Jewish actors

Sandra Bernhard joins cast of 'The White Lotus' for upcoming season

Each season of The White Lotus is set in an upscale resort, where a murder takes place, and it follows the troubled but entertaining lives of the guests and staff for a week leading up to a killing.

 Sandra Bernhard performs during The Golden Probes Awards Gala at Sony Hall on November 03, 2025 in New York City.
Actor Lizzy Caplan appears on an episode of PBS' "Finding Your Roots."

Jewish actor Lizzy Caplan discovers her family's unknown Holocaust story in 'Finding Your Roots'

MEL BROOKS and Judd Apatow attend the Los Angeles premiere of HBO Documentary Films' Mel Brooks: 99 Year Old Man! at Ted Mann Theater at the Academy Museum on January 20, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.

Judd Apatow grew up idolizing Mel Brooks. Now he’s telling Brooks’ story in an HBO documentary

Noah Schnapp attends the "Stranger Things" Season 5 Event at Hangar 7 - Flughafen Tempelhof on November 18, 2025 in Berlin, Germany.

Stranger Things fans ignore anti-Israel activists' boycott call after stars sympathized with Israel


Jewish actor Jerry Adler, 'Sopranos' star, dies at 96

On The Sopranos, he played consigliere Hesh Rabkin, a Jewish character who was Tony Soprano's associate.

Jerry Adler attends SopranosCon 2019 at Meadowlands Exposition Center on November 23, 2019 in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Jewish actress Scarlett Johansson breaks Hollywood record, becomes highest grossing actor

Throughout her 21-year career as an actress, Johansson has reportedly made £11.3 billion.

 SCARLETT JOHANSSON as Black Widow in ‘Captain America: Civil War.’

Leading Israeli actor Alon Aboutboul dies at 60

Alon Aboutboul is survived by his wife, Shir Bilia, and their four children.

Earlier this year, Alon Aboutboul portrayed a Mossad agent in the Yes series, The German.

‘Shtisel’ star Sasson Gabay is happy to be back playing a complex haredi Orthodox Jew in ‘Kugel’

As a preview — a taste of the “burnt end” of the kugel, Nuhem might say — Gabay spoke with the New York Jewish Week about filming in Antwerp.

Sasson Gabay stars as the well-meaning, conniving Nuhem in "Kugel," a prequel to the hit Israeli series "Shtisel."

Noah Wyle, star of HBO’s ‘The Pitt,’ recites Shema on screen

Wyle, who is an executive producer on the show, collaborated with its creators, R. Scott Gemmill and John Wells, to help create the character of Dr. Robinavitch, who is Jewish.

 Noah Wyle in HBO's "The Pitt."

Michelle Trachtenberg, Jewish ‘Gossip Girl’ and ‘Buffy’ star, dies at 39

Michelle Trachtenberg was discovered Wednesday in a Manhattan apartment complex.

 Actress Michelle Trachtenberg arrives for the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington April 25, 2015.

Jewish actor Wallace Shawn claims Israel is 'demonically evil,' worse than Nazis

The 81-year-old complained Israelis “invaded somebody else’s territory, they took people’s homes, and they did many of the things that the Nazis did to the Jews.” 

Actor Wallace Shawn arrives to attend a screening of the film "Capitalism: A Love Story" in New York September 21, 2009.

Spider-Man actor Andrew Garfield expresses support for Gazans

This is not the first time the actor expressed vocal support for Gaza.

Andrew Garfield gestures before "We Live in Time" is screened as the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) returns for its 49th edition in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 6, 2024.

Rob Schneider is trending online: Is he Jewish?

Schneider has recently found himself in the headlines, not for his comedic work, but due to a highly publicized conflict with his daughter.

 Rob Schneider, taken from the star's official Instagram @iamrobschneider

Jennifer Jason Leigh becomes an advocate for Israel

She is happy to talk about her movies, but her life has changed since October 7, when she felt that she urgently needed to speak out against the antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiment.

Jennifer Jason Leigh at the festival opening.