Famous left-handers - Entertainment

If you are left-handed then you are in very good company. Throughout history left-handers have excelled as leaders, sportsmen, artists, musicians and in many other fields. This is our list of famous left-handers - with over 1,000 people we think it is the most comprehensive on the Web.

The list is based on our research and reports from Club members, but we know we are not perfect. If you spot any errors in our list, can provide any further information or have any famous left-handers we should add to our list, please email us or use the form on our New Famous Lefties page. We will soon be adding web site links to most of our famous left-handers so that you can find out more about them.

The list contains well over 1,000 left-handers and is divided into 4 sections as below. Each list will take a few seconds to load - but it's worth the wait!

	Artists
	Name Nationality Description DOB Buonaroti, Michelangelo Italian Artist 06-Mar-1475 Coney, Herb Artist Da Vinci, Leonardo Italian Artist,Painter,Sculptor, Architect,Engineer and Scientist 15-Apr-1452 de Toulouse Lautrec, Henri French Artist 24-Nov-1864 del Piombo, Sebastiano Italian Artist 1485 Doughty, Terry USA Wildlife Artist Dufy, Raoul French Artist 1877 Dürer, Albrecht German Artist 21-May-1471 Escher, M.C. Dutch Graphic Artist 17-Jun-1898 Holbein, Hans UK Artist 1497 Hoppe, Curtis USA Artist 1950 Karshan, Linda USA Artist 1947 Klee, Paul Swiss Artist 18-Dec-1879 Kollwitz, Kathe German Artist 08-July-1867 Kunstler, Mort USA American Civil War Artist Landseer, Edwin UK Artist - Horses, Dogs & Stags 1802 Neiman, LeRoy USA Artist - Sporting Events and Leisure Activities Rubens, Peter Paul Flemish Artist 28-Jun-1577 Scott, Peter Artist-bird painting Studeman, Mark Artist von Menzel, Adolf (Dec'd) German Draftsman, Painter & Printmaker 1815 von Schwanthaler, Ludwig (Dec'd) German Sculptor 1802         top
	Entertainment - Actors
	Name Nationality Description DOB Adams, Don USA Actor 13-Apr-1936 Albert, Eddie USA Actor 22-Apr-1908 Alexander, Jason USA Actor/Director 23-Sep-1959 Anderson, Harry USA (RI) Actor 14-Oct-1952 Anderson,Sam USA (ND) Actor 02-Apr Astaire, Fred (Dec'd) USA (NE) Actor/Dancer 10-May1899 Atherton, William USA Actor 30-Jun-1947 Aykroyd, Dan Canada Actor 10-Jul-1952 Bachchan, Abhishek Indian Indian Actor 05-Feb-1976 Bachchan, Amitabh Indian Indian Actor 11-Oct-1942 Bateman, Jason USA Actor/Director 14-Jan-1969 Bernardi, Herschel (Decd) USA (NY) Actor 20-Oct-1923 Billingsley, Peter USA Actor 16-Apr-1971 Bishop, Ed USA Actor 11-Jun-1932 Bokma, Pierre French Actor 20-Dec-1955 Boxleitner, Bruce USA Actor 12-May-1950 Branagh, Kenneth UK Actor 10-Dec-1960 Brett, Jeremy UK Sherlock Holmes 3-Nov-1933 Broderick, Matthew USA Actor 21-Mar-1962 Brosnan, Pierce Irish Actor 16-May-1952 Burns, George USA Comedian 20-Jan-1896 Caan, James USA Actor 26-Mar-1939 Caesar, Sid USA Comedian 08-Sep-1922 Calkin, Richard UK Actor 23-Dec-1963 Carradine, Keith USA Actor 08-Aug-1949 Carrey, Jim Canadian Actor 17-Jan-1962 Carter, Jack USA Actor 16-Mar-1905 Chahrour, Khaled Egyptian Actor Chaplin, Charlie UK Comedian/Actor 16-Apr-1889 Cohen, Jeffrey Jay USA Actor Conreid, Hans UK Actor -born in USA 15-Apr-1917 Coyote, Peter USA Actor 10-Oct-1941 Crawford, Michael UK Actor 19-Jan-1942 Cruz, Wilson USA Actor 27-Dec-1973 Data, USA Android - (Brent Spiner) 02-Feb-2338 Davi, Robert USA Actor 26-Jun-1953 Davis, Daniel USA Actor 26-Nov-1945 Davison, Bruce USA Film and TV Actor 28-Jun-1946 de Groot, Frederik Dutch Actor De Niro, Robert USA Actor 17-Aug-1943 Dean, Ron USA Actor Diamond, Dustin USA Actor 07-Jan-1977 Dillon, Matt USA Actor 18-Feb-1964 Dreyfuss, Richard USA Actor 29-Oct-1947 D'Onofrio, Vincent USA(NY) Actor 30-Jun-1959 Drake, Charles USA Actor 02-Oct-1914 Duchovny, David USA Actor 07-Aug-1960 Dunne, Griffin USA Actor 08-Jun-1955 Egan, Peter UK Actor 28-Sep-1946 Fields, W.C. USA Actor 29-Jan-1880 Fine, Larry USA One of the Three Stooges 05-Oct-1902 Fishburne, Laurence USA Actor 30-Jul-1961 Fonda, Peter USA Actor 23-Feb-1939 Frazer, Rupert Actor Freeman, Morgan USA (TN) Actor 01-Jun-1937 French, Victor USA Actor 04-Dec-1934 Gaffney, Dean UK Actor - Robbie in East-Enders 14-Feb-1978 Garber, Victor Canadian Actor 16-Mar-1949 Glaser, Paul Michael USA Actor 25-Mar-1943 Glenn, Scott USA Actor 26-Jan-1942 Glover, John USA Actor 07-Aug-1944 Gobel, George USA Comedian 20-May-1919 Goldwyn, Tony USA Actor 20-May-1960 Grant, Cary USA Actor 18-Jan-1904 Graves, Peter USA Actor 18-Mar-1926 Greenwood, Bruce Canadian Actor 12-Aug-1956 Grieve, Richard Australian Actor - "Home and Away" and "Neigbours" 25-Jan-1970 Gummersall, Devon USA Actor 15-Oct-1978 Haggerty, Dan USA (CA) Actor 19-Nov-1941 Hall, Brad USA (CA) Actor 1958 Hamill, Mark USA (CA) Actor 25-Sep-1951 Hardison, Kadeem USA Actor 24-Jul-1965 Harrelson, Woody USA (TX) Actor 23-Jul-1961 Harrison, Rex (Dcd) UK Actor 05-Mar-1908 Hart, David USA Actor 06-Feb-1964 Hedaya, Dan USA (NY) Actor 24-Jul-1940 Herrmann, Edward USA (WA) Actor 21-Jul-1943 Horton, Peter USA (WA) Actor 20-Aug-1953 Hudson, Rock (Dec'd) USA (IL) Actor 17-Nov-1925 Hughes, Geoffrey British Actor - starred as both Eddie Yates & Onslow 02-Feb-1944 Hutton, Jim (Dcd) USA (NY) Actor 31-May-1934 Jackman, Hugh Actor/ Swordfish 12-Oct-1968 Johnson, Russell USA (PA) Actor 10-Nov-1924 Johnson, Clark Canadian Actor 1954 Kaplan, Gabe USA (NY) Actor 31-Mar-1945 Karn, Richard USA-Seattle Actor 17-Feb-1956 Kaye, Danny USA (Dcd) Actor 18-Jan-1913 Keel, Howard USA (IL) Actor 13-Apr-1919 Kennedy, George USA (NY) Actor 18-Feb-1925 Kilmer, Val USA (LA) Actor 21-Dec-1959 Knight, Bill Actor Landon, Michael USA Actor 31-Oct-1936 Langella, Frank USA Actor 01-Jan-1940 Lawford, Peter (Dcd) UK Actor 07-Sep-1923 Le Mat, Paul USA (NJ) Actor 22-Sept-1952 Leonard, Robert Sean USA (NJ) Actor 28-Feb-1969 Lerer, Joe Actor Linden, Hal USA (NY) Actor 20-Mar-1931 Liotta, Ray USA Actor 18-Dec-1955 Little, Cleavon USA Actor 01-Jun-1939 Lloyd, Christopher USA Actor - Uncle Fester in the Addams Family 22-Oct-1938 Ludden, Allen USA Actor 05-Oct-1917 Lynch, John Carroll USA Actor 11-May-1961 Lyndhurst, Nicholas UK Actor 20-April-1961 MacMurray, Fred USA Actor 30-Aug-1908 Makepeace, Chris Canadian Actor 22-Apr-1964 Marceau, Marcel French Mime - Actor 22-Mar-1923 Martin, Kiel USA Actor 26-Jul-1944 McCarthy, Andrew USA Actor 29-Nov-1962 McGann, Steve England Actor -Emerdale - brother of Joe Mark & Paul   McInnerny, Tim Uk Actor - Blackadder & Rocky Horror Picture Show McQueen, Steve USA Actor 24-Mar-1930 Moranis, Rick Canadian Actor 18-Apr-1954 Morse, Robert USA (MA) Actor 18-May-1931 Moses, William R. USA Actor 17-Nov-1959 Mosley, Roger E. USA Actor 26-Jul-1944 Morse, William. (Dec'd) USA (NY) Actor 1887 Moss, Ronn USA (LA) Actor 04-Mar Nadder, Robert (Dec'd) USA Actor 1935 Nicholas, Paul UK Actor Nunn, Bill USA (PA) Actor 1953 Oldman, Gary UK Actor/Director 21-Mar-1958 Olsen, Gary UK Actor 03-Nov-1937 O'Neal, Ryan USA Actor 20-Apr-1941 O'Neil, Ed USA (OH) Actor 12-Apr-1946 Owens, Gary USA (SD) Actor - TC Personality 10-May-1936 Pantoliano, Joe USA Actor 12-Sep-1954 Parnes, Richard Actor Perkins, Anthony USA Actor 04-Apr-1932 Perlman, Ron USA Actor 13-April-1950 Perri, Paul Actor Pertwee, Bill UK Actor/Comedian 1926 Phoenix, River (Dcd) USA (OR) Actor 23-Aug-1970 Pinchot, Bronson USA Actor 20-May-1959 Pitt, Brad USA Actor 18-Dec-1963 Pollard, Michael J USA Actor 30-May-1939 Potter, Chris Canadian Actor 23-Aug-1960 Preston, Robert Actor Pryor, Richard USA Actor 01-Dec-1940 Quaid, Dennis USA Actor 09-Apr-1954 Quaid, Randy USA Actor 01-10-1950 Redford, Robert USA Actor 18-Aug-1937 Reed, Timothy Actor Reeves, Keanu Lebanese Actor 02-Sep-1964 Richards, Michael USA Actor 24-Jul-1949 Rifkin, Ron USA Actor 31-Oct-1939 Ritchard, Cyril Australian Actor 01-Dec-1897 Robinson, Tony UK Baldrick 1946 Rollins, Henry USA Actor 13-Feb-1961 Rollins, Howard USA Actor 17-Oct-1950 Rourke, Mickey USA Actor 16-Sep-1953 Rushton, William UK Actor 18-Aug-1937 Russ, Tim USA Actor 02-Jun-1956 Savalas, Telly USA (Dcd) Actor - "Kojak" 21-Jan-1924 Shalhoub, Tony USA Actor 09-Oct-1953 Shane, Paul UK Actor - "Hi-De-Hi" 19-Jun-1940 Slater, Christian USA Actor 18-Aug-1969 Spade, David USA Actor 22-July-1964 Spiner, Brent USA Actor - "Star Trek Next Generation" 02-Feb-1949 Stallone, Sylvester USA (NY) Actor 6-July-1946 Stamp, Terence UK Actor 22-Jul-1939 Steiger, Rod USA Actor 14-Apr-1925 Stevens, Fisher USA Actor 27-Nov-1963 Stoppard, Tom Czech Actor/Playwright emigrated to England when 5 years old 03-Jul-1937 Storm, Jim Actor Sylvester, Harold Actor Thicke, Alan Canadian Actor 01-Mar-1947 Ustinov, Peter UK Actor 16-Apr-1921 Vallee, Rudy USA Actor 28-Jul-1901 Van Dyke, Barry USA Actor 31-Jul-1951 Van Dyke, Dick USA (MS) Actor - is "ambidextrous" 13-Dec-1925 Vartan, Michael French Actor 27-Nov-1968 Wahlberg, Mark USA Actor 05-June-1971 Walker, Graham UK Grumbleweeds Wheaton, Wil USA Actor 29-July-1972 Whitmore, James USA Actor 01-Oct-1921 Williams, Treat Actor 01-Dec-1951 Willis, Bruce USA Actor 19-Mar-1955 Wilson, Demond USA Actor 13-Oct-1946 Windom, William USA Actor 28-Sep-1923 Wolf, Scott USA Actor 04-Jun-1948 Wong, Russell USA Actor 01-Mar-1963 Woods, James USA Actor 18-Apr-1947 Woodside, D.B. Actor Wookie, Choobaka the Actor in "Star Wars" Wyner, Joel Actor Wynn, Keenan USA Actor 27-July-1916 Ziering, Ian USA Actor 30-Mar-1964         top
	Entertainment - Actresses
	Name Nationality Description DOB Alfonso, Kristian USA Actress 05-Sep-1964 Allen, Mikki USA Actress 15-Nov-1977 Barkin, Ellen USA Actress 16-Apr-1954 Barrie, Barbara USA (Inninois) Actress 23-May-1931 Barrymore, Drew USA (LA) Actress 22-Feb-1975 Basinger, Kim USA (GA) Actress 08-Dec-1953 Blount, Lisa USA Actress 01-Jul-1959 Boht, Jean England Bread 06-Mar-1936 Brazelton, Conni Marie USA (Illinois) Actress - nurse on ER 08-May-1955 Burnett, Carol USA Comedienne, Actress, Singer, Dancer,TV 26-Apr-1936 Buzzi, Ruth USA Commedienne 24-Jul-1936 Cass, Peggy (Dcd) USA (Mass) Actress 21-May-1924 Cummings, Quinn USA Actress 13-Aug-1967 Davis, Judy Australian Actress 23-Apr-1935 De Havilland, Olivia Japan Actress 01-Jul-1916 Drescher, Fran USA (NY) Actress 30-Sep-1957 Dunaway, Faye USA (FL) Actress -Bonnie in "Bonnie and Clyde" 14-Jan-1941 Eichhorn, Lisa USA Actress 5-Feb-1952 Faracy, Stephanie USA Actress 04-Jan Fisher, Frances UK Actress 11-May-1952 Garbo, Greta (Dcd) Swedish Actress 18-Sep-1905 Garland, Judy (Dcd) USA (MN) Actress & Singer 10-Jun-1922 Goldberg, Whoopi USA (NY) Actress 13-Nov-1949 Grable, Betty USA Actress 18-Dec-1916 Hampshire, Susan England Actress 5-Dec-1938 Hawn, Goldie USA Actress 21-Nov-1945 Heatherton, Joey USA (NY) Actress 14-Sep-1944 Hedren, Tippi Actress 19-Jan-1931 Hughes, Nerys Liver Birds Ireland, Kathy USA (CA) Actress & Model 18-Mar-1963 Jackson, Kate Actress 29-Oct-1948 Jolie, Angelina US