Celebrities who have criminal parents.
>> Sunday, May 22, 2022
Woody Harrelson
Charles Harrelson, Woody's father, was a well-known assassin. He's accused of assassinating John F. Kennedy, as well as murdering a US District Judge in 1979 and escaping prison.
Lindsay Lohan
Michael Lohan has been arrested for domestic violence and served time in prison for insider trading and violating probation.
Charlize Theron
When Theron was 15, her drunken father allegedly began firing his gun and threatened Charlize and her mother, who retaliated by killing him. Theron and her mother then relocated from South Africa to the United States.
Terrence Howard
Tyrone Howard, the actor's father, is accused of committing the so-called "Santa Line Slaying," in which he allegedly murdered a man who assaulted him while waiting in line to see Santa Claus at a mall.
Nicki Minaj
Nicki Minaj claims her father, Robert Maraj, tried to murder her mother by setting fire to the house. It is unknown if he was punished for his alleged crime.
Tobey Maguire
Vincent Maguire, his father, was a convicted bank robber.
Lily and Alfie Allen
Keith Allen, their troublemaker father, was once imprisoned for car theft. Both siblings went to see their father in jail.
Jackie Chan
Charles, his father, was a secret Chinese Nationalist agent who fought the Communists. Meanwhile, Lee-Lee Chan, his mother, was an illegal opium trader.
Keanu Reeves
Keanu Reeves' father was sentenced to ten years in prison for heroin trafficking when he was a child. Patricia Taylor, the actor's mother, cared for her son alone during this time.
Leighton Meester
Constance Meester was sentenced to jail for allegedly being a part of a criminal network that smuggled marijuana from Jamaica into the United States. Leighton was raised by her grandparents, until Constance was released later.
Drew Barrymore
John Drew Barrymore, her father, was also a well-known actor. During the 1950s and 1960s, however, he was in and out of jail for drug misuse, public intoxication, and domestic violence.
