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1. Dwayne Johnson Dwayne Johnson Actor, WWE Raw Dwayne Douglas Johnson, also known as The Rock, was born on May 2, 1972 in Hayward, California, to Ata Johnson (born Feagaimaleata Fitisemanu Maivia) and Canadian-born professional wrestler Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles). His father is black (of Black Nova Scotian descent), and his mother is of Samoan background (her own father was Peter Fanene Maivia...
2. Ellie Kemper Ellie Kemper Actress, 21 Jump Street Ellie Kemper, born Elizabeth Claire Kemper on May 2, 1980, is an American actress, comedian, and writer. She is best-known for her role as "Erin Hannon" in the NBC series, The Office, as well as her supporting roles in the films, Bridesmaids and 21 Jump Street). She plays the title role in the Netflix comedy series...
3. Christine Baranski Christine Baranski Actress, The Good Wife
4. Thomas McDonell Thomas McDonell Actor, The Forbidden Kingdom
5. Kay Panabaker Kay Panabaker Actress, Monsters, Inc. Stephanie Kay Panabaker is an American actress, who was born on May 2, 1990 in Orange Grove, Texas, USA. She is the daughter of Donna (née Mayock) and Harold Panabaker. She has an older sister, Danielle Panabaker, who is also an actress. She started acting at various community theaters in Chicago, Philadelphia and Atlanta...
6. Bing Crosby Bing Crosby Actor, Going My Way Bing Crosby was born Harry Lillis Crosby, Jr. in Tacoma, Washington, the fourth of seven children of Catherine Helen "Kate" (Harrigan) and Harry Lowe Crosby, a brewery bookkeeper. He was of English and Irish descent. Crosby studied law at Gonzaga University in Spokane but was more interested in playing the drums and singing with a local band...
7. Robert Buckley Robert Buckley Actor, One Tree Hill Robert Earl Buckley was born on May 2, 1981 in Los Angeles, California. As a child Robert was on the chubby side and he swam with a t-shirt on. He was also named the most likely to be a superhero by classmates after rescuing four students on horseback. The Southern California native earned an economics degree at the University of California...
8. David Suchet David Suchet Actor, Agatha Christie's Poirot Best known in the United Kingdom and abroad as Agatha Christie's suave Belgian super-sleuth Hercule Poirot in scores of late 1980s and '90s mini-movies, London-born actor David Suchet's early interest in the theater led to his membership with the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain in the 1960s following graduation from high school...
9. Elizabeth Berridge Elizabeth Berridge Actress, Amadeus
10. Gaius Charles Gaius Charles Actor, Salt
11. Stephen Daldry Stephen Daldry Director, The Reader In 1989, Stephen Daldry worked as a freelance reader of unsolicited manuscripts for Literary Manager Nicholas Wright in the Scripts Department at the Royal National Theatre. In July of that year, he directed a Dadaist/expressionist production of "Judgement Day," a play by Odon von Horvath, at the Old Red Lion in London.
12. Jenna von Oÿ Jenna von Oÿ Actress, Blossom
13. Matt Berry Matt Berry Actor, Moon
14. David Beckham David Beckham Self, The Class of 92 David Beckham is one of Britain's most iconic athletes whose name is also an elite global advertising brand. He was captain of the English national team from 1998 to 2009, scored in three different FIFA World Cups, and played midfield for clubs in Manchester, England, Madrid, Spain, and Milan, Italy; he also won the MLS Cup playing for Los Angeles Galaxy in 2011 and 2012...
15. Bruce Glover Bruce Glover Actor, Chinatown An instinct for acting showed very early for Bruce in 1935,he didn't know it was acting when at 3 he distracted his Mom from the worries of Depression Era Chicago by recreating stuff they'd seen at the movies like FDR struggling to walk, putting his little body thru it, to try to understand by experiencing it...
16. Jo Ann Pflug Jo Ann Pflug Actress, MASH
17. James Kirk James Kirk Actor, Final Destination 2
18. Mitzi Kapture Mitzi Kapture Director, The Process
19. Don Marshall Don Marshall Actor, Land of the Giants Don Marshall's heyday was on the small screen in the 60's and 70's. The athletic and clean cut actor is best remembered as first officer and co-pilot Dan Erickson in Irwin Allen's ground-breaking science-fiction series Land of the Giants. Having excelled at football, pole vaulting and other sports at college...
20. Roscoe Lee Browne Roscoe Lee Browne Actor, Treasure Planet He was a master class in cerebral eloquence and audience command...and although his dominant playing card in the realm of acting was quite serious and stately, nobody cut a more delightfully dry edge in sitcoms than this gentleman, whose calm yet blistering put-downs often eluded his lesser victims...
21. Denyce Lawton Denyce Lawton Actress, Vlog Multiethnic (African-American / Korean) actress Denyce Lawton is best known for her four seasons on the six-time NAACP Best Comedy Series Winner series House of Payne from producer Tyler Perry. Denyce was born and raised in the New Jersey communities of Belmar and Neptune (familiar to viewers of the series Jersey Shore and later moved to Washington...
22. Emily Hart Emily Hart Actress, Sabrina, the Animated Series
23. K.C. Clyde K.C. Clyde Actor, Something New
24. Alicia Ziegler Alicia Ziegler Actress, Wolf Town
25. John Neville John Neville Actor, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen When he was in his early sixties, Terry Gilliam cast him in the title role of The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Although the film was a financial failure, his starring role in this major production, as well as his fine performance, led to an explosion in his career. He has since had numerous roles in feature films and television...
26. Rachael Kemery Rachael Kemery Actress, Play
27. Nanna Øland Fabricius Nanna Øland Fabricius Soundtrack, Austenland Nanna Øland Fabricius is a Danish singer-songwriter and dancer better known as Oh Land. She is the daughter of an opera singer and a composer. She went to the royal Danish ballet and the royal Swedish ballet, but she was forced to stop due to a back injury. She has released three albums so far and is planning on a fourth album in the following years...
28. Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray Writer, Pather Panchali Satyajit Ray was born in Calcutta on May 2, 1921. His father, Sukumar Ray was an eminent poet and writer in the history of Bengali literature. In 1940, after receiving his degree in science and economics from Calcutta University, he attended Tagore's Viswa-Bharati University. His first movie Pather Panchali won several International Awards and set Ray as a world-class director...
29. Hedda Hopper Hedda Hopper Actress, Sunset Blvd. Her father was a butcher. In 1913 she met and married matinée idol DeWolf Hopper Sr. and in 1915 they moved to Hollywood, where both began active film careers. He became a star with Triangle Company, she began in vamp parts and turned to supporting roles. After her divorce she appeared in dozens of films...
30. Lily Allen Lily Allen Soundtrack, Knocked Up
31. Brian Tochi Brian Tochi Actor, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Film audiences & television viewers know Brian Tochi as a star of several hit films, a collection of six television series, theater, and a multitude of guest-starring and co-starring roles in episodic television. Brian has starred or co-starred in over 25 motion pictures and their sequels, among them Revenge of the Nerds and Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation...
32. Lorenzo Music Lorenzo Music Actor, Garfield and Friends
33. Christopher Doyle Christopher Doyle Cinematographer, Ying xiong
34. Theodore Bikel Theodore Bikel Actor, My Fair Lady Theodore Bikel is one of the most versatile and respected actors and performers of his generation. A master of languages, dialects and accents, he has played every sort of film villain and semi-bad guy imaginable, and always adds depth, dimension and even sympathy to characters that would end up as cardboard cutouts in the hands of lesser actors...
35. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Director, The Lives of Others
36. Brian Aherne Brian Aherne Actor, I Confess Brian Aherne was an Oscar-nominated Anglo-American stage and screen actor who was one of the top cinema character actors in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Born on May 2, 1902 in King's Norton, Worcestshire, England, Aherne performed as an actor as a child. At age 18 he made his debut as an adult with the company that would evolve into the world-famous Birmingham Repertory Theatre...
37. Finlay Robertson Finlay Robertson Actor, Alfie Finlay Robertson was born in the Netherlands to Scottish parents and grew up in the North West of England. After studying History at Cambridge University he performed in a play at the Edinburgh Fringe and was signed by an agent. Moving to London to pursue his career, he acted in several plays - including appearing naked onstage at The Royal Court in Jez Butterworth's 'The Night Heron'...
38. Bruce Robinson Bruce Robinson Writer, The Rum Diary Such is the mythology that has sprung up around Bruce Robinson's first film, the openly autobiographical Withnail & I, that it's often hard to separate fact from fiction. But the facts appear to be these: trained as an actor at London's Central School of Speech and Drama, he got off to a good early...
39. Lesley Gore Lesley Gore Soundtrack, Suicide Squad Lesley Gore was born Lesley Sue Goldstein in Brooklyn, New York City, to Ronny and Leo Goldstein, a manufacturer of children's clothes and swimwear. Her family was Jewish. She grew up in Tenafly, New Jersey. Gore hit the music scene at 17 years of age in 1963 with the teen anthem "It's My Party". Born in Brooklyn (Kings County)...
40. Lone Scherfig Lone Scherfig Director, An Education Lone Scherfig graduated from the Danish Film School in 1984. In her native Denmark, Lone Scherfig began her career directing award-winning commercials and television dramas. Her first feature as director, The Birthday Trip, premiered at the 1991 Berlin Festival and won several awards at festivals worldwide. Her second feature, On Our Own, won the Grand Prize at the Montreal Film Festival...
41. Anna McGahan Anna McGahan Actress, 100 Bloody Acres
42. Lance LeGault Lance LeGault Actor, Prince Avalanche Lance LeGault was born as William Lance Legault on May 2, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois. LeGault grew up in Chillicothe, Illinois and graduated from Chillicothe Township High School in 1955. Lance began his acting career as a stunt double for Elvis Presley; he appears in the 1960s Presley vehicles Girls! Girls! Girls!...
43. Jarred Blancard Jarred Blancard Actor, It
44. Ari Lehman Ari Lehman Actor, Friday the 13th Ari Lehman is the actor/singer who has the unique honor of having played the role of the First Jason Voorhees in the Paramount Classic Horror Film "Friday the 13th" (1980). The original "Boy In The Lake" himself, Ari played a crucial role in the film's famous final scene, in which he suddenly emerges from the icy waters of Crystal Lake...
45. Josh Bolt Josh Bolt Actor, Nowhere Boy Joshua 'Josh' Bolt was born in 1994. Brought up in Hunts Cross,Liverpool he made his first acting appearance in a stage production of 'Much Ado About Nothing' aged 12. After small roles in the likes of TV's 'Shameless' he played the lead as a dying schoolboy in the 2009 film 'The Be All and End All',for which he was nominated as best newcomer at the British Independent Film Awards...
46. Peggy Mount Peggy Mount Actress, Oliver!
47. Skye Bennett Skye Bennett Actress, Boy A Skye Deva Bennett was born on the 2nd of May 1995 in London, England to American parents. She is a dual British-American citizen. Skye began her professional career at ten years old when she won her first film role playing Steven Seagal's daughter in 'Shadowman'. This led to further film and television roles...
48. Donatella Versace Donatella Versace Self, Mademoiselle C
49. Jenna Lamia Jenna Lamia Actress, The Fighter Jenna Lamia is an actress and a writer for film and television. She has a gift for accents and is also a renowned Audio Book narrator and has won the Audie award for best female narrator of the year. Some of her most popular titles include The Help, The Secret Life of Bees, and The Girl With The Pearl Earring...
50. Brad Wright Brad Wright Writer, Stargate SG-1
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