IMDb: Most Popular People Born On August 20

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1.		Amy Adams Actress, Man of Steel Amy Lou Adams was born in Vicenza, Veneto, Italy, to American parents Kathryn (Hicken) and Richard Kent Adams, while her father was a U.S. serviceman. She was raised in a Mormon family of seven children in Castle Rock, Colorado, and has English, as well as smaller amounts of Danish, Swiss-German, and Norwegian, ancestry...
2.		Andrew Garfield Actor, The Amazing Spider-Man Andrew Russell Garfield was born in Los Angeles, California, to a British-born mother, Lynn (Hillman), and an American-born father, Richard Garfield. When he was three, he moved to Surrey, U.K., with his parents and older brother. Andrew was raised Jewish. He went to a private school, the City of London Freemen's School...
3.		Joan Allen Actress, Face/Off Joan Allen was born on August 20, 1956 in Rochelle, Illinois, the youngest of four children. She is the daughter of homemaker Dorothea Marie (Wirth) and gas station owner James Jefferson Allen. Her mother's family was German, and her father had English, Scots-Irish, and German ancestry. She attended Rochelle Township High School where she was voted most likely to succeed...
4.		Meghan Ory Actress, Once Upon a Time Meghan Ory is a Canadian actress, she was born in Victoria, British Columbia. She Started acting in theater before her teens, but was prohibited by her mother-a drama teacher-from auditioning for film and TV roles until she could pay for her own head shots. She also made film debut in The Darklings...
5.		Ben Barnes Actor, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian British actor Benjamin Thomas Barnes was born in London, England, to Patricia (Becker), a relationship therapist, and Thomas Barnes, a professor of psychiatry. He has a brother, Jack. His mother is from South Africa, and is of Jewish heritage, while his father is English. Barnes studied at Homefield Preparatory and King's College...
6.		Misha Collins Actor, Supernatural Misha Collins is an American actor best known for his role as the angel Castiel on the TV series Supernatural (2005). He has had recurring roles on ER and 24, and has guest-starred on NCIS, Nip/Tuck, NYPD Blue, CSI, CSI:NY, Monk and Charmed. On the big screen, Misha is most known for his role in a film called "Karla" about a real life serial killer named Paul Bernardo...
7.		Demi Lovato Self, The X Factor Born in 1992 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Demi Lovato started out as a child actor on Barney & Friends. In 2007, Demi Lovato got a part on a short Disney Channel show called As the Bell Rings, and then she landed the starring role of the movie Camp Rock. While filming Camp Rock, Demi Lovato began also recording three songs for the film's soundtrack and has had several solo releases since...
8.		Liana Liberato Actress, If I Stay Liana Liberato was born in Galveston, Texas, the daughter of Rhondelle, a former real estate agent, and George Liberato. Her first significant role came in "Galveston: The Musical" when she was age 7. In the summer of 2005, she attended a week-long acting camp in California, where she attracted the attention of Central Artists...
9.		James Marsters Actor, Buffy the Vampire Slayer James graduated from Davis High School and attended Juilliard, the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, and the American Conservatory Theatre. After spending ten years doing stage work he finally moved to L.A. to pursue a career in film and television. After appearing in several guest roles he finally got his big break as Spike in Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
10.		Michael Rady Actor, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
11.		David O. Russell Director, Silver Linings Playbook
12.		Jonathan Ke Quan Actor, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinema Television.
13.		John Noble Actor, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Artistic Director of Stage Company of South Australia 1977 - 87. Head of Drama, Brent St. School of Arts (Sydney) 1997-00. Directed over 80 plays, including 'Sons of Cain' on London's West End (1986). Freelance actor. Semi-regular in TV series 'All Saints'. Voice and acting teacher.
14.		Ray Wise Actor, RoboCop Raymond Herbert "Ray" Wise (born August 20, 1947) is an American actor. Some of his best-known roles include Leland Palmer in Twin Peaks, henchman Leon C. Nash in RoboCop, Jack Taggart Sr. in Jeepers Creepers II, the Devil in the CW television series Reaper, Donald Wadsworth in Suburban Gothic...
15.		Brant Daugherty Actor, The Starving Games
16.		Nikki SooHoo Actress, The Lovely Bones Nikki SooHoo is an American-born actress from Southern California. Her experience in entertainment began with dance and evolved into formal acting roles beginning with the television pilot "K-POW". In 2003, Nikki SooHoo met Los Angeles talent manager Addison Witt in his Santa Monica acting studio. Utilizing her dance training...
17.		Adrian Bower Actor, Teachers
18.		Sam Melville Actor, The Rookies
19.		Billy Gardell Actor, Mike & Molly
20.		David Walliams Self, Britain's Got Talent
21.		Ali Liebert Actress, Bomb Girls Ali Liebert is a 2015 Canadian Screen Award winner ("Best Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series") for her portrayal of Betty Mcrae in Reelz/Global TV's original hit series, Bomb Girls. In July 2013, she also won a Leo Award for the same character. Most recently she recurred as a gun slinging young widower in the gold rush era series, Strange Empire (CBC)...
22.		Sylvester McCoy Actor, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Sylvester McCoy was born in Dunoon, Scotland. He spent much of his childhood in Dublin, Ireland. Before becoming an actor, as Percy Smith he trained as a priest, sold insurance and acted as a bodyguard for the Rolling Stones. He started his acting career as a part of the Ken Campbell Roadshow, at...
23.		Colin Cunningham Actor, The 6th Day Although he considers Vancouver, B.C. home, Colin Cunningham was raised in Los Angeles, California, with an older sister and younger brother. He traveled extensively in his late teens while trying to figure out what to do with his life. He first took to the stage when dared by a friend, and then as an accomplished theater actor...
24.		Isaac Hayes Soundtrack, Kill Bill: Vol. 1 Isaac Hayes was the second-born child of Isaac Sr. and Eula Hayes, but was raised by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Wade Sr. The child of a poor family, he grew up picking cotton in Covington, Tennessee. He dropped out of high school, only to be encouraged later by his former high school teachers to get his diploma...
25.		Peter Horton Producer, Grey's Anatomy
26.		Rileah Vanderbilt Actress, Frozen Rileah Vanderbilt moved from her home state of Colorado to Los Angeles to pursue acting after graduating high school. She is no stranger to being in front of the camera and has many credits under her belt. She has been cast in various scripted TV shows, short films, web and feature films alongside fellow actors like...
27.		Patrick Kilpatrick Actor, Minority Report As rugged as he is genteel, 6'2", 220-lb. Patrick Kilpatrick has been one of the finest screen/television character actors and villains of his generation, playing against a spectrum of Hollywood's leading action heroes while occasionally delivering the redemptive, even sensitively challenged, hard-edged heroic role...
28.		Noah Bean Actor, Morning Glory Bean was born in Boston, Massachusetts. As a child, Bean attended Pine Point School and The Williams School in Connecticut. An only child, he describes himself as being so quiet and shy that his school would phone his parents asking whether anything was wrong at home: "I was deathly shy and basically scared of people in general." In high school his mother encouraged him to become involved in drama...
29.		Thomas Tulak Actor, Hook Thomas Tulak was born August 20th 1984 in Corona, California, to parents Jerry and Rene, he was the oldest of 3. Thomas began his acting career at age 6 with his role as the youngest Lost Boy in Steven Spielberg's family adventure, Hook (1991). He followed up this role with 3 appearances in the TV show Cheers with Ted Danson and Kelsey Grammer...
30.		Fred Durst Soundtrack, The Fast and the Furious Fred was born and raised in Gastonia, North Carolina. He moved to Jacksonville in his late teens and served time in the US Navy. Fred later married at age 20 and had a daughter name Adriana Durst. The marriage was turbulent - after one altercation, Durst spent a month behind bars.
31.		Miriam Colon Actress, Scarface
32.		Kristen Miller Actress, Team America: World Police
33.		Theresa Saldana Actress, Raging Bull
34.		Geoffrey Blake Actor, Contact Geoffrey Blake is an EMMY nominated, two-time SAG AWARD winning actor best known for his role as 'Wesley' (the abusive radical boyfriend) opposite Robin Wright's 'Jennie' in the iconic Academy Award Best Picture FORREST GUMP. In addition to FORREST GUMP, Blake has appeared alongside Academy Award Winner Tom Hanks in multiple films...
35.		Kimberly Stewart Producer, Living with... Kimberly Stewart
36.		Jennifer Pudavick Actress, Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings
37.		Drew Waters Actor, The Hit List
38.		Tony Terraciano Actor, Blue Bloods
39.		David Rees Snell Actor, The Shield
40.		Jamil Walker Smith Actor, SGU Stargate Universe
41.		Patricia Rozema Director, Mansfield Park
42.		Al Roker Self, Another World
43.		Nicole Curtis Producer, Rehab Addict
44.		Sophie Aldred Actress, Doctor Who Sophie Aldred was born in Greenwich, England and brought up in Blackhealth, South East London. After leaving school, she attended Manchester University, where she took a degree in drama. From university she sang in working men's clubs to obtain her Equity Card, then worked in a children's theatre, appearing in a fringe show...
45.		Yootha Joyce Actress, George & Mildred
46.		Markus Flanagan Actor, Seven Pounds
47.		H.P. Lovecraft Writer, Re-Animator Born in Providence, Lovecraft was a sickly child whose parents died insane. When he was 16, he wrote the astronomy column in the Providence Tribune. Between 1908 and 1923, he wrote short stories for Weird Tales magazine, among others. He died in Providence, in poverty, on March 15, 1937. His most famous novel is considered to be "At the Mountains of Madness," about an expedition to the South Pole...
48.		Jay Acovone Actor, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
49.		Ravil Isyanov Actor, The Good German Born in 1962 in the Soviet Union in Greater Moscow area, the city of Voskresensk. Throughout childhood, Ravil attended classes in music, ballet, theater, as well as going for sports - ice hockey, boxing and soccer among them. After completing his 2 years national service in the Soviet Air Force, Ravil worked for two seasons in Khabarovsk Theater...
50.		Corey Carrier Actor, The Witches of Eastwick