Bob Clark|director of A Christmas Story and Porky's;
Lewis Cleale|Drama Desk-nominated actor and singer in Sunset Boulevard and Spamalot;
Fahadh Faasil|actor in Malayalam cinema;
Charles Grodin|actor and former television talk show host (attended but did not graduate);
Joshua Henry|Tony-nominated actor for Scottsboro Boys/ also seen in In The Heights and American Idiot;
Jay W. Jensen|actor/philanthropist and high school drama teacher to Andy Garcia and Mickey Rourke;
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson|actor and professional wrestler;
Max Landis|writer of Chronicle (attended but did not graduate);
Ray Liotta|Emmy-nominated actor who played "Henry Hill" in Goodfellas and Shoeless Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams;
Frank Perry|director of Mommie Dearest;
Ernie Sabella|Emmy-nominated actor in Chicago/Hill Street Blues/Curtains and The Lion King;
Spencer Antle|fashion designer;
Algis Budrys|science fiction writer;
Xavier Cortada|artist;
Donald Justice|poet and winner of the 1980 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry;
Fiona Kelleghan|science fiction critic;
Mark Medoff|author/playwright and Tony Award winner;
Ray Liotta|Emmy-nominated actor who played "Henry Hill" in Goodfellas and Shoeless Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams;
Frank Perry|director of Mommie Dearest;
Jo Ann Pflug|actress who played Lt. Maria "Dish" Schneider in MASH/Samantha "Big Jack" Jack in The Fall Guy and Lt. Katherine O'Hara in Operation Petticoat;
Ernie Sabella|Emmy-nominated actor in Chicago, Hill Street Blues, Curtains and The Lion King;
Sylvester Stallone|actor who played "Rocky Balboa" in Rocky (awarded a BFA in 1999 based on his film experience after attending but not graduating);
Steve-O|comedic actor and star of Jackass (attended but did not graduate);