IMDb: Most Popular People Born On August 01

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1.		Jason Momoa Actor, Conan the Barbarian Born Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa in Honolulu, Hawaii, on August 1st, 1979, Jason was raised in Norwalk, Iowa by his mother. After high school, he moved to Hawaii where he landed a lead role out of thousands of hopefuls in the TV series, Baywatch (known as "Baywatch Hawaii" in its tenth season)...
2.		Jack O'Connell Actor, 300: Rise of an Empire
3.		Max Carver Actor, Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn Max Carver was born in San Francisco, CA to parents Robert Martensen, a doctor and writer, and Anne Carver, a philanthropist and community activist. He made his acting debut with his twin brother, Charlie, in the ABC hit television series, Desperate Housewives. They played sons to Felicity Huffman and Doug Savant...
4.		Demian Bichir Actor, The Heat Demián Bichir Najera was born in Mexico City, Mexico to Alejandro, a theatre director, and Maricruz, an actress. His parents met in the theatre. He has two brothers who are also actors. Demián began acting, at age 3 at the Palace of Fine Arts in his native Mexico City. He became a member of the National...
5.		Kris Holden-Ried Actor, Underworld: Awakening Television and film actor. Pentathlon Champion. Father. Werewolf... Born in Scarborough, Ontario and raised in a farm town, northeast of Toronto, Kris' driven spirit has garnered success in many areas of his life. Kris knew he wanted to be an actor early on, however acting wasn't a widely supported career choice in his family...
6.		Sam Mendes Director, American Beauty Samuel Alexander Mendes was born on August 1, 1965 in Reading, England, UK to parents James Peter Mendes, a retired university lecturer, and Valerie Helene Mendes, an author who writes children's books. Their marriage didn't last long, James divorced Sam's mother in 1970 when Sam was just 5-years-old...
7.		Dom DeLuise Actor, All Dogs Go to Heaven As might be said for the late and great comedians Harvey Korman and Madeline Kahn, it seems that Mel Brooks was the only director on the planet who knew how to best utilize this funnyman's talents on film. Brooks once quipped that, whenever he hired Dom DeLuise for one of his films, he would...
8.		John Carroll Lynch Actor, Shutter Island John Carroll Lynch was born August 1st, 1963 in Boulder, Colorado. He was raised in Denver Colorado. It was there John found a passion for acting and became a Denver Broncos fan. He graduated in the mid-80s with a B.F.A. in theatre from the The Catholic University of America / Hartke Theatre Acting program...
9.		Tempestt Bledsoe Actress, ParaNorman
10.		Sasha Jackson Actress, Big Man, Little Man British actress Sasha Jackson is now primarily based in Los Angeles but able to travel worldwide for work commitments. Sasha has trained with some of LA's most respected and renowned acting coaches, amongst them: Ivana Chubbuck (as a Masterclass member), Andrew Magarian, Taylor Sheridan and Warner Loughlin and has had intensive one-to-one dialect coaching with the master of voices...
11.		Terry Kiser Actor, Weekend at Bernie's Excellent, prolific and dependable character actor Terry Kiser was born in Omaha, Nebraska. Terry attended the University of Kansas on both football and dramatic scholarships. He graduated with a degree in Industrial Engineering and worked for three years in this profession in his hometown of Omaha...
12.		Khamani Griffin Actor, Rise of the Guardians
13.		Steve Schirripa Actor, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
14.		David Wain Writer, Role Models David Wain was born and raised in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He met the other members of the comedy troupe The State while a film student at NYU, where he graduated from in 1991. As part of The State, he co-created and co-starred on their self-titled MTV sketch comedy show in the mid 90's. He then continued to work with his State partners on many other projects...
15.		Landry Allbright Actress, Con Air
16.		Honeysuckle Weeks Actress, My Brother Tom
17.		Giancarlo Giannini Actor, Casino Royale Giancarlo Giannini is an Oscar-nominated Italian actor, director and multilingual dubber who made an international reputation for his leading roles in Italian films as well as for his mastery of a variety of languages and dialects. He was born August 1, 1942, in La Spezia, Italy. For ten years young Giannini lived and studied in Naples...
18.		Leon Thomas III Actor, August Rush Thomas was born in Brooklyn, New York, but moved to Los Angeles, California, and now resides there. At age 10 he made his Broadway debut in 2003 as Young Simba in the Broadway production of The Lion King. In 2004, he appeared as Jackie Thibodeaux in the original Broadway cast of Tony Kushner's "Caroline...
19.		Geoffrey Holder Actor, Live and Let Die Dancer, choreographer and actor Geoffrey Holder was born on August 1, 1930, in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, into a middle-class family. One of four children, he was taught painting and dancing by his older brother Boscoe Holder, whose dance troupe, the Holder Dance Company, the young Geoffrey joined when he was seven years old...
20.		Eduardo Noriega Actor, Open Your Eyes Eduardo Noriega Gómez was born in Santander, Cantabria, Spain. The youngest of 7 siblings, he had shown a very big talent for artistic activities since he was a child. He began taking piano lessons and got into the Santander Music Conservatory, where he studied for five years. His music professors discovered that he had many conditions for playing piano...
21.		Jesse Borrego Actor, Blood In, Blood Out Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, Borrego studied theatre and dance at The University of Incarnate Word; he studied acting at The California Institute of the Arts. In the 1980s he attended an open audition for the TV Series "Fame" where he won the role of "Jesse Velasquez", a role he would have for three years...
22.		Miracle Laurie Actress, Scenic Route
23.		Elijah Kelley Actor, Hairspray
24.		Jennifer Gareis Actress, The 6th Day
25.		Valery M. Ortiz Actress, Date Movie Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Ortiz grew up in Orlando, Florida. An early love of dancing led to major roles in local theater productions. Her passion and talent eventually brought her to Los Angeles, where she immediately found success hosting a local television program. Other acting and hosting opportunities quickly followed...
26.		José Padilha Producer, Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
27.		Sally Pressman Actress, My Best Friend's Girl
28.		Taylor Negron Actor, The Last Boy Scout Taylor Negron, a native of Glendale, California, attended UCLA. He studied acting with Lee Strasberg and studied comedy at a private seminar taught by Lucille Ball. He went on to join the cast of an improvisational comedy group, whose ranks included talents like Robin Williams, Martin Short and Betty Thomas...
29.		Charles Malik Whitfield Actor, Behind Enemy Lines Whitfield has starred in dozens of prime-time shows and feature films, but one of his proudest professional moments so far is his leading role in the Emmy-winning mini-series, "The Temptations." Nominated for an NAACP Image Award for his portrayal of Otis Williams, Whitfield says people still applaud his performance, years later...
30.		Lewis Smith Actor, Django Unchained
31.		Alakina Mann Actress, The Others
32.		Devanny Pinn Actress, The Black Dahlia Haunting
33.		Coolio Soundtrack, Bad Teacher
34.		Henry Jones Actor, Vertigo Henry Jones was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; he graduated from St. Joseph's College. His Broadway debut was in 1938 in Maurice Evans' "Hamlet" (Reynaldo and the second gravedigger). He served in the army in World War II. His highly-reviewed stage appearances included the murdered handyman in "The Bad Seed," which he reprised in the film version (The Bad Seed)...
35.		Adam Duritz Soundtrack, Cruel Intentions Adam Duritz is an innovative lyricist and piano player who brings the same soul to his friends and lifestyle as he does to the beautiful lyrics and music that he performs. Duritz joined and performed in the Bay area band "The Himalayans" until 1991 at which time he left to form Counting Crows. Before he left...
36.		Kate Norby Actress, The Devil's Rejects
37.		Michael Penn Composer, Boogie Nights
38.		Adrian Dunbar Actor, The Crying Game
39.		J. Lee Thompson Director, The Guns of Navarone
40.		Ashley Parker Angel Self, Making the Band Born in Redding, California, Ashley spent his early years growing up in the rural back-country of Northern California. Drawn towards performing by the age of 5, he spent his entire childhood performing in musical and theater productions. As a young teenager, after being hired as a voice-actor in several Playstation roles playing games, he began taking private acting lessons...
41.		David Calder Actor, Rush A classically-trained acting veteran is David Calder. He was born August 1, 1946 in Portsmouth, England and possesses an impressive resume of accomplished work in acting since 1970. Naturally exuding wisdom and talent, David Calder often appears as just that: wise, scholarly old gentleman in almost any film or television appearance he makes...
42.		Montserrat Lombard Actress, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
43.		Arthur Hill Actor, The Andromeda Strain Canadian-born actor Arthur Hill was raised in the Saskatchewan town of Melfort. The son of a lawyer, he served with the Royal Canadian Air Force during WWII before receiving his college education at the University of British Columbia. Intending on following in his father's footsteps in the field of law...
44.		Suze Lanier-Bramlett Actress, The Hills Have Eyes
45.		Taylor Fry Actress, Die Hard
46.		Kwok-Kwan Chan Actor, Kung Fu Hustle
47.		Elizabeth Bower Actress, Chickens
48.		Rob Camilletti Actor, Born on the Fourth of July
49.		Andrew G. Vajna Producer, Total Recall
50.		Jerry Garcia Soundtrack, Festival Express One of the most prolific and iconic guitarists of the second half of the 20th Century, Jerome John Garcia was born in San Francisco, California, USA on August 1st 1942. Garcia, whose mother was a registered nurse and whose father, Jose, was a small time jazz musician, had a troubled childhood. At the age of 4...