List of New Trier High School Alumni - Film and Theater

Film and Theater

• Ann-Margret (1959) is an actress and singer (Viva Las Vegas, The Cincinnati Kid, Tommy, Grumpy Old Men).
• Adam Baldwin (1980) is an actor best known for his work on television (Firefly, Chuck).
• Ralph Bellamy (1922) was a Tony Award and Academy Award-nominated actor (The Awful Truth, Sunrise at Campobello, Rosemary's Baby, Trading Places).
• Carlos Bernard (1980) is an actor (Tony Almeida on the television series 24).
• John Byrum (1965) is a film producer, director, and screenwriter (Duets).
• Liz Callaway (1978) is a Tony Award-nominated actress and singer (Baby, Miss Saigon).
• William Christopher is an actor (Father Mulcahy on the television series M*A*S*H).
• Lisa Darr (1981) is an actress (Laurie Manning on Ellen, ).
• Bruce Dern is an actor (The Great Gatsby, Black Sunday, Coming Home, ).
• Christine Ebersole (1971) is a two time Tony Award-winning actress and singer (42nd Street, Grey Gardens).
• James Eckhouse is an actor best known for his role on the television series Beverly Hills, 90210.
• Charlton Heston (1941) was an Academy Award-Winning actor (Ben-Hur, The Ten Commandments, Planet of the Apes), and president of the National Rifle Association (1998–2003).
• Rock Hudson (1944) was an Academy Award-nominated actor (Giant, Pillow Talk, Come September), also (according to the New York Times) "remembered as the first star of his magnitude to go public with details of his battle with AIDS."
• Mike Kelley (1985) is a television producer (Swingtown), writer (The O.C., Jericho).
• Virginia Madsen (1979) is an Academy Award-nominated actress (Candyman, Sideways).
• Lauren Marcus (2003), actress
• Liesel Matthews (2002) is an actress (Air Force One) and heiress.
• Penelope Milford (1966) is an Academy Award nominated actress (Coming Home).
• Hugh O'Brian (did not graduate) is an actor known for his work on television (Wyatt Earp in The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp) and film (The Shootist). He is the founder of the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Foundation (HOBY).
• Jeffrey Price is a member of a screenwriting team with Peter S. Seaman (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Shrek the Third).
• Betsy Randle is an actress (Amy Matthews on the television series Boy Meets World).
• Sarah Ruhl is a playwright.
• Mark Romanek (1977) is an award winning music video and film director, writer, and producer (One Hour Photo).
• Charlotte Ross is an actress, best known for her work on television (NYPD Blue, Days of our Lives).
• Mary Kate Schellhardt (1997), actress (What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Apollo 13).
• Rusty Schwimmer (1980) is an actress (The Perfect Storm, North Country, Twister, The Guardian).
• Hal Sparks (1988) is an actor and comedian (the host of Talk Soup (1999–2000), Michael Novotny on Queer as Folk).
• David Strassman, performer and ventriloquist
• Lili Taylor (1985) is an actress (Mystic Pizza, I Shot Andy Warhol).
• Jim True-Frost (aka Jim True) (1984) is an actor (Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski on The Wire).
• Rainn Wilson (1984) is an actor and comedian (Dwight Schrute on the television series The Office).
• Terence H. Winkless, producer, director, writer (The Howling (film), Twice As Dead)
• Edward Zwick (1970) is a film and television director (The Last Samurai, Glory, Courage Under Fire, Blood Diamond) and Academy Award winning producer (Shakespeare in Love).
• Nico Tortorella (2006) is an actor (Scream 4)