Birth Place Matching "Bakersfield, California, USA" (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Kelli Garner
Actress | Lars and the Real Girl
A California native, Kelli Garner made her film debut at age sixteen in director Mike Mills' short film Architecture of Reassurance. Her performance captured the attention of director Larry Clark who cast her in her first feature film, as the drug-addicted teen, Heather Swallers, in the ...
2. Robert Beltran
Actor | Star Trek: Voyager
Robert Adame Beltran was born in Bakersfield, California. He is the seventh of ten children, of Mexican-Native American ancestry, though Robert describes his heritage as Latindio. After finishing high school, he attended Fresno State College, where he graduated with a degree in theater arts. ...
3. Derek Webster
Actor | Stargate
Derek graduated from California Institute of the Arts in 1993. Derek is from Bakersfield, CA. Derek's best work is in theatre, particularly in Othello (title role) and as Prospero in The Tempest. Watch for this rising young star in the very near future.
4. Derek Mears
Actor | Swamp Thing
Derek Mears was born on April 29, 1972 in Bakersfield, California, USA. He has numerous credits as both an actor and a stuntman, and he got his breakthrough lead role in the 2009 Friday the 13th film. He is known for his work on Sleepy Hollow (2013-2017), Predators (2010) and Men in Black II (2002).
5. Joanne Linville
Actress | Star Trek
Joanne Linville made her mark on television from the 1950s-1980s, appearing in such respected anthology series as Studio One (1948), Kraft Theatre (1947) and Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955), among others. While her film work consisted mainly of smaller character roles and she never had regular ...
6. Sigrid Valdis
Actress | Our Man Flint
A native Californian of Swedish descent, Sigrid Valdis (the professional stage name of Patricia Annette Olson) was raised in the Westwood and Brentwood neighborhoods of Los Angeles, and attended exclusive private schools, including Marymount High School. Upon graduation she moved to Europe, then to...
7. Brandon Cruz
Actor | The Bad News Bears
Brandon Cruz was born on May 28, 1962 in Bakersfield, California, USA. He is an actor and editor, known for The Bad News Bears (1976), The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) and The Lords of Salem (2012). He has been married to Elizabeth Finkelstein since June 26, 1994. They have two children.
8. Blake Gibbons
Actor | Seinfeld
Blake Gibbons was born on June 21, 1961 in Bakersfield, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Seinfeld (1989), General Hospital (1963) and Dexter (2006).
9. Max Prado
Actor | The Benchwarmers
Max Prado was born on April 15, 1992 in Bakersfield, California, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Benchwarmers (2006), Chuck (2007) and How I Met Your Mother (2005). He died on March 13, 2016 in Bakersfield, California, USA.
10. Tiler Peck
Actress | Donnie Darko
Tiler Peck is an international award-winning Principal Dancer with the New York City Ballet, an actress, designer and choreographer. Most recently, Tiler was seen playing the role of Marie in the 5th Avenue Theatre's Musical, 'Marie, Dancing Still'. Last summer, she added the title of Curator to ...
11. Selah Victor
Actress | Modern Family
Selah Victor (say-la) was born in Bakersfield, California, one of eight children. She studied Theater at The University of California, Irvine and at The University of Birmingham, England. In addition to her film and television work, Selah has been seen in theaters around Los Angeles, including ...
12. Brian Hooks
Actor | Fool's Gold
Brian Hooks was born in Bakersfield, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Fool's Gold (2008), Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) and Bulworth (1998).
13. Merle Haggard
Soundtrack | Wag the Dog
Merle Haggard was born on April 6, 1937 in Bakersfield, California, USA. He was a music artist and actor, known for Wag the Dog (1997), The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981) and Jack Reacher (2012). He was previously married to Theresa Ann Lane, Debora J Parret, Leona Bell Williams, Bonnie Owens and...
14. Jonathan Davis
Soundtrack | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
Jonathan Howsmon Davis was born and raised in Bakersfield, California. He recorded demos in his father's studio during his teenage years. Then he later joined a band called Sex Art, which also included Ryan Shuck (now he is the guitarist for Orgy). Sex Art only ever released one song, entitled "...
15. Wayne Heffley
Actor | Orca
Wayne Heffley was born on July 15, 1927 in Bakersfield, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Orca (1977), Turner & Hooch (1989) and King Kong (1976). He was previously married to Lynne Dalton, Ilene Nemerski, Jeanne Gash, Dorothea Heß and Mary Holder. He died on November 19, 2008 in ...
16. Kelii Miyata
Actor | Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
Kelii Miyata was born on February 25, 1991 in Bakersfield, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (2004), Christmas Harmony (2018) and The Office (2005).
17. Carol Speed
Actress | Disco Godfather
Cute, bubbly, and adorable actress Carol Speed achieved a considerable amount of cult cinema popularity with her often lively and delightful contributions to a handful of enjoyably down'n'dirty 1970s blaxploitation features.
She was born Carolyn Stewart on March 14, 1945, in Bakersfield, California....
18. Gari Hardy
Actress | Speedway
Gari Hardy was born on August 26, 1948 in Bakersfield, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Speedway (1968), It Takes a Thief (1968) and The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966). She was previously married to Jack Ryan and Robert Lansing. She died on January 12, 2016.
19. Walter F. Parkes
Writer | WarGames
Walter F. Parkes was born on April 15, 1951 in Bakersfield, California. He attended Yale University and it was graduated cum laude in 1973. He made its first film project The California Reich (1975), which was made in 1975.
He met Laurie MacDonald in 1982 and the next year, wrote the script for the ...
20. Félix Enríquez Alcalá
Director | Third Watch
Félix Enríquez Alcalá was born on March 7, 1951 in Bakersfield, California, USA. He is a director and cinematographer, known for Third Watch (1999), Battlestar Galactica (2004) and ER (1994).
21. Ric Drasin
Stunts | Mach 2
In October 2012, Ric was awarded the Joe Gold Lifetime Achievement Award in Las Vegas at the World Gym convention. Ric was the first and only person ever to receive this award for his contributions to Bodybuilding, creating the famous Gold's Gym and World Gym logo and his talk show Ric's Corner ...
22. Justin Zachary
Actor | American Crime Story
Justin was born in Bakersfield, Ca and is of Mexican - American decent. At nineteen years old he joined Seat of Your Pants theatre company where he found his love for the arts. He spent the next three years starring in several award winning productions including Harry Gibson's stage adaptation of ...
23. Jo Ann Castle
Soundtrack | Good Morning, Vietnam
Jo Ann Castle was born on September 3, 1939 in Bakersfield, California, USA. She has been married to Lin Biviano since September 3, 2011. She was previously married to Jack Scheiber, Bill Roeschlein and Dean Hall.
24. Vanessa Viola
Actress | General Hospital
Vanessa Viola, the daughter of a Filipino, Irish, and German father and Filipina mother, is the fourth child of five. Their loving and very protective father moved his family onto a ten acre farm in a small town in Northern California. Living out in the "boondocks" left a lot of time for Vanessa's ...
25. Barry Mahon
Director | Pagan Island
Jackson Barrett Mahon, a.k.a. Barry Mahon, born in Santa Barbara, California on 5 February 1921, learned to fly while in high school. In 1941 he joined the Royal Air Force and by the winter was flying combat with No. 121 (Eagle) Squadron, composed of American volunteers. Pilot Officer Mahon damaged...
26. Rebekka Armstrong
Actress | The Inner Circle
Rebekka Armstrong was born on February 20, 1967 in Bakersfield, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Inner Circle (2004), Angel 4: Undercover (1994) and Instant Karma (1990). She has been married to Anthony Dispirito since June 9, 2012. She was previously married to Oliver Francis ...
27. Fay Helm
Actress | The Wolf Man
Hollywood exerted an early fascination for brunette Fay Helm. She had done some acting as a child in school plays and then at regional theatres. In 1934, Fay made her way from Bakersfield to Paramount Studios, where she was signed by (then) independent producer B.P. Schulberg. Unfortunately for her,...
28. Kevin McCarthy
Self | The Robert MacNeil Report
Kevin McCarthy was born on January 26, 1965 in Bakersfield, California, USA. He has been married to Judy Wages since 1992. They have two children.
29. Lawrence Tibbett
Actor | The Cuban Love Song
One of the great voices of the Metropolitan Opera, Lawrence Mervil Tibbet was born in Bakersfield, California, in 1896. Born at the end of the "wild west" era, he was only six when his father, who was a Kern County deputy sheriff, was killed by bandits. After training with, among others, ...
30. Tory Devon Smith
Actor | The Baldwin Archives
Tory Devon Smith was born on November 29, 1986 in Bakersfield, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Baldwin Archives (2022), The Get Down (2016) and Zac and Mia (2017).
31. Jerry Quarry
Actor | Knight Rider
"Irish" Jerry Quarry said it himself, "Always the bridesmaid, never the bride". Quarry had the "bad" luck that his professional boxing career occurred during the 1960s and 1970s, when the division was "packed" with some of the greatest heavyweights in history. Trained by his father, Jack Quarry, to...
32. Alan Brooks
Actor | American Horror Story
Alan Brooks was born on July 11, 1950 in Bakersfield, California, USA. He is an actor, known for American Horror Story (2011), Ratched (2020) and Dirty John (2018).
33. David Cohen
Actor | The New 30
Born in Southern California, David Cohen is an American producer and actor. As an actor he is best known for Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Commerce (2011), "Bullets" (TV Mini-Series) (2013), and Montana Amazon (2012). As a producer he is best know for Fragile Storm (2015) (starring ...
34. Scott Dean
Actor | Hashtag Forty
Scott Dean was born in Bakersfield, California. As an amateur athlete Scott competed in Wrestling, Football, Powerlifting, Baseball and Bull Riding. Just before his freshman year of high school Scott moved to Waldron, Arkansas where he worked his family ranch and broke horses. After graduating from...
35. Bob Orrison
Stunts | Speed
Bob Orrison was born on July 28, 1928 in Bakersfield, California, USA as Robert P. Orrison. As a stuntman he worked on 41 movies from 1968 to 2005. Bob was the stunt double for Audie Murphy and did stunt work in John Wayne movies. He is known for his stunt work on Rambo III (1988) and Die Hard 2 (...
36. Nathan Jung
Actor | Big Trouble in Little China
Nathan Jung was born on November 29, 1946 in Bakersfield, California, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Darkman (1990) and The Shadow (1994). He died on April 24, 2021 in the USA.
37. Earl Gilbert
Camera Department | Chinatown
Earl Gilbert was born on April 24, 2016 in Bakersfield, California, USA. He is known for Chinatown (1974), Clue (1985) and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). He was previously married to Patsy May Oliver. He died on May 11, 2023 in Thousand Oaks, California, USA.
38. George McArthur
Actor | Big Fish
George "The Giant" has been performing professionally since 1991. To date, he has been seen in amusement parks such as Universal Studios and Knott's Berry Farm, publications ranging from "The Globe" and "The National Enquirer" to "Esquire Magazine," and television shows including "Touched By An ...
39. Lynx Gaede
Actress | Dark Walker
Lynx Gaede was born on June 30, 1992 in Bakersfield, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Dark Walker (2003), Louis and the Nazis (2003) and Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge (2020).
40. Jason Glover
Actor | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Jason Glover was born in Bakersfield, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013), Tate McRae: Feel Like Shit (2021) and Florence + the Machine: Spectrum (Say My Name) (2012).
41. Sabrina Plisco
Editor | Clifford the Big Red Dog
Sabrina Plisco was born on December 22, 1961 in Bakersfield, California, USA. She is an editor and producer, known for Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021), Doctor Strange (2016) and Charlotte's Web (2006).
42. Chris Torres
Stunts | Thor: Love and Thunder
Born-Janurary 7, 1970 Bakersfield Ca. Grew up in the small towns of Mcfarland and Delano Ca., before moving to Bakersfield. While living in Bakersfield he worked as a model and actor for local productions while attending Bakersfield college.But his Break in the Entertainment Industry came from the ...
43. Marc Davis
Animation Department | Sleeping Beauty
Marc Davis was an American animator from Bakersfield, California. He was a member of Disney's Nine Old Men, a group of senior animators who supervised the Walt Disney Animation Studios from c. 1945 to 1977. Davis was nicknamed as "Disney's Ladies' Man", because he was often asked to design and/or ...
44. Rock A. Walker
Stunts | Innerspace
Rock A. Walker was born on August 8, 1942 in Bakersfield, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Innerspace (1987), The Thing (1982) and RoboCop 2 (1990). He died on May 5, 2017 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
45. Kevin Leung
Producer | Invincible Scripture
Born and raised in Bakersfield, California. Parents Patrick and Maria moved from Hong Kong in 1972. When Kevin was young, he was always interested in the fine arts. When he was in fourth grade, he first began competing in speech competitions. When Kevin entered high school, he was soon hit by the ...
46. David Benoit
Music Department | The Peanuts Movie
David Benoit was born on August 17, 1953 in Bakersfield, California, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for The Peanuts Movie (2015), Island Prey (2001) and CBS Summer Playhouse (1987). He has been married to Kei Sasaki since April 6, 1985. They have one child.
47. Lamb Gaede
Actress | Dark Walker
Lamb Gaede was born on June 30, 1992 in Bakersfield, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Dark Walker (2003), Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge (2020) and Louis and the Nazis (2003).
48. Vicky Gifford Kennedy
Self | ESPN SportsCentury
Vicky Gifford Kennedy was born on February 20, 1957 in Bakersfield, California, USA. She is an actress, known for ESPN SportsCentury (1999) and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992). She was previously married to Michael LeMoyne Kennedy.
49. Greg Walker
Stunts | Innerspace
Greg Walker was born on November 9, 1945 in Bakersfield, California, USA. He is an actor and assistant director, known for Innerspace (1987), The Dead Zone (1983) and RoboCop 2 (1990).
50. Bob Gravage
Actor | Earthquake
Bob Gravage was born on July 25, 1921 in Bakersfield, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Earthquake (1974), Gunsmoke (1955) and The Undefeated (1969). He died on August 19, 2017.