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Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson was born January 3, 1956 in Peekskill, New York, USA, as the sixth of eleven children of Hutton Gibson, a railroad brakeman, and Anne Patricia (Reilly) Gibson (who died in December of 1990). His mother was Irish, from County Longford, while his American-born father is of mostly Irish descent.
Mel and his family moved to Australia in the late 1960s, settling in New South Wales, where Mel's paternal grandmother, contralto opera singer Eva Mylott, was born. After high school, Mel studied at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, performing at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts alongside future film thespians Judy Davis and Geoffrey Rush.
After college, Mel had a few stints on stage and starred in a few TV shows. Eventually, he was chosen to star in the films Mad Max (1979) and Tim (1979), co-starring Piper Laurie. The small budgeted Mad Max made him known worldwide, while Tim garnered him an award for Best Actor from the Australian Film Institute (equivalent to the Oscar).
Later, he went on to star in Gallipoli (1981), which earned him a second award for Best Actor from the AFI. In 1980, he married Robyn Moore and had seven children. In 1984, Mel made his American debut in The Bounty (1984), which co-starred Anthony Hopkins.
Then in 1987, Mel starred in what would become his signature series, Lethal Weapon (1987), in which he played "Martin Riggs". In 1990, he took on the interesting starring role in Hamlet (1990), which garnered him some critical praise. He also made the more endearing Forever Young (1992) and the somewhat disturbing The Man Without a Face (1993). 1995 brought his most famous role as "Sir William Wallace" in Braveheart (1995), for which he won two Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director.
From there, he made such box office hits as The Patriot (2000), Ransom (1996), and Payback (1999). Today, Mel remains an international superstar mogul, continuously topping the Hollywood power lists as well as the Most Beautiful and Sexiest lists.- Actor
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Actor Stanley Tucci was born on November 11, 1960, in Peekskill, New York. He is the son of Joan (Tropiano), a writer, and Stanley Tucci, an art teacher. His family is Italian-American, with origins in Calabria.
Tucci took an interest in acting while in high school, and went on to attend the State University of New York's Conservatory of Theater Arts in Purchase. He began his professional career on the stage, making his Broadway debut in 1982, and then made his film debut in Prizzi's Honor (1985).
In 2009, Tucci received his first Academy Award nomination for his turn as a child murderer in The Lovely Bones (2009). He also received a BAFTA nomination and a Golden Globe nomination for the same role. Other than The Lovely Bones, Tucci has recently had noteworthy supporting turns in a broad range of movies including Lucky Number Slevin (2006), The Devil Wears Prada (2006) and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). Tucci reached his widest audience yet when he played Caesar Flickerman in box office sensation The Hunger Games (2012).
While maintaining an active career in movies, Tucci received major accolades for some work in television. He won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his role in TV movie Winchell (1998), an Emmy for a guest turn on Monk (2002), and a Golden Globe for his role in HBO movie Conspiracy (2001).
Tucci has also had an extensive career behind the camera. His directorial efforts include Big Night (1996), The Impostors (1998), Joe Gould's Secret (2000) and Blind Date (2007), and he did credited work on all of those screenplays with the exception of Joe Gould's Secret (2000).
Tucci has three children with Kate Tucci, who passed away in 2009. Tucci married Felicity Blunt in August 2012.- Actor
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Paul Reubens was born Paul Rubenfeld on August 27, 1952 in Peekskill, New York, to Judy (Rosen), a teacher, and Milton Rubenfeld, a car salesman who had flown for the air forces of the U.S., U.K., and Israel, becoming one of the latter country's pioneering pilots. Paul grew up in Sarasota, Florida, where his parents owned a lamp store. During winters, The Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus called Sarasota home, and young Paul counted such big-top families as the Wallendas and the Zacchinis among his neighbors. When he was 11-years-old, he joined the local Asolo Theater, and during the next six years, he appeared in a variety of plays. After graduating from Sarasota High School in 1970, he attended Boston University for one year before deciding to seek his fortune as Paul Reubens in Hollywood, where he enrolled as an acting major at the California Institute of the Arts and accepted a string of pay-the-rent jobs ranging from pizza chef to Fuller Brush salesman.
In the mid 1970s, his acting career grew slowly and steadily with small roles in theater productions, gigs at local comedy clubs and four guest appearances on The Gong Show (1976). During this time of education/employment, he joined an improvisational comedy troupe called The Groundlings. The popular gang of yuksters, whose roster has included Conan O'Brien, Lisa Kudrow, the late Phil Hartman, Jon Lovitz, and Julia Sweeney, wrung laughs from audiences with skits starring scads of imaginative, self-created characters. Among Reubens's contributions to this comedic community were a philandering husband named Moses Feldman, an Indian chief named Jay Longtoe, and, the character he became best known for, Pee-Wee Herman, who debuted in 1978.
Pee-Wee was a funny man-child of indeterminate age and sexuality who created a sarcastic enthusiasm for the popular culture of the '50s and '60s. The geeky character's wardrobe consisted of a gray suit, a white short-sleeved shirt accessorized with a red clip-on bow tie, and white patent-leather loafers. He wore his jet-black hair military short with a defiant tuft in front, and he accentuated his lily-white complexion with pink cheeks and red lipstick. Reubens drew inspiration for Pee-Wee's geeky behavior from a youth he had attended summer camp with, and derived his creation's boyish voice from a character he played as a child actor. Pee-Wee appeared for only 10 minutes of The Groundlings show, but he nonetheless built up a considerable following and turned out to be a star of the '80s and early '90s. The Pee-Wee Herman Show (1981), ran for five sellout months at the Los Angeles's Roxy nightclub, and HBO taped the performance and aired it as a special.
Now a genuine comedy-circuit star, he became a frequent guest of David Letterman and a favorite at Caroline's in New York. In 1984, he sold out Carnegie Hall. He later auditioned for the cast of Saturday Night Live (1975), but when that didn't turn out as planned, he started writing a feature-length screenplay for Pee-Wee to star in, and asked friend Tim Burton to direct. Released to wildly divergent reviews, Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), followed its star cross-country in a madcap search for his beloved, stolen bike. The $7 million picture ended up grossing $45 million. That following year, CBS which had been losing children's audiences to cable programming, was interested in finding something to shore up its Saturday Morning lineup. The network company signed him to act/produce and to direct its live-action children's program called Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986). They doled out an eye-popping budget of $325,000 per episode - the same price as a prime- time sitcom. Reubens received complete creative control, albeit with three minor exceptions. During its five-year-run on CBS, he never appeared in general as himself. He even granted printed interviews in full Pee-Wee regalia.
The image of Pee-Wee was broken on July 26, 1991. On his summer vacation, Reubens was visiting his parents in Sarasota and sought escape from boredom by catching a showing of the X-rated film, Nurse Nancy. He fell victim to a police sting operation and was arrested for sex charges when detectives allegedly saw him playing with his private parts. He was released on $219 bail and nobody realized what had happened until somebody recognized him beneath his long hair and goatee. The media went berserk: 'Kids show star arrested for indecent exposure'. Because of his behavior, CBS dropped the Playhouse and related merchandise was released from its shelves. He agreed to pay a $50 fine plus $85 in court costs to Sarasota County, and he produced a 30 second public service message for the Partnership For Drug-Free America commercial. As part of the deal, the county sealed all legal papers relating to the actor's arrest and didn't leave Reubens with a criminal record. The scandal marked the near death of Pee-Wee Herman. Reubens appeared as his favorite character for the last time at that Autumn's MTV Music Video Awards. The enthusiastic reception was not surprising, as he had received 15 thousand supportive letters during his arrest. Regardless, he had recently made a promise not to play Pee-Wee anymore and used his arrest as an chance to portray other roles. A new feature length film by Netflix available beginning March 18, 2016 allowed Reubens to show Pee-Wee fans his character again in Pee-wee's Big Holiday (2016).
Reubens has landed a series of offbeat character roles. One year after he was taken into custody, he appeared in Burton's Batman Returns (1992) as the Penguin's unloving father, and as a vampire henchman in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992). Subsequent jobs have included a voice over for Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), a healthy stint as Andrew J. Lansing III on Murphy Brown (1988), and roles in the feature films, Dunston Checks In (1996), Matilda (1996), Buddy (1997) and Mystery Men (1999). He also signed to emcee a new game show based on the popular 'You Don't Know Jack' CD-ROM version.- Actor
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Reggie Austin was born on January 7, 1979 in Peekskill, New York. As a theater studies major at Yale University, he appeared in numerous stage productions, including starring roles in Macbeth and Othello. After graduation, Reggie moved to New York City, where he performed on stage and in several films before relocating to Los Angeles in 2005. He is best known for recurring roles on Marvel's Agent Carter, Devious Maids, Pretty Little Liars, and the Netflix series On My Block. He has appeared as a guest star on shows including Homeland, The Good Doctor, and NCIS, and in films including The Omen and Friends with Money.- Donal Gibson was born on 13 February 1958 in Peekskill, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Maverick (1994), Braveheart (1995) and Conspiracy Theory (1997). He is married to SJ Gibson.
- Hutton Gibson was born on 26 August 1918 in Peekskill, New York, USA. He was married to Teddy Joye (Moore) Hicks and Anne Patricia Reilly. He died on 11 May 2020 in Thousand Oaks, California, USA.
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Gary Pease was born on 22 October 1994 in Peekskill, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for For Christ's Sake (2010), Reno 911! (2003) and Brown Paper Bag (2019).- Actress
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Tonya Graves was born on 17 December 1969 in Peekskill, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for The Omen (2006), Army of Thieves (2021) and A Boy Called Christmas (2021).- Michelle Sander was born on 4 June 1994 in Peekskill, New York, USA. Michelle was an actor, known for 13 Minutes (2021), The Unbreakable Boy (2025) and Dotty & Soul (2022). Michelle was married to David Emmett Sander. Michelle died on 19 June 2022 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
- Mickey Grossman was born in 1953 in Peekskill, New York, USA. Mickey died on 29 May 2011 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Caleb Peterson was born on 21 November 1917 in Peekskill, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Till the Clouds Roll By (1946), Scene of the Crime (1949) and Any Number Can Play (1949). He died on 19 March 1988 in Miami, Florida, USA.- TC Boyle is a well-known author, usually either of historical fiction, or of literary fiction chronicling life in southern California or upstate New York. A professor at the University of Southern California, he has won the prestigious PEN/Faulkner prize and many other literary accolades. His books have been translated into many languages, and his short stories have appeared in many literary magazines.
- Uncle Jimmy Mack was born in 1952 in Peekskill, New York, USA. He died on 7 June 2014 in Cranbury, New Jersey, USA.
- George Pataki was born on 24 June 1945 in Peekskill, New York, USA. He has been married to Elizabeth "Libby" Rowland since 14 July 1973. They have four children.
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Herb Trimpe was born on 26 May 1939 in Peekskill, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), Brazilian Wolverine (2009) and Helstrom (2020). He was married to Patricia Velasquez, Linda Fite and Merril Travis. He died on 13 April 2015 in Hurley, New York, USA.- Rudy Tronto was born on 14 July 1928 in Peekskill, New York. He died on 29 December 2017 in Rancho Mirage, California, USA.
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Peter Bagge was born on 11 December 1957 in Peekskill, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Rock 'n' Roll Dad (2000), Liquid Television (1991) and Fallout (2013).- Sound Department
Darragh Liaskos was born on 18 March 1997 in Peekskill, New York, USA. She is known for Prism (2016).- Richard Dahlia was born in Peekskill, New York, USA. He is known for I, the Jury (1982).
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Jay Ruzicka was born on 27 May 1987 in Peekskill, New York, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Out of Place (2013), A Rose in the City (2010) and Kazzula (2009).- Composer
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Charles Edward Korpics was born on 25 January 1994 in Peekskill, New York, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for I Lost My Race Car (2022), Wander (2006) and Woman from Mars (2020).- Sound Department
Jovanna Mendez was born on 15 June 1982 in Peekskill, New York, USA. Jovanna is known for Twisted Fortune (2007) and Looks Like a Brown Trouser Job (2005).- Nicole Minardi was born on 10 May 1988 in Peekskill, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Tony Tango (2015).
- Joe Anastasi was born on 28 May 1938 in Peekskill, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Casino (1995). He died on 14 April 2015 in Henderson, Nevada, USA.
- Hilton Armstrong was born on 23 November 1984 in Peekskill, New York, USA.