Academy Award-winning actor George Kennedy lives in Boise. NFL players Matt Paradis and A, J. Feeley call Gem State home. The world champion and Olympic skier Picabo Street is from Triumph.
And Paralympic athlete Dani Aravich is from Boise. According to TMZ, celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Henry “The Fonz Winkler” and Harry Styles spend time in the gem state to take a break from Hollywood. According to The Mike Brown Group, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have a house in Ketchum. Bruce Willis and Demi Moore lived in Hailey, and their children were going to school in Idaho.
But the vast majority of these celebrities were born and raised outside of Hollywood, finding their way to the bright lights and big money of stardom from dark beginnings in small towns or normal cities across the country. Stacker compiled a list of actors who were born in Idaho from the most popular list on IMDb. For each actor, we include a poster image of a movie they are known for (all poster images from OMDb movies). Keep reading to see which favorite actors are from your home state.
And, because Boise and the entire state of Idaho are such an amazing place to live, famous people from all over the country move here and call it home.