• January 1 -
Dan Yeager, American actor, writer, producer and director • January 3 •
Jens Albinus, Danish actor •
Peter Landesman, American screenwriter, director and producer • January 4 •
Yvan Attal, French actor, scriptwriter and director •
Julia Ormond, English actress • January 5 -
Vinnie Jones, British actor, producer and singer • January 8 •
Silas Carson, English actor •
Michelle Forbes, American actress • January 9 –
Joely Richardson, English actress • January 10 –
Butch Hartman, American animator, writer, producer and director • January 12 •
Bill Bailey, English comedian, actor and television presenter •
Ali Wentworth, American actress, comedian and producer •
Rob Zombie, American singer-songwriter, filmmaker and actor • January 15 –
James Nesbitt, Northern Irish actor • January 22 •
Diane Lane, American actress •
Brian McCardie, Scottish actor and writer (d. 2024) •
Chintara Sukapatana, Thai actress • January 24 -
Carlos Saldanha, Brazilian animator, director, producer and voice actor • January 27 –
Alan Cumming, Scottish actor • January 28 -
Lynda Boyd, Canadian actress, singer, musician and writer • January 31 -
Matt McColm, American actor and stuntman • February 1 •
Brandon Lee, American actor (d. 1993) •
Sherilyn Fenn, American actress • February 3 –
Maura Tierney, American actress • February 5 -
Jordi Caballero, Spanish actor, writer and producer • February 7 •
Chris Rock, American actor and comedian •
Jason Gedrick, American actor • February 9 •
Darren Dalton, American actor, screenwriter and producer •
Keith Wickham, British voice actor, comedian and screenwriter • February 12 -
Christine Elise, American actress • February 13 -
Andy Buckley, American actor • February 15 -
Claire Yarlett, English-born American actress • February 17 -
Michael Bay, American director and producer • February 18 –
Dr. Dre, American music producer • February 20 •
Ron Eldard, American actor •
Jim Zulevic, American actor, comedian, writer and radio host (d. 2006) • February 23 –
Kristin Davis, American actress • February 25 -
Carrot Top, American stand-up comedian and actor • February 27 -
Noah Emmerich, American actor and director • March 3 -
Ian Beattie, Northern Irish actor • March 4 •
Stacy Edwards, American actress •
Paul W.S. Anderson, English filmaker • March 9 •
Mike Pollock, American voice actor and former radio personality •
Coolie Ranx, British-Jamaican actor and singer • March 11 -
Wallace Langham, American actor • March 13 -
Steve Bacic, Canadian actor • March 14 •
Aamir Khan, Indian actor •
Kevin Williamson, American screenwriter, director and producer • March 15 -
Robyn Malcolm, New Zealand actress • March 18 •
David Cubitt, English-born Canadian actor •
Yul Vazquez, Cuban-American actor and musician • March 19 •
Lisa Stahl, American actress and game show host •
Fred Stoller, American actor and stand-up comedian • March 21 -
Cynthia Geary, American actress • March 22 -
Steve Toussaint, British actor and writer • March 23 •
Peter Jacobson, American actor •
Wayne Péré, American character actor • March 25 –
Sarah Jessica Parker, American actress • March 31 •
Steve Bing, American businessman, philanthropist and film producer (d. 2020) •
William McNamara, American actor • April 1 •
Jane Adams, American actress and screenwriter •
Robert Lorenz, American producer and director •
José Zúñiga, Honduran-American actor • April 3 -
Angela Featherstone, actress and writer • April 4 –
Robert Downey Jr., American actor • April 7 •
Bill Bellamy, American actor and stand-up comedian •
Steve Carr, American director and producer •
Ellie Harvie, Canadian actress • April 9 -
Mark Pellegrino, American actor • April 11 -
Lynn Ferguson, Scottish writer and actress • April 16 •
Jon Cryer, American actor •
Martin Lawrence, American actor and comedian • April 17 •
William Mapother, American actor •
Catherine Russell, British actress • April 22 -
Roman Coppola, American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer • April 25 •
John Henson, American puppeteer (d. 2014) •
Corrado Invernizzi, Italian actor • April 26 –
Kevin James, American actor and comedian • April 27 -
Anna Chancellor, English actress • April 30 -
Adrian Pasdar, American actor and voice artist • May 2 -
Ari Lehman, American actor • May 3 -
Rob Brydon, Welsh actor, comedian, presenter, singer and writer • May 6 -
Leslie Hope, Canadian actress and director • May 10 -
Kiyoyuki Yanada, Japanese voice actor (d. 2022) • May 12 -
Anthony Brandon Wong, Australian actor • May 13 -
Lari White, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2018) • May 16 -
Vincent Regan, British actor • May 19 •
Maile Flanagan, American actress and comedian •
Mikhail Gorevoy, Russian actor • May 23 –
Liina Tennosaar, Estonian actress • May 24 •
John C. Reilly, American actor and comedian •
Peter Tuiasosopo, American actor • May 27 –
Zenobia Shroff, Indian-American actress and comedienne • May 28 -
Alon Abutbul, Israeli actor (d. 2025) • May 29 -
Matthew Porretta, American actor • May 30 -
Antoine Fuqua, American director • May 31 •
Jeremy Hotz, Canadian-American actor and stand-up comedian •
Brooke Shields, American actress and model • June 1 -
Andrew Havill, English actor • June 8 •
Frank Grillo, American actor •
Jefferson Mays, American actor • June 10 –
Elizabeth Hurley, English model and actress • June 18 –
Kim Dickens, American actress • June 19 •
Andrew Lauer, American filmmaker and actor •
Sean Marshall, American child actor and singer • June 22 -
J. J. Cohen, American actor • June 24 -
Richard Lumsden, English actor, writer, composer and musician • June 25 -
Tricia Cooke, American editor, screenwriter and producer • June 28 •
Jessica Hecht, American actress •
Sonny Strait, American voice actor • July 1 •
Tom Hodges, American actor and producer •
Harald Zwart, Dutch-Norwegian director • July 3 •
Tommy Flanagan, Scottish actor •
Connie Nielsen, Danish actress • July 4 •
Gérard Watkins, English-French actor, playwright, director and screenwriter •
Tracy Letts, American actor, playwright and screenwriter • July 8 •
Corey Parker, American actor and acting coach (d. 2026) •
Lee Tergesen, American actor • July 9 •
K. Todd Freeman, American actor •
David O'Hara, Scottish character actor • July 11 •
Liane Curtis, American actress and musician •
Dina Eastwood, American reporter and former actress •
Pamela Gidley, American actress and model (d. 2018) • July 14 -
Bibo Bergeron, French animator and director • July 16 -
Daryl Mitchell, American actor and rapper • July 17 •
Santiago Segura, Spanish filmmaker and actor •
Alex Winter, British-born American director, writer and actor • July 22 -
Patrick Labyorteaux, American actor • July 23 -
Allison Abbate, American producer and animator • July 24 •
Paul Ben-Victor, American character actor •
Kadeem Hardison, American actor •
Doug Liman, American director and producer • July 25 –
Illeana Douglas, American actress • July 26 –
Jeremy Piven, American actor • July 28 -
James Biberi, Albanian-American actor • July 29 -
Ian Roberts, American actor, comedian and writer • August 1 -
Sam Mendes, British director, producer and screenwriter • August 4 -
James Tupper, Canadian actor • August 5 •
Olivier Megaton, French director, writer and editor •
Scott William Winters, American actor • August 6 •
Jeremy Ratchford, Canadian actor •
De'voreaux White, American actor • August 10 -
Claudia Christian, American actress and singer • August 11 •
Embeth Davidtz, American-South African actress •
Viola Davis, American actress •
Duane Martin, American actor • August 12 -
Peter Krause, American actor, director and producer • August 16 -
Brian McCann, American actor, comedian and writer • August 18 •
Jørgen Langhelle, Norwegian actor (d. 2021) •
Ikue Ōtani, Japanese actress, singer, voice actress and narrator • August 19 •
Maria de Medeiros, Portuguese actress, director and singer •
Kevin Dillon, American actor •
Kyra Sedgwick, American actress • August 22 •
Courtney Gains, American actor •
Valery Nikolaev, Soviet-Russian actor and director • August 24 –
Marlee Matlin, American actress • August 25 -
Kim Kold, Danish actor • August 29 •
Frances Ruffelle, English actress and singer •
Dina Spybey, American former actress • August 31 •
Daniel Bernhardt, Swiss actor, model and martial artist •
Jaime P. Gomez, American actor • September 3 •
Charlie Sheen, American actor •
Costas Mandylor, Australian actor • September 4 -
Michael Bentt, British-born American actor • September 6 -
John Polson, Australian actor and director • September 9 •
Charles Esten, American actor, musician and comedian •
Constance Marie, American actress • September 13 -
Jeff Ross, American stand-up comedian and actor • September 15 •
Fernanda Torres, Brazilian actress and writer •
Joe Chrest, American academic and actor • September 17 •
Bryan Singer, American director, producer and screenwriter •
Kyle Chandler, American actor • September 19 -
Cheri Oteri, American actress and comedian • September 21 •
Cheryl Hines, American actress, comedian and director •
David Wenham, Australian actor • September 22 -
Dan Bucatinsky, American actor, writer and producer • September 25 -
Gordon Currie, Canadian-American actor • September 27 -
Maria Schrader, German actress, screenwriter and director • September 28 -
Christopher Evan Welch, American actor (d. 2013) • September 30 -
Omid Djalili, British stand-up comedian, actor and writer of Iranian descent • October 1 -
Cindy Margolis, American actress and model • October 8 •
Peter Greene, American actor (d. 2025) •
Igor Jijikine, Russian-American actor •
Burr Steers, American actor, screenwriter and director • October 10 •
Joe Dixon, English actor •
Chris Penn, American actor (d. 2006) •
Rebecca Pidgeon, American actress, singer and songwriter • October 11 •
Lennie James, English actor •
Ivo Uukkivi, Estonian actor, singer and television producer •
Sean Patrick Flanery, American actor, author and martial artist • October 14 –
Steve Coogan, English actor • October 18 -
Ralph Eggleston, American animator, art director, storyboard artist, writer, director and production designer (d. 2022) • October 19 –
Merle Jääger, Estonian actress and poet • October 20 –
William Zabka, American actor • October 22 -
Valeria Golino, Italian actress and film director • October 25 –
Mathieu Amalric, French actor and filmmaker • October 26 -
Kelly Rowan, retired Canadian actress • October 27 -
Mohan Kapur, Indian actor and television host • October 28 -
Jami Gertz, American actress • October 31 -
Rob Rackstraw, British voice actor • November 1 -
Ilia Volok, Ukrainian actor • November 2 –
Shah Rukh Khan, Indian actor • November 4 -
Kiersten Warren, American actress • November 7 -
Mike Henry, American actor, comedian, writer and producer • November 13 -
Tommie Earl Jenkins, American actor and musician • November 19 -
Paul Weitz, American filmmaker and actor • November 21 •
Björk, Icelandic singer-songwriter and actress •
Alexander Siddig, Sudanese-English actor • November 22 •
Sam Fell, British animator, director, screenwriter and voice actor •
Mads Mikkelsen, Danish actor •
Kathrine Narducci, American actress • November 23 -
Don Frye, American actor • November 24 –
Shirley Henderson, Scottish actress • November 25 -
Dougray Scott, Scottish actor • November 26 -
Scott Adsit, American actor, comedian and writer • November 28 -
Anastasia Hille, English actress • November 29 •
Ellen Cleghorne, American actress and comedian •
Peter Spears, American actor and filmmaker • November 30 •
Marcus Raboy, American director •
Ben Stiller, American actor, comedian and filmmaker •
Andrew Tiernan, British actor and director • December 2 -
Beatrice Macola, Italian actress (d. 2001) • December 3 •
Steve Harris, American actor •
Andrew Stanton, American animator, director, screenwriter, producer and voice actor • December 7 –
Jeffrey Wright, American actor • December 8 •
Ned Dennehy, Irish actor •
David Harewood, British actor • December 9 -
Margaret Riley, producer (d. 2024) • December 14 -
Ted Raimi, American character actor, director, comedian and writer • December 15 -
Anjul Nigam, Indian-born American actor, producer and writer • December 16 –
J.B. Smoove, American actor and comedian • December 19 -
Jessica Steen, Canadian actress • December 21 •
Andy Dick, American comedian, actor, musician and television and film producer •
Declan O'Brien, American writer and director (d. 2022) • December 22 •
David S. Goyer, American filmmaker •
Jonathan Joss, American actor (d. 2025) •
Sergi López, Spanish actor • December 27 –
Salman Khan, Indian actor • December 31 –
Gong Li, Chinese actress ==Deaths==