21. Chris Evans
Chris Evans? Isn’t his dad just a plain old dentist?
22. Dev Patel
First thing that came to mind was Dev Patel. Mother was a caregiver, father was an IT guy.
23. Kelly Marie Tran
kelly marie tran (lead voice actor in raya, rose tico in star wars) was a nobody whose parents were vietnam refugees. she did collegehumor videos before rian johnson casted her in star wars. tbh i think most asian-american actors are a good place to look if u wanna search for talent without nepotist connections because most asian immigrants don’t start off in Hollywood.
24. Seth Rogen
Seth Rogen – went to public school, mom is a social worker and dad worked at a non-profit.
25. Vin Diesel
Vin Diesel was raised by a single mother and was doing community theater and independent projects which got him discovered for saving private ryan.
Finn Wolfhard: His father was a history researcher his mother was an assistant and designer.
I think in the UK something like 80% of the name brand actors come out of a few of the elite preparatory schools. There are a few standouts like John Boyega.
26. Andrew Garfield
Andrew Garfield’s parents were interior designers
27. Brie Larson, John Gallagher Junior, Kaitlyn Dever, Rami Malik, Lakeith Stanfield, Stephanie Beatriz, Destin Cretton
The banger cast of Short Term 12 (2013) were pretty much nobodies.
Brie Larson – parents are chiropractors.
John Gallagher Junior – parents were folk musicians in Delaware.
Kaitlyn Dever – father voices barney. Make that what you will, not sure how much a voice actor can get you connections.
Rami Malik – immigrant parents (insurance worker and accounting) from Egypt.
LaKeith Stanfield – no info on his parents. Grew up in dysfunctional family in the middle of nowhere California.
Stephanie Beatriz – Immigrant from Argentina and grew up in Texas.
The director and writer of Short Term 12, Destin Cretton, was born in Hawaii to a hairdressor and firefighter. He is now the director of Marvel’s Shang Chi movies.
28. Simu Liu
I guess Simu Liu from Marvel’s Shang Chi counts. He was an accountant for a brief amount of time before becoming an actor. I’m sure he didn’t get rich being an entry level auditor. Simu attended a private school in Toronto. He probably didn’t make Hollywood connections there but being around affluence is an advantage. Edit: I thought it would be an advantage being brought up around affluence and communicating with the other wealthy people around. Apparently I’m wrong.
29. Taylor Lautner
I was suppose to be childhood friends with Taylor Lautner. (His dad would ask my mom for us to hang out together as children and play I guess?) He got the gig because his karate teacher just happened to know the yellow power ranger at the time according to my mom. And his dad was a jerk apparently.
30. Dicaprio And Toby Maguire
I think DiCaprio and Toby Maguire weren’t connected. They were best friends growing up though and came up in the business together.
