Television producers from Illinois

American talk show host, actress, producer, and author (born 1954)

Morgan Freeman is an American actor, producer, and narrator. In a career spanning six decades, he has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as a nomination for a Grammy Award and a Tony Award. He was honored with the Kennedy Center Honor in 2008, an AFI Life Achievement Award in 2011, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2012, and Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2018. In a 2022 readers' poll by Empire, he was voted one of the 50 greatest actors of all time.

Gillian Leigh Anderson is an American actress. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the series The X-Files, socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies's film The House of Mirth (2000), DSU Stella Gibson in the BBC/RTÉ crime drama television series The Fall, sex therapist Jean Milburn in the Netflix comedy-drama Sex Education, and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the fourth season of Netflix drama series The Crown. Among other honors, she has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. She has resided in London since 2002, after earlier years divided between the United Kingdom and the United States.

American author, screenwriter, film director (1942–2008)

American actress

American screenwriter, film producer and director (born 1952)

American record producer and composer (1933–2024)

American actor

American actor, producer, and screenwriter

American television presenter, comedian, actor, and author

American actor (1957–2008)

American actor (born 1969)

American comedian and actor (1940–2005)

American comedian and actor

American film director, screenwriter, and producer (born 1943)

Richard Wayne Van Dyke is an American actor, comedian, singer, dancer and writer. His work spans screen and stage, and his awards include six Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, and a Tony Award. He was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1993, and then the Television Hall of Fame in 1995. He was recognized as a Disney Legend in 1998. He has been honored with the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2013, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2020.

American television producer, television and film writer, and author

American director and producer (1935–2023)

American film director, screenwriter and producer

American actor (born 1970)

American actor, comedian and filmmaker

American actress and comedian

Amy Marie Madigan is an American actress. Known for her work on stage and screen, her accolades include an Academy Award, an Actor Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Critics' Choice Award, in addition to a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award.

American film director, screenwriter and producer

British-American screenwriter (born 1976)

American dancer, singer, and actor (1925-2003)

American playwright, filmmaker and author (born 1947)

American actor

American actress

American comedian, television host and actor

American actress

American actor

American stand-up comedian

American writer and filmmaker (born 1954)

American screenwriter and author (born 1978)

American actor, director, producer, and activist

American actor, director, producer and writer (born 1963)

American actress (1923-1988)

American writer and producer

American actor (born 1977)

American actor and director (born 1976)

American actor and comedian (1927–2008)

American writer and forensic anthropologist

American stand-up comedian and actor (1922–1991)

American actress (born 1952)

American actress, comedian, author and television personality

American screenwriter, producer, director and actor

actress, entertainer, singer, writer, and producer (born 1931)

American comedian and actor

American actor (1935–2001)

American actor and screenwriter

American television producer

American television show host (1936-2012)

American actor and director

American actor and comedian

American comedian, playwright, feminist, television writer and director

American film director

film director

American screenwriter

American actor, and filmmaker