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People: Famous People born on 04/06 (April)

April 5 — Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar — April 7 All fixed commemorations below are observed on April 19 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. For April 6th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on March 24. ()

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Paul Rudd(55)

Actor | Passaic, New Jersey (US)

Paul Stephen Rudd (born April 6, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer. He studied theater at the University of Kansas and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts before making his acting debut in 1991.Rudd's films include Clueless (1995), Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995), Romeo + Juliet (1996), The Object of My Affection (1998), Wet Hot American Summer (2001), Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Knocked Up (2007), This Is 40 (2012), Wanderlust (2012), Mute (2018), The Fundamentals of Caring (2016), Ideal Home (2018), and Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021). He also has played Ant-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in Ant-Man (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), the animated series What If…? (2021) and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023).In addition to his film career, Rudd has appeared in numerous television shows, including the NBC sitcom Friends as Mike Hannigan, along with guest roles on Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, Reno 911! and Parks and Recreation, and has also hosted Saturday Night Live multiple times. He starred in a dual role in the Netflix comedy series Living with Yourself, which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy. He stars in the miniseries The Shrink Next Door (2021).He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in July 2015. He was named as part of the Forbes Celebrity 100 in 2019. In 2021, Rudd was named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive".

* 04/06/1969

Michael Rooker(69)

Actor | Jasper, Alabama (US)

Michael Rooker (born April 6, 1955) is an American actor known for his roles as Henry in Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986), Chick Gandil in Eight Men Out (1988), Terry Cruger in Sea of Love (1989), Rowdy Burns in Days of Thunder (1990), Bill Broussard in JFK (1991), Hal Tucker in Cliffhanger (1993), Jared Svenning in Mallrats (1995), Detective Howard Cheney in The Bone Collector (1999), Grant Grant in Slither (2006), Merle Dixon in AMC's The Walking Dead (2010–2013) and Yondu Udonta in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), its sequel, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), and the animated TV series What If...? (2021).Since 2006, he has been a frequent collaborator of filmmaker James Gunn.

* 04/06/1955

Peyton List(26)

Actress | Florida (US)

Peyton Roi List (born April 6, 1998) is an American actress. List began her career as a child model for tween magazines and companies before transitioning to acting. A child actress at the time, List made her acting debut with the film 27 Dresses in 2008, and soon became recognized for playing Holly Hills in the 2011–2012 Diary of a Wimpy Kid film series. List rose to international attention for portraying Emma Ross on the Disney Channel series Jessie (2011–2015), a role which she reprised in the spinoff series Bunk'd (2015–2018, 2021). List has since portrayed Laina Michaels in the YouTube Premium films The Thinning (2016) and The Thinning: New World Order (2018), Olivia Richmond on the Hulu web series Light as a Feather (2018), and Tory Nichols in the Netflix (previously YouTube Premium) series Cobra Kai (2019–present). List's other works in film include starring in Remember Me (2010), The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010), Bereavement (2010), Something Borrowed (2011), The Seventh Dwarf (2014), The Outcasts (2017), Valley Girl (2020) and Paper Spiders (2020). She has also appeared in the television films Secrets in the Walls (2010) and The Swap (2016).

* 04/06/1998

Marilu Henner(72)

Actress | Chicago, Illinois United States

Marilu Henner (born April 6, 1952) is an American actress. She began her career appearing in the original production of the musical Grease in 1971, before making her screen debut in the 1977 comedy-drama film Between the Lines. In 1978, Henner was cast in her breakthrough role as Elaine O'Connor Nardo in the ABC/NBC sitcom Taxi, a role she played until 1983 and received five Golden Globe Award nominations for. She later had co-starring roles in films such as Hammett (1982), The Man Who Loved Women (1983), Cannonball Run II (1984), Johnny Dangerously (1984), Rustlers' Rhapsody (1985), Ladykillers (1988), L.A. Story (1991), and Noises Off (1992). She returned to television with a starring role in the CBS sitcom Evening Shade (1990–1994), and later had leading roles in many television films.

* 04/06/1952

Billy Dee Williams(87)

Actor | New York City, New York (US)

William December Williams Jr. (born April 6, 1937) is an American actor, novelist and painter. He has appeared in over 100 films and television roles over six decades. He is most known for portraying Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars franchise and has also appeared in critically acclaimed and popular titles such as Mahogany (1975), Scott Joplin (1977), and Nighthawks (1981), as Harvey Dent in Batman (1989) and The Lego Batman Movie (2017), The Last Angry Man (1959), Carter's Army, The Out-of-Towners (1969), The Final Comedown and Lady Sings the Blues (both 1972), Hit! (1973), Fear City and Terror in the Aisles (both 1984), Alien Intruder (1993) or The Visit (2000). Raised in Harlem, Williams made his Broadway theatre debut at age seven in The Firebrand of Florence (1945). He later graduated from The High School of Music & Art, then won a painting scholarship to the National Academy of Fine Arts and Design, where he won a Hallgarten Prize for painting in the mid-1950s. He returned to acting to fund his art supplies, including stage, films, and television. He continued painting; his work has since been shown in galleries and collections worldwide. Williams’ film debut was in The Last Angry Man (1959), but he came to national attention in the television movie Brian's Song (1971), which earned him an Emmy nomination for Best Actor. In the 1980s, he was cast as Lando Calrissian in The Empire Strikes Back (1980), becoming the first black actor with a major role in the Star Wars franchise. He reprised his role in subsequent Star Wars films and media. Williams's television work includes over 70 credits starting in 1966 including recurring roles over the decades in Gideon's Crossing; Dynasty, General Hospital: Night Shift; and General Hospital. Numerous cameos and supporting roles included being paired with Marla Gibbs on The Jeffersons, 227, and The Hughleys. Later work included voice acting in the series Titan Maximum (2009), and appearing on the reality show Dancing with the Stars (2014). His work has earned him numerous awards and honors including three NAACP Image Awards, and the NAACP Lifetime Achievement award. He was inducted into the Black Filmmaker's Hall of Fame in 1984, and earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1985.

* 04/06/1937

Diora Baird(41)

Actress | Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida (US)

Diora Lynn Baird (born April 6, 1983) is an American actress and former model for clothing brand Guess?.

* 04/06/1983

John Ratzenberger(77)

Actor | Bridgeport, Connecticut (US)

John Dezso Ratzenberger is an American actor, voice actor, director, producer, writer and entrepreneur. He is one of the most successful actors of all time in terms of box-office receipts. Ratzenberger is best known for portraying Cliff Clavin on the popular comedy series Cheers, for which he earned two Primetime Emmy nominations. He is the only voice actor to appear in every Pixar Animation Studios feature film, including Hamm in the Toy Story franchise, The Underminer in The Incredibles franchise, and Mack in the Cars franchise.Ratzenberger began his entertainment career while living in London in the 1970s. He had minor film and television roles throughout the late 70s and early 1980s before creating, and then landing, the role of the know-it-all mailman Cliff Clavin on Cheers, a role he portrayed throughout the show's eleven seasons. His first Pixar role was the voice of Hamm in Toy Story, and he has voiced Pixar characters in films and video games ever since. From 2004 to 2008 he hosted the TV documentary series Made in America. Outside of acting, he has promoted American entrepreneurship and manufacturing, and campaigned for several Republican candidates.

* 04/06/1947

Kathleen Barr(57)

Actress | Canada (CA)

Kathleen Barr is a Canadian-American voice actress.

* 04/06/1967

Zach Braff(49)

Actor | South Orange, New Jersey (US)

Zachary Israel "Zach" Braff (born April 6, 1975 in South orange, New Jersey) is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, and director. Braff first became known in 2001 for his role as Dr. John Dorian on the TV series Scrubs, which earned him his first Emmy nomination. Braff remained working on Scrubs for eight years, until he announced his departure as an actor, his last episode airing in December 2009. Braff has, however, taken an executive producer's role on the series.In 2004, Braff made his directorial debut with Garden State, a coming of age film. Braff returned to his home state of New Jersey to shoot the film, which was produced on a budget of $2.5 million. The film made over $35 million at the box office as well as profiting from DVD sales, and was praised by critics, giving Braff his first financial success and critical acclaim in film work. Braff wrote the film, starred in it, and selected and produced the soundtrack record, for which he won a Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack Album in 2005.Braff is also known for starring in the films The Last Kiss and The Ex, and for his vocal work on Chicken Little. In 1993, he had a supporting role in Woody Allen's Manhattan Murder Mystery – a role that would mark his film debut. Braff states that he will continue to write and direct films in the coming years.

* 04/06/1975

Candace Cameron Bure(48)

Actress | Panaroma City, California (US)

Candace Cameron (born April 6, 1976) is an American actress and author best known for playing DJ Tanner on the television series Full House. She is the sister of Kirk Cameron and the sister-in-law of Chelsea Noble. She also had a role as Summer on Make It or Break It.

* 04/06/1976

Rie Miyazawa(51)

Actress | Tokyo (JP)

Rie Miyazawa is a Japanese actress and former teen idol. She is regarded as one of Japan's top actresses, and her accolades include six Japan Academy Film Prizes and three Kinema Junpo AwardsMiyazawa began her career as a child model, seeing wide exposure as the original face of Mitsui Rehouse, and made her acting debut in the 1988 film Seven Day's War, for which she won the Japan Academy Award for Newcomer of the Year at age sixteen. Her short-lived music career began with the single "Dream Rush" in 1989, and the next year she performed at the prestigious Kōhaku Uta Gassen television special.Miyazawa quickly rose to prominence as one of the top idols of the early Heisei period, attracting controversy for her 1991 nude photography book Santa Fe, which moved 1.5 million copies. Her personal struggles were further scrutinized, including a high-profile engagement to sumo wrestler Takanohana, a suicide attempt and battle with anorexia nervosa. By 1996, she went into hiatus and briefly resettled in San Diego.She took on a few television drama roles in the late 1990s, and returned to the big screen in the Taiwanese films The Cabbie (2000) and Peony Pavilion (2001). She co-starred in the highly-acclaimed 2002 film The Twilight Samurai, which marked a full-fledged comeback for Miyazawa and remains as her most recognizable role both domestically and internationally. She saw further success in The Face of Jizo and Tony Takitani (2004), and received several accolades for Pale Moon (2014) and Her Love Boils Bathwater (2016).

* 04/06/1973

Roy Thinnes(86)

Actor | Chicago (US)

Roy Thinnes (born April 6, 1938) is an American former television and film actor best known for his portrayal of lonely hero David Vincent in the ABC 1967–68 television series The Invaders. He starred in the 1969 British science fiction film Doppelgänger (a.k.a. Journey to the Far Side of the Sun outside Britain), and also played Manhattan District Attorney Alfred Wentworth in the pilot episode of Law & Order.

* 04/06/1938
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Teddy Sears(47)

Actor | Washington, D.C. (US)

Edward M. Sears (born April 6, 1977) is an American actor, known for his roles as Richard Patrick Woolsley on the TNT legal drama series Raising the Bar, Patrick on the first season of FX anthology horror drama American Horror Story (retroactively titled Murder House), Dr. Austin Langham on the Showtime period drama series Masters of Sex, and DC Comics supervillain Zoom as the main antagonist of the second season of the television series The Flash.

* 04/06/1977

Eliza Coupe(41)

Actress | New Hampshire (US)

Eliza Kate Coupe (born April 6, 1981) is an American actress, comedian and model, known for playing Jane Kerkovich-Williams in the ABC comedy series Happy Endings, Denise "Jo" Mahoney in the final two seasons of the medical comedy-drama Scrubs, her starring role as Tiger on the Hulu comedy series Future Man, and her recurring role as Hannah Wyland in Quantico. She starred in the Fox comedy Pivoting in 2022. Most recently, she had supporting roles in the Netflix series Murderville and the CBS legal drama So Help Me Todd.

* 04/06/1983

Charlie McDermott(34)

Actor | West Chester, Pennsylvania (US)

Charles Joseph McDermott Jr. (born April 6, 1990) is a retired American television and film actor, and musician, best known for his role as Axl Heck on ABC's The Middle. He was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance in the acclaimed film Frozen River.

* 04/06/1990

Ivan Dixon(† 76)

Actor | New York City, New York (US)

Ivan Nathaniel Dixon III was an American actor, director, and producer best known for his series role in the 1960s sitcom Hogan's Heroes, and for his starring roles in the 1964 independent drama Nothing But a Man and the 1967 television film The Final War of Olly Winter.

* 04/06/1931

Seo Yea-ji(34)

Actress | Seoul (KR)

Seo Yea-ji (Hangul: 서예지, born April 6, 1990) is a South Korean actress and model.She debuted in cable channel tvN's sitcom "Potato Star 2013QR3". Following her debut, Seo served multiple performances that were all critically acclaimed. She was also praised from viewers as the 'New Thriller Queen' when she starred in OCN thriller mystery television series Save Me (2017).On January 2020, Seo joined newly established entertainment agency Gold Medalist as one of the two senior actors under the organization alongisde Kim Soo-hyun. Seo's first venture with her new management company came with tvN and Netflix broadcast romance drama It's Okay to Not Be Okay (2020).Her acting caught attention globally; The New York Times named the series one of "The Best International Shows of 2020" and described Seo's performance as "mesmerizing". She also experienced a substantial rise in popularity and attracted media attention in Korea and internationally following her performance as the anti-social author Ko Moon-young.

* 04/06/1990

You Taichi(30)

Actress | Saitama Prefecture (JP)

You Taichi is a Japanese voice actress from Saitama Prefecture. She is affiliated with VIMS.She passed her audition for the first role in the TV anime ERASED.

* 04/06/1994

Lori Heuring(51)

Actress | Panama City (PA)

Lori Ann Heuring (born April 6, 1973) is a Panamanian-born American film and television actress, perhaps most known for her starring role in 8mm 2, as Alice Richards in The Locket (2002), and as Mrs. Kesher in David Lynch's Mulholland Drive (2001).

* 04/06/1973

Casey Simpson(20)

Actor | Los Angeles, California (US)

Casey Simpson (born April 6, 2004) is an American actor, best known for his role as Ricky Harper on the Nickelodeon series Nicky, Ricky, Dicky and Dawn (2014-2018).

* 04/06/2004

Miguel Ángel Silvestre(42)

Actor | Castelló, Comunitat Valenciana (ES)

Miguel Ángel Silvestre is a spanish actor born in Castelló de la Plana (Valencia). He has studied interpretation, modern dance and acrobatics. His firsts works were in tv shows like 'Motivos personales' or movies like 'A golpes'. Fame came after 2008 with his role as 'Duque' in spanish tv show 'Sin tetas no hay paraiso'. He has also participated in other shows like 'Aida' or 'Velvet' and movies like 'The Pelayos' or 'Los amantes pasajeros' directed by Pedro Almodóvar,.

* 04/06/1982

Suchitra Sen(† 82)

Actress | Pabna (BD)

Suchitra Sen was an Indian actress who worked in Bengali and Hindi cinema. The movies in which she was repeatedly paired opposite Uttam Kumar became classics in the history of Bengali cinema. Often referred to as the Madhubala of Bengal, Roma Dasgupta, who was born in Pabna district on April 6 in the year 1931, made her Tollywood debut in 1952 with ‘Shesh Kothay’ which never saw the light of day.The following year, she filmed ‘Sharey Chuattor’ with none other than the heartthrob of Bengal at the time – Uttam Kumar, and her career took off. Her first official release, however, was Sukumar Dasgupta's Saat Number Kayedi (1953). More than anything else, audiences loved the chemistry of the two stars. Sen and Kumar went on to do several hit films together like ‘Harano Sur’ and ‘Saptapadi’ and were loved by film watchers so much that their names 'Uttam-Suchitra' are still taken together by Bengali film lovers.From 1979 on, she retreated from public life and shunned all forms of public contact; for this she is often compared to Greta Garbo. In 2005, she refused the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest cinematic award in India, to stay out of the public eye.

* 04/06/1931

Barry Levinson(82)

Crew | Baltimore, Maryland (US)

Barry Levinson (born April 6, 1942) is an American screenwriter, director, actor, and producer of film and television. His best-known films include "The Natural" (1984), "Good Morning, Vietnam" (1987), "Rain Man" (1988), "Sleepers" (1996), and "Wag the Dog" (1997).

* 04/06/1942

Shaun Toub(61)

Actor | Tehran (IR)

Shaun Toub is an Iranian-American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Farhad in the 2004 movie Crash, as Rahim Khan in the movie The Kite Runner, and as Yinsen in the film adaptation of the Iron Man comic book series.Toub, who is of Persian Jewish background, was born in Tehran, Iran and raised in Manchester, England (his family left Iran before the 1979 revolution). At the age of fourteen, he moved to Switzerland and after a two year stay, he crossed the Atlantic to Nashua, New Hampshire to finish his last year of high school. His high school yearbook notes: "The funniest guy in school and the most likely to succeed in the entertainment world." After two years of college in Massachusetts, Shaun transferred to USC.Shaun is active in the Iranian Jewish community. Through various charity events and public speaking engagements, he inspires the community to embrace the arts, as the arts enhance everyday life. He has been a recipient of the Sephard award at the Los Angeles Sephardic Film Festival. Toub currently resides in Los Angeles.

* 04/06/1963

Jonathan Firth(57)

Actor | Essex, England (GB)

Jonathan Stephen Firth (born 6 April 1967) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles in such noted British television productions as Middlemarch, Far from the Madding Crowd, and Victoria & Albert.

* 04/06/1967

Myha'la Herrold(28)

Actress | San Jose (US)

Myha'la Herrold (/maɪˈhɑːlə/; born 1996) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Harper Stern in the British television drama Industry and her role as Jordan in the comedic horror film Bodies Bodies Bodies. She acted primarily in theater roles before being cast in Industry, including on the Broadway production of The Book of Mormon.

* 04/06/1996

Oliver Korittke(56)

Actor | Berlin (DE)

Oliver Korittke (born 6 April 1968) is a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films since 1972. In Wilsberg he plays the role of Ekkehard Talkötter, an official tax inspector.

* 04/06/1968

Ted Gehring(† 71)

Actor | Bisbee, Arizona (US)

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* 04/06/1929

Prashanth Thyagarajan(51)

Actor | Chennai, Tamil Nadu (IN)

Prashanth is an Indian film actor known for his works predominantly in Tamil cinema. He has also appeared in few Telugu films, Bollywood and Malayalam films. The son of actor-director Thiyagarajan.

* 04/06/1973

Dudley Sutton(† 85)

Actor | Kingston, Surrey (GB)

Dudley Sutton was a British actor famous for his work with directors such as Sidney J. Furie, Ken Russell, Derek Jarman and Sally Potter and for playing Tinker Dill in the long running BBC drama series Lovejoy.

* 04/06/1933
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