IMDb: Most Popular People Born On August 02

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1.		Kevin Smith Actor, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Kevin Patrick Smith was born in Red Bank, New Jersey, to Grace (Schultz) and Donald E. Smith, a postal worker. He is very proud of his native state; this fact can be seen in all of his movies. Kevin is of mostly German, with some Irish and English, ancestry. His first movie, Clerks, was filmed in the convenience store in which Smith worked...
2.		Jacinda Barrett Actress, Poseidon Jacinda Barrett was born in Australia. Her convincing accent has paved the way for numerous acting roles in the USA. Barrett was first introduced to American audiences via MTV's Real World, during its fourth season, which was set in London. Jacinda Barrett received her first break on the big screen in The Human Stain...
3.		Sam Worthington Actor, Avatar Samuel Henry John Worthington was born August 2, 1976 in Surrey, England. His parents, Jeanne (Martyn) and Ronald Worthington, a power planet employee, moved the family to Australia when he was six months old, and raised him and his sister Lucinda in Warnbro, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Worthington...
4.		Edward Furlong Actor, American History X Edward Walter Furlong was born in Glendale, California. His mother, Eleanor (Tafoya), is from a Mexican family, and worked at a youth center. Furlong had no acting ambitions until he was approached by casting agent Mali Finn, who was looking for a young actor to play the role of John Connor in what turned out to be one of the the biggest box-office hits of the 1990s...
5.		Mary-Louise Parker Actress, Weeds Southern-bred Mary-Louise Parker, from Fort Jackson, South Carolina, was born on August 2, 1964, the youngest of four born to Judge John Morgan Parker and the former Caroline Louise Morell. She comes from Swedish, English, Scottish, Scotch-Irish, German, and Dutch ancestry. Her father's occupation took the family both around the country and abroad while growing up...
6.		Joanna Cassidy Actress, Blade Runner The very lovely, vivacious and smart-looking Joanna Cassidy was born in Camden, New Jersey, and raised in nearby Haddonfield, a borough located in Camden County. She grew up in a creative environment as the daughter and granddaughter of artists. At an early age she engaged in painting and sculpture and went on to major in art at Syracuse University in New York...
7.		Peter O'Toole Actor, Lawrence of Arabia O'Toole was one of several actors to be Oscar-nominated for playing the same role in two different films: he played King Henry II in both Becket (1964) and The Lion in Winter (1968). O'Toole played Hamlet under Laurence Olivier's direction in the premiere production of the Royal National Theatre in 1963...
8.		Nadia Bjorlin Actress, Days of Our Lives Nadia Bjorlin was born the fifth out of six children. Her parents Ulf Björlin (a Swedish conductor and composer, known to be the worlds most active opera composer during the 20th century) and Fary Bjorlin. Her siblings are Katja, Kaj, Kamilla, Ulf J:r and Jean Paul. (Each sibling have a history of artistic or creative work in their background...
9.		Wes Craven Director, Scream Wes Craven has become synonymous with genre bending and innovative horror, challenging audiences with his bold vision. Wesley Earl Craven was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Caroline (Miller) and Paul Eugene Craven. He had a midwestern suburban upbringing. His first feature film was The Last House on the Left, which he wrote...
10.		Carroll O'Connor Actor, In the Heat of the Night Carroll was born in Manhattan and raised in Forest Hills, a community of Queens, New York. After high school in 1942, he joined the Merchant Marines and worked on ships in the Atlantic. In 1946, he enrolled at the University of Montana to study English. While there, he became interested in theater. During one of the amateur productions...
11.		Hallie Kate Eisenberg Actress, The Insider A welcome and popular guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Hallie Kate Eisenberg was born August 2, 1992, in East Brunswick, New Jersey. She has two older siblings, Kerri and Jesse Eisenberg, a well-known actor. Hallie was a successful child star, and headlined in a popular series of Pespi TV commercials. She appeared in many movies...
12.		Alice Evans Actress, 102 Dalmatians Alice Jane Evans was born in 1971 to David Evans, a professor of Applied Mathematics at Bristol University and Janet Evans, a teacher of English literature. Alice gained a degree in French and Italian from University College, London, and then moved to Paris where she studied acting at the Cours Florent...
13.		Matthew Del Negro Actor, Hot Pursuit Matthew Del Negro has built a solid career with varied roles in features, television and theater. His hot start to 2015 is simply a continuation of a busy 2014 where he had significant arcs on several hit shows, including ABC's Scandal and Mistresses, MTV's Teen Wolf, and CBS's NCIS: Los Angeles...
14.		Myrna Loy Actress, The Best Years of Our Lives Myrna Williams, later to become Myrna Loy, was born on August 2, 1905 in Radersburg, Montana. Her father was the youngest person ever elected to the Montana State legislature. Later on her family moved to Helena where she spent her youth. At the age of 13, Myrna's father died of influenza and the rest of the family moved to Los Angeles...
15.		Skyler Day Actress, Backlight Skyler Day was born in Atlanta, GA in 1991. Her start in the Entertainment Industry began after a chance meeting with a talent agent in the DMV at the age of 6. She began her career with print work, commercials, voice over and eventually it lead to her first film opportunity. Skyler was 10 years old...
16.		Butch Patrick Actor, The Munsters In 1960, a young 7-year-old named Patrick Lilley went on an Amos Carr photo shoot with his little sister. She was the subject but it was "Butch's" head shot that would wind up in the Hollywood Blvd. window! Utilizing his nickname and real first name, his agent Mary Grady and his mom Patti created the stage name...
17.		Cynthia Stevenson Actress, Happiness Cynthia Stevenson was born in Oakland, California, to Al Stevenson, an upholstery warehouse owner and Gayle Stevenson née Boniface, an editor. She moved north with her mother and brother, Gregory, to Bellevue, Washington and then to Vancouver, British Columbia, where she spent most of her childhood...
18.		Kathryn Harrold Actress, Raw Deal
19.		Krzysztof Soszynski Actor, Here Comes the Boom Krzysztof Soszynski is mixed martial arts fighter, actor, stuntman, DJ and creator of the KSOS Conditioning System. He was born in Stalowa Wola Poland and moved to Canada with his family when he was 10. Soszynski, former TKO Heavyweight Champion, is a UFC veteran and MMA coach at the UFC Gym in Torrance California...
20.		Zuleyka Silver Actress, In Time
21.		Sandra Ellis Lafferty Actress, The Hunger Games Sandra Ellis Lafferty is known for her roles in Walk the Line(2005), Hunger Games(2012),Prisoners(2013) Self/Less(2015), and A Walk in the Woods(2015) . Sandra began her career as a stage actor and was named best actress for a season by the Denver drama critics, when she was a member of The Denver Center Theatre Company...
22.		Cassidy Gifford Actress, The Gallows
23.		Charli XCX Soundtrack, The Fault in Our Stars
24.		Apollonia Kotero Actress, Purple Rain Apollonia was born Patricia Kotero in Santa Monica, California, to Mexican parents, Maria S. (Torres), a caregiver, and Victor Manuel Kotero, a restaurant manager. She initially pursued fame and fortune via work as an actress, singer and a model. After winning the Miss San Pedro beauty competition and a stint cheerleader for the Los Angeles Rams in the 1980's...
25.		Victoria Jackson Actress, UHF Victoria was raised in a Bible-believing, piano-playing, gymnastic home with no TV. Her dad was a gym coach so she competed in gymnastics from age 5 to l8. Was a cheerleader and a homecoming queen. Attended Florida Bible College; received gymnastic scholarship to Furman University, attended Auburn University one year and ended up in Hollywood...
26.		Kara Hoffman Actress, A Series of Unfortunate Events
27.		Angell Conwell Actress, Family Time Born in the tiny town of Orangeburg, South Carolina, Angell Conwell began her journey at a very young age. After winning countless awards locally, she signed with Wilhelmina's Kids Division in New York at the age of 10. Always one to challenge herself. She begged for her parents permission to audition for August Wilson's highly acclaimed...
28.		Max Wright Actor, ALF
29.		James Preston Rogers Actor, Outlander James Preston Rogers was born to Sandra Doreen Mary (Preston) Rogers and Robert Rogers in Toronto, Ontario. After booking his first commercial without an agent or headshot, James set his sights on performing. James was approached by the WWE just as the acting roles started coming in. He had just gotten the role of Bjorn in Outlander (2007) opposite Ron Perlman & Jim Caviesel...
30.		Michelle Lee Actress, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
31.		Gary Merrill Actor, All About Eve Gary Merrill was born August 2, 1915, in Hartford, Connecticut. He began his career acting in summer stock plays. He married Barbara Leeds, an actress, and then served a brief stint in the army. After the army, he landed in New York, where he was chosen to join the already popular play "Born Yesterday"...
32.		Shelby Hoffman Actress, A Series of Unfortunate Events
33.		Simon Kinberg Producer, X-Men: Days of Future Past
34.		Angie Cepeda Actress, Captain Pantoja and the Special Services Angélica María Cepeda Jiménez was born in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia on August 2nd 1974. Nevertheless she grew up in Barranquilla. Her parents are José Cepeda and Yadhira Jiménez (both lawyers) and after their divorce Angie went to live with her mother and two sisters, Lorna (actress) and Ivette...
35.		Nehemiah Persoff Actor, Some Like It Hot Born in 1919 (some sources say 1920) in Jerusalem, Nehemiah Persoff immigrated with his family to America in 1929. Following schooling at the Hebrew Technical Institute of New York, he found a job as a subway electrician doing signal maintenance until an interest in the theater altered the direction of his life...
36.		Olivier Gruner Actor, Nemesis Olivier Gruner was born on August 2nd, 1960 in Paris. His father is a successful surgeon with his own surgery. His two brothers also made academic careers. When Olivier was 18, he went to an elite force of the french army, where he stayed 4 years. Most of this time he was in Djibouti and Somalia. At this time he already trained karate...
37.		Charles Roven Producer, The Dark Knight
38.		Aline Brosh McKenna Writer, The Devil Wears Prada
39.		Bridgid Coulter Actress, Always Outnumbered
40.		Regina Russell Banali Actress, Hook After two decades and over 50 film and television roles, Regina Russell stepped behind the camera as director and producer in 2008. She is most known for directing Quiet Riot: Well Now You're Here, There's No Way Back, a documentary on the band Quiet Riot. An early pioneer of crowdfunding, she raised the seed money on Kickstarter in 2010...
41.		Chiara Mastalli Actress, Notte prima degli esami
42.		Beatrice Straight Actress, Poltergeist In her long career, Beatrice Straight actually did very little work in the movies, plying her trade mostly onstage. But when she did grace the silver screen, she did it with great skill. Her first love was theater, having debuted on Broadway in the 1935 "Bitter Oleander". Her work garnered her much acclaim...
43.		Kerry James Actor, Heartland
44.		Kansas Bowling Actress, B.C. Butcher Kansas Bowling is a filmmaker known for her 16mm prehistoric slasher film "B.C. Butcher" starring Kato Kaelin. Kansas has also directed various music videos for bands such as Alyeska, Kill My Coquette, and CTZNSHP. She is a strong advocate for film and only uses 8mm and 16mm for all her projects.
45.		Kim Charney Actor, Suddenly
46.		Tom Bell Actor, The Krays Tom Bell was one of the UK's finest actors but he never achieved the star billing or recognition he so richly deserved. His career spanned some 50 years. Time and time again, Bell gave memorable performances. From the able seaman ordered to be flogged by a sadistic officer, played by Dirk Bogarde, in the film...
47.		Marcel Iures Actor, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Marcel Iures is one of Romania's most acclaimed stage and screen actors, having starred in more than two dozen features in his native country and twice being named its best actor. His American film credits include The Peacemaker starring George Clooney, Mission: Impossible starring Tom Cruise, and Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles starring Cruise and Brad Pitt...
48.		Andrew Gold Soundtrack, Boogie Nights
49.		Richard Fancy Actor, General Hospital
50.		Anthony Crivello Actor, The Mark Anthony Crivello's diversified background was shaped by many things. On Film, Mr. Crivello's feature credits include director Roland Emmerich's Trade (starring Kevin Kline) and Independence Day (starring Will Smith), Material Girls (starring Hilary and Hailey Duff, and Angelica Houston), Steve Miner's Texas Rangers (starring Usher and Ashton Kutcher)...