Inside the Actors Studio
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Mark Wahlberg
Season 11, Episode 1102
Original Airdate: November 14, 2004
Mark Wahlberg was born in Dorchester, a working class district of Boston to parents Alma and Donald Wahlberg. The youngest of nine children, Wahlberg's family was further strained after his parents' divorce when Mark was just eleven years old. read more > >
Christopher Walken
Season 2, Episode 208
Original Airdate: October 23, 1996
Christopher Walken was born in Queens, New York on March 31, 1943. He started working in show business at the age of three. Originally, he intended to be a "song and dance man" but became hooked on acting when cast in his first play. read more > >
Barbara Walters
Season 12, Episode 1202
Original Airdate: December 18, 2005
Walters was born into a show business family as the daughter of "Ziegfeld Follies" producer Louis Walters. She began her career as a writer for NBC's "The Today Show" and within a year became a reporter at large. read more > >
Naomi Watts
Season 10, Episode 1005
Original Airdate: December 28, 2003
When Naomi Watts joins James Lipton on stage, she tells him how she bargained her way into acting lessons at age fourteen. read more > >
Sigourney Weaver
Season 6, Episode 610
Original Airdate: October 29, 2000
The daughter of the former head of the NBC network, Sigourney Weaver changed her name from Susan after reading The Great Gatsby. read more > >
Forest Whitaker
Season 13, Episode 1302
Original Airdate: December 11, 2006
The multi-talented Forest Whitaker started out as a football star in school and went on to study as a classical tenor before shifting to acting. read more > >
Gene Wilder
Season 2, Episode 207
Original Airdate: September 25, 1996
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Robin Williams
Season 7, Episode 710
Original Airdate: June 10, 2001
Known for his frenetic improvisational comedy style, one would never guess that Robin Williams was the only child of a wealthy Ford executive. Trained in drama at Juilliard, Robin began as a mime and a stand-up comic before breaking into film and TV role read more > >
Bruce Willis
Season 8, Episode 801
Original Airdate: February 10, 2002
Bruce Willis was born on March 19, 1955 in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany on an American military base. When he was two, his family returned to the US to live in Penns Grove, New Jersey. read more > >
Debra Winger
Season 8, Episode 804
Original Airdate: February 17, 2002
Debra Winger was born in Cleveland, Ohio May 16, 1955 to a Kosher frozen food distributor. When she was 16, she dropped out of high school, moved to Israel and joined a kibbutz. This led to a 3-month stint in the Israeli army. read more > >
