• January 2 -
Wendy Phillips, American actress • January 6 •
Armelia McQueen, American actress (died
2020) •
Frank Sivero, Italian-American character actor • January 11 –
Bille Brown, Australian actor (died
2013) • January 17 –
Kevin Reynolds, American director and screenwriter • January 18 –
Michael Angelis, English actor (died
2020) • January 22 –
Ace Vergel, Filipino actor (died 2007) • February 2 –
Carol Ann Susi, American actress (died 2014) • February 4 •
Lisa Eichhorn, American actress •
Richard Lineback, American actor • February 12 –
Simon MacCorkindale, English actor (died 2010) • February 14 –
Anton Lesser, English actor • February 22 –
Issey Ogata, Japanese actor and comedian • March 2 –
Laraine Newman, American actress, voice actress, comedian and writer • March 4 –
Ronn Moss, American actor, musician and singer-songwriter • March 6 –
John David Carson, American actor (died 2009) • March 11 –
James Fleet, English actor • March 16 -
Irwin Keyes, American actor and comedian (died 2015) • March 19 –
Harvey Weinstein, American producer • March 24 –
Nicholas Campbell, Canadian actor and filmmaker • March 27 –
Kalju Orro, Estonian actor • April 1 –
Annette O'Toole, American actress • April 5 –
Mitch Pileggi, American actor • April 6 –
Marilu Henner, American actress • April 7 •
Dennis Hayden, American actor, producer and writer •
Clarke Peters, American-British actor, writer and director • April 8 –
Andrew Stahl, American actor • April 10 •
Robert Miranda, American actor •
Steven Seagal, American actor & martial artist • April 11 –
Michael Thomas, British actor (died 2019) • April 13 –
Erick Avari, Indian-American actor • April 15 –
Glenn Shadix, American actor (died 2010) • April 16 –
Billy West, American voice actor, musician, singer and songwriter • April 17 –
Joe Alaskey, American stand-up comedian, actor, voice artist, and impressionist (died 2016) • April 19 -
Tony Plana, Cuban-American actor and director • April 26 –
Spice Williams-Crosby, American actress • April 28 –
Mary McDonnell, American actress • April 29 –
Nora Dunn, American actress and comedian • May 1 •
Margaret Michaels, former American actress •
Pierre van Pletzen, South African actor, writer and director • May 2 •
Christine Baranski, American actress •
Thom Gossom Jr., American actor • May 6 •
Gregg Henry, American actor & musician •
Fred Newman, American actor and comedian • May 9 –
Patrick Ryecart, English actor • May 11 •
Shohreh Aghdashloo, Iranian-American actress •
Frances Fisher, British-born American actress • May 14 –
Robert Zemeckis, American director • May 15 –
Chazz Palminteri, American actor • May 20 –
Julia Deakin, English actress • May 21 –
Mr. T, American actor, bodyguard, television personality and retired professional wrestler • May 22 –
Mike Muscat, American actor • May 28 –
Denis Akiyama, Canadian actor (died 2018) • May 31 –
Carole Achache, French writer, photographer and actress (died 2016) • June 4 –
Kerry Shale, Canadian actor and writer • June 5 –
Connie Chiume, South African actress and filmmaker (died 2024) • June 6 –
Harvey Fierstein, American actor and screenwriter • June 7 –
Liam Neeson, Northern Irish actor • June 18 •
Miriam Flynn, American voice actress and character actress •
Carol Kane, American actress •
Isabella Rossellini, Italian actress • June 19 –
Virginia Hey, Australian actress • June 20 •
John Goodman, American actor •
Larry Riley, American actor and musician (died 1992) • June 22 –
Graham Greene, Canadian actor (died 2025) • June 26 –
Peter Crombie, American actor (died 2024) • June 30 –
Patrick Pinney, American actor • July 1 •
Dan Aykroyd, Canadian actor & comedian •
Brian George, Israeli-English actor, voice artist, comedian and singer • July 3 •
Rick Ducommun, Canadian stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer (died 2015) •
Cork Hubbert, American actor (d. 2003) • July 6 •
Grant Goodeve, American actor •
Dean Parisot, American director • July 8 –
Mary Ellen Trainor, American character actress (died 2015) • July 11 •
Tim de Zarn, American actor •
Stephen Lang, American actor • July 13 –
Rosemary Dunsmore, Canadian actress and director • July 14 •
Stan Shaw, American actor •
Joel Silver, American producer • July 15 •
Celia Imrie, English actress •
Terry O'Quinn, American actor •
Judson Scott, American actor • July 17 –
David Hasselhoff, American actor, singer, producer and television personality • July 20 •
Adrian Biddle, English cinematographer (died 2005) •
Nathaniel Lees, New Zealand actor and director • July 21 –
George Wallace, American comedian and actor • July 24 –
Gus Van Sant, American director • July 27 -
Roxanne Hart, American actress • August 6 -
Brian Levant, American filmmaker • August 7 -
Caroline Aaron, American actress • August 10 •
Daniel Hugh Kelly, American actor •
Diane Venora, American actress • August 12 –
Ronald Guttman, Belgian actor and producer • August 16 –
Reginald VelJohnson, American actor • August 18 –
Patrick Swayze, American actor & dancer (died 2009) • August 19 –
Jonathan Frakes, American actor & director • August 26 –
Michael Jeter, American actor (died 2003) • August 27 –
Paul Reubens, American actor, comedian, writer and producer (died 2023) • September 1 –
Michael Massee, American actor (died 2016) • September 2 -
Yuen Wah, Hong Kong actor, martial artist, stuntman and action choreographer • September 4 •
Alan Blumenfeld, American character actor •
Rishi Kapoor, Indian actor (died
2020) • September 5 –
Michael Horton, American actor • September 6 –
Vitali Baganov, Russian actor • September 8 –
David R. Ellis, American director and stunt performer (died
2013) • September 9 –
Angela Cartwright, British-American actress • September 13 –
Christine Estabrook, American actress • September 16 –
Mickey Rourke, American actor and screenwriter • September 19 –
Rein Aedma, Estonian actor • September 24 –
Christopher Reeve, American actor (died
2004) • September 25 –
Colin Friels, Scottish-born Australian actor • September 26 –
James Keane, American actor • September 29 –
Gábor Csupó, Hungarian animator, writer, director, producer, and graphic designer • September 30 •
John Finn, American character actor •
Al Leong, American stuntman and actor •
Jack Wild, English actor and singer (died 2006) • October 5 –
Harold Faltermeyer, German musician and composer • October 6 -
Jim Downey, American writer, producer and actor • October 7 •
Mary Badham, American actress •
Tom McBride, American actor (died 1995) • October 8 –
Edward Zwick, American filmmaker • October 13 –
John Lone, Chinese-American actor • October 14 –
Rick Aviles, American stand-up comedian and actor (died 1995) • October 22 •
Jeff Goldblum, American actor •
John Howard, Australian actor • October 23 -
Robin Swicord, American screenwriter and director • October 27 –
Roberto Benigni, Italian actor • October 28 •
Annie Potts, American actress •
Jim Turner, American actor and stand-up comedian • October 30 •
Emily Kuroda, American actress •
Dalip Tahil, Indian actor • November 2 –
David Andrews, American character actor • November 3 •
Roseanne Barr, American actress and stand-up comedian •
Jim Cummings, American voice actor • November 6 –
Gary Goetzman, American producer and actor • November 8 –
Alfre Woodard, American actress • November 9 –
John Megna, American actor and director (died 1995) • November 13 –
Art Malik, Pakistani-born British actor • November 14 •
Bill Farmer, American voice actor and comedian •
Chris Noonan, Australian filmmaker and actor •
Maggie Roswell, American actress, comedian, writer and producer • November 15 –
Randy Savage, American professional wrestler, commentator, actor and rapper (died 2011) • November 18 –
Delroy Lindo, British actor • November 24 –
Ulrich Seidl, Austrian director • November 28 •
Rif Hutton, American actor (died 2026) •
S. Epatha Merkerson, American actress • November 29 –
Jeff Fahey, American actor • November 30 –
Mandy Patinkin, American actor • December 1 –
Forry Smith, American actor • December 2 –
Keith Szarabajka, American actor • December 3 –
Mel Smith, English comedian, actor and director (died 2013) • December 8 –
Greg Collins, American character actor and former professional football linebacker • December 9 –
Michael Dorn, American actor • December 12 –
Sarah Douglas, English actress • December 20 –
Jenny Agutter, English actress • December 21 –
Dennis Boutsikaris, American character actor • December 25 –
CCH Pounder, Guayanese-born American actress • December 29 –
Külliki Saldre, Estonian actress ==Deaths==