• January 1 –
Sheila McCarthy, Canadian actress and singer • January 2 –
John Bedford Lloyd, American character actor • January 3 –
Mel Gibson, American Irish actor and director • January 4 –
Ann Magnuson, American actress • January 6 -
Angus Deayton, English actor, writer, musician, comedian and broadcaster • January 7 –
David Caruso, American actor • January 9 •
Kimberly Beck, American actress •
Tim Kelleher, American writer, actor and director •
Imelda Staunton, English actress • January 13 –
Janet Hubert, American actress • January 20 –
Bill Maher, American comedian, writer, producer, actor and television host • January 21 •
Geena Davis, American actress •
Robby Benson, American actor • January 22 –
Michael Kopsa, Canadian actor (d.
2022) • January 24 –
Peter Woodward, English actor, screenwriter and stuntman • January 25 •
Dinah Manoff, American actress and director •
Kevin O'Rourke, American actor • January 27 •
Susan Blakeslee, American voice actress and musical theatre actress •
Kevyn Major Howard, Canadian actor (d.
2025) •
Mimi Rogers, American actress • January 30 –
Ann Dowd, American actress • January 31 –
John Lydon, English actor • February 2 -
Philip Franks, English actor and director • February 3 –
Nathan Lane, American actor • February 12 –
Arsenio Hall, American comedian, actor and talk show host • February 13 –
Jimmy Yuill, Scottish actor • February 14 –
Tom Burlinson, Canadian-Australian actor and singer • February 15 –
Olga Merediz, American actress and singer • February 17 –
Richard Karn, American actor • February 19 –
Kathleen Beller, American actress • February 23 -
Valentine Pelka, English actor • February 26 –
Jonathan Schmock, American actor, director, producer and writer • February 27 –
Angela Aames, American actress (d.
1988) • February 28 –
Lloyd Sherr, American voice actor • March 1 –
Tim Daly, American actor • March 2 –
Ángel Salazar, Cuban-American comedian and actor (d.
2024) • March 5 –
Adriana Barraza, Mexican actress • March 7 –
Bryan Cranston, American actor and director • March 8 –
John Kapelos, Canadian actor • March 10 –
Lesley Dunlop, English actress • March 11 –
Rob Paulsen, American voice actor • March 12 –
Lesley Manville, English Actress • March 13 –
Dana Delany, American actress • March 16 –
Clifton Powell, American actor • March 25 –
Matthew Garber, British actor and filmmaker (d.
1977) • March 26 –
Erika Kaljusaar, Estonian actress • March 27 –
Michael Harney, American actor • March 30 –
Paul Reiser, American comedian, actor and musician • April 2 –
Matt DeCaro, American actor (d.
2026) • April 8 –
Jim Piddock, English actor, producer and writer • April 12 –
Andy García, Cuban-American actor • April 17 –
Vyto Ruginis, English actor and producer • April 18 –
Eric Roberts, American actor • April 20 –
Georgie Glen, Scottish actress • April 22 –
Bruce A. Young, American actor, writer and screenwriter • April 27 –
Kevin McNally, English actor and writer • April 30 –
Lars von Trier, Danish director • May 3 -
Ben Keaton, Irish actor (d. 2026) • May 4 –
Ralph Seymour, American actor • May 5 –
Lisa Eilbacher, American actress • May 7 –
S. Scott Bullock, American voice actor • May 9 –
Wendy Crewson, Canadian actress • May 10 •
Mickey Faerch, Danish-Canadian actress and dancer •
Paige O'Hara, American actress, voice actress, singer and painter •
Jonathan Roberts, American screenwriter, producer and author • May 12 •
Christopher Good, English actor •
Kimiko Yo, Japanese actress • May 13 •
Fred Melamed, American actor, comedian and writer •
Kirk Thornton, American voice actor, director and screenwriter • May 17 –
Bob Saget, American stand-up comedian, actor and television host (d.
2022) • May 19 –
Steven Ford, American actor • May 24 -
Hennie Bosman, South African stuntman and actor • June 1 –
Tom Irwin, American actor • June 4 –
Keith David, American actor • June 5 –
Roger Michell, British director (d.
2021) • June 9 –
Kelly Connell, American actor • June 15 •
Ava Cadell, former actress, writer and producer •
Robin Curtis, American actress • June 18 •
Dominic Guard, English former actor •
Marsha Garces Williams, American producer • June 22 –
Tim Russ, American actor, director, screenwriter and musician • June 25 •
Chloe Webb, American actress •
Bob West, American voice actor, singer and graphic designer • June 27 –
John Michael Bolger, American actor • June 30 –
David Alan Grier, American actor, singer and comedian • July 1 •
Matthew Jacobs, British writer, director, producer and actor •
Lorna Patterson, American retired actress •
Alan Ruck, American actor • July 2 –
Jerry Hall, American actress and model • July 9 –
Tom Hanks, American actor and director • July 10 -
Alok Nath, Indian former actor • July 11 –
Sela Ward, American actress • July 14 -
Vladimir Kulich, Czech-Canadian actor • July 16 –
Tony Kushner, American author, playwright and screenwriter • July 17 -
Margot Rose, American actress and composer • July 18 –
Audrey Landers, American actress and singer • July 19 –
Peter Barton, American retired actor • July 25 –
Roger Clinton Jr., American actor and musician • July 31 •
Michael Biehn, American actor •
R. A. Mihailoff, American actor • August 10 –
Peter Robbins, American child actor (d.
2022) • August 12 –
Bruce Greenwood, Canadian actor • August 15 -
Jacek Koman, Polish actor and singer • August 17 –
Mahendra Perera, Sri Lankan actor • August 19 –
Adam Arkin, American actor and director • August 20 •
Joan Allen, American actress •
Simon Shepherd, English actor • August 21 –
Kim Cattrall, English-born Canadian actress • August 23 –
Skipp Sudduth, American actor • August 24 –
Kevin Dunn, American actor • August 26 –
Brett Cullen, American actor • August 28 –
Luis Guzman, Puerto Rican character actor • September 5 –
Debbie Turner, American actress • September 7 –
Michael Beattie, Canadian-American actor • September 11 •
Tony Gilroy, American filmmaker •
Adriane Lenox, American actress • September 16 –
Jimmy Chisholm, Scottish actor • September 17 –
Susie Silvey, English actress, dancer and model • September 18 –
Tim McInnerny, English actor • September 20 •
Gary Cole, American actor •
Debbi Morgan, American actress • September 26 –
Linda Hamilton, American actress • September 28 –
Kiran Shah, Kenyan-Indian actor and stunt double • September 29 –
Stuart Charno, American actor • October 2 –
Charlie Adler, American voice actor and voice director • October 3 –
Hart Bochner, Canadian actor, director, screenwriter and producer • October 4 –
Christoph Waltz, Austrian-German actor • October 10 •
Amanda Burton, Northern Irish actress •
Fiona Fullerton, British actress and singer • October 11 –
Stephen Spinella, American actor • October 14 –
Bruce MacVittie, American actor (d.
2022) • October 20 –
Danny Boyle, English director and producer • October 21 –
Carrie Fisher, American actress (d.
2016) • October 23 –
Dwight Yoakam, American singer-songwriter, actor and filmmaker • October 24 –
Erich Anderson, American actor (d.
2024) • October 26 –
Rita Wilson, American actress and producer • October 30 –
Juliet Stevenson, English actress • November 3 –
Gary Ross, American director, writer and producer • November 8 –
Richard Curtis, New Zealand-born British director and screenwriter • November 9 –
Tyler Coppin, American-Australian actor • November 10 •
Matt Craven, Canadian character actor •
Sinbad, American stand-up comedian and actor • November 13 –
Rex Linn, American actor • November 16 –
Dan Shor, American actor, director and writer • November 17 –
Kelly Ward, American actor and voice director • November 20 –
Bo Derek, American actress and model • November 21 –
Cherry Jones, American actress • November 22 –
Richard Kind, American actor and voice actor • November 24 –
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, American actor and director • November 26 –
Don Lake, Canadian actor and writer • November 27 –
William Fichtner, American actor • December 2 –
Steven Bauer, Cuban-born American actor • December 7 –
Mark Rolston, American character actor • December 8 –
Michael C. Burgess, British actor • December 10 •
John Lee Hancock, American filmmaker •
Catherine Parks, American actress • December 17 •
Peter Farrelly, American film director •
Patrick Murray, British actor (d.
2025) • December 18 –
T. K. Carter, American actor (d.
2026) • December 20 –
Blanche Baker, American actress and filmmaker • December 22 –
Ray Lui, Hong Kong actor == Deaths ==