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People: Famous People born on 08/02 (August)

August 1 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 3 All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 15 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. For August 2, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on July 20. ()

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Sam Worthington(47)

Actor | Godalming, Surrey, England (GB)

Samuel Henry John Worthington (born 2 August 1976) is a British-Australian actor. He is best known for playing Jake Sully in Avatar, Marcus Wright in Terminator Salvation, and Perseus in Clash of the Titans and its sequel Wrath of the Titans. He later took more dramatic roles, appearing in The Debt (2010), Everest (2015), Hacksaw Ridge (2016), The Shack (2017), Manhunt: Unabomber (2017), and Fractured (2019).On television, he appeared in his native Australia as Howard in Love My Way and as Phillip Schuler in the television drama mini-series Deadline Gallipoli, for which he was also an executive producer. He voiced the protagonist, Captain Alex Mason, in the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010), as well as its sequels Call of Duty: Black Ops II (2012), and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (2018). In 2022, he starred in the true crime miniseries Under the Banner of Heaven.In 2004, Worthington received Australia's highest film award for his lead role in Somersault.

* 08/02/1976

Lily Gladstone(37)

Actress | Browning, Montana

Lily Gladstone (born August 2, 1986) is an American actress. Raised on the Blackfeet Reservation, Gladstone is of Piegan Blackfeet, Nez Perce, and European heritage. She earned critical acclaim for portraying Mollie Kyle, an Osage woman who survived the Osage Indian murders, in Martin Scorsese's crime drama film Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), receiving several accolades. She became the first Native American to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture and be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Gladstone made her feature film debut in Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian (2012), and collaborated with filmmaker Kelly Reichardt on the independent films Certain Women (2016) and First Cow (2019). She also appeared in episodes of HBO's Room 104 (2017–2020), Showtime's Billions (2016–2023), and FX's Reservation Dogs (2021–2023).

* 08/02/1986

Ryota Osaka(37)

Actor | Tokushima Prefecture (JP)

Ryota Osaka is a Japanese voice actor from Tokushima Prefecture who is affiliated with Early Wing. He received Best Male Newcomer at 9th Seiyu Awards in 2015. He also hosts the radio show ŌHana (逢坂市立花江学園 Ōsaka Shiritsu Hanae Gakuen) along with voice actor Natsuki Hanae.

* 08/02/1986

Mary-Louise Parker(59)

Actress | Fort Jackson, South Carolina (US)

Mary-Louise Parker (born August 2, 1964) is an American actress and writer. She is the recipient of two Tony Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award.

Known for: R.I.P.D., RED 2, RED, Weeds
* 08/02/1964

Akinori Egoshi(35)

Actor | Saga Prefecture (JP)

Akinori Egoshi (江越 彬紀, Egoshi Akinori, born August 2, 1988) is a Japanese voice actor, narrator and stage actor, born in Saga prefecture and raised in Fukuoka prefecture. He is affiliated with Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society (Haikyō).

 
* 08/02/1988

Kim Charney(78)

Actor | San Diego, California (US)

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* 08/02/1945

Kazuki Namioka(45)

Actor | Ōsaka (JP)

Kazuki Namioka was born on August 2, 1978 in Osaka, Japan. He is an actor, known for 13 Assassins (2010), The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) and Kamen Rider Gaim (2013).

* 08/02/1978

Aaron Staton(43)

Actor | Huntington (US)

Aaron Staton (born August 2, 1980) is an American actor. Apart from his long running role on Mad Men, he is most well known for his work in the 2011 video game LA Noire, in which revolutionary motion capture technology was used to bring his performance as Detective Cole Phelps to life. Since 2006, he has been married to actress Connie Fletcher.

* 08/02/1980

Mathieu Carrière(73)

Actor | Hannover (DE)

Mathieu Carrière (German: [maˈtjø kaˈʁjɛʁ] ; born 2 August 1950) is a German stage and screen actor with strong French connections. He has appeared in around 250 films worldwide and in 4000 hours of television. Carrière is also a director and a writer and is known as an advocate for the rights of fathers.

* 08/02/1950

James Preston Rogers(51)

Actor | Toronto, Ontario (CA)

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* 08/02/1972

Britt Lower(38)

Actress | Illinois (US)

Britt Lower (born Brittney Leigh Lower; August 2, 1985) is an American actress known for her role as Liz in Man Seeking Woman and Tanya Sitkowsky in Unforgettable. Lower was born to Steven Lower and face painting artist, Mickey Lower, from Heyworth, Illinois. Lower graduated as Bachelor of Science in Communication from Northwestern University in 2008. Lower has also worked with Upright Citizens Brigade and ImprovOlympic. One of Lower's first two recurring roles was as technology expert Tanya Sitkowsky in the 2011 series, Unforgettable. In 2015, she began what's considered her breakout role in the FXX comedy series Man Seeking Woman. She portrays Liz Greenberg, the sister of the main protagonist Josh Greenberg. It is her first role as a main cast member of a TV series. Lower was signed up for recurring role in Hulu original series Casual in season 2, as Sarah Finn.

* 08/02/1985

Kiara Glasco(22)

Actress | Toronto, Ontario (CA)

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* 08/02/2001
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Edward Furlong(46)

Actor | Glendale, California (US)

Edward Walter Furlong (born August 2, 1977) is an American actor. He won Saturn and MTV Movie Awards for his breakthrough performance at age 13 as John Connor in James Cameron's 1991 science fiction action film Terminator 2: Judgment Day, which was followed by a mini-sequel, short attraction film T2-3D: Battle Across Time. In 1992, he gave an Independent Spirit Award-nominated turn opposite Jeff Bridges in American Heart, and earned a second Saturn Award nomination for his work in Pet Sematary Two. He won a Young Artist Award for his performance alongside Kathy Bates in A Home of Our Own (1993) and appeared in Before and After (1996) with Meryl Streep and Liam Neeson. Furlong received acclaim for his starring roles in the 1998 motion pictures Pecker, co-starring Christina Ricci, and American History X, co-starring Edward Norton. He had significant roles in the comedy Detroit Rock City (1999) and the crime drama Animal Factory (2000).

* 08/02/1977

Show Hayami(65)

Actor | Takasago, Hyogo Prefecture (JP)

Show Hayami, born as Yasushi Ohama, is a Japanese voice actor and singer. He is married to voice actress Rei Igarashi, and is the adoptive father and step-uncle of fellow voice actor Hideyuki Hayami.

* 08/02/1958

Kentaro Tomita(28)

Actor | Tōkyō (JP)

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* 08/02/1995

Sandra Ng Kwun-Yu(58)

Actress | Hong Kong, British Crown Colony

The daughter of Ng Kam-chuen, Ng was born in Hong Kong, where she attended St. Stephen's Girls' College. Encouraged by her parents, she began her entertainment career at the age of 16. She is most known through her comic roles, where she often pokes fun at her plain looks. She has frequently collaborated with Stephen Chow, notably in All for the Winner, Magnificent Scoundrels and Royal Tramp, among others. In a career spanning over 20 years, she has filmed over 100 films and TV shows. She co-hosted Club Sparkle (星星同學會), a celebrity talk show, during the first half of 2009 and is also a radio personality for CRHK. Her radio program, He She Hit (她他她打到嚟!), aired from 12am to 2am on Monday to Friday. She received the 2003 Best Actress Award at the Golden Horse Film Festival in Taiwan for her role as a prostitute in Golden Chicken. She has a daughter (born in 2006) with film director Peter Chan.

* 08/02/1965

Charli XCX(31)

Actress | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England (GB)

Born in Cambridge as Charlotte Emma Aitchison, Charli XCX is a singer, songwriter, model and actress. Daughter of a Scottish father and Indian mother, she studied at UCL's Slade School of Fine Art in London. Charlotte kept her MSN Messenger alias for her stage name and started writing songs at 14 years old.Her talent was spotted in 2008 after she shared on MySpace songs and demos from her first album that was recorded thanks to the financial help of her parents. She took a break from music in 2010. Aitchison contributed vocals and co-writing for numerous hit singles before debuting her studio album True Romance in 2013. International success followed quickly with a second studio album and several collaboration with other artists such as Iggy Azalea.In 2017, before releasing a new mixtape, she directed the music video of the lead single from her upcoming third studio album.

* 08/02/1992

Ruth-Maria Kubitschek(92)

Actress | Komotau (XC)

Ruth-Maria Kubitschek is an actress and writer.

* 08/02/1931

Yoko Tani(† 70)

Actress | Paris (FR)

Yoko Tani (谷洋子, Tani Yōko, 2 August 1928 – 19 April 1999) was a French-born Japanese actress and nightclub entertainer.

* 08/02/1928

Artemis Pebdani(46)

Actress | Texas (US)

Artemis Pebdani (born August 2, 1977) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Susan Ross on Scandal, Artemis on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Gramma Alice on Big City Greens.

* 08/02/1977

Jamie Sives(50)

Actor | Lochend, Edinburgh (GB)

Jamie Sives ( SEE-vəs; born 14 August 1973) is a Scottish actor. Sives was born in Lochend, Edinburgh. He studied at Leith Academy. Sives attended Leith Academy with future Guilt co-star Mark Bonnar. During their time at school, Bonnar and Sives acted in a play together. Sives worked as a scaffolder, as a postman, and as a club doorman in Edinburgh before turning to acting full-time. In 2014 he played the lead role of King James III of Scotland in the National Theatre of Scotland's production of James III, which was also part of the Edinburgh International Festival.

* 08/02/1973

Peter O'Toole(† 81)

Actor | Connemara, County Galway (IE)

Peter Seamus O'Toole (2 August 1932 – 14 December 2013) was an English stage and film actor. He attended RADA (the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) and began working in the theatre, gaining recognition as a Shakespearean actor at the Bristol Old Vic and with the English Stage Company. In 1959 he made his West End debut in The Long and the Short and the Tall, and played the title role in Hamlet in the National Theatre's first production in 1963. Excelling on the London stage, O'Toole was known for his "hellraiser" lifestyle off it. Making his film debut in 1959, O'Toole achieved international recognition playing T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) for which he received his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He was nominated for this award another seven times – for playing King Henry II in both Becket (1964) and The Lion in Winter (1968), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), The Ruling Class (1972), The Stunt Man (1980), My Favorite Year (1982), and Venus (2006) – and holds the record for the most Oscar nominations for acting without a win (tied with Glenn Close). In 2002, he was awarded the Academy Honorary Award for his career achievements. O'Toole was the recipient of four Golden Globe Awards, one BAFTA Award for Best British Actor and one Primetime Emmy Award. Other performances include What's New Pussycat? (1965), How to Steal a Million (1966), Supergirl (1984), and minor roles in The Last Emperor (1987) and Troy (2004). He also voiced Anton Ego, the restaurant critic in Pixar's Ratatouille (2007).

* 08/02/1932

Michèle Bernier(67)

Actress | Paris (FR)

Michèle Bernier (born 2 August 1956) is a French actress, writer and director.

* 08/02/1956

Kevin Smith(53)

Actor | Red Bank, New Jersey (US)

Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2, 1970) is an American filmmaker, actor, comedian, public speaker, comic book writer, author, and podcaster.He came to prominence with the low-budget comedy film Clerks (1994), which he wrote, directed, co-produced, and acted in as the character Silent Bob of stoner duo Jay and Silent Bob. Jay and Silent Bob also appeared in Smith's later films Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Clerks II and Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, which are set primarily in his home state of New Jersey. While not strictly sequential, the films have crossover plot elements, character references, and a shared canon known as the "View Askewniverse", named after Smith's production company View Askew Productions, which he co-founded with Scott Mosier.

* 08/02/1970

Dingdong Dantes(43)

Actor | Quezon City (PH)

Jose Sixto "Dingdong" Gonzales Dantes III (born August 2, 1980) is a Filipino actor, filmmaker, and television personality. He is known for his acting versatility, and has played dramatic and action roles in films and television series in the Philippines. His accolades include multiple Box Office Entertainment Awards and PMPC Star Awards. Dantes' breakthrough came in the early 2000s, where he co-starred with Tanya Garcia in the drama series Sana ay Ikaw na Nga and Twin Hearts. He received further recognition in the late 2000s, where he co-starred with Marian Rivera in Marimar. His further appearances include Stairway to Heaven, Endless Love, I Heart You, Pare! He is also as a television presenter, serving as the presenter of the shows StarStruck (2003–2019), Family Feud (2009–2010, 2022–present), and The Voice Generations (2023). Dantes is married to Rivera, with whom he has two children.

* 08/02/1980

Joanna Cassidy(78)

Actress | Haddonfield, New Jersey (US)

Joanna Cassidy (born August 2, 1945) is an American film and television actress. She is known for her role replicant Zhora in the Ridley Scott's film Blade Runner (1982). She also has starred in films such as Under Fire, The Fourth Protocol, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Package, Where the Heart Is and Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, Vampire in Brooklyn and Ghosts of Mars.

* 08/02/1945

Wes Craven(† 76)

Crew | Cleveland, Ohio (US)

Wesley Earl"Wes"Craven(August 2, 1939– August 30, 2015) was a prolific and influentialAmerican film director, writer, producer, and occasional actor known for his pioneering workin the horror genre, and particularly in the teenslasher subgenre. Among his best-known works are such landmark films as "The Last House on the Left" (1972), "The Hills Have Eyes" (1977), "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984) and the "Scream" series (1996–2011).

* 08/02/1939

Fabio Testi(82)

Actor | Peschiera del Garda (IT)

Fabio Testi (born 2 August 1941) is an Italian actor. After growing up witnessing film work done around Lake Garda, Testi entered the sets of the film and began work as a stuntman and a double on set, where he worked as a stuntman on The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Testi continued stunt work and getting roles in low budget genre films until he was cast in Vittorio De Sica's film The Garden of the Finzi-Continis. Following this film, Testi became a star in Italy, appearing in some artistic films by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi and Claude Chabrol. Testi also continued to work in poliziotteschi genre films in the 1970s as well as a few gialli, and gained infamy for his publicised relationships with actresses Ursula Andress and Charlotte Rampling. Testi's popularity as an actor slowed towards the 1980s after which he predominantly worked in television series. By the early 2000s, Testi also began appearing in reality shows such as Gran Hermano VIP. Since 2006 he has been involved in Italian politics, running for Mayor of Verona as a member of Cattolici Liberali Cristiani.

* 08/02/1941

Vera Brosgol(39)

Crew | Moscow (RU)

Vera Brosgol, also known as the Verabee (b. August 2, 1984, in Moscow), is a cartoonist and storyboard artist.

* 08/02/1984

Jacinda Barrett(51)

Actress | Brisbane (AU)

Jacinda Barrett Macht (born 2 August 1972) is an Australian actress and former model. She first became known to audiences as a cast member on The Real World: London (1995) before appearing in films such as The Human Stain (2003), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), Ladder 49 (2004), The Namesake (2006), Poseidon (2006), and The Last Kiss (2006). She appeared in the series The Following in 2013 and joined the main cast of the Netflix series Bloodline, which launched in 2015.

* 08/02/1972
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