Birth Place Matching "Maine, USA" (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Anna Kendrick
Actress | Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick was born in Portland, Maine, to Janice (Cooke), an accountant, and William Kendrick, a teacher. She has an older brother, Michael Cooke Kendrick, who has also acted. She is of English, Irish, and Scottish descent.
For her role as "Dinah" in "High Society" on Broadway, Anna Kendrick was...
2. Rachel Nichols
Actress | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Rachel Emily Nichols was born in Augusta, Maine, the daughter of Alison and James Nichols, a schoolteacher. She has English, French Canadian, German, Irish, Italian and Scottish ancestry. She attended and graduated from Cony High School in Augusta, where she competed in the high jump. She attended ...
3. Judd Nelson
Actor | The Breakfast Club
Judd Asher Nelson was born on November 28, 1959 in Portland, Maine to attorney Leonard Nelson and his wife, Merle Nelson (attorney and state assemblywoman). Judd attended St. Paul's preparatory school in Concord, New Hampshire before majoring in philosophy at the prestigious Haverford College in ...
4. Andrea Martin
Actress | My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Andrea Louise Martin is a Canadian-American actress from Portland, Maine who is known for playing Miss Fowl from Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Phyllis "Phyl" Carlson from Black Christmas, Aunt Voula from My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Mad Harriet from Superman: The Animated Series. She had two sons with...
5. Patrick Dempsey
Actor | Grey's Anatomy
Patrick Dempsey has lived two charming but separate lives on film and television. From an exuberant, somewhat awkward charmer in college comedy films of the late 1980s and early 1990s, he has morphed spectacularly into a dreamy, wavy-haired television hunk of the new-age millennium and this ...
6. Caitlin FitzGerald
Actress | The Trial of the Chicago 7
Caitlin FitzGerald is an American actress and filmmaker. She is best known for her role as Libby Masters in the Showtime television drama Masters of Sex and as the elusive Simone in Starz series Sweetbitter. FitzGerald was raised in Camden, Maine. Her father, Des FitzGerald, an Irish American, is ...
7. John Ford
Director | The Quiet Man
John Ford came to Hollywood following one of his brothers, an actor. Asked what brought him to Hollywood, he replied "The train". He became one of the most respected directors in the business, in spite of being known for his westerns, which were not considered "serious" film. He won six Oscars, ...
8. Katie Aselton
Actress | The Freebie
Katie Aselton was born on October 1, 1978 in Milbridge, Maine, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Freebie (2010), Black Rock (2012) and Synchronic (2019). She has been married to Mark Duplass since August 26, 2006. They have two children.
9. Timothy Simons
Actor | Veep
Timothy Charles Simons is an American actor and comedian best known for his role as Jonah Ryan on the HBO television series Veep, for which he has received five nominations and one win for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. He has also had ...
10. Stephen King
Writer | Maximum Overdrive
Stephen Edwin King was born on September 21, 1947, at the Maine General Hospital in Portland. His parents were Nellie Ruth (Pillsbury), who worked as a caregiver at a mental institute, and Donald Edwin King, a merchant seaman. His father was born under the surname "Pollock," but used the last name ...
11. Christopher Daniel Barnes
Actor | The Little Mermaid
Christopher Daniel Barnes was born on November 7, 1972 in Portland, Maine, USA. He is an actor, known for The Little Mermaid (1989), Spider-Man (1994), The Brady Bunch Movie (1995) and A Very Brady Sequel (1996). Barnes moved to New York when he was eight years old, where he began his acting career...
12. Karissa Lee Staples
Actress | Necessary Roughness
Karissa Lee Staples is best known for her series regular roles as Paloma Madsen in USA Network's "Necessary Roughness" and Victoria Jagger in the Gemini nominated sitcom, "What's Up Warthogs". Staples currently has recurring roles as Sarah Dinsey in the Hulu comedy series, "Everyone is Doing Great"...
13. David E. Kelley
Writer | The Practice
David Kelley might be described as living the American Dream, 1990s' style: write a screenplay, move to Hollywood, make millions and marry a movie star. A former Boston lawyer, in the last decade, he switched careers to become a successful television producer whose shows are recognized for their ...
14. Linda Lavin
Actress | Alice
Born in Portland, Maine to a musically inclined family (her mother was once an opera singer) and on stage from the age of 5, singer/actress Linda Lavin graduated from The College of William and Mary with a theatre degree.
Linda pounded the New York pavements in the early 1960s searching for work ...
15. Victoria Rowell
Actress | Dumb and Dumber
Victoria Rowell is an award-winning actress, international lecturer, holds two 'honorary' doctorates - a teacher, advocate, mother, and former foster youth. She has been recognized by 193 members of Congress for advocacy work on behalf of education, arts, foster and adoptive youth and parents as ...
16. Anna Belknap
Actress | CSI: NY
Anna Belknap was born on May 22, 1972 in Damariscotta, Maine, USA. She is an actress, known for CSI: NY (2004), Medical Investigation (2004) and Deadline (2000). She has been married to Eric Siegel since August 31, 2003. They have two children.
17. John O'Hurley
Actor | Seinfeld
John George O'Hurley Jr. is an American actor, comedian, author, game show host and television personality. He is known for his portrayal of J. Peterman on the NBC sitcom Seinfeld, and was the sixth host of the game show Family Feud from 2006 to 2010. He also hosted To Tell the Truth from 2000 to ...
18. Charles Rocket
Actor | Dumb and Dumber
Charles Rocket was born on August 28, 1949 in Bangor, Maine, USA. He was an actor, known for Dumb and Dumber (1994), Dances with Wolves (1990) and Titan A.E. (2000). He was previously married to Mary Elizabeth (Beth) Crellin. He died on October 7, 2005 in Canterbury, Connecticut, USA.
19. Noah Gray-Cabey
Actor | Lady in the Water
From the age of nine, Noah Gray-Cabey has established quite a name for himself, both as a musician and an actor.
Beginning when he was four, Noah performed classical piano in several venues throughout New England and Washington and journeyed to Jamaica for his first tour with the New England ...
20. Stephanie Niznik
Actress | Star Trek: Insurrection
Stephanie Niznik was an American actress from Bangor, Maine. Her home city is the third-most populous city in Maine, and former center for the lumber and shipbuilding industries. She was born in 1967.
Niznik received a Master of Fine Arts from the Duke University, located in Durham, North Carolina. ...
21. Matthew Wilkas
Actor | The Mummy
Matthew Wilkas was born on April 20, 1978 in Camden, Maine, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Mummy (2017), Gayby (2012) and Top Five (2014).
22. Jeff Donnell
Actress | In a Lonely Place
A reliable featured player and occasional co-star, actress Jeff Donnell was born Jean Marie Donnell in a boys' reformatory in South Windham, Maine in 1921, the younger of schoolteacher Mildred and penologist Howard's two daughters. She took piano and dance lessons during her childhood in Maryland; ...
23. Greg Finley
Actor | The Flash
Greg Finley was born on December 22, 1984 in Portland, Maine, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Flash (2014), Star-Crossed (2014) and The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008).
24. Phyllis Thaxter
Actress | Superman
This warm and winning, very non-theatrical brunette was born Phyllis St. Felix Thaxter in Portland, Maine, on November 20, 1919. The daughter of Maine Supreme Court Justice Sidney Thaxter, her acting talent came from her mother's side, who was a one-time Shakespearean actress. Phyllis was educated ...
25. Joe Hill
Writer | The Black Phone
Joseph Hillstrom King or Joe Hill is an American writer born in Hermon, Maine. He is the son of writer Stephen King and Tabitha King. Joe published his first book (a collection of horror stories called '20th Century Ghosts') in 2005:. It won the Bram Stoker Award and the British Fantasy Award for ...
26. Myrna Fahey
Actress | House of Usher
Myrna Fahey was born on March 12, 1933 in Carmel, Maine, USA. She was an actress, known for House of Usher (1960), The Time Tunnel (1966) and Zorro (1957). She died on May 6, 1973 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
27. Andrew Taggart
Soundtrack | The Duff
Andrew Taggart was born on December 31, 1989 in Maine, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for The DUFF (2015), Words on Bathroom Walls (2020) and Clean Air.
28. Reta Shaw
Actress | Mary Poppins
Reta Shaw is best known to television audiences as Hope Lange's housekeeper in the TV series The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968). Disney fans will remember her as one of the singing domestics in the Oscar-winning masterpiece Mary Poppins (1964). While she never achieved stardom as a leading lady, she ...
29. JoAnn Willette
Actress | Just the Ten of Us
JoAnn Willette was born on October 12, 1963 in Lewiston, Maine, USA. She is an actress, known for Just the Ten of Us (1987), A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) and Real Genius (1985). She was previously married to Mark Amato.
30. Erin Andrews
Actress | That's My Boy
Erin Andrews was born on May 4, 1978 in Lewiston, Maine, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for That's My Boy (2012), WWE Smackdown! (1999) and Bless the Harts (2019). She has been married to Jarret Stoll since June 24, 2017.
31. Josh Casaubon
Actor | Rainbow Rabbit Reliant
Josh Casaubon was born in Brunswick, Maine and raised in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. After a stint at the University of Maine, he served four years in the United States Army as an infantryman, stationed in Hawaii. While there, he received numerous awards and was selected for the Special Forces...
32. Ryan Gaul
Actor | Killing Gunther
Ryan Gaul was born on October 29, 1973 in Damariscotta, Maine, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Killing Gunther (2017), Between Two Ferns: The Movie (2019) and Identity Thief (2013).
33. Marc Macaulay
Actor | Killer Joe
Marc Macaulay was born on October 13, 1957 in Millinocket, Maine, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Killer Joe (2011), The Punisher (2004) and Nine Dead (2009).
34. Gladys George
Actress | The Roaring Twenties
One of the finest, if relatively short-lived, character actresses of Hollywood, during the 1930s and 1940, Gladys George was born into an acting family who were literally on the road at the time of her birth.
Her parents were actually English and touring with a Shakespearean theater company in ...
35. Evan Shafran
Actor | Rebel Moon
Evan Shafran aka EVeryman is an Actor, Rapper, Comedian, Dj, B-Boy, Star Wars Fan, and is a proud union member of SAG-AFTRA, Actor's Equity Association, and A.S.C.A.P.
Evan is originally from the Deering Center area of Portland Maine. He graduated from Deering High School. He then graduated Summa ...
36. Francis Ford
Actor | The Purple Mask
Elder brother of the director John Ford and himself a screen director (and John's erstwhile mentor) until the advent of sound. He had also acted in his own films and those of other directors, but turned to acting exclusively circa 1929. As actor, he would provide convincing portrayals of men of ...
37. James Flavin
Actor | King Kong
Although he attended West Point, James Flavin decided on an acting career instead of the military. After touring with several stock and repertory companies, he arrived in Hollywood and broke into films in the early 1930s. A fast-talking, granite-jawed Irishman, Flavin appeared in hundreds of films ...
38. Brian Cousins
Actor | Star Trek: The Next Generation
Brian Cousins was born on May 9, 1959 in Portland, Maine, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Invisible: The Chronicles of Benjamin Knight (1993) and No Ordinary Family (2010).
39. Michael Cooke Kendrick
Actor | Looking for an Echo
Michael Cooke Kendrick was born on March 2, 1983 in Portland, Maine, USA. He is an actor, known for Looking for an Echo (2000), Celebrity Ghost Stories (2008) and Celebrity Close Calls (2010).
40. Esther Ralston
Actress | Shadows of the Orient
In 'Some Day We'll Laugh: An Autobiography', she says, "In 1902 the family moved to Bar Harbor, Maine. (...) At 9 p.m. on Wednesday, September 17, 1902, I was born at No. 1 Eden St. and Papa immediately dubbed me, 'Maid of Bar Harbor!'"
The child "born in a trunk" of parents who graced the carnival ...
41. Max Shippee
Actor | The Young and the Restless
Max Shippee was born on May 17, 1975 in Maine, USA. Max is an actor and producer, known for The Young and the Restless (1973), Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005) and Major Crimes (2012). Max has been married to Alice since 2005. They have three children.
42. Bob Marley
Actor | The Boondock Saints
Bob Marley was born on April 4, 1967 in Portland, Maine, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for The Boondock Saints (1999), The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009) and Big Mouth Bob (2008).
43. Kevin Eastman
Writer | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Kevin Eastman is an American comics artist and writer from Portland, Maine. His main claim to fame is co-creating the hit series "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" with his then-partner Peter Laird. He has also served as the editor and publisher of the science fiction and fantasy comics magazine "Heavy...
44. James Greer
Writer | Mirror Moves
In addition to his career as a screenwriter and director, Greer has published three novels: Bad Eminence (And Other Stories, 2022); Artificial Light (Little House on the Bowery/Akashic, 2006); and The Failure (Akashic, 2010). Artificial Light won a California Book Award Silver Medal for First ...
45. Everett Glass
Actor | World Without End
Everett Glass was born on July 23, 1891 in Bangor, Maine, USA. He was an actor, known for World Without End (1956), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) and Day of Triumph (1954). He died on March 22, 1966 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
46. Luke Sholl
Actor | CollegeHumor Originals
Luke Sholl was born on September 25, 1983 in Portland, Maine, USA. Luke is an actor and writer, known for CollegeHumor Originals (2006), NCIS: Los Angeles (2009) and Very Mary-Kate (2010).
47. Timothy E. Goodwin
Actor | Minx
Timothy E. Goodwin was born on November 13, 1968 in Bangor, Maine, USA. Timothy E. is an actor and producer, known for Minx (2022), Promising Young Woman (2020) and Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022). Timothy E. has been married to Denise since 1992.
48. Samantha Smith
Actress | Lime Street
Samantha Smith was born on June 29, 1972 in Houlton, Maine, USA. She was an actress, known for Lime Street (1985), Charles in Charge (1984) and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962). She died on August 25, 1985 in Auburn, Maine, USA.
49. Jackamoe Buzzell
Actor | Hell or High Water
Buzzell was born in Rockland, Maine, the lobster capital of the world. He was then raised down the coast as Chris O'Maley in the city of Sanford, Maine by his mother, a woman he admires greatly and who put in years of hard work at various factories to raise him, and his father Terry O'Maley, an ...
50. Monique Edwards
Actress | Lady Bird
Monique Edwards is an actor, singer, director and producer.
Most recently, Ms. Edwards completed filming Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters with Robyn Lively and Bart Johnson. Among others, she has appeared in episodes of "Mr. Mercedes", "Conan", How I Met Your Mother, Friends and the academy award ...