Singer, dancer, model. Born Kevin Earl Federline on March 21, 1978 in Fresno, California. Best known for his marriage to superstar Britney Spears in 2004, Federline has performed as a backup dancer for such pop stars as Justin Timberlake, Pink and Michael Jackson. In 2005, he co-starred with Spears in the short-lived reality TV show Britney and Kevin:…
Zach Braff plays J.D. on the television hospital comedy Scrubs and is the writer, director and star of the 2004 feature film Garden State (co-starring Natalie Portman). Braff is a native of New Jersey and a graduate of Northwestern University, where he studied film. A professional actor even as a teen, he made his big screen debut in…
One of the Culkin clan of child actors, Kieran Culkin emerged from older brother Macauley Culkin’s considerable shadow in the late 1990s. Born and raised in New York, Culkin made his movie debut playing his sibling’s cousin in the blockbuster family comedy Home Alone (1990). Along with returning for the sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York…
Chaz Bono is the only child of Sonny and Cher, a famous pop music duo of the 1960s who became TV stars in the 1970s. Born Chastity in 1969, Chaz was the cherubic daughter of the hippie-era couple who rose to fame with pop songs such as “I Got You Babe” and “The Beat Goes On.” In her…
Jason Bateman has been on television since the 1980s, but these days he’s best known as Michael Bluth, the semi-sane center of the oddball family in Arrested Development (2003-06). He started off his career in TV with Little House on the Prairie (1981-82), and he hit his stride as a popular co-star of Silver Spoons (1982-84). That led…
Rupert Grint plays young wizard Ron Weasley in the popular film series based on the Harry Potter stories of J.K. Rowling. Weasley is Potter’s redheaded sidekick at Hogwarts, the school for wizardry. Grint had no acting experience beyond school plays when he took part in an open casting call for the first Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and…
Channing Tatum is a model and actor best known for his role as a rebellious street dancer in the Disney teen flick Step Up. Channing grew up in Alabama and Mississippi and got his first big break in Florida, where he landed a spot as a dancing extra for the Ricky Martin video of “She Bangs” (2000). His…
Winnetka, Illinois native Chris O’Donnell was planning to study for a career in finance when he was spotted by a talent agent, who was so taken by the young man’s natural star quality that he advised him not to take acting lessons. After a handful of roles in such films as Men Don’t Leave (1989) and Fried Green…
Joe Jonas is the middle member of the Jonas Brothers, the popular teen pop-punk band. Joe plays guitar and swaps lead and backing vocals with his younger brother Nick; the third band member is their older brother Kevin. The brothers are known for their religious background (their father, Kevin Sr., is an Assembly of God minister) and their clean-cut,…
Though Jeff Conaway achieved TV fame by playing an actor who couldn’t find work, he had in fact been a busy professional since childhood. At age ten, Conaway made his first Broadway appearance in All the Way Home. Eleven years later, after completing his education at N.Y.U., Conaway was seen in his first film, Jennifer on My Mind…
An actor who seemed predestined for enlistment as a screen heartthrob, muscle-bound Aussie performer Ryan Kwanten specialized in portrayals of young, well-built, slightly jocky types, including lifeguards, surfers, and athletes. Born in 1976, Kwanten attained Australian celebrity in his early twenties with an ongoing role in the late ’90s as lifeguard Vinnie Patterson on the long-running Australian soap…