List of people from Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles
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This is a list of people who live or lived in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles.
- J. J. Abrams – Screenwriter and creator of Alias and Lost (Abrams is a graduate of Palisades Charter High School, aka Pali High)[1]
- Ben Affleck and his wife Jennifer Garner – Actor/Director/Producer and Actress, respectively[2]
- Eddie Albert – Actor and past Honorary Mayor[3]
- Judd Apatow and his wife Leslie Mann – Film Producer/Director and Actress, respectively[4]
- Carol Arthur – Broadway actor and singer
- Lionel Atwill – Actor[5]
- Dan Aykroyd – and his wife Donna Dixon – Actor, Comedian, Musician and Businessman[6]
- James Robert Baker – Writer (committed suicide in his Pacific Palisades home in 1997)[7]
- Matthew Bellamy – Frontman of English Rock Band Muse
- Steve Bellamy – Founder of the Ski Channel and The Tennis Channel[8]
- Mel Blanc – Actor and voice talent. Also past honorary mayor.[3][9]
- Richard Boone – Actor[10]
- Kobe Bryant – NBA athlete[11]
- Francis X. Bushman – Silent Film star[12]
- Chris Carter – Writer, Director, Producer (Notably The X-Files)[13]
- Chevy Chase – Actor/Comedian and past Honorary Mayor[14]
- Tommy Chong – Actor/Comedian (one half of the comedy duo Cheech & Chong)[15]
- Martin Cohan – Television writer and producer, creator of Who's the Boss?[16]
- Stephen Collins – Actor known from 7th Heaven[17]
- Bert Convy – Actor and Game Show Host, also past Honorary Mayor[3]
- Billy Crystal – Actor and comedian has lived in Pacific Palisades since 1978.
- Jamie Lee Curtis and her husband Christopher Guest – Actress & Director[18]
- Larry David – Seinfeld co-creator and star of Curb Your Enthusiasm[19]
- Patti Davis describes growing up in the Palisades in her memoirs, including The Long Goodbye[20]
- Dom DeLuise – actor and past Honorary Mayor[3]
- Peter DeLuise – actor, Director, Writer, Producer
- Vlade Divac – Retired NBA athlete[21]
- Nanette Fabray – actress/singer and past Honorary Mayor[3]
- Lion Feuchtwanger – German writer[22]
- John Forsythe – actor, also known as the voice of Charles "Charlie" Townsend in Charlie's Angels
- Richard Buckminster Fuller – Inventor (lived in Pacific Palisades until his death in 1983 at age 87)[23]
- Marc Graboff – NBC President[24]
- Stuart Glickman – CEO Carsey Werner Productions
- John Goodman – actor[25]
- Peter Graves – actor and past Honorary Mayor[3]
- Brad Grey – Producer and CEO of Paramount Pictures[26]
- Steve Guttenberg – actor and past Honorary Mayor[27]
- Brad Hall and his wife Julia Louis-Dreyfus – actors[28]
- Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson – actors[29]
- Goldie Hawn and longtime partner Kurt Russell – actors[30]
- Oskar Homolka – actor[31]
- Joseph Morgan Henninger – Artist and Illustrator[32]
- Arthur Hill – actor[33]
- Emile Hirsch- actor[34]
- Anthony Hopkins – actor and past Honorary Mayor[3]
- Kate Hudson – actress[35]
- Sylvia Juncosa – Guitar player[36]
- Stephen Kanner – Modernist architect and co-founder of the A+D Museum[37]
- Diane Keaton – actress[25]
- Elizabeth Keifer – actress
- Nicole Kidman – actress[38]
- Ted Knight – actor and past Honorary Mayor[3]
- Lorenzo Lamas – actor, martial artist and reality show participant
- Carole Landis – actress[39]
- Sugar Ray Leonard—Boxer and current Honorary Mayor.
- Jerry Lewis – Comedian and past Honorary Mayor[3][40]
- Mike Love and Dennis Wilson – Beach Boys band members[41]
- Ray Liotta – actor
- Myrna Loy – actor
- Thomas Mann – Novelist[42]
- Walter Matthau – actor and past Honorary Mayor[3]
- John Mayer – Singer[43]
- Doug McClure – actor and past Honorary Mayor[3]
- Mary McDonnell – actress
- Ted McGinley – actor[44]
- Nancy Meyers – Director/Writer/Producer[45]
- Henry Miller – Author
- Rita Moreno – Singer, Dancer and multiple Award-winning actress. Also past Honorary Mayor.[46]
- Patrick McGoohan – actor[47]
- Gavin McLeod – actor and past Honorary Mayor[48]
- Poppy Montgomery – actress[49]
- Carrie-Anne Moss – Actress
- Michael Newman – actor, Former Lifeguard, and Former Firefighter[50]
- Randy Newman – Musician, Singer/Songwriter, and Film Composer[51]
- Stevie Nicks – singer[25]
- Louis Nye – actor and comedian
- Chris O' Donnell – actor[25]
- Ozzy Osbourne – Musician
- Jack Owens – Singer and songwriter of the 1940s and Honorary Mayor of Pacific Palisades in 1955[52]
- Brad Paisley and his wife Kimberly Williams – Country Singer and actress, respectively[53]
- Stuart Pankin- actor
- Alexandra Paul – actress and activist[54]
- Brad Pitt – actor
- Sydney Pollack – film director, producer and actor
- Anthony Quinn – Actor[55]
- John Raitt – actor, father of singer Bonnie Raitt[56]
- Guy Raymond – character actor[57]
- Ronald Reagan – 40th President of the United States, Politician, and Actor[58]
- Michael Richards – actor
- Rihanna – Singer and actress
- Joan Rivers – comedian (Owns a home in Pacific Palisades as well as in New York City)
- Karl L. Rundberg (1899–1969), Los Angeles City Council member.
- Keri Russell – actress
- Bob Saget – actor/comedian and past Honorary Mayor[3]
- Adam Sandler – actor/comedian[59]
- Ken Sansom – actor and voice-over artist
- Geoff Schwartz – NFL football player
- Mitchell Schwartz – NFL football player
- Vin Scully – baseball announcer (Los Angeles Dodgers)[60]
- Arnold Schwarzenegger and wife Maria Shriver – actor/Politician and Journalist, respectively[61]
- Jason Segel – actor
- Martin Short and Canadian comic actress-wife Nancy Dolman (Soap) have lived in Pacific Palisades since 1987. Also past Honorary Mayor.[3]
- Sam Simon – Writer, producer[62]
- Rex Sinquefield – Investment banker
- Steven Spielberg – Director/Producer (keeps his main residence in the Palisades)
- Sylvester Stallone – actor
- Matt Stone – South Park co-creator
- Hilary Swank – actress[25]
- Thelma Todd – Famous actress who was found dead, in her car, in 1935, in the garage of her Palisades home, above the Roadside Cafe she operated on Pacific Coast Highway.
- William J. Tuttle – Hollywood make-up artist
- James Tyler – architect, best known for trademark "bridge building" dramatically spanning an arroyo and roadway at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
- Vivian Vance – actress and past Honorary Mayor[3]
- Michael Waltman – actor[63]
- Naomi Watts – actress
- Adam West – actor and past Honorary Mayor[3]
- James Whale – Director of horror films such as Dracula and Frankenstein[64]
- James Worthy and ex-wife Angela Wilder – Retired professional basketball player and writer, respectively[65]
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