The actor turned 80 on November 17, 2024
Actor Matthew Fox, who is best known for his role as Jack Shephard on the series 'Lost' (2004-2010), grew up in Crowheart, Wyoming on the Wind River Indian Reservation.
Singer Jewel Kilcher was born in Payson, Utah, but shortly after her birth the family moved to Anchorage, Alaska. There they settled on 770-acre homestead.
The singer-songwriter obviously values her country upbringing, and although she has crossed over into pop music, the foundations of her career are in country music.
Country singer-songwriter Luke Bryan was born and raised in Leesburg, Georgia, where his father was a peanut farmer.
Actress Krysten Ritter, who played superhero Jessica Jones in the Netflix series 'Jessica Jones' (2015-2019), grew up on a beef farm in Shickshinny, Pennsylvania.
The 'Desperate Housewives' star grew up on a farm in Texas and has long since been an advocate for farmers, supporting the industry in various ways.
Actor Garrett Hedlund, who is best known for his role in 'Tron: Legacy' (2010), grew up on a beef cattle farm near the small town of Wannaska, Minnesota.
Hedlund didn't spend his whole upbringing on the farm, however. When he was in the ninth grade he moved from Minnesota to Arizona to live with his mom.
When she was 13 years old, however, Garth moved with her parents and her six older siblings to Glendale, Arizona, where they ultimately settled.
Clearly the 'Who Will Save Your Soul' singer liked the lifestyle because as an adult she has also spent time on her very own Texas ranch.
When country singer Martina McBride was growing up, her parents, Daryl and Jeanne Schiff, owned a dairy farm in Sharon, Kansas.
She was raised on a farm as part of a large Catholic family, before she moved to Los Angeles to forge a career as a stand-up comedian.
She has produced two documentaries about farmland in the US, and in 2020 she teamed up with sustainable dairy company Tillamook to promote awareness of the US agricultural crisis.
Underwood and her husband Mike Fisher live in a mansion on a 400-acre plot that, according to Variety, they first purchased for more than US$3 million in 2011.
She has described her upbringing in the Australian countryside as: "very grounding ... there wasn't any pretentiousness and no one really cared what you were wearing. You could just be you."
Actress and producer Charlize Theron grew up on her parents' farm near Johannesburg, South Africa. The farming aspect of her upbringing is overshadowed by something more sinister...
In 2015 she spoke to Times Leader about the experience, describing all the chores she used to do including getting up at 5 am to feed the cows.
Country singer Carrie Underwood was raised on her parents' farm in the rural town of Checotah, Oklahoma. In 2021 she still lives on a farm, but it looks rather different from her childhood home...
Her father was a stockbroker for Merrill Lynch and purchased the farm from one of his clients. Young Taylor Swift lived there for a few years before the family moved to a town house.
Model and businesswoman Miranda Kerr was born in Sydney and raised in Gunnedah, New South Wales, where she "raced motorbikes and rode horses on her grandmother's farm."
Miley only grew up on a farm for a short time though. When she was seven she and her family moved to Toronto so her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, could work on the TV series 'Doc.'
Actress Jennie Garth, who is best known for her role as Kelly Taylor on 'Beverly Hills, 90210,' spent many of her early years on a horse ranch in Illinois.
When she was a teenager, Theron's mother killed her father after he threatened and fired a gun at them both while drunk. Her mother got off on the grounds of self-defense.
The young star spent the first few years of her life on a farm in Franklin, Tennessee, and her country roots still shine through in much of her music.
Taylor Swift spent her early years on a farm, but not the kind with cows and pigs. No, the 'Love Story' singer grew up on a Christmas tree farm!
Sources suggest that for years he helped his father with the peanut and fertilizer business, before moving to Nashville at age 19 to pursue a career in music.
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Fox's father, who had previously been an oil company consultant, raised horses and longhorn cattle. He also grew barley for Coors beer.
Actress and comedian Melissa McCarthy, who is best known for her roles in films such as 'Bridesmaids' (2011) and 'Identity Thief' (2013), was born in Plainfield, Illinois.
If the movies are to be believed, growing up on a farm is a rather unique experience. The children of farmers seem to benefit from a more outdoorsy lifestyle than the average kid, but this often comes with the expectation that all family members will help out on the farm from a young age.
For some celebs, the influence of their farming background is easy to spot. In the case of country singers, for example, it is almost expected that they have their roots in the country. For other stars, however, it comes as more of a surprise.
Check out this gallery to find out which celebs were raised on a farm.
Celebs who were raised on a farm
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If the movies are to be believed, growing up on a farm is a rather unique experience. The children of farmers seem to benefit from a more outdoorsy lifestyle than the average kid, but this often comes with the expectation that all family members will help out on the farm from a young age.
For some celebs, the influence of their farming background is easy to spot. In the case of country singers, for example, it is almost expected that they have their roots in the country. For other stars, however, it comes as more of a surprise.
Check out this gallery to find out which celebs were raised on a farm.