IMDb: Most Popular People Born On August 31

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1.		Richard Gere Actor, Pretty Woman Humanitarian and actor Richard Gere was born on August 31, 1949, in Philadelphia, the second of five children of Doris Ann (Tiffany), a homemaker, and Homer George Gere, an insurance salesman, both Mayflower descendants. Richard started early as a musician, playing a number of instruments in high school and writing music for high school productions...
2.		Chris Tucker Actor, Silver Linings Playbook At one point in time, Chris Tucker was the highest paid actor in Hollywood. Tucker was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Mary Louise (Bryant) and Norris Tucker, who owned a janitorial service. After graduating from high school, Tucker made a change to move to Hollywood from Georgia to pursue a career in show business...
3.		Ryan Kelley Actor, Mean Creek
4.		Sara Ramirez Actress, Spider-Man
5.		James Coburn Actor, Monsters, Inc. Lanky, charismatic and versatile actor with an amazing grin that put everyone at ease, James Coburn studied acting at UCLA, and then moved to New York to study under noted acting coach Stella Adler. After being noticed in several stage productions, Coburn appeared in a handful of minor westerns before being cast as the knife-throwing...
6.		Joe Swanberg Actor, Drinking Buddies Joe Swanberg was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1981. He moved around quite a bit growing up, even spending two years on an island in the Pacific Ocean named Kwajalein. He studied film production at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, where he developed an interest in emerging video technology and the creative possibilities of the Internet...
7.		Zack Ward Actor, Transformers Zack Ward was born in 1970. He wanted to act, but his mom, an actress herself, wanted her son to be normal, and would not let him. Finally, his brother intervened, allowing Zack the chance to act. After a year of the small stuff, he got his first big audition for the '80s classic A Christmas Story. About 300 kids showed up for the part (originally he was the sidekick...
8.		Larry Hankin Actor, Home Alone
9.		Dee Bradley Baker Actor, The Boxtrolls
10.		Jonathan Cake Actor, First Knight
11.		Marc Webb Director, The Amazing Spider-Man
12.		Jonathan LaPaglia Actor, The Hit List Jonathan is the youngest of three brothers. Older brother, Anthony LaPaglia, is also an actor. Middle brother, Michael, is a car wholesaler in Los Angeles. His parents are, Eddie LaPaglia, an Australian auto dealership owner, and Maria, a secretary. He initially wanted to pursue fine arts as a career...
13.		Holly Earl Actress, The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
14.		John D'Leo Actor, The Wrestler John D'Leo was born and raised in New Jersey. He has two older brothers. When John is not in front of the camera, he is behind it. He has acquired a love for filmmaking and all aspects of "behind-the scenes" work. John also enjoys photography and writing scripts. He is a unique talent with a flair for comedy, natural on-camera demeanor and all-around passion for entertaining.
15.		Debbie Gibson Self, Debbie Gibson: Live Around the World For more than 20 years, Deborah Gibson has proven she's an entertainer of immeasurable talent. From singer, songwriter and musician to actor and dancer, she embodies what it truly means to be an entertainer. Gibson exploded on the pop music scene at the tender age of 16. A music prodigy, she quickly became the youngest person ever to write...
16.		Buddy Hackett Actor, The Little Mermaid Brooklyn-born Buddy Hackett was known mainly as a nightclub comic, especially in Las Vegas, where he first performed in 1952 and wound up being one of the biggest headliners in that city's history. Hackett always referred to himself as a "saloon comic" and preferred the intimacy of his stage act--where he would often bring members of the audience up on stage with him--to films and television...
17.		Julie Brown Actress, Earth Girls Are Easy
18.		Shar Jackson Actress, Good Burger Sharisse Jackson was born in Boston, Massachusetts on September 4, 1976. Jackson is of African American and Cherokee descent on her mother's side, and of Puerto Rican and Mexican descent on her father's side. Shar Jackson has been acting since the age of three when she enrolled in the Al Fann Theatrical Ensemble...
19.		Daniel Bernhardt Actor, The Matrix Reloaded Daniel Bernhardt was born on the 31st August 1965 in Warblaufen, Bern in Switzerland. After finishing high school, he studied architectural design for four years and graduated in Bern. At the same time he opened a martial arts school with his brother. After completing his studies, Daniel moved to Paris and started to work as model...
20.		Fredric March Actor, The Best Years of Our Lives Fredric March began a career in banking but in 1920 found himself cast as an extra in films being produced in New York. He starred on the Broadway stage first in 1926 and would return there between screen appearances later on. He won plaudits (and an Academy Award nomination) for his send-up of John Barrymore in The Royal Family of Broadway...
21.		Mike Erwin Actor, Hulk
22.		Joshua Close Actor, The Exorcism of Emily Rose Attended Ryerson University for Sociology. Attended Circle In The Square. Grew up outside Toronto, Canada. Kathryn Bigelow cast him months after High School graduation in "K19: The Widowmaker". Played "Oliver" in Jacob Tierneys screen adaptation of "Oliver Twist". Has since been in numerous films and television shows...
23.		Richard Basehart Actor, La Strada Richard Basehart came to Hollywood in 1947, after beginning an acting career on Broadway. He made his mark in the gritty film-noir classic He Walked by Night, among others, and proved his versatility in several international productions, most notably in Federico Fellini's poignant masterpiece La Strada.
24.		Olek Krupa Actor, Salt
25.		Leo Bill Actor, Alice in Wonderland
26.		Noble Willingham Actor, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Noble Willingham has appeared in more than 30 feature films, including Up Close & Personal, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Chinatown, Good Morning, Vietnam, City Slickers, City Slickers II, and The Distinguished Gentleman. He was born in the small town of Mineola, Texas, east of Dallas. After graduating from North Texas State College...
27.		Lisa Waltz Actress, The Odd Couple II
28.		Melissa Prophet Actress, Casino You may know Melissa Prophet as an actress in Goodfellas and Casino . Growing up in the music business Father, Singer Johnny Prophet. She was a natural. She launched her career working for three years on Kojak with actor Telly Savalas. The former Miss California , Miss Hollywood and runner up in Miss...
29.		Jack Thompson Actor, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Australian actor Jack Thompson was born John Hadley Payne on August 31, 1940 in Manly, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney. Outside of Oz, he is best known for his appearances in The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Breaker Morant, The Man from Snowy River, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones. 'Breaker' Morant in which he played a military defense attorney defending three soldiers accused of murder during the Boer War...
30.		Warren Berlinger Actor, The Long Goodbye
31.		G.D. Spradlin Actor, The Godfather: Part II G.D. Spradlin started his career as a lawyer, then became an Independent Oil producer. He was active in local politics before turning to acting. He joined the Oklahoma Repertory Theatre in 1964.
32.		Hilary Farr Self, The Pliskat Family
33.		Jaime Gomez Actor, Training Day Jaime Gomez was born and raised in the Southern California sunshine. College was for the studying of art history and literature as well the history of the world and his personal favorite, philosophy. Jaime has had a successful acting career spanning 20 years. He's best known for his role in the hit CBS series Nash Bridges playing young super cop Evan Cortez...
34.		Mark L. Walberg Self, Temptation Island He briefly hosted his own talk show.
35.		Lee Bryant Actress, Airplane!
36.		Mona Marshall Actress, Monsters, Inc.
37.		Jason Presson Actor, Gremlins 2: The New Batch
38.		Phina Oruche Actress, The Forsaken In 2012 she made a return to TV on BBC1 drama Doctors, after taking time off to raise her son. In 2012 she featured as the celebrity bedtime story reader reading a story a day for children the week of the Queens Diamond jubilee. Also featured as a special correspondent on North West tonight reporting on the 30 year anniversary of the Toxteth riots...
39.		Lucy Speed Actress, Shakespeare in Love
40.		Tula Self, Cruise Ship Caroline 'Tula' Cossey was born with male genitalia but went on to become a beautiful woman with a successful modelling career. My Story is Tula's candid thought provoking, enlightening, humorous, heart wrenching and motivational account of her struggles: her troubled childhood being bullied and taunted in East Anglia...
41.		Espen Klouman Høiner Actor, Reprise
42.		Van Morrison Soundtrack, American Sniper
43.		Argentina Brunetti Actress, General Hospital Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on August 31, 1907, Argentina Brunetti began her show business career at the age of three with a walk-on role in the opera "Cavelaria Rusticana", and followed her famous mother Mimi Aguglia's footsteps in the theater, performing supporting roles on stages throughout Europe and South America...
44.		Todd Carty Actor, Krull
45.		Cheryl Pollak Actress, Pump Up the Volume
46.		Rosenda Monteros Actress, The Magnificent Seven
47.		Max Battimo Actor, Episode #1.578 Maximiliano Cardenas Battimo was born in Argentina on August 31, 1974 in Argentina. At the age of 2, he came to Los Angeles, California. Max decided he wanted to be an actor at an early age and won the role of Mikey on the original Saved by the Bell. The show only lasted 13 episodes and Max was back to being a normal kid...
48.		Jeff Hardy Self, WrestleMania X-Seven
49.		Charles Kay Actor, Amadeus
50.		Anthony D. Call Actor, One Life to Live Graduate of Pomfret School, Pomfret, Connecticut, 1958, where Tony not only acted on the school's stage, but was, also, the star quarterback on the football team. Among his fellow classmates was Jeffrey Paul Hopkins, who went on to learn the Tibetan language while following severe Buddhist monastic training. He later became a translator for the Dalai Lama.