IMDb: Most Popular People Born On May 16

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1.		Megan Fox Actress, Transformers Megan Denise Fox was born in Rockwood, Tennessee, to Gloria Darlene (Cisson) and Franklin Thomas Fox, a parole officer. Megan began her training in drama and dance at age 5 and, at age 10, moved to St. Petersburg, Florida where she continued her training and finished school. Megan began acting and modeling...
2.		Debra Winger Actress, Terms of Endearment Mary Debra Winger was born May 16, 1955 in Cleveland, Ohio, to Ruth (Felder), an officer manager, and Robert Jack Winger, a meat packer. She is from a Jewish family (originally from Austria-Hungary and the Russian Empire). Her maternal grandparents called her Mary, while her parents called her Debra (her father named her Debra after his favorite actress...
3.		Thomas Brodie-Sangster Actor, The Maze Runner
4.		Pierce Brosnan Actor, GoldenEye Pierce Brendan Brosnan was born in Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland, to May (Smith), a nurse, and Thomas Brosnan, a carpenter. He lived in Navan, County Meath, until he moved to England, UK, at an early age (thus explaining his ability to play men from both backgrounds convincingly). His father left the household when Pierce was a child and although reunited later in life...
5.		Lynn Collins Actress, X-Men Origins: Wolverine Viola Lynn Collins was born in Houston, Texas, to Patricia Lynn (Campbell) and Phillip Dean Collins. She attended the Juilliard School for Drama and had a great deal of Shakespearean training before being cast as "Portia" in "The Merchant of Venice". She also played "Ophelia" in a production of "Hamlet" in New York...
6.		Melanie Lynskey Actress, Up in the Air At 16 years of age, Melanie Lynskey captivated audiences with her explosive debut in Peter Jackson's Academy Award-nominated Heavenly Creatures, scooping a Best Actress prize at the New Zealand Film and TV Awards for her portrayal of an outcast teen whose relationship with her best friend (Kate Winslet) spirals dangerously out of control...
7.		Jim Sturgess Actor, 21 Jim was born in London, the son of Jane O. (Martin) and Peter J. S. Sturgess. He was raised in Surrey. First and foremost his interest was music. However, he began to develop a secret passion for acting, at age 8, when he auditioned for local theatre to get out of class. Whilst music appeared cool, he felt being in school plays wasn't...
8.		Joseph Morgan Actor, Immortals Actor Joseph Morgan was born in London, England but grew up in Swansea, Wales. He was educated at Morriston Comprehensive School. After school he attained a BTEC in Performing Arts at Gorseinon College, Swansea and followed this by moving back to London to study at the Central School of Speech and Drama...
9.		Danny Trejo Actor, Machete Danny Trejo was born Dan Trejo in Echo Park, Los Angeles, to Alice (Rivera) and Dan Trejo, a construction worker. A child drug addict and criminal, Trejo was in and out of jail for 11 years. While serving time in San Quentin, he won the lightweight and welterweight boxing titles. Imprisoned for armed robbery and drug offenses...
10.		David Boreanaz Actor, Justice League: The New Frontier David was born in Buffalo, New York and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is the son of Patti, a travel agent, and weatherman Dave Roberts (Boreanaz). His father is of Italian descent and his mother is of half Slovak ancestry. At the age of seven he decide to be an actor, which eventually led him to study cinema and photography at Ithaca College in New York...
11.		Tiya Sircar Actress, Friends with Benefits
12.		Behati Prinsloo Self, Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
13.		Vincent Regan Actor, 300
14.		Yannick Bisson Actor, Toby McTeague
15.		Henry Fonda Actor, Once Upon a Time in the West Henry Jaynes Fonda was born in Grand Island, Nebraska, to Elma Herberta (Jaynes) and William Brace Fonda, who worked in advertising and printing. His recent ancestry included Dutch, English, and Scottish. Fonda started his acting debut with the Omaha Community Playhouse, a local amateur theater troupe directed by Dorothy Brando...
16.		Tori Spelling Actress, Trick The daughter of Candy Spelling and Hollywood producer Aaron Spelling. With her father as the producer of many popular television shows in the 1970s, Tori had a taste for fame. She appeared on many of her father's shows, which gained her more praise for acting in comedies. Tori has a younger brother Randy Spelling...
17.		Tracey Gold Actress, For the Love of Nancy Tracey Gold has virtually grown up on television. She made an auspicious television debut in the award-winning mini-series Roots. She also enjoyed seven years on the immensely popular ABC comedy series Growing Pains after which she returned to drama in more than 20 movies for television. Born in New York City and raised in Southern California...
18.		Mare Winningham Actress, Philomena Mary 'Mare' Megan Winningham is an actress and songwriter who has appeared in nearly 100 TV shows and feature films. She began her career in 1976 as a singer, and starred in numerous and diverse film roles before hitting it big as one of the original Brat Pack in Joel Schumacher's St. Elmo's Fire with Emilio Estevez, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, and Ally Sheedy...
19.		Janet Jackson Soundtrack, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps Janet Damita Jo Jackson was born on May 16, 1966 in Gary, Indiana, to Katherine Jackson (née Katherine Esther Scruse) and Joe Jackson, a musician. She is the youngest of ten children. After her birth, her brothers formed a band later called The Jackson 5. She lived at home with her sisters, while her brothers and father lived an extravagant life in Los Angeles...
20.		Drew Roy Actor, Secretariat
21.		Yvonne Craig Actress, The Young Land Yvonne Joyce Craig was born on May 16, 1937 in Taylorville, Illinois. As a young teenager, Yvonne showed such promise as a dancer that she was accepted to Denham's Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Her training progressed until she left the company in 1957 over a disagreement on casting changes. She moved to Los Angeles hoping to continue her dancing...
22.		Jing Lusi Actress, Survivor Jing Lusi was born in Shanghai and moved to England with her parents at the age of five. She first appeared on stage when she was 10 at the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, alongside Phillip Schofield in Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'. Lusi's debut appearance in film was in the award winning feature film Breathe alongside Ricci Harnett...
23.		Julia Voth Actress, Bitch Slap Julia Voth (born May 16, 1985) is a Canadian born American actress and model. Voth starred alongside America Olivo and Erin Cummings in the action film Bitch Slap, playing the down-on-her-luck stripper named Trixie. The film went to The Cannes International Film Festival and The Toronto International Film Festival...
24.		Barbara Nedeljakova Actress, Hostel Barbara Nedeljakova was born and raised in Slovakia, she studied acting in Prague, where she preformed at several theaters and also worked regularly in the famed Czech marionette theatre often operating 3-4 roles per show.Barbara also worked as professional model in Prague and appeared in several international commercials for company like T-Mobile...
25.		Marc John Jefferies Actor, Monsters, Inc.
26.		Harry Carey Jr. Actor, Back to the Future Part III Harry Carey, Jr., had been reliable character actor for decades, mostly in Westerns, before he retired. He is the son of the actor Harry Carey and the actress Olive Carey. He was born on his parents' 1000-acre ranch near Saugus, in the northwestern part of Los Angeles County, which is now next door to Santa Clarita...
27.		George Gaynes Actor, Police Academy
28.		Khary Payton Actor, Latter Days
29.		Kevin McDonald Actor, Lilo & Stitch Born in Montreal Canada. Drama major at Humber College, but kicked out for only being good at comedy. Enrolled in an improv class and met Dave Foley. They began working as a comedy team while employed as movie ushers. In 1984 they merged with another comedy team and formed The Kids in the Hall.
30.		Jessica Morris Actress, Role Models Jessica was raised in Florida; where she began doing local theatre and dancing competitively, while modeling internationally, during the summer. She moved to Los Angeles after graduating. Arriving in L.A., Jessica quickly booked her first feature film. Then relocated to New York where she portrayed Jen on ABC's "One Life to Live" for 5 years...
31.		Miles Heizer Actor, Rudderless
32.		Jesper Christensen Actor, Casino Royale Born 1948 in central Copenhagen. Lived there ever since. Did 25 years of theatre, - like Alceste in the Misanthropist, Richard in Richard lll (solo), Faust in Faust, Astrov in Vanja, a lot of worried men,- stopped doing it in 1998. Since then only worried men on film. Worked on more than 100 films by Per Fly...
33.		Stanislav Ianevski Actor, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
34.		Atticus Mitchell Actor, The Colony Atticus is a young Toronto actor who began his professional acting career in 2009 with a recurring role in the YTV series, "How to be Indie". Atticus went on to appear as the memorable cyber bully, Carlos Martinelli, in a total of ten episodes. Subsequently, Atticus landed his first lead role, playing...
35.		Rebecca Front Actress, Planet 51
36.		Liberace Self, Another World Most remembered for his extravagant costumes and trademark candelabra placed on the lids of his flashy pianos, Liberace was loved by his audiences for his music talent and unique showmanship. He was born as Wladziu Valentino Liberace on May 16, 1919, into a musical family, in Wisconsin. His mother, Frances Liberace (née Zuchowski)...
37.		Vincent Larusso Actor, The Mighty Ducks
38.		Jason 'Wee Man' Acuña Self, Jackass: The Movie
39.		Ramon Tikaram Actor, Jupiter Ascending
40.		Bill Smitrovich Actor, Iron Man Connecticut-born actor Bill Smitrovich (on May 16, 1947) started his acting career rather late. A Masters degree holder from Smith College and a former acting teacher at the University of Massachusetts, the hefty actor earned his big break in an understudy role in the world premiere of Arthur Miller's "The American Clock" at the Spoleto Festival...
41.		Scott Reeves Actor, Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
42.		Sean Carrigan Actor, John Carter
43.		Adam Richman Self, Chicago
44.		Brían F. O'Byrne Actor, Million Dollar Baby
45.		Jacob Zachar Actor, Surf's Up
46.		Adriana Caselotti Actress, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Adriana was born into an operatic family - her father Guido, an immigrant from Italy, taught music in New York City, her mother Maria (from Naples) sang at the Royal Opera, and a sister Louise was a noted opera singer and voice teacher. She was 18 when Walt Disney personally chose her for the voice of Snow White in his first full length animated feature Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs...
47.		Danielle Spencer Actress, The Crossing
48.		Brandi Passante Self, The Gutfather
49.		Belle Shouse Actress, A Million Ways to Die in the West
50.		Laurette Spang Actress, Battlestar Galactica Laurette Spang was born in Buffalo, New York but raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She grew up as the middle child of a chemist father and housewife mother. She has an older brother, Richard and a younger sister, Marilyn. As a dramatic major in college, she made a college trip to New York where a chance encounter with a soap opera producer led to an audition the following summer (after graduation)...