• January 1 -
Nana Patekar, Indian actor, screenwriter, and film director • January 8 –
John McTiernan, American director • January 11 -
Sondra Currie, American actress • January 12 –
Kirstie Alley, American actress (died 2022) • January 15 •
Charo, Spanish American actress, singer and comedian •
Basil Wallace, Jamaican-born American actor • January 19 -
Arthur Taxier, American character actor • January 22 -
Steve J. Spears, Australian actor, writer and singer (died 2007) • January 23 -
David Patrick Kelly, American actor and musician • January 29 -
Maria Klenskaja, Estonian actress (died 2022) • January 30 •
Phil Collins, English drummer, singer-songwriter and actor •
Charles S. Dutton, American retired actor and director • February 1 -
Tom Butler, Canadian actor • February 4 -
Patrick Bergin, Irish actor and singer • February 5 -
Robin Sachs, English actor (died 2013) • February 13 –
David Naughton, American actor & singer • February 15 •
Paul Kandel, American actor and singer •
Jane Seymour, English actress • February 16 –
William Katt, American actor • February 20 •
Eva Rueber-Staier, Austrian actress, television host and model •
John Voldstad, American actor • February 22 –
Ellen Greene, American singer and actress • February 24 –
Helen Shaver, Canadian actress and film and television director • March 6 -
Virendra Razdan, Indian actor (died 2003) • March 17 –
Kurt Russell, American actor • April 6 –
Rita Raave, Estonian actress • April 11 •
Gerry Becker, American actor (died 2019) •
Jay Benedict, American actor (died 2020) •
Rohini Hattangadi, Indian actress • April 12 –
Tom Noonan, American actor • April 13 •
John Furey, American actor •
Brent Jennings, American actor • April 17 –
Olivia Hussey, Argentine-born English actress (died 2024) • April 21 –
Tony Danza, American actor and boxer • April 22 -
Robin Bartlett, American actress • May 4 -
Gérard Jugnot, French actor, director, screenwriter and producer • May 5 •
Marion Bailey, English actress •
Jeanie Drynan, Australian actress • May 8 -
Cooper Huckabee, American actor • May 19 -
Robert Harper, American actor (died 2020) • May 29 -
Michael O'Neill, American actor • May 30 –
Stephen Tobolowsky, American actor • June 1 -
Lena Farugia, American-born South African actress, screenwriter, director and producer (died 2019) • June 2 -
Frank C. Turner, Canadian actor • June 5 •
Ellen Foley, American singer and actress •
Mark Harelik, American actor and playwright • June 9 –
James Newton Howard, American film composer • June 13 -
Stellan Skarsgård, Swedish actor • June 15 -
Tim Colceri, American actor and comedian • June 16 -
John Salthouse, British actor and producer • June 20 -
Tress MacNeille, American voice actress, and singer • June 23 -
Jim Metzler, retired American actor • June 26 –
Robert Davi, American actor, singer, writer and director • June 27 -
Julia Duffy, American actress • June 28 •
David Gautreaux, American actor •
Ellis E. Williams, American actor and comedian • July 1 -
Trevor Eve, English actor • July 4 –
Vincent Marzello, American-born actor (died 2020) • July 6 •
Allyce Beasley, American actress •
Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor • July 7 -
Roz Ryan, American actress, singer, voice actress and comedian • July 8 –
Anjelica Huston, American actress • July 9 –
Chris Cooper, American actor • July 10 –
Phyllis Smith, American actress • July 12 •
Brian Grazer, American producer •
Cheryl Ladd, American actress •
Jamey Sheridan, American actor • July 13 -
Didi Conn, American actress • July 15 -
Jesse Ventura, American actor and pro wrestler • July 18 -
Margo Martindale, American character actress • July 19 -
Daniel Zacapa, Honduran-American actor • July 20 -
Jeff Rawle, English actor • July 21 •
Lillias White, American actress and singer •
Robin Williams, American actor & comedian (died 2014) • July 24 •
Lynda Carter, American actress & singer •
Fiona Reid, English-born Canadian actress • July 29 •
Jack Blessing, American actor (died 2017) •
Gavan O'Herlihy, Irish-born American actor (died 2021) • August 2 -
Marcel Iureș, Romanian actor • August 3 -
Jay North, American actor (died 2025) • August 6 –
Catherine Hicks, American actress • August 7 -
Deborah Offner, American actress • August 8 •
Martin Brest, American director, screenwriter and producer •
Mamoru Oshii, Japanese filmmaker, television director and writer • August 14 –
Carl Lumbly, American actor • August 18 -
Teri McMinn, American actress and model • August 21 -
Randy Thom, American sound designer • August 22 -
Gordon Liu, Chinese martial arts actor • August 24 -
Tony Amendola, American actor • August 30 –
Timothy Bottoms, American actor • September 1 -
Luce Rains, American actor • September 2 •
Michael Gray, American actor •
Mark Harmon, American actor • September 4 -
Judith Ivey, American actress • September 5 –
Michael Keaton, American actor • September 9 -
Tom Wopat, American actor and singer • September 10 -
Harry Groener, German-born American actor • September 12 –
Joe Pantoliano, American actor • September 13 -
Jean Smart, American actress • September 17 –
Cassandra Peterson, American actress • September 22 –
Amanda Mackey, American casting director (died 2022) • September 25 –
Mark Hamill, American actor • October 3 -
Joel Polis, American actor • October 5 -
Karen Allen, American actress and director • October 9 -
Robert Wuhl, American actor, comedian and writer • October 16 •
Daniel Gerroll, English actor •
Morgan Stevens, American actor (died 2022) • October 19 -
Floyd Vivino, American actor (died 2026) • October 22 -
Marshall Napier, New Zealand character actor (died 2022) • October 24 -
Antoñito Ruiz, Spanish former child actor and stuntman • October 28 -
Renato Cecchetto, Italian actor and voice actor (died 2022) • October 30 –
Harry Hamlin, American actor • November 2 -
Steven Reuther, American producer (died 2010) • November 6 -
Nigel Havers, English actor and presenter • November 9 –
Lou Ferrigno, American actor • November 11 -
Bill Moseley, American actor and musician • November 14 -
Sandahl Bergman, American former actress • November 15 –
Beverly D'Angelo, American actress • November 16 -
Miguel Sandoval, American actor • November 17 •
Francis Guinan, American actor •
Stephen Root, American actor and voice actor •
Libby Villari, American actress • November 20 –
Rodger Bumpass, American actor & voice actor • November 23 –
Aaron Norris, American director, actor, and stunt performer • November 27 –
Kathryn Bigelow, American director • November 30 -
Ian Roberts, South African actor and singer • December 1 –
Treat Williams, American actor (died 2023) • December 14 -
Celia Weston, American character actress • December 16 •
Bill Johnson, American actor •
David Schofield, English actor • December 18 -
Everett Quinton, American actor and writer (died 2023) • December 22 -
Dan Martin, American actor • December 26 -
Steve Bisley, Australian writer and actor • December 27 –
Charles Band, American film producer and director ==Deaths==