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


Jewish leading man George Segal is dead at 87

“I didn’t change my name because I don’t think George Segal is an unwieldy name. It’s a Jewish name, but not unwieldy."

Actor George Segal attends the 40th Anniversary Chaplin Award Gala at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York April 22, 2013.

Five notable Jewish, Israeli nominees for 2021 Oscars

“Mank,” the black-and-white Netflix film about Jewish screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz, earned 10 Oscar nods, including for best picture, making up nearly half of Netflix’s total nominations.

Sacha Baron Cohen poses for a photoshoot for the sequel to his 'Borat' film that was released on Oct. 23, 2020.

Jon Ossoff, Shira Haas and Doja Cat make Time’s 100 emerging leaders list

Ossoff, the millennial who was sworn into Congress with multiple totems of his heritage, helped Democrats regain control of the Senate along with fellow Georgian Raphael Warnock.

2019 BET Awards – Arrivals - Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 23, 2019 - Doja Cat.

Gal Gadot signs 8-figure deal to star in Heart of Stone

The movie will be the first in a series that will put a “female spin” on such action franchises as "Mission: Impossible" and the James Bond films.

Gal Gadot attends the Vanity Fair Oscar party in Beverly Hills during the 92nd Academy Awards, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 9, 2020.

What do Jewish people think about Seth Rogen's 'An American Pickle'?

Here’s what you need to know before you watch the pickle movie this weekend.

Seth Rogen

Jews breaking into the arts

Creating a parallel world to traditional English theater

THE CANARY Wharf tower in London’s East End.

Carl Reiner, American Jewish comedy legend dies at 98

Reiner, whose career began before World War II and continued to his last moments, set the standard for the Jewish-inflected humor that reshaped Hollywood and influenced all of American society.

Actor Carl Reiner, June 26, 2012

First image of Seth Rogen as Jewish pickle maker is historically accurate

The Seth Rogen Jewish immigrant pickle movie is still happening, and we now have some striking photo evidence.

Seth Rogen

Ben Schwartz, voice of Sonic, worries he might not fit in in Hollywood

“I’m a Jewish man from Riverdale. There will always be anxiety,” he said.

Cast member Ben Schwartz poses at the premiere of "Sonic the Hedgehog" in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 12, 2020

Rick Moranis returns to acting for 'Honey, I Shrunk the Kids' sequel

In the new film, which has the aptly condensed title Shrunk, Josh Gad will play Szalinski's son who, yes, accidentally shrinks his family.

Professor Wayne Szalinski, played by Rick Moranis, poster at Honey, I Shrunk The Audience