CLEVELAND, Ohio – Awards season is underway and we’re taking a closer look at Hollywood in its honor. Last week we took a look at some of the famous actresses who were born in Ohio. This week we turn our attention from the leading ladies to the gentlemen.
Stacker.com compiled a list of actors who were born in the Buckeye State from IMDb’s most popular list. Keep reading to see which of your favorite stars are from the Ohio. From Hollywood legends like Paul Newman and Clark Gable to Martin Sheen and Ed O’Neil’s recognizable faces, check out 45 of the most notable actors born in Ohio.
Actor Joel Grey attends the 25th anniversary of the Broadway musical “Chicago” at the Ambassador Theatre on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)Andy Kropa/Invision/AP
Joel Grey
Born: Cleveland, Ohio (4/11/1932)
Known for:— Master of Ceremonies in “Cabaret” (1972)— Chiun in “Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins” (1985)— Oldrich Novy in “Dancer in the Dark” (2000)
Luke Grimes
Born: Dayton, Ohio (1/21/1984)
Known for:— Elliot Grey in “Fifty Shades of Grey” (2015)— Marc Lee in “American Sniper” (2014)— Jake in “All the Boys Love Mandy Lane” (2006)
Clancy Brown
Born: Urbana, Ohio (1/5/1959)
Known for:— Captain Hadley in “The Shawshank Redemption” (1994)— Sgt. Zim in “Starship Troopers” (1997)— Alan Smith in “A Nightmare on Elm Street” (2010)
Alan Ruck
Born: Cleveland, Ohio (7/1/1956)
Known for:— Robert ‘Rabbit’ Nurick in “Twister” (1996)— Stephens in “Speed” (1994)— Cameron Frye in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” (1986)
Ted Levine
Born: Bellaire, Ohio (5/29/1957)
Known for:— Jame Gumb in “The Silence of the Lambs” (1991)— Warden in “Shutter Island” (2010)— General McGrath in “Wild Wild West” (1999)
Actor Tom Cruise, right, poses backstage with co-star Paul Newman, who holds the Oscar he received for the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, at the 66th annual Academy Awards show at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, Calif., March 21, 1994. (AP Photo/Douglas Pizac)ASSOCIATED PRESS
Paul Newman
Born: Shaker Heights, Ohio (1/26/1925)
Died: 9/26/2008
Known for:— Eddie Felson in “The Hustler” (1961)— John Rooney in “Road to Perdition” (2002)— Luke in “Cool Hand Luke” (1967)
Luke Kleintank
Born: Ohio (5/18/1990)
Known for:— Joe Blake in “The Man in the High Castle” (2015-2018)— Clarence Dickinson in “Midway” (2019)— Caleb Phipps in “Person of Interest” (2013-2015)
Ed O’Neill
Born: Youngstown, Ohio (4/12/1946)
Known for:— Al Bundy in “Married… with Children” (1987-1997)— Hank in “Finding Dory” (2016)— Mr. Litwak in “Wreck-It Ralph” (2012)
Tanner Buchanan
Born: Lima, Ohio (12/8/1998)
Known for:— Leo Kirkman in “Designated Survivor” (2016-2018)— Connor Lawson in “Max Winslow and the House of Secrets” (2019)— Jack Downey in “The Fosters” (2016)
Jim Cummings
Born: Youngstown, Ohio (11/3/1952)
Known for:— Winnie the Pooh in “Winnie the Pooh” (2011)— Winnie the Pooh in “Christopher Robin” (2018)— Ray in “The Princess and the Frog” (2009)
Martin Sheen attends the 2018 Santa Barbara International Film Festival opening night fIlm premiere “The Public” on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018, in Santa Barbara, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP
Martin Sheen
Born: Dayton, Ohio (8/3/1940)
Known for:— Queenan in “The Departed” (2006)— Captain Benjamin L. Willard in “Apocalypse Now” (1979)— Kit in “Badlands” (1973)
Will Ryan
Born: Cleveland, Ohio (5/21/1949)
Died: 11/19/2021
Known for:— Petrie in “The Land Before Time” (1988)— Digit in “An American Tail” (1986)— Seahorse in “The Little Mermaid” (1989)
Stephen Geoffreys
Born: Cincinnati, Ohio (11/22/1964)
Known for:— Evil Ed in “Fright Night” (1985)— Aggie in “At Close Range” (1986)— Cookie in “Moon 44″ (1990)
Robert Knepper
Born: Fremont, Ohio (7/8/1959)
Known for:— Theodore ‘T-Bag’ Bagwell in “Prison Break” (2005-2017)— Johnson in “Transporter 3″ (2008)— Yuri Marklov in “Hitman” (2007)
Perry King
Born: Alliance, Ohio (4/30/1948)
Known for:— President Blake in “The Day After Tomorrow” (2004)— Andrew Norris in “Class of 1984″ (1982)— Hammond Maxwell in “Mandingo” (1975)
FILE – In this Jan. 26, 2011 file photo, actor Luke Perry poses for a portrait in New York. Perry, who gained instant heartthrob status as wealthy rebel Dylan McKay on “Beverly Hills, 90210,” died Monday, March 4, 2019, after suffering a massive stroke, his publicist said. He was 52. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen, File)AP
Luke Perry
Born: Mansfield, Ohio (10/11/1966)
Died: 3/4/2019- Known for:— Dylan McKay in “Beverly Hills, 90210″ (1990-2000)— Billy in “The Fifth Element” (1997)— Pike in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (1992)
Yuri Lowenthal
Born: Alliance, Ohio (3/5/1971)
Known for:— Peter Parker in “Spider-Man” (2018)— Ben Tennyson in “Ben 10: Omniverse” (2012-2014)— Adam in “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe” (2021)
Matt Lanter
Born: Massillon, Ohio (4/1/1983)
Known for:— Will in “Disaster Movie” (2008)— Anakin Skywalker in “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” (2008)— Edward Sullen in “Vampires Suck” (2010)
Rich Sommer
Born: Toledo, Ohio (2/2/1978)
Known for:— Michael Vaughn in “A Crooked Somebody” (2017)— Dean in “In the Dark” (2019-2020)— Harry Crane in “Mad Men” (2007-2015)
Aaron O’Connell
Born: Dayton, Ohio (4/8/1986)
Known for:— Wyatt Cryer in “The Haves and the Have Nots” (2013-2021)— Donovan Goodwin in “With Love, Christmas” (2017)— Ellis in “Black Water” (2018)
Fred Willard poses in the pressroom at the 42nd annual Daytime Emmy Awards at Warner Bros. Studios on Sunday, April 26, 2015, in Burbank, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP
Fred Willard
Born: Shaker Heights, Ohio (9/18/1933)
Died: 5/15/2020
Known for:— Buck Laughlin in “Best in Show” (2000)— Mike LaFontaine in “A Mighty Wind” (2003)— Ed Harken in “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy” (2004
Justin Chambers
Born: Springfield, Ohio (7/11/1970)
Known for:— Dr. Alex Karev in “Grey’s Anatomy” (2005-2021)— Massimo in “The Wedding Planner” (2001)— D’Artagnan in “The Musketeer” (2001)
Josh Radnor
Born: Columbus, Ohio (7/29/1974)
Known for:— Jesse Fisher in “Liberal Arts” (2012)— Sam Wexler in “Happythankyoumoreplease” (2010)— Ted Mosby in “How I Met Your Mother” (2005-2014)
Mark Boone Junior
Born: Cincinnati, Ohio (3/17/1955)
Known for:— Burt in “Memento” (2000)— Flass in “Batman Begins” (2005)— Beau Brower in “30 Days of Night” (2007)
Charles Michael Davis
Born: Dayton, Ohio (12/1/1984)
Known for:— Marcel Gerard in “The Originals” (2013-2018)— Marcel Gerard in “The Vampire Diaries” (2013)— Dr. Jason Myers in “Grey’s Anatomy” (2013)
Four arch villains of the motion picture and television series, ” Batman” are joined by a fifth bad guy, at least in the eyes of Los Angeles basketball fans, coach Arnold “Red” Auerbach of the World Champion Boston Celtics in Los Angeles, April 26, 1966. Giving the basketball their joint evil eye on the eve of the Lakers-Celtics championship game are Frank Gorshin, the Riddler, Lee Meriwether, Cat Woman, Auerbach, Burgess Meredith, the Penguin and Cesar Romero the Joker. They conjured up their deviltry on the “Batman” set at 20th Century Fox Studios. (AP Photo)AP
Burgess Meredith
Born: Cleveland, Ohio (11/16/1907)
Died: 9/9/1997
Known for:— Ammon in “Clash of the Titans” (1981)— Mickey in “Rocky” (1976)— Mickey Goldmill in “Rocky III” (1982)
Jason Dohring
Born: Ohio (3/30/1982)
Known for:— Logan Echolls in “Veronica Mars” (2014)— Jason in “Deep Impact” (1998)— Logan Echolls in “Veronica Mars” (2004-2019)
John Magaro
Born: Akron, Ohio (2/16/1983)
Known for:— Charlie Geller in “The Big Short” (2015)— Dannie McElroy in “Carol” (2015)— Cookie in “First Cow” (2019)
Brian Stepanek
Born: Cleveland, Ohio (2/6/1971)
Known for:— Tom Harper in “Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn” (2014-2018)— Mr. Givens in “Young Sheldon” (2017-2021)— Arwin in “The Suite Life of Zack & Cody” (2005-2008)
Nick Gehlfuss
Born: Clevland, Ohio (1/21/1985)
Known for:— Bruce Johnston in “Love & Mercy” (2014)— Jack Hughes in “Person of Interest” (2012)— Will Halstead in “Chicago Med” (2015-2021)
Clasping his hands comfortable across his stomach, Capt. Clark Gable, the erstwhile movie star, faced the press in the Pentagon building in Virginia on Oct. 27, 1943, safe for the moment from the surging girls and women in the corridors outside. The war department would not allow pictures of him as he passed through the admiring women workers of the Pentagon going to and retuning from the press conference. (AP Photo)ASSOCIATED PRESS
Clark Gable
Born: Cadiz, Ohio (2/1/1901)
Died: 11/16/1960
Known for:— Peter Warne in “It Happened One Night” (1934)— Rhett Butler – Visitor from Charleston in “Gone with the Wind” (1939)— Christian in “Mutiny on the Bounty” (1935)
Gary Sandy
Born: Dayton, Ohio (12/25/1945)
Known for:— Andy Travis in “WKRP in Cincinnati” (1978-1982)— Lawyer (Sandefur’s) in “The Insider” (1999)— Terrence Kelley in “The Young and the Restless” (2001)
Philip Baker Hall
Born: Toledo, Ohio (9/10/1931)
Known for:— Jimmy Gator in “Magnolia” (1999)— Floyd Gondolli in “Boogie Nights” (1997)— Sydney in “Hard Eight” (1996)
George Chakiris
Born: Norwood, Ohio (9/16/1934)
Known for:— Bernardo in “West Side Story” (1961)— Etienne in “The Young Girls of Rochefort” (1967)— Johnny Allen in “The Big Cube” (1969)
Austin Pendleton
Born: Warren, Ohio (3/27/1940)
Known for:— Howard Marner in “Short Circuit” (1986)— John Gibbons in “My Cousin Vinny” (1992)— Max in “The Muppet Movie” (1979)
Ray Wise and Angell Conwell pose for a photo at “The Young and the Restless” 41st Anniversary, on Tuesday, March 25, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Tonya Wise/Invision/AP)Tonya Wise/Invision/AP
Ray Wise
Born: Akron, Ohio (8/20/1947)
Known for:— Commissioner Gordon in “Batman: The Killing Joke” (2016)— Frank Harrington in “Dead End” (2003)— Jack Taggart Sr. in “Jeepers Creepers 2″ (2003)
Brant Daugherty
Born: Mason, Ohio (8/20/1985)
Known for:— Sawyer in “Fifty Shades Freed” (2018)— Noel Kahn in “Pretty Little Liars” (2010-2016)— Thane Lockwood in “Dear White People” (2017)
Matt McCoy
Born: Cincinnati, Ohio (5/20/1956)
Known for:— Michael in “The Hand that Rocks the Cradle” (1992)— Dr. Daniel Nadler in “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” (2018)— Pete Monahan in “Silicon Valley” (2015-2017)
Dean Jagger
Born: Columbus Grove, Ohio (11/7/1903)
Died: 2/5/1991
Known for:— Major General Thomas F. Waverly in “White Christmas” (1954)— Major Stovall in “Twelve O’Clock High” (1949)— Prospector in “Vanishing Point” (1971)
Rob Mayes
Born: Cleveland, Ohio (11/17/1984)
Known for:— John in “John Dies at the End” (2012)— Marc Nickleby in “Mistresses” (2015-2016)— Matthew Blackwood in “Burning Blue” (2013)
Tyrone Power
Born: Cincinnati, Ohio (5/5/1914)
Died: 11/15/1958
Known for:— Leonard Vole in “Witness for the Prosecution” (1957)— Tim Baker in “A Yank in the R.A.F.” (1941)— Tom Owens in “Rawhide” (1951)
FILE – In this Jan. 22, 2008, file photo actor Hal Holbrook poses for a photograph in New York. The Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum in Hannibal, Mo., announced Wednesday, May 16, 2012, that Holbrook is the first-ever recipient of the Mark Twain Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognizes someone whose life’s work has furthered the legacy of Mark Twain. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)AP
Hal Holbrook
Born: Cleveland, Ohio (2/17/1925)
Died: 1/23/2021
Known for:— Ron Franz in “Into the Wild” (2007)— Preston Blair in “Lincoln” (2012)— Deep Throat in “All the President’s Men” (1976)
Eddie McClintock
Born: North Canton, Ohio (5/27/1967)
Known for:— Michael in “The Sweetest Thing” (2002)— Pete Lattimer in “Warehouse 13″ (2009-2014)— Colonel James Harper in “Supergirl” (2016)
Eric Lange
Born: Hamilton, Ohio (2/19/1973)
Known for:— Lyle Mitchell in “Escape at Dannemora” (2018)— Bill Stechner in “Narcos” (2016-2017)— Stuart Radzinsky in “Lost” (2009)
Robert Urich
Born: Toronto, Ohio (12/19/1946)
Died: 4/16/2002
Known for:— Grimes in “Magnum Force” (1973)— Jake Spoon in “Lonesome Dove” (1989)— Jason in “The Ice Pirates” (1984)