American screenwriters

The list American screenwriters includes Angelina Jolie, Jennette McCurdy, Vin Diesel, Tupac Shakur and Seth MacFarlane. The list consists of 4,663 members and 15 sublists.

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1.

Angelina Jolie

American, Actress

Overview: Angelina Jolie DCMG (born Angelina Jolie Voight, June 4, 1975) is an American actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian. The recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and three Golden Globe ...

Date of birth: 4 June 1975

Age: 47

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Angelina Jolie 1T

American bisexual actors 120T

American LGBT actors 286T
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Jennette McCurdy

American, Actress

Overview: Jennette Michelle Faye McCurdy (born June 26, 1992) is an American filmmaker, podcaster, singer, songwriter and former actress. McCurdy had her breakthrough playing Sam Puckett in the Nickelodeon sitcom ...

Date of birth: 26 June 1992

Age: 30

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

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Singer-songwriters from California 955T

21st-century American women singers 2,977T

American women columnists 425T
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Vin Diesel

American film actor, producer, director, and screenwriter

Overview: Mark Sinclair (born July 18, 1967), known professionally as Vin Diesel, is an American actor and producer. One of the world's highest-grossing actors, he is best known for playing Dominic Toretto in the ...

Date of birth: 18 July 1967

Age: 55

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Paloma Jiménez (Long-Term)

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Film producers from New York (state) 581T

Screenwriters from New York (state) 1,175T

Fraternal twins 23T
4.

Tupac Shakur

American, Rapper

Overview: Tupac Amaru Shakur ( TOO-pahk shə-KOOR; born Lesane Parish Crooks, June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known as 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper. He is widely considered one of the most ...

Date of birth: 16 June 1971

Date of death: 13 September 1996

Age: 25 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Rapper

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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20th-century African-American writers 579T

Writers from Manhattan 410T

Male murder victims 1,527T
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Seth MacFarlane

American, Actor

Overview: Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (born October 26, 1973) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, comedian, and singer. MacFarlane is the creator of the TV series Family Guy (1999–present) and The Orville ( ...

Date of birth: 26 October 1973

Age: 49

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Comedy film directors 139T

American male jazz musicians 3,118T

American male television writers 1,879T
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Nikki Reed

Actor, screenwriter

Overview: Nicole Houston Reed (born May 17, 1988) is an American actress, screenwriter, producer and singer-songwriter known for her portrayal of vampire Rosalie Hale in The Twilight Saga (2008–2012). She became ...

Date of birth: 17 May 1988

Age: 34

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Ian Somerhalder (Married)

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Alexander Hamilton High School (Los Angeles) alumni 37T

Screenwriters from California 1,055T

Jewish American screenwriters 270T
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Nick Cannon

American, Actor

Overview: Nicholas Scott Cannon (born October 8, 1980) is an American comedian, actor, rapper, and television presenter. In television, Cannon began as a teenager on All That before going on to host The Nick Cannon ...

Date of birth: 8 October 1980

Age: 42

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Bre Tiesi (Dating)

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Proponents of melanin theory 4T

American male television writers 2,182T

Advocates of conspiracy theories involving Jews 52T
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt

American actor

Overview: Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt (born February 17, 1981) is an American actor, filmmaker, singer, and entrepreneur. As a child, Gordon-Levitt appeared in the films A River Runs Through It, Angels in the ...

Date of birth: 17 February 1981

Age: 42

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

Partner: Tasha McCauley (Married)

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Web Summit Speaker 67T

Screenwriters from California 1,055T

Film directors from Los Angeles, California 286T
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John Cusack

actor, screenwriter, producer

Overview: John Paul Cusack (born June 28, 1966) is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, and political activist. He began acting in films during the 1980s and has since starred in more than 85 films, including ...

Date of birth: 28 June 1966

Age: 56

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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Male actors of Irish descent 682T

Television producers from Illinois 123T

Screenwriters from Illinois 340T
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James Franco

American, Actor

Overview: James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has starred in numerous films, including Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), Milk (2008), Eat Pray Love (2010) ...

Date of birth: 19 April 1978

Age: 44

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Izabel Pakzad (Long-Term)

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Figures in sexual harassment scandals 70T

UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television faculty 31T

Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male winners 32T
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Ben Affleck

American Actor

Overview: Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt (born August 15, 1972) is an American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, and philanthropist. His accolades include two Academy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards ...

Date of birth: 15 August 1972

Age: 50

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)

Partner: Jennifer Lopez (Married)

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Television producers from Massachusetts 57T

Golden Raspberry Award winners 272T

Male actors of Scottish descent 224T
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Tyler Perry

American, Actor

Overview: Tyler Perry (born Emmitt Perry Jr., September 13, 1969) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. In 2011, Forbes listed him as the highest-paid man in entertainment, earning US$130 million ...

Date of birth: 13 September 1969

Age: 53

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 5" (196 cm)

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Television producers from Georgia (U.S. state) 7T

American male television writers 2,052T

21st-century American male writers 5,185T
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Dax Shepard

Actor

Overview: Dax Randall Shepard (born January 2, 1975) is an American actor, writer, director and podcast host. He is best known for his work in the feature films Without a Paddle (2004), Zathura: A Space Adventure ...

Date of birth: 2 January 1975

Age: 48

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 3" (190 cm)

Partner: Kristen Bell (Married)

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Comedy film directors 154T

American men podcasters 461T

Screenwriters from Michigan 116T
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Kristen Wiig

American actress

Overview: Kristen Carroll Wiig (born August 22, 1973) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. Born in Canandaigua, New York, she was raised in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Rochester, New York. Wiig later ...

Date of birth: 22 August 1973

Age: 49

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

Partner: Avi Rothman (Married)

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21st-century American screenwriters 625T

Actresses of Irish descent 597T

Actresses from Rochester, New York 20T
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John Krasinski

American actor

Overview: John Burke Krasinski (born October 20, 1979) is an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. He has had four Primetime Emmy Award nominations and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He was named ...

Date of birth: 20 October 1979

Age: 43

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 3" (190 cm)

Partner: Emily Blunt (Married)

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Male actors of Irish descent 682T

Newton South High School alumni 18T

Film producers from Massachusetts 66T
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Jason Segel

American comedian

Overview: Jason Jordan Segel (born January 18, 1980) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, singer-songwriter, author and producer. He is best known for his role as Marshall Eriksen in the CBS sitcom How ...

Date of birth: 18 January 1980

Age: 43

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)

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Jewish American male comedians 179T

Screenwriters from California 1,055T

Harvard-Westlake School alumni 97T
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Jason Momoa

Actor, model

Overview: Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa (born August 1, 1979) is an American actor. He made his acting debut as Jason Ioane on the syndicated action drama series Baywatch: Hawaii (1999–2001), which was followed by ...

Date of birth: 1 August 1979

Age: 43

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)

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Male actors of Irish descent 682T

American people of Native American descent 72T

Native Hawaiian male actors 5T
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Zach Braff

American, Actor

Overview: Zachary Israel Braff (born April 6, 1975) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as J. D. on the television series Scrubs (2001–2010), for which he was ...

Date of birth: 6 April 1975

Age: 47

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Male actors of English descent 380T

Columbia High School (New Jersey) alumni 52T

Film producers from New Jersey 105T
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Sylvester Stallone

Film actor, director, screenwriter and television presenter

Overview: Sylvester Enzio Stallone (born Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone, July 6, 1946) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer.

Date of birth: 6 July 1946

Age: 76

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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César Honorary Award recipients 87T

Screenwriters from New York (state) 1,175T

Action film directors 107T
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Sean Penn

American, Actor

Overview: Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. He has won two Academy Awards, for his roles in the mystery drama Mystic River (2003) and the biopic ...

Date of birth: 17 August 1960

Age: 62

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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Male actors of Irish descent 682T

Volpi Cup for Best Actor winners 77T

César Honorary Award recipients 88T