Jean-Claude Van Damme

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A Pittsburgh Penguins hockey game and the team's former home - the Civic Arena - provided the plot and setting for Jean-Claude Van Damme's 1994 movie, "Sudden Death."

Paul Newman

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The late Paul Newman starred in "Slap Shot" (1977), which was filmed in Pittsburgh, Johnstown and upstate New York.

Julius Irving

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In 1979, basketball great Julius Irving (left) starred in "The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh." The movie centered around a basketball team in Pittsburgh. It was filmed in Pittsburgh & Moon Township.

Steve Guttenberg

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Actors Charles Durning and Steve Guttenberg were in the movie "Shannon's Rainbow" in Washington County.

William Petersen

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William Petersen was one of the stars of the 1992 movie "Passed Away," made in the Pittsburgh area.

Woody Harrelson

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The Farrelly brother's 1996 movie "Kingpin" starring Woody Harrelson, Bill Murray and Randy Quaid was made around Pittsburgh.

Richard Gere

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Richard Gere's 2002 movie, "The Mothman Prophecies," was filmed in Pittsburgh and Kittanning.

Whoopi Goldberg

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Whoopi Goldberg, Drew Barrymore, Matthew McConaughey and Mary-Louise Parker made parts of "Boys On The Side" in the Pittsburgh.

Christopher Walken

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Actor Christopher Walken won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1978 for his role as a Pennsylvania steel worker driven mad by combat during the Vietnam War in the film "The Deer Hunter."

Russell Crowe

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Paul Haggis directed the new Russell Crowe, Liam Neeson movie "The Next Three Days." The movie was filmed extensively in Pittsburgh including scenes at the Allegheny County Jail.

Anthony Hopkins

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Anthony Hopkins played one of the most frightening characters ever put on film, serial killer Hannibal Lecter, in the 1991 film "The Silence Of The Lambs." Some of the movie was filmed in the Pittsburgh area.

Keanu Reeves

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Keanu Reeves, Fred Ward & Amy Madigan made "The Prince of Pennsylvania" in the Pittsburgh area.

Tom Cruise

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Tom Cruise, Lea Thompson & Craig T. Nelson starred in 1983's "All The Right Moves." It was filmed in Pittsburgh & Johnstown.

Bruce Willis

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Pittsburgh is the very recognizable backdrop of the Bruce Willis and Sarah Jessica Parker movie "Striking Distance" (1993).

Diane Lane

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In 1987, actress Diane Lane starred in "Lady Beware," which was filmed around Pittsburgh.

Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito

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Jack Nicholson starred as Jimmy Hoffa in the bio-pic, "Hoffa." Danny DeVito also starred in and directed the movie, which was filmed in the Pittsburgh area.

Sienna Miller

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Actress Sienna Miller issued a public apology after saying some not-so-nice things about Pittsburgh in an interview with Rolling Stone Magazine. At the time she was filming the movie "The Mysteries Of Pittsburgh."

Denzel Washington

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Denzel Washington, Chris Pine & Rosario Dawson star in the 2010 film, "Unstoppable." It was filmed in and around the Pittsburgh area as well as in parts of Ohio and West Virginia.