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John G. Avildsen
Father: Danish, Norwegian · Mother: English, Irish, Channel Islander [Guernsey]
Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.
John Huston
Actor
Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, English, Scottish, distant Welsh and German, 1/512 Portuguese
Nevada, Vernon, Missouri, U.S.
Jonathan Demme
Actor
English (mostly), some German, small amounts of Scottish, Welsh, and Dutch, remote French, Swedish, and Cornish
Baldwin, New York, U.S.
Kathryn Bigelow
Father: English, German, remote Swedish, Irish, and Swiss-German · Mother: Norwegian
San Carlos, San Mateo, California, United States
Kevin Costner
Actor · Musician
English, German, Swiss-German, Scottish, Welsh, Irish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, remote French Huguenot
Lynwood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Mel Gibson
Actor
Irish (at least 87.5%), as well as English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, and Welsh
Peekskill, New York, U.S.
Miloš Forman
Actor
* biological father – Ashkenazi Jewish · Mother: Czech
Čáslav, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Paul Thomas Anderson
Actor
Irish, Swedish, as well as English, French-Canadian, and Scottish
Los Angeles, California, United States
Robert Benton
Actor
English, some Scottish, Irish, German, Swiss-German, French, and Swiss-French
Waxahachie, Texas, U.S.
Robert Redford
Actor
English, Irish, Scottish, Northern Irish/Scots-Irish, Cornish
Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States
