Movie Stars Real Names

Criteria: Alphabetical list of the most popular Movie actors stage names and their actual real names.

A
Edie Adams - Elizabeth Edith Enke
Maud Adams - Maud Wickstrom
Nick Adams - Nicholas Adamshock
Ben Affleck - Benjamin Geza Affleck
Eddie Albert - Edward Albert Heimberger
Alan Alda - Alphonso D'Abruzzo
Jane Alexander - Jane Quigley
Fred Allen - John Sullivan
Woody Allen - Allen Konigsberg
June Allyson - Ella Geisman
Don Ameche - Dominic Felix Amici
Julie Andrews - Julia Wells
Jennifer Aniston - Jennifer Anastassakis
Laura Antonelli - Laura Antonaz
Eve Arden - Eunice Quedens
Beatrice Arthur - Bernice Frankel
Jean Arthur - Gladys Greene
Fred Astaire - Frederick Austerlitz
Christopher Atkins - Christopher Bauman
Frankie Avalon - Francis Thomas Avalonne

B
Lauren Bacall - Betty Joan Perske
Kevin Bacon - Kevin Norwood Bacon
Christian Bale - Christian Charles Philip Bale
Kaye Ballard - Catherine Balotta
Eric Bana - Eric Banadinovic
Anne Bancroft - Anna-Maria Louisa Italiano
Antonio Banderas - José Antonio Dominguez Bandera
Brigitte Bardot - Camille Javal
Rona Barrett - Rona Burstein
Gene Barry - Eugene Klass
John Barrymore - John Blythe
Kathy Bates - Kathleen Doyle Bates
Orson Bean - Dallas Burrows
Tony Bennett - Anthony Dominick Benedetto
Jack Benny - Benjamin Kubelsky
Tom Berenger - Thomas Michael Moore
Halle Berry -Halle Maria Berry
Milton Berle - Milton Berlinger
Joey Bishop - Joseph Gottlieb
Jack Black - Thomas Black, Jr.
Amanda Blake - Beverly Louise Neill
Robert Blake - Michael Gubitosi
Cate Blanchett - Catherine Elise Blanchett
Orlando Bloom - Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom
Victor Borge - Borge Rosenbaum
Ernest Borgnine - Ermes Effron Borgnino
David Bowie - David Robert Jones
Marlon Brando - Marlon Junior Brandeau
Fanny Brice - Fanny Borach
Jeff Bridges - Jeffrey Leon Bridges
Charles Bronson - Charles Buchinski
Mel Brooks - Mel Kaminsky
Yul Brynner - Yul Taidje Kahn, Jr.
Sandra Bullock - Sandra Annette Bullock
George Burns - Nathan Birnbaum
Ellen Burstyn - Edna Gilhooley
Richard Burton - Richard Walter Jenkins
Steve Buscemi - Steven Vincent Buscemi
Red Buttons - Aaron Chwatt

C
James Caan - James Langston Edmund Caan
Nicolas Cage - Nicolas Kim Coppola
Michael Caine - Maurice Micklewhite
Rory Calhoun - Francis Timony Durgin
Jim Carrey - James Eugene Carrey
Cyd Charisse - Tula Ellice Finklea
Charo - María del Rosario Pilar Martínez Molina Baeza
Cher - Cherilyn Sarkisian
George Clooney - George Timothy Clooney
Lee J. Cobb - Leo Jacoby
Claudette Colbert - Lily Chauchoin
Mike Connors - Krekor "Kirk" Ohanian
Robert Conrad - Conrad Robert Falk
Lou Costello - Louis Francis Cristillo
Kevin Costner - Kevin Michael Costner
Daniel Craig - Daniel Wroughton Craig
Joan Crawford - Lucille Le Sueur
Michael Crawford - Michael Dumble-Smith
Bing Crosby - Harry Lillis Crosby
Tom Cruise - Thomas Mapother IV
Tony Curtis - Bernard Schwartz

D
Matt Damon - Matthew Paige Damon
Rodney Dangerfield - Jacob Cohen
Bobby Darin - Walden Robert Cassotto
Geena Davis - Virginia Elizabeth Davis
Doris Day - Doris von Kappelhoff
Daniel Day-Lewis - Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis
Jimmy Dean - Seth Ward
Yvonne De Carlo - Peggy Middleton
Benicio del Toro - Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez
Sandra Dee - Alexandra Zuck
John Denver - Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.
Johnny Depp - John Christopher Depp II
John Derek - Derek Harris
Danny DeVito - Daniel Michaeli
Cameron Diaz - Cameron Michelle Diaz
Leonardo DiCaprio - Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio
Angie Dickinson - Angeline Brown
Vin Diesel - Mark Sinclair
Matt Dillon - Matthew Raymond Dillon
Troy Donahue - Merle Johnson, Jr.
Diana Dors - Diana Fluck
Kirk Douglas - Issur Danielovitch
Mike Douglas - Michael Delaney Dowd, Jr.
Kirsten Dunst - Kirsten Caroline Dunst

E
Clint Eastwood - Clinton Eastwood, Jr.
Barbara Eden - Barbara Huffman
Vince Edwards - Vicent Edward Zoino
Ron Ely - Ronald Pierce
Dale Evans - Frances Octavia Smith
Chad Everett - Raymond Cramton

F
Douglas Fairbanks - Douglas Ullman
Colin Farrell - Colin James Farrel
Will Ferrell - John William Ferrell
Stepin Fetchit - Lincoln Perry
Sally Field - Sally Mahoney
W.C. Fields - William Claude Dukenfield
Peter Finch - William Mitchell
Rhonda Fleming - Marilyn Louis
Joan Fontaine - Joan de Havilland
Glenn Ford - Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford
John Ford - Sean O'Fearna
John Forsythe - John Freund
Jodie Foster - Alicia Christian Foster
Jamie Foxx - Eric Marlon Bishop
Tony Franciosa - Anthony Papaleo
Connie Francis - Concetta Franconero?

G
Greta Garbo - Greta Gustafsson
John Garfield - Julius Garfinkle
Judy Garland - Frances Gumm
James Garner - James Scott Bumgarner
Paul Giamatti - Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti
Mel Gibson - Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson
Whoopie Goldberg - Caryn Johnson
Bobcat Goldthwait - Robert Francis 'Bobcat' Goldthwait
John Goodman - John Stephen Goodman
Eydie Gorme - Edith Gormezano
Cary Grant - Archibald Leach
Hugh Grant - Hugh John Mungo Grant
Peter Graves - Peter Aurness
Rocky Graziano - Rocco Barbella
Joel Grey - Joe Katz
Jake Gyllenhaal - Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal

H
Buddy Hackett - Leonard Hacker
Gene Hackman - Eugene Allen Hackman
Armie Hammer - Armand Douglas Hammer
Tom Hanks - Thomas Jeffrey Hanks
Jean Harlow - Harlean Carpentier
Woody Harrelson - Woodrow Tracy Harrelson
Naomie Harris - Naomie Melanie Harris
Rex Harrison - Reginald Carey
Josh Hartnett - Joshua Daniel Hartnett
Ethan Hawke - Ethan Green Hawke
Helen Hayes - Helen Brown
Rita Hayworth - Margarita Cansino
Charlton Heston - Charles Carter
Steven Hill - Solomon Krakovsky
Hulk Hogan - Terry Jene Bollea
William Holden - William Franklin Beedle, Jr.
Billy Holiday - Eleanora Fagan
Judy Holliday - Judith Tuvim
Bob Hope - Leslie Townes Hope
Robert Horton - Meade Howard Horton, Jr.
Leslie Howard - Leslie Stainer
Harry Houdini - Ehrich Weiss
Rock Hudson - Roy Scherer Jr.
Helen Hunt - Helen Elizabeth Hunt
Tab Hunter - Arthur Andrew Gelien

I
Burl Ives - Burle Icle Ivanhoe

J
David Janssen - David Meyer
Don Johnson - Donald Wayne
Al Jolson - Asa Yoelson
Jennifer Jones - Phyllis Isley
Louis Jourdan - Louis Gendre

K
Danny Kaye - David Kaminsky
Boris Karloff - William Henry Pratt
Diane Keaton - Diane Hall
Howard Keel - Harold Leek
Nicole Kidman - Nicole Mary Kidman
Larry King - Larry Zeigler
Keira Knightley - Keira Christina Knightley
Ted Knight - Tadeus Wladyslaw Konopka
Ben Kingsley - Krishna Banji

L
Cheryl Ladd - Cheryl Stoppelmoor
Frankie Laine - Frankie LoVecchio
Veronica Lake - Constance Ockleman
Dorothy Lamour - Mary Kaumeyer
Mario Lanza - Alfredo Cocozza
Michael Landon - Eugene Orowitz
Larry the Cable Guy - Daniel Lawrence Whitney
Stan Laurel - Arthur Jefferson
Jude Law - David Jude Heyworth Law
Steve Lawrence - Sidney Leibowitz
Heath Ledger - Heathcliff Andrew Ledger
Gypsy Rose Lee - Rose Louise Hovick
Janet Leigh - Jeanette Morrison
Jerry Lewis - Joseph Levitch
Hal Linden - Harold Lipshitz
Little Richard - Richard Penniman
Carole Lombard - Jane Peters
Jack Lord - John Joseph Ryan
Sophia Loren - Sophia Scicoloni
Peter Lorre - Laszio Lowenstein
Bela Lugosi - Bela Ferenc Blasko

M
Moms Mabley - Loretta Mary Aitken
Shirley MacLaine - Shirley Beatty
Elle MacPherson - Eleanor Gow
Tobey Maguire - Tobias Vincent Maguire
Lee Majors - Harvey Lee Yeary II
Karl Malden - Mladen Sekulovich
Jayne Mansfield - Vera Jane Palmer
Fredric March - Frederick Bickel
Rocky Marciano - Rocco Francis Marchegiano?
Dean Martin - Dino Crocetti
Chico Marx - Leonard Marx
Groucho Marx - Julius Marx
Gummo Marx - Milton Marx
Harpo Marx - Adolph Marx
Zeppo Marx - Herbert Marx
Walter Matthau - Walter Matuschanskayasky
Ewan McGregor - Ewan Gordon McGregor
Audrey Meadows - Audrey Cotter
Jayne Meadows - Jayne Cotter
Ethel Merman - Ethel Zimmerman
Ray Milland - Reginald Truscott-Jones
Ann Miller - Lucille Collier
Guy Mitchell - Albert George Cernick
Marilyn Monroe - Norma Jean Baker
Yves Montand - Ivo Levi
Demi Moore - Demetria Gene Guynes
Garry Moore - Thomas Garrison Morfit
Julianne Moore - Julie Anne Smith
Rita Moreno - Rosita Alverio
Harry Morgan - Harry Bratsburg
Bill Murray - William James Murray

N
Sam Neill - Nigel John Dermot Neill
Chuck Norris - Carlos Ray
Kim Novak - Marilyn Pauline Novak

O
Hugh O'Brian - Hugh Krampke
Maureen O'Hara - Maureen Fitzsimons
Gary Oldman - Leonard Gary Oldman

P
Al Pacino - Alfredo James Pacino
Patti Page - Clara Ann Fowler
Jack Palance - Walter Palanuik
Gwyneth Paltrow - Gwyneth Kate Paltrow
Bert Parks - Bert Jacobson
Guy Pearce - Guy Edward Pearce
Minnie Pearl - Sarah Ophella Colley Cannon
Gregory Peck - Eldred Gregory Peck
Bernadette Peters - Bernadette Lazzaro
Lou Diamond Phillips - Lou Upchurch
Joaquin Phoenix - Joaquin Rafael Phoenix
Edith Piaf - Edith Gassion
Slim Pickens - Louis Lindley
Mary Pickford - Gladys Smith
Brad Pitt - William Bradley Pitt
Natalie Portman - Natalie Hershlag
Stephanie Powers - Stefania Federkiewicz

Q
Anthony Quinn - Antonio Rudolfo Oaxaca Quinn

R
Tony Randall - Leonard Rosenberg
Ahmad Rashad - Bobby Moore
Johnnie Ray - John Alvin
Martha Raye - Margaret Theresa Yvonne Reed
Donna Reed - Donna Belle Mullenger
Della Reese - Delloreese Patricia Early
Keanu Reeves - Keanu Charles Reeves
Paul Reubens (Pee-Wee Herman) - Paul Reubenfeld
Burt Reynolds - Burton Leon Reynolds, Jr.
Debbie Reynolds - Mary Frances Reynolds
Joan Rivers - Joan Sandra Molinsky
Harold Robbins - Frances Kane
Tim Robbins - Timothy Francis Robbins
Julia Roberts - Julia Fiona Roberts
Edward G. Robinson - Emmanuel Goldenberg
Ginger Rogers - Virginia McMath
Roy Rogers - Leonard Slye
Mickey Rooney - Joe Yule Jr.
Emmy Rossum - Emmanuelle Grey Rossum
Meg Ryan - Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra
Winona Ryder - Winona Horowitz

S
Zoe Saldana - Zoe Yadira Saldaña Nazario
Telly Savalas - Aristotelis Harris Savalas
Peter Sellers - Richard Henry Sellers
Jane Seymour - Joyce Frankenberg
Omar Sharif - Michael Shalhoub
Charlie Sheen - Carlos Irwin Estevez
Christian Slater - Christian Michael Leonard Hawkins
Buffalo Bob Smith - Robert Emil Schmidt
Ann Sothern - Harriet Lake
Sissy Spacek - Mary Elizabeth Spacek
Kevin Spacey - Kevin John Fowler
Robert Stack - Robert Modini
Sylvester Stallone - Sylvester Gardenzio
Jean Stapleton - Jeanne Murray
Barbara Stanwyck - Ruby Stevens
Connie Stevens - Concetta Ingolia
James Stewart - James Maitland Stewart
Sharon Stone - Sharon Vonne Stone
Gale Storm - Josephine Cottle
Meryl Streep - Mary Louise Streep
Hilary Swank - Hilary Ann Swank

T
Channing Tatum - Channing Matthew Tatum
Robert Taylor - Spangler Arlington Brugh
Danny Thomas - Muzyad Yakhoob
Billy Bob Thornton - William Robert Thornton
Uma Thurman - Uma Karuna Thurman
Tina Turner - Annie Mae Bullock
Twiggy - Leslie Hornby

U
Peter Ustinov - Peter Alexander von Ustinow

V
Roger Vadim - Roger Vladimir Plemiannikov
Rudolph Valentino - Rudolpho D'Antonguolla
Abigail Van Buren - Pauline Ester Friedman
Jean-Claude Van Damme - Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg

W
Christopher Walken - Ronald Walken
Andy Warhol - Andrew Warhola
Denzel Washington - Denzel Jermaine Washington, Jr.
David Wayne - Wayne McMeekan
John Wayne - Marion Michael Morrison
Sigourney Weaver - Susan Alexandra Weaver
Clifton Webb - Webb Parmalee Hollenbeck
Johnny Weissmuller - Peter Jànos Weissmuller
Raquel Welch - Raquel Tejada
Tuesday Weld - Susan Kerr Wells
Nathaniel West - Nathaniel Wallenstein Weinstein
Gene Wilder - Jerome Silberman
Bruce Willis - Walter Bruce Willis
Kate Winslet - Katherine Elizabeth Winslet
Shelley Winters - Shirley Schrift
Reese Witherspoon - Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon
Elijah Wood - Elijah Jordan Wood
Natalie Wood - Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko
Jane Wyman - Sarah Jane Fulks

Y
Gig Young - Byron Barr

Z
Renée Zellweger - Renée Kathleen Zellweger
Catherine Zeta-Jones - Catherine Jones

Last Updated: 2017-08-18