Notable Alumni and News

Tonatiuh

Tonatiuh starred in the 2025 film Kiss of the Spiderwoman alongside Jennifer Lopez and Diego Luna.

Patrick J. Adams

Adams is best known for playing the leading role of Mike Ross on USA Network’s Suits, which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for outstanding actor in a drama series. (BFA ’04)

Brian Jordan Alvarez

Shiri Appleby

McKinley Belcher III

Troian Bellisario

Currently starring in the Dick Wolf’s On Call, Bellisario formed The Casitas Group theatre company with some of her fellow alumni. (BFA ’09)

Beck Bennett

A long-time cast member of NBC’s Saturday Night Live, Bennett is also known for his work in James Gunn’s Superman . (BFA ’07)

Todd Black

Charl Brown

LeVar Burton

LeVar Burton is an actor, director and beloved television host, best known for his work on Roots, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Reading Rainbow.

Kate Cannova

Taylor Dearden

Best known for her roles on The Pitt, and Sweet/Vivcous series (BA ’15)

Tate Donovan

Donovan is an actor whose credits include the Oscar-winning film Argo, and shows The O.C., 24: Live Another Day, Hostages, Deception, Damages, Friends and The Man in the High Castle. (BFA ’85)

Timothy Dowling

Anthony Edwards

Ryan Eggold

Greer Grammer

Daryl Hannah

Briga Heelan

Briga Heelan starred in the NBC series Great News, the CBS series B Positive and more. She recently starred in the world premiere of “Once Upon a One More Time.”

Grant Heslov

Grant Heslov is an Academy Award winner, noted for his work as a director, producer, writer and actor. In 2006 he co-founded Smokehouse Pictures with longtime partner and collaborator George Clooney.

Devin Kelley

Swoosie Kurtz

Eric Ladin

James Lesure

Alexander Ludwig

Marguerite MacIntyre

Kevin Mambo

Alma Martinez

Vanessa J. Noon

Timothy Omundson

Fess Parker

Sam Peckinpah

Jeremy Pivnick

Kelly Preston

J. August Richards

Best known for his work on Joss Whedon’s Angel and in Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Richards can also be seen on Bravo’s Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce. (BFA ’95)

John Ritter

Jon Rudnitsky

Nichole Sakura

Nichole Sakura is best known for her work on the NBC comedy series Superstore. 

Stark Sands

A two-time Tony nominee, Sands starred as Dash in the Fox series Minority Report. His previous works include the film Inside Llewyn Davis, and starring on Broadway in Kinky Boots and Journey’s End. (BFA ’01)

Angus Scrimm

Karan Soni

As an actor he is best known for blockbuster movies like Deadpool, Ghostbusters, Detective Pikachu, Office Christmas Party and Across the Spider-Verse .

Anthony Sparks

Richard Speight, Jr.

An actor, director, screenwriter and producer, Richard Speight Jr. (BA ’92) is known for his recurring role as Archangel Gabriel in the television series Supernatural.

Eric Stoltz

Danny Strong

Not only an actor, Strong is the award-winning creator and showrunner of the Hulu series Dopesick. He is also an award-winning screenwriter and book writer for Broadway’s 2025 revival of the musical Chess, Game Change, Recount and Lee Daniels’ The Butler. (BA ’96)

Buck Taylor

Andy Tennant

TJ Thyne

Peter Vack

Austin Wang

Forest Whitaker

An Academy Award-winning actor, Whitaker is also an accomplished director and producer. (’82)

Caroline Williams

Deborah Ann Woll

Best known for her roles on HBO’s True Blood, and in the Daredevil series (BFA ’07)

Colin Woodell