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


Kirk Douglas: his on-screen Jewish legacy

The iconic American movie star passed away on Wednesday at age 103.

Actor Michael Douglas poses with his father Kirk Douglas and son Cameron Douglas during the unveiling of his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 6, 2018

Jewish Hamilton star Mandy Gonzalez battling breast cancer

"It's important for women to know that early detection is key. As a community, as a society, we need to figure out a way so that everyone has access to a mammogram."

Hamilton

Jewish Disney princess lights up holiday season

The Hanukkah episode is available on the Disney Channel and the DisneyNow app.

Disney characters attend the 25th anniversary of Disneyland Paris at the park in Marne-la-Vallee, near Paris, France, March 25, 2017

Timothée Chalamet to play King of England

'The King' makes Timothée Chalamet the ruler of all he surveys

Actor Timothee Chalamet attends the UK premiere of "The King" at the BFI London Film Festival 2019, in London, Britain October 3, 2019

Claude Lelouch and Anouk Aimee top stellar Haifa Film Fest guest list

The festival will open on October 12 and will run until October 21.

ANOUK AIMEE

‘Glee’ was actually pretty Jewish

In honor of “Glee” finally making it to Netflix, here are 12 Jewish facts about the show

Glee

Jussie Smollett accused of planning homophobic, racist assault on himself

Chicago police have yet to investigate Smollett a second time and can therefore neither confirm nor deny whether the allegations are true.

Black Jewish actor Jussie Smollett was assaulted in Chicago on Tuesday night

From Hollywood to the Holy Land

The legendary Ben Bard Drama School was for decades one of Hollywood’s most prominent and respected acting academies.

Ben Bard was a talented stage and film actor whose respected theater company and acting academy made him an influential Hollywood figure.

‘The God of Isaac’ appears in Jerusalem

Prepare for a moving encounter with serious comedy at the Khan Theater.

C.B. Davies and Batya Americus portray a couple in love whose relationship confronts change.

Jewish ‘Game of Thrones’ actress reports antisemitic abuse in social media

The abuse, she said, is “mostly to do with Israel, and it’s completely uncalled for because I tend to post pretty pictures, of rehearsal, of work that I do.”

The Iron Throne is seen on the set of the television series Game of Thrones