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Can You Identify These Famous Texas Actors? Take the Texas Actor Quiz!

Can You Identify These Famous Texas Actors? Take the Texas Actor Quiz!
Can You Identify These Famous Texas Actors? Take the Texas Actor Quiz!

At first glance, it may not seem like it, but Texas has a historic influence on the arts. For the stage and screen, many Hollywood A-listers got there starts here in the Lonestar State. Can you identify these actors and actresses? Give it a try and let us know how you did!

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    Although he grew up in New Jersey, this multi-talented actor was born in Austin. Since then, he’s starred in “Dead Poets’ Society” and alongside Denzel Washington in “Training Day.”

    • Robin Williams
    • Hugh Laurie
    • Ethan Hawke
    • Will Smith
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    This actress grew up in Katy, Texas. She cut her teeth on acting classes at the University of Texas and turned it into a career, starring in movies such as “Bridget Jones’ Diary” and winning an Oscar for her performance in “Cold Mountain.”

    • Renee Zellweger
    • Nicole Kidman
    • Alicia Silverstone
    • Gina Rodriguez
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    This Hollywood legend was born and raised in Houston. He starred in “Ghosts” and “Dirty Dancing” among many other successful films before his death.

    • Keanu Reeves
    • Phil Hartman
    • Ethan Hawke
    • Patrick Swayze
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    This comedian, writer, and musician was born in Waco, Texas. He’s hosted “Saturday Night Live” 15 times and was the star of “The Father of the Bride” movies.

    • Steve Martin
    • Martin Short
    • Will Smith
    • Matthew McConaughey
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    This actress was born in Corpus Christi. She attended Texas A&M-Kingsville and made her break in Hollywood on the prime-time show “Desperate Housewives.”

    • Rosie Perez
    • Eva Longoria
    • Renee Zellweger
    • Reese Witherspoon
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    This actor was born in Baytown, Texas. He’s starred in over 150 films, two of them are “Point Break” and “Lethal Weapon.”

    • Keanu Reeves
    • Gary Busey
    • Patrick Swayze
    • Anthony Kiedis
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    This 90’s sex-symbol and pop-culture icon was born in Waco, Texas. She starred in “I Know What You Did Last Summer” and “Can’t Hardly Wait.”

    • Sarah Michelle Gellar
    • Britney Spears
    • Jennifer Love Hewitt
    • Rachael Leigh Cook

Written by Matthew Monk