Actor Facts

Harrison Ford has a species of spider named after him!

Keanu Reeves is afraid of the dark.

Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf in Lord of the Rings because he didn't understand the script.

Warren Beatty once worked as a rat-catcher!

Actor Val Kilmer grew up on Roy Rogers' ranch.

Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) has more money than Prince Harry, the Prince of Wales.

When he was 7, Vin Diesel and some friends broke into a New York theater with intentions to vandalize it. Instead of calling the police, the theater’s artistic director handed them scripts and offered them parts in the upcoming show. This became Diesel’s first acting role.

Michael Caine became an actor because all the prettiest girls at his school were in drama class.

Jason Earles played as a teenager in Hannah Montana, but he was actually born in 1977.

Jon Heder was paid only $1,000 for his role in Napoleon Dynamite.