Woody Allen
Long before Jerry Seinfeld's eponymous sitcom, Woody Allen was the face of neurotic Jewish comedy. Throughout the years, his thick black-rimmed glasses, oversize blazers and suit pants that hit 3 in. above the ankle were enough to make many question his ability to convincingly open a film. Though neither dashing nor charismatic, he proved himself by injecting his droll wit into the numerous silver-screen successes that he both directed and starred in. His most recent hit, Midnight in Paris, broke his personal box-office records, but it saw the spirited, towheaded Owen Wilson cast in the type of lead role that Allen inhabited for decades, which makes it all the more impressive that such a self-deprecating and, well, shrimpish figure could have driven movies such as Annie Hall and Hannah and Her Sisters to critical and audience acclaim in years past.