Christopher Walken
Walken was born Ronald Walken (named after actor Ronald Colman) in Queens, New York. His father, Paul Walken, was a German immigrant, and his mother, Rosalie, was a Scottish immigrant; both of his parents were bakers. Walken worked in the family bakery, Walken’s Bakery, which was situated on Broadway and 30th Street in the Astoria Section of Queens, NY after school. He was raised in the Methodist religion. Influenced by their mother’s own dreams of stardom, he and his brothers Ken and Glenn were child actors on television in the 1950s. He studied at Hofstra University in Long Island but did not graduate. Walken initially trained as a dancer in musical theatre before moving on to dramatic roles in theatre and then film.
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Ferrell was born in Irvine, California, to Lee Ferrell, a keyboardist for The Righteous Brothers, and Kay (née Overman), a teacher. He had his schooling in Rancho San Joaquin Middle School and University High School in Irvine, where he was a kicker for the varsity football team. He enrolled at the University of Southern California, where he studied Sports Broadcasting and graduated with a degree in Sports Information(along with slight acting). He is also a member of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity. After graduating in 1990, Ferrell developed his improvisation skills as a member of the comedy group The Groundlings.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Gere is a descendant of MayflowerHigh School Pilgrims Francis Eaton, John Billington, George Soule, Richard Warren, Degory Priest, William Brewster and Francis Cooke. Gere’s father, Homer George Gere, was an insurance agent for the Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. Gere’s mother, Doris Anna (née Tiffany), was a homemaker. He has three sisters and a brother. In 1967, Gere graduated from North Syracuse Central , where he excelled at gymnastics and music, playing the trumpet. He attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, on a gymnastics scholarship, majoring in Philosophy, but did not graduate, leaving after two years to pursue acting.
Pitt was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Jane Etta (née Hillhouse), a high school counselor, and William Alvin Pitt, a truck company owner. Along with his brother Doug and sister Julie Neal, he grew up in Springfield, Missouri, where the family moved soon after his birth. He was raised a Baptist He attended Kickapoo High School, where he was involved in sports, debating, student government, and acting. He attended the Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri - Columbia where he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity.
