• January 1 –
Mbissine Thérèse Diop, Senegalese actress • January 6 –
Rudolf van den Berg, Dutch director and screenwriter (died 2025) • January 7 •
George Buza, American-born Canadian actor •
Steven Williams, American actor • January 9 –
Vincent Grass, Belgian actor • January 12 –
Wayne Wang, Hong Kong-born director • January 14 –
Lawrence Kasdan, American director and screenwriter • January 17 –
Andy Kaufman, American actor and comedian (died 1984) • January 24 –
John Belushi, American actor and comedian (died 1982) • January 26 –
David Strathairn, American actor • January 27 –
Zbigniew Rybczyński, Polish film and video cinematographer and director • February 2 •
Jack McGee, American actor •
Brent Spiner, American actor, comedian and musician • February 8 •
Brooke Adams, American actress •
Niels Arestrup, French-Danish actor, director and screenwriter (died 2024) • February 9 –
Judith Light, American actress • February 16 –
Marc de Jonge, French actor (died 1996) • February 27 -
Debra Monk, American actress, singer and writer • March 1 -
Tom Mason, American actor • March 2 –
Gates McFadden, American actress • March 3 •
Gloria Hendry, American actress and former model •
Sandy Martin, American actress, director and producer • March 9 -
Lizbeth MacKay, American actress • March 12 –
Rob Cohen, American director, producer and writer • March 16 •
Erik Estrada, American actor and police officer •
Victor Garber, Canadian actor •
Joseph Pilato, American actor (died 2019) • March 22 –
Fanny Ardant, French actress • March 28 •
Josephine Chaplin, American actress (died 2023) •
Masatō Ibu, Japanese actor • March 31 –
Regina Baff, American actress • April 2 •
Ron Palillo, American actor (died 2012) •
Pamela Reed, American actress • April 5 –
John Berg, American actor (died 2007) • April 8 –
John Madden, English director • April 9 –
Sorcha Cusack, Irish actress • April 11 –
Bernd Eichinger, German producer, director and screenwriter (died 2011) • April 14 –
John Shea, American actor • April 20 •
Jessica Lange, American actress •
Veronica Cartwright, English-born actress • April 21 –
Patti LuPone, American actress and singer • April 24 –
Peter Friedman, American actor • April 26 –
Dominic Sena, American director • April 28 •
Paul Guilfoyle, American actor •
Bruno Kirby, American actor, singer, voice artist and comedian (died 2006) • April 29 -
Anita Dobson, English actress and singer • May 3 –
Ron Canada, American actor • May 7 –
Marilyn Burns, American actress (died 2014) • May 8 -
Rockets Redglare, American character actor and stand-up comedian (died 2001) • May 10 –
Walter von Hauff, German actor • May 13 –
Zoë Wanamaker, American-born British actress • May 18 •
Marco Perella, American character actor •
Hubert Saint-Macary, French actor • May 20 –
Dave Thomas, Canadian comedian, actor and television writer • May 21 –
Will Ryan, American voice actor, singer and musician (died 2021) • May 22 –
Cheryl Campbell, English actress • May 24 –
Jim Broadbent, English actor • May 25 –
Joe Unger, American actor • May 26 •
Pam Grier, American actress •
Tom McCleister, American actor •
Philip Michael Thomas, American retired actor and musician • May 28 –
Sandy Helberg, German-born American actor • May 29 –
Cotter Smith, American actor • May 31 –
Tom Berenger, American actor • June 5 –
Guts Ishimatsu, Japanese actor and comedian • June 10 –
Frankie Faison, American actor • June 11 –
Sherman Howard, American actor • June 12 –
Roger Aaron Brown, American character actor • June 14 –
Antony Sher, British actor (died 2021) • June 15 •
Simon Callow, English actor, director and writer •
Richard Henzel, American actor •
Jim Varney, American actor and comedian (died 2000) • June 16 –
Geoff Pierson, American actor • June 18 -
Mac McDonald, American actor • June 22 –
Meryl Streep, American actress • June 29 •
Roger Allers, American director, screenwriter, animator and storyboard artist (died 2026) •
Greg Burson, American voice actor (died 2008) • July 3 –
Masato Harada, Japanese director, film critic and actor (died 2025) • July 5 –
Ed O'Ross, American actor • July 7 –
Shelley Duvall, American actress (died 2024) • July 12 •
Diana Hardcastle, English actress •
Bernice Stegers, English actress • July 24 –
Michael Richards, American actor, writer, producer and retired comedian • July 27 •
Maury Chaykin, American-Canadian actor (died 2010) •
Susan Gordon, American child actress (died 2011) • July 28 –
Randall Wallace, American screenwriter, director and producer • August 2 –
Madeline Smith, English actress • August 3 –
Philip Casnoff, American actor • August 5 -
Penne Hackforth-Jones, Australian actress (died 2013) • August 8 –
Keith Carradine, American actor • August 11 –
Ian Charleson, Scottish actor (died 1990) • August 15 –
Phyllis Smith, American actress • August 17 –
Julian Fellowes, English actor, writer, director and screenwriter • August 20 –
Patrick Kilpatrick, American actor, director and screenwriter • August 21 –
Loretta Devine, American actress • August 23 –
Shelley Long, American actress • August 24 –
Joe Regalbuto, American actor and director • August 25 –
John Savage, American actor • August 31 •
Richard Gere, American actor •
Stephen McKinley Henderson, American actor • September 1 –
Luminița Gheorghiu, Romanian actress (died 2021) • September 4 –
Eero Spriit, Estonian actor and producer • September 5 –
Steve Sweeney, American comedian and actor • September 13 –
Burghart Klaußner, German actor • September 16 –
Ed Begley, Jr., American actor • September 18 –
Beth Grant, American character actress • September 19 –
Ernie Sabella, American actor • September 21 -
Yūsaku Matsuda, Japanese actor (died 1989) • September 25 •
Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish director •
Caroline Kava, American actress • October 2 –
Larry Sellers, Osage-American actor and stuntman (died 2021) • October 4 –
Armand Assante, American actor • October 8 •
Maggie Ollerenshaw, English actress •
Sigourney Weaver, American actress • October 10 –
Jessica Harper, American actress • October 13 –
Tarık Akan, Turkish actor and activist (d.
2016) • October 15 –
Tanya Roberts, American actress (died 2021) • October 19 -
Christopher Adamson, British actor (died 2025) • October 20 –
George Harris, British actor • October 21 –
LaTanya Richardson Jackson, American actress • October 25 •
Brian Kerwin, American actor •
Ross Bagdasarian Jr., American actor, singer, animator and producer • October 30 –
Leon Rippy, American character actor • November 1 –
Jeannie Berlin, American actress and screenwriter • November 6 –
Brad Davis, American actor (died 1991) • November 7 •
Terry Camilleri, Australian actor •
Ben Guillory, American actor and director • November 10 –
Ann Reinking, American actress and singer (died 2020) • November 14 –
Gary Grubbs, American character actor • November 17 –
Jon Avnet, American director, writer and producer • November 19 -
Nigel Bennett, English-born Canadian actor, director and writer • November 27 •
Chris Ellis, American actor •
Gerrit Graham, American actor •
Arlene Klasky, American animator, graphic designer, producer and co-founder of
Klasky Csupo • November 28 •
Alexander Godunov, Russian-American film actor (died 1995) •
Paul Shaffer, Canadian singer, composer, actor and musician • November 29 –
Garry Shandling, American stand-up comedian, actor, director, writer and producer (died 2016) • November 30 •
Don "Magic" Juan, American actor •
Margaret Whitton, American actress (died 2016) •
Nicholas Woodeson, English actor • December 3 –
Heather Menzies, Canadian-American actress (died 2017) • December 4 –
Jeff Bridges, American actor • December 5 –
Pamela Blair, American actress (died 2023) • December 7 –
Tom Waits, American musician and actor • December 8 –
Nancy Meyers, American filmmaker • December 10 –
Enrique Castillo, American actor, writer, director and producer • December 12 –
Bill Nighy, British actor • December 13 –
Robert Lindsay, English actor • December 15 –
Don Johnson, American actor • December 16 -
Allan Graf, American athlete, actor, stuntman and director • December 18 –
Kai Wulff, German-born American actor • December 19 •
Marlene Clark, American actress (died 2023) •
Nancy Kyes, American former actress •
Kjell Nilsson, Swedish actor •
Rita Taggart, American actress • December 21 –
Michael Horse, American actor • December 22 –
Graham Beckel, American character actor • December 25 –
Sissy Spacek, American actress • December 28 –
Hilton McRae, Scottish actor ==Deaths==