IMDb: Most Popular People Born On August 17

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1.		Robert De Niro Actor, Goodfellas De Niro's longtime collaboration with Scorsese later earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Jake LaMotta in the 1980 film Raging Bull. He also earned nominations for the psychological thrillers Taxi Driver (1976) and Cape Fear (1991), both directed by Scorsese. De Niro received...
2.		Helen McCrory Actress, Skyfall Award-winning actress Helen Elizabeth McCrory was born in London, England, to Welsh-born Anne (Morgans) and Scottish-born Iain McCrory, a diplomat (from Glasgow). She trained at the Drama Centre London. She began her career on stage in the UK. She won the Manchester Evening News' Best Actress Award for...
3.		Sean Penn Actor, Mystic River Sean Penn is a powerhouse film performer capable of intensely moving work, who has gone from strength to strength during a colourful film career, and who has drawn much media attention for his stormy private life and political viewpoints. Sean Justin Penn was born in Los Angeles, California, the second son of actress Eileen Ryan (née Annucci) and director...
4.		Taissa Farmiga Actress, The Final Girls Taissa is the youngest of seven children and is the younger sister of Vera Farmiga, who is 21 years her senior. Unlike her sister, Taissa had no interest in becoming an actor. However, Vera managed to persuade Taissa to make her acting debut in Vera's directorial-debut Higher Ground. Also playing the lead in the film...
5.		Austin Butler Actor, Aliens in the Attic Austin Robert Butler was born in Anaheim, California, to Lori Anne (Howell), an aesthetician, and David Butler. He has always enjoyed movies of all types. When he was 13 he was walking around at the Orange County Fair and was approached by a representative from a background-acting management company...
6.		Rachel Hurd-Wood Actress, Peter Pan Rachel Clare Hurd-Wood is an English actress and model, best known for her roles as Wendy Darling in Peter Pan, Corrie McKenzie in Tomorrow, When the War Began, and Sibyl Vane in Dorian Gray. She was born on 17 August 1990 in the Streatham district of South London, England, as daughter of Philip and Sarah Hurd-Wood...
7.		Maureen O'Hara Actress, Miracle on 34th Street In America, the early performing arts accomplishments of young Maureen FitzSimons (who we know as Maureen O'Hara) would definitely have put her in the child prodigy category. However, for a child of Irish heritage surrounded by gifted parents and family, these were very natural traits. Maureen made her entrance into this caring haven on August 17...
8.		Donnie Wahlberg Actor, Blue Bloods Donald Edmond Wahlberg, Jr. was born August 17, 1969, in Dorchester Massachusetts, into a family of Swedish (from his paternal grandfather), Irish, French-Canadian, and English descent. He is the eighth of nine children of Alma Elaine (Donnelly), a nurse's aide and clerk, and Donald Edward Wahlberg...
9.		Andrew Koenig Actor, Batman: Dead End
10.		Saraya-Jade Bevis Actress, WWE Raw Saraya-Jade Bevis (born 17 August 1992) is an English professional wrestler and actress. She is signed to WWE, where she performs under the ring name Paige. She is a two-time WWE Divas Champion and was the inaugural NXT Women's Champion in WWE's developmental branch, NXT. She is the only person to have held both championships concurrently...
11.		David Conrad Actor, Ghost Whisperer
12.		Cinta Laura Kiehl Actress, After the Dark Cinta Laura Kiehl is a German-Indonesian actress, singer and model in Indonesia. Begin her career in 2007; she has starred in several TV series, movies and endorsed several local and international brands. Since the start of her career, she had won several awards for acting and singing, two of which are from the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards Indonesia...
13.		Brady Corbet Actor, Melancholia American actor Brady James Monson Corbet was born on August 17, 1988, in Scottsdale, AZ. Brady made his film debut as Mason Freeland in 2003's "Thirteen" and later had roles as Brian Lackey in "Mysterious Skin" and as Alan Tracy in "Thunderbirds." He also has guest starred on the television shows "Greetings...
14.		Mark Salling Actor, Glee Mark Wayne Salling was born in Dallas, Texas. He is the younger of two children of Condy Sue (née Wherry), a school secretary, and John Robert Salling, Jr., an accountant. He was home-schooled at an early age. Salling was raised in a "strict Christian home" and attended Providence Christian School and Our Redeemer Lutheran during elementary school...
15.		Ebon Moss-Bachrach Actor, The Lake House
16.		Larry B. Scott Actor, The Karate Kid
17.		Evelyn Ankers Actress, The Wolf Man Evelyn Ankers, a beautiful movie actress who was a staple of Universal's horror films in the 1940s, was born in Chile to English parents in 1918. Her parents repatriated the family back to England in the 1920s, and it was in Old Blighty that Ankers developed a desire to become an actress. She began appearing in small roles in English movies in the mid-1930s while she was still in school...
18.		Mae West Actress, I'm No Angel Mary Jane West was born in Brooklyn, New York, on August 17, 1893, to parents involved in prizefighting and vaudeville. Mae herself worked on the stage and in vaudeville from the time she was five years old. She never was academically inclined because she was too busy performing. She studied dance as a child...
19.		Tammy Townsend Actress, Preacher's Kid Tammy Townsend is a tomboy at heart and alumni of The School of The Arts. She landed her first TV role at only 14; a guest spot on "Diff'rent Strokes" with Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges. She soon found work on shows like "In the Heat of the Night", "Quantum Leap" and as a regular on the popular long running soap "Days of Our Lives" as single mom Wendy Reardon...
20.		Julian Fellowes Writer, Downton Abbey
21.		Robert Joy Actor, CSI: NY
22.		Tim Bagley Actor, The Mask Tim Bagley was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and grew up in Madison and Trempealeau, Wisconsin, and Niles, Michigan, with his parents, Carol and Elwyn, and four siblings, Anne, Patrick, Kit and Dan. After High School Tim moved to southern California to perform with the singing group "The Young Americans," while majoring in Art with a minor in Psychology at California State University Fullerton...
23.		Bryton James Actor, The Young and the Restless
24.		Noni Hazlehurst Actress, City Homicide
25.		Brock Kelly Actor, Pitch Perfect
26.		Monty Woolley Actor, The Bishop's Wife Large and hearty Monty Woolley was born to privilege on August 17, 1888, the son of a hotel proprietor who owned the Marie Antoinette Hotel on Broadway. A part of Manhattan's elite social circle at a young age, he studied at both Yale (Master's degree) and Harvard and returned to Yale as an English instructor and coach of graduate dramatics...
27.		Angela Dohrmann Actress, Seinfeld
28.		Julius Harris Actor, Live and Let Die Prior to breaking into films, Philadelphia native Julius Harris worked as a bouncer in New York City. It was due to his many associations with struggling actors, that on a dare, Harris auditioned for his first role, in the well-received picture Nothing But a Man, in which he played a father in the South, alongside Ivan Dixon and Abbey Lincoln...
29.		Glenn Corbett Actor, Route 66 An American lead actor and supporting actor, rugged and commanding Glenn Corbett's background didn't seem like it would lead to Hollywood stardom. The son of a garage mechanic, Corbett served a hitch in the Navy and later met Judy, the woman who would become his wife, while she was working at a college...
30.		Frederick Lau Actor, The Wave Frederick Lau is a German actor. He was born and raised in Steglitz, Berlin, Germany, and still lives there. He played in over 50 roles since 2000. In 2008 he won the Deutscher Filmpreis award (Lola) for best male role for being Tim Stoltefuss in "Die Welle". He is also known for portraying Wurstjunge in "Die Snobs".
31.		Jennifer Rhodes Actress, Heathers From Rosiclare, Illinois, Jennifer headed for the Drama Department at Southern Illinois University where, after touring a semester playing "Cherie" in "Bus Stop", she was hooked. She went to New York where she studied acting at the Herbert Berghof Studio, performed Off-Broadway, toured with the Stanley Wolff Players in the Catskills and did two seasons of Summer Stock...
32.		Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman Actor, Dances with Wolves A renowned American Indian activist-singer-songwriter.
33.		Don McKellar Actor, Last Night
34.		Kate McNeil Actress, As the World Turns
35.		Ken Kwapis Director, One Mississippi Ken Kwapis is an award-winning director who has moved easily between the worlds of feature filmmaking and television directing. He most recently directed the Warner Bros. comedy "License to Wed" starring Robin Williams, Mandy Moore and John Krasinski. He previously directed "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants," a film adaptation of Ann Brashares' best-selling novel...
36.		Emily Schulman Actress, Small Wonder
37.		Dana Daurey Actress, Bewitched On her second audition ever, Dana booked a role on the WB sitcom Unhappily Ever After and appeared in more than 30 episodes over the following 3 years. Dana has e since worked steadily in television and film, including 5 years as Heather Tupperman on the NBC series Providence. Dana has worked with Jon Hamm and Brooke Shields.
38.		Wesley Eure Writer, Dragon Tales
39.		Richard Hunt Actor, The Muppet Show Richard Hunt did not have a face known to many -- his voice was known more than anything else. He was a major stronghold behind Jim Henson's "Muppets". 'Scooter', 'Janice', 'Sweetums' and a few others, were some of the "Muppets" that Richard was a performer and puppeteer of. He helped pave the way for Jim Henson and his company from the 1970s through the early 90s...
40.		Raphael Bob-Waksberg Writer, BoJack Horseman
41.		Lisa Coleman Composer, Heroes
42.		Belinda Carlisle Self, Belinda Carlisle: Runaway Live Pop icon Belinda Carlisle experienced full-blown American success twice in the 1980s, first with the all-female rock band The Go-Go's and then, on an international level (which she always wanted), as a solo artist. The Go-Go's first album, 1981's "Beauty And The Beat", spent six weeks at number 1 and they are still the only all-female band ever to have a number 1 album...
43.		Charles Aitken Actor, The Girl on the Train Charles was born in England, but raised and educated in the United States. He earned his Bachelors degree in History at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. He attended the three year acting program at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in England, graduating in 2004. Since then he has worked extensively on stage and screen in both England and America.
44.		Sondra Blake Actress, The Caretaker
45.		Farah Zeynep Abdullah Actress, Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman ki Born in 1989, Farah Zeynep Abdullah is graduated from Kent University Drama & French Language Department in 2013. During her education she has to suspend study for 2 years as she was chosen to a Turkish TV drama's cast ( Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman Ki). Farah Zeynep Abdullah's leading role "Aylin" was the second daughter of a Turkish family and that role brought her award...
46.		Ashlie Rhey Actress, Bikini Drive-In Actress and comedienne Ashlie Rhey was born in Wheeling, West Virginia and grew up in Navarre, Ohio. Ashlie was cast in her very first acting role while working as a model with Wilhelmina Models, for that role she portrayed movie starlet with Edd Byrnes of 77 Sunset Strip in a commercial. Ashlie's...
47.		Ryan Driller Actor, Superman XXX: A Porn Parody
48.		Anthony Valentine Actor, Callan
49.		Nicholas Bell Actor, Mission: Impossible II
50.		Martha Coolidge Director, Valley Girl Coolidge's diverse project range has given her a reputation for eclectic taste. Among a long list of working with Hollywood's finest, Coolidge also discovered great talents like Nicolas Cage (Valley Girl), Val Kilmer (Real Genius) and James Gandolfini (¬Angie). In addition to working with talented artists...