Los Angeles

Los Angeles is a metropolitan city located in the U.S. State of California. It is the largest city in California and the second largest in the U.S after New York. It is the county seat of Los Angeles County. It is commonly referred to by the abbreviated, L.A., and has also been nicknamed the City of Angels. The central region of Los Angeles is where the district of Hollywood is located, which is where many of the country's major feature films are made. Notable landmarks in this area include the infamous Hollywood sign, Grauman's Chinese Theater and the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Notable sports teams from Los Angeles include the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Los Angeles Angels (Major League Baseball) and the L.A. Raiders (who have migrated between Oakland to L.A. and back to Oakland over the years).

Stories of Los Angeles' post-war Hollywood heyday were chronicled in such films as L.A. Confidential, while other movies like Escape from L.A. examined a bleak futuristic version of the city. Stories of California set during the late 19th century, following its annexation from Mexico have been chronicled in such films as The Mark of Zorro, where masked Spaniard Don Diego Vega fought for the good of the people against the corrupt alcalde, Luis Quintero.

The 1995 sci-fi/horror film Species was shot primarily in Los Angeles, California. Notable points of interest include Union Station at 800 North Alameda Street, the University of Southern California and the Biltmore Hotel at 506 South Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles. L.A. was one of the provincial settings of the film, and showed the alien/human hybrid known as Sil prowling the night clubs and residences of Los Angeles in search of a human she could mate with.

Films that take place in

 * Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
 * Pulp Fiction (1994)
 * Species (1995)
 * Tango & Cash (1989)
 * Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies (1999)
 * Zombieland (2009)

Characters from
Note: The following is a list of characters known to reside in. It does not necessarily mean that they were born there.