List of people from Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles

This is a list of people who live or lived in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles.

• J. J. Abrams - Screenwriter and creator of TV's Lost (Abrams is a graduate of Palisades Charter High School, aka Pali High)^[1]
• Ben Affleck and his wife Jennifer Garner - Actor/Director/Producer and Actress, respectively^[2]
• Eddie Albert - Actor and past Honorary Mayor ^[3]
• Judd Apatow and his wife Leslie Mann - Film Producer/Director and Actress, respectively^[4]
• Carol Arthur - Broadway actor and singer
• Lionel Atwill - Actor ^[5]
• Dan Aykroyd - and his wife Donna Dixon - Actor, Comedian, Musician and Businessman ^[6]
• James Robert Baker - Writer (committed suicide in his Pacific Palisades home in 1997) ^[7]
• Steve Bellamy - Founder of the Ski Channel and The Tennis Channel ^[8]
• Mel Blanc - Actor and voice talent. Also past honorary mayor.^[3][9]
• Richard Boone - Actor^[10]
• Kobe Bryant - NBA athlete ^[11]
• Francis X. Bushman - Silent Film star ^[12]
• Chris Carter - Writer, Director, Producer (Notably The X-Files.) ^[13]
• Chevy Chase - Actor/Comedian and past Honorary Mayor ^[14]
• Tommy Chong - Actor/Comedian (one half of the comedy duo 'Cheech and Chong')^[15]
• Martin Cohan - Television writer and producer, creator of Who's the Boss?^[16]
• Stephen Collins - Actor known from 7th Heaven ^[17]
• Bert Convy - Actor and Game Show Host, also past Honorary Mayor ^[3]
• Billy Crystal - Actor and comedian has lived in Pacific Palisades since 1978.
• Jamie Lee Curtis and her husband Christopher Guest - Actress & Director ^[18]
• Larry David - Seinfeld co-creator and star of Curb Your Enthusiasm ^[19]
• Patti Davis describes growing up in the Palisades in her memoirs, including The Long Goodbye ^[20]
• Dom DeLuise - Actor and past Honorary Mayor ^[3]
• Peter DeLuise - Actor, Director, Writer, Producer
• Vlade Divac - Retired NBA athlete ^[21]
• Nanette Fabray - Actress/singer and past Honorary Mayor ^[3]
• Lion Feuchtwanger - German writer ^[22]
• John Forsythe - Actor, also known as the voice of 'Charlie' in Charlie's Angels
• Richard Buckminster Fuller - Inventor (lived in Pacific Palisades until his death in 1983 at age 87)^[23]
• Marc Graboff - NBC President ^[24]
• John Goodman - Actor ^[25]
• Peter Graves - Actor and past Honorary Mayor ^[3]
• Brad Grey - Producer and CEO of Paramount Pictures ^[26]
• Steve Guttenberg - Actor and past Honorary Mayor ^[27]
• Brad Hall and his wife Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Actors ^[28]
• Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson - Actors ^[29]
• Goldie Hawn and long-time partner Kurt Russell - Actors ^[30]
• Oskar Homolka - Actor ^[31]
• Joseph Morgan Henninger - Artist and Illustrator ^[32]
• Arthur Hill - Actor ^[33]
• Emile Hirsch- Actor ^[34]
• Anthony Hopkins - Actor and past Honorary Mayor ^[3]
• Kate Hudson - Actress ^[35]
• Sylvia Juncosa - Guitar player ^[36]
• Stephen Kanner - Modernist architect and co-founder of the A+D Museum^[37]
• Diane Keaton - Actress ^[25]
• Elizabeth Keifer - Actress
• Nicole Kidman - Actress ^[38]
• Ted Knight - Actor and past Honorary Mayor ^[3]
• Lorenzo Lamas - Actor, martial artist and reality show participant
• Carole Landis - Actress ^[39]
• Sugar Ray Leonard -- Boxer and current Honorary Mayor.
• Jerry Lewis - Comedian and past Honorary Mayor ^[3][40]
• Mike Love and Dennis Wilson - Beach Boys band members ^[41]
• Ray Liotta - Actor
• Myrna Loy - Actor
• Thomas Mann - Novelist ^[42]
• Walter Matthau - Actor and past Honorary Mayor ^[3]
• John Mayer - Singer ^[43]
• Doug McClure - Actor and past Honorary Mayor ^[3]
• Ted McGinley - Actor ^[44]
• Nancy Meyers - Director/Writer/Producer ^[45]
• Henry Miller - Author
• Rita Moreno - singer, dancer and multiple award-winning actress. Also past Honorary Mayor.^[46]
• Patrick McGoohan - Actor ^[47]
• Gavin McLeod - Actor and past Honorary Mayor ^[48]
• Poppy Montgomery - Actress ^[49]
• Carrie-Anne Moss - Actress
• Michael Newman - Actor, Former Lifeguard, and Former Firefighter ^[50]
• Randy Newman - Musician, Singer/Song Writer, and Film Composer ^[51]
• Stevie Nicks - Singer ^[25]
• Louis Nye - Actor and comedian
• Chris O' Donnell - Actor ^[25]
• Ozzy Osbourne - Musician
• Jack Owens (singer-songwriter) - Singer and songwriter of the 1940s and Honorary Mayor of Pacific Palisades in 1955 ^[52]
• Brad Paisley and his wife Kimberly Williams - Country Singer & Actress ^[53]
• Stuart Pankin- Actor
• Alexandra Paul - Actress and Activist ^[54]
• Brad Pitt - Actor
• Sydney Pollack - Film director, producer and actor
• Anthony Quinn - Actor ^[55]
• John Raitt - Actor, father of singer Bonnie Raitt ^[56]
• Guy Raymond - Noted Character Actor ^[57]
• Ronald Reagan - 40th President of the United States, Politician, and Actor ^[58]
• Michael Richards - Actor
• Joan Rivers - Comedian (Owns a home in Pacific Palisades as well as in New York City)
• Karl L. Rundberg (1899–1969), Los Angeles City Council member.
• Keri Russell - Actress
• Bob Saget - Actor/Comedian and past Honorary Mayor ^[3]
• Adam Sandler - Actor/Comedian ^[59]
• Ken Sansom - Actor and Voice-Over Artist
• Vin Scully - Noted Baseball announcer (Los Angeles Dodgers) ^[60]
• Arnold Schwarzenegger and wife Maria Shriver - Actor/Politician and Journalist, respectively ^[61]
• Jason Segel - Actor
• Martin Short and Canadian comic actress-wife Nancy Dolman ("Soap") have lived in Pacific Palisades since 1987. Also past Honorary Mayor.^[3]
• Sam Simon - Writer, producer^[62]
• Rex Sinquefield - Investment banker
• Steven Spielberg - Director/Producer (keeps his main residence in the Palisades)
• Sylvester Stallone - Actor
• Matt Stone - South Park co-creator
• Hilary Swank - Actress ^[25]
• Thelma Todd - Famous actress who was found dead, in her car, in 1935, in the garage of her Palisades home, above the Roadside Cafe she operated on Pacific Coast Highway.
• William Tuttle - Hollywood make-up artist
• James Tyler - Architect, best known for the trademark "bridge building" dramatically spanning an arroyo and roadway at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
• Vivian Vance - Actress and past Honorary Mayor ^[3]
• Michael Waltman - Actor^[63]
• Naomi Watts - Actress
• Adam West - Actor and past Honorary Mayor ^[3]
• James Whale - Director of horror films such as Dracula and Frankenstein ^[64]
• Angela Wilder - Writer and ex-wife of basketball star James Worthy ^[25]

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