• January 2 –
Kate Hodge, American actress and producer • January 8 •
Adrian Pang, Singaporean actor •
Maria Pitillo, American former actress • January 13 –
Patrick Dempsey, American actor • January 17 –
Joshua Malina, American actor • January 20 –
Rainn Wilson, American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer • January 24 –
Julie Dreyfus, French actress • January 31 –
Dexter Fletcher, English film director and actor • February 1 –
Anthony Johnson, American actor and comedian (d. 2021) • February 3 -
Frank Coraci, American director, actor and screenwriter • February 4 –
Piret Kalda, Estonian actress • February 10 -
Meadow Williams, American actress and producer • February 12 –
Lochlyn Munro, Canadian actor • February 13 –
Neal McDonough, American actor and producer • February 14 –
Kristen Dalton, American actress • February 15 •
Mo Gallini, American actor •
Cynthia Lamontagne, American former actress •
Kim Myers, American actress • February 19 –
Justine Bateman, American actress, writer, director and producer • February 22 –
Rachel Dratch, American actress, comedian, writer and producer • February 24 •
Ben Miller, English actor •
Sherrie Rose, American actress, producer, director and screenwriter •
Billy Zane, American actor • February 25 •
Alexis Denisof, American actor •
Téa Leoni, American actress • February 26 -
Jennifer Grant, American actress • February 27 –
Donal Logue, Canadian-Irish actor, producer and writer • March 1 •
Michelle Berube, American actress •
Zack Snyder, American director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer • March 3 •
Tone Loc, American rapper and actor •
Heidi Swedberg, American former actress • March 4 •
Steve Bastoni, Italian-born Australian actor •
Wash Westmoreland, British director • March 5 –
Aasif Mandvi, British-American actor and comedian • March 9 –
Alison Doody, Irish model and actress • March 10 –
Stephen Mailer, American actor • March 12 -
Jane Perry, British-Canadian actress • March 14 •
Elise Neal, American actress •
Gary Anthony Williams, American actor, comedian and filmmaker • March 22 –
Sara Crowe, Scottish actress • March 23 –
Marin Hinkle, American actress • March 26 –
Michael Imperioli, American actor • April 8 –
Robin Wright, American actress • April 9 –
Cynthia Nixon, American actress • April 12 -
Vusi Kunene, South African actor • April 13 –
Andy Nyman, English actor, director and writer • April 14 –
Lloyd Owen, British actor • April 22 –
Jeffrey Dean Morgan, American actor and producer • April 27 –
Matt Reeves, American director, producer and screenwriter • May 1 •
Anne Fletcher, American director and actress •
Tina Lifford, American actress • May 3 –
Firdous Bamji, Indian actor and writer • May 4 –
Murray McArthur, English actor • May 8 –
Eileen Bowman, American actress • May 10 –
Ilian Djevelekov, Bulgarian film director and producer • May 12 –
Stephen Baldwin, American actor • May 15 •
Sommore, American comedian and actress •
Greg Wise, English actor and producer • May 16 –
Scott Reeves, American actor and country music singer • May 17 -
Hill Harper, American actor • May 19 –
Polly Walker, English actress • May 20 –
Mindy Cohn, American actress and voice actress • May 23 –
H. Jon Benjamin, American actor and comedian • May 24 -
Eric Cantona, French actor • May 26 –
Helena Bonham Carter, English actress • May 28 -
Roger Kumble, American director and screenwriter • May 30 -
Fahim Fazli, Afghan-American actor • June 4 -
Robert Pralgo, American actor • June 5 –
Dwayne Hill, Canadian voice actor • June 7 –
Tom McCarthy, American director, screenwriter and actor • June 8 –
Julianna Margulies, American actress • June 10 -
Laura Silverman, American actress • June 16 –
Phil Vischer, American filmmaker, animator, musician and voice actor • June 17 –
Jason Patric, American actor • June 19 –
Samuel West, English actor, director and voice actor • June 22 •
Carlos Gallardo, Mexican actor, producer, screenwriter and director •
Emmanuelle Seigner, French actress • June 24 –
Adrienne Shelly, American actress, director and screenwriter (d. 2006) • June 27 –
J. J. Abrams, American filmmaker and composer • June 28 •
John Cusack, American actor, brother of actress
Joan Cusack •
Şenay Gürler, Turkish actress •
Mary Stuart Masterson, American actress •
Sara Stewart, Scottish actress • June 29 –
DJ Pooh, American rapper, actor and filmmaker • June 30 •
Ian Bliss, Australian character actor •
Marton Csokas, New Zealand actor •
Peter Outerbridge, Canadian actor • July 5 •
Charles Herman-Wurmfeld, American director •
Claudia Wells, American actress • July 6 •
Mark Mitchinson, English-born New Zealand actor •
Brian Posehn, American stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, musician and writer • July 7 •
Jim Gaffigan, American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer •
William Haze, American actor (died 2016) • July 8 –
Mike Nawrocki, American director, animator, writer and voice actor • July 9 •
Pamela Adlon, American actress, voice actress, screenwriter, producer and director •
Jamie Bartlett, British-born South African actor (d. 2022) • July 10 –
A. O. Scott, American film critic of
The New York Times • July 11 •
Debbe Dunning, American actress •
Greg Grunberg, American actor •
Elina Löwensohn, Romanian-American actress • July 12 –
Tamsin Greig, English actress, narrator and comedian • July 14 –
Matthew Fox, American actor • July 15 –
Irène Jacob, French-born Swiss actress • July 16 –
Scott Derrickson, American filmmaker • July 18 –
Lori Alan, American actress and voice actress • July 19 –
Nancy Carrell, American actress, comedian and writer • July 31 –
Dean Cain, American actor, producer and television presenter • August 1 –
Dan Gerson, American screenwriter and voice actor (d. 2016) • August 5 •
James Gunn, American filmmaker and actor •
Jonathan Silverman, American actor • August 8 –
Verónica Falcón, Mexican actress • August 10 –
André Sogliuzzo, American voice actor • August 12 -
Sharon D. Clarke, English actress and singer • August 14 –
Halle Berry, American actress • August 15 •
Con O'Neill, English actor •
Tasha de Vasconcelos, Mozambican-born Portuguese-Canadian actress • August 17 •
Tom Gallop, American actor •
Matt Maiellaro, American filmmaker, musician and voice actor • August 18 •
Sarita Choudhury, British actress •
María Onetto, Argentine actress (d. 2023) • August 19 -
Chris McGarry, American actor • August 20 •
Colin Cunningham, American actor •
David Rees Snell, American actor • August 25 –
Julia Davis, English actress, comedian, director and writer • August 28 –
Enzo Squillino Jr., British actor • August 29 –
Stacey Travis, American actress • August 30 –
Michael Michele, American actress • September 1 –
James Nguyen, Vietnamese filmmaker • September 2 •
Salma Hayek, Mexican actress •
Tuc Watkins, American actor • September 5 -
Achero Mañas, Spanish director and former actor • September 7 –
Toby Jones, English actor • September 9 •
David Bennent, Swiss actor •
Adam Sandler, American actor • September 12 •
Darren E. Burrows, American actor •
Khaled El Nabawy, Egyptian actor • September 13 –
Louis Mandylor, Australian actor • September 16 –
Sean Frye, American former actor • September 18 -
Christopher Shyer, Canadian-American actor • September 20 –
Niki Caro, New Zealand film director and screenwriter • September 22 •
Ira Heiden, American actor •
Ruth Jones, Welsh actress, comedian, writer and producer • September 25 –
Jason Flemyng, English actor • September 28 -
Leilani Sarelle, American actress • September 29 •
Ben Miles, English actor •
Jill Whelan, American actress • October 1 -
George Asprey, British character actor • October 6 –
Jacqueline Obradors, American actress • October 9 –
Tim Herlihy, American actor, producer and screenwriter • October 10 -
Bai Ling, Chinese-American actress • October 11 –
Luke Perry, American actor (d. 2019) • October 16 –
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, American voice actress • October 17 –
Mark Gatiss, English actor, comedian, screenwriter, director and producer • October 19 –
Jon Favreau, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter • October 24 –
Zahn McClarnon, American actor • October 26 –
Steve Valentine, English actor • October 28 •
Chris Bauer, American actor •
Alois Moyo, Zimbabwean-German actor •
Andy Richter, American actor, writer, comedian and talk show announcer • October 31 -
Mike O'Malley, American actor, writer and producer • November 2 –
David Schwimmer, American actor, director and producer • November 3 •
Vincent Franklin, English actor •
Jonathan Loughran, American actor • November 5 –
Leni Parker, Canadian actress • November 6 –
Peter DeLuise, American actor • November 11 –
Vince Colosimo, Australian actor • November 17 –
Sophie Marceau, French actress and director • November 19 •
Wolfgang Bodison, American actor •
Jason Scott Lee, American actor and martial artist • November 22 •
Nicholas Rowe, British actor •
Michael K. Williams, American actor (d. 2021) • November 23 •
Vincent Cassel, French actor •
Michelle Gomez, Scottish-American actress • November 25 –
Billy Burke, American actor • November 26 –
Garcelle Beauvais, Haitian actress and television personality • December 1 –
Andrew Adamson, New Zealand director, producer and screenwriter • December 2 –
Katherine LaNasa, American actress • December 4 •
Fred Armisen, American actor and comedian •
Carey Means, American voice and stage actor • December 7 –
C. Thomas Howell, American actor • December 8 •
Tyler Mane, Canadian character actor •
Scott Shepherd, American actor •
Sinéad O'Connor, Irish actress and singer (d. 2023) • December 9 –
Toby Huss, American actor • December 12 –
Lydia Zimmermann, Spanish filmmaker • December 14 –
Boris Isaković. Serbian actor • December 19 –
Robert MacNaughton, American actor • December 20 –
Paul Ritter, English actor (d. 2021) • December 21 •
Martin Bayfield, English actor and stuntman •
Michelle Hurd, American actress •
Kiefer Sutherland, Canadian actor • December 24 –
Diedrich Bader, American actor and voice actor • December 28 -
David Fane, New Zealand actor • December 30 –
Akosua Busia, Ghanaian actress and writer • December 31 •
Bruce Ramsay, Canadian actor •
Maddie Taylor, American voice actress and comedian ==Deaths==