• January 1 -
Shinya Tsukamoto, Japanese filmmaker and actor • January 4 –
April Winchell, American actress, voice actress, writer, talk radio host and commentator • January 9 •
Peter Hastings, American writer, director and producer •
Terje Pennie, Estonian actress • January 10 –
Gurinder Chadha, British director • January 11 -
Annie Corley, American actress • January 12 •
Wanda Cannon, Canadian actress •
Oliver Platt, Canadian actor • January 13 –
Kevin Anderson, American actor • January 15 –
Kelly Asbury, American director, writer and voice actor (died 2020) • January 18 –
Mark Rylance, English actor • January 25 •
Kerry Noonan, American actress •
Audrey Wells, American screenwriter, director and producer (died 2018) • February 4 –
Jenette Goldstein, American actress • February 7 •
Robert Smigel, American actor, comedian, writer, director, producer and puppeteer •
James Spader, American actor • February 8 -
Suzanna Hamilton, English actress • February 9 –
David Bateson, British actor and comedian • February 13 –
Matt Salinger, American actor and producer • February 14 –
Meg Tilly, Canadian-American actress • February 18 •
Tony Anselmo, American animator and cartoon voice actor •
Greta Scacchi, Italian-Australian actress • February 20 –
Wendee Lee, American voice actress • February 21 –
Joel McKinnon Miller, American actor • February 22 -
Brian Anthony Wilson, American actor • February 25 –
Douglas Hodge, English actor, director and musician • February 28 –
Dorothy Stratten, Canadian model and actress (died 1980) • March 11 -
Simon Curtis, English director and producer • March 12 •
Jason Beghe, American actor •
Courtney B. Vance, American actor • March 13 –
Joe Ranft, American screenwriter, animator and voice actor (died 2005) • March 17 •
Arye Gross, American actor •
Vicki Lewis, American singer and actress •
Cameron Thor, American actor, filmmaker and acting coach • March 18 -
Steve Kloves, American screenwriter, director and producer • March 22 –
Nicole Holofcener, American film director and screenwriter • March 25 –
Brenda Strong, American actress and director • March 26 –
Jennifer Grey, American actress • March 29 •
Annabella Sciorra, American actress and producer •
Hiromi Tsuru, Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator (died 2017) • March 31 –
Michelle Nicastro, American actress and singer (died 2010) • April 1 –
Jennifer Runyon, American actress (died 2026) • April 4 •
Hugo Weaving, English actor •
Lorraine Toussaint, Trinidadian-American actress • April 5 -
Timothy V. Murphy, Irish actor • April 7 •
Pete Lee-Wilson, British actor •
Elaine Miles, American actress • April 10 -
Olivia Brown, American actress • April 14 –
Brad Garrett, American actor, voice actor, stand-up comedian and professional poker-player • April 23 •
Craig Sheffer, American actor •
Valerie Bertinelli, American actress • April 27 -
John Philbin, American actor • April 29 -
Steve Blum, American voice actor • April 30 -
Beata Poźniak, Polish-American actress and director • May 1 -
Matilda Thorpe, British actress • May 2 •
Robert Bockstael, Canadian actor, director and writer •
Stephen Daldry, English director and producer • May 3 -
Amy Steel, American actress • May 4 -
Paul Bhattacharjee, British actor (died 2013) • May 6 -
Frank Wood, American actor • May 9 -
Lisa Henson, American actress and producer actress • May 10 -
Richard Graham, English actor • May 15 -
Rob Bowman, American director • May 16 -
Rosario Fiorello, Italian actor, comedian and singer • May 20 •
John Billingsley, American actor •
Tony Goldwyn, American actor, singer, producer and director • May 21 –
Mohanlal, Indian actor • May 22 -
Hideaki Anno, Japanese animator, filmmaker, and actor • May 24 •
Kristin Scott Thomas, English actress •
Doug Jones, American actor • May 26 -
Doug Hutchison, American character actor • May 31 •
Chris Elliott, American actor and comedian •
Don Harvey, American actor and voice actor • June 2 -
Pip Torrens, English actor • June 5 -
James Isaac, American director and visual effects supervisor (died 2012) • June 8 -
Gary Trousdale, American animator, director, screenwriter and storyboard artist • June 9 –
Winston Chao, Taiwanese actor, film director, and voice artist • June 16 -
James M. Connor, American actor • June 17 –
Thomas Haden Church, American actor • June 18 -
Barbara Broccoli, American-British producer • June 25 -
Eve Gordon, American actress • June 27 -
Jeremy Swift, English actor • July 5 •
Brad Loree, Canadian actor and stuntman •
Pruitt Taylor Vince, American character actor • July 10 –
Jeff Bergman, American voice actor, comedian and impressionist • July 11 –
Jafar Panahi, Iranian director • July 14 •
Kyle Gass, American actor and musician •
Jane Lynch, American actress • July 19 –
Elizabeth Kaitan, Hungarian-American actress and model • July 21 –
Adrienne King, American actress and voice actress • July 22 –
John Leguizamo, American actor, comedian and producer • July 23 •
Jon Landau, American film producer (died 2024) •
Gabrielle Reidy, Irish actress (died 2014) • July 29 -
Delia Sheppard, Danish actress • July 30 •
Richard Linklater, American director, producer and screenwriter •
Daniel McDonald, American actor (died 2007) • August 5 •
Steve Bannos, American actor •
Vivian Kubrick, American former composer and director •
John Mariano, American actor • August 6 –
Leland Orser, American actor • August 7 •
David Duchovny, American actor •
Rosana Pastor, Spanish actress • August 10 –
Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor • August 16 –
Timothy Hutton, American actor • August 17 –
Sean Penn, American actor • August 18 –
Richard McCabe, Scottish actor • August 19 -
Paul Satterfield, American actor • August 22 -
Regina Taylor, American actress • August 24 -
Takashi Miike, Japanese film director, film producer, and screenwriter • August 25 -
Ashley Crow, American actress • August 26 -
Ola Ray, American actress • August 28 –
Emma Samms, English actress • August 29 –
Viire Valdma, Estonian actress • September 1 –
Tahmineh Milani, Iranian filmmaker • September 4 -
Damon Wayans, American actor, comedian, producer and writer • September 5 -
Denis Forest, Canadian character actor (died 2002) • September 9 •
Bonnie Aarons, American actress •
Hugh Grant, English actor • September 10 •
Nancy Bernstein, American producer (died 2015) •
Colin Firth, English actor • September 11 -
Anne Ramsay, American actress • September 12 •
Robert John Burke, American actor •
Felicity Montagu, English actress • September 13 -
Greg Baldwin, American actor and voice actor • September 14 •
Melissa Leo, American actress •
Callum Keith Rennie, British-born Canadian actor • September 16 -
Danny John-Jules, British actor and singer • September 17 •
Kevin Clash, American puppeteer, director and producer •
Frédéric Pierrot, French actor • September 21 •
Denis Conway, Irish actor •
Mary Mara, American actress (died 2022) • September 25 -
Sam Whipple, American actor (died 2002) • September 27 •
Jean-Marc Barr, French-American actor and director •
Christopher Cousins, American actor •
Debi Derryberry, American voice actress • October 1 -
Elizabeth Dennehy, American actress • October 5 -
Daniel Baldwin, American actor, director and producer • October 9 •
Maddie Blaustein, American voice actress (died 2008) •
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, American actress and singer • October 12 -
Hiroyuki Sanada, Japanese actor • October 13 -
Richard Sammel, German actor • October 15 -
Lobo Chan, British actor • October 17 •
Guy Henry, English actor •
Rob Marshall, American director and producer •
Grant Shaud, American actor • October 18 –
Jean-Claude Van Damme, Belgian actor • October 24 -
BD Wong, American actor • October 25 –
Hong Sang-soo, South Korean director • October 26 -
Patrick Breen, American actor, screenwriter and director • November 4 -
Kathy Griffin, American comedian and actress • November 5 •
Tilda Swinton, English actress •
Yolanda Vázquez, Spanish actress • November 6 •
Lance Kerwin, American actor (died 2023) •
Denzil Smith, Indian actor and producer • November 8 •
Elizabeth Avellán, Venezuelan-born American producer •
Megan Cavanagh, American actress •
Michael Nyqvist, Swedish actor (died 2017) • November 9 -
Toni Hudson, American actress • November 11 –
Stanley Tucci, American actor and film director • November 13 –
Neil Flynn, American actor and comedian • November 15 -
Susanne Lothar, German actress (died 2012) • November 17 -
RuPaul, American drag queen, television personality, actor, singer, producer and writer • November 18 •
Elizabeth Perkins, American actress •
John Shepherd, American actor and producer • November 20 -
Amanda Wyss, American actress • November 22 -
Stéphane Freiss, French actor • November 26 –
Greg Berg, American voice actor • November 27 -
Michael Rispoli, American character actor • November 29 –
Cathy Moriarty, American actress and singer • November 30 •
Hiam Abbass, Palestinian actress and director •
Ron Simons, American actor and producer (died 2024) • December 2 –
Justus von Dohnányi, German actor • December 3 •
Daryl Hannah, American actress •
Julianne Moore, American actress • December 9 –
Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, American animator, writer, director, producer and voice actor • December 10 •
Kenneth Branagh, British actor and film director •
Michael Schoeffling, American actor and model • December 12 -
Stella Gonet, Scottish actress • December 22 -
David Pasquesi, American actor and comedian • December 24 -
Eva Tamargo, American actress • December 26 –
Temuera Morrison, New Zealand actor • December 27 •
Maryam d'Abo, British actress •
Traci Wolfe, American actress and model • December 28 -
Chad McQueen, American actor, film producer, martial artist and race car driver (died 2024) ==Deaths==