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  • Sacha Baron Cohen
    Sacha Baron Cohen

    • Faith: Mostly Secularism and some Judaism; of Jewish descent and occasionally participates in Jewish customs / “I wouldn’t say I am a religious Jew. I am proud of my Jewish identity, and there are certain things I do and customs I keep.” / Reportedly attends synagogue about twice a year and is fluent in Hebrew.
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist)
    • Birth name: Sacha Noam Baron Cohen (born in London, England)
    • Children: 3
    • Ex-Wife: Isla Fisher (actress; resulting in daughters Olive Baron Cohen and Elula Lottie Miriam Cohen, and son Montgomery Moses Brian Baron Cohen)

  • Sally Field

    • Faith: Secularism; “My real father was Catholic, and I had issues with all religions.”
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist); Liberal Feminism (activist), Abortion Rights (advocate), Gay rights (activist), Climate Alarmism (activist)
    • Birth name: Sally Margaret Field (born in Pasadena, California, USA)
    • Children: 3
    • Mother: Margaret Field, aka Maggie Mahoney (actress)
    • Father: Jock Mahoney (actor, stuntman)
    • Ex-Husbands:
    —Steven Craig (resulting in screenwriter son Peter Craig, and actor/director son Eli Craig)
    —Alan Greisman (resulting in Gay son Samuel Greisman)

    • Ex-Partners:
    Burt Reynolds
    Kevin Kline


  • Salma Hayek

    • Faith: Primarily Secularism with Christianity leanings (claims belief in God and Jesus Christ), studied at New Age Ramtha’s School of Enlightenment and practices yoga, ex-Catholic, raised in “devout” Catholic family
    • Worldview: Liberalism, Feminism (activist)
    • Children: 1
    • Birth name: Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez
    • Husband: François-Henri Pinault (resulting in daughter Valentina)
  • Sam Claflin
    • Birth name: Samuel George Claflin
    • Children: 2
    • Wife: Laura Haddock (legally seperated in 2019, marriage resulted in son Pip and daughter Margot)
  • Sam Elliott
    Sam Elliott

    • Faith: Apparently Secularism
    • Worldview: Liberalism-leaning, Pro-Abortion
    • Birth name: Samuel Pack Elliott
    • Children: 1
    • Wife: Katharine Ross (resulting in daughter Cleo)

  • Sam Neill

    • Faith: Secularism, raised in Christianity (Anglican/Episcopal)
    • Worldview: Liberalism
    • Birth name: Nigel John Dermot Neill
    • Children: 4
    • Wife: Noriko Watanabe (make-up artist, legally seperated in 2017, marriage resulted in a daughter and an adopted daughter from Harrow’s previous marriage)
    • Ex-Partnerd:
    —Lisa Harrow (actress, resulting in a son)
    —unnamed woman (resulting in a son placed for adoption)

  • Sam Rockwell
    • Father: Pete Rockwell (actor)
    • Mother: Penny Hess (actress)
    • Children: none
    • Partner: Leslie Bibb
    • Ex-Partners:
    Piper Perabo
    Sarita Choudhury
    Liza Lapira


  • Sam Shepard
    …DIED age 73 (2017)—Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease)
    • Faith: Secularism; apparently rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the end
    • Birth name: Samuel Shepard Rogers III
    • Children: 3
    • Ex-Wife: O-Lan Jones (actress, resulting in son Jesse Shepard)
    • Ex-Partners:
    Jessica Lange (resulting in daughter Hannah and son Samuel)
    —Patti Smith (adultery)
    —Joni Mitchell (adultery)
    —Christine O'Dell (adultery)
    —Joyce Aaron (actress)
  • Sam Worthington
    Sam Worthington

    • Faith: Christianity
    • Birth name: Samuel Henry John Worthington
    • Children: 3
    • Wife: Lara Bingle (model and media personality, resulting in sons Rocket Zot Worthington, Racer Worthington, and River Worthington)
  • Sammy Davis Jr.
    Sammy Davis Jr.
    …DIED age 64 (1990)—Throat cancer
    • Faith: Judaism (convert 1961) and later Satanism; Eddie Murphy testified (2019) that Davis worshipped the Devil and personally told him that “Satan is as powerful as God.” / Raised Catholic by his mother, but his father was Baptist
    • Worldview: Liberalism / Supported Jesse Jackson’s 1984 Presidential campaign
    • Birth name: Samuel George Davis Jr.
    • Children: 1 biological, 3 adopted
    • Father: Sammy Davis Sr. (dancer, entertainer)
    • Mother: Elvera Sanchez (dancer)
    • Wife: Altovise Gore (dancer, entertainer, resulting in adopted son Manny Davis)
    • Ex-Wives:
    —Loray White (dancer)
    —May Britt (actress, resulting in daughter Tracey Davis and adopted sons Mark Davis and Jeff Davis)

    • Ex-Partners:
    Kim Novak
    —Lola Falana (adultery, leading to divorce from May Britt)
    Nichelle Nichols (actress, singer, dancer)

  • Samuel L. Jackson
    Samuel L. Jackson

    • Faith: Appears to be Secularism, but some say Christianity (Protestant, Pentecostal)
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist), Abortion Rights
    • Birth name: Samuel Leroy Jackson
    • Children: 1
    • Wife: LaTanya Richardson (actress/producer, resulting in daughter Zoe)

  • Sandra Bullock

    • Faith: Atheism
    • Birth name: Sandra Annette Bullock
    • Children: 2 adopted (son Louis Bardo Bullock and daughter Laila Bullock)
    • Ex-Husband: Jesse James
    • Partner: Bryan Randall (photographer, died 2023)
    • Ex-Partner/Fiancé: Tate Donovan (actor)

  • Sandra Oh

    • Faith: Practices Vipassanā, a Buddhist form of meditation; rasied in a Christian household
    • Birth name: Sandra Miju Oh (born in Nepean, Ontario, Canada)
    • Partner: Lev Rukhin (aka Lev Ruhkin, Russian-born photographer, artist)
    • Ex-Husband: Alexander Payne (director, writer, producer)

  • Saoirse Ronan

    • Faith: Unclear, raised in Catholicism by devout parents, attended Catholic school
    • Worldview: Liberalism, Gay Marriage (supporter), Abortion (supporter)
    • Birth name: Saoirse Una Ronan (born in New York City)
    • Children: 1
    • Father: Paul Ronan (actor)
    • Husband: Jack Lowden (actor, resulting in a child)

  • Sarah Jessica Parker

    • Faith: Secularism, but identifies with Jewish culture
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism, Supports Israel
    • Birth name: Sarah Jessica Parker (born in Nelsonville, Ohio, USA)
    • Children: 3
    • Brother: Timothy Britten Parker, aka Toby Parker (actor)
    • Husband: Matthew Broderick (resulting in son James Wilkie Broderick and twin daughters by surrogacy Marion Elwell Broderick and Tabitha Hodge Broderick)
    • Ex-Partner: Robert Downey Jr.

  • Sarah Michelle Gellar

    • aka Sarah Michelle Prinze
    • Faith: Unknown, of Jewish descent
    • Worldview: Conservatism, Charitable Activism
    • Birth name: Sarah Michelle Gellar (born in New York City)
    • Legal name: Sarah Michelle Prinze
    • Husband: Freddie Prinze Jr. (resulting in daughter Charlotte Grace Prinze, and son Rocky James Prinze)
  • Sarah Paulson
    • Faith: apparently Secularism
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism, Bisexualism, LGBTQ+ Advocacy (outspoken)
    • Birth name: Sarah Catharine Paulson (born in Tampa, Florida)
    • Children: none
    • Partner: Holland Taylor (actress)
    • Ex-Partner/Fiancé: Tracy Letts (playwright)
    • Ex-Partners:
    Cherry Jones (actress)
    Amanda Peet (actress)

  • Sarah Silverman (2016)—Photo by Ali Shaker/VOA.
    Sarah Silverman

    • Faith: Agnosticism, of Jewish descent; she joked about killing Jesus: “I’m glad the Jews killed Jesus. I’d do it again!”
    • Worldview: Socialism (activist), former member of the Democratic Socialists of America (left in 2023 citing their response to the initial Hamas attacks and lack of support for Israel); Pro-Abortion (activist)
    • Birth name: Sarah Kate Silverman (born in Concord, New Hampshire, USA)
    • Partner: Rory Albanese (comedian, comedy writer, TV producer)
    • Sisters:
    —Laura Silverman (actress)
    —Susan Silverman (Reform rabbi and religious activist)

    • Ex-Partners:
    Michael Sheen
    Jimmy Kimmel

  • Scarlett Johansson
    Scarlett Johansson

    • Faith: Judaism
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (outspoken activist who has endorsed John Kerry, Barack Obama, Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden), Planned Parenthood activist (ardent abortion supporter)
    • Birth name: Scarlett Ingrid Johansson (born in New York City)
    • Grandfather: Ejner Johansson (Danish film director, writer, art historian)
    • Children: 2
    • Husband: Colin Jost (comedian, resulting in son Cosmo Jost)
    • Ex-husbands:
    Ryan Reynolds
    —Romain Dauriac (resulting in daughter Rose Dorothy Dauriac)


  • Scott Baio

    • Faith: Christianity; raised in Roman Catholicism
    • Worldview: Conservatism (activist)
    • Birth name: Scott Vincent James Baio (born in Brooklyn, New York)
    • Children: 2 biological, 1 stepchild
    • Wife: Renée Sloan-Baio (former stunt woman, actress, resulting in daughter Bailey Deluca Baio; her twin died before birth; Scott is stepfather to daughter Kalyn LaNae Sloan who is Renée’s child from a previous relationship.)
    • Ex-Fiancé: Jeanette Jonsson
  • Scott Bakula
    • Faith: Unclear, Christianity is in his background (he attended a Presbyterian church in his youth—his mother’s church), and his ex-wife’s father was a Lutheran minister)
    • Birth name: Scott Stewart Bakula (born in St. Louis, Missouri, USA)
    • Children: 3 biological, 1 adopted
    • Wife: Chelsea Field (actress, resulting in sons Wil Bakula and Owen Bakula, the latter identifies as non-binary and is a dancer, singer, actor)
    • Ex-Wife: Krista Neumann (actress, resulting in actress daughter Chelsy Bakula and adopted son Cody Bakula)
  • Scott Caan
    • Faith: reportedly Christianity
    • Birth name: Scott Andrew Caan (born in Los Angeles, California)
    • Children: 2
    • Father: James Caan
    • Mother: Sheila Marie Ryan (actress, former model)
    • Wife: Kacy Byxbee (model, costume designer, freelance editor and journalist, resulting in daughter Josie James Caan and son James Arthur Caan)
  • Scott Glenn
    • Faith: Judaism convert, ex-Catholic
    • Worldview: Conservatism
    • Birth name: Theodore Scott Glenn (born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA)
    • Children: 2
    • Wife: Carol Schwartz (former fashion model, celebrated Jewish ceramist, resulting in daughters Rio Elizabeth Glenn and Dakota Ann Glenn)
  • Scott Wilson,
    Scott Wilson
    …DIED age 76 (2018)—Leukemia
    • Faith: Apparently Secularism; No evidence found that his faith was in Jesus Christ
    • Birth name: William Delano Wilson (born in Thomasville, Georgia, USA)
    • Children: none
    • Wife: Heavenly Wilson (lawyer, artist)
  • Sean Astin
    Sean Astin

    • Faith: Christianity (Lutheran), following experiences with Buddhism, Judaism, Roman Catholicism, and Agnosticism
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist)
    • Birth name: Sean Patrick Duke (born in Santa Monica, California, USA)
    • Children: 3
    • Mother: Patty Duke
    • Father: Michael Tell
    • Adoptive-Father: John Astin (actor)
    • Wife: Christine Harrell (resulting in daughters Alexandra Astin, Isabella Louis Astin and Elizabeth Louise Astin)
  • Sean Bean in “Jupiter Ascending”. © 2013 Warner Bros.
    Sean Bean

    • Faith: Has said, “I’m Christian,” but has also said, “I wasn’t brought up religious, although I have been to church a few times: at school and to get married. But I believe in a spiritual world on another plane. I think we all want to believe there’s something else.”
    • Birth name: Shaun Mark Bean (born in Sheffield, England)
    • Children: 3
    • Wife: Ashley Moore
    • Ex-Wives:
    —Debra James
    Melanie Hill (actress, resulting in daughters Molly Bean and Lorna Bean)
    Abigail Cruttenden (actress, resulting in daughter Evie Natasha Bean)
    —Georgina Sutcliffe


  • Sean Connery
    …DIED age 90 (2020)—Dementia, pneumonia and respiratory failure
    • Faith: Apparently Secularism, although raised in Christianity (Roman Catholicism) by his father
    • Worldview: described as center-left
    • Birth name: Thomas Sean Connery
    • Children: 1
    • Brother: Neil Connery (actor)
    • Ex-Wife: Micheline Roquebrune (French-Moroccan painter)
    • Ex-Wife: Diane Cilento (actress, resulting in son Jason Joseph Connery, an actor and director)
    • Ex-Partner: Lynsey de Paul (singer, adultery)
  • Sean Penn
    Sean Penn

    • Faith: Agnosticism
    • Worldview: Socialism (activist)
    • Birth name: Sean Justin Penn (Santa Monica, California, USA)
    • Children: 2
    • Father: Leo Penn (actor, director)
    • Mother: Eileen Ryan (actress, born Eileen Annucci)
    • Brothers:
    Chris Penn (actor)
    —Michael Penn (musician)

    • Partner: Valeria Nicov (Moldovan model, actress)
    • Ex-Wives:
    —Leila George (Australian actress, daughter of actors Vincent D'Onofrio and Greta Scacchi)
    Robin Wright (resulting in daughter Dylan Frances Penn and son Hopper Jack Penn)
    Madonna

    • Ex-Fiancée:
    Elizabeth McGovern

    • Ex-Partners:
    —Olga Korotyayeva
    Charlize Theron
    Susan Sarandon
    —Jewel Kilcher (singer)

  • Sean Young
    Sean Young

    • Faith: apparently Secularism; No recent public affirmations of churchgoing, prayer, or Christian faith; No claims of Atheism or New Age practices; Was a convert to Roman Catholicism (1983), but more recently said “I don’t consider myself a Catholic. I am more of a child of the universe” (2001)
    • Worldview: Distrust of Hollywood and elite institutions; Described Hollywood as the “city of devils”
    • Birth name: Mary Sean Young (born in Louisville, Kentucky, USA)
    • Children: 2
    • Husband: Robert Lujan (actor, composer, resulting in sons Rio Kelly Lujan and Quinn Kelly Lujan)
    • Ex-Partners:
    —John Kerwin
    —Frank Howson
    James Woods

  • Seann William Scott
    • Faith: apparently Secularism; has not aligned himself publicly with any religion, atheism, or any specific spiritual movement
    • Birth name: Seann William Scott (born in Cottage Grove, Minnesota, USA)
    • Children: 1
    • Ex-Wife: Olivia Korenberg (interior designer; resulting in daughter Frankie Rose Scott)
    • Ex-Partner/Ex-Fiancée: Lindsay Frimod (model, designer)t

  • Sebastian Stan

    • Faith: Christianity, raised in the Romanian Orthodox Church
    • Worldview: Leans toward Progressive Liberalism
    • Birth name: Sebastian Stan (born in Constanța, Romania)
    • Children: 2
    • Partner: Annabelle Wallis (English actress, resulting in pregnancy)
    • Ex-Partners:
    Jennifer Morrison
    Leighton Meester
    —Margarita Levieva

  • Sela Ward in “CSI: NY and Command+P”. © 2012, CBS Broadcasting.
    Sela Ward

    • Faith: Unclear, but is quoted as saying, “I have a strong belief in God.”
    • Worldview: Foster care; Philanthropy, including founding Hope Village for Children in Mississippi
    • Birth name: Sela Ann Ward (born in Meridian, Mississippi, USA)
    • Husband: Howard Elliott Sherman (entrepreneur; resulting in son Austin Ward Sherman and daughter Anabella Raye Sherman)

  • Selena Gomez

    • Faith: Liberal Christianity, raised in Roman Catholicism and was influenced by the liberal Hillsong Church and Rick Warren
    • Worldview: Liberalism, BLM and LGBTQ supporter
    • Birth name: Selena Marie Gomez (born in Grand Prairie, Texas, USA)
    • Children: none
    • Husband: Benny Blanco (record producer)
    • Ex-Partner: Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (aka the Weeknd)
  • Seth Green
    Seth Green

    • Faith: Atheism; Raised in Judaism had a bar mitzvah
    • Birth name: Seth Benjamin Gesshel-Green (born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
    • Children: 1
    • Wife: Clare Grant (actress, producer; resulting in daughter Emery Grace Green)
  • Seth MacFarlane
    Seth MacFarlane

    • Faith: Atheism (outspoken)
    • Worldview: Socialism, Progressive Liberalism (activist), LGBTQ supporter (activist), Evolutionism (activist)
    • Birth name: Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (born in Kent, Connecticut, USA)
    • Children: none
    • Sister: Rachael MacFarlane (voice actress)
    • Ex-Partner: Emilia Clarke (British actress)
  • Seth Rogen. Cropped version of original photo by Stephen McCarthy/Collision - CC BY 2.0 - creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
    Seth Rogen

    • Faith: Atheism, raised in Judaism
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist), Socialism, LGBT activism; calls his anti-woke critics ‘White Supremacists’ / Parents: “radical Jewish socialists”
    • Birth name: Seth Aaron Rogen (born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
    • Wife: Lauren Miller (writer, actress, director / They say they have no desire or plans to have children.)
  • Shailene Woodley. Photographer: Gage Skidmore. License: CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped image.
    Shailene Woodley

    • Worldview: Socialism (activist), Progressive Liberalism, Environmentalism (activist), Climate Alarmism (activist), Bisexualism
    • Birth name: Shailene Diann Woodley (born in San Bernardino, California, USA)
    • Ex-Partners:
    —Lucas Bravo (actor)
    —Aaron Rodgers (ex-Fiancé)
    —Ben Volavola

  • Shane West
    • Faith: Interest in reincarnation and the supernatural
    • Worldview: Humanism; Sports enthusiast; Punk Rock
    • Birth name: Shannon Bruce Snaith (born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA)
    • Children: none
    • Ex-Partners:
    —Jessica Lee Buchanan (South African model)
    —Jenna Dewan
    —Monica Keena
    —Rachael Leigh Cook (actress)


  • Sharon Stone

    • Faith: Tibetan Buddhism, although she claims to believe there is a god; ex-Scientologist
    • Birth name: Sharon Vonne Stone
    • Sons (all adopted): Roan Joseph Bronstein Stone, Laird Vonne Stone, Quinn Kelly Stone
    • Ex-Husbands:
    Michael Greenburg
    Phil Bronstein (resulting in adopted son)

    • Ex-Partners:
    —William MacDonald (producer)
    —Bob Wagner

  • Sherri Shepherd
    Sherri Shepherd

    • Faith: Christianity convert, ex-Jehovah’s Witness
    • Birth name: Sherri Evonne Shepherd
    • Ex-Husbands:
    Jeff Tarpley (resulting in son Jeffrey)
    Lamar Sally (resulting in son Lamar Jr., via surrogacy)

  • Shia LaBeouf
    Shia LaBeouf

    • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism convert 2022), formerly Secularism, although he had described himself as Jewish in 2004 and had a Bar Mitzvah, and was also baptized in a Pentecostal church / His mother was “Jewish” and father “Christian”. Shia has described his parents as “hippies”.
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (vocal)
    • Birth name: Shia Saide LaBeouf (born in Los Angeles, California)
    • Ex-Partners:
    Mia Goth (British actress, resulting in a daughter)

    —FKA Twigs (British musician)
    —Karolyn Pho (stylist)

  • Shelley Winters
    Shelley Winters
    …DIED age 85 (2006)—Heart failure
    • Faith: Secularism, of Jewish descent; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
    • Worldview: Liberalism (activist)
    • Birth name: Shirley Schrift
    • Husband: Gerry DeFord
    • Ex-Husbands:
    —Mack Paul Mayer
    —Vittorio Gassman (actor, director)
    —Anthony Franciosa (aka Tony Franciosa, actor)

    • Her claimed Ex-Partners:
    Burt Lancaster
    William Holden
    Sean Connery
    —Farley Granger (actor)
    Errol Flynn
    Marlon Brando

  • Shirley Henderson in “Once Upon a Time in the Midlands”. © 2002 Sony Entertainment
    Shirley Henderson

  • Shirley MacLaine
    Shirley MacLaine

    • Faith: New Age and Transcendental Meditation; claimed that in a previous life in Atlantis she was the brother of a 35,000-year-old spirit named Ramtha, and in other lives she claims she was a gypsy girl, a Japanese geisha and a princess in Egypt; She is the author of numerous books on metaphysics, spirituality, and reincarnation.
    • Worldview: Liberalism (activist)
    • Birth name: Shirley MacLean Beaty
    • Brother: Warren Beatty
    • Ex-Husband: Steve Parker (an “open marriage”, resulting in daughter Sachi Parker, an actress)
    • Ex-Partners:
    —Robert Mitchum
    —Danny Kaye
    —Yves Montand
    —Lord Mountbatten
    —Andrew Peacock (politician)
    —Andrey Konchalovskiy
    —Pete Hamill
    —Kevin McClory
    —Olof Palme
    —Pierre Trudeau
    —and others

  • Shirley Temple
    Shirley Temple
    …DIED age 85—Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)—lifelong smoker
    • Faith: Christianity (Protestant, primarily Episcopalian)
    • Worldview: Conservatism
    • Birth name: Shirley Jane Temple
    • Legal name: Shirley Temple Black
    • Husband: Charles Alden Black (died 2005) (resulting in son Charles Alden Black Jr. and daughter Lori Black)
    • Ex-Husband: John Agar (actor, resulting in daughter Linda Susan Agar, aka Susan Black)
  • Sid Haig in “Night of the Living Dead 3D”
    Sid Haig
    …DIED age 80 (2019)—Lung infection (Aspergillus pneumonia)
    • Faith: apparently Secularism
    • Worldview: Liberalism (activist)
    • Birth name: Sidney Eddie Mosesian
    • Wife: Susan L. Oberg
  • Sidney Poitier in “The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn”
    Sidney Poitier
    …DIED age 94 (2022)—Heart failure, Alzheimer’s and prostate cancer
    • Faith: Agnosticism, semi-Deism, raised in Roman Catholicism; apparently rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
    • Birth name: Sidney L. Poitier
    • Wife: Joanna Shimkus (actress, resulting in daughters Anika and Sydney Tamiia)
    • Ex-Wife: Juanita Hardy (resulting in daughters Beverly, Pamela, Sherri, and Gina)
    • Ex-Partner: Diahann Carroll (actress, singer)
  • Sienna Guillory
    • Birth name: Sienna Tiggy Guillory
    • Husband: Enzo Cilenti​ (actor, resulting in twin daughters, Valentina and Lucia Cilenti)
    • Ex-Husband: Nick Moran (actor, filmmaker)
  • Sienna Miller (2017). Photo by Martin J. Kraft.
    Sienna Miller

    • Faith: Secularism, has shown interest in Kabbalah
    • Birth name: Sienna Rose Diana Miller
    • Partner: Oli Green (actor, resulting in a daughter)
    • Ex-Partners and Fiancés:
    Jude Law
    Tom Sturridge (actor, resulting in daughter Marlowe)

    • Ex-Partner:
    Balthazar Getty (actor)


  • Sigourney Weaver

    • Faith: Secularism
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (outspoken activist), Environmentalism
    • Birth name: Susan Alexandra Weaver (born in New York City)
    • Children: 1
    • Father: Pat Weaver (TV executive, NBC president 1953-1955)
    • Mother: Elizabeth Inglis (English actress)
    • Husband: Jim Simpson (stage director, resulting in daughter Shar Weaver)
  • Simon Baker
    • Faith: Agnosticism, raised in Roman Catholicism
    • Birth name: Simon Lucas Baker
    • Ex-Wife: Rebecca Rigg (actress)
  • Simon Pegg
    Simon Pegg

    • Faith: Atheism
    • Worldview: Liberalism, Liberal Feminism, Environmentalism (Greenpeace activist)
    • Birth name: Simon John Beckingham (born in Brockworth, Gloucestershire, England)
    • Children: 1
    • Brother: Mike Beckingham (actor)
    • Wife: Maureen McCann (music industry publicist; resulting in daughter Matilda Pegg, aka Tilly)
  • Sissy Spacek. Photo by David Shankbone.
    Sissy Spacek

    • Faith: When directly asked if she believes in God, she replied: “I like to keep it simple. I think God is love. I think that’s what God is;” No evidence found that she attends religious services or identifies with a denomination; No public comments known of her referring to Scripture, church, prayer, or afterlife; Says she attended a week-long meditation retreat in 2025; Attended a Methodist church as a child, where her mother and father were Sunday School teachers
    • Birth name: Mary Elizabeth Spacek (born in Quitman, Texas, USA)
    • Children: 2
    • Husband: Jack Fisk (production designer, resulting in daughters Schuyler Elizabeth Fisk and Madison Fisk)
    • Cousin: Rip Torn
  • Sofía Vergara
    Sofía Vergara

    • aka Sophia Vergara
    • Faith: Secularism, but believes there is a God; raised in Roman Catholicism
    • Birth name: Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara (born in Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia)
    • Children: 1
    • Ex-Husbands:
    Joe Manganiello (actor)
    —Joe Gonzalez (resulting in son Manolo Gonzalez Vergara)

    • Ex-Partner/Fiancé: Nick Loeb (actor, resulting in 2 in vitro fertilized embryos)
  • Sophia Loren. Photographer: Allan Warren. License: CC BY-SA 3.0.
    Sophia Loren

    • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
    • Birth name: Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone (born in Rome, Italy)
    • Children: 2
    • Husband: Carlo Ponti Sr. (producer, died 2007; marriage resulted in sons Carlo Ponti Jr. and Edoardo Ponti)
    • Ex-Partner: Cary Grant
  • Spencer Tracy—Photo by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
    Spencer Tracy
    …DIED age 67—Heart attack (following a life of alcoholism and smoking)
    • Faith: Liberal Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
    • Worldview: Liberalism
    • Ex-Wife: Louise Treadwell (actress)
    • Ex-Partners:
    —Myrna Loy (actress)
    —Loretta Young (actress)
    —Joan Crawford (actress)
    Ingrid Bergman (actress)
    Katharine Hepburn (actress
    —and others

  • Stacy Keach in “Ray Donovan and Norman Saves the World”
    Stacy Keach

    • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism convert)
    • Brother: James Keach (actor)
    • Wife: Malgosia Tomassi
    • Ex-Wives:
    —Kathryn Baker
    —Marilyn Aiken
    —Jill Donahue

    • Ex-Partner: Judy Collins
  • Stanley Tucci in “The Children Act”
    Stanley Tucci

    • Faith: Secularism, ex-Catholic
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism
    • Birth name: Stanley Tucci Jr. (born in Peekskill, New York)
    • Children: 5 biological, 2 stepchildren
    • Sister: Christine Tucci (actress)
    • Wives:
    —Kathryn Spath (died 2009 of breast cancer; marriage resulted in 3 children together: son Nicolo Robert Tucci, and daughters Isabel Concetta Tucci and Camilla Tucci, and 2 stepchildren from Kathryn’s previous marriage to actor and stage manager Alexander R. Scott)
    —Felicity Blunt (sister of sister Felicity BluntEmily Blunt; marriage resulted in son Matteo Oliver Tucci and a daughter Emilia Giovanna Tucci)

    • Ex-Partner: Edie Falco (actress)
    • Sister-in-Law: Emily Blunt
    • Brother-in-Law: John Krasinski
  • Stella Stevens
    Stella Stevens
    …DIED age 84 (2023)—complications from Alzheimer’s disease
    • Faith: Secularism
    • Birth name: Estelle Caro Eggleston (born in Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA)
    • Children: 1
    • Partner: Bob Kulick (died 2020)
    • Ex-Husband: Noble Stephens (resulting in son Andrew Stevens, film producer, director, actor)
  • Stellan Skarsgård
    • aka Stellan Skarsgard
    • Faith: Atheism, Secular Humanism (activist)
    • Worldview: Liberalism, Secular Humanism
    • Birth name: Stellan John Skarsgård (born in Gothenburg, Sweden)
    • Children: 8
    • Wife: Megan Everett (screenwriter, producer, resulting in sons Ossian Skarsgård and Kolbjörn Skarsgård)
    • Ex-Wife: My Skarsgård (resulting in sons Alexander Skarsgård, Gustaf Skarsgård, Sam Skarsgård, Bill Skarsgård, and Valter Skarsgård, and daughter Eija Skarsgård)
  • Stephen Amell
    Stephen Amell

    • Faith: apparently Secularism
    • Birth name: Stephen Adam Amell (born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
    • Children: 2
    • Cousin: Robbie Amell (actor, producer)
    • Wife: Cassandra Jean (model, actress; resulting in daughter Maverick Alexandra Amell, and son Bowen Auguste Amell)
    • Ex-Wife: Carolyn Lawrence (actress)
  • Stephen Baldwin
    Stephen Baldwin

    • Faith: Jesus Christ; Protestant Evangelical (2001); raised in Roman Catholicism
    • Worldview: Conservatism; Christian ministry
    • Birth name: Stephen Andrew Baldwin (born in Massapequa, New York, USA)
    • Children: 2
    • Brothers:
    Alec Baldwin (actor, producer)
    —Daniel Baldwin (actor, director)
    William Baldwin (actor)

    • Son-in-law: Justin Bieber
    • Wife: Kennya Deodato (now Kennya Baldwin, Brazilian graphic designer; marriage resulted in 2 daughters: Alaia Baldwin and Hailey Bieber)
  • Stephen Boyd
    Stephen Boyd
    …DIED age 45—Heart attack
    • Faith: Scientology; Reincarnation; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
    • Birth name: William Millar (born in Whitehouse, County Antrim, Northern Ireland)
    • Children: none —“There are certain things lacking in me–I’d hate to run the risk of transferring any of my shortcomings to any children of mine.”
    • Wife: Elizabeth Mills
    • Ex-Wife: Mariella di Sarzana
    • Ex-Partner: Marisa Mell (Austrian actress)
  • Stephen Fry
    • Faith: Atheism (activist); of Jewish heritage
    • Worldview: Homosexualism, LGBTQ+ activism, Secular Humanism, Anti-religion (outspoken activist)
    • Birth name: Stephen John Fry (born in London, United Kingdom)
    • Children: none
    • Children: none
    • Spouse: Elliott Spencer (male comedian)
    • Best Friend: Hugh Laurie
  • Stephen McHattie
    • Birth name: Stephen McHattie Smith (born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada)
    • Children: 3
    • Brother: Wendell Smith (actor)
    • Wife: Lisa Houle (actress, resulting in daughters Isobel McHattie and Tessa McHattie, and son Duncan McHattie)
    • Ex-Wife: Meg Foster (actress)
  • Stephen Merchant. CC BY-SA 2.0.
    Stephen Merchant

    • Faith: Atheism
    • Worldview: Liberalism
    • Birth name: Stephen James Merchant (born in Bristol, England)
    • Children: none
    • Partner: Mircea Monroe (actress)
  • Stephen Moyer
    Stephen Moyer

    • Faith: Secularism; Agnostic-leaning; “I used to be an atheist, but I’ve chilled out a bit on that;” attended Christian Sunday school as a child but deliberately moved away from faith in Christ
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism; strong support for LGBT+ causes; not rigidly materialist in outlook
    • Birth name: Stephen John Emery (born in Brentwood, Essex, England)
    • Children: 4
    • Wife: Anna Paquin (actress, resulting in son Charlie Moyer and daughter Poppy Moyer)
    • Ex-Wife: Lorien Haynes (journalist, resulting in son Billy Emery, and daughter Lilac Emery-Haynes)

  • Steve Buscemi

    • Faith: Secularism, Agnosticism-leaning; raised in Roman Catholicism
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism
    • Birth name: Steven Vincent Buscemi (born in New York City)
    • Children: 1
    • Brother: Michael Buscemi (actor, director, screenwriter)
    • Wives:
    —Jo Andres (filmmaker, choreographer, died 2019; marriage resulted in son Lucian Buscemi)
    —Karen Ho


  • Steve Carell

    • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
    • Worldview: Liberalism
    • Birth name: Steven John Carell (born in Concord, Massachusetts, USA)
    • Wife: Nancy Walls (actress, writer; resulting in daughter Elisabeth Anne Carell, and son John Carell)
  • Steve Martin
    Steve Martin

    • Faith: Agnosticism, Secularism, raised in a Baptist family
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (supporter), but deliberately avoids political material from his tours and shows; rejects mean-spiritedness; acknowledges that fame does not equal personal fulfillment; values optimism and anti-cynicism
    • Birth name: Stephen Glenn Martin (born in Waco, Texas, USA)
    • Children: 1
    • Wife: Anne Stringfield (writer, journalist; resulting in daughter Mary Martin)
    • Ex-Wife: Victoria Tennant (British actress)
    • Ex-Partners: Bernadette Peters
  • Steve McQueen
    Steve McQueen
    …DIED age 50—Heart attack caused by post-operative pulmonary embolism (occurred day following tumor removal surgery due to advanced malignant mesothelioma)
    • Faith: Jesus Christ, born-again late in his life and attended Ventura Missionary Church—a theatrical documentary was produced about his life and conversion—“Steve McQueen: American Icon.” There is also a book: Steve McQueen: The Salvation of an American Icon by Greg Laurie and Marshall Terrill (Zondervan). Steve was raised in a Catholic household.
    • Birth name: Terrence Stephen McQueen (born in Beech Grove, Indiana)
    • Children: 2
    • Wife: Barbara Minty (model)
    • Ex-Wives:
    —Neile Adams (actress, singer, dancer, resulting in daughter Terry Leslie McQueen and actor and race car drive son Chad McQueen)
    Ali MacGraw (actress, resulting in a child lost to miscarriage)

    • Ex-Partners:
    Mamie Van Doren (actress)
    Lauren Hutton (actress, model)
    —Barbara Leigh (actress)

    • Grandson: Steven R. McQueen (actor)
  • Steve Zahn
    Steve Zahn

    • Faith: Christianity (Lutheran)
    • Worldview: Liberalism
    • Birth name: Steven James Zahn
    • Wife: Robyn Peterman
  • Steven Seagal
    Steven Seagal

    • Faith: Buddhism, father was Jewish
    • Birth name: Steven Frederic Seagal (born in Lansing, Michigan)
    • Children: 7
    • Wife: Erdenetuya Batsukh (aka Elle Batsukh, resulting in son Kunzang Seagal)
    • Ex-Wives:
    —Miyako Fujitani (Japanese national, resulting in son Kentaro Take-Seagal, and daughter Ayako Fujitani)
    —Adrienne La Russa (actress)
    Kelly LeBrock (actress, resulting in daughters Annaliza Seagal and Arissa LeBrock, and son Dominic San Rocco Seagal)

    • Ex-Partner: Arissa Wolf (resulting in daughter Savannah Seagal)
  • Steven Hill
    Steven Hill
    …DIED age 94 (2016)—Cancer
    • Faith: Judaism (Orthodox)
    • Birth name: Solomon Krakovsky
    • Wife: Rachel Schenker
    • Ex-Wife: Selma Stern
  • Stockard Channing. From photo by Sean Koo. License: CC BY 2.0
    Stockard Channing

    • Faith: Unknown, raised in Roman Catholicism
    • Birth name: Susan Williams Antonia Stockard
    • Partner: Daniel Gillam (cinematographer, died 2014)
    • Ex-Husbands:
    —Walter Channing Jr.
    —Paul Schmidt
    —David Debin (writer, producer)
    —David Rawle


  • Susan Sarandon

    • Faith: apparently Secularism, raised in Roman Catholicism and graduate of Catholic University of America
    • Worldview: Socialism, Bisexualism
    • Birth name: Susan Abigail Tomalin
    • Ex-Husband: Chris Sarandon (actor)
    • Ex-Partners:
    Tim Robbins
    —Franco Amurri
    —Jonathan Bricklin
    Sean Penn

  • Stuart Whitman
    Stuart Whitman
    …DIED age 92 (2020)—Skin cancer
    • Faith: Unknown, of Ashkenazi Jewish descent
    • Birth name: Stuart Maxwell Whitman
    • Wife: Julia Paradiz
    • Ex-Wives:
    —Patricia LaLonde
    —Caroline Boubis

  • Sydney Sweeney
    Sydney Sweeney

    • Faith: Unknown; She says that she has a “religious family”
    • Worldview: Republican
    • Birth name: Sydney Bernice Sweeney (born in Spokane, Washington, USA)
    • Ex-Fiancé: Jonathan Davino (businessman)
  • Sylvester Stallone
    Sylvester Stallone

    • Faith: Christianity (non-affiliated), ex-Catholic
    • Worldview: Conservative-leaning
    • Birth name: Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (born in New York City)
    • aka Sylvester Enzio Stallone
    • Children: 5
    • Brother: Frank Stallone Jr. (actor, musician)
    • Wife: Jennifer Flavin (resulting in daughters Sophia Stallone, Sistine Stallone, and Scarlet Stallone)
    • Ex-Wives:
    —Sasha Czack (resulting in sons Sage Moonblood Stallone and Seargeoh Stallone)
    —Brigitte Nielsen

    • Ex-Partners/Fiancées:
    —Janice Dickinson
    —Angie Everhart (model)