1. Will Smith
What hasn't Will Smith
done? Before bursting onto the scene as the Fresh Prince, he
grew up in Philadelphia and eventually partnered up with his
future musical and business partner, Jeff Townes, better known
as DJ Jazzy Jeff.
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2. Tom Cruise
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV was born on
the 3rd of July, 1962 (eerily similar to his film Born on
the 4th of July), in Syracuse, New York. He was the only boy
of four children. Since his father was an electrical engineer,
he must have inherited his love for acting from his mother,
who was a teacher.
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3. Brad Pitt
Maybe no one
in the history of film has elicited so many women in interviews
to say "I'd only do a nude scene with Brad Pitt".
Even added to that desire is the fact that many of Brad Pitt's
co-stars have dated the man voted in People Magazine as the
Sexiest Man Alive in 1994.
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4. Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo DiCaprio
was twice voted one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world
by People magazine in 1997 and 1998. He is a talented actor
who loves to imitate the people he meets and was once quoted
as saying of himself, "The best thing about acting is that
I get to lose myself in another character and actually get paid
for it.
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5. Jack Black
People have the wrong idea about Jack Black. They see him as a comedian struggling to make it in a serious thespian world, a fledgling Jim Carrey or Robin Williams. But look a little closer. Both Carrey and Williams, like any number of comics-turned-actors, first brought their practiced comic personalities to the screen and then attempted to expand into "proper" acting.
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6. Tom Hanks
Hanks
says that by the time he turned 10, he already had "three
mothers, five grammar schools and 10 houses"; nevertheless,
he hates it when the news media say he came from a broken
home, because he feels he and his family are still close.
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7. Ryan Phillippe
Matthew Ryan Phillippe was born
on September 10th, 1974 in New Castle, Delaware. He was the
only son of Richard and Susan Phillippe and is the only boy
amongst three sisters - Kirsten, Lindsay and Katelyn.
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8. Ben Affleck
Tall and handsome in a meat-eating sort of way, Ben
Affleck has the looks of a matinee idol and the resume of
an actor who honed Ben Affleck craft as an indie film slacker
before flexing Ben Affleck muscles as a Hollywood star.
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9. Bruce Willis
Settling down in New Jersey,
young Bruce, who was the eldest of four children, led an active
childhood. Although he was always an outgoing youngster, Willis
grew up with a stutter and found it easier to express himself
while onstage, performing in front of an audience.
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10. Jack Nicholson
Born John Joseph Nicholson in Neptune,
New Jersey on April 22, 1937. Born into a moderately middle class family. His father an
alcoholic, and very complicated family followings. It's like
a weird family tree.
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