IMDb: Most Popular People Born On February 17

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1.		Joseph Gordon-Levitt Actor, Inception Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt was born February 17, 1981 in Los Angeles, California, to Jane Gordon and Dennis Levitt. Joseph was raised in a Jewish family with his late older brother, Dan Gordon-Levitt, who passed away in October 2010. His parents worked for the Pacifica Radio station KPFK-FM and his maternal grandfather...
2.		Sasha Pieterse Actress, Good Luck Chuck Sasha Pieterse was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, to acrobatic dancer parents. At 6 years old, Sasha got her start in television, co-starring as "Buffy" on The WB comedy series Family Affair, opposite Gary Cole. She now returns to series television playing Cole's daughter on Wanted...
3.		Denise Richards Actress, Starship Troopers Denise Richards was born in Downers Grove, Illinois, the older of two daughters of Joni Lee, who owned a coffee shop, and Irv Richards, a telephone engineer. She has German, French-Canadian, Irish, English, and Welsh ancestry. She grew up in the Chicago area, until the family relocated to Oceanside...
4.		Bonnie Wright Actress, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Bonnie Francesca Wright was born on February 17, 1991 to jewelers Gary Wright and Sheila Teague. Her debut performance was in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone as Ron Weasley's little sister Ginny Weasley. Bonnie tried out for the film due to her older brother Lewis mentioning she reminded him of Ginny. Her role in the first film was a small cameo like role as Ginny...
5.		Dominic Purcell Actor, Equilibrium Born in England but raised in Australia by his Norwegian father and Irish mother, Purcell was a bored landscaper who decided to attend a drama school. He became a TV star in Australia before debuting in America as the title character in John Doe. In 2000, he won the Green Card lottery and now lives in Los Angeles with his family.
6.		Rene Russo Actress, Outbreak Rene Russo was born in Burbank, California, to Shirley (Balocca), a barmaid and factory laborer, and Nino Russo. She grew up on the wrong side of the tracks. Her father, a sculptor and mechanic, left the family when Rene was just two, and thus her mother raised Rene and her sister, Toni, as a single mom. Her father was of Italian descent, and her mother was of Italian and English-German ancestry...
7.		Michael Bay Producer, Transformers A graduate of Wesleyan University, Michael Bay spent his 20s working on advertisements and music videos. His first projects after film school were in the music video business. He created music videos for Tina Turner, Meat Loaf, Lionel Richie, Wilson Phillips, Donny Osmond and The Divinyls...
8.		Jerry O'Connell Actor, Stand by Me Jeremiah O'Connell was born in New York City, to Linda (Witkowski), an art teacher, and Michael O'Connell, a British-born advertising agency art director. He is of half Irish, one quarter Italian, and one quarter Polish descent. He was raised in Manhattan with his parents and a younger brother, Charlie O'Connell...
9.		Jason Ritter Actor, Freddy vs. Jason Co-creator of "Morning Knight, Inc." with actress/writer/director Marianna Palka. His theater credits include Wendy Wasserstein's "Third" directed by Daniel Sullivan (Lincoln Center, NYC), Neil LaBute's "The Distance From Here" directed by David Leveaux (Almeida at King's Cross, London) and Tom Donaghy's "The Beginning of August" directed by Neil Pepe (The Atlantic Theater Company...
10.		Lou Diamond Phillips Actor, La Bamba
11.		Brooke D'Orsay Actress, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
12.		Billie Joe Armstrong Soundtrack, The Simpsons Movie Billie Joe Armstrong was born in Piedmont, California, a small town surrounded by the city of Oakland, and was raised in Rodeo, California, the youngest of six children of Ollie (Jackson) and Andrew "Andy" Marsicano Armstrong. His father worked as a jazz musician and truck driver for Safeway Inc. to support his family...
13.		Meaghan Martin Actress, Mean Girls 2 Martin was born on February 17, 1992, in Las Vegas, Nevada. A fan of musical theater, she performed in several community theater productions in Las Vegas. She began modeling at the age of five. As a child, she worked consistently in a variety of national and international commercials, including Barbie and Cabbage Patch Dolls...
14.		Rory Kinnear Actor, The Imitation Game
15.		Paris Hilton Self, 1 Night in Paris Socialite Paris Whitney Hilton was born on February 17, 1981 in New York City into the Hilton family and, and has three younger siblings, Nicky Hilton, Barron Hilton and Conrad Hilton. She is the daughter of Kathy Hilton (née Kathleen Elizabeth Avanzino) and businessman Rick Hilton, and a great-granddaughter of hotel magnate Conrad Hilton...
16.		Kelly Carlson Actress, The Marine Originally from Bloomington, Minnesota, Kelly attended school in Richfield, Minnesota at the Academy of Holy Angels. She is the daughter of a hair dresser mother and a late father who was a high school football coach. Kelly went on to start acting in theater before making the step into screen performances...
17.		Chord Overstreet Actor, 4th Man Out Chord Overstreet was born in Nashville, Tennessee, to Julie (Miller), a make-up artist, and Paul Overstreet, a country musician and songwriter whose own father was a pastor. Chord and his five siblings were raised in a creative and music-filled environment, with their father highly involved in the music industry. His brother, Nash Overstreet, is in the band Hot Chelle Rae...
18.		Michael Jordan Self, Michael Jordan to the Max Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born in Brookyln, New York on February 17, 1963. He was the fourth of five children born to James and Deloris. James Jordan was a mechanic and Deloris Jordan was a bank teller. Soon after Michael's birth, James and Deloris felt that the streets of Brooklyn were unsafe to raise a family, so they moved the family to Wilmington, North Carolina...
19.		Hal Holbrook Actor, Into the Wild Hal Holbrook is an Emmy- and Tony-Award winning actor who is one of the great craftsman of stage and screen. He is best known for his performance as Mark Twain, for which he won a Tony and the first of his ten Emmy Award nominations. Aside from the stage, Holbrook made his reputation primarily on television...
20.		Ahna O'Reilly Actress, The Help
21.		Ashton Holmes Actor, A History of Violence Born in Albany, New York, Ashton Holmes was struck by the magic of theater and film at age 4 when his mother took him to see "Peter Pan", and it was clinched by a desire to play Luke Skywalker when he saw Star Wars. He subsequently took acting lessons at age 6 and began appearing in community theater. He also attended the Albany Academy.
22.		Jim Brown Actor, The Running Man Often mentioned as the greatest player in NFL history, this ruggedly handsome African American fullback for the Cleveland Browns first appeared on movie screens in the western Rio Conchos, followed by a strong supporting role as convict commando "Jefferson" in the terrific WW2 action film The Dirty Dozen...
23.		Patricia Routledge Actress, To Sir, with Love The daughter of a gentleman's outfitter, Patricia, who studied at Liverpool University, the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, and London's Guildhall School of Music, made her professional debut at the Liverpool Playhouse in 1952. She's best known, of course, as "Hyacinth Bucket" in Keeping Up Appearances, but...
24.		Barry Humphries Actor, Finding Nemo His father was an affluent construction manager. Barry was a very intelligent boy who attended Melbourne University. There, he began in revues and doing some impersonations. He moved to London around 1960 and began his TV career. He has created numerous characters, including Dame Edna Everidge and Sir Les Patterson.
25.		Tuesday Knight Actress, General Hospital
26.		Jackson Hurst Actor, The Mist
27.		Christina Pickles Actress, Guiding Light
28.		Larry the Cable Guy Actor, Cars
29.		Alan Bates Actor, Zorba the Greek Alan Bates decided to be an actor at age 11. After grammar school in Derbyshire, he earned a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. Following two years in the Royal Air Force, he joined the new English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre. His West End debut in 1956, at 22...
30.		Ed Sheeran Soundtrack, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
31.		Richard Karn Actor, Picture Perfect The son of Gene and Louise Wilson. He has a sister named Sue. He did his first acting in fifth grade, and was very active in acting in High School. During his career, Richard has done many off Broadway performances. He was born in Seattle, Washington. He spent 6 months in England, and went to University of Washington.
32.		Kathleen Freeman Actress, Shrek Kathleen Freeman's introduction to show business came very early in life. Her parents were vaudevillians, and she made her debut at age 2 in their act. Later she attended UCLA with intentions of becoming a pianist, but was bitten by the acting bug and never looked back. She gained experience on stage in various stock and repertory companies...
33.		Jonathan Breck Actor, Jeepers Creepers
34.		Alex Frost Actor, Elephant
35.		Becky Ann Baker Actress, Men in Black
36.		Brenda Fricker Actress, My Left Foot This Irish character actress gained experience in Irish theater and with the National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Court Theatre Company in Great Britain. Brenda Fricker received great acclaim for her Oscar-winning supporting performance as the determined mother of a son afflicted with cerebral palsy in "My Left Foot" (1989)...
37.		Julia McKenzie Actress, Notes on a Scandal
38.		Dieter Laser Actor, The Human Centipede (First Sequence) Dieter Laser (born 17 February 1942) is a German actor. Laser was born in Kiel, Germany. He is known to English speaking audiences for his roles: Mantrid in Lexx, Prof. Otto Blaettchen in The Ogre and Dr. Joseph Heiter in The Human Centipede (First Sequence), for which he won Best Actor at the Austin Fantastic Fest...
39.		Erin Cardillo Actress, The Hottie & the Nottie Erin grew up in Greenwich, CT and has Bachelor of Science in Performance Studies from Northwestern University, where she studied acting, writing and adaptation. She spent a year in London studying Shakespeare through Marymount College and a summer at The Public Theater's Shakespeare Lab in NYC. In 2000 Erin moved to New York and worked extensively on stage...
40.		Zelda Harris Actress, He Got Game
41.		Arthur Hunnicutt Actor, El Dorado Lean, tall American character actor Arthur Hunnicutt was known for playing humorously wise rural roles. He attended Arkansas State Teachers College in his native state, but was forced to drop out in his third year due to lack of funds. He joined a theatre company in Massachusetts, then migrated to New York...
42.		Garry Chalk Actor, Watchmen
43.		Mary Ann Mobley Actress, General Hospital Born on February 17, 1939 in Biloxi, Mississippi, Mary Ann Mobley is one of the few Miss Americas to have true success as an actress or television personality (the others are Barnaby Jones beauty Lee Meriwether, television hostess Phyllis George, Consumer advocate/game show panelist Bess Myerson and Eraser heroine Vanessa Williams)...
44.		Bear McCreary Soundtrack, The Walking Dead Bear McCreary is a degreed graduate of the prestigious USC Thornton School of Music (in 'Composition and Recording Arts'). Bear McCreary was one of a small and select group of proteges of the late, many-honored film composer Elmer Bernstein. Although he is now firmly in the mainstream of film composition...
45.		John Leyton Actor, The Great Escape John Leyton was born on Feb. 17th 1939 at Frinton-On Sea, Essex, England, to parents of show business background. His father owned several cinemas and his mother acted under the name of 'Babs Walters' on the London stage. When John showed a desire to act, his parents tried to discourage him, wanting him to enter the family rope business as they felt it was too difficult to get a start in acting...
46.		Arthur Kennedy Actor, Lawrence of Arabia Arthur Kennedy, one of the premier character actors in American film from the late 1940s through the early 1960s, achieved fame in the role of Biff in Elia Kazan's historic production of Arthur Miller's Pultizer-Prize winning play "Death of a Salesman." Although he was not selected to recreate the role on screen...
47.		Benjamin Whitrow Actor, Chicken Run
48.		Don Coscarelli Writer, Bubba Ho-Tep In much the same way that director George A. Romero creative output has been primarily centered around the highly successful "Dead" series of zombie films, then fellow fantasy director Don Coscarelli has for over two decades seen his universe swirling around the lesser successful, but equally cult, and much loved "Phantasm" series of horror movies...
49.		Marc Lawrence Actor, From Dusk Till Dawn Swarthy, pock-faced actor who has portrayed sinister types throughout his long career.
50.		Zachary Bennett Actor, Cube Zero