
Jason Alexander	1959–	American actor	Seinfeld
Adam Arkin	1956–	American television, film, and stage actor	Chicago Hope
Tom Arnold	1959–	American actor and comedian		Converted to Judaism
Rosanna Arquette	1959–	American actress, film director, and film producer
Ellen Barkin	1954–	American actress
Roseanne Barr	1952–	American actress, writer, talk-show host and comedian	Roseanne
Steven Bauer	1956–	Cuban-born American actor	Ray Donovan, Scarface
Robby Benson	1956–	American actor, former teen idol	Beauty and the Beast
Sandra Bernhard	1955–	American actress and comedian
Mark Blum	1950–2020	American actor	Desperately Seeking Susan, Crocodile Dundee
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
Kate Capshaw	1953–	American actress	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Converted to Judaism
Allan Corduner	1950–	British television, film, and stage actor	Topsy Turvy, Defiance
Katie Couric	1957–	American media personality	Shark Tale	Jewish mother
Jamie Lee Curtis	1958–	American film actress, successful writer	Halloween
Daniel Day-Lewis	1957–	British-born Academy Award–winning actor	Lincoln	Mother (Jill Balcon)
Ted Levine	1957–	American actor	The Silence of the Lambs
Fran Drescher	1957–	American film and television actress	The Nanny, Saturday Night Fever, Cadillac Man
Susie Essman	1955–	American stand-up comedian, television and film actress	Curb Your Enthusiasm
Tovah Feldshuh	1952–	American actress, singer, and playwright
Harvey Fierstein	1954–	American actor, author, and singer
David Fleeshman	1952–	British actor, broadcaster, lecturer and theatre director	Boys from the Blackstuff, Edge of Darkness, Silent Witness, Trial & Retribution
Al Franken	1951–	American comedian, actor, author, politician	Saturday Night Live
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
Mira Furlan	1955–2021	Croatian actress/singer
Uri Gavriel	1955–	Israeli actor	House of Saddam, The Syrian Bride, The Dark Knight Rises, Fauda
Brian George	1952–	Canadian, British-Israeli actor
Joanna Gleason	1950–	Canadian-born actress
Jeff Goldblum	1952–	American Academy Award–nominated film actor	The Fly, Jurassic Park, Independence Day, Thor: Ragnarok
Henry Goodman	1950–	British theatre actor
Steve Guttenberg	1958–	American actor
Mary Hart	1950–	American former actress and television personality	Entertainment Tonight
Nina Hartley	1959–	American adult film actress
Ofra Haza	1957–2000	Israeli actress, singer-songwriter	The Prince of Egypt
Dominique Horwitz	1957–	French actor	Anne Frank: The Whole Story, Shooting Dogs
Amy Irving	1953–	American actress
Moshe Ivgy	1953–	Moroccan-born Israeli actor	Haborer, Zaguri Imperia
Ron Jeremy	1953–	American adult film actor
Toni Kalem	1956–	American film, television actress, screenwriter and director
Carol Kane	1952–	American Academy Award–nominated actress
Julie Kavner	1950–	American film/television actress	Voice of Marge on The Simpsons
Richard Kind	1956–	American actor
Stepfanie Kramer	1956–	American actress	Hunter
John Landis	1950–	American actor, director, writer, and producer
Hana Laszlo	1953–	Israeli actress
Carol Leifer	1956–	American comedian and actress
Dani Levy	1957–	Swiss/German filmmaker, theatrical director, actor
Jon Lovitz	1957–	American actor and comedian
Joan Lunden	1950–	American broadcaster, who also acted	Good Morning America
Howie Mandel	1955–	Canadian comedian and actor
Dinah Manoff	1958–	American actress	Grease, I Ought to Be in Pictures, Empty Nest
Melanie Mayron	1952–	American actress and director	Thirtysomething
Fred Melamed	1956–	American actor and writer	A Serious Man
Kay Mellor	1950–	British actress, scriptwriter and director
Juliano Mer-Khamis	1958–2011	Israeli-Palestinian
Larry Miller	1953–	American stand-up comedian, actor
Rick Moranis	1953–	Canadian comic actor	Ghostbusters, Parenthood, Spaceballs, Strange Brew
Moni Moshonov	1951–	Bulgarian-Israeli actor
Don Most	1953–	American actor	Happy Days
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
Laraine Newman	1952–	American comedian and actress
Ken Olin	1954–	American actor, director and producer
Mandy Patinkin	1952–	American actor of stage and screen
Lorna Patterson	1956–	American film, stage and television actress		Converted to Judaism
David Paymer	1954–	American character actor
Ron Perlman	1950–	American film/television actor	Hellboy
Kevin Pollak	1957–	American actor, impressionist and comedian
Paul Reiser	1957–	American actor, author and stand-up comedian	Mad About You
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
Alan Rosenberg	1950–	American stage and screen actor
Cecilia Roth	1956–	Argentine actress	What Have I Done to Deserve This?, Antigua, My Life
Katey Sagal	1954–	American actress, singer, and writer	Married... with Children, Futurama, Sons of Anarchy
Bob Saget	1956–2022	American actor, stand-up comedian and game show host	Full House, How I Met Your Mother
Nitza Saul	1950–	Israeli actress	Kessler
Herschel Savage	1955–	American adult film actor and director
Alexei Sayle	1952–	British actor	The Young Ones
Richard Schiff	1955–	American actor	The Good Doctor (TV series), The West Wing
Jerry Seinfeld	1954–	American comedian, actor, and writer	Seinfeld
Jane Seymour	1951–	British-born film/television actress		Father
Wendie Jo Sperber	1958–2005	American television/movie actress
Daniel Stern	1957–	American actor	Home Alone, City Slickers
Howard Stern	1954–	American radio and TV personality
Harriet Thorpe	1957–	British actress	Absolutely Fabulous, The Brittas Empire, EastEnders	Mother (Gillian Freeman)
Stephen Tobolowsky	1951–	American actor	Groundhog Day
Robert Trebor	1953–	American actor	Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess
Debra Winger	1955–	American Academy Award–nominated actress
Mare Winningham	1959–	American film and television actress		Converted to Judaism

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
Richard Belzer	1944–2023	American stand-up comedian, writer and actor	Homicide: Life on the Street, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
Jeannie Berlin	1949–	Actress	The Heartbreak Kid
Albert Brooks	1947–	American comedian, actor, writer, and director	Finding Nemo, Broadcast News
James Caan	1940–2022	American film, stage and television actor	The Godfather, Thief, Misery
Nell Carter	1948–2003	American singer and actress	Gimme a Break!	Converted to Judaism
Peter Coyote	1941–	American actor and author	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Jagged Edge, Erin Brockovich
Billy Crystal	1948–	American actor, comedian, writer and director	When Harry Met Sally, Monsters, Inc.
Larry David	1947–	American actor, writer, comedian, and producer	Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Michael Douglas	1944–	American actor and producer	Wall Street, Fatal Attraction	Father
Richard Dreyfuss	1947–	American actor	Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Mr. Holland's Opus
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
Harrison Ford	1942–	American actor	Star Wars and Indiana Jones series	Mother
Bonnie Franklin	1944–2013	American actress and singer	One Day at a Time
Victor Garber	1949–	Canadian actor	Sleepless in Seattle, Alias
Paul Michael Glaser	1943–	American actor	Starsky & Hutch
Scott Glenn	1941–	American actor	The Right Stuff, The Silence of the Lambs	Converted to Judaism
Susan Gordon	1949–2011	American child actress	The Twilight Zone, The Five Pennies
Stephen Greif	1944–2022	British actor	Blake's 7, The Crown
Christopher Guest	1948–	American comedian, actor, and director	This Is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman
Larry Hankin	1940–	American actor/comedian
Goldie Hawn	1945–	American actress and producer	Private Benjamin, The First Wives Club	Mother
Anthony Heald	1944–	American television and stage actor	The Silence of the Lambs, Boston Public	Converted to Judaism
Dan Hedaya	1940–	American character actor	Commando, Clueless, Dick
Barbara Hershey	1948–	American film actress	Hannah and Her Sisters, Beaches	Father
Ricky Jay	1948–2018	American magician, actor, and author	House of Games, Boogie Nights
Madeline Kahn	1942–1999	American film, television, and theater actress	Paper Moon, Young Frankenstein
Gabe Kaplan	1945–	American actor, comedian, and poker player	Welcome Back, Kotter
Andy Kaufman	1949–1984	American entertainer	Taxi
Judy Kaye	1948–	American singer and stage actress	The Phantom of the Opera, Mamma Mia!
Lainie Kazan	1940–	American actress and singer	My Favorite Year, My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Robert Klein	1942–	American comedian and actor	The Owl and the Pussycat, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Richard Kline	1944–	American actor and television director
Jeroen Krabbé	1944–	Dutch actor	The Living Daylights, The Fugitive
Michael Lembeck	1948–	American actor and director
Michael Lerner	1941–2023	American actor	Barton Fink
Eugene Levy	1946–	Canadian actor, director, producer and writer	American Pie, Schitt's Creek
Richard Lewis	1947–	American comedian and actor	Curb Your Enthusiasm
Judith Light	1949–	American actress	Who's the Boss?, Transparent
Maureen Lipman	1946–	British film, television & theatre actress
Peggy Lipton	1947–2019	American television actress	The Mod Squad, Twin Peaks
Stephen Macht	1942–	American actor	Raid on Entebbe, Suits
Miriam Margolyes	1941–	British-Australian character actress
Richard Masur	1948–	American actor	Risky Business, Transparent
Bette Midler	1945–	American singer and actress	The Rose, Ruthless People, For the Boys
Frank Oz	1944–	American film director, actor and puppeteer	Yoda in the Star Wars films, The Muppets
Rhea Perlman	1948–	American actress	Cheers
David Proval	1942–	American actor	The Sopranos
Gilda Radner	1946–1989	American comedian and actress	Saturday Night Live
Harold Ramis	1944–2014	American actor, director, and writer	Ghostbusters
Harry Reems	1947–2013	American theater and adult film actor
Rob Reiner	1947–	American actor, producer, and director	All in the Family, Bullets Over Broadway
Peter Riegert	1947–	American actor	Local Hero, The Mask
Saul Rubinek	1948–	Canadian actor	Wall Street, Unforgiven
Seka Sablić	1942–	Serbian actress
Garry Shandling	1949–2016	American comedian and actor	The Larry Sanders Show, Iron Man 2
Wallace Shawn	1943–	American actor and writer	The Princess Bride, Toy Story
Harry Shearer	1943–	American comedic actor and writer	This Is Spinal Tap, The Simpsons
Antony Sher	1949–	South African-born British actor	The Wind in the Willows, Shakespeare in Love
Ron Silver	1946–2009	American film/television actor	The West Wing, Reversal of Fortune
Brent Spiner	1949–	American actor	Star Trek: The Next Generation
Sylvester Stallone	1946-	American actor
Ben Stein	1944–	American actor, lawyer, economist, and former White House speechwriter	Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Mask
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
Marcia Strassman	1948–2014	American actress	Welcome Back, Kotter
Barbra Streisand	1942–	American singer, actress, producer and director	Funny Girl, The Way We Were, The Prince of Tides
Jeffrey Tambor	1944–	American actor	Arrested Development, Transparent
Teller	1948–	American actor	Miami Vice, Penn & Teller: Fool Us
Jessica Walter	1941–2021	American actress	Play Misty for Me, Arrested Development
Zoë Wanamaker	1949–	American-born British actress	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, My Week with Marilyn
Lesley Ann Warren	1946–	American actress	Victor/Victoria, Secretary
Bruce Weitz	1943–	American actor	Hill Street Blues, General Hospital
Anson Williams	1949–	American actor	Happy Days
Henry Winkler	1945–	American actor, director, producer and author	Happy Days, Barry

Born in the 1930s

Name	Years	Nationality/profession	Prominent Roles	Jewish lineage	References
Anouk Aimée	1932–	French film actress		Converted to Judaism
Woody Allen	1935–	American Academy Award–winning film director, writer, actor, and comedian
Gila Almagor	1939–	Israeli film actress	Munich
Alan Arkin	1934–2023	American Academy Award–winning film actor, director
Barbara Bain	1931–	American actress
Barbara Barrie	1931–	American actress and author
Richard Benjamin	1938–	American actor and film director
Steven Berkoff	1937–	British actor, writer and director
Peter Birrel	1935–2004	British actor	Alexander the Greatest
Claire Bloom	1931–	British film and stage actress
Bernard Bresslaw	1934–1993	British comedian and actor
May Britt	1934–	Swedish film actress		Converted to Judaism
Eleanor Bron	1938–	British actress
Dyan Cannon	1937–	American three-time Academy Award–nominated film and television actress, editor, producer and director		Mother
Eddie Carmel	1936–1972	American entertainer known as "The Jewish Giant"
Joan Collins	1933–	British actress and author		Father
Jerry Douglas	1932–2021	American television actress	The Young and the Restless
Herb Edelman	1933–1996	American stage, film, and television actor	The Golden Girls
Marty Feldman	1934–1982	British writer, comedian and film and television actor
Sami Frey	1937–	French actor and director
Yehoram Gaon	1939–	Israeli actor and musician
Elliott Gould	1938–	American actor
Charles Grodin	1935–2021	American actor and former cable talk show host	Rosemary's Baby, Beethoven
Judd Hirsch	1935–	American actor	Taxi, NUMB3RS
Dustin Hoffman	1937–	American two-time Oscar-winning actor
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
Jerome Charles Kattan	1937–2010	American
Harvey Keitel	1939–	Academy Award–nominated American actor	Taxi Driver, Pulp Fiction, U-571
Walter Koenig	1936–	American actor, writer, teacher and director	Star Trek
Susan Kohner	1936–	American Academy Award–nominated, Golden Globe–winning American actress		Father
Yaphet Kotto	1939–2021	American actor	Live and Let Die, Alien
Steve Landesberg	1936-2010	American comic actor	’’Barney Miller’’
Michael Landon	1936–1991	American actor, producer and director		Father
Louise Lasser	1939–	American stage/film/television actress	Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Piper Laurie	1932–	American actress	Carrie (1976)
Linda Lavin	1937–	American Tony Award and Golden Globe Award–winning stage, film and television actress and singer
Steve Lawrence	1935–	American singer and actor	The Carol Burnett Show
Shari Lewis	1933–1998	American ventriloquist, puppeteer, singer, actress, and children's television show host, popular during the 1960s
Hal Linden	1931–	American actor and television director
Tina Louise	1934–	American model, singer, and film and television actress
Jackie Mason	1931–2021	American stand-up comedian/actor
Elaine May	1932–	American screenwriter, film director, actress, and comedian	A New Leaf (film)	Mother, Father
Paul Mazursky	1930–2014	American film director and actor
Shelley Morrison	1936–2019	American actress
Nadira	1932–2006	Indian Bollywood actress
Derren Nesbitt	1935–	English actor
Anthony Newley	1931–1999	British actor, singer-songwriter
Barry Newman	1938–	American actor
Leonard Nimoy	1931–2015	American actor, film director, poet, musician and photographer
Alan Oppenheimer	1930–	American actor
Noam Pitlik	1932–1999	Emmy-winning American actor and television director
Ron Rifkin	1939–	American actor, director
Joan Rivers	1933–2014	American comedian, actress, talk show host, and celebrity
Andrew Sachs	1930–2016	German-born British actor
Neil Sedaka	1939–	American musician and actor
George Segal	1934–2021	American film and stage actor
William Shatner	1931–	Canadian Emmy and Golden Globe Award–winning actor
Susan Strasberg	1938–1999	American actress	In Praise of Older Women
Janet Suzman	1939–	South African actress and director
Dame Elizabeth Taylor	1932–2011	British-American Academy Award–winner, film actress & humanitarian		Converted to Judaism
Renée Taylor	1933–	American-born actress	The Nanny
Chaim Topol	1935–2023	Israeli theatrical and film performer
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)
Henry Woolf	1930–2021	British actor	The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Superman III

Born in the 1920s

Name	Years	Nationality/profession	Prominent roles	Jewish lineage	References
Jerry Adler	1929–	American actor	The Sopranos, Rescue Me, Prime
Ed Ames	1927–	American singer and actor
Beatrice Arthur	1922–2009	American actress
Ed Asner	1929–2021	American actor
Lauren Bacall	1924–2014	American Golden Globe and Tony Award–winning, and Academy Award–nominated, film and stage actress
Gábor Baraker	1926–1983	Hungarian actor	Thunderball, Inspector Clouseau
John Barrard	1924–2013	English actor	Santa Claus: The Movie
Alfie Bass	1921–1987	British character actor
Julian Beck	1925–1985	American actor, director, poet, and painter
John Bennett	1928–2005	English actor	The House That Dripped Blood
Shelley Berman	1926–2017	American comedian, writer, teacher, and actor
Herschel Bernardi	1923–1986	American film, Broadway and television actor
Turhan Bey	1922–2012	Austrian-American actor
Theodore Bikel	1924–2015	Austrian-born British character actor, folk singer and musician
Larry Blyden	1925–1975	American actor
Lloyd Bochner	1924–2005	Canadian film and television actor
Tom Bosley	1927–2010	American film/television actor	Happy Days
Mel Brooks	1926–	American EGOT–winning actor, writer, director and producer
June Brown	1927–2022	British actress, converted to Christianity	EastEnders
Lenny Bruce	1925–1966	American actor, stand-up comedian, writer, social critic and satirist
Susan Cabot	1927–1986	American actress
Sid Caesar	1922–2014	American comic actor and writer
Robert Clary	1926–2022	French-born American actor, published author, and lecturer
Tony Curtis	1925–2010	American actor	Spartacus, The Persuaders!
Rodney Dangerfield	1921–2004	American comedian and actor
Sammy Davis Jr.	1925–1990	American entertainer	Member of the "Rat Pack"	"Converted" to Judaism as a publicity stunt
Peter Falk	1927–2011	American actor	Columbo
Leonard Fenton	1926–2022	British actor	EastEnders
Fenella Fielding	1927–2018	British actress	Carry On Screaming!
Fyvush Finkel	1923–2016	American actor	Picket Fences, Boston Public
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
David Graham	1925–	British actor	Stingray, Thunderbirds
Lee Grant	1925–	American Academy Award–winning theater, film and television actress, and film director
Buddy Hackett	1924–2003	American comedian and actor
Monty Hall	1921–2017	Canadian-born actor, singer and sportscaster	Let's Make a Deal
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
Steven Hill	1922–2016	American film and television actor
Judy Holliday	1921–1965	American Academy Award–winning actress and singer
Miriam Karlin	1925–2011	British actress	The Rag Trade
Alan King	1927–2004	American comedian and actor
Werner Klemperer	1920–2000	German-born American Emmy Award–winning comedic actor
Jack Klugman	1922–2012	American actor
Harvey Korman	1927–2008	American actor
Martin Landau	1928–2017	American Academy Award–winning American film and television actor
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
Jerry Lewis	1926–2017	American comedian, actor, film producer, writer and director known for his slapstick humor and his charity fund-raising telethons
Bill Macy	1922–2019	American actor	Maude
Ross Martin	1920–1981	Polish-born American TV and film actor	The Wild Wild West
Walter Matthau	1920–2000	American Academy Award–winning actor
Anne Meara	1929–2015	American comedian and actress; partner and wife of Jerry Stiller		Converted to Judaism
Sylvia Miles	1924–2019	American actress
Laurie Mitchell	1928–2018	American actress
Warren Mitchell	1926–2015	British-Australian actor
Yvonne Mitchell	1925–1979	British stage, television and film actress
Marilyn Monroe	1926–1962	American actress, singer and model		Converted to Judaism
Ron Moody	1924–2015	British film actor	Oliver!
Chesty Morgan	1928–	Polish-born American actress/ exotic entertainer
Aubrey Morris	1926–2015	British actor
Wolfe Morris	1925–1996	British actor
Vic Morrow	1929–1982	American actor
Paul Newman	1925–2008	American Academy and Golden Globe Award–winning actor, director		Father was Jewish
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
Carl Reiner	1922–2020	American actor, film director, producer, writer and comedian
Regina Resnik	1922–2013	American opera singer and actress
Don Rickles	1926–2017	American comedian, film actor, and voice actor
Doris Roberts	1925–2016	American Emmy Award–winning actress	Everybody Loves Raymond
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
Rod Serling	1924–1975	American screenwriter and actor	The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery
Cyril Shaps	1923–2003	English actor	Doctor Who, The Liver Birds
Simone Signoret	1921–1985	French Academy Award–winning actress		Father
Beverly Sills	1929–2007	American operatic soprano
Jerry Stiller	1927–2020	American comedian and actor	Seinfeld
Mel Tormé	1925–1999	American actor and singer	Known as one of the great male jazz singers
Harry Towb	1925–2009	Northern Irish actor
Abe Vigoda	1921–2016	American film/television actor	The Godfather, Barney Miller
Shelley Winters	1920–2006	American two-time Academy Award–winning actress

Born in the 1910s

Name	Years	Nationality/profession	Prominent roles	Jewish lineage	References
Mason Adams	1919–2005	American character actor
Jean-Pierre Aumont	1911–2001	French-born actor
Martin Balsam	1919–1996	American actor, Academy award winner	A Thousand Clowns
John Banner	1910–1973	Austrian/American actor	Hogan's Heroes
Red Buttons	1919–2006	American Academy Award–winning comedian and actor
Kitty Carlisle Hart	1910–2007	American singer, actress, and spokeswoman for the arts
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
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
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.
Zsa Zsa Gabor	1917–2016	Hungarian-American socialite, film star, former beauty queen	(Moulin Rouge 1952)
John Garfield	1913–1952	American actor, 1940s film star
Henry Gilbert	1913–1973	English-Australian actor	Long John Silver
Paulette Goddard	1910–1990	American Oscar-nominated film and theatre actress		Father
Lorne Greene	1915–1987	Canadian actor known for roles on American television
Sid James	1913–1976	British film and television actor and comedian	Carry On films, Hancock's Half Hour
Danny Kaye	1911–1987	American film actor, singer and comedian
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
Hedy Lamarr	1914–2000	Austrian born actress
Marc Lawrence	1910–2005	American character actor
Tutte Lemkow	1918–1991	Norwegian actor	Fiddler on the Roof
Herbert Lom	1917–2012	British actor
Zero Mostel	1915–1977	American stage and film actor
Leila Mourad	1891–1951	Egyptian actress and singer
Jan Murray	1916–2006	American stand-up comedian, actor
Hana Maria Pravda	1916–2008	Czechoslovakian actress
Luise Rainer	1910–2014	German-born British-based American two-time Academy Award–winning film actress
Lillian Roth	1910–1980	American singer and actress, noted performer on Broadway
Dinah Shore	1916–1994	American singer and actress
Sylvia Sidney	1910–1999	American stage, film, and television actress
Phil Silvers	1911–1985	American entertainer and comedy actor
Zypora Spaisman	1916–2002	Polish-American Yiddish theater actress and empresaria
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
Alan Tilvern	1918–2003	British actor	Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Mike Wallace	1918–2012	American journalist, who briefly acted during the 1940s
Eli Wallach	1915–2014	American film, TV and stage actor	The Magnificent Seven, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Godfather III
Sam Wanamaker	1919–1993	American actor and director
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
Jack Albertson	1907–1981	American actor	Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Morey Amsterdam	1908–1996	American actor	The Dick Van Dyke Show
Leon Askin	1907–2005	Austrian actor
Mischa Auer	1905–1967	Russian-American actor
Bea Benaderet	1906–1968	American actress
Milton Berle	1908–2002	American comedian and actor
Joe Besser	1907–1988	American comedian and actor	One of the Three Stooges comedy team from 1955 to 1958
Mel Blanc	1908–1989	American voice actor	Voice of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck
Victor Borge	1909–2000	Danish-American comedian and pianist	Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Ricardo Cortez	1900–1977	American silent film star, known as a "Latin lover" type			<
Howard Da Silva	1909–1986	American film actor
Melvyn Douglas	1901–1981	American actor, won all three of the entertainment industries' highest awards, two Oscars, a Tony and an Emmy		Father
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
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
Sam Levene	1905–1980	Russian/American stage and film actor
Peter Lorre	1904–1964	Hungarian-born stage and screen actor	Casablanca (1942)
Zeppo Marx	1901–1979	American comedian and actor	One of the Marx Brothers
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)

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
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.
Elisabeth Bergner	1897–1986	Austrian film actress
Fanny Brice	1891–1951	American comedian, singer, and entertainer
George Burns	1896–1996	American comedian and actor
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
Michael Chekov	1891–1955	Russian-American Academy Award–nominated actor, director	Nephew of Anton Chekhov, protege of Constantin Stanislavki
Hermione Gingold	1897–1987	British actress
Harold Goldblatt	1899–1982	(Northern) Irish actor	A Night to Remember
Jetta Goudal	1891–1985	Dutch-American actress
Leslie Howard	1893–1943	British film actor	Gone with the Wind
Moe Howard	1897–1975	American comedian and actor	The "leader" of the Three Stooges comedy team, brother of Curly and Shemp Howard
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
Sam Jaffe	1891–1984	American film and stage actor	Academy Award–nominated
Ida Kaminska	1899–1980	Polish Academy Award–nominated actress
Francis Lederer	1899–2000	Czech-born actor
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
Gummo Marx	1893–1977	American comedian and actor	One of the Marx Brothers
Solomon Mikhoels	1890–1948	Soviet actor and director in Yiddish theater	Chairman of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee
Martin Miller	1899–1969	Czech actor	The Pink Panther
Paul Muni	1895–1967	American Academy Award– and Tony Award–winning actor
Carmel Myers	1899–1980	American silent film actress
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
Gregory Ratoff	1893–1960	Russian-American actor, director and producer	All About Eve
Edward G. Robinson	1893–1973	American stage and film actor
Joseph Schildkraut	1896–1964	Austrian-born stage and film actor
Meier Tzelniker	1894–1980	British actor	Appeared in Yiddish theatre

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
Theda Bara	1885–1955	American silent film actress	Known as the first screen "Vamp"
Cecil B. DeMille	1881–1959	American director and filmmaker		Mother
Douglas Fairbanks	1883–1939	American actor		Father
Menahem Gnessin	1882–1952	Jewish actor and Hebrew language instructor
Al Jolson	1886–1950	American singer and actor
Chico Marx	1887–1961	American comedian and actor	One of the Marx Brothers
Harpo Marx	1888–1964	American comedian and actor	One of the Marx Brothers
Ida Rubinstein	1885–1960	Famous Russian Belle Époque beauty
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
Erich von Stroheim	1885–1957	Austrian-born filmmaker and actor
Ed Wynn	1886–1966	American comedian and actor
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
Oscar Beregi Sr.	1876–1965	Hungarian stage and film actor	Father of Oscar Beregi
Sarah Bernhardt	1844–1923	French stage actress
Anna Held	1872–1918	Polish-born stage performer	Most often associated with impresario Florenz Ziegfeld, her common-law husband
Adah Isaacs Menken	1835–1868	American actress and poet
Alla Nazimova	1879–1945	American theater and film actress, scriptwriter, and producer
Henriette Nissen-Saloman	1819–1879	Swedish singer and actress
Rachel	1820–1858	French stage actress
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
Rudolph Marks	circa 1867–1930	Ukrainian-born (later American) actor, comedian and playwright