1,365 Popular Actors

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  Val Kilmer …DIED age 65 (2025)—Pneumonia, with secondary causes of acute hypoxemic respiratory failure, chronic respiratory failure, squamous cell carcinoma on the base of his tongue, malnutrition and a tracheocutaneous fistula
  • Faith: Christian Scienticism (devout); apparently rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the end
  • Birth name: Val Edward Kilmer
  • Children: 2
  • Ex-Wife: Joanne Whalley (resulting in daughter Mercedes Kilmer and son Jack Kilmer)
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Cher
  —Daryl Hannah
  —Angelina Jolie
  —Cindy Crawford
  —and others
  
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  Vanessa Ferlito
  • Children: 1 (son Vince Ferlito)
  
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  Vanessa Hudgens
  • Faith: Christianity (Protestant, Hillsong Church in Los Angeles), ex-Catholic
  • Children: 2
  • Husband: Cole Tucker (resulting in a son and another child on the way)
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Zac Efron
  —Austin Butler (actor)
  
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  Vanessa Redgrave
  • aka Dame Vanessa Redgrave
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Worldview: Leftism (activist)
  • Born in London, England
  • Children: 3
  • Father: Sir Michael Redgrave (English actor and filmmaker)
  • Mother: Rachel Kempson (English actress)
  • Brother: Corin Redgrave (actor)
  • Sister: Lynn Redgrave (actress)
  • Husband: Franco Nero (resulting in son Carlo Gabriel Nero, screenwriter, director, producer)
  • Ex-Husband: Tony Richardson (director, producer, resulting in daughters Natasha Richardson and Joely Richardson)
  • Ex-Partner: Timothy Dalton
  
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  Vanessa Williams
  • Faith: Liberal Christianity (Roman Catholicism), raised Catholic
  • Worldview: LGBT rights and same sex marriage supporter
  • Birth name: Vanessa Lynn Williams
  • Brother: Chris Williams (actor)
  • Children: 4
  • Husband: Jim Skrip
  • Ex-Husbands:
  —Ramon Hervey II (resulting in daughters Melanie Hervey and Jillian Hervey, and son Devin Hervey)
  —Rick Fox (resulting in daughter Sasha Gabriella Fox)
  —Jim Skrip
  • Ex-Partner: unnamed man (resulting in an abortion)
  
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  Vera Farmiga
  • Faith: Christianity (Protestant nondenominational), raised in Pentecostalism, ex-Catholic
  • Birth name: Vera Ann Farmiga (born in Clifton, New Jersey)
  • Children: 2
  • Sister: Taissa Farmiga (actress)
  • Husband: Renn Hawkey (musician, producer, actor, resulting in son Fynn Hawkey and daughter Gytta Hawkey)
  • Ex-Husband: Sebastian Roché (actor)
  
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  Victor Garber
  • Faith: Secularism
  • Worldview: Liberalism, Homosexualism
  • Birth name: Victor Joseph Garber
  • Children: none
  • Spouse: Rainer Andreesen (male)
  
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  Viggo Mortensen
  • Faith: Agnosticism
  • Worldview: Socialism (activist), Environmentalism
  • Birth name: Viggo Peter Mortensen Jr.
  • Children: 1
  • Partner: Ariadna Gil (actress)
  • Ex-Wife: Exene Cervenka (singer, resulting in son Henry)
  
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  Vin Diesel
  • Faith: Secularism
  • Birth name: Mark Sinclair Vincent
  • Children: 3
  • Partner: Paloma Jimenez (model, resulting in daughters Hania Riley Sinclair and Pauline Sinclair, and son Vincent Sinclair)
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Karrine Steffans
  —Samantha Phillips
  —Elisa Jordana (musician)
  —and others
  
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  Vince Vaughn
  • Faith: Secularism, raised both Protestant and Catholic
  • Worldview: Libertarianism; “I’m very supportive of Ron Paul… As you get older… you just get less trust in the government running anything. If you look at the Constitution and the principles of liberty, the real purpose of government is to protect the individual’s right.”
  • Birth name: Vincent Anthony Vaughn
  • Children: 2
  • Wife: Kyla Weber (resulting in daughter Locklyn Kyla Vaughn and son Vernon Lindsay Vaughn)
  
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  Vincent Cassel
  • Faith: Secularism, has said “I’m totally secular myself… I essentially believe in God in a certain sense, but I’m not a Catholic or Jewish or Muslim. I’m without a religion.”
  • Birth name: Vincent Crochon
  • Children: 4
  • Father: Jean-Pierre Cassel (actor, dancer)
  • Brother: Mathias Crochon (producer, director, rapper)
  • Half-Sister: Cécile Cassel (aka Cécile Crochon, actress, singer)
  • Partner: Narah Baptista (model, resulting in son Caetano)
  • Wife (seperated 2023): Tina Kunakey (resulting in daughter Amazonie)
  • Ex-Wife: Monica Bellucci (resulting in daughters Deva and Léonie)
  
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  Vincent D'Onofrio
  • Birth name: Vincent Philip D'Onofrio
  • Children: 3
  • Ex-Wife: Carin van der Donk (model, resulting in sons Elias and Luka)
  • Ex-Partner: Greta Scacchi (actress, resulting in daughter Leila George)
  
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  Ving Rhames
  • Faith: Jesus Christ—“God is the foundation of my life… I allow God to guide me… God knows what is better for me than I do” / He credits his strong religious faith as a key to his success.
  • Birth name: Irving Rameses Rhames
  • Children: 3
  • Wife: Deborah Reed (resulting in daughter Reign Beau Rhames, son Freedom Rhames, and step-daughter Tiffany)
  • Ex-Wife: Valerie Scott (former movie publicist)
  
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  Viola Davis
  • Faith: Liberal Christianity (Protestant)
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism
  • Children: 1
  • Husband: Julius Tennon (actor, resulting in adopted daughter Genesis)
  
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  Virginia Madsen
  • Birth name: Virginia Gayle Madsen
  • Children: 1
  • Mother: Elaine Melson (Emmy-winning filmmaker, author)
  • Brother: Michael Madsen
  • Husband: Nick Holmes
  • Ex-Husband: Danny Huston
  • Ex-Partner: Antonio Sabàto Jr. (resulting in a son)
  
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  Vivien Leigh …DIED age 53 (1967)—Chronic tuberculosis
  • aka Lady Olivier
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Birth name: Vivian Mary Hartley
  • Children: 1
  • Partner: John Merivale (actor)
  • Ex-Husbands:
  —Herbert Leigh Holman (resulting in daughter Suzanne Farrington)
  —Laurence Olivier (relationship began in adultery)
  • Ex-Partner: Warren Beatty