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Person #9 is owed $39,361.29 – unclaimed money that The Actors Fund is holding in trust for a former child actor it can't locate. Altogether, the Fund is holding $3,832,599 in 19,382 other unclaimed accounts, the single largest of which belongs to Person #9. The nine highest unclaimed accounts total more than…

Peter Dinklage will receive a Performer Tribute and The Actors Fund will receive the Gotham Impact Salute at the 2021 Gotham Awards, which are set for Monday, November 29 at an in-person ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. The Gotham Film & Media Institute event marks the unofficial kickoff of the movie…

The original cast of Broadway’s Spring Awakening – including Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele, Skylar Austin, John Gallagher, Jr. and others who would go on to major stardom following the 2006 staging – will reunite for a one-night-only concert benefitting The Actors Fund. Directed by the musical’s original director…

SAG-AFTRA and the AFL-CIO have teamed up to provide two new affordable health plan options to all Medicare-eligible SAG-AFTRA members and their spouses, many of whom might have lost, or are in danger of losing, their union health coverage due to recent changes in the guild's Health Plan eligibility rules. The Motion…

Greg Berlanti and Chandra Wilson joined The Actors Fund Board of Trustees during the organization’s annual meeting yesterday, with Brian Stokes Mitchell reelected as Chairman. "I could not be prouder to join the Board of The Actors Fund," said Berlanti, the writer, director and producer behind The Flash, DC's Legends o…

UPDATED: You can watch the livestream of the ER cast reunion above. PREVIOUS, April 13: George Clooney, Noah Wyle, Julianna Margulies and Anthony Edwards will reunite with other cast members of NBC’s classic hospital drama ER for a special Earth Day episode of Stars in the House, the YouTube series benefitting The…

UPDATE Eric McCormack will join the previously announced Mary-Louise Parker in the virtual performance of Paula Vogel's The Baltimore Waltz, directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz, premiering on Thursday, April 29 as part of the virtual Spotlight on Plays series. Brandon Burton has also joined the cast. Also announced today…

A Wolverine jacket donated by Hugh Jackman, a pair of Elton John’s eyeglasses, boots and jeans from Bruce Springsteen and Bette Midler’s glittery black Halloween 2014 gown are just a few of the items that will be auctioned off in April in an unprecedented collaboration between The Actor’s Fund, Doyle Auctioneers…

In the year since the Covid-19 pandemic shut down the Broadway industry, The Actors Fund has distributed more than $19 million in direct cash assistance to more than 15,000 people, with more than 40,000 individuals receiving assistance of one form or another from the Fund, a massive 71% increase from 2019. The 2020…

Kathryn Hahn, Keanu Reeves, Debbie Allen, Ellen Burstyn and Bobby Cannavale are among the actors who’ll take part in this year’s virtual Spotlight on Plays series benefitting The Actors Fund. Performers and directors were announced today by producer Jeffrey Richards for the series that kicks off March 25 with Larissa…

The Actors Fund broke ground today on the Hollywood Arts Collective, a $120 million project that will include 151 units of affordable housing for artists, an 86-seat theater, art galleries, rehearsal studios, nonprofit arts office space and a new home for The Actors Fund's Western region headquarters. It’s expected to…

UPDATE Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical, based on the Disney/Pixar animated feature, generated $2 million to benefit The Actors Fund, becoming the most successful fundraiser in Actors Fund history. Presented by theatrical company Seaview, in association with TikTok and TodayTix Presents, Ratatouille premiered on…