Stage names are pretty common around Hollywood. Vin Diesel ain't fooling anyone, yet the name seems rather appropriate, given the roles he plays. However, some actors choose curiously drab pseudonyms. Here's a mix of both categories.
| Stage name | Claim to fame | Birth name |
| Woody Allen | Actor and director of "Annie Hall" | Allan Stewart Konigsberg |
| Natalie Portman | Actress in "Black Swan" and the "Star Wars" prequels | Natalie Hershlag |
| Whoopi Goldberg | Comedian and actress in "Ghost" | Caryn Elaine Johnson |
| Vin Diesel | Actor in the "The Fast and the Furious" series | Mark Sinclair Vincent |
| John Wayne | Actor in countless classic Westerns | Marion Mitchell Morrison |
| Charlie Sheen | Actor in "Wall Street" and "Two and a Half Men" | Carlos Irwin Estevez (His dad acts under the stage name Martin Sheen, but Charlie's brother, Emilio Estevez, kept his birth name.) |
| Carmen Electra | Actress on the TV series "Baywatch" | Tara Leigh Patrick |
| Alan Alda | Actor on the TV series "M*A*S*H" | Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo |
| Nicolas Cage | Actor in "The Rock" and "Adaptation" | Nicolas Coppola |
| Jon Stewart | Host of "The Daily Show" | Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz |
