Jewish actors

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

Mel Brooks: The 99-Year-Old Man!, a two-part HBO documentary debuting this week, is a career-spanning portrait of one of American comedy’s most influential figures.

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.
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

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

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

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

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


Ed Asner plays Holocaust survivor in film being released 2 years after his death

In “Tiger Within,” Asner plays a Holocaust survivor who becomes the unlikely friend of a homeless teenager who was raised by a Holocaust denier.

 Ed Asner speaking at the 2012 Phoenix Comicon in Phoenix, Arizona.

Alan Arkin, Jewish actor with uncommon versatility, dies at 89

Academy Award and Tony Award-winning actor, Alan Arkin, died on Thursday at age 89.

 Cast member Arkin attends the premiere for the television series "The Kominsky Method" in Los Angeles.

Jewish actor plays a Nazi in new series about non-Jew who helped Anne Frank

Donskoy shared that it is difficult for him to watch himself playing a Nazi and to personally promote the show on social media with a picture of himself wearing a swastika.

Daniel Donskoy in "A Small Light" series.

‘Parade’ and ‘Leopoldstadt’ each nab 6 Tony nominations in a big year for Jewish Broadway

The Tonys will air on CBS and various Paramount-owned streaming services on June 11.

 Beanie Feldstein as "Fanny Brice" during the opening night curtain call for the musical "Funny Girl" on Broadway at The August Wilson Theatre in New York City, April 24, 2022.

Boy meets voters: Ben Savage is running to replace Adam Schiff

Actor Ben Savage, 42, is among at least four Democrats running in the primary to replace Schiff in his Los Angeles-area congressional district.

 Ben Savage at the ATX TV Festival 2015 for Girl Meets World.

The other side of Richard Belzer - the mensch

The writer shows the other side of Jewish actor and comedian, Richard Belzer.

 DIANE NEAL and Richard Belzer

Richard Belzer, eminently recognizable Jewish comedian and character actor, dies at 78

The Jewish actor and comedian finally succeeded after many years of perseverance – by the time his career took off, he was nearly 50 years old.

 A photo of Richard Belzer taken at the White House Correspondents Dinner on May 9, 2009.

Julian Schlossberg writes memoir about working with Jewish stars over 6 decades

Julian Schlossberg embarked on a long and successful career that included stops as a Hollywood studio executive and producer of Broadway shows.

 Julian Schlossberg, center, is shown with Elaine May and Alan Arkin. Schlossberg's memoir looks back at all the celebrities he met — many of them Jewish — during his career as a prolific producer.

Oscars 2023: Who are the Jewish nominees?

Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner and more Jewish names have been nominated for the 2023 Oscars.

 THE DIRECTOR, Steven Spielberg, with his sisters (from left) Anne Spielberg, Sue Spielberg, and Nancy Spielberg.

Tarantino wanted Adam Sandler as Nazi-killing Bear Jew

Speaking on Bill Mahr's podcast alongside Judd Apatow, Quentin Tarantino admitted something that has been rumored for years: That the Bear Jew was meant to be played by Adam Sandler.

 Tarantino Retrospective: The Cast of Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds", 2009