Media
- Gillian Anderson, actress
- Stanley Andrews, actor
- Dominic Armato, voice actor
- Reiko Aylesworth, actress
- Barney Balaban, mogul, head of Paramount Pictures
- Bob Balaban, actor, director, producer
- Adam Baldwin, actor
- Leonard Baldy, police officer; Chicago's first helicopter traffic reporter
- Ryan Bank, media producer
- Ike Barinholtz, actor, comedian
- Ralph Bellamy, actor
- James Belushi, actor, comedian (Wheaton)
- John Belushi, actor, comedian (Wheaton)
- Jack Benny, actor, comedian (Waukegan)
- Tom Berenger, actor
- Edgar Bergen, ventriloquist
- Shelley Berman, comedian
- Carlos Bernard, actor
- Michael Ian Black, comedian
- Budd Boetticher, film director
- Tom Bosley, actor
- Charles Boyce, syndicated cartoonist
- Andre Braugher, actor
- Buddy Bregman, composer, arranger
- Danny Pudi, actor
- Pat Byrnes, The New Yorker cartoonist
- Colt Cabana, professional wrestler
- Monique Calhoun, model
- Steve Carell, actor, comedian (born in Concord, Massachusetts)
- Allan Carr, producer
- Sarah Wayne Callies, actress
- Dan Castellaneta, actor, comedian (Oak Park)
- Kyle Chavarria, actress
- Anna Chlumsky, actress
- Stephen Colbert, comedian
- Don Cornelius, creator and former host of Soul Train
- Cindy Crawford, model, actress (DeKalb)
- Joan Cusack, actress, comedian (Evanston)
- John Cusack, actor (Evanston)
- Clifton Davis, actor, composer, minister
- Elizabeth DeCicco, actress, model, singer, photographer
- Walt Disney, founder of The Walt Disney Company (Hermosa)
- Matt Doherty, actor
- Mike Douglas, talk show host
- Katie Doyle, castmember of MTV's Road Rules
- Tom Dreesen, actor, comedian (Harvey)
- Moosie Drier, actor, director
- Michael Clarke Duncan, actor
- Kevin Dunn, actor
- Dennis Farina, actor
- Chris Farley, actor, comedian (born in Madison, Wisconsin)
- Jon Favreau, actor, writer, director
- Tina Fey, actress, comedienne, writer (born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania)
- Karen Finley, performance artist, actress, artist, recording artist
- Michael Flatley, dancer
- Neil Flynn, actor
- Harrison Ford, actor
- Bob Fosse, director, choreographer
- Redd Foxx, comedian (born in St. Louis, Missouri) (Bronzeville)
- Dennis Franz, actor
- Kathleen Freeman, actress
- Marla Gibbs, actress
- Ira Glass, NPR broadcaster
- Arlene Golonka, actress
- Stuart Gordon, playwright, screenwriter, film director and producer
- Chuck Goudie, television reporter, columnist (Detroit, Michigan)
- Michael Gray, actor of Shazam!
- Kathy Griffin, actress, comedienne (Oak Park)
- Michael Gross, actor
- Kevin Hagen, actor
- Daryl Hannah, actress
- Wood Harris, actor
- Hugh Hefner, publisher
- Marilu Henner, actress
- Charlton Heston, actor (Evanston)
- Mark Hollmann, Urinetown composer, lyricist, (born and raised in Belleville, Illinois)
- Terrence Howard, actor
- Jennifer Hudson, actress, singer (Englewood)
- John Hughes, film director/writer
- Bonnie Hunt, actress, comedian, director, producer
- Sam J. Jones, actor
- William James Jones, actor
- Philip Kaufman, film director
- Harvey Korman, actor, comedian
- Tessa Kosta, actress, musicals
- Greg Kotis, Urinetown playwright
- Clara Lipman Chicago-born stage actress and playwright
- Ron Livingston, actor
- Richard Long, actor
- Lar Lubovitch, choreographer
- Bernie Mac, actor, comedian
- Justina Machado, actress
- William H. Macy, actor, producer (born in Miami, Florida)
- Amy Madigan, actress
- John Mahoney, actor
- Karl Malden, actor
- John Malkovich, actor
- David Mamet, playwright, poet, screenwriter, director
- Michael Mann, film director, writer, producer
- Joe Mantegna, actor
- Ron Masak, actor
- Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, actress (Oak Park)
- Jenny McCarthy, actress, model (West Elsdon)
- LisaRaye McCoy, actress
- Frances McDormand, actress
- Laurie Metcalf, actress (born in Carbondale)
- Devon Michaels, pornographic actress
- Vincente Minnelli, Oscar-winning director
- Rick Moranis, actor, comedian
- Cindy Morgan, actress
- Read Morgan, actor
- Trevor Morgan,actor
- Jennifer Morrison, actress, producer
- Brian Doyle-Murray, actor
- Bill Murray, actor, comedian
- Bob Newhart, actor, comedian
- Nichelle Nichols, actress (Robbins)
- Richard Nickel, photographer
- Ken Nordine, voiceover and Word Jazz recording artist
- Kim Novak, actress
- Donald O'Connor, actor, dancer
- Matt O'Leary, actor
- Keke Palmer, actress/singer (Harvey and Robbins)
- Mandy Patinkin, actor
- Melvin Van Peebles, director
- Jeannie Pepper, pornographic actress
- Jeff Perry, actor
- William L. Petersen, actor
- Wally Pfister, cinematographer
- Jeremy Piven, actor (Evanston)
- Harold Ramis, actor, director, comedian
- Bill Rancic, winner of The Apprentice
- Robert Reed, actor
- John C. Reilly, actor
- Shonda Rhimes, screenwriter, director, producer (creator and executive producer of Grey's Anatomy)
- Lucille Ricksen, actress
- John Ridgely, actor
- Justin Roberts, current WWE Raw ring announcer
- Craig Robinson, actor, comedian
- Jonathan Rosenbaum, film critic
- Jennifer Runyon, actress
- Pat Sajak, game show host
- Horatio Sanz, actor, comedian
- Ryan Schreiber, Pitchfork Media founder
- Stefanie Scott, actress, singer
- Amy Sedaris, actress
- David Sedaris, radio broadcaster & author
- Sherri Shepherd, actress
- Gary Sinise, actor
- Susan St. James, actress (Rockford)
- John Stagliano, pornographic actor and director
- Todd Stashwick, actor
- Michael Stoyanov, actor
- Joe Swanberg, film director, actor
- Gloria Swanson, actress
- Mr. T, actor
- Rea Tajiri, filmmaker
- Giorgio Tozzi, singer, actor
- Vince Vaughn, actor
- Douglas Walker, film critic/comedian
- Carol Wayne, actress
- Jason Weaver, actor, singer
- George Wendt, actor
- Raquel Welch, actress
- Orson Welles, actor, director, writer, producer (born in Kenosha, Wisconsin) (Woodstock)
- Robin Williams, actor, comedian
- Steve Wilkos, talk show host
- Oprah Winfrey, talk show hostess, actress, entrepreneur, philanthropist (born in Kosciusko, Mississippi)
- Sam Witwer, lead actor on the SyFy Channel show Being Human (North American TV series) and in the video game series Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Glenview, Cook County, Illinois)
- Robert Young, actor
- Billy Zane, actor
- Robert Zemeckis, director, producer, writer (Roseland)
- Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., empresario
- Adrian Zmed, actor
- Edward Zwick, director, producer, writer
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Famous quotes containing the word media:
“The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the street can grasp a religious message, but how to employ the communications media so as to let him have the full impact of the Gospel message.”
—Pope John Paul II (b. 1920)
“The media network has its idols, but its principal idol is its own style which generates an aura of winning and leaves the rest in darkness. It recognises neither pity nor pitilessness.”
—John Berger (b. 1926)
“The media no longer ask those who know something ... to share that knowledge with the public. Instead they ask those who know nothing to represent the ignorance of the public and, in so doing, to legitimate it.”
—Serge Daney (1944–1992)