IMDb: Most Popular People Born On May 12

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1.		Malin Akerman Actress, Watchmen Malin was born in Stockholm, Sweden and raised in Toronto, Canada. Her mother, Pia (Sundström), is a model and aerobics instructor, and her father, Magnus Åkerman, is an insurance broker. They moved to Toronto when she was age 2. At age 5, she began appearing in TV commercials. Her parents divorced when she was 6 and her father returned to Sweden...
2.		Emily VanCamp Actress, Captain America: The Winter Soldier
3.		Domhnall Gleeson Actor, About Time
4.		Rami Malek Actor, Need for Speed
5.		Samantha Mathis Actress, American Psycho Samantha Mathis was born in 1970 in New York, to Donald Mathis and Austrian-born Bibi Besch, an aspiring actress at the time. Her maternal grandmother was actress Gusti Huber. Her first acting job was in a commercial for baby products with her mother. Since her parents divorced when she was only three years old...
6.		Sawyer Sweeten Actor, Turkey or Fish
7.		Emilio Estevez Actor, The Breakfast Club Emilio Estevez was born on May 12, 1962, in New York City. He is the eldest son of actor Martin Sheen, who at the time was just breaking into the business. His mother, Janet Sheen (née Templeton), was a former New York art student who had met Emilio's father right after he had moved to Manhattan...
8.		Clare Bowen Actress, The Clinic Clare Bowen has enjoyed a flourishing career in film, theatre and television. A native Australian, she has appeared in several of her home country's iconic television dramas, including Home and Away, the medical drama All Saints, The Cut and the critically- acclaimed comedy, Chandon Pictures...
9.		Odeya Rush Actress, The Giver Odeya was born in Haifa, Israel, to parents Maia and Shlomo. She has six brothers (including two sets of twins). When she was nine, she moved to Alabama, in the U.S., so that her father could take a job as a security consultant. Two years later, the family moved to the NYC area so Odeya could pursue acting...
10.		Katharine Hepburn Actress, Bringing Up Baby Born May 12, 1907 in Hartford, Connecticut, she was the daughter of a doctor and a suffragette, both of whom always encouraged her to speak her mind, develop it fully, and exercise her body to its full potential. An athletic tomboy as a child, she was also very close to her brother, Tom, and was devastated at age 14 to find him dead...
11.		Mackenzie Astin Actor, In Love and War
12.		Ving Rhames Actor, Pulp Fiction Irving "Ving" Rhames was born in New York City, New York, and grew up in Harlem, New York. A good student, Ving entered the New York High School of Performing Arts, where he discovered his love of acting. He studied at the Juilliard School of Drama, and began his career in New York theater. He first appeared on Broadway in the play "The Winter Boys" in 1984...
13.		Jason Biggs Actor, American Pie Jason Matthew Biggs was born on May 12, 1978, in Pompton Plains, New Jersey, to Angela (Zocco), a nurse, and Gary Biggs, a shipping company manager. Jason has two sisters, Heather, a tax specialist born in 1971, and Chiara born in 1980. He was raised Catholic, and is of English and Italian descent. Jason started acting at age 5...
14.		Gabriel Byrne Actor, The Usual Suspects Byrne was the first of six children, born in Dublin, Ireland. His father was a cooper and his mother a hospital worker. He was raised Catholic and educated by the Irish Christian Brothers. He spent five years of his childhood in a seminary training to be a Catholic priest. He later said, "I spent five years in the seminary and I suppose it was assumed that you had a vocation...
15.		Stephen Baldwin Actor, The Usual Suspects
16.		Luke Benward Actor, Dear John Actor Luke Benward will next star in the independent war drama, "Field of Lost Shoes." Benward was born in Franklin, Tennessee, to Kenda Benward (née Wilkerson), an occasional actress, and Aaron Benward, a country music singer in the duo Blue County. His grandfather, Jeoffrey Benward, is a Contemporary Christian music singer...
17.		Bruce Boxleitner Actor, TRON: Legacy As one of Hollywood's leading men, Bruce Boxleitner has starred in a major motion picture franchise, numerous feature films, several popular television series, produced a major network film and TV series, performed on Broadway, and authored two science fiction novels. Boxleitner received his formal acting training on stage...
18.		Catherine Tate Actress, Starter for 10
19.		Sullivan Sweeten Actor, Turkey or Fish
20.		Kim Fields Actress, What to Expect When You're Expecting
21.		Jamie Luner Actress, Confessions of a Sorority Girl Jamie Michelle Luner was born on Thursday, May 12, 1971 to Stuart and Susan Luner in Palo Alto, California. She grew up with her older brother, David Luner, and her mom Susan in California. Before landing her roles on Just the Ten of Us as dizzy "Cindy Lubbock", Jamie began her career in front of the cameras at the tender age of three doing TV commercials...
22.		Alicja Bachleda Actress, Ondine Polish actress. Her debut was at the tender age of 6, as she performed at a children's music festival in her home-country Poland, performed on such occasions as the UNICEF concerts in Warsaw. Most noted roles include Ondine in Neil Jordan's film Ondine (2009), Veronica in Trade opposite Kevin Kline...
23.		Aaron Yoo Actor, 21
24.		Jennifer Hetrick Actress, General Hospital Jennifer Hetrick is a veteran character actor. Working steadily for over 30 years (1979 to present), mostly in Television. She is probably most well-known in the Sci-Fi genre for the character "Vash" on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. She was also on Sliders for two separate roles. She has only been in 5 movies over the years...
25.		Richard Riehle Actor, Office Space Richard Riehle was born in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, to Mary Margaret (Walsh), a nurse, and Herbert John Riehle, an assistant postmaster. He is of German and Irish descent. Richard attended the University of Notre Dame, where he became heavily involved with the University Theatre. Appearing in such productions as "Luther"...
26.		David A.R. White Actor, God's Not Dead David A.R. White has been a working actor, director and producer in Los Angeles for twenty years. He was raised in a small Mennonite farming community outside of Dodge City, Kansas. At the age of 19, without knowing anyone, David moved to LA, and only six months after moving, landed a recurring role on the hit top 10...
27.		George Carlin Actor, Dogma Born and raised by his mother in Manhattan, New York City. His parents divorced when he was two months. His mother (as well as his father) worked in marketing, where they met. The long hours the mother worked left the young George by himself for long hours every day, providing him (in his own words)...
28.		Rachel Wilson Actress, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
29.		Malcolm David Kelley Actor, Antwone Fisher The entertainment industry isn't new to young Malcolm David Kelley, he has been working in show business since the age of five. He is most known for his role as young "Walt" on the TV series "Lost" and his role as "Finn" on TeenNick's "Gigantic" in 2010-11. His motion picture credits include roles in Antwone Fisher and You Got Served...
30.		Kenton Duty Actor, My Name Is Khan Kenton Duty began his acting career when he was 9-years-old in the Dallas Theater Center's stage production of "A Christmas Carol". He began auditioning for roles in Los Angeles after he was discovered at a workshop at the Young Actors Studio in Dallas, Texas by Hollywood talent agent Cindy Osbrink...
31.		Christian Campbell Actor, Trick Christian Campbell is a theater trained actor, producer and director. Born in Toronto, a first generation Canadian, with parents from Glasgow and Amsterdam, Christian was raised into an acting family that had him onstage and working professionally by the age of 14, with his first appearance on Degrassi High at 16...
32.		Lindsay Crouse Actress, The Insider
33.		Gavin Hood Actor, Ender's Game
34.		Kim Greist Actress, Manhunter Connecticut native Kim Greist spent her late teen years in Europe as a professional model. She returned to the US at age 20 and launched an acting career in the off-Broadway comedy "Second Prize: Two Months in Leningrad"; her later stage credits included appearances in the New York Shakespeare Festival...
35.		Vanessa Williams Actress, Candyman Born and raised in the Bedford Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York, Vanessa Williams became a member of the New York City Opera's Children's Chorus at age 11. Vanessa then signed with a talent manager and booked her first audition, a commercial for Frito Lay. Her pattern for success clearly set, her winning streak had only just begun...
36.		Pierre Morel Director, Taken
37.		Tony Hawk Self, Jackass 3D The father of four and husband of one, Tony Hawk is arguably the single most influential skateboarder of all time. Born and raised in the hazy daze of Southern California, Tony has forgotten more tricks than most people learn in a lifetime, and his contributions to the sport are endless -- most recently, unearthing skateboarding's holy grail by becoming the only person to successfully land a 900°.
38.		Daniel Newman Actor, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Daniel Newman was born in the city of York but was raised on a council estate in London. He moved from school to school he missed most of his last year of school because of filming Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Daniel was married by the time he was 18 years old but was separated from his wife in 1997 and had a 9 month old daughter...
39.		Scott Schwartz Actor, A Christmas Story Scott Schwartz was born in Sacramento, CA however he grew up in Sommerville & Brigewater, NJ. Attended Professional Children's School in NY, 83/84 & 84/85. Stated in the biz March, 1977 Marion Adler of the Carson/Adler agency was his agent for 10 years. Landed the role in The Toy after 10 auctions & 2 screen tests...
40.		Amy Sloan Actress, The Aviator
41.		Millie Perkins Actress, The Diary of Anne Frank
42.		Wilfrid Hyde-White Actor, My Fair Lady British character actor of wry charm, equally at home in amused or strait-laced characters. A native of Bourton-on-the-Water in Gloucestershire, he attended Marlborough College and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. His stage debut came in 1922, and by 1925 he was a busy London actor. He married actress Blanche Glynne (real name: Blanche Hope Aitken) and in 1932 toured South Africa in plays...
43.		Jesús Franco Writer, The Oasis of the Living Dead He was only six years old when he started composing music under the protection of his brother Enrique. After the Spanish Civil War he was able to continue his studies at the Real Conservatorio de Madrid, where he finished piano and harmony. Being a Bachelor of Law and an easy-read novel writer (under the pseudonym David Khume)...
44.		Aaron Abrams Actor, YPF
45.		Rebecca Herbst Actress, Days of Our Lives Rebecca Herbst, also known as Becky, has been acting since she was 5 years old. She originally wanted to be a figure skater and skated with the likes of Michelle and Karen Kwan. She continued skating until she was 16 and then decided to continue with acting instead. Becky has appeared in many different TV shows and movies...
46.		April Grace Actress, I Am Legend
47.		Erin Dilly Actress, Too Big to Fail
48.		Susan Hampshire Actress, Malpertuis Susan Hampshire, the English actress who has won three Emmy Awards, was born in Kensington, London on May 12, 1937. Her original ambition was to be a nurse, but she could not pass her O-Level exam in Latin. (She found out when she was 30 years old that she was dyslexic, and her work on dyslexia subsequently...
49.		Marisa Lauren Actress, Superhero Movie
50.		Bruce McCulloch Writer, Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy