Texas
by gleekout29 | created - 11 Nov 2019 | updated - 7 months ago | Public
1. Piper Perabo
Actress | Coyote Ugly
Piper Perabo is a Golden Globe nominated film, stage and TV actor. Born in Dallas, Texas, and raised in New Jersey, she graduated summa cum Laude from Ohio University. In 2000 she was cast in a breakout role in Coyote Ugly. Since then she has been seen in such films as Christopher Nolan's "The ...
2. Jesse Plemons
Actor | Game Night
Jesse Lon Plemons is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor and achieved a career breakthrough with his major role as Landry Clarke in the NBC drama series Friday Night Lights (2006-2011). He subsequently portrayed Todd Alquist in season 5 of the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad...
3. Gabriel Luna
Actor | Terminator: Dark Fate
Gabriel Luna was born on December 5, 1982 in Austin, Texas, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Terminator: Dark Fate (2019), The Last of Us (2023) and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013). He has been married to Smaranda Luna since February 20, 2011.
4. Shelley Duvall
Actress | The Shining
Shelley Alexis Duvall was born in Fort Worth, Texas, the first child to Bobbie Ruth (Massengale, 1929-2020), a real estate broker, and Robert Richardson Duvall (1919-1994), a lawyer. At the time of her birth, her mother was visiting her grandmother in Fort Worth, though Duvall was raised in Houston...
5. Renée Zellweger
Actress | Chicago
Renée Kathleen Zellweger was born on April 25, 1969, in Katy, Texas, Her mother, Kjellfrid Irene (Andreassen), is a Norwegian-born former nurse and midwife, of Norwegian, Kven (Finnish), and Swedish descent. Her father, Emil Erich Zellweger, is a Swiss-born engineer. The two married in 1963. Renée ...
6. Jennifer Love Hewitt
Actress | I Know What You Did Last Summer
Jennifer Love Hewitt was born in Waco, Texas, to Patricia Mae (Shipp), a speech-language pathologist, and Herbert Daniel Hewitt, a medical technician. She has English, Italian, French, Scottish, and German ancestry. She got her first name from her older brother Todd Daniel Hewitt (b. November 8, ...
7. Kevin McHale
Actor | Glee
Kevin McHale was born on June 14, 1988 in Plano, Texas, USA. He is an actor, known for Glee (2009), True Blood (2008) and Katy Perry: Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) (2011).
8. Kelly Clarkson
Soundtrack | The Kelly Clarkson Show
Kelly Brianne Clarkson was born on April 24, 1982 in Fort Worth, Texas and raised in Burleson, Texas to Jeanne Ann Taylor (née Rose), an English teacher & Stephen Michael Clarkson, an engineer. She was the first winner of the series American Idol in 2002. Kelly is also a strong believer in God.
9. Tye Sheridan
Actor | Mud
Tye Sheridan was born on November 11, 1996 in Palestine, Texas as Tye Kayle Sheridan. Having been named 1 of Variety's 10 Actors to Watch, he has emerged as 1 of Hollywood's most sought after young talents. He has been seen in Ready Player One (2018) as the lead character Wade Watts. He also ...
10. Phylicia Rashad
Actress | The Cosby Show
Phylicia Rashad was born in Houston, Texas to African-American parents Vivian Elizabeth (Ayers), a poet and art director, and Andrew Arthur Allen, an orthodontist. As a child, Phylicia, her older brother Andrew (called Tex), and younger sister, dancer and actress Debbie Allen, lived in Mexico. She ...
11. Steve Howey
Actor | Bride Wars
From nuanced and honest portrayals of fatherhood-gone-wild across the eighth season of Showtime's EMMY® Award-nominated series Shameless to palpable intensity on the likes of Sons of Anarchy, Steve Howey reflects a classic masculinity on-screen equally steeped in humor and heart. That timeless ...
12. Maddie Baillio
Soundtrack | Dumplin'
Maddie Baillio was born on February 15, 1996 in League City, Texas, USA. She is an actress, known for Dumplin' (2018), Hairspray Live! (2016) and Cinderella (2021).
13. Rif Hutton
Actor | Star Trek: Generations
Rif Hutton was born on November 28, 1955 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. He is an actor, known for Star Trek: Generations (1994), The Thirteenth Floor (1999) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). He has been married to Bridget Hoffman since June 8, 2001. He was previously married to Patricia Bethune.
14. Summer Glau
Actress | Serenity
Summer is a native of San Antonio, Texas. She's been a ballerina most of her life. Her debut was in various commercials and a guest appearance on the WB's Angel (1999). She has gone on to star on the TV series Firefly (2002) as well as its follow-up movie Serenity (2005) and the TV series ...
15. John Benjamin Hickey
Actor | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
John Benjamin Hickey was born on June 25, 1963 in Plano, Texas, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), Flags of Our Fathers (2006) and The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009).
16. Crystal Bernard
Actress | Wings
Crystal Bernard was born on September 30, 1961 in Garland, Texas, USA. She is an actress, known for Wings (1990), Slumber Party Massacre II (1987) and It's a Living (1980).
17. K Callan
Actress | Knives Out
Born in Dallas, Texas, K Callan's first professional job was at the Margo Jones Theatre. She first gained national attention as Peter Boyle's mousy wife in the legendary Joe (1970). Her career includes film, television and theater. Other memorable films include American Gigolo (1980) and A Touch of...
18. Kevin Alejandro
Actor | Arrow
Kevin Michael Alejandro is an American actor and film director. He is known for his roles as Nate Moretta in the crime drama Southland, Forklift Mike in Parenthood, Jesús Velázquez in the supernatural thriller True Blood, Sebastian Blood / Brother Blood in the superhero series Arrow and as Daniel ...
19. Jeff Bennett
Actor | Enchanted
Jeff Bennett is an American voice actor who is well-known for voicing Johnny Bravo (based on Elvis Presley's voice), Dr. Hamsterviel from Lilo & Stitch, Kowalski from The Penguins of Madagascar, Petrie in The Land Before Time, Ted Shackleford (The Man in the Yellow Hat) from Curious George, ...
20. Miranda Lambert
Soundtrack | The Ice Road
Miranda Lambert was born on November 10, 1983 in Longview, Texas, USA. She is a music artist and actress, known for The Ice Road (2021), Burlesque (2010) and Hot Pursuit (2015). She has been married to Brendan McLoughlin since January 26, 2019. She was previously married to Blake Shelton.
21. Holland Roden
Actress | Teen Wolf
No stranger to primetime television with roles on hit shows such as Lost (2004), Weeds (2005) and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000), up and coming actress Holland Roden can be seen in her starring role as "Lydia Martin" in MTV Network's most successful scripted series, Teen Wolf (2011). As a ...
22. Bryce Gheisar
Actor | Wonder
Bryce Gheisar is an American actor, best known for his leading roles as young Ethan in A Dog's Purpose and Julian in Wonder. Gheisar currently portrays Elliot Combs in The Astronauts.
Bryce Gheisar was born on December 30, 2004, in Plano, Texas, into a family of three, made up of his parents, Todd ...
23. Kenton Duty
Actor | My Name Is Khan
Kenton Duty began his acting career when he was 9 years old in the Dallas Theater Center's stage production of "A Christmas Carol". He began auditioning for roles in Los Angeles after he was discovered at a workshop at the Young Actors Studio in Dallas, Texas by Hollywood talent agent Cindy Osbrink...
24. Zachary Mabry
Actor | The Little Rascals
Zachary Mabry was born on January 19, 1990 in Plano, Texas, USA. He is an actor, known for The Little Rascals (1994).
25. Cameron Finley
Actor | Hope Floats
Cameron Finley was born August 30th, 1987 in Garland, Texas. Always the energetic kid, his parents took him to an acting seminar near his Texas home at age three. It was there they found energy wasn't the only thing he had...wrapped up in the energy was a very talented actor. He landed his first ...
26. Caleb Landry Jones
Actor | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Caleb Landry Jones is an American actor and musician, known for his roles as Banshee in X-Men: First Class, Jeremy Armitage in Get Out, Red Welby in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Ty Carter in The Outpost, Jeff in Finch, and Martin Bryant in Nitram. His accolades include a Cannes Film ...
27. Mitchel Musso
Actor | Monster House
Born in Garland, a suburb of Dallas, Texas, Mitchel Musso began his professional acting career at the age of 8 years old
Mitchel Musso stars as responsible and anxious twin Brady, who is eager to prove his worth as king, in Disney XD's Emmy-nominated comedy series "Pair of Kings." He can also be ...
28. George Eads
Actor | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
A charismatic performer who spent years on television looking for his big break, actor George Eads finally became a television star portraying forensic investigator Nick Stokes on the hit procedural "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (CBS, 2000- ). Prior to that role, Eads eked out a living with ...
29. Chandra Wilson
Actress | Grey's Anatomy
Houston, Texas native Chandra Wilson began performing in musicals at the age of five with Theatre Under the Stars. She attended Houston's High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, and later went on to acquire her BFA in Drama from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts through which she spent four ...
30. Bryce Cass
Actor | 13 Reasons Why
Bryce Cass was born on November 21, 1997 in Dallas, Texas, USA. He is an actor, known for 13 Reasons Why (2017), Battle Los Angeles (2011) and Cruel Intentions (2016).
31. D.J. 'Shangela' Pierce
Actor | A Star Is Born
D.J. 'Shangela' Pierce was born on November 22, 1980 in Lamar, Texas, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for A Star Is Born (2018), We're Here (2020) and Terriers (2010).
32. Jensen Ackles
Actor | Supernatural
Jensen Ross Ackles, better known as simply Jensen Ackles, was born on March 1, 1978, in Dallas, Texas, to Donna Joan (Shaffer) and actor Alan Ackles. He has English, German, and Scottish ancestry. Jensen grew up in Richardson, Texas, together with his older brother, Joshua, and a younger sister, ...
33. Jared Padalecki
Actor | Supernatural
Jared Padalecki was born in San Antonio, Texas, to Sherri (Kammer), a teacher of English, and Gerald Padalecki, a tax accountant. He is of Polish (father) and German, English, Scottish, and French (mother) descent. Jared started to take acting lessons when he was 12. Then, he won the "Claim to Fame...
34. Abigail Klein
Actress | Transformers: Age of Extinction
Abigail Klein was born on December 24, 1988 in Dallas, Texas, USA. She is an actress, known for Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014), Butterfly Caught (2017) and That's My Boy (2012).
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