Notable Alumni of American Conservatory Theater

Arts and media

• Chris Pine 1980–

  Actor, played James T. Kirk in Star Trek

  Also attended: University of California-Berkeley

  Father: Robert Pine (Ohio Wesleyan University)

• Zendaya 1996–

  Actress and singer, two-time Emmy winner

• Winona Ryder 1971–

  American actress

• Brie Larson 1989–

  Actress, singer and filmmaker

• Elizabeth Banks 1974–

  Actress and director, played Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games

  Master of Fine Arts

  Also attended: University of Pennsylvania

  Spouse: Max Handelman (University of California-Los Angeles, University of Pennsylvania)

• Danny Glover 1946–

  Actor and producer

  Also attended: City College of San Francisco, San Francisco State University

• Milo Ventimiglia 1977–

  Actor known for Gilmore Girls

  Also attended: University of California-Los Angeles

  Spouse: Jarah Mariano (Pace University-New York)

• Beth Behrs 1985–

  Actress known for 2 Broke Girls

  Also attended: University of California-Los Angeles

  Spouse: Michael Gladis (State University of New York at New Paltz)

• M.C. Gainey 1948–

  Character actor, played Tom Friendly in Lost

  Also attended: University of Southern Mississippi

• Michael Lerner 1941–2023

  Actor, Oscar nominee for Best Supporting Actor

  Also attended: University of California-Los Angeles, CUNY Brooklyn College

  Sibling: Ken Lerner (CUNY Brooklyn College)

• Tomas Arana 1955–

  Actor in Gladiator and The Bourne Supremacy

  Also attended: City College of San Francisco

• Isiah Whitlock Jr. 1954–2025

  Film and television actor

  Master of Fine Arts

  Also attended: Southwest Minnesota State University

• Gedde Watanabe 1955–

  Actor and comedian, voice of Ling in Mulan

• Richard Newman 1946–

  Canada-based voice, film and television actor

  Also attended: Knox College

• Sherman Howard 1949–

  Actor, played Lex Luthor on Superboy

• Rolf Saxon 1955–

  Actor in the Mission: Impossible films

• Jessica Hagedorn 1949–

  Filipino-American playwright, writer and poet

• Derek Cecil 1973–

  Actor, played Seth Grayson in House of Cards

  Also attended: University of Houston

• Kim Zimmer 1955–

  Actress known as Reva Shayne in Guiding Light

  Also attended: Hope College

• Courtenay Taylor 1969–

  Actress known for video game voice roles

  Also attended: University of Redlands, San Francisco State University

• Sarayu Blue 1975–

  Actress known for Sons of Tucson

  Also attended: University of Iowa

• Cindy Cheung 1970–

  Chinese American actress in Lady in the Water

• Sarah Culberson 1976–

  Actress, public speaker, educator and writer

  Also attended: West Virginia University

• Allegra Rose Edwards 1987–

  Actress known for Briarpatch and Upload

  Master of Fine Arts · Class of 2013

  Also attended: Pepperdine University