1,369 Popular Actors

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  Barbara Hershey
  • aka Barbara Seagull
  • Faith: apparently Secularism
  • Birth name: Barbara Lynn Herzstein (born in Los Angeles, California)
  • Children: 1
  • Ex-Husband: Stephen Douglas (artist)
  • Ex-Partners:
  —David Carradine (actor, resulting in son Tom Carradine, aka Free Carradine)
  —Naveen Andrews (actor)
  
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  Barbara Stanwyck …DIED age 82 (1990)—Congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism convert upon marriage to Frank Fay), ex-Protestant (Dutch Reformed)
  • Worldview: Conservatism; Fan of Objectivist Ayn Rand; Charity support
  • Birth name: Ruby Catherine Stevens (born in Brooklyn, New York)
  • Brother: Bert Stevens (actor)
  • Children: 1 adopted
  • Ex-Husbands:
  —Robert Taylor (actor)
  —Frank Fay (actor, resulting in adopted son Anthony Dion Fay)
  • Ex-Partners:
  —William Holden
  —Anthony Quinn
  • Ex-Partner: Robert Wagner
  
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  Barbra Streisand
  • Faith: Liberal Judaism
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist), LGBT supporter
  • Children: 1
  • Husband: James Brolin
  • Ex-Husband: Elliott Gould (resulting in son Jason Emanuel Gould)
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Don Johnson (actor)
  —Ryan O'Neal (actor)
  —Jon Peters (producer)
  —Richard Baskin (producer, director)
  —James Newton Howard (composer)
  —Peter Jennings
  —Liam Neeson (actor)
  —Jon Voight (actor)
  —Peter Weller (actor, director)
  —Richard Gere
  
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  Barry Pepper
  • Faith: Unknown
  • Birth name: Barry Robert Peppe (born in Campbell River, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada)
  • Children: 1
  • Wife: Cindy Margaret Pepper (resulting in daughter Annaliese Pepper)
  
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  BD Wong
  • Faith: Secularism
  • Worldview: Homosexualism (activist), Leftism (activist)
  • Birth name: Bradley Darryl Wong (born and raised in San Francisco)
  • Children: 2
  • Spouse: Richert John Frederickson Schnorr
  • Ex-Partner: Richie Jackson (male talent agent, resulting in twin sons Boaz Dov Wong and Jackson Foo Wong by a surrogate mother, using Wong’s sperm and Jackson’s sister’s egg; Boaz died soon after birth and the surviving son announced he is Gay at age 15)
  
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  Bella Thorne
  • Faith: Liberal Christianity
  • Worldview: Liberalism, Pansexualism, Polyamory, LGBTQ+
  • Birth name: Annabella Avery Thorne (born in Pembroke Pines, Florida)
  • Partner/Fiancé: Mark Emms
  • Ex-Partner/Fiancé: Benjamin Mascolo (Italian singer)
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Matthew Tyler Musto (aka Blackbear)
  —Derek Ryan Smith (aka Mod Sun)
  —Tana Mongeau (Internet personality)
  
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  Beau Bridges
  • Faith: Liberal Christianity, as a child “I began attending church and Sunday school;” Has said “if the script calls for his character to say God’s name in vain, he will ask the director if he can change the line.”
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist); Endorsed Barack Obama for President (2008); Environmentalism; Climate Change Alarmism, Charity supporter; Philanthropy
  • Birth name: Lloyd Vernet Bridges III (born in Los Angeles, California)
  • Father: Lloyd Bridges
  • Mother: Dorothy Bridges (actress, poet)
  • Brother: Jeff Bridges
  • Children: 5
  • Wife: Wendy Treece (resulting in sons Dylan Lloyd Bridges and Ezekiel Jeffrey Bridges, and daughter Emily Beau Bridges)
  • Ex-Wife: Julie Landfield (resulting in sons Casey Bridges and actor Jordan Bridges)
  
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  Ben Affleck
  • Faith: apparently Secularism and Agnosticism, with some affinity to Buddhism
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist), raised in a politically active, liberal household; Gay marriage supporter (his marriage ceremony to Jennifer Garner was conducted by 2 Gay men—Victor Garber and his partner Rainer Andreesen)
  • Birth name: Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt
  • Brother: Casey Affleck
  • Children: 3
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Jennifer Lopez
  —Jennifer Garner (resulting in son Samuel Affleck, and woke activist daughter Violet Anne Affleck, and transgender daughter Seraphina Rose Affleck, now now identifying as the male Fin Affleck)
  • Ex-Partner: Gwyneth Paltrow
  
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  Ben Cross …DIED age 72 (2020)—Cancer
  • Faith: apparently rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ / Freemasonry (active, eventually becoming a Grand Steward), raised in Christianity (Roman Catholicism, the faith of his mother)
  • Birth name: Harry Bernard Cross
  • Children: 3
  • Wife: Deyana Boneva (Bulgarian artist, resulting in a child)
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Penelope Butler (model, resulting in sons actor/director Lauren Cross, and actor, writer, producer, Theo Cross)
  —Michele Moerth (gyrotonics trainer)
  
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  Ben Foster
  • Faith: Transcendental Meditation (attended the Maharishi School of Enlightenment), raised in Judaism, described his parents as “free-spirited, Vietnam-protesting hippies”
  • Birth name: Benjamin A___ Foster
  • Children: 2
  • Brother: Jon Foster (actor)
  • Wife (separated 2024): Laura Prepon (actress, resulting in daughter Ella Foster and son ____ Foster)
  • Ex-Partner/Fiancée: Robin Wright
  • Other Ex-Partners include:
  —Antje Traue (German actress)
  —Ellen Page (actress, aka Elliot Page)
  
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  Ben Kingsley
  • Faith: Christianity (Friends/Quaker)
  • Birth name: Krishna Pandit Bhanji
  • Children: 4
  • Wife: Daniela Lavender (Brazilian actress)
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Angela Morant (actress, resulting in son Thomas Bhanji and artist daughter Jasmin Bhanji)
  —Alison Sutcliffe (director, resulting in actor sons Edmund Kingsley and Ferdinand Kingsley)
  —Alexandra Christmann (divorced due to her adultery)
  
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  Ben Stiller
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism) and Judaism (raised in both faiths and is married to a Catholic woman and is raising his children in both faiths)
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist and fundraiser), reportedly considers Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to be his “hero”
  • Birth name: Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller (born in New York City)
  • Children: 2
  • Father: Jerry Stiller (comedian, actor)
  • Mother: Anne Meara (comedian, actress)
  • Wife: Christine Taylor (actress, resulting in daughter Ella Olivia Stiller and son Quinlin Dempsey Stiller)
  • Ex-Partner: Jeanne Tripplehorn
  
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  Benedict Cumberbatch
  • Faith: Agnosticism with a interest Buddhist philosophy and meditation
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism; Socialism; LGBT+ and same-sex marriage supporter and activist, Liberal Feminism / Has said America needs to have “a Gay president”
  • Birth name: Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch
  • Father: Timothy Carlton Congdon Cumberbatch (actor)
  • Mother: Wanda Ventham (actress)
  • Children: 3
  • Wife: Sophie Hunter (actress, director, playwrightm resulting in sons Christopher “Kit” Carlton Cumberbatch, Hal Auden Cumberbatch, and Finn Cumberbatch)
  • Ex-Partner: Olivia Poulet (actress)
  
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  Benicio Del Toro
  • Faith: Secularism, Agnosticism, raised in Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Birth name: Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez
  • Children: 1
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Kimberly Stewart (model, TV personality, daughter of Rod Steward, resulting in daughter Delilah Genoveva Stewart Del Toro)
  —Chiara Mastroianni
  —Alicia Silverstone
  —Valeria Golino
  
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  Benjamin Bratt
  • Worldview: American Indian Rights Movement (activist)
  • Birth name: Benjamin George Bratt (born in San Francisco, California)
  • Children: 2
  • Wife: Talisa Soto (actress, model, resulting in daughter Sophia Rosalinda Bratt, and son Mateo Bravery Bratt)
  • Ex-Partner: Julia Roberts
  
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  Bernie Mac …DIED age 50 (2008)—Sarcoidosis complicated by pneumonia
  • Faith: Jesus Christ, reported member of House of Hope Church, Chicago
  • Birth name: Bernard Jeffrey Mccullough
  • Children: 1
  • Wife: Rhonda McCullough (aka Rhonda Gore, resulting in daughter Je'Niece McCullough, a trained mental health counselor, social worker, writer and speaker)
  
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  Bette Davis …DIED age 81 (1989)—Breast cancer
  • Birth name: Ruth Elizabeth Davis
  • Faith: Secularism (but not Atheism); rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ • Her mother was in Christian Scientism, and for awhile so was Bette. Her father was an Atheist, and his father a Baptist deacon. Bette’s maternal grandmother was also an active Baptist Christian.
  • Worldview: Liberalism
  • Children: 2 biological, 1 adopted
  • Husband: Arthur Farnsworth (died 1943)
  • Ex-Husbands:
  —Harmon Oscar Nelson
  —William Grant Sherry (resulting in daughter Barbara Davis Sherry, aka Barbara "B.D." Hyman, a Pentecostal Christianity convert, ex-Agnostic)
  —Gary Merrill (actor, resulting in daughter Margot Merrill and adopted son Michael Merrill)
  
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  Bette Midler
  • Faith: Secularism, but not atheism. Says “Men and religion are worthless.” Ethnically Jewish and raised in Judaism
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism activism (outspoken), Liberal Feminism (activist)
  Born in Honolulu, Hawaii
  • Children: 1
  • Husband: Martin von Haselberg (resulting in daughter Sophie von Haselberg, an actress, producer)
  
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  Betty Hutton …DIED age 86 (2007)—Colon cancer complications
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism), ex-Lutheran
  • Birth name: Elizabeth June Thornburg (born in Battle Creek, Michigan)
  • Sister: Marion Hutton (singer, actress)
  • Children: 3
  • Ex-Husbands:
  —Ted Briskin (camera manufacturer, resulting in daughters Lindsay and Candice)
  —Charles O'Curran (choreographer)
  —Alan W. Livingston (Capitol Records executive)
  —Pete Candoli (musician, resulting in daughter Carolyn)
  • Ex-Fiancé: Perc Westmore (head of Warner Bros. makeup department)
  
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  Betty White …DIED age 99 (2021)—Stroke
  • aka Betty Marion Ludden
  • Faith: Atheism; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Worldview: attended the Unity Church, part of the New Thought movement; LGBT Rights (activist), Animal welfare (activist)
  • Birth name: Betty Marion White White (born in Oak Park, Illinois)
  • Children: none biological, 3 stepchildren
  • Husband: Allen Ludden (TV personality, actor, singer, emcee, game show host, died 1981; marriage resulted in stepchildren David, Martha, and Sarah Ludden)
  • Ex-Husbands:
  —Dick Barker
  —Lane Allen (talent agent)
  
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  Beverly D'Angelo
  • Faith: apparently Secularism
  • Birth name: Beverly Heather D'Angelo (born in Columbus, Ohio)
  • Children: 2
  • Ex-Husband: Don Lorenzo Salviati
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Al Pacino (resulting in twins: son Anton and daughter Olivia)
  —Milos Forman (director)
  —Anton Furst (production designer)
  —Neil Jordan (director)
  
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  Beyoncé
  • aka Beyonce, Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter
  • Faith: Secularism, raised United Methodism and Roman Catholicism
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist), Liberal Feminism, LGBT activism, BLM, Critical Race Theory, Promoter of self-love and self-empowerment
  • Birth name: Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (born in Houston, Texas)
  • Children: 3 and a miscarriage
  • Parents: Mathew and Tina Knowles
  • Sister: Solange Knowles (singer, songwriter, actress)
  • Husband: Jay-Z (aka Shawn Corey Carter, Progressive Liberal billionaire, rapper, hip hop artist, record producer, entrepreneur; marriage resulted in daughter Blue Ivy Carter, and twins: daughter Rumi Carter and son Sir Carter)
  
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  Bill Cosby
  • Faith: Liberal Christianity (Protestant), raised Methodist and Baptist
  • Birth name: William Henry Cosby Jr. (born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • Worldview: Liberalism; Democratic Party; Endorsed Jesse Jackson for President; Urged African Americans to take personal responsibility for education, parenting, language, and behavior
  • Children: 5
  • Wife: Camille O. Hanks (aka Camille Cosby, producer; resulting in daughters Erika Cosby, Erinn Cosby, Ennis Cosby, and Ensa Cosby, and son Evin Cosby)
  
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  Bill Murray
  • Faith: Secularism and follows the spiritual growth teachings of George Ivanovich Gurdjieff’s “Fourth Way” “self-remembering” techniques; Raised in Roman Catholicism and graduated from the Jesuit school Loyola Academy
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism
  • Birth name: William James Murray (born in Evanston, Illinois)
  • Brothers: actor, comedian, screenwriter Brian Doyle-Murray and actor Joel Murray
  • Children: 6
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Margaret Kelly (resulting in sons Homer Murray and Luke Murray)
  —Jennifer Butler (begun in adultery; resulting in sons Caleb Murray, Jackson Murray, Cooper Murray, and Lincoln Murray)
  
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  Bill Nighy
  • Faith: Secularism; raised in Roman Catholicism
  • Worldview: Total Gender Equality; Gay Rights; Robin Hood Tax (advocate)
  • Birth name: William Francis Nighy (born in Caterham, Surrey, England)
  • Children: 1
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Diana Quick (actress, resulting in daughter Mary Nighy—an actress and filmmaker)
  —Beth Morris (actress)
  
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  Bill Paxton …DIED age 61 (2017)—Stroke following surgery for aortic aneurysm
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Birth name: William Archibald Paxton (born in Fort Worth, Texas)
  • Children: 2
  • Wife: Louise Newbury (resulting in actor son James Paxton, and daughter Lydia Paxton)
  • Ex-Wife: Kelly Rowan
  
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  Bill Pullman
  • Faith: reportedly Liberal Christianity
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism
  • Birth name: William James Pullman (born in Hornell, New York)
  • Children: 3
  • Wife: Tamara Hurwitz (modern dancer, resulting in actor son Lewis Pullman, singer-songwriter daughter Maesa Pullman, and son Jack Pullman, a puppet and mask designer)
  
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  Billy Bob Thornton
  • Faith: Agnosticism; Raised in Liberal Christianity (United Methodist)
  • Worldview: Liberalism, but believes celebrities shouldn’t get involved in politics
  • Birth name: William Bob Thornton (born in Hot Springs, Arkansas)
  • Children: 4
  • Wife: Connie Angland (special effects film technician, resulting in daughter Bella Thornton)
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Melissa Lee Gatlin (resulting in daughter Amanda Brooke Thornton, aka Amanda Brooke Brumfield)
  —Toni Lawrence (actress)
  —Cynda Williams (aka Cindy Ann Williams)
  —Pietra Dawn Cherniak (Playboy model, resulting in sons William Langston Thornton and Harry James Thornton)
  —Angelina Jolie
  
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  Billy Boyd
  • Faith: apparently Secularism; raised in Roman Catholicism by his grandmother and aunts
  • Birth name: William Nathan Boyd (born in Glasgow, Scotland)
  • Children: 1
  • Wife: Alison McKinnon (resulting in son Jack William Boyd)
  
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  Billy Burke
  • Faith: Unknown
  • Birth name: William Albert Burke (born in Bellingham, Washington)
  • Children: 1
  • Ex-Wife: Pollyanna Rose (aka Polly Brown, actress, resulting in actress daughter Bluesy LaRue Burke)
  • Ex-Partner: Neve Campbell (actress)
  
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  Billy Connolly
  • aka Sir William Connolly
  • Faith: Atheism; Raised in Roman Catholicism
  • Worldview: Liberalism
  • Birth name: William Connolly (born in Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland)
  • Children: 5
  • Wife: Pamela Stephenson (actress, resulting in daughters Scarlett Connolly, Daisy Connolly, and Amy Connolly)
  • Ex-Wife: Iris Pressagh (resulting in sons Jamie Connolly and Cara Connolly)
  
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  Billy Crudup
  • Faith: Atheism
  • Worldview: Unknown, keeps his political thoughts to himself
  • Birth name: William Gaither Crudup (born in Manhasset, New York)
  • Children: 1
  • Wife: Naomi Watts
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Mary-Louise Parker (resulting in actor son William Atticus Parker)
  —Claire Danes
  
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  Billy Crystal
  • Faith: Judaism, but anti-Israel
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist)
  • Birth name: William Edward Crystal
  • Children: 2
  • Wife: Janice Goldfinger (resulting in daughters Jennifer Crystal Foley and director/producer Lindsay Anne Crystal)
  
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  Billy Dee Williams
  • Faith: “I believe in everything including astrology and tarot cards. All of it is just another way for people to try and tighten the link to the spirits in our universe.”
  • Birth name: William December Williams Jr.
  • Children: 2 biological, 1 stepdaughter
  • Wife: Teruko Nakagami (in an “open marriage,” resulting in daughter Hanako Williams and stepdaughter Miyako, whose father is jazz musician Wayne Shorter)
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Audrey Sellers (resulting in son Corey Dee Williams, an actor and fitness trainer)
  —Marlene Clark (actress, model, animator)
  • Ex-Partners: reportedly numerous women; “I’ve been philandering my whole life.”
  
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  Billy Ray Cyrus
  • Faith: Liberal Christianity; grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher
  • Worldview: Liberalism (lifelong Democrat), but endorsed Donald Trump in 2024
  • Birth name: William Ray Cyrus
  • Children: 6
  • Partner: Elizabeth Hurley
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Cindy Smith
  —Leticia “Tish” Finley (producer, manager, resulting in daughter Miley Ray Cyrus, daughter Noah Lindsey Cyrus, and son Braison Chance Cyrus, plus Billy Ray adopted 2 children from Finley’s previous relationship: daughter Brandi Glenn Cyrus and son Trace Dempsey Cyrus)
  —Firerose (singer)
  • Ex-Partner: Kristin Luckey (resulting in son Christopher Cody Cyrus)
  
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  Billy Zane
  • Faith: Unclear, raised in Christianity (Greek Orthodox)
  • Worldview: Unknown, avoids publicly aligning himself with specific political views
  • Birth name: William George Zane Jr.
  • Children: 2
  • Sister: Lisa Zane (actress)
  • Partner: Candice Neil (model, actress, resulting in daughters Ava Katherine Zane and Gia Zane)
  • Ex-Wife: Lisa Collins (Australian actress)
  • Ex-Partner/Fiancée: Leonor Varela (Chilean model, actress)
  • Ex-Partnesr:
  —Kelly Brook (English model, actress)
  —Jasmina Hdagha (Croatian model)
  
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  Blake Lively
  • Faith: apparently Secularism; raised in Christianity (Southern Baptist)
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist)
  • Birth name: Blake Ellender Brown
  • Children: 4
  • Father: Ernie Lively (actor and acting coach)
  • Brother: Eric Lively (actor)
  • Husband: Ryan Reynolds—an Agnostic (resulting in daughters James Reynolds, Inez Reynolds, and Betty Reynolds, and son Olin Reynolds)
  • Ex-Partner: Penn Badgley
  
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  Blythe Danner
  • Faith: Christianity and Transcendental Meditation, raised Pennsylvania Dutch Quaker
  • Birth name: Blythe Katherine Danner
  • Children: 2
  • Brother: Harry Danner (actor, singer)
  • Husband: Bruce Paltrow (director, producer, died 2002; marriage resulted in daughter Gwyneth Paltrow and director son Jake Paltrow)
  • Grand-daughter: Apple Martin (model, singer, songwriter)
  • Niece: Katherine Moennig (actress)
  
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  Bob Balaban
  • Faith: Judaism
  • Birth name: Robert Elmer Balaban
  • Children: 2
  • Wife: Lynn Grossman (resulting in 2 daughters)
  
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  Bob Hope …DIED age 100 (2003)—Pneumonia
  • Faith: Roman Catholic convert five years before his death
  • Birth name: Leslie Townes Hope
  • Children: 4
  • Brother: Jack Hope (producer)
  • Wife: Dolores L. DeFina (aka Dolores Reade and Dolores Reade Hope, reportedly a devout Catholic; marriage resulted in adoption of children: Linda Hope, Anthony Hope, Kelly Hope, and Eleanora Hope)
  • Ex-Wife: Grace Louise Troxell
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Rosemarie Frankland
  —Marilyn Maxwell
  —Ursula Halloran
  —Barbara Payton
  —Sandy Vinger
  —Doris Day
  —and reportedly many others / According to biographer Richard Zoglin, Hope was privately an avid womanizer and adulterer.
  
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  Bob Hoskins …DIED age 71 (2014)—Pneumonia, Parkinson’s disease
  • Faith: Agnosticism; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Worldview: Liberalism
  • Birth name: Robert William Hoskins
  • Children: 4
  • Wife: Linda Banwell (resulting in daughter Rosa and son Jack)
  • Ex-Wife: Jane Livesey (resulting in children Alex and Sarah)
  
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  Bob Newhart …DIED age 94 (2024)—complications of several short illnesses
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism); educated at Catholic schools and graduated from the Loyola University Chicago (Catholic); his sister Mary Joan was a nun
  • Birth name: George Robert Newhart
  • Children: 4
  • Wife: Virginia Lillian “Ginnie” Quinn (died 2023), daughter of actor Bill Quinn (resulting in sons Robert Newhart and Timothy Newhart, and daughters Jennifer Newhart and Courtney Newhart)
  • Father-in-law: William Tyrell Quinn (actor)
  
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  Bob Saget …DIED age 65—Blunt head trauma causing subdural hematoma and subarachnoid hemorrhage)
  • Faith: Raised in Judaism, apparently rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Birth name: Robert Lane Saget
  • Children: 3
  • Wife: Kelly Rizzo
  • Ex-Wife: Sherri Kramer (resulting in daughters Aubrey Saget—an artist, Lara Melanie Saget—an artist, and Jennifer Belle Saget)
  
  
  “Bob Saget Talks About Life, Death, and Jesus”

  “Full House” actor and comedian Bob Saget passed away at age 65. Ray Comfort shows a segment where Bob Saget talks in depth about life and death, and even briefly mentions Jesus. Ray then shares the gospel with an extremely passionate atheist who mocks the idea of Christianity.

  Video by Living Waters, a Christian Answers Team Member

  Length: 17 minutes
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  Bobby Cannavale
  • Faith: Unknown, raised in Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Birth name: Robert Cannavale
  • Children: 3
  • Partner: Rose Byrne (actress, resulting in 2 sons)
  • Ex-Wife: Jenny Lumet (actress, daughter of director Sidney Lumet; marriage resulted in son actor Jake Cannavale)
  • Ex-Partner: Annabella Sciorra (actress)
  
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  Bonnie Hunt
  • Faith: Unclear, educated in Roman Catholic schools
  • Birth name: Bonnie Lynne Hunt
  • Ex-Husband: John Murphy
  
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  Brad Dourif
  • Faith: Unknown
  • Birth name: Bradford Claude Dourif
  • Children: 1
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Janet Stephanie
  —Jonina Dourif (resulting in daughter Fiona Dourif, actress, producer)
  
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  Brad Pitt
  • Faith: Undecided “spirituality;” still searching as of 2020; ex-Agnostic/Atheist (“I called myself an Atheist for a while, just kind of being rebellious. I wasn’t really. But I kinda labeled myself that for a while. It felt punk rock enough.”); raised in Christianity (Southern Baptist) / Brad’s parents are reportedly Christians attending a Charismatic church.
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism, Humanitarianism
  • Birth name: William Bradley Pitt
  • Children: 6
  • Partner: Ines de Ramon (ex-wife of actor, director, producer Paul Wesley)
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Jennifer Aniston
  Angelina Jolie (resulting in daughters Shiloh and Vivienne and son Knox, and adopted daughter Zahara Jolie-Pitt and adopted sons Maddox Jolie-Pitt and Pax)
  • Ex-Partner/Fiancé: Gwyneth Paltrow
  • Other Ex-Partners include:
  —Shalane McCall (actress)
  —Robin Givens (actress)
  —Juliette Lewis (actress)
  —Jill Schoelen (actress)
  —Geena Davis
  —Juliette Lewis
  
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  Brad Renfro …DIED age 25—Heroin overdose
  • Faith: Unclear, possibly Christianity—responded to an altar call
  • Birth name: Brad Barron Renfro
  • Children: 1
  • Partner: unnamed woman (one child resulted)
  
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  Bradley Cooper
  • Faith: Unclear, raised in Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist)
  • Birth name: Bradley Charles Cooper (born in Abington Township, Pennsylvania)
  • Children: 1
  • Partner/Fiancée: Gigi Hadid (model)
  • Ex-Wife: Jennifer Esposito
  • Ex-Partners include:
  —Renée Zellweger (Renee Zellweger)
  —Irina Shayk (model, resulting in daughter Lea de Seine)
  —Zoe Saldana (actress)
  —Suki Waterhouse (actress)
  
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  Bradley Whitford
  • Faith: Secularism, raised in Christianity (Quaker/Friends)
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (outspoken activist), Climate Alarmism (activist)
  • Children: 3
  • Wife: Amy Landecker (actress
  • Ex-Wife: Jane Kaczmarek (actress, resulting in 3 children)
  
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  Brandon Routh
  • Faith: apparently Secularism, raised in Christianity (Methodist)
  • Worldview: Liberalism
  • Birth name: Brandon James Routh
  • Children: 1
  • Wife: Courtney Ford (actress, seperated 2025; marriage resulted in a son)
  
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  Brendan Fraser
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Birth name: Brendan James Fraser
  • Children: 3
  • Partner: Jeanne Moore (makeup artist)
  • Ex-Wife: Afton Smith (resulting in sons Griffin Arthur Fraser, Holden Fletcher Fraser, and Leland Francis Fraser)
  
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  Brenda Vaccaro
  • Birth name: Brenda Buell Vaccaro
  • Children: none
  • Husband: Guy Hector
  • Ex-Husbands:
  —Martin Fried
  —William Bishop
  —Charles Cannizzaro
  • Ex-Partner: Michael Douglas (7 years)
  
  
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  Brendan Gleeson
  • Faith: Unclear, possibly Secularism, raised in Roman Catholicism
  • Children: 4
  • Wife: Mary Gleeson (Mary Weldon), resulting in sons Domhnall Gleeson, Brían Gleeson, Fergus Gleeson, and Rory Gleeson
  
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  Brian Cox
  • Faith: Atheism and claims “the Bible is one of the worst books ever”; raised in Roman Catholicism
  • Worldview: Socialism
  • Birth name: Brian Denis Cox
  • Children: 4
  • Wife: Nicole Ansari (resulting in sons Orson Jonathan Cox and Torin Kamran Cox)
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Lilian Monroe-Carr
  —Caroline Burt (resulting in daughter Margaret and son Alan Douglas Cox)
  
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  Brian Dennehy …DIED age 81 (2020)—Cardiac arrest due to sepsis
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Birth name: Brian Manion Dennehy
  • Children: 5
  • Wife: Jennifer Arnott (resulting in a son Cormac and daughter Sarah)
  • Ex-Wife: Judith Scheff (resulting in daughters Kathleen Dennehy, Deirdre Dennehy, and actress Elizabeth Hannah Dennehy)
  
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  Bridget Bardot …DIED age 91 (2025)—Cancer
  • Faith: Secularism; raised in a conservative Catholic family
  • Worldview: Passionate Promiscuity (fornication/adultery), Animal Rights (outspoken activist, “Animals became my reason for living”), opposed Liberal Feminism
  • Birth name: Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot (born in Saint-Tropez, France)
  • Children: 1
  • Sister: Mijanou Bardot (businesswoman, retired actress)
  • Husband: Bernard d'Ormale
  • Ex-Husbands:
  —Roger Vadim (French screenwriter, director, producer)
  —Jacques Charrier (French actor, producer, resulting in son Nicolas-Jacques Charrier whom she very much wanted to abort; She attempted suicide after his birth.)
  —Fritz Gunter Sachs (German millionaire playboy)
  • Ex-Partners: Numerous (17 according to her), including:
  —Jean-Louis Trintignant (French actor, adultery)
  —Glenn Ford (actor, adultery)
  —François Gilbert Léopold Silly (aka Gilbert Bécaud, French singer, composer, actor)
  —Bob Zagury (musician)
  —Miroslav Brozek (aka Jean Blaise, artist, actor)
  —Allain Bougrain-Dubourg (French producer)
  —Sacha Distel (musician)
  —Serge Gainsbourg (singer, songwriter)
  —Patrick Gilles (actor)
  
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  Bridget Fonda
  • Faith: Secularism
  • Birth name: Bridget Jane Fonda
  • Children: 1
  • Father: Peter Fonda
  • Aunt: Jane Fonda
  • Grand-Father: Henry Fonda
  • Husband: Danny Elfman (resulting in son Oliver)
  • Ex-Partner: Eric Stoltz
  
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  Bridget Moynahan
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism
  • Birth name: Kathryn Bridget Moynahan
  • Children: 1
  • Husband: Andrew Frankel
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Tom Brady (resulting in a son)
  —Scott Rosenberg (screenwriter)
  —McG (director)
  
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  Brie Larson
  • Faith: Unclear
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism, Social and Political Activism (transgenderism, Gender equality (activist), Women’s March on Washington participant, Diversity advocate, advocate for sexual assault survivors), Endorsed the “defund the police” movement
  • Birth name: Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers
  • Ex-Partner/Fiancé: Alex Greenwald (singer)
  • Ex-Partner: Elijah Allan-Blitz (actor, filmmaker)
  
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  Brittany Murphy …DIED age 32 (2009)—Pneumonia, anemia and multiple legal drug intoxication
  • Faith: Christianity (Protestant), but married Monjack in a Jewish ceremony
  • Birth name: Brittany Anne Bertolotti
  • Husband: Simon Monjack (screenwriter, director, producer)
  • Ex-Partners/Fiancés:
  —Jeff Kwatinetz (talent manager)
  —Ashton Kutcher
  • Ex-Partner: Joe Macaluso
  
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  Brittany Snow
  • Birth name: Brittany Anne Snow
  • Ex-Husband: Tyler Stanaland
  
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  Brooke Shields
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Birth name: Brooke Christa Shields
  • Children: 2
  • Mother: Teri Shields (actress)
  • Husband: Chris Henchy (screenwriter, producer; resulting in daughters Rowan Francis Henchy and Grier Hammond Henchy)
  • Ex-Husband: Andre Agassi (producer)
  
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  Bruce Campbell
  • Faith: Secularism
  • Birth name: Bruce Lorne Campbell
  • Children: 2
  • Wife: Ida Gearon
  • Ex-Wife: Christine Deveau (resulting in 2 children)
  
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  Bruce Dern
  • Faith: Unknown
  • Worldview: Unclear
  • Birth name: Bruce MacLeish Dern
  • Children: 2
  • Wife: Andrea Beckett
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Diane Ladd (resulting in daughters Diane Elizabeth Dern and actress Laura Elizabeth Dern)
  —Marie Dawn Pierce
  
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  Bruce Greenwood
  • Faith: Unknown
  • Birth name: Stuart Bruce Greenwood (born in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada)
  • Children: 1
  • Father: Hugh John Greenwood (geophysicist and Princeton University professor)
  • Wife: Susan Devlin (resulting in daughter Breana Chloe Greenwood)
  
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  Bruce Lee …DIED age 32 (1973)—Cerebral edema, and allergic reaction to the tranquilizer meprobamate
  • Faith: Atheism; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Birth name: Lee Jun-fan
  • Children: 2
  • Son:
  • Wife: Linda Emery, aka Linda Emery Lee Cadwell, resulting in…
  —son Brandon Lee
  —daughter Shannon Lee
  
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  Bruce Willis
  • Faith: Secularism, ex-Lutheran; In 1998, he said, “Modern religion is the end trail of modern mythology. But there are people who interpret the Bible literally. Literally! I choose not to believe that’s the way.” In 2007, he said, “I just thank God every day for…everything great that’s come my way.”
  • Worldview: Leans toward Libertarianism and Moderate Conservatism
  • Birth name: Walter Bruce Willis
  • Children: 5
  • Wife: Emma Heming (model, actress, resulting in daughters Mabel Ray Willis and Evelyn Penn Willis)
  • Ex-Wife: Demi Moore (resulting in daughters Rumer Willis, Scout LaRue Willis, and Tallulah Belle Willis)
  • Ex-Partner/Fiancée: Brooke Burns (model)
  
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  Bryan Cranston
  • Faith: Secularism
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist), Pro-Abortion
  • Birth name: Bryan Lee Cranston
  • Children: 1
  • Father: Joseph Cranston (producer, screenwriter, actor)
  • Wife: Robin Dearden (actress, resulting in actress daughter Taylor Dearden Cranston
  • Ex-Wife: Mickey Middleton
  
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  Bryce Dallas Howard
  • Faith: Secularism, Existentialism
  • Worldview: Liberalism
  • Birth name: Bryce Dallas Howard (born in Los Angeles, California)
  • Children: 2
  • Father: Ron Howard
  • Grandfather: Rance Howard
  • Grandmother: Jean Speegle Howard (actress)
  • Sister: Paige Howard (actress)
  • Husband: Seth Gabel (actor, resulting in son Theodore Norman Gabel and daughter Beatrice Jean Gabel)
  
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  Buddy Hackett …DIED age 78 (2003)—Natural causes, primarily stroke and severe heart disease
  • Faith: Unclear, of Jewish descent; apparently rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Worldview: Liberalism
  • Birth name: Leonard Hacker
  • Children: 3, including son Sandy Zade Hackett (actor, comedian, producer)
  • Wife: Sherry Cohen
  
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  Buddy Ebsen …DIED age 95 (2003)—Respiratory failure caused by pneumonia
  • aka Frank Ebsen
  • Faith: Unclear; raised in Christian family; In his youth he attended a small church in Belleville, Illinois. In 1945, moved by the singing of The Lord’s Prayer, he remarked to his wife Nancy, “Never let me lose faith in God, in myself, or in people.”
  • Worldview: Conservative; supported Barry Goldwater for President
  • Birth name: Christian Ludolf Ebsen Jr. (born in Belleville, Illinois)
  • Children: 7
  • Sister: Vilma Ebsen (actress, dancer)
  • Wife: Dorothy Knott (resulting in no children)
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Ruth Cambridge (resulting in daughters Elizabeth Ebsen and Alix Ebsen)
  —Nancy Wolcott McKeown (resulting in 4 daughters, including musician Bonnie Ebsen, aka Kiki, Cathy Ebsen, Susannah Ebsen, and Kiersten Ebsen, and son Dustin Ebsen)
  
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  Burt Lancaster …DIED age 80 (1994)—Heart attack, following 1990 stroke resulting in partial paralysis
  • Faith: Atheism, Humanism; ultimately rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ (although he was raised in Protestant Christianity)
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (outspoken activist), ACLU (supporter and fundraiser), bisexualism
  • Birth name: Burton Stephen Lancaster
  • Children: 5
  • Wife: Susan Martin
  • Ex-Wives:
  —June Ernst
  —Norma Anderson (aka Norma Mari Anderson Lancaster, resulting in son William Lancaster—an actor/screenwriter, son James Lancaster, and daughters Susan Lancaster, Joanna Lancaster and Sighle Lancaster—pronounced Sheila, a film producer)
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Jackie Bone (he split due to her religious conversion)
  —Shelley Winters
  —Joan Blondell (actress)
  —and reportedly many others, both male and female
  
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  Burt Reynolds …DIED age 82 (2018)—Cardiac arrest
  • Faith: Unclear, apparently a combination of Secularism and Christianity
  • Birth name: Burton Leon Reynolds Jr.
  • Children: 1 adopted
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Loni Anderson (resulting in adopted son Quinton Anderson Reynolds and stepdaughter Deidra Hoffman)
  —Judy Carne (actress)
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Miko Mayama (actress)
  —Dinah Shore
  —Sally Field
  —Pam Seals