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Hollywood’s Famous Acting Families, From the Hemsworths to the Hudsons
From the Skarsgårds to the Cusacks, here are the Hollywood stars for whom acting is all in the family business

By Stephanie Sengwe Updated on August 22, 2024 06:25AM EDT
Trey Smith, Willow Smith, Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jaden Smith and Gammy Norris
From left: Trey Smith, Willow Smith, Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jaden Smith and Gammy Norris attend the Los Angeles premiere of ‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ at the TCL Chinese Theatre on May 30, 2024, in Hollywood, Calif. Photo: Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for Sony Pictures
Perhaps there’s something to the claim that some people were born to act.

As Chris Hemsworth, Charlie Sheen and Julia Roberts know all too well, they aren’t the only actors at their family reunions. In the ‘80s, four Baldwin brothers blew up big together as screen stars; a decade later, the Wayans siblings took the comedy genre by storm on TV and in film. For these stars, entertainment is a family affair.

To show how common such family ties are in Hollywood, we’re spotlighting some of the most famous acting families in showbiz.

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The Hawn/Hudson/Russell family
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – MAY 06: Actors Oliver Hudson, Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn, Wyatt Russell and Kate Hudson with kids Ryder Robinson, Wilder Hudson, Bodhi Hudson, Rio Hudson and Bingham Bellamy attend Annual Goldie’s Love In For Kids hosted by Goldie Hawn at Ron Burkle’s Green Acres Estate on May 6, 2016 in Beverly Hills, Californi (Photo by Todd Williamson/Getty Images)
Actors Oliver Hudson, Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn, Wyatt Russell and Kate Hudson with kids Ryder Robinson, Wilder Hudson, Bodhi Hudson, Rio Hudson and Bingham Bellamy at Goldie’s Love In For Kids at Ron Burkle’s Green Acres Estate on May 6, 2016, in Beverly Hills, California. Todd Williamson/Getty
Actress Goldie Hawn and musician Bill Hudson wed in 1976 and welcomed son Oliver Hudson and daughter Kate Hudson by the time they split in 1982.

Like their mom, Oliver and Kate forged acting careers, giving us classics such as Rules of Engagement and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003).

Following her divorce, Hawn and actor Kurt Russell became a couple in 1983, and the two welcomed son Wyatt Russell in 1986.

Like the rest of the family, Wyatt is also an actor and can be seen in films like 22 Jump Street (2014) and The Woman in the Window (2021), as well as the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

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The Hemsworth brothers
WESTWOOD, CA – JULY 27: Actors/brothers Liam Hemsworth, Luke Hemsworth and Chris Hemsworth arrive for the Premiere Of Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Vacation” held at Regency Village Theatre on July 27, 2015 in Westwood, California. (Photo by Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images)
Actors and brothers Liam Hemsworth, Chris Hemsworth and Luke Hemsworth arriving for the premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures’ ‘Vacation’ at Regency Village Theatre on July 27, 2015, in Westwood, California. Albert L. Ortega/Getty
As talented as they are good-looking, the Aussie-born Hemsworth brothers — Chris Hemsworth, Liam Hemsworth and Luke Hemsworth — have been mainstays on the big screen for a while.

Though we know Chris and Liam from blockbuster franchises such as Thor and The Hunger Games, older brother Luke has also found success, having starred as Ashley Stubbs on HBO’s Westworld.