IMDb: Most Popular People Born On May 20

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1.		Jack Gleeson Actor, Winter Is Coming
2.		Timothy Olyphant Actor, Live Free or Die Hard From Timothy Olyphant's first screen appearances, such as his two-minute bit in The First Wives Club, to "Nicko", whose presence at times dwarfed the island in A Perfect Getaway, he has been a force to be reckoned with. Born in Hawaii, Timothy was raised in Modesto California. He is the son of Katherine Lyon (Gideon) and John Vernon Bevan Olyphant...
3.		Matt Czuchry Actor, Eight Legged Freaks
4.		Cher Soundtrack, Mask The beat goes on ... and on ... and as strong as ever for this superstar entertainer who has well surpassed the four-decade mark while improbably transforming herself from an artificial, glossy "flashionplate" singer into a serious, Oscar-worthy, dramatic actress ... and back again! With more ups and downs than the 2008 Dow Jones Industrial Average...
5.		Tony Goldwyn Actor, Ghost Actor, director, producer Tony Goldwyn is taking multi-tasking to a new level. Currently starring as President Fitzgerald Grant in Shonda Rhimes' hit series "Scandal," -- now in its fourth season -- Goldwyn has other projects in the works as well. He recently took on the controversial figure Warren Jeffs...
6.		Mike Flanagan Editor, Oculus Mike Flanagan was born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1978 to Timothy and Laura Flanagan. The family relocated frequently, as Timothy was in the U.S. Coast Guard, and finally settled in Bowie, Maryland. As a child, he would shoot and edit short movies on VHS. This continued as he attended Archbishop Spalding High School in Severna Park...
7.		James Stewart Actor, Rear Window James Maitland Stewart was born on 20 May 1908 in Indiana, Pennsylvania, to Elizabeth Ruth (Johnson) and Alexander Maitland Stewart, who owned a hardware store. He was of Scottish, Ulster-Scots, and some English, descent. Stewart was educated at a local prep school, Mercersburg Academy, where he was a keen athlete (football and track)...
8.		Michaela McManus Actress, The Beautiful Lie
9.		Naturi Naughton Actress, Fame Naturi Naughton is an American Singer and Actress best known for her performance as "Lil Kim" in Fox Searchlight's hit film "Notorious", and her role in MGM's remake of the classic film "Fame". Naughton has starred in various other projects such as: Lottery Ticket, The Playboy Club, Mad Men and The Client List...
10.		Tahmoh Penikett Actor, Man of Steel He is the son of former Yukon premier Anthony David John Penikett (Tony). A graduate of the Victoria Motion picture school, Tahmoh also studied at the Lyric School of Acting in Vancouver. Tahmoh and his family (his father, and his twin sisters Sarah and Stephanie) make their home in Vancouver, British Columbia.
11.		Bronson Pinchot Actor, True Romance When Bronson Pinchot began auditioning for Broadway roles, he refused to do accents. Years later, his ability to do accents is what gave him his first break in film and led to television success as Balki Bartokomous, the odd cousin from a Balkan nation who comes to live with Mark Linn-Baker on the sitcom Perfect Strangers...
12.		Matt McCoy Actor, L.A. Confidential
13.		John Billingsley Actor, The Man from Earth
14.		David Proval Actor, The Shawshank Redemption David Proval launched his acting career with a starring role in Mean Streets, directed by Martin Scorsese, and has been working nonstop ever since. Notable features in which he has appeared include The Phantom, The Brady Bunch Movie Four Rooms and The Shawshank Redemption. He is currently set to appear in the independent film White Boy.
15.		Mindy Cohn Actress, Sex and Death 101
16.		Owen Teale Actor, The Watchers on the Wall Owen Teale trained at the Guildford School of Acting. He was married to actress Dilys Watling and they had one son before their divorce in the mid 1990s.
17.		Louisa Krause Actress, Martha Marcy May Marlene
18.		Louis Theroux Self, The Most Hated Family in America
19.		Jane Wiedlin Soundtrack, Pretty Woman Jane Marie Genevieve Wiedlin was born on May 20, 1958 in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. She was raised in Southern California, where she met Belinda Carlisle. They later joined up with three other girls to form the 1980s rock band The Go-Go's. Jane played rhythm guitar, wrote many of its hit songs, and made four movies in the 1980s...
20.		Jana Pallaske Actress, Inglourious Basterds
21.		Anthony Zerbe Actor, American Hustle Hailing from Long Beach, California, talented character actor Anthony Zerbe has kept busy in Hollywood and on stage since the late 1960s, often playing villainous or untrustworthy characters, with his narrow gaze and unsettling smirk. Zerbe was born May 20, 1936 in Long Beach, and served a stint in...
22.		David Hedison Actor, Live and Let Die David Hedison was born Albert David Hedison, Jr. in Providence, Rhode Island, where his father owned a jewelry enameling business. He decided he wanted to be an actor after seeing Blood and Sand. He started out in the theater as "Al Hedison", receiving a Theatre World Award for most promising newcomer after appearing in the play...
23.		Dave Thomas Actor, Strange Brew Dave Thomas is a founding partner and President of Animax Entertainment, an animation company based in Van Nuys with an office in Toronto. Animax does a lot of work for Disney and won a broadband animation Emmy for "Off Mikes" (ESPN) in 2006. Animax animated a show called "Slacker Cats" for ABC Family and is currently working on the animated series "Bob & Doug" for Global TV...
24.		Constance Towers Actress, A Perfect Murder This elegant singer/actress initially had designs on becoming an opera singer. Born in Montana on May 20, 1933, and christened Constance Mary Towers, she appeared on radio as a child singer. Her family moved to New York where she subsequently studied at the Julliard School of Music and the American Academy of the Dramatic Arts (AADA)...
25.		Gina Ravera Actress, Showgirls
26.		Christian Antidormi Actor, Victory
27.		Chad Connell Actor, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Chad started performing in local productions at a young age. He landed a few roles in Montreal; just enough to keep him busy in High School. He then took time off to attend the Ryerson University Theatre School Drama Programme, from which he graduated in 2006.
28.		Busta Rhymes Soundtrack, Mean Girls
29.		Angela Goethals Actress, Home Alone
30.		Frank Medrano Actor, The Shawshank Redemption
31.		Yon González Actor, Perdiendo el norte
32.		Jenny Funnell Actress, Freddie as F.R.O.7.
33.		Dean Butler Actor, Desert Hearts
34.		Anton Corbijn Director, Control
35.		Allen Maldonado Actor, Live Free or Die Hard Allen Maldonado is an actor, philanthropist and entrepreneur . He stars in several film and TV projects due for release this year including Sony Pictures action thriller, The Equalizer. Directed by Antoine Fuqua , Maldonado stars as 'Marcus' opposite Academy Award winner Denzel Washington. Of African American and Puerto Rican descent...
36.		Stephanie Niznik Actress, Star Trek: Insurrection
37.		Robert Emms Actor, War Horse
38.		Candace Bailey Self, Series Finale
39.		Gabriele Muccino Director, The Pursuit of Happyness
40.		Ted Allen Self, Chopped Junior Emmy Award winner Ted Allen is host of the hit prime-time competition series Chopped on the Food Network, and a frequent contributor to Food Network's The Best Thing I Ever Ate. He was a judge on the first four seasons of Bravo's Top Chef and Food Network's Iron Chef America: The Series and was the food and wine specialist on the groundbreaking Bravo series Queer Eye...
41.		Joan Staley Actress, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken Joan Staley was born Joan McConchie on May 20, 1940 in Minneapolis, Minnesota and started taking violin lessons by the time she was three-years- old. Living in Los Angeles, her prodigious talent was obvious and she soon joined a baby orchestra in Los Angeles and, within a few years, became a Junior Symphony performer at age six...
42.		Judy Kuhn Actress, Pocahontas
43.		Abbey Hoes Actress, Nena Emily Abigail Ashley Hoes was born on May 20th, 1994 in the city of Rotterdam. At the age of 10 she started taking singing, dancing and acting lessons at the Hofplein Children's theatre. After a couple of auditions for musical she discovered that acting instead of singing was where her heart was and landed a role in a television commercial for Roosvicee soft drink...
44.		Agnes Kittelsen Actress, Max Manus: Man of War
45.		Kristopher Van Varenberg Actor, Assassination Games Kristopher van Varenberg (aka "Kris Van Damme") is the first son of martial arts/action superstar, Belgian-born actor Jean-Claude Van Damme with fitness expert/actress Gladys Portugues. Kristopher has a younger sister, Bianca Brigitte VanDamme and another brother with Van Damme's ex-wife Darcy LaPier, named Nicolas...
46.		Sierra Boggess Actress, The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall Sierra Marjory Boggess was born May 20, 1982. She is best known for her roles as Ariel in the Broadway production of "The Little Mermaid" and Christine Daae in "The Phantom of the Opera". Her career started when she was cast in the Ensemble and as the understudy of Cosette in the US Tour of Les Miserables...
47.		James McEachin Actor, 2010 James McEachin was born on May 20, 1930 in Rennert, North Carolina. At the age of 18 he joined the US Armed Forces and served in the Korean War earning many medals of valor to include the Purple Heart and Silver Star. After leaving the military he spent time as a policeman and then fireman before moving to California and becoming a record producer...
48.		Jason Cermak Actor, Fifty Shades of Grey Jason Cermak is the younger of two children, and as a youth growing up in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada he pursued every sport and academic extracurricular activity the small rural town had to offer. While attending the University of Calgary attaining his Bachelor of Commerce, Jason focused his athletic endeavors and started a 12 year career in track and field competing in decathlon...
49.		Israel Kamakawiwo'ole Soundtrack, Forgetting Sarah Marshall All Hawaii mourned, and more than 10,000 people turned out for a state funeral in honor of Israel Ka'anoi "Brudda Iz" Kamakawiwo'ole. The son of Henry Kalei'aloha Naniwa and Evangeline Leinani Kamakawiwo'ole, Israel was surrounded by music growing up; his uncle was Moe Keale, a very well-known and respected musician...
50.		Jon Amiel Director, Entrapment After studies in English literature, Jon Amiel graduated from Cambridge University and ran the Oxford and Cambridge Shakespeare Company, which often toured the USA. He became the Hampstead Theatre Company's literary manager and began directing there, relocating to the Royal Shakespeare Company. Amiel joined the BBC as a story editor...