Local Celebrities

[Astron1000]

Here are some more Hollywood celebrities born in the Twin Cities:

T.R. Knight (Grey's Anatomy, Frasier, CSI; also used to act at the Guthrie)
Vince Vaughn (Zoolander, Starsky & Hutch, Fred Claus, Mr & Mrs Smith)
John Lurie (Get Shorty, Stranger Than Paradise, Wild at Heart, Last Temptation of Christ)
Richard Dean Anderson (MacGuyver, Stargate SG-1)
Pat Proft (Scary Movie 3, Hot Shots, Police Academy, Police Squad!)
Linda Kelsey (Lou Grant, ER, MASH; still acts at the History Theater in St. Paul)
Kelly Lynch (Drugstore Cowby, Road House, Cocktail)
Terry Gilliam (Monty Python's Flying Circus; director of films Brazil, Fisher King, Adventures of Baron Munchausen, 12 Monkeys, Time Bandits, Monty Python & the Holy Grail, etc.)
Molly Hagen (Monk, Six Feet Under, NCIS, The Closer, Numb3rs)
Peter Graves (Mission: Impossible, Airplane!, Men in Black II, Forbidden Planet)
James Arness (Gunsmoke, Island in the Sky, The Thing; brother of Peter Graves)
George Roy Hill (Director of films World According to Garp, The Sting, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Slap Shot, Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid)
The Andrews Sisters (Pattie, Maxine & Nancy, probably the world's most famous singing group of the 1940's)
Rachael Leigh Cook (Psych, Blonde Ambition, Invisible Girl, My First Wedding, Josie & the Pussycats)
Jason Behr (Dawson's Creek, The Grudge, Pleasantville, Freddy vs Jason)

[MNNative]

Jason Behr was on Dawson's Creek?? Roswell, yes...Dawson's Creek...???

Interesting how many people have MN ties yet MN is probably not considered much when it comes to "Hollywood". Or am I wrong?

[Bugsr]

Skater Kristi Yamaguchi and Hockey Player husband Brett Hedican have a vacation home in Brainerd. Brett is from North St. Paul.

[ozzie679]

Originally Posted by Bugsr

Skater Kristi Yamaguchi and Hockey Player husband Brett Hedican have a vacation home in Brainerd. Brett is from North St. Paul.

He's a SCSU Husky!