religion and even for an avowed atheist like myself, it's quite strong." George Meyer (1956–): American television producer and writer. Dame Helen Mirren (1945–): English stage, television and film actress. Warren Mitchell (1926–2015): English actor. Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962): American actress, model, and singer. Julianne Moore (1960–): American actress. Dylan Moran (1971–): Irish comedian. Dermot Morgan (1952–1998): Irish comedian and actor. Cillian Murphy (1976–): Irish stage and screen actor. Jonathan Myerson (1960–): British television and radio dramatist. Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1924–2014): Indian actor, producer, Padmavibhushan award recipient. Thandie Newton (1972–): English actress. Mike Nichols (1931–2014): American television, stage and film director, writer, and producer. Gaspar Noé (1963–): Argentinian-born French filmmaker. Dara Ó Briain (1972–): Irish comedian and television presenter. Patton Oswalt (1969–): American comedian and actor. In his standup special No Reason To Complain, he calls himself a "stone-cold atheist." Yasujirō Ozu (1903–1963): Japanese film director and script writer. Ellen Page (1987–): Canadian actress. Sir Michael Parkinson CBE (1935–): English broadcaster and journalist. Bruce Parry (1969–): English former Royal Marines instructor. Julia Pascal (1949–): British Jewish playwright and theatre director. Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975): Italian film director, poet, writer and intellectual. Simon Pegg (1970–): English actor, comedian, writer, film producer and director. Sam Perrin (1901–1998): American screenwriter. Julia Phillips (1944–2002): film producer and author. Joaquin Phoenix (1974–): American film actor. Brad Pitt (1963–): American actor and producer, has stated that he does not believe in God, and that he is partly atheist, partly agnostic. Michael Pitt (1981–): American actor and musician. Roman Polanski (1933–): Polish director. Describes himself as an atheist in his autobiography. Sarah Polley (1979–): Canadian actress and director. Gail Porter (1971–): Scottish television presenter. Paula Poundstone (1959–): American stand-up comedian, author, actress, interviewer, and commentator. Peter Purves (1939–): English actor and television presenter. Daniel Radcliffe (1989–): English actor. Carl Reiner (1922–): American actor, film director, producer, writer and comedian. Rob Reiner (1947–): American actor, film director, producer, and political activist Griff Rhys Jones (1953–): Welsh comedian, writer, actor, and television presenter."I read the whole of the Chronicles of Narnia when I was little and I grew up an atheist. My problem, I realise, was that I just didn't believe in Aslan." Griff Rhys Jones, 'Darling how thoughtful: a voucher for buttock reshaping', The Sunday Telegraph, December 11, 2005, Features section, Pg.19. Anna Richardson (1971–): English presenter, television producer, writer, and journalist. Fyfe Robertson (1902–1987): Scottish television journalist. Gene Roddenberry (1921–1991): American screenwriter and producer. Richard Rodgers (1902–1979): American composer. Seth Rollins (1986–): American professional wrestler and actor. Ray Romano (1957–): American actor, writer and stand-up comedian. Pascual Romero (1980–): American musician and television producer. Andy Rooney (1918–2011): Humorist, American radio and television writer. Roberto Rossellini (1906–1977): Italian film director and screenwriter. Douglas Rushkoff (1961–): American media theorist, writer, columnist, lecturer, graphic novelist, documentarian, and outspoken critic of religion. Adam Savage (1967–): American television co-host. Alan Scarfe (1937–): Canadian actor, director and novelist. George C. Scott (1927–1999): American stage and film actor, director, and producer. Ridley Scott (1937–): English film director and producer. Andy Serkis (1964–): English actor and director."Yes, I am an atheist. [...] In terms of spirituality, I don't want to ram any of my belief systems down my children's throats. What we both say to them is "This is what some people believe, this is what other people believe," and again, allow them to make their own decisions. Absolutism in anything is death. I hope to keep things as open for them as possible, so they question things and examine things for themselves." Andy Serkis, 5-Minute Time Out: Andy Serkis , January 30, 2009 (accessed March