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Albert Brooks (born Albert Lawrence Einstein July 22, 1947) is an American actor and filmmaker. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for 1987s Broadcast News and was widely praised for his performance as a ruthless Jewish mobster in the 2011 action drama film Drive. Brooks has also played in Taxi Driver (1976), Private ... ... ( read more! ) Ellen DeGeneres is an American stand-up comic, television host, and actress. She hosts the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and was also a judge on American Idol for one year, having joined the show in its ninth season.DeGeneres has hosted both the Academy Awards and the Primetime Emmys. As a film actress, she starred in Mr. Wrong, ap ... ... ( read more! ) ... William James "Willem" Dafoe (dfod-FOH or defo DAY-foh born July 22, 1955) is an American actor. Known for his prolific career portraying diverse roles in both mainstream and arthouse films, he is the recipient of various accolades, including the Volpi Cup for Best Actor as well as nominations for four Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, four Golden Glo ... ... ( read more! ) Brad Garrett (born April 14, 1960) is an American actor, voice actor, and stand-up comedian. He is best known for Everybody Loves Raymond and Til Death. ... ... ( read more! ) Allison Brooks Janney (born November 19, 1959) is an American actress. In a career spanning three decades, she is known for her performances across multiple genres of screen and stage. Janney has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and seven Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition t ... ... ( read more! ) Austin Campbell Pendleton (born March 27, 1940) is an American actor, playwright, theatre director, and instructor.Pendleton is known as a prolific character actor on the stage and screen, whose six-decade career has included roles in films including Catch-22 (1970) Whats Up, Doc (1972) The Front Page (1974) The Muppet Movie (1979), Short Circuit ( ... ... ( read more! ) Stephen Root(born November 17, 1951) is an American actor. He has starred as Jimmy James on theNBCsitcomNewsRadio(19951999), as Milton Waddams in the filmOffice Space(1999), and voicedBill DauteriveandBuck Stricklandon the animated seriesKing of the Hill(19972010, 2025present).Root has appeared in numerousCoen brothers films, includingO Brother, Wh ... ... ( read more! ) ... Joseph Henry Ranft (March 13, 1960 August 16, 2005) was an American screenwriter, animator, storyboard artist and voice actor, who worked for Pixar Animation Studios and Disney at Walt Disney Animation Studios and Disney Television Animation. His younger brother Jerome Ranft is a sculptor who also worked on several Pixar films.Joe Ranft, ... ... ( read more! ) Geoffrey Roy Rush AC (born 6 July 1951) is an Australian actor. He is known for his eccentric leading man roles on stage and screen. He is among 24 people who have won the Triple Crown of Acting, having received an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Tony Award. He also received three British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, an ... ... ( read more! ) Andrew Stanton (born December 3, 1965) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and occasional voice actor based at Pixar Animation Studios. His film work includes writing and directing Finding Nemo and WALL-E both films earned him the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.Andrew Stanton, ... ... ( read more! ) Elizabeth Ann Perkins (born November 18, 1960) is an American actress. Her film roles have included About Last Night (1986), Big (1988), Avalon (1990), and He Said, She Said (1991), The Flintstones (1994), Miracle on 34th Street (1994), and her brief voice role as Coral in the DisneyPixar animated film Finding Nemo (2003). She is also well known fo ... ... ( read more! ) ... Robert "Bob" Peterson (born January 1961) is an American animator, screenwriter, director and voice actor, who has worked for Pixar since 1994. His first job was working as a layout artist and animator on Toy Story. He was nominated for an Oscar for his screenplay for Finding Nemo. Petersonis a co-director and the writer of Up, which gained him his ... ... ( read more! )