People: Famous People born on 04/08 (April)

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621 people found (page 1/21):

Robin Wright(58)

Actress | Dallas, Texas (US)

Robin Gayle Wright (born April 8, 1966) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Jenny Curran in Forrest Gump, as Buttercup in The Princess Bride, and as Mary Surratt in The Conspirator. She has also been credited as Robin Wright Penn.

Known for: Beowulf, Unbreakable, The Princess Bride

* 04/08/1966

Katee Sackhoff(44)

Actress | Portland, Oregon (US)

Katee Sackhoff (born April 8, 1980) is an American actress. She is known for playing Lieutenant Kara "Starbuck" Thrace on the Sci Fi Channel's television program Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009), Niko Breckenridge on the Netflix series Another Life (2019–2021), Victoria "Vic" Moretti on the A&E / Netflix series Longmire and Bo-Katan Kryze on the Disney+ series The Mandalorian (2020-present). She also provided the voice for Kryze in Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2012–2020) and Star Wars Rebels (2017), as well as the voice of Bitch Pudding on Robot Chicken (2005–present). She was nominated for four Saturn Awards for her work on Battlestar Galactica and won the award for Best Supporting Actress on Television in 2005. Sackhoff also starred in the short-lived TV series The Fearing Mind (2000–2001) and The Education of Max Bickford (2001–2002). She had recurring roles in the TV series Bionic Woman (2007), Nip/Tuck (2009), and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2010–2011). Sackhoff had a lead role in the eighth season of 24 as Dana Walsh (2010). She had recurring roles on The Flash as Blacksmith and appeared twice as herself on The Big Bang Theory. She had lead roles in the films Halloween: Resurrection (2002), White Noise: The Light (2007), Batman: Year One (2011), The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia (2013), Sexy Evil Genius (2013), Riddick (2013), Oculus (2013), and Don't Knock Twice (2016).

Known for: Riddick, Halloween: Resurrection, Oculus, Battlestar Galactica

* 04/08/1980

Patricia Arquette(56)

Actress | Chicago, Illinois (US)

Patricia Arquette (born April 8, 1968) is an American actress. She made her feature film debut as Kristen Parker in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) and has since starred in several film and television productions. She has received several awards including an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. She had starring roles in several critically acclaimed films, including True Romance (1993), Ed Wood (1994), Flirting with Disaster (1996), Lost Highway (1997), The Hi-Lo Country (1998), Bringing Out the Dead (1999) and Little Nicky (2000). From 2005 to 2011, she starred as a character based on the medium Allison DuBois in the supernatural drama series Medium, winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2005. For playing a single mother in the coming-of-age film Boyhood (2014), which was filmed from 2002 until 2014, Arquette won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Further success came for starring as a prison worker in the miniseries Escape at Dannemora (2018) and as Dee Dee Blanchard in the drama The Act (2019). They both won her Golden Globe Awards in addition to a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress for the latter. She has since starred in the Apple TV+ thriller series Severance (2022) and comedy series High Desert (2023).

Known for: True Romance, Boyhood, Stigmata, Medium

* 04/08/1968

Taylor Kitsch(43)

Actor | Kelowna, British Columbia (CA)

Taylor Kitsch is a Canadian actor and model best known for his portrayal of football player Tim Riggins on the NBC series "Friday Night Lights". He was in many movies including the supernatural film "The Covenant", the X-Men spin-off "X-Men Origins: Wolverine", the Disney film "John Carter", the war film "Lone Survivor" and HBO's lgbt drama "The Normal Heart". In November 2014, he was cast in the second season of HBO's popular anthology crime series "True Detective"..

Known for: X-Men Origins: Wolverine, John Carter, Battleship, Friday Night Lights

* 04/08/1981

Mikey Madison(25)

Actress | Los Angeles, California (US)

Mikey Madison was born on March 25, 1999 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) and Scream (2022).

Known for: Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, Scream, Lady in the Lake

* 04/08/1999

Ana de la Reguera(47)

Actress | Veracruz, Veracruz (MX)

Ana de la Reguera grew up in the tropical state of Veracruz, on the Gulf Coast of Mexico. She began her performance arts studies in the Cultural Institute of Veracruz, then left for Televisa's Center for Artistic Education (CEA) and TV Aztecas' artistic institute (CEFAC) in Mexico City, later taking study with Lisa Robertson and Aaron Spicer in Los Angeles and acting coach Juan 'Carlos Corzza in Spain. In theatre she participated in "El Cartero" ("Il Postino") for which she received two awards: one for "Best Actress" from the Association of Theatre Journalists in Mexico and the other for the year's "Most Promising Actress" from the Association of Theatre Critics and Journalists.

Known for: Nacho Libre, Army of the Dead, Goliath, Narcos

* 04/08/1977

John Schneider(64)

Actor | Mount Kisco, New York (US)

John Richard Schneider (born April 8, 1960) is an American actor and singer. He is best known for his portrayal of Beauregard "Bo" Duke in the American television action/comedy series The Dukes of Hazzard (opposite Tom Wopat, Catherine Bach, and James Best), Jonathan Kent in the 2001–2011 TV series Smallville, and James "Jim" Cryer on the television series The Haves and the Have Nots, created by Tyler Perry. Alongside his acting career, Schneider has been a country singer since the early 1980s, releasing nine studio albums, a greatest hits package, and eighteen singles. This total includes "I've Been Around Enough to Know", "Country Girls", "What's a Memory Like You", and "You're the Last Thing I Needed Tonight", all of which reached the top of the Billboard country singles charts.

Known for: The Rebound, Sydney White, The Dukes of Hazzard, Smallville

* 04/08/1960

Levy Tran(41)

Actress | San Jose, California (US)

Vy Le "Levy" Tran (born April 8, 1983) is an American actress and model.

Known for: The First Purge, MacGyver, The Haunting of Hill House, Shameless

* 04/08/1983

Sung Kang(52)

Actor | Gainesville, Georgia (US)

Kang was born in Gainesville, Georgia, to South Korean immigrant parents and spent his adolescence in California. He attended the University of California, Riverside. While in college he chose acting over law school, a decision which was met with disappointment from his parents due to their concerns over the lack of Asians on American television and lack of job prospects.His first major role was in Better Luck Tomorrow (2002), in which he played Han Lue, an aloof gang member and the cousin of Virgil Hu (played by Jason Tobin). He was one of the stars in The Motel, in which he played Sam Kim. He played the same character Han Lue in The Fast and the Furious film franchise, appearing in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Fast & Furious, Fast Five, Fast & Furious 6, and F9 as well as the short film Los Bandoleros. He also had a role in Jet Li's film War (2007), playing an FBI agent, and was featured in the movie Forbidden Warrior as Doran, a son of Genghis Khan. He had a small role in the action movie Live Free or Die Hard, and he appeared in Walter Hill's movie Bullet to the Head (2013) as Detective Taylor Kwon, opposite Sylvester Stallone.Kang has had several notable television roles, including the recurring role of the narcissistic President Gin Kew Yun Chun Yew Nee in the Korean drama parody "Tae Do (Attitudes and Feelings, Both Desirable and Sometimes Secretive)" alongside Bobby Lee on MADtv. He portrayed FBI Agent Tae Kim in the short-lived crime procedural Gang Related on FOX. Both roles required him to speak Korean, which he is conversant in. The character Tae Kim was written specifically for him by creator Chris Morgan, who had worked on the Fast & Furious film franchise.

Known for: Fast & Furious 6, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Bullet to the Head, Fast Five

* 04/08/1972

Haruka Shiraishi(29)

Actress | Tokyo (JP)

Haruka Shiraishi (白石晴香, Shiraishi Haruka) is a voice actress from Tokyo, Japan. She was affiliated with Hirata, but is currently affiliated with Toy's Factory.

Known for: From Up on Poppy Hill, ORESUKI: Are you the only one who loves me?, Himouto! Umaru-chan, Metallic Rouge

* 04/08/1995

Kane Hodder(69)

Actor | Auburn, California (US)

Kane Warren Hodder (born April 8, 1955) is an American actor, stuntman, and author. Hodder is best known for his portrayal of Jason Voorhees in the Friday the 13th franchise, with four appearances in the film series: Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (in which he also played Freddy Krueger's clawed glove hand), and Jason X; and one in the video game Friday the 13th: The Game. He is also known for his role as Victor Crowley in the Hatchet series. He also played Leatherface during the stunts of Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III and the motion capture in the video game The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

Known for: Se7en, Daredevil, Monster, Hatchet

* 04/08/1955

JR Bourne(54)

Actor | Toronto, Ontario (CA)

David J.R. Bourne (born April 8, 1970) is a Canadian actor. He's best known for his roles as Isaac on Mayans M.C., Tom Price on Somewhere Between, Russell Lightbourne VII / Sheidheda on The 100, Kenny Ryan on the drama series Revenge, Chris Argent on Teen Wolf, Martouf / Lantash on Stargate SG-1, and Ray in The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005). He is perhaps best known in Canada for his appearance in a Molson I Am Canadian television commercial.

Known for: Miracle Desert, Mayans M.C., Teen Wolf, The 100

* 04/08/1970

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John Gavin(† 86)

Actor | Los Angeles, California (US)

John Gavin (born Juan Vincent Apablasa; April 8, 1931 – February 9, 2018) was an American actor and diplomat who was the president of the Screen Actors Guild (1971–73), and the United States Ambassador to Mexico (1981–86). Among the films he appeared in were A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958), Imitation of Life (1959), Spartacus (1960), Psycho (1960), Midnight Lace (1960) and Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967), playing leading roles for producer Ross Hunter.

Known for: Psycho, Spartacus, A Time to Love and a Time to Die, Thoroughly Modern Millie

* 04/08/1931

Skai Jackson(22)

Actress | New York City, New York (US)

Skai Jackson (born April 8, 2002) is an American actress best known for portraying the role of Zuri Ross in the Disney Channel sitcom Jessie (2011–2015), which she subsequently reprised in its sequel Bunk'd (2015–2018). Jackson began acting at the age of five, making her debut in the film Liberty Kid (2007). She has provided the voice of Glory Grant across the Marvel Rising series (2018–2019) and voiced Summer in the animated series DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders (2019–2022). In 2019, Jackson released her debut book, Reach for the Skai: How to Inspire, Empower, and Clapback. The following year, she was a semi-finalist on the 29th season of Dancing with the Stars.

Known for: Arthur, The Rebound, The Smurfs, BUNK'D

* 04/08/2002

Hywel Bennett(† 73)

Actor | Garnant, Carmarthenshire, Wales (GB)

Hywel Bennett (1944-2017) was a Welsh film and television actor best known for the trio of films he made in the '60s and '70s with Hayley Mills, and for his starring role in ITV's long running sitcom Shelley.

Known for: Percy, The Family Way, Neverwhere, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

* 04/08/1944

Taran Noah Smith(40)

Actor | San Francisco, California (US)

Taran Noah Smith is an American businessman and former actor. He performed the role of Mark Taylor on the sitcom Home Improvement, for which he won two Young Artist Awards in 1992 and 1994.

Known for: Little Bigfoot 2: The Journey Home, Ebbie, Home Improvement, Batman Beyond

* 04/08/1984

Gerardo Celasco(42)

Actor | Miami (US)

Gerardo Celasco (born April 8, 1982), also known as Adrian Bellani, is an American actor. He was the second actor to play the role of Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald on the NBC daytime drama, Passions.

Known for: Moneyball, Swimming with Sharks, Devil in Ohio, NEXT

* 04/08/1982

Edward Mulhare(† 74)

Actor | Cork (IE)

Edward Mulhare (8 April 1923 – 24 May 1997) was an Irish actor whose career spanned five decades. He is best known for his starring roles in two television series, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir and Knight Rider.

Known for: Von Ryan's Express, Knight Rider 2000, Knight Rider, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir

* 04/08/1923

Sadie Calvano(27)

Actress | Los Angeles, California (US)

Sadie Calvano (born April 8, 1997) is an American actress, known for her role as Violet Plunkett on the CBS sitcom Mom. In 2016, she played the title role in the television film The Perfect Daughter. She was a competitive gymnast before focusing on acting full-time after fourth grade.

Known for: The Package, Secrets of a Marine's Wife, Mom, Why Women Kill

* 04/08/1997

Tim Thomerson(78)

Actor | Coronado, California (US)

Joseph Timothy Thomerson (born April 8, 1946) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Jack Deth in the Trancers film series, his work in numerous low-budget features, and his comedic television roles. He appeared in the films Uncommon Valor, Air America, Volunteers, Who's Harry Crumb?, Iron Eagle, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Known for: Near Dark, Uncommon Valor, Trancers, Volunteers

* 04/08/1946

Sara Botsford(73)

Actress | Dobie, Ontario (CA)

Sara Botsford (born August 4, 1951) is a Canadian television and film actress. She starred in the CTV drama series E.N.G. (1989-1994) for which received Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role.

Known for: Anne of Green Gables, E.N.G., Ride, The Lizzie Borden Chronicles

* 04/08/1951

Stuart Pankin(78)

Actor | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (US)

Stuart Pankin (born April 8, 1946) is an American actor. He is known for his role as anchor Bob Charles in Not Necessarily the News and as the voice of Earl Sinclair in Dinosaurs. Stuart is also known for his portrayal of Commander Edward Plank in the Zenon trilogy films, and Orthodox Jew Ben Heineman in Curb Your Enthusiasm, as well as making many guest appearances in many television shows and for lending his voice to various animated shows and films. Among his approximately three dozen films was Hollywood Knights. He also appeared in Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves and Arachnophobia and as Jimmy in Fatal Attraction.

Known for: Congo, Fatal Attraction, Arachnophobia, Not Necessarily the News

* 04/08/1946

Gabriella Wilde(35)

Actress | Basingstoke, Hampshire (GB)

Gabriella Zanna Vanessa Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, better known by her stage name Gabriella Wilde or Gabriella Calthorpe, is an English model and actress best known for her roles in The Three Musketeers (2011) and Carrie (2013).Wilde was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire, U.K. She is descended from the aristocratic Gough-Calthorpe family.Her father, businessman John Austen Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, is a former chairman of the Watermark Group, and the grandson of baronet Fitzroy Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe. Her mother, Vanessa Mary Theresa (née Hubbard), is the former wife of socialite Sir Dai Llewellyn, 4th Baronet.Vanessa is a former model who sat for David Bailey and John Swannell. Through her maternal grandfather, Wilde is a descendant of Montagu Bertie, 6th Earl of Abingdon and General Hon. Thomas Gage. Wilde's maternal grandmother's parents were peers Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Glossop and Mona Fitzalan-Howard, 11th Baroness Beaumont. Wilde has a younger sister, Octavia, as well as five half-siblings: Olivia and Arabella, from her mother's first marriage and Georgiana, Isabella, and Jacobi, from her father's first marriage, to Lady Mary-Gaye Curzon. She is also "unofficial stepsisters" with Pandora Cooper-Key and Cressida Bonas, Lady Mary-Gaye's other daughters. Isabella and Olivia are also actresses.

Known for: The Three Musketeers, Carrie, Endless Love, Poldark

* 04/08/1989

Emma Caulfield(51)

Actress | San Diego, California (US)

Emma Caulfield Ford (born April 8, 1973) is an American actress. She is best known for her starring role as former demon Anya Jenkins on the supernatural drama television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1998–2003), which earned her a nomination for the Satellite Award for Best Cast. She had recurring roles as Susan Keats on the Fox teen drama series Beverly Hills, 90210 (1995–1996), as Emma Bradshaw on the CW teen drama series Life Unexpected (2010–2011), and as Sarah Proctor on the Disney+ miniseries WandaVision (2021), a role she will reprise in its spin-off Agatha (2024). She starred in the supernatural horror film Darkness Falls (2003) and in the romantic comedy film Timer (2009), and had a supporting role in the comedy film Back in the Day (2014).

Known for: Hollow, TiMER, Darkness Falls, WandaVision, Fear the Walking Dead, Supergirl, Buffy the Vampire Slayer

* 04/08/1973

Alexis Krause(43)

Actress | San Francisco, California (US)

Alexis Krause is an actress.

Known for: Jersey Boys, The Ugly Truth, How I Met Your Mother, Pure Genius

* 04/08/1981

Paola Nuñez(39)

Actress | Tijuana, Baja California (MX)

Paola Nuñez was born on April 8, 1985 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. She is an actress and producer, known for Without Her(2005), Desire(2013) and Behindthe Power(2013).

Known for: Bad Boys for Life, Resident Evil, The Purge, The Son

* 04/08/1985

Noel Chik King-Man(55)

Actress | Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]

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* 04/08/1969

Stephanie Cayo(36)

Actress | Lima (PE)

Stephanie Cristina Cayo Sanguinetti (born April 8, 1988) is a Peruvian actress, singer and songwriter.She gained recognition as a leading lady in the youth telenovela Besos robados. She is known in Colombia for participating in productions such as La Marca del Deseo, Doña Bella, La Secretaria and later starred in La Hipocondríaca.

Known for: Force of Nature, Yucatán, Out of the Clear Blue Sky, Club de Cuervos

* 04/08/1988

Kirsten Storms(40)

Actress | Orlando, Florida (US)

Kirsten Storms (born April 8, 1984) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Zenon Kar in the Zenon trilogy, Emily in Johnny Tsunami, and Bonnie Rockwaller in Kim Possible. Storms played Isabella "Belle" Black on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives from 1999 to 2004. In 2005, Storms was cast as the character Maxie Jones on the ABC soap opera General Hospital and its spin-off General Hospital: Night Shift.

Known for: Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century, Kim Possible: So the Drama, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital