The New School alumni

Marlon Brando Jr. was an American actor. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential performers in the history of cinema, he received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, three BAFTAs, a Cannes Film Festival Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Brando is credited with being one of the first actors to bring the Stanislavski system of acting and method acting to mainstream audiences.

Bradley Charles Cooper is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and three Grammy Awards. In addition, he has been nominated for twelve Academy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, and a Tony Award. Cooper appeared on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list three times and on Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2015. His films have grossed $13 billion worldwide, and he has been placed in annual rankings of the world's highest-paid actors four times.

Israeli politician (1923–2016) –Former President of Israel (2007–2014) and Prime Minister of Israel (1977, 1984–1986, 1995–1996)

American playwright (1911–1983)

American actor (1925–2010)

American singer, actor and civil rights activist (1927–2023)

American actor

American actor, comedian and director (1920–2000)

American actor (1927–2011)

Jelena Noura "Gigi" Hadid is an American fashion model and television personality. In 2016, she was named International Model of the Year by the British Fashion Council. Throughout her career, Hadid has made at least 50 appearances in international Vogue. Models.com ranks her as one of the "New Supers". Since 2017, Hadid has been one of the highest-paid models in the world, earning $20 million.

American actor (1925–2002)

Italian-American economist (1918–2003)

Jonah Hill is an American actor and filmmaker. Hill ranked 28th on Forbes's list of highest-paid actors from June 2014 to June 2015, at $16 million. Among his accolades are nominations for two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe Awards.

American filmmaker (born 1970)

President of Namibia from 2015 to 2024

American actress and comedienne (1922–2009)

Lena Dunham is an American writer, director, actress, and producer. She is the creator, writer, and star of the HBO television series Girls (2012–2017), for which she received several Emmy Award nominations and two Golden Globe Awards. Dunham also directed several episodes of Girls and became the first woman to win the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series. She started her career writing, directing, and starring in her semi-autobiographical independent film Tiny Furniture (2010), for which she won an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay. She has since written and directed the 2022 films Sharp Stick and Catherine Called Birdy. In 2025, she created the Netflix series Too Much starring Megan Stalter.

American actor (1919–1996)

American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology and literary critic (1895-1990)

German-American sex therapist

American singer-songwriter

American singer and musician (born 1975)

African-American writer (1934–2014)

American entrepreneur

Matthew Paul Miller (born June 30, 1979), known by his stage name Matisyahu (; ), is an American singer, rapper, beatboxer, and musician.

Austrian-American women's history scholar (1920-2013)

American documentary film director and producer (born 1964)

former Acting President of Haiti

American actor and professor

American actress and singer in film, television, and the theatre (1925–2014)

French-born American advertising and documentary photographer (1928-2023)

American actor and painter (1919–2022)

American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger

actress (1920-1998)

American writer and activist (1922–2007)

German-born American theater and film actress, writer and director

American political activist and author

American actor (1925–1995)

American jazz musicien (1969–2018)

American record producer and songwriter

American children's writer and novelist (born 1963)

Nigerian actress, singer and politician

American actress

French human rights activist

American photojournalist (1913–2012)

American actress, comedian and television personality

American actor and comedian

Israeli politician (1940-2015)

Spanish philosopher

American actress, director, screenwriter (born 1976)

American stage and film director (1921–2015)

American economist & academic

Indian author

American actor (1920–2015)

American actor (1926-2009)

American writer (1946–2011)

American actor

American historian and political scientist (1922-2018)

American anthropologist

Indian businesswoman