After Ashton Kutcher revealing his real name publicly, I thought it would be fun to go around looking for other actors & actresses in Hollywood who has done the same thing. Change their birth names for film and TV work.

Here we go, I’ll name ten of them:

• Sylvester Stallone – Yes, believe it or not. Sylvester is not his real first name. His real first name was Michael. The name Sylvester is part of his middle name too. Sly’s real birth name is Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone.
• Nicolas Cage – Cage was born under Nicolas Kim Coppola. I guess he had to change his last name to help avoid confusion with his film maker uncle, Francis Ford Coppola.
• Marilyn Monroe – Everyone should know that her real name was Norma Jean Mortenson.
• Michael Caine – Caine was born Maurice Micklewhite.
• Michael Keaton – Keaton was born Michael John Douglas, yes, this is the guy who is most famous for Batman and Beetlejuice.
• Charlie Sheen – Charlie was born as Carlos Estevez. He stars in “Machete Kills” under that birthname.
• Bruce Willis – The same with Ashton, Bruce was actually his middle name. Real birth name, Walter Bruce Willis.
• Whoopi Goldberg – She was born Caryn Elaine Johnson.
• Natalie Portman – She was born Natalie Hershlag.
• Dolph Lundgren – The Rocky IV and Expendables star was born Hans Lundgren.

I didn’t list Arnold Schwarzenegger ’cause that is his real birth name. I’m sure you can find many more if you do google.

Kev