Teilen:

Personen: Berühmte Personen aus dem Jahr 1978

Personen im zeitlichen Kontext: Während des ganzen Jahres 1978 wird die Oppositionsbewegung gegen das Schah-Regime im Iran stärker. Im Januar erscheint in der iranischen Zeitung Ettelā'āt ein Artikel über Ruhollah Chomeini, der bis dahin im Land totgeschwiegen wurde. Der exilierte Geistliche wird darin als "kommunistischer Verschwörer" gebrandmarkt. Am 9. Januar kommt es in der Stadt Ghom zu Sympathiebekundungen der dortigen Studenten. Am 5. September – zu Beginn des Fastenmonats Ramadan – kommt es zu Kundgebungen im ganzen Land, wobei die Sicherheitskräfte mit äußerster Härte vorgehen und am 8. September, dem Schwarzen Freitag wahllos in die Menge feuern und dabei 68 Menschen töten. Währenddessen zieht Chomeini von seinem Exil in Paris aus die Aufmerksamkeit der westlichen Medien auf sich. In Afghanistan, dem nordöstlichen Nachbarland Irans, wird im April innerhalb der Saurrevolution Präsident Mohammed Daoud Khan vom Militär gestürzt. Die neuen Machthaber, darunter Nur Muhammad Taraki rufen am 30. April die Demokratische Republik Afghanistan aus und bringen das Land auf einen radikal-sozialistischen Kurs. Das neue Regime wird rasch von der Sowjetunion und anderen Ostblockstaaten, darunter Bulgarien, bald aber auch von den USA offiziell anerkannt. Im März wird der frühere zweifache ital... ()

Personen eines Jahrzehnts: 1800er | 1810er | 1820er | 1830er | 1840er | 1850er | 1860er | 1870er | 1880er | 1890er | 1900er | 1910er | 1920er | 1930er | 1940er | 1950er | 1960er | 1970er | 1980er | 1990er | 2000er | 2010er | 2020er


Sortieren:
Es wurden 4.883 Personen gefunden (Seite 1/163):

Daniel Brühl(45)

Schauspieler | Barcelona, Catalonia (ES)

Daniel César Martín Brühl González Domingo (born 16 June 1978) is a German actor, producer and director. He is best known for Good Bye Lenin!(2003), Inglourious Basterds(2009), Rush(2013) and Captain America: Civil War(2016). Daniel speaks German,Spanish,English, French, Portuguese and Català.

* 16.06.1978

Dean S. Jagger(45)

Schauspieler | Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England (GB)

Dean S. Jagger (* 11. November 1978 in Dewsbury, Yorkshire) ist ein britischer Schauspieler.

* 11.11.1978

Andy Samberg(45)

Schauspieler | Mill Valley, California (US)

David Andrew J. "Andy" Samberg (* 18. August 1978 in Berkeley, Kalifornien) ist ein Stand-Up-Comedian, Schauspieler, Filmproduzent und Mitglied von The Lonely Island. Er war außerdem bis zu seinem Ausstieg Mitte 2012 Darsteller bei Saturday Night Live. 2009 moderierte er die MTV Movie Awards, 2015 die Emmys und 2019 die Golden Globe Awards. Von 2013 bis 2021 spielte er die Hauptrolle in der von ihm produzierten Fernsehserie Brooklyn Nine-Nine, für die er 2014 einen Golden Globe Award gewann.

* 18.08.1978

Katherine Heigl(45)

Schauspielerin | Washington, D.C. (US)

Katherine Marie Heigl (born November 24, 1978) is an American actress and former fashion model. She is best known for her role as Dr. Izzie Stevens on the ABC television medical drama Grey's Anatomy from 2005 to 2010, a role that brought her recognition and accolades, including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2007.She started her career as a child model with Wilhelmina Models before turning her attention to acting, making her film debut in That Night (1992) and later appearing in My Father the Hero (1994) as well as Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995). Heigl then landed the role of Isabel Evans on The WB television series Roswell (1999–2002), for which she received nominations for Saturn and Teen Choice Awards.She then starred in commercially successful romantic comedy films such as Knocked Up (2007), 27 Dresses (2008), The Ugly Truth (2009), Killers (2010), Life As We Know It (2010) and New Year's Eve (2011). She also appeared in Zyzzyx Road (2006), The Big Wedding (2013), and Unforgettable (2017). Heigl has also starred in several films that have seen limited releases, including Jackie & Ryan (2014), Home Sweet Hell (2015), and Jenny's Wedding (2015).She is also executive producer on her leading television roles, which include the short-lived NBC television series State of Affairs from 2014 to 2015, the Netflix series Firefly Lane (2021–present) and the upcoming limited series Woodhull. She has also lent her voice to the animated film The Nut Job (2014) and its 2017 sequel. Heigl also had a main role in the final two seasons of the USA Network series Suits (2018–2019).

* 24.11.1978

Zoe Saldaña(45)

Schauspielerin | Passaic, New Jersey (US)

Zoe Saldaña (* 19. Juni 1978 als Zoë Yadira Saldaña Nazario in Passaic, New Jersey) ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin und Filmproduzentin mit dominikanischen Wurzeln.

* 19.06.1978

Josh Hartnett(45)

Schauspieler | Saint Paul, Minnesota (US)

Joshua Daniel "Josh" Hartnett (* 21. Juli 1978 in Saint Paul, Minnesota) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler und Filmproduzent.

* 21.07.1978

Ian Somerhalder(45)

Schauspieler | Covington, Louisiana (US)

Ian Somerhalder (born December 8, 1978) is an American model, actor and producer and founder of the Ian Somerhalder Foundation. He is best known for playing Damon Salvatore in The Vampire Diaries and Boone Carlyle in Lost.

* 08.12.1978

Pablo Schreiber(45)

Schauspieler | Regional District of Central Kootenay (CA)

Pablo Tell Schreiber (born April 26, 1978) is a Canadian actor known for his dramatic stage work and for his portrayal of Nick Sobotka on The Wire and for his Emmy nominated role of George Mendez on Orange Is the New Black. He was nominated for a Tony Award for his performance in Awake and Sing! on Broadway. He also narrated the American Psycho audiobook. He also starred in the HBO series The Brink as Lieutenant Commander Zeke “Z-Pak” Tilson, a Naval pilot who is also a drug dealer, and played a leading role in the Michael Bay film 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016). He also played William Lewis on Law and Order Special Victims Unit.

* 26.04.1978

Rachel McAdams(45)

Schauspielerin | London, Ontario (CA)

Rachel Anne McAdams (born November 17, 1978) is a Canadian actress. After graduating from a theatre degree program at York University in 2001, she worked in Canadian television and film productions, such as the drama film Perfect Pie (2002), for which she received a Genie Award nomination, the comedy film My Name Is Tanino (2002), and the comedy series Slings and Arrows (2003–2005), for which she won a Gemini Award.In 2002, she made her Hollywood film debut in the comedy The Hot Chick. She rose to fame in 2004 with the comedy Mean Girls and the romantic drama The Notebook. In 2005, she starred in the romantic comedy Wedding Crashers, the psychological thriller Red Eye, and the comedy-drama The Family Stone. She was hailed by the media as Hollywood's new "it girl", and received a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Rising Star.After a brief sabbatical, she returned to prominence in 2009, by appearing in the political thriller State of Play, the romance The Time Traveler's Wife, and the 2009 mystery film Sherlock Holmes. In 2010, McAdams appeared in the star vehicle comedy film Morning Glory, and went on to star in the films Midnight in Paris (2011), The Vow (2012), and About Time (2013). In 2015, she starred in the second season of the HBO anthology crime drama series True Detective, and portrayed the journalist Sacha Pfeiffer in the drama Spotlight. For the latter, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. This was followed by roles in the superhero film Doctor Strange (2016), the romantic drama Disobedience (2017), and the comedies Game Night (2018) and Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020).

* 17.11.1978

Ashton Kutcher(46)

Schauspieler | Cedar Rapids, Iowa (US)

Christopher Ashton Kutcher (* 7. Februar 1978 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler, Moderator und Unternehmer.

* 07.02.1978

Malin Åkerman(45)

Schauspielerin | Stockholm (SE)

Malin Maria Akerman (born 12 May 1978) is a Swedish-American raised in Canada, actress, producer and model. In the early 2000s, she had several small television and film parts in both Canadian and American productions, including The Utopian Society (2003) and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004). Following a supporting role on the HBO mockumentary sitcom The Comeback (2005), she gained her first co-starring roles in the romantic comedy films The Heartbreak Kid (2007) uncredited in The Invasion (2007) 27 Dresses (2008). She played the female lead in Watchmen (2009) as Silk Spectre II, a role for which she was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress.In 2009, Åkerman had supporting and starring roles in the romantic comedies The Proposal and Couples Retreat. From 2010 to 2016, she starred on the Adult Swim comedy series Childrens Hospital. In 2012, she co-starred in the comedy Wanderlust and the musical film Rock of Ages. She had her first lead television role with the short-lived ABC comedy series Trophy Wife (2013–2014). She later co-starred in the film I'll See You in My Dreams (2015) and the action film Rampage (2018). Since 2016, Åkerman has had a main role on the Showtime drama series Billions as Lara Axelrod.Apart from acting and modelling, Åkerman had a brief music career as the lead vocalist for alternative rock band The Petalstones in the early 2000s, but eventually left to focus on her acting career. She has been married twice, first from 2007 to 2014 to Petalstones drummer Roberto Zincone, with whom she has a son, and, since 2018, to English actor Jack Donnelly.

* 12.05.1978

Paul Anderson(46)

Schauspieler | London (GB)

Paul Anderson is an English actor who started his acting career in the late 2000s. He was previously a ticket scalper who decided to attend Webber Douglas drama school, subsequently landing roles in theatre and in films such as The Firm, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows and Passion. Anderson is known for his breakout role as Arthur Shelby in British television series Peaky Blinders.

* 12.02.1978
Amazon Prime Video jetzt testen

Tausende Filme, Hunderte Serien, unbegrenztes Musik Streaming, Amazon Prime Premiumversand und viele weitere Vorteile. 30 Tage kostenlos testen, danach nur 8,99 EUR/Monat oder 89,90 EUR/Jahr.
www.amazon.de

Sandra Hüller(45)

Schauspielerin | Suhl (DE)

Sandra Hüller (* 30. April 1978 in Suhl, DDR) ist eine deutsche Theater- und Filmschauspielerin. Im Jahr 2024 wurde sie von der National Society of Film Critics für ihre Rollen in Anatomie eines Falls und The Zone of Interest als beste Schauspielerin ausgezeichnet. Für ihre Rolle in Anatomie eines Falls wurde sie mit dem César ausgezeichnet sowie für den Golden Globe und Oscar nominiert.

* 30.04.1978

James Franco(46)

Schauspieler | Palo Alto, California (US)

James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor and filmmaker. For his role in 127 Hours (2010), he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Franco is known for his roles in films, such as Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), Milk (2008), Eat, Pray, Love (2010), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Spring Breakers (2012), and Oz the Great and Powerful (2013). He is known for his collaborations with fellow actor Seth Rogen, having appeared in eight films and one television series with him, examples being Pineapple Express (2008), This Is the End (2013), Sausage Party (2016), and The Disaster Artist (2017), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.Franco is also known for his work on television where his first prominent acting role was the character Daniel Desario on the short-lived ensemble comedy-drama Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000), which developed a cult following. He portrayed the title character in the television biographical film James Dean (2001), for which he won a Golden Globe Award, and received nominations for Screen Actors Guild Award and Primetime Emmy Award. Franco had a recurring role on the daytime soap opera General Hospital (2009–2012) and starred in the limited series 11.22.63 (2016). He starred in the David Simon-created HBO drama The Deuce (2017–2019).

* 19.04.1978

Matthew Goode(46)

Schauspieler | Exeter, Devon, England (GB)

Matthew Goode (born 3 April 1978) is an English actor. He made his screen debut in 2002 with ABC's TV film feature Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister. His breakthrough role was in the romantic comedy Chasing Liberty (2004), for which he received a nomination at Teen Choice Awards for Choice Breakout Movie Star – Male. He then appeared in a string of supporting roles in films like Woody Allen's Match Point (2005), the German-British romantic comedy Imagine Me and You (2006), and the period drama Copying Beethoven (2006). He won praise for his performance as Charles Ryder in Julian Jarrold's adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited (2008), and as Ozymandias in the American neo-noir superhero film Watchmen (2009), based on the comics by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. He then starred in romantic comedy Leap Year (2010) and Australian drama Burning Man (2011), the latter earning him a nomination for Best Actor at the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards.Other notable film roles include The Lookout (2007), A Single Man (2009), Cemetery Junction (2010), Stoker (2013), Belle (2013), The Imitation Game (2014) and Self/less (2015). As well as appearing in films, Goode has appeared in numerous television shows. His most notable television roles include Henry Talbot in the final season of historical drama Downton Abbey, and Finley "Finn" Polmar in the CBS legal drama The Good Wife. He also had a lead role in the critically acclaimed British mini-serial Dancing on the Edge, as music journalist Stanley Mitchell. In 2017, Goode portrayed Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon in the Netflix biographical drama series The Crown, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. As of 2018, he stars in Sky One's fantasy-romance series, A Discovery of Witches, as Professor Matthew Clairmont.

* 03.04.1978

Zeng Li(45)

Schauspielerin | Jingzhou,Hubei Province,China

Zeng Li, an actress from mainland China, graduated from the Central Academy of Drama with a 96 class with undergraduate degree. He is also known as the "Eight Golden Hairpins" of Chinese Opera.

* 17.09.1978

Justin Long(45)

Schauspieler | Fairfield, Connecticut (US)

Justin Jacob Long is an American actor, comedian, director and screenwriter. He is known for his film roles, notably appearing in Galaxy Quest, Jeepers Creepers, Dodgeball, Accepted, and Live Free or Die Hard, He's Just Not That into You, Drag Me to Hell, and Youth in Revolt. He has had numerous other movie roles.He voiced Alvin Seville in the live-action Alvin and the Chipmunks film series. He also is known for his personification of a Mac in Apple's "Get a Mac" advertising campaign.

* 02.06.1978

Danai Gurira(46)

Schauspielerin | Grinnell, Iowa (US)

Danai Jekesai Gurira (born February 14, 1978) is a Zimbabwean-American actress and playwright. She is best known for her starring roles as Michonne on the AMC horror drama series The Walking Dead (2012–2020, 2022) and as Okoye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films, beginning with Black Panther (2018) and most recently appearing in its sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022).Gurira is also the playwright of the Broadway play Eclipsed, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play.

* 14.02.1978

Michelle Rodriguez(45)

Schauspielerin | Bexar County, Texas (US)

Mayte Michelle Rodríguez (born July 12, 1978), known professionally as Michelle Rodriguez, is an American actress, screenwriter, and DJ. She got her breakout role as a troubled boxer in the independent film Girlfight (2000), which was met with critical acclaim and earned her several awards, including the Independent Spirit Award and Gotham Award for Best Debut Performance. The following year, she starred as Letty Ortiz in the blockbuster film The Fast and the Furious (2001), reprising her role in its sequels Fast & Furious (2009), Fast & Furious 6 (2013), and Furious 7 (2015).During her career, Rodriguez has played tough, independent women in a number of successful action films, such as Blue Crush, S.W.A.T., Battle: Los Angeles, and Avatar. She is also known for her roles as Shé in the action comedy films Machete and Machete Kills, and Rain Ocampo in the science fiction films Resident Evil and Resident Evil: Retribution.Rodriguez also branched into television, playing Ana Lucia Cortez in the second season of the series Lost as part of the main cast, before making numerous guest appearances before the series ended. She has also done voice work in video games such as Call of Duty and Halo, and lent her voice for the 3D animated film Turbo and the television series IGPX.With her films grossing over $5 billion collectively, a 2013 Entertainment Weekly article described Rodriguez as "arguably the most iconic actress in the action genre, as well as one of the most visible Latinas in Hollywood".

* 12.07.1978

Jodi Lyn O'Keefe(45)

Schauspielerin | Cliffwood Beach, New Jersey (US)

Jodi Lyn O'Keefe (born October 10, 1978) is an American actress and model, who portrayed Cassidy Bridges on Nash Bridges. She is also known for her role on Prison Break.

* 10.10.1978

Tyrese Gibson(45)

Schauspieler | Los Angeles, California (US)

Tyrese Darnell Gibson (born December 30, 1978), also known mononymously as Tyrese, is an American Grammy-nominated R&B singer, songwriter, actor, author, television producer, former fashion model and MTV VJ. He is best known for his role as Roman Pearce in the The Fast and the Furious series.

* 30.12.1978

Joyce Jimenez(46)

Schauspielerin | Los Angeles (US)

Joyce Herrín Reintegrado-Egbalic, popularly known by her screen name Joyce Jimenez (born March 21, 1978) is an American-born former Philippine actress. In the early 2000s, Joyce Jimenez was titled "Pantasya ng Bayan" (The nation's fantasy) after doing sexy films that did well at the box office under VIVA Films she worked with serious actors such as Richard Gomez, Albert Martinez and Jomari Yllana, later on in romantic comedies with Piolo Pascual and Diether Ocampo under Regal Films. In 2003, she was cast in Pinay Pie with Ai-Ai delas Alas and Assunta De Rossi under Star Cinema on her second film with Jose Javier Reyes after her pairing with Aga Muhlach in Narinig Mo Na Ba ang L8est?. After her retirement in film and her regular television work for GMA Network at the time, she decided to go back to Los Angeles after marrying and starting a family. Her Ever Bilena brand Private Joyce disbanded in 2006.

* 21.03.1978

Lauren German(45)

Schauspielerin | Huntington Beach, California (US)

Lauren Christine German is an American actress. She had her first major role in the 2002 romantic drama film A Walk to Remember, followed by roles in the horror films The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Hostel: Part II. Wikipedia.

* 29.11.1978

Bill Hader(45)

Schauspieler | Tulsa, Oklahoma (US)

William Thomas Hader Jr. (born June 7, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is the creator, producer, writer, director, and star of the HBO dark comedy series Barry (2018–present), for which he has been nominated for eight Emmy Awards, winning two.Hader's initial success was for his eight-year stint (2005–2013) as a cast member on the long-running NBC variety series Saturday Night Live, for which he received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations and a Peabody Award. He became known for his impressions and especially for his work on the Weekend Update segments, in which he played Stefon Meyers, a flamboyant New York tour guide who recommends unusual nightclubs and parties with bizarre characters with unusual tastes. He is also the star and producer of the IFC mockumentary comedy series Documentary Now! (2015–present) which he co-created along with Fred Armisen and Seth Meyers.Hader has had supporting roles in the films You, Me and Dupree (2006), Hot Rod (2007), Superbad (2007), Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, (2009), Paul (2011), This Is 40 (2012), and 22 Jump Street (2014), as well as leading roles in The Skeleton Twins (2014), Trainwreck (2015), and as an adult Richie Tozier in It Chapter Two (2019).He also is known for his extensive work in voice-over, portraying both leading and supporting characters in films such as the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs franchise (2009–2013), Turbo (2013), Inside Out (2015), The BFG (2016), Power Rangers (2017), Toy Story 4 (2019) and Lightyear (2022).

* 07.06.1978

Jesse Metcalfe(45)

Schauspieler | Waterford, Connecticut (US)

Jesse Metcalfe (* 9. Dezember 1978 in Waterford, Connecticut) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.

* 09.12.1978

Omar Sy(46)

Schauspieler | Trappes (FR)

Omar Sy (born 20 January 1978) is a French film actor, best known for his duo with Fred Testot, Omar et Fred, and for his role in The Intouchables, written and directed by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano, which became the second highest grossing French film of all time in the French box office. He received the César Award for Best Actor on 24 February 2012 for his role in The Intouchables and in doing so also became the first black actor to win the honorary French award. The role also earned him a nomination for a Satellite Award for Best Actor.

* 20.01.1978

Jake Johnson(45)

Schauspieler | Evanston, Illinois (US)

Jake Johnson (born May 28, 1978) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Nick Miller on the Fox television sitcom New Girl (2011-2018).

* 28.05.1978

Ebon Moss-Bachrach(45)

Schauspieler | Amherst, Massachusetts (US)

Ebon Moss-Bachrach (born March 19, 1977) is an American actor.

* 17.08.1978

Jensen Ackles(46)

Schauspieler | Dallas, Texas (US)

Jensen Ross Ackles (born March 1, 1978) is an American actor. He is most notable for his television role as Dean Winchester on the CW television series Supernatural. His other popular roles include Soldier Boy on the popular Amazon Prime original series The Boys, Eric Brady in Days of our Lives which earned him several Daytime Emmy Award nominations, Alec/X5-494 in Dark Angel, and Jason Teague in Smallville.

* 01.03.1978

Kenan Thompson(45)

Schauspieler | Atlanta, Georgia (US)

Kenan Thompson (born May 10, 1978) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his work as a cast member on Saturday Night Live. He is also known for his roles in the films Good Burger and Fat Albert as well as on Kenan & Kel and All That.

* 10.05.1978
zur vorherigen Seite
zur nächsten Seite