List of Jewish American entertainers

This is a list of notable Jewish American entertainers. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of Jewish Americans.

Actors (film and TV) & artists
Organized by birth decade

2000s

 * Odessa Adlon (born 2000), actress
 * Asher Angel (born 2002), actor and singer
 * Julia Lester (born 2000), actress (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series)
 * David Mazouz (born 2001), actor
 * Joshua Rush (born 2001), actor (Andi Mack)
 * Eitan Bernath (born 2002), television personality (The Drew Barrymore Show)
 * Noah Schnapp (born 2004), actor (Stranger Things)
 * Emma Berman (born 2008), actress
 * Aidan Gallagher (born 2003), actor (The Umbrella Academy)
 * Bhad Bhabie (born 2003), rapper

1990s

 * Mac Miller (1992–2018), American rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer
 * Madison Beer (born 1999), singer
 * Doja Cat (born 1995), American rapper, singer-songwriter
 * Sofia Black-D'Elia (born 1991), actress
 * Ben Levi Ross (born 1998), actor
 * Jonah Bobo (born 1997), film actor (Around the Bend, Zathura)
 * Ben Platt (born 1993), Broadway star, actor, singer-songwriter (Dear Evan Hansen, The Politician)
 * Cameron Boyce (1999–2019), actor (Jessie)
 * Max Burkholder (born 1997), actor
 * Hailee Steinfeld (born 1996) film/TV actress, singer (Jewish father)
 * Timothée Chalamet (born 1995), actor
 * Emory Cohen (born 1990), actor
 * Flora Cross (born 1993), film actress (Bee Season)
 * Spencer Daniels (born 1992), actor
 * Zoey Deutch (born 1994), actress
 * Beanie Feldstein (born 1993), actress (Lady Bird, Booksmart)
 * Julia Garner (born 1994), actress
 * Zachary Gordon (born 1998), film actor (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)
 * Alexander Gould (born 1994), film/TV actor (Finding Nemo)
 * Teo Halm (born 1999), actor
 * Carter Jenkins (born 1991), film/TV actor
 * David Corenswet (born 1993) film/TV actor (Jewish father)
 * Hunter King (born 1993), actress, (The Young and the Restless)
 * Kira Kosarin (born 1997), actress (The Thundermans)
 * Logan Lerman (born 1992), film/TV actor (Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief)
 * Jonathan Lipnicki (born 1990), film actor (Jerry Maguire, Like Mike)
 * James Maslow (born 1990), actor/singer
 * Blake Michael (born 1996), actor
 * Ezra Miller (born 1992), film actor
 * Ian Nelson (born 1995), actor
 * Nicola Peltz (born 1994), actress
 * Ryan Potter (born 1995), actor
 * Charlie Puth (born 1991), singer-songwriter
 * Nathalia Ramos (born 1992), Spanish-born American actress (Bratz: The Movie)
 * Sarah Ramos (born 1991), TV actress (American Dreams)
 * Ben Rosenfield (born c. 1992/93), actor
 * Odeya Rush (born 1997), Israeli-born American
 * Daryl Sabara (born 1992), actor (Spy Kids, Keeping Up with the Steins, Halloween)
 * Halston Sage (born 1993), actress
 * Larry Saperstein (born 1998), actor (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series)
 * Eden Sher (born 1991), actress, The Middle TV series
 * Troye Sivan (born 1995), singer, actor
 * Adiel Stein (born 1991), film actor (Stolen Summer)

1980s

 * Dianna Agron (born 1986), actress and singer
 * Jonathan Ahdout (born 1989), actor (House of Sand and Fog, 24)
 * Jack Antonoff (born 1984), singer-songwriter, record producer (Member of the bands FUN, Bleachers & Steel Train)
 * Skylar Astin (born Skylar Astin Lipstein; 1987), actor and singer
 * Justin Baldoni (born 1984), actor (Everwood)
 * David "Lil Dicky" Andrew Burd (born 1988), rapper and comedian
 * Rachel Bloom (born 1987), actress, singer and comedy writer (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend)
 * Alison Brie (born 1982), actress (Community, The LEGO Movie and GLOW)
 * Amanda Bynes (born 1986), film actress and former show host on Nickelodeon (She's the Man)
 * Lizzy Caplan (born 1982), film/TV actress (Mean Girls, Cloverfield)
 * Chanel West Coast (born 1988), TV personality, rapper, singer
 * Lauren Cohan (born 1982), film/television actress (Supernatural)
 * Matt Cohen (born 1982), film/TV actor


 * Alexa Davalos (born 1982), actress
 * John Francis Daley (born 1985), actor/director (Freaks and Geeks)
 * Kat Dennings (born 1986), film/TV actress
 * Daveed Diggs (born 1982), actor, rapper
 * Drake (musician) (born 1986), rapper/musician
 * Lena Dunham (born 1986), actress/writer/director (Girls)
 * Zac Efron (born 1987), film/TV actor (Efron's paternal grandfather was Jewish, and Efron has referred to himself as Jewish)
 * Alden Ehrenreich (born 1989), actor
 * Jesse Eisenberg (born 1983), film actor (The Squid and the Whale)
 * Ben Foster (born 1980), actor
 * Jon Foster (born 1984), film/TV actor (Stay Alive)
 * Shayna Fox (born 1984), voice actress
 * Dave Franco (born 1985), actor
 * Seth Gabel (born 1981), American actor
 * Andrew Garfield (born 1983), British and American actor
 * Rafi Gavron (born 1989), British and American actor
 * Gideon Glick (born 1988), actor
 * Joseph Gordon-Levitt (born 1981), film/TV actor
 * Max Greenfield (born 1980), film/TV actor
 * Jake Gyllenhaal (born 1980), film actor (Brokeback Mountain)
 * Armie Hammer (born 1986), actor (has identified himself as "half Jewish")
 * Erin Heatherton (born 1989), model and actress
 * Simon Helberg (born 1980), TV actor and comedian (The Big Bang Theory)
 * Jonah Hill (born 1983), film actor
 * Scarlett Johansson (born 1984), film actress (Jewish mother)
 * Ariana Jollee (born 1982), pornographic actress and pornographic film director
 * Jeremy Jordan (born 1984), stage/musical film/television actor (Jewish mother)
 * Lucian Kahn (born 1982), musician (Schmekel)
 * Avriel Kaplan (born 1989), musician/songwriter (vocal bassist of a cappella group Pentatonix, founder of musical group Avriel & the Sequoias)
 * Jonathan Keltz (born 1988), Canadian and American actor
 * Ethan Klein (born 1985), internet personality
 * Zoe Kravitz (born 1988), actress, model and singer
 * Mila Kunis (born 1983), TV actress (That '70s Show, Family Guy)
 * Adam Lamberg (born 1984), actor (Lizzie McGuire)
 * Adam Lambert (born 1982), singer and runner-up on American Idol
 * Shia LaBeouf (born 1986), TV/film actor (Even Stevens, Holes, Disturbia, Transformers)
 * Samm Levine (born 1982), film/TV actor
 * Margarita Levieva (born 1980), actress and professional gymnast
 * Alex D. Linz (born 1989), actor (Home Alone 3, Max Keeble's Big Move)
 * Lauren London (born 1984), actress (ATL)
 * Jessica Manley (born 1985), actress (Anne Frank: The Whole Story)
 * Eli Marienthal (born 1986), film actor (Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen)
 * Scott Mechlowicz (born 1981), film actor (EuroTrip, Mean Creek)
 * Sara Paxton (born 1988), actress (Darcy's Wild Life, Aquamarine)
 * Josh Peck (born 1986), actor (Drake & Josh)
 * Ashley Peldon (born 1984), film/TV actress
 * Courtney Peldon (born 1981), film/TV actress
 * Alisan Porter (born 1981), film and stage actress and singer
 * Natalie Portman (born 1981), Israeli-born film actor (V for Vendetta)
 * Laura Prepon (born 1980), film/TV actress (That '70s Show)
 * Nikki Reed (born 1988), film actress/screenwriter (Thirteen)
 * Emmy Rossum (born 1986), actress, singer-songwriter
 * Daniela Ruah (born 1983), Portuguese-American actress
 * Ben Savage (born 1980), actor
 * Ben Schwartz (born 1981), actor, writer, comedian
 * Jason Schwartzman (born 1980), actor and member of the band Phantom Planet
 * Jason Segel (born 1980), film/TV actor
 * Jamie-Lynn Sigler (born 1981), film/TV actress and singer (The Sopranos)
 * Jenny Slate (born 1982), actress/comedian
 * Jussie Smollett (born 1982), actor (Empire)
 * Jurnee Smollett-Bell (born 1986), actress (True Blood)
 * Marla Sokoloff (born 1980), film/TV actress (Big Day)
 * Shoshannah Stern (born 1980), TV actress
 * Lauren Storm (born 1987), TV actress (Flight 29 Down)
 * Khleo Thomas (born 1989), film actor (Holes)
 * Ashley Tisdale (born 1985), actress and singer (High School Musical)
 * Michelle Trachtenberg (born 1985), film/TV actress
 * Joseph Trohman (born 1984), musician (Fall Out Boy)
 * Raviv (Ricky) Ullman (born 1986), Israeli-born actor, teen idol (Phil of the Future)
 * Anneliese van der Pol (born 1984), Dutch/American actress (That's So Raven)
 * Mara Wilson (born 1987), film actress (Matilda)
 * James Wolk (born 1985), actor
 * Evan Rachel Wood (born 1987), film actress (Thirteen, The Upside of Anger)
 * Anton Yelchin (1989–2016), Russian-born film/TV actor
 * Joey Zimmerman (born 1986), film/TV actor (Halloweentown)

1970s

 * Dave Annable (born 1979), actor
 * Shiri Appleby (born 1978), Israeli/American film/TV actress (Roswell)
 * David Arquette (born 1971), film actor
 * Eric Balfour (born 1977), actor
 * Elizabeth Banks (born 1974), film actress (Invincible)
 * Justin Bartha (born 1978), film actor (National Treasure, The Hangover)
 * Amber Benson (born 1977), actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
 * Elizabeth Berkley (born 1972), TV, film, and stage actress
 * Jon Bernthal (born 1976), actor
 * Mayim Bialik (born 1975), actress (Blossom)
 * Michael Ian Black (born Michael Ian Schwartz, 1971), actor, comedian and comedy writer
 * Selma Blair (born Selma Bleitner, 1972), film actress, raised w/ Jewish day school (Cruel Intentions)
 * Alex Borstein (born 1971), actress, writer, and comedian
 * Caprice Bourret (born 1971), fashion model and actress, often known by her first name
 * Zach Braff (born 1975), film/TV actor, director, screenwriter, and producer (Scrubs, Garden State)
 * Tamara Braun (born 1971), soap opera actress
 * Adam Brody (born 1979), actor (The O.C.)
 * Adrien Brody (born 1973), film actor (The Pianist)
 * Sarah Brown (born 1975), actress
 * Brooke Burke (born 1971), TV personality and model
 * Scott Caan (born 1976), film actor, son of James Caan
 * Josh Charles (born 1971), stage, film, and TV actor
 * Emmanuelle Chriqui (born 1977), film/TV actress
 * Jennifer Connelly (born 1970), film and TV actress (Requiem for a Dream)
 * Eric Dane (born 1972), actor
 * Erin Daniels (born Erin Cohen, 1973), actress
 * Brad Delson (born 1977), guitarist for the band Linkin Park
 * Dustin Diamond (1977–2021), actor (Saved by the Bell)
 * Oded Fehr (born 1970), Israeli/American actor (The Mummy)
 * Corey Feldman (born 1971), film actor, 1980s teen idol
 * James Franco (born 1978), film actor (James Dean, Spider-Man)
 * Soleil Moon Frye (born 1976), actress and director (Punky Brewster)
 * Sarah Michelle Gellar (born 1977), actress, writer, director, filmmaker, comedian, singer (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
 * Goapele (born 1977), singer-songwriter
 * Elon Gold (born 1970), comedian, TV actor, writer, and producer
 * Ginnifer Goodwin (born 1978), film/TV actress (Big Love)
 * Seth Green (born 1974), actor, writer, and TV producer
 * Bryan Greenberg (born 1978), film/TV actor (Prime)
 * Maggie Gyllenhaal (born 1977), Golden Globe-nominated actress
 * Corey Haim (1971–2010), Canadian-born film actor
 * Chelsea Handler (born 1975), actress/comedian
 * Alyson Hannigan (born 1974), actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Date Movie)
 * Danielle Harris (born 1977), actress
 * Samantha Harris (born Samantha Harris Shapiro, 1973), actress and TV presenter
 * Cole Hauser (born 1975), film actor
 * Jason Hervey (born 1972), actor (The Wonder Years)
 * Kate Hudson (born 1979), film actress (Almost Famous, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days)
 * Oliver Hudson (born 1976), film/TV actor
 * Rashida Jones (born 1976), actress, writer, model, and musician (The Office)
 * Chris Kattan (born 1970), comedian (Saturday Night Live)
 * Joel Kinnaman (born 1979), Swedish and American actor (Jewish mother)
 * Nick Kroll (born 1978), Comedian/Actor
 * Alla Korot (born 1970), Ukrainian-born actress
 * Boris Kodjoe - actor
 * Lisa Kushell (born 1971), comedic actress (MADtv, co-host of Dinner and a Movie)
 * David Krumholtz (born 1978), actor (NUMB3RS)
 * Adam Levine (born 1979), musician (Maroon 5)
 * Jenny Lewis (born 1976), musician and former child actress
 * Michael Lucas (born 1972), Russian-born porn star
 * Jamie Luner (born 1971), actress (Melrose Place)
 * Natasha Lyonne (born Natasha Braunstein, 1979), film/TV actress (American Pie, Orange is the New Black, Russian Doll)
 * Gabriel Macht (born 1972), film actor
 * Matisyahu (born Matthew Paul Miller, 1979), singer and rapper
 * Idina Menzel (born 1971), actress, singer-songwriter
 * Marisol Nichols (born 1973), actress (Jewish biological father)
 * Gwyneth Paltrow (born 1972), actress and singer
 * Adam Pascal (born 1970), actor (Rent)
 * Amanda Peet (born 1972), film actress
 * Joaquin Phoenix (born Joaquin Bottom, 1974), film actor (Walk the Line)
 * Liberty Phoenix (born Liberty Bottom, 1976), actress
 * Rain Phoenix (born Rain Bottom, 1972), actress/musician
 * River Phoenix (born River Bottom, 1970–1993), film actor
 * Summer Phoenix (born 1978), actress and model
 * Pink (born Alecia Moore, 1979), singer and actress
 * Dave Portnoy (born 1977), founder of (Barstool Sports)
 * Josh Radnor (born 1976), actor (How I Met Your Mother)
 * Leah Remini (born 1970), actress (The King of Queens)
 * Simon Rex (born 1974), actor and model
 * Michael Rosenbaum (born 1972), film/TV actor (Smallville)
 * Tracee Ellis Ross (born Tracee Joy Silberstein, 1972), actress, daughter of singer Diana Ross
 * Eli Roth (born 1972), film actor, director, producer and writer
 * Maya Rudolph (born 1972), actress/comedian (Saturday Night Live)
 * Winona Ryder (born Winona Horowitz, 1971), film actress
 * Antonio Sabato Jr. (born 1972), actor and model
 * Sarah Saltzberg (born 1976), Broadway theater actress
 * Andy Samberg (born	David Andrew Samberg, 1978), comedian; part of group The Lonely Island; Saturday Night Live
 * Fred Savage (born 1976), actor and TV director (Wonder Years)
 * Miriam Shor (born 1971), film/TV actress (Big Day)
 * Sarah Silverman (born 1970), stand-up comedian, actress, and writer
 * David Moscow (born 1974), actor (Jewish from his father side)
 * Alicia Silverstone (born 1976), actress and former fashion model (Clueless, Batman and Robin)
 * Ione Skye (born Ione Skye Leitch, 1971), English-born actress
 * Lindsay Sloane (born Lindsay Sloane Leikin, 1977), actress
 * Bahar Soomekh (born 1975), Iranian-born actress (Crash)
 * Tori Spelling (born 1973), actress (Beverly Hills 90210)
 * Jordana Spiro (born 1977), TV actress (My Boys)
 * Corey Stoll (born 1976), actor
 * Matt Stone (born 1971), animator, film director, screenwriter, actor, voice actor, and co-creator of South Park
 * Danny Strong (born 1974), film/TV actor
 * Tara Strong (born 1973), voice actress (My Little Pony, The Fairly OddParents)
 * Jonathan Togo (born 1977), actor (CSI: Miami, Mystic River)
 * Mageina Tovah (born Mageina Tovah Begtrup, 1979), actress
 * Kevin Weisman (born 1970), film/TV actor
 * Jennifer Westfeldt (born 1971), actress and writer (Kissing Jessica Stein)
 * Marissa Jaret Winokur (born 1973), film, TV, and stage actress (Hairspray stage version)
 * Noah Wyle (born 1971), film/TV actor
 * Nikki Ziering (born Natalie Schiele, 1971), model and actress
 * Jason Zimbler (born 1977), actor (Clarissa Explains It All)
 * Ethan Zohn (born 1973), Survivor: Africa winner and actor
 * Arianne Zuker (born Arianne Zuckerman, 1974), soap opera actress

1960s

 * Tony Goldwyn (born 1960), actor (paternal grandfather was Jewish)
 * Paula Abdul (born 1962), singer-songwriter, record producer, actress, dancer, and choreographer
 * Lenny Kravitz (born 1964), singer-songwriter
 * Steven Adler (born 1965), musician, songwriter, drummer (Guns N' Roses)
 * Patricia Arquette (born 1968), Golden Globe-nominated actress
 * Hank Azaria (born 1964), film/TV actor, director, comedian, and voice artist
 * David Alan Basche (born 1968), actor
 * Randall Batinkoff (born 1968), film/TV actor (For Keeps?)
 * Mary Kay Bergman (1961–1999), voice actress (South Park)
 * Troy Beyer (born 1964), film director, screenwriter, and actress
 * Craig Bierko (born 1964), film/TV actor (Cinderella Man)
 * Jack Black (born 1969), film actor and musician
 * Lisa Bonet (born 1967), film/TV actress (The Cosby Show)
 * Matthew Broderick (born 1962), film and stage actor (Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Producers)
 * Gabrielle Carteris (born 1961), actress (Beverly Hills 90210)
 * Max Casella (born 1967), actor (Doogie Howser)
 * Scott Cohen (born 1964), film/TV actor
 * Mindy Cohn (born 1966), TV actress (The Facts of Life)
 * David Cross (born 1964), actor/comedian
 * Dean Devlin (born 1962), former actor, now producer and screenwriter
 * Don Diamont (born Donald Feinberg, 1961), soap opera actor (The Young and the Restless)
 * Robert Downey Jr. (born 1965), actor and musician (Iron Man)
 * David Duchovny (born 1960), film/TV actor (The X-Files)
 * Lisa Edelstein (born 1967), actress (House)
 * Jon Favreau (born 1966), actor/director
 * Dan Futterman (born 1967), actor and screenwriter
 * Jeff Garlin (born 1962), comic actor (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
 * Brad Garrett (born Bradley Harold Gerstenfeld, 1960), actor and comedian
 * Gina Gershon (born 1962), film actress
 * Jami Gertz (born 1965), film/TV actress
 * Melissa Gilbert (born 1964), former child actress, two terms as president of Screen Actors Guild
 * Judy Gold (born 1962), stand-up comedian and actress
 * Bill Goldberg (born 1966), former wrestler; wrestled for both World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), film/TV actor
 * Jennifer Grey (born 1960), actress and dancer (Dirty Dancing)
 * Arye Gross (born 1960), film/TV actor
 * Greg Grunberg (born 1966), film/TV actor (Heroes)
 * Annabelle Gurwitch (born 1961), comedic actress, hostess of TBS's Dinner and a Movie
 * Jessica Hecht (born 1965), film/stage actress
 * Beth Hirsch (born 1967), singer-songwriter
 * Monica Horan (born 1963), TV actress (Everybody Loves Raymond)
 * Helen Hunt (born 1963), actress
 * Sean Kanan (born Sean Perelman, 1966), soap opera actor (General Hospital)
 * Lesli Kay (born Lesli Pushkin, 1965), actress (As the World Turns); had first individual girl's bat mitzvah in West Virginia
 * Heather Paige Kent (born 1969), TV actress
 * Marc Kudisch (born 1966), stage actor
 * Lisa Kudrow (born 1963), actress (Friends)
 * Juliet Landau (born 1965), actress (Ed Wood), daughter of Martin Landau and Barbara Bain
 * John Lehr (born 1967), actor/comedian (10 Items or Less)
 * Jennifer Jason Leigh (born Jennifer Lee Morrow, 1962), Hollywood film actress (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
 * Julia Louis-Dreyfus (born 1961), actress (Seinfeld)
 * Joshua Malina (born 1966), film and stage actor
 * Camryn Manheim (born 1961), actress (The Practice)
 * Cindy Margolis (born 1965), actress/model; in 2000 Guinness Book of World Records as the "most downloaded" person in 1999
 * Julianna Margulies (born 1966), film/TV actress (ER)
 * Marc Maron (born 1963), comedian, film/TV actor
 * Brett Marx (born 1964), actor (The Bad News Bears); great nephew of the Marx Brothers
 * Marlee Matlin (born 1965), actress (Children of a Lesser God)
 * Debra Messing (born 1968), actress (Will & Grace)
 * Dina Meyer (born 1968), film/TV actress (Saw films)
 * Ari Meyers (born 1969), actress (Kate & Allie)
 * Rob Morrow (born 1962), actor (Northern Exposure, Numb3rs)
 * Sarah Jessica Parker (born 1965), Golden Globe, Emmy-winning actress
 * Sean Penn (born 1960), film actor (Mystic River, Milk)
 * Jeremy Piven (born 1965), actor (Entourage)
 * Rain Pryor (born 1969), actress and comedian, daughter of Richard Pryor
 * Ted Raimi (born 1965), actor, brother of Spider-Man director Sam Raimi
 * David Bryan (Born 1962), born David Rashbaum, musician and songwriter
 * Adam Rich (born 1968), child actor (Eight is Enough)
 * Paul Rudd (born 1969), actor and screenwriter
 * Adam Sandler (born 1966), actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter, producer, and musician
 * Rob Schneider (born 1963), actor, comedian, and screenwriter
 * Bitty Schram (born 1968), Golden Globe-nominated actress
 * Liev Schreiber (born 1967), Tony Award-winning actor
 * Scott Schwartz (born 1968), child actor (A Christmas Story and The Toy)
 * David Schwimmer (born 1966), Emmy-nominated actor and director (Friends)
 * Sam Seder (born 1966), actor, comedian, writer, producer, director
 * Kyra Sedgwick (born 1965), Emmy-nominated actress
 * Ally Sheedy (born 1962), screen and stage actress ("Brat Pack" films The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire)
 * Jonathan Silverman (born 1966), film/TV actor
 * Helen Slater (born 1963), film actress and singer-songwriter (title role in Supergirl)
 * Rena Sofer (born 1968), actress
 * Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, 1962), stand-up comedian, actor, author; host, head writer, and producer of The Daily Show
 * Ben Stiller (born 1965), Emmy Award-winning comedian, actor, and film director
 * Lars Ulrich (born 1963), Danish-born Metallica drummer
 * Michael Vartan (born 1968), French-born film/TV actor (Monster-in-Law)
 * Steven Weber (born 1961), film/TV actor (Wings)
 * Scott Wolf (born 1968), actor (Party of Five)
 * Ian Ziering (born 1964), actor (Beverly Hills 90210)

1950s

 * Caroline Aaron (born 1957), actress and producer
 * Jason Alexander (born Jay Greenspan, 1959), actor, comedian, writer, director
 * Adam Arkin (born 1956), film, TV, and stage actor
 * Rosanna Arquette (born 1959), actress, film director, and film producer
 * Ellen Barkin (born 1954), actress
 * Roseanne Barr (born 1952), actress, comedian, writer and television producer
 * Robin Beck (born 1954), singer-songwriter, record producer
 * Robby Benson (born Robin David Segal, 1956), actor, former teen idol
 * Mike Binder (born 1958), screenwriter, film director, and actor
 * Kate Capshaw (born 1953), actress (Indiana Jones)
 * Jamie Lee Curtis (born 1958), Golden Globe-winning film actress, writer of books for children
 * Fran Drescher (born 1957), actor, producer, writer, comedian
 * Danny Elfman (born 1953), musician, composer
 * Wayne Federman (born 1959), comedian, actor, author (Maravich)
 * Tovah Feldshuh (born 1952), actress, singer, and playwright
 * Harvey Fierstein (born 1954), actor, author, and singer
 * Deb Filler (born 1954), actress, comic, singer and writer
 * Carrie Fisher (1956–2016), film actress, novelist (Star Wars)
 * Al Franken (born 1951), comedian, actor, author, radio host, and U.S. Senator
 * Jeff Goldblum (born 1952), film actor
 * Steve Guttenberg (born 1958), actor
 * Mary Hart (born 1950), actress and TV personality (Entertainment Tonight)
 * Amy Irving (born 1953), actress
 * Toni Kalem (born 1956), film/TV actress, screenwriter, and director
 * Carol Kane (born 1952), actress
 * Julie Kavner (born 1950), film/TV actress (voice of Marge on The Simpsons)
 * Richard Kind (born 1956), actor
 * John Landis (born 1950), actor, director, writer, and producer
 * Carol Leifer (born 1956), comedian and actress
 * Joan Lunden (born Joan Blunden, 1950), broadcaster (Good Morning America)
 * Melanie Mayron (born 1952), actress and director (Thirtysomething)
 * Larry Miller (born 1953), stand-up comedian, actor
 * Don Most (born 1953), actor (Happy Days)
 * Judd Nelson (born 1959), actor and screenwriter (The Breakfast Club, Billionaire Boys Club)
 * Bebe Neuwirth (born 1958), theater, TV, and film actress
 * Laraine Newman (born 1952), comedian and actress
 * Ken Olin (born 1954), actor, director and producer
 * Mandy Patinkin (born 1952), actor of stage and screen, and singer/interpreter of Yiddish songs
 * Lorna Patterson (born 1956), film, stage and TV actress
 * Scott Patterson (born 1958), actor (Gilmore Girls)
 * David Paymer (born 1954), character actor
 * Ron Perlman (born 1950), film/TV actor (Hellboy)
 * Kevin Pollak (born 1957), actor, impressionist, and comedian
 * Paul Reiser (born 1957), actor, author, and stand-up comedian (Mad About You)
 * Paul Reubens (born Paul Rubenfeld, 1952–2023), aka Peewee Herman
 * Alan Rosenberg (born 1950), actor, 24th president of the Screen Actors Guild
 * David Lee Roth (born 1954), singer/musician
 * Katey Sagal (born 1954), actress, singer, and writer (Married... with Children)
 * Bob Saget (1956–2022), actor, stand-up comedian, and game show host
 * Richard Schiff (born 1955), actor (The West Wing)
 * Steven Seagal (born 1952), actor, screenwriter, producer, martial artist, and musician
 * Jerry Seinfeld (born 1954), comedian, actor, and writer
 * Jane Seymour (born Joyce Frankenberg, 1951), English-born film/TV actress
 * Wendie Jo Sperber (1958–2005), TV/movie actress
 * Paul Stanley (born 1952), guitarist for KISS
 * Howard Stern (born 1954), radio/TV personality, media mogul, humorist, actor, and author
 * Stephen Tobolowsky (born 1951), actor
 * Robert Trebor (born Robert Schenkman, 1953), actor (Hercules, Xena)
 * Debra Winger (born 1955), actress
 * Leslie Hoffman (born 1955), actress-stuntwoman
 * Mare Winningham (born 1959), film/TV actress

1940s

 * Bob Balaban (born 1945), actor and director
 * Richard Belzer (1944–2023), stand-up comedian, writer, and actor
 * Daniel Benzali (born 1946), actor, singer
 * Lewis Black (born 1948), stand-up comedian and actor
 * Albert Brooks (born Albert Lawrence Einstein, 1947–), stand-up comedian, director, screenwriter, actor
 * James Caan (1940–2022), film, stage, and TV actor (The Godfather)
 * Nell Carter (1948–2003), singer and film, stage, and TV actress
 * Peter Coyote (born Rachmil Pinchus Ben Mosha Cohon, 1941–), actor and author
 * Gene Simmons (born 1949), guitarist for KISS
 * Larry David (born 1947), Emmy-winning writer, director, comedian, actor, producer, co-creator of Seinfeld, and creator of Curb Your Enthusiasm
 * Richard Dreyfuss (born 1947), actor (The Goodbye Girl)
 * Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, 1941), singer-songwriter, author, musician, and poet, also appeared in several films
 * Bob Einstein (1942–2019), writer and comedian known as Super Dave
 * Richard Elfman (born 1949), film director, writer, and actor
 * Donald Fagen (born 1948), musician, singer-songwriter, cultural critic, author, columnist, writer, and co-founder of the famous jazz-rock duo Steely Dan
 * Harrison Ford (born 1942), actor
 * Bonnie Franklin (1944–2013), actress
 * Art Garfunkel (born 1941), singer-songwriter
 * Paul Michael Glaser (born 1943), actor (Starsky & Hutch)
 * Scott Glenn (born 1941), actor
 * Christopher Guest (born 1948), comedian, screenwriter, composer, musician, film director, actor, and Spinal Tap member
 * Goldie Hawn (born 1945), film actress, director, and producer
 * Dan Hedaya (born 1940), character actor
 * Sandy Helberg (born 1949), actor
 * Barbara Hershey (born Barbara Lynn Herzstein, 1948), actress
 * Ricky Jay (born Richard Jay Potash, 1946–2018), professional sleight-of-hand artist, actor, and author
 * Billy Joel (born 1949), singer-songwriter, and musician
 * Madeline Kahn (1942–1999), actress of film, TV, and theater
 * Gabe Kaplan (born 1945), actor, comedian, and professional poker player
 * Andy Kaufman (1949–1984), comedian; devout Jewish parents
 * Judy Kaye (born 1948), singer and actress
 * Lainie Kazan (born Lanie Levine, 1940), actress and singer
 * Robert Klein (born 1942), stand-up comedian and occasional actor
 * Kevin Kline (born 1947), stage and film actor
 * Richard Kline (born 1944), actor and TV director
 * Sherry Lansing (born 1944), former CEO of Paramount Studios and actress
 * Michael Lembeck (born 1948), actor and director
 * Richard Lewis (1947-2024), comedian and actor
 * Judith Light (born 1949), actress (Who's the Boss?)
 * Peggy Lipton (1947-2019), TV actress and socialite (The Mod Squad)
 * Stephen Macht (born 1942), actor
 * Janet Margolin (1943-1993), actress
 * Richard Masur (born 1948), actor
 * Bette Midler (born 1945), singer, actress, and comedian
 * David Proval (born 1942), actor (The Sopranos)
 * Gilda Radner (1946–1989), comedian and actress (Saturday Night Live)
 * Harold Ramis (1944–2014), director, actor, writer, and producer
 * Lou Reed (1942–2013), musician, singer-songwriter
 * Rob Reiner (born 1947), actor, director, producer, writer
 * Peter Riegert (born 1947), film/TV actor
 * Jill St. John (born 1940), actress
 * Garry Shandling (1949–2016), comedian and actor
 * Wallace Shawn (born 1943), actor and writer
 * Harry Shearer (born 1943), actor, comedian, writer, and radio host
 * Paul Simon (born 1941), singer-songwriter
 * Brent Spiner (born 1949), actor (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
 * Sylvester Stallone (born 1946), film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (Rocky), maternally Jewish
 * Barbra Streisand (born 1942), two-time Academy Award-winning singer and actress
 * Jeffrey Tambor (born 1944), film/TV actor (Hellboy, Arrested Development)
 * Jessica Walter (1941–2021), film/TV actress (Arrested Development)
 * Zoë Wanamaker (born 1949), American-born English actress
 * Lesley Ann Warren (born 1946), stage, film, and TV actress
 * Anson Williams (born Anson William Heimlick, 1949), actor (Happy Days)
 * Henry Winkler (born 1945), actor, director, producer, and author (Happy Days)

1930s

 * Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg, 1935), film director, writer, actor, and stand-up comedian
 * Alan Arkin (1934–2023), film actor, director
 * Barbara Barrie (born 1931), actress and author of children's books
 * Richard Benjamin (born 1938), actor and film director
 * Dyan Cannon (born Samille Diane Friesen, 1937), film/TV actress, editor, producer, and director
 * Eddie Carmel (1936–1972), entertainer known as "The Jewish Giant"
 * Jerry Douglas (born Gerald Rubenstein, 1932–2021), TV actress (The Young and the Restless)
 * Elliott Gould (born Elliot Goldstein, 1938), film/TV actor
 * Andre Gregory (born 1934), actor-writer-director, known for My Dinner with Andre
 * Charles Grodin (1935–2021), actor and cable talk show host
 * Judd Hirsch (born 1935), actor (Taxi, NUMB3RS)
 * Dustin Hoffman (born 1937), two-time-Oscar-winning actor
 * Tony Jay (1933–2006), English/American actor
 * Harvey Keitel (born 1939), actor
 * Larry King (1933–2021), television host
 * Walter Koenig (born 1936), actor, writer, teacher, and director (appeared in original Star Trek)
 * Yaphet Kotto (1939–2021), African-American actor; son of Cameroonian Crown Prince (role in Alien)
 * Michael Landon (born Eugene Maurice Orowitz, 1936–1991), actor, producer, and director
 * Louise Lasser (born 1939), stage/film/TV actress (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman)
 * Piper Laurie (born Rosetta Jacobs, 1932–2023), actress
 * Linda Lavin (born 1937), stage, film, and TV actress
 * Steve Lawrence (born Sidney Liebowitz, 1935–2024), singer and actor (The Carol Burnett Show)
 * Shari Lewis (born Sonia Phyllis Hurwitz, 1933–1998), ventriloquist, puppeteer, and children's TV show host
 * Hal Linden (born Harold Lipshitz, 1931), actor and TV director (Barney Miller)
 * Tina Louise (born 1934), model, singer, and film/TV actress
 * Mark Margolis (1939-2023), actor
 * Jackie Mason (born Yacov Moshe Maza, 1928–2021), stand-up comedian/actor
 * Paul Mazursky (1930–2014), film director and actor
 * Shelley Morrison (1936-2019) American actress to Jewish-Sephardic parents.
 * Barry Newman (1938–2023), actor
 * Leonard Nimoy (1931–2015), film director, actor; played Spock on Star Trek
 * Suzanne Pleshette (1937–2008), actress (The Bob Newhart Show)
 * Ron Rifkin (born 1939), actor, director
 * Joan Rivers (born Joan Alexandra Molinsky Sanger Rosenberg, 1933–2014), comedian, actress, talk show host
 * George Segal (1934–2021), film and stage actor
 * Susan Strasberg (1938–1999), actress (In Praise of Older Women)
 * Dame Elizabeth Taylor (1932–2011), Oscar-winning English/American film actress and sex symbol
 * Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman, 1933–2016), actor and comedian

1920s

 * Marty Allen (1922–2018), stand-up comedian and actor
 * Ed Ames (born Edmund Dantes Urick, 1927-2023), singer and actor
 * Beatrice Arthur (born Bernice Frankel, 1922–2009), actress
 * Ed Asner (1929–2021), actor
 * Lauren Bacall (born Betty Joan Perske, 1924–2014), film and stage actress
 * Julian Beck (1925–1985), actor, director, poet, and painter
 * Harry Belafonte (1927–2023), singer, actor, and activist
 * Shelley Berman (1926–2017), comedian, writer, teacher, and actor
 * Herschel Bernardi (1923–1986), film, Broadway, and TV actor
 * Theodore Bikel (1924–2015), character actor, folk singer, and musician
 * Larry Blyden (1925–1975), actor
 * Tom Bosley (1927–2010), film/TV actor (Happy Days)
 * Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky, 1926), director, writer, actor, and stand-up comedian
 * Lenny Bruce (born Leonard Schneider, 1925–1966), stand-up comedian, writer, social critic, satirist
 * Susan Cabot (1927–1986), actress
 * Sid Caesar (1922–2014), comic actor and writer
 * Robert Clary (born Robert Max Widerman, 1926–2022), French-born actor, published author, and lecturer
 * Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz, 1925–2010), film actor
 * Rodney Dangerfield (born Jacob Cohen, 1921–2004), comedian and actor
 * Sammy Davis Jr. (1925–1990) (converted to Judaism), entertainer, member of the "Rat Pack"
 * Peter Falk (1927–2011), actor
 * Fyvush Finkel (1922–2016), actor
 * Eddie Fisher (1928–2010), singer; father of Carrie Fisher
 * Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal, 1927), theater, film, and TV actress, and film director
 * Buddy Hackett (born Leonard Hacker, 1924–2003), stand-up comedian, writer, actor, and producer
 * Monty Hall (born Monte Halperin, 1921–2017), Canadian-born actor, singer, and sportscaster (Let's Make a Deal)
 * Estelle Harris (born Estelle Nussbaum, 1928–2022), actress (Seinfeld)
 * Laurence Harvey (born Zvi Mosheh Skikne, 1928–1973), Lithuanian-born actor; British and American films
 * Steven Hill (born Solomon Krakovsky, 1922–2016), film/TV actor
 * Judy Holliday (born Judith Tuvim, 1921–1965), actress, singer
 * Werner Klemperer (1920–2000), comedic actor
 * Jack Klugman (1922–2012), actor
 * Harvey Korman (1927–2008), actor
 * Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999), filmmaker, photographer
 * Martin Landau (1928–2017), film/TV actor
 * Al Lewis (born Albert Meister, 1920–2006), actor (Grandpa Munster)
 * Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch, 1926–2017), comedian, actor, and charity fund-raising telethons
 * Bill Macy (1922–2019), actor
 * Ross Martin (born Martin Rosenblatt, 1920–1981), Polish-born (Jewish family) film/TV actor (Wild Wild West)
 * Walter Matthau (1920–2000), actor
 * Anne Meara (1929–2015), comedian and actress, partner and wife of Jerry Stiller
 * Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962), actress, singer, and model, converted to Judaism.
 * Vic Morrow (1929–1982), actor
 * Jerry Paris (1925–1986), actor and Emmy-winning director (The Dick Van Dyke Show)
 * Charlotte Rae (1926–2018), actress (The Facts of Life)
 * Tony Randall (born Arthur Leonard Rosenberg, 1920–2004), comic actor
 * Carl Reiner (1922–2020), actor, film director, producer, writer, and comedian
 * Regina Resnik (1922–2013), opera singer and actress
 * Don Rickles (1926–2017), stand-up comedian, actor; pioneer of insult comedy
 * Fred Sadoff (1926–1994), actor in South Pacific
 * Mort Sahl (1927–2021), stand-up comedian and actor
 * Rod Serling (1924–1975), screenwriter and actor (The Twilight Zone)
 * Simone Signoret (1921–1985), Academy Award-winning French actress
 * Jerry Stiller (1927–2020), comedian and actor
 * Mel Tormé (1925–1999), actor, musician, known as "The Velvet Fog", jazz singer-songwriter
 * Marilyn Tyler (1926–2017), opera singer
 * Abe Vigoda (1921–2016), film/TV actor (The Godfather)
 * Shelley Winters (born Shirley Schrift, 1920–2006), two-time Academy Award-winning actress

1910s

 * Mason Adams (1919–2005), character actor
 * Martin Balsam (1919–1996), actor; won an Academy Award for A Thousand Clowns
 * John Banner (1910–1973), Austrian/American actor (Hogan's Heroes)
 * Red Buttons (born Aaron Chwatt, 1919–2006), Academy Award-winning comedian and actor
 * Jeff Chandler (born Ira Grossel, 1918-1961), film actor, singer and song writer ––
 * Lee J. Cobb (born Leo Jacob, 1911–1976), Academy Award-nominated film actor
 * Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch, 1916–2020), actor (Spartacus)
 * Elissa Minet Fuchs (born Elise Minette Levy; 1919–2023), ballerina
 * John Garfield (born Jacob Garfinkle, 1913–1952), actor
 * Paulette Goddard (born Marion Levy, 1910–1990), Oscar-nominated film and theatre actress
 * Kitty Carlisle Hart (born Catherine Conn, 1910–2007), singer, actress, and spokeswoman for the arts
 * Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky, 1911–1987), film actor, singer and comedian
 * Hedy Lamarr (born Hedwig Kiesler, 1914–2000), actress, invented early form of spread spectrum communications technology, a key to modern wireless communication
 * Marc Lawrence (born Max Goldsmith, 1910–2005), character actor
 * Zero Mostel (born Samuel Mostel, 1915–1977), stage and film actor
 * Jan Murray (born Murray Janofsky, 1916–2006), stand-up comedian, actor
 * Luise Rainer (1910–2014), German-born American two-time Academy Award-winning film actress
 * Lillian Roth (born Lillian Rutstein, 1910–1980), singer and actress, performer on Broadway
 * Dinah Shore (born Frances Rose Shore, 1916–1994), singer and actress
 * Sylvia Sidney (born Sophia Kosow, 1910–1999), film actress
 * Phil Silvers (1911–1985), entertainer and comedy actor
 * Harold J. Stone (born Harold Hochstein, 1913–2005), film/TV character actor
 * Arnold Stang (1918–2009), American comic actor typically cast as a bespectacled but arrogant and loud-mouthed con artist
 * Mike Wallace (born Myron Wallace, 1918–2012), journalist, briefly acted during the 1940s
 * Eli Wallach (1915–2014), film, TV and stage actor
 * Sam Wanamaker (1919–1993), actor and director
 * Keenan Wynn (1916–1986), character actor

1900s

 * Stella Adler (1901–1992), actress and acting teacher
 * Jack Albertson (1907–1981), actor (Chico and the Man)
 * Leon Askin (born Leon Aschkenasy, 1907–2005), Austrian American actor
 * Milton Berle (born Milton Berlinger, 1908–2002), comedian and actor; pioneered vaudeville and stand-up comedy art forms
 * Joe Besser (1907–1988), comedian (Three Stooges)
 * Mel Blanc (1908–1989), voice actor and comedian, "The Man of a Thousand Voices", created voices of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Wile E. Coyote, Barney Rubble
 * Ben Blue (born Benjamin Bernstein, 1901–1975), Canadian American actor and comedian
 * Howard Da Silva (born Howard Silverblatt, 1909–1986), film actor
 * Melvyn Douglas (born Melvyn Hesselberg, 1901–1981), actor, won all three of the entertainment industry's highest awards (two Oscars, a Tony, and an Emmy)
 * Larry Fine (born Louis Feinberg, 1902–1975), comedian and actor (Three Stooges)
 * Joseph Green (1900–1996), Polish-American film actor and director
 * John Houseman (born Jacques Haussmann, 1902–1988), actor; won an Academy Award for The Paper Chase
 * Curly Howard (born Jerome Horwitz, 1903–1952), one of the Three Stooges
 * Sam Levene (1905–1980), Russian/American stage and film actor
 * Peter Lorre (born László Löwenstein, 1904–1964), Austria-Hungary-born American stage and screen actor (M)
 * Zeppo Marx (1901–1979), member of the Marx Brothers
 * Sandy Meisner (1905–1997), actor and acting coach; developed acting methodology known as the "Meisner Technique"
 * Ritz Brothers (Al, Jimmy, and Harry Ritz, 1901–1965, 1904–1985, 1907–1986 respectively), Jewish comedy team
 * Natalie Schafer (1900–1991), actress (Gilligan's Island)
 * Lee Strasberg (born Israel Strassberg, 1901–1982), actor, director, and acting teacher in theater and film, who according to author Mel Gussow "revolutionized the art of acting"

1890s

 * Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky, 1894–1974), comedian, vaudeville performer, and radio, TV, and film actor
 * Gertrude Berg (born Tilly Edelstein, 1899–1966), radio/TV actress
 * Fanny Brice (born Fania Borach, 1891–1951), comedian, singer, and entertainer
 * George Burns (born Nathan Birnbaum, 1896–1996), comedian and actor
 * Eddie Cantor (born Israel Iskowitz, 1892–1964), comedian, singer-songwriter, actor
 * Ricardo Cortez (born Jacob Krantz, 1899–1977), Austrian-born American silent film star, known as a "Latin lover" type
 * Anthony Frome, (born Abraham Feinberg, 1899–1986), singer, the "Poet Prince of the Air Waves".
 * Hermione Gingold (1897–1987), British-born actress
 * Moe Howard (born Moses Horwitz, 1897–1975), "leader" of the Three Stooges
 * Shemp Howard (born Samuel Horwitz, 1895–1955), member of the Three Stooges
 * Sam Jaffe (born Shalom Jaffe, 1891–1984), Academy Award-nominated film and stage actor
 * Irving Kaufman (born Isidore Kaufman, 1890–1976), singer, recording artist, and vaudeville performer
 * Francis Lederer (1899–2000), Czech-born American actor
 * Philip Loeb (1892–1955), stage, film, and TV actor
 * Paul Lukas (1895–1971), Hungarian American film actor
 * Groucho Marx (born Julius Marx, 1890–1977), comedian, working both with his siblings, the Marx Brothers, and on his own
 * Gummo Marx (born Milton Marx, 1893–1977), one of the Marx Brothers
 * Paul Muni (born Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund, 1895–1967), Austrian-born American Academy Award and Tony Award-winning actor
 * Carmel Myers (1899–1980), silent film actress
 * Molly Picon (born Małka Opiekun, 1898–1992), actor of stage, screen, and TV
 * Edward G. Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg, 1893–1973), stage and film actor
 * Mae West (born Mary Jane West, 1893–1980), actress, playwright, screenwriter, and sex symbol

1880s

 * Broncho Billy Anderson (born Maxwell Aronson, 1880–1971), actor, writer, director, and producer; first star of the Western film genre
 * Theda Bara (born Theodosia Goodman, 1885–1955), silent film actress; the first screen "vamp"
 * Douglas Fairbanks (born Douglas Ullman, 1883–1939), actor, screenwriter, director, and producer known for his silent films
 * Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson, 1886–1950), singer and actor
 * Chico Marx (born Leonard Marx, 1887–1961), one of the Marx Brothers
 * Harpo Marx (born Adolph Marx, 1888–1964), one of the Marx Brothers
 * Sophie Tucker (born Sonya Kalish, 1884–1966), actress, singer, and comedian
 * Erich von Stroheim (1885–1957), Austrian-born American filmmaker and actor
 * Louis Wolheim (1880–1931), character actor in silent films during the 1920s; also appeared on stage and in early sound films (All Quiet on the Western Front)
 * Ed Wynn (born Isaiah Edwin Leopold, 1886–1966), comedian and actor

Pre–1880s

 * Alla Nazimova (born Miriam Leventon, 1879–1945), theater and film actress, scriptwriter, and producer
 * Boris Thomashefsky (1868–1939), Ukrainian-born American singer, actor, Yiddish theater icon
 * Jacob Pavlovitch Adler (1855–1926), Russian-born American actor, Yiddish theater
 * Adah Isaacs Menken (1835–1868), actress, dancer, painter, and poet; converted to Judaism upon marrying the first of her four husbands

Comedians

 * Dan Ahdoot, finalist Last Comic Standing, 2004
 * Dave Attell (born 1965), stand-up comedian; host of Insomniac with Dave Attell
 * Victor Borge (born Børge Rosenbaum, 1909–2000), humorist and concert pianist
 * Andrew Ginsburg (born 1979), comedian, actor, and three-time champion bodybuilder
 * Adam Friedland (born 1986), comedian, podcaster, host of The Adam Friedland Show
 * Tom Lehrer (born 1928), satirist, musician
 * Ritz Brothers (Al Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Harry Ritz), see "Actors"
 * Robert Schimmel (1950–2010), stand-up comedian;
 * Danny Sexbang (born 1979), member of musical-comedy duo Ninja Sex Party
 * Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, 1962), stand-up comedian, actor, author; host, head writer, and producer of The Daily Show
 * Eric Andre (born 1983), actor, host on the Eric Andre Show, absurdist comedian
 * Marc Maron (born 1963), stand-up comedian, podcaster, writer, and actor

Film/television directors and producers

 * J. J. Abrams (born 1966), screenwriter, director, film/TV producer
 * Woody Allen (born 1935), Oscar winning screenwriter, director and actor
 * Eleanor Antin (born 1935), photographer, author, and artist working with video, film, performance, and drawing
 * Judd Apatow (born 1968), screenwriter, director, film/TV producer
 * Alan Arkin (1934-2023), Academy Award winning film actor, director
 * Danny Arnold (1925–1995), actor/director
 * Darren Aronofsky (born 1969), film director, screenwriter and producer
 * Ralph Bakshi (born 1938), film director and animator
 * Noah Baumbach (born 1969), film screenwriter and director
 * Henry Bean (born 1945)
 * Richard Benjamin (born 1938), actor/film director
 * Curtis Bernhardt (1899–1981, Germany)
 * Mike Binder (born 1958), director, writer and actor in film and TV
 * Peter Bogdanovich (born 1939), film actor, writer and director
 * Zach Braff (born 1975), film/TV actor, director, screenwriter, and producer
 * John Brahm (1893–1982, Germany)
 * Albert Brooks (born 1947), film actor, writer and director
 * James L. Brooks (born 1940), TV and film writer, producer and director
 * Mel Brooks (born 1926), writer, director and actor of film, TV and stage
 * Richard Brooks (1912–1992), film director and producer
 * William Castle (1914–1977), film director and producer
 * Joel Coen (born 1954) and Ethan Coen (born 1957), Academy Award-winning film writers, directors, producers and editors
 * George Cukor (1899–1983), Academy Award-winning film director and producer
 * Michael Curtiz (1886–1962), Academy Award-winning film director
 * Jules Dassin (1911–2008), once blacklisted writer and director of film
 * Maya Deren (1917–1961), Film writer, director and actress
 * Cecil B. DeMille (1881–1959), Academy Award-winning film director and producer
 * Stanley Donen (1924–2019), film producer and director
 * Richard Donner (1930–2021), film director, producer and sometimes actor
 * Robert Downey Sr. (1935–2021), film writer and director
 * Samuel Fuller (1912–1997), film writer, director and actor
 * Keith Gordon (born 1961), film actor, director and writer
 * Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal, 1927), theater, film, and TV actress, and film director
 * James Gray (born 1969), film writer and director
 * Joseph Green (1900–1996), Polish-American film director and actor
 * Bud Greenspan (1926–2010), director of documentaries on sports
 * Christopher Guest (born 1948), see "Actors" above
 * Todd Haynes (born 1961), film writer and director
 * Amy Heckerling (born 1954), film director
 * Marshall Herskovitz (born 1952), film producer and director
 * Arthur Hiller (1923–2016), film director and producer
 * Agnieszka Holland (born 1948 in Poland)
 * Nicole Holofcener (born 1960), writer and director in film
 * Henry Jaglom (born 1938), writer, director and actor in Independent film
 * Andrew Jarecki (born 1960), film director and producer, musician, and entrepreneur; brother of Eugene Jarecki and half-brother of Nicholas Jarecki
 * Eugene Jarecki (born 1964), film director, writer, and producer, and author; brother of Andrew Jarecki and half-brother of Nicholas Jarecki
 * Miranda July (born Miranda Jennifer Grossinger, 1974), Jewish father
 * Jeremy Paul Kagan (born 1945), film writer and director
 * Jake Kasdan (born 1975), film writer and director
 * Lawrence Kasdan (born 1949), film writer and director
 * Jeffrey Katzenberg (born 1950), film producer, director and co-founder of DreamWorks SKG
 * Philip Kaufman (born 1936), film director and screenwriter
 * Henry Koster (1905–1988), film director
 * Stanley Kramer (1913–2001), director
 * Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999)
 * John Landis (born 1950), movie actor, director, writer, and producer
 * Fritz Lang (1890–1976, Austria, mother born Jewish)
 * Andy Lassner (born 1966), Colombian-American television producer
 * Norman Lear (1922–2023), film and television director
 * Mervyn LeRoy (1900–1987), film director
 * Barry Levinson (born 1942), producer, writer and director of film and TV
 * Shawn Levy (born 1968), film producer and director
 * Albert Lewin (1894–1968), film writer, producer and director
 * Jerry Lewis (1926–2017), film actor, writer and director
 * Doug Liman (born 1965), film and TV producer and director
 * Jonathan Littman (born 1962/1963) television producer
 * Lynne Littman (born 1941), film and television director and producer
 * Ernst Lubitsch (1892–1947), film director originally from Germany
 * Michael Lucas (born 1972, USSR)
 * Sidney Lumet (1924–2011), film writer, producer and director
 * David Mamet (born 1947), writer and director of stage and screen
 * Michael Mann (born 1943), film director, screenwriter, producer
 * Elaine May (born 1932), film, TV and stage writer, director and actress
 * Paul Mazursky (1930–2014), see "Actors" above
 * Lewis Milestone (1895–1980), film director and producer
 * John Milius (born 1944)
 * Meredith Monk (born 1942), composer, performer, theater director, vocalist, filmmaker, and choreographer
 * Errol Morris (born 1948), documentary filmmaker
 * Mike Nichols (1931–2014), Emmy, Grammy, Tony and Academy Award-winning film and stage director
 * Leonard Nimoy (1931–2015), film director, actor, writer, singer-songwriter, poet, and photographer
 * Ken Olin (born 1954), see "Actors" above
 * Marcel Ophüls (born 1927), documentary filmmaker, son of Max Ophüls
 * Max Ophüls (1902–1957, Germany), father of Marcel Ophüls
 * Frank Oz (born 1944), writer, actor and director of film and TV
 * Alan J. Pakula (1928–1998), film director and producer
 * Jerry Paris (1925–1986), Emmy-winning television director (The Dick Van Dyke Show, Happy Days)
 * Larry Peerce (born 1930), film writer and director
 * Arthur Penn (1922–2010), film director and producer
 * Sydney Pollack (1934-2008), film producer, director, actor and writer
 * Abraham Polonsky (1910–1999), film writer and director
 * Otto Preminger (1905–1986), film producer, director and actor
 * Bob Rafelson (born 1933), film writer-director
 * Irving Rapper (1898–1999), British-born film director
 * Brett Ratner (born 1969)
 * Ron Rifkin (born 1939), actor, director
 * Jay Roach (born 1957), film director, producer and screenwriter, converted to Judaism
 * Eli Roth (born 1972), film actor, director, producer and writer
 * Julian Schnabel (born 1951)
 * Steve Sekely (1899–1979), Hungarian-born film director
 * George Sidney (1916–2002), film director, known for MGM films
 * Joan Micklin Silver (1935–2020)
 * Bryan Singer (born 1965)
 * Curt Siodmak (1902–2000)
 * Robert Siodmak (1900–1973)
 * Barry Sonnenfeld, director
 * Steven Spielberg (born 1946)
 * Edgar Ulmer (1904–1972, Austria-Hungary)
 * Josef von Sternberg (1894, Austria–1969)
 * Erich von Stroheim (1885, Austria–1957)
 * Robin Washington (born 1956)
 * Claudia Weill (born 1947), film and theater director, educator, cinematographer
 * Harvey Weinstein (1952)
 * Billy Wilder (1906–2002)
 * William Wyler (1902, Germany–1981)
 * Fred Zinnemann (1907, Austria–1997)
 * David Zucker & Jerry Zucker (born 1950), parody directors, producers

Models

 * Brooke Burke, TV personality and model
 * Yael Markovich, Israeli/American model/beauty queen
 * Antonio Sabato Jr., model and actor
 * Lindsey Vuolo, model and Playboy Playmate


 * Bar Refaeli, model

TV and radio presenters

 * Don Francisco (Mario Kreutzberger) (born 1940), network TV host of Sabado Gigante, filmed in Miami
 * Monty Hall (1924–2017), network TV host of Let's Make a Deal game show
 * Mary Hart (born 1950), see "Actors" above
 * Daryn Kagan (born 1963), host of CNN Live Today
 * Larry King (1993–2021), network TV interviewer
 * Matt Lauer (born 1957), co-host on The Today Show
 * Bernard Meltzer (1916-1998), network radio psychologist advising call-in listeners on variety of problems
 * Al Michaels (born 1944)
 * Amy Wynn Pastor (born 1976), carpenter on Trading Spaces
 * Maury Povich (born 1939), network TV host analyzing relationship problems
 * Sally Jessie Raphael (born 1935), network radio psychologist
 * Joan Rivers (1933–2014), talk show host, stage actress/writer, comedian, and celebrity
 * Daniel Schorr (1916–2010), journalist who covered the world for more than 60 years, last as a senior news analyst for National Public Radio
 * Jerry Springer (1944-2023), host of The Jerry Springer Show
 * Mike Wallace (1918–2012), journalist, 60 Minutes correspondent
 * Barbara Walters (1929–2022), media personality, regular fixture on morning TV shows (Today and The View), evening news magazines (20/20), and on The ABC Evening News, as the first female evening news anchor
 * Dr. Ruth Westheimer (born 1928), better known as Dr. Ruth, German-American sex therapist, talk show host, author, professor, Holocaust survivor, and former Haganah sniper.

Producers and directors (theater)
Persons listed with a double asterisk (**) are producers who have won the Tony Award for Best Musical and/or the Tony Award for Best Play. Those listed with a triple asterisk (***) have won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and/or Play. Those listed with a quadruple asterisk (****) have won the Tony Award for Best Actor or Best Actress in a Musical or Play.


 * Herb Alpert, producer, and composer, songwriter, lead singer, and horn player with Tijuana Brass
 * Boris Aronson, set designer, costume designer and lighting designer
 * George Axelrod, producer and director
 * Julian Beck and Judith Malina, founders of Living Theatre
 * David Belasco, producer and director
 * Michael Bennett, director & producer, choreographer, dancer **
 * Rudolf Bing (1902–1997), opera impresario, General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera in New York from 1950 to 1972
 * Robert Brustein, producer, writer, director, critic, educator
 * Abe Burrows, director ***
 * Joseph Chaikin & Peter Feldman, founders of Open Theatre
 * Paddy Chayefsky, director
 * Heinrich Conried, theatre owner/operator and producer
 * Norman Corwin, director
 * Clive Davis, producer
 * Cy Feuer, producer, director and theatre owner/operator **
 * Ron Field, director ***
 * David Geffen, producer **
 * Leonard Goldberg, producer
 * Arthur Hammerstein, producer and director (uncle of Oscar Hammerstein II)
 * Oscar Hammerstein I, producer and theater director/operator (grandfather of Oscar Hammerstein II)
 * Oscar Hammerstein II, producer and director
 * Ben Hecht, idiosyncratic screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, and novelist; known as "the Shakespeare of Hollywood"
 * Sidney Howard, producer and director
 * George Jessel, see "Actors (Theater)" above
 * Robert Kalfin, producer, director, writer **
 * Mickey Katz, see "Actors (Theater)" above
 * George S. Kaufman, producer, director, and theater owner/operator
 * Michael Kidd, director and producer
 * Alan King, see "Actors (Theater)" above
 * James Lapine, director and librettist
 * Norman Lear, creator, head screenwriter, and producer of taboo breaking sitcom All in the Family; also created Maude and The Jeffersons
 * Ernest Lehman, producer
 * Sam Levene, see "Actors (Theater)" above
 * Lucille Lortel, Off-Broadway producer, Lucille Lortel Theatre named after her
 * Sanford Meisner, founder of Neighbourhood Playhouse
 * David Merrick, producer and director **
 * Lorne Michaels, comedian, writer, director, producer, the sole creator, writer, director and producer of Saturday Night Live; also produced film and TV projects that spun off from it
 * Arthur Miller, playwright
 * Mitch Miller, producer
 * Isaac Mizrahi (born 1961), fashion designer
 * Mike Nichols (1931–2014), Emmy, Grammy, Tony and Academy Award-winning film and stage director
 * Toby Orenstein, producer and founder of Toby's Dinner Theatre, Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts, and the Young Columbians
 * Joseph Papp a.k.a. Joe Papp, founded the non-profit NYC Public Theater **
 * Marc Platt, producer
 * Harold Prince, director **, ***
 * Elmer Rice, director and producer
 * Jerome Robbins, producer and director ***
 * Billy Rose, director, producer, and theater operator
 * Morrie Ryskind, director
 * Rebecca Schull, actress
 * Shubert family, producers and theater owners **
 * Anna Sokolow, director
 * Steven Spielberg, film director, producer
 * Lee Strasberg and Harold Clurman, co-founders of the Group Theatre
 * Julie Taymor, director ***
 * Bob Weinstein, producer, screenwriter
 * Harvey Weinstein, producer
 * Efrem Zimbalist Jr., see "Actors (Theater)" above
 * David Zippel, director

Circus

 * Paul Binder, co-founder, ringmaster and artistic director of the Big Apple Circus
 * Abe Goldstein, regarded as "the Greatest Irish Cop Clown" in the business and worked for Ringling Bros. and other circuses
 * Benjamin Krause, owner/operator of Krause Greater Shows