Following is a list of major or supporting actors from Michigan:
A–E
Tim Allen, actor known for sitcom Home Improvement and Disney films such as The Santa Clause and Toy Story (born in Denver, raised in Birmingham) Maureen Anderman, actress (born in Detroit) Gillian Anderson, actress known for television series The X-Files and Hannibal (born in Chicago, moved to Grand Rapids) Curtis Armstrong, actor known for Revenge of the Nerds films, TV series Moonlighting (born in Detroit; raised in Berkley) Robert Armstrong, remembered for quote "'Twas beauty killed the beast" at end of King Kong (1933) (born in Saginaw) Stephanie Bachelor, actress in films like Secrets of Scotland Yard and Lake Placid Serenade (born in Detroit) Kirk Baily, actor known for Salute Your Shorts (raised in Adrian) Justin Bartha, actor known for films National Treasure and Gigli (raised in West Bloomfield) Bob Bell, television's Bozo the Clown (born in Flint) Kristen Bell, actress known for title role in TV series Veronica Mars and films like Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Frozen (born in Huntington Woods) Elizabeth Berkley, television (Saved by the Bell) and film actress (born in Farmington Hills) Big Sean (Sean Anderson), rapper (born in California, raised in Detroit) Selma Blair, television (Anger Management) and film actress (born in Southfield) Cheryl Blaylock, puppeteer known for title role on Nickelodeon's Eureeka's Castle (born and raised in Kalamazoo) Mary Boland, actress known for films like The Women and Pride and Prejudice (born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Sonny Bono, actor, singer, songwriter and politician, known for Sonny and Cher music and TV series (born in Detroit) Daniel Booko, actor (born in Three Rivers) Megan Boone, actress known for TV series The Blacklist (born in Petoskey) Lynn Borden, actress on Hazel and the film Frogs; Miss Arizona in 1957 (born in Detroit) Willis Bouchey, actor (born in Vernon) Betsy Brandt, actress, Marie Schrader on Breaking Bad (born in Bay City) Christie Brinkley, model and actress (born in Monroe) Olivia Brown, actress (born in Frankfurt, West Germany and raised in Livonia, Michigan) Sophina Brown, actress, known as Nikki Betancourt on Numb3rs and Raina Troy on Shark (born in Saginaw) Ellen Burstyn, actress, Academy Award winner and four-time nominee, known for The Exorcist, also Tony Award winner (born in Detroit) David Burtka, stage and television actor (born in Livonia, raised in Canton) Tony Burton, actor, "Duke" Evers from Rocky films (born in Flint) Timothy Busfield, director and Emmy Award-winning actor, known for films (Field of Dreams) and the television series thirtysomething and The West Wing (born in East Lansing) James Caan, actor known for The Godfather and other films (attended Michigan State University) Dean Cain, actor known for playing Superman on TV series Lois & Clark (born in Mount Clemens) James Callahan, actor, Charles in Charge (born in Grand Rapids) Bruce Campbell, actor, writer known for The Evil Dead film series, and Hercules, Xena: Warrior Princess and Burn Notice television series (born in Royal Oak; raised in Birmingham) Larry Joe Campbell, actor known for role as "Andy" on ABC sitcom According to Jim (born in Cadillac) Mandalynn Carlson, actress known for film Machine Gun Preacher (born in Detroit and raised in Taylor) Horace B. Carpenter, actor of silent films (born in Grand Rapids) Sharon Case, actress known for The Young and the Restless (born in Detroit) Seymour Cassel, actor known for many John Cassavetes films (born in Detroit) Jessica Cauffiel, actress, known as Margot in film Legally Blonde and its sequel (born in Detroit) Riley Chamberlin, actor of silent films (born in Grand Rapids) Rex Cherryman, actor of silent films (born in Grand Rapids) Scarlett Chorvat, actress (born in Slovakia; raised in Detroit) Carol Christensen, actress and model (born in Detroit) Garrett Clayton, actor, "Tanner" in Disney Channel's Teen Beach Movie and sequel (born in Dearborn) Dave Coulier, actor known for role as "Joey" in television series Full House (born in Detroit) Wally Cox, film and television actor, The Bedford Incident, Mister Peepers, voice of Underdog (born in Detroit) Terry Crews, actor known for films like The Expendables, football player for Green Bay Packers (born in Flint) Vondie Curtis-Hall, actor, director, known for role as Dr. Hancock in Chicago Hope (born in Detroit) Jeff Daniels, actor and musician, known for films like Terms of Endearment, Dumb and Dumber, The Martian and TV's The Newsroom (born in Athens, Georgia, raised in Michigan, resident of Chelsea) Cynthia Darlow, actress, played various roles on PBS's Square One TV (born in Detroit) Jeremy Davies, actor, known as Daniel Faraday on Lost (born in Traverse City) Pam Dawber, actress known as "Mindy" on ABC's Mork & Mindy, wife of Mark Harmon (born in Farmington Hills) Jude Demorest, actress, singer, and songwriter, known for her role as the titular character on FOX's STAR Johnny Desmond, actor and singer (born in Detroit) Ryan Destiny, actress and singer, known as Alex on FOX's STAR series Seamus Dever, actor known as Detective Kevin Ryan on Castle and Dr. Ian Devlin on General Hospital (born in Flint) Susan Diol, actress (born in Marquette) Doris Dowling, actress, The Lost Weekend, The Blue Dahlia (born in Detroit) James Duval, actor, Donnie Darko and Independence Day (born in Detroit, raised in Los Angeles) Colin Egglesfield, actor, known as Josh Madden on All My Children and Auggie Kirkpatrick on Melrose Place (born in Farmington Hills) Dana Elcar, film, stage and television actor known for The Sting and TV series MacGyver (born in Ferndale) Patricia Ellis, film actress of 1930s, The Case of the Lucky Legs, Elmer, the Great (born in Birmingham) Eminem (Marshall Mathers III), rapper and actor, star of 8 Mile (born in Saint Joseph, Missouri, raised in Warren) Jean Engstrom, actress (born in Detroit, raised in Augusta and Battle Creek) Venida Evans, actress (born in Ypsilanti; raised in Detroit) Chad Everett, actor, star of TV series Medical Center and films such as The Singing Nun, Airplane II: The Sequel and Psycho (born in South Bend, Indiana, raised in Dearborn)
F–K
Jack Falahee, actor, Connor Walsh on How to Get Away with Murder (born in Ann Arbor) Paul Feig, actor, writer, and director, Mr. Pool on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (born in Royal Oak) Sherilyn Fenn, actress known as Audrey Horne on the television series Twin Peaks and for such films as Boxing Helena (born in Detroit) Audrey Ferris, actress from silent-film era (born in Detroit) Dann Florek, actor known as Captain Donald Cragen on Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (born in Flat Rock) Nicole Forester, actress, Cassie Winslow on Guiding Light (born in Ann Arbor) Sutton Foster, Tony Award-winning stage actress (raised in Troy) Max Gail, actor known as Detective Wojciehowicz on Barney Miller (born in Detroit, raised in Grosse Ile) Jennifer Gan, stage and film actress (born in Detroit) Christopher George, actor, Sgt. Sam Troy on The Rat Patrol, films like El Dorado and Grizzly (born in Royal Oak) Matthew Glave, actor, known as Dr. Dale Edson in ER (born in Saginaw) Reagan Gomez-Preston, actress, Zaria Peterson on The Parent 'Hood and voice of Roberta Tubbs on The Cleveland Show (born in Detroit) Faye Grant, actress, State of Grace, The Greatest American Hero, and V: The Series (born in St. Clair Shores) Judy Greer, actress, Kitty Sanchez on Arrested Development and voice of Cheryl on Archer (born in Livonia) David Alan Grier, comedian and actor known for In Living Color and films like Jumanji, McHale's Navy and Boomerang (born in Flint) Nick Griffin, comedian and writer (from Detroit) Norman H. Hackett, Canadian-born stage actor, raised and died in Detroit Stacy Haiduk, actress, Lana Lang on Superboy television series (born in Grand Rapids) Elisabeth Harnois, actress, Morgan Brody on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Alice on Adventures in Wonderland (born in Detroit) Julie Harris, actress, recipient of more Tony Award nominations (ten) and wins (five) than any other performer, Academy Award nominee (born in Grosse Pointe Park) Don Harvey, actor in films like Casualties of War and Eight Men Out (born in St. Clair Shores) Daniel Henney, actor, Agent Zero in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (born in Carson City) Jeff Hephner, actor, Matt Ramsey on The O.C. (born in Sand Creek) Edward Herrmann, Emmy Award-winning actor, known for films and as Richard Gilmore on Gilmore Girls (raised in Grosse Pointe) Charlton Heston, Oscar-winning actor known for films such as The Ten Commandments and Ben-Hur (raised in St. Helen) Gil Hill, actor and former police officer known for role in Beverly Hills Cop films (lived in Detroit) Verna Hillie, actress, co-star of John Wayne westerns (born in Hancock) John Hodiak, actor, known for films like Lifeboat and The Bribe (born in Pittsburgh, raised in Hamtramck) Phillips Holmes, actor, known for films like The Criminal Code and Great Expectations (born in Grand Rapids) Telma Hopkins, singer and actress in sitcom roles on Bosom Buddies, Gimme a Break!, and Half & Half (raised in Highland Park) Ernie Hudson, actor known for his role in Ghostbusters (born in Benton Harbor) Tom Hulce, actor, Academy Award for Best Actor nominee for Amadeus, Tony Award nominee for play A Few Good Men (born in Detroit - although some sources cite his birthplace as Whitewater, Wisconsin - raised in Plymouth) Kim Hunter, actress, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress winner for the film A Streetcar Named Desire (born in Detroit) Betty Hutton, actress and singer who starred in Annie Get Your Gun and Oscar-winning film The Greatest Show on Earth (born in Battle Creek) Marion Hutton, actress and singer, sister of Betty Hutton (born in Arkansas, raised in Battle Creek) Laura Innes, television director and actress on ER television series (born in Pontiac) Brandon T. Jackson, actor and stand-up comedian, Alpa Chino in Tropic Thunder (born in Detroit and raised in West Bloomfield) Brian d'Arcy James, Broadway actor and musician, featured in NBC series Smash (born in Saginaw) Ken Jeong, actor and comedian, Leslie Chow in The Hangover and Ben in TV series Community (born in Detroit) Arte Johnson, actor and comedian, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (born in Benton Harbor) James Earl Jones, actor known for films such as The Great White Hope and Field of Dreams plus his voice roles of Darth Vader in the Star Wars film series and Mufasa in The Lion King (born in Mississippi); raised from age five in Norman Township John Marshall Jones, actor, Floyd Henderson on Smart Guy and Mr. Stockley on The Troop (born in Detroit) Walter Jones, actor, Zack Taylor, original Black Ranger from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (born in Detroit) Ella Joyce, stage actress (born in Chicago, Illinois; raised in Detroit) Matt Keeslar, actor, star of ABC Family's The Middleman (born in Grand Rapids) Brian Kelly, actor in TV series Flipper (born in Detroit) David Patrick Kelly, actor known for film The Warriors (born in Detroit) Page Kennedy, actor, known as drug dealer U-Turn on Weeds (born in Wyandotte) Phyllis Kennedy, actress from 1930s films such as Stage Door (born in Detroit) Carrie Keranen, voice actress for anime and video games (born in Oak Park) Keegan-Michael Key, comedic actor known for his various roles in MADtv and Key & Peele (born in Southfield and raised in Detroit) Richard Kiel, actor known for his role as Jaws in James Bond movies The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker (born in Detroit) James Kirkwood Sr., actor and director of silent films (born in Grand Rapids) Martin Klebba, actor/stuntman, Marty in Pirates of the Caribbean films and in reality show Little People, Big World (born in Troy)