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People: Famous People born on 12/08 (December)

December 7 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 9 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on December 21 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. For December 8th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on November 25. ()

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Ian Somerhalder(45)

Actor | 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.

* 12/08/1978

Tanner Buchanan(25)

Actor | Burbank, California (US)

Tanner Buchanan is an actor, known for Cobra Kai (2018), Designated Survivor (2016), The Fosters (2013) and Grey's Anatomy (2005).

* 12/08/1998

Matthias Schoenaerts(46)

Actor | Antwerp (BE)

Matthias Schoenaerts is a Belgian actor, film producer, and graffiti artist of Flemish origin. He made his film debut at the age of 13 in Daens, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Wikipedia.

* 12/08/1977

Kim Basinger(70)

Actress | Athens, Georgia (US)

Kimila Ann Basinger (born December 8, 1953) is an American actress and former fashion model. She has garnered acclaim for her work in film and television, for which she has received various accolades including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.Following a brief but successful career modeling in New York, Basinger moved to Los Angeles where she began acting on television in 1976. She appeared in several made-for-TV films, including a remake of From Here to Eternity (1979), before making her feature debut in the drama Hard Country (1981). Hailed as a sex symbol of the 1980s and 1990s, Basinger came to prominence for her performance of Bond girl Domino Petachi in Never Say Never Again (1983). She went on to receive a Golden Globe nomination for her work in The Natural (1984), starred in the erotic drama 9½ Weeks (1986), and played Vicki Vale in Tim Burton's Batman (1989), which remains the highest-grossing film of her career. For her femme fatale portrayal in L.A. Confidential (1997), Basinger won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other films include No Mercy (1986), Blind Date (1987), My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988), Cool World (1992), The Real McCoy (1993), I Dreamed of Africa (2000), 8 Mile (2002), The Door in the Floor (2004), Cellular (2004), The Sentinel (2006), The Burning Plain (2009), Grudge Match (2013), and Fifty Shades Darker (2017).Divorced from makeup artist Ron Snyder and actor Alec Baldwin, Basinger cohabits with her longtime hairdresser, Mitch Stone. She had a high-profile relationship between marriages with the late musician Prince, with whom she recorded an album, Hollywood Affair, and is the mother of social media influencer Ireland Baldwin from her marriage to Alec.

* 12/08/1953

AnnaSophia Robb(30)

Actress | Denver, Colorado (US)

AnnaSophia Robb (born December 8, 1993) is an American actress, model, and singer.She began as a child actress on television, making her leading debut as the titular role in Samantha: An American Girl Holiday (2004). She made her feature film debut in Because of Winn-Dixie (2005), followed by the supporting role of Violet Beauregarde in Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005). Her performance as Leslie Burke in Bridge to Terabithia (2007) garnered her recognition and praise, and two Young Artist Awards. Her subsequent film roles include Race to Witch Mountain (2009), Soul Surfer (2011), and The Way Way Back (2013). She received wider recognition and praise for playing the lead role of Carrie Bradshaw on The CW's series The Carrie Diaries (2013–2014). In 2019, she played the role of Gypsy Blanchard's neighbor Lacey in the Hulu miniseries The Act.

* 12/08/1993

Teri Hatcher(59)

Actress | Palo Alto, California (US)

Teri Lynn Hatcher (born December 8, 1964) is an American actress and singer best known for her portrayals of Lois Lane on the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993–1997), Paris Carver in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), Mel Jones and the Beldam in Coraline (2009), and Susan Mayer on the television series Desperate Housewives (2004–2012), for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy and three Screen Actors Guild Awards (one as lead female actor, two as part of Best Ensemble), and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.

* 12/08/1964

David Carradine(† 72)

Actor | Hollywood, Los Angeles, California (US)

David Carradine ( KARR-ə-deen; born John Arthur Carradine Jr.; December 8, 1936 – June 3, 2009) was an American actor, martial artist, director, and producer, whose career included over 200 major and minor roles in film, television and on stage, spanning more than six decades. He was widely known to television audiences as the star of the 1970s television series Kung Fu, playing Kwai Chang Caine, a peace-loving Shaolin monk traveling through the American Old West. A member of the Carradine family of actors, he got his break playing Atahuallpa in the Broadway play The Royal Hunt of the Sun. He appeared in two early Martin Scorsese films: Boxcar Bertha and Mean Streets, and played Woody Guthrie in the critically-acclaimed biopic Bound for Glory (1976), which earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. He received nominations for a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award for his work on Kung Fu. Later in his career, he became known for his B movie and martial arts roles, but experienced a resurgence after playing the title character in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill duology. He received additional Golden Globe nominations for his performances in the television miniseries North and South (1985), and Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004), for which he won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor. On April 1, 1997, Carradine received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Throughout his life, Carradine was arrested and prosecuted for a variety of offenses, which often involved substance abuse. Films that featured Carradine continued to be released after his death. In addition to his acting career, Carradine was a director and musician. Moreover, influenced by his Kung Fu role, he studied martial arts, particularly Shaolin quan.

* 12/08/1936

Utkarsh Ambudkar(40)

Actor | Baltimore, Maryland (US)

Utkarsh Ambudkar (born December 8, 1983), also known by his stage name UTK the INC, is an American actor, rapper, and singer.His television roles includeThe Mindy Project,White Famous,Never Have I Ever, andGhosts (US). He also appeared in theHululimited seriesThe Dropout(2022). Some of his film roles include Pitch Perfect, Blindspotting, Brittany Runs a Marathon, The Broken Hearts Gallery, Free Guy, and Tick, Tick... Boom!.He made hisBroadwaydebut inLin-Manuel Miranda's improvisational hip-hop showFreestyle Love Supremein 2019.

* 12/08/1983

Ned Dennehy(58)

Actor | Ireland (IE)

Ned Dennehy (born 8 December 1965) is an Irish actor who has appeared in multiple films and television programmes. He is best known for his role as Mider in The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog. He also appeared in Blitz, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and the independent British feature film Downhill.

* 12/08/1965

Cho Yi-hyun(24)

Actress | Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi (KR)

Cho Yi Hyun is a South Korean actress. She was born on December 8, 1999 and made her acting debut in 2017. Since then, she has appeared in various films and television dramas, including “How to Buy a Friend” (2020).

* 12/08/1999

Wendell Pierce(60)

Actor | New Orleans, Louisiana (US)

Wendell Edward Pierce (born December 8, 1963) is an American actor and businessman. Having trained at Juilliard School, Pierce rose to prominence as a character actor portraying roles on both stage and screen. He first gained recognition portraying the role of Detective Bunk Moreland in the acclaimed HBO drama series The Wire from 2002 to 2008. His other notable television roles includes the trombonist Antoine Batiste in Treme (2010–2013), James Greer in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018–2023), the attorney Robert Zane in Suits (2013–2019), and Clarence Thomas in Confirmation (2016). He earned Independent Spirit Awards nominations for his film roles in Four (2012) and Burning Cane (2019), which he also served as a producer. Other notable film roles include Malcolm X (1992), Waiting to Exhale (1995), Ray (2004), Selma (2014), The Gift (2015) and Clemency (2019). Pierce made his Broadway debut in John Pielmeier's 1985 play The Boys of Winter, followed by Caryl Churchill's Serious Money in 1988. As a theatrical producer, he earned a Tony Award for Best Play nomination for August Wilson's Radio Golf (2007), then winning for Bruce Norris's Clybourne Park (2012). He performed the lead role of Willy Loman in the revival of Death of a Salesman on the West End in London in 2019 and on Broadway in New York in 2022, for which he earned Laurence Olivier Award and Tony Award nominations.

* 12/08/1963

James MacArthur(† 72)

Actor | Los Angeles, California (US)

James Gordon MacArthur (December 8, 1937 – October 28, 2010) was an American actor and recording artist. He had a long career in both movies and television, and his early work was predominantly in supporting roles in films. Later, he had a starring role as Danny "Danno" Williams in the long-running television series Hawaii Five-O. In 1963, his spoken-word recording "The Ten Commandments of Love" charted on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 94.

* 12/08/1937
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Lee J. Cobb(† 64)

Actor | New York City, New York (US)

Lee J. Cobb (December 8, 1911 - February 11, 1976)) was an American actor best known for his performance in 12 Angry Men (1957), his Academy Award-nominated performance in On the Waterfront, and one of his last films, The Exorcist (1973). He also played the role of Willy Loman in the original Broadway production of Arthur Miller's 1949 play Death of a Salesman under the direction of Elia Kazan. On television, Cobb costarred in the first four seasons of the popular, long-running western series The Virginian. He typically played arrogant, intimidating, and abrasive characters, but often had roles as respectable figures such as judges. Born Leo Jacob in New York City, he grew up in The Bronx, before studying at New York University and making his film debut in The Vanishing Shadow (1934). Cobb performed in numerous theater productions and companies, including Group Theatre (New York) before serving in the First Motion Picture Unit of the Army Air Force during World War II. Following the war, Cobb returned to film, television and theater before being accused of being a Communist in 1951 testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee by Larry Parks, himself a former Communist Party member. Cobb was called to testify before HUAC but refused to do so for two years until, with his career threatened by the blacklist, he relented in 1953 and gave testimony in which he named 20 people as former members of the Communist Party USA. Following the hearing he resumed his career and worked with Elia Kazan and Budd Schulberg, two other HUAC "friendly witnesses", on the 1954 film On the Waterfront, which is widely seen as an allegory and apologia for testifying. His 1968 performance as King Lear achieved the longest run (72 performances) for the play in Broadway history. One of his final film roles was that of police detective Lt. Kinderman in the 1973 horror film The Exorcist.Cobb died of a heart attack in February 1976 in Woodland Hills, California, and was buried in Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. He was survived by his second wife, Mary Hirsch, and daughter, also an accomplished actress, Julie Cobb.

* 12/08/1911

Matthew Labyorteaux(57)

Actor | Los Angeles, California (US)

Matthew Labyorteaux (born December 8, 1966) is an American actor who is best known for portraying Albert Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie.

* 12/08/1966

Dominic Monaghan(47)

Actor | Berlin (DE)

Dominic Monaghan (born 8 December 1976) is an English actor. He has received international attention from playing Merry in Peter Jackson's adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and for his role as Charlie Pace on the television show Lost.

* 12/08/1976

Marisa Abela(27)

Actress | Brighton (GB)

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* 12/08/1996

Owen Teague(25)

Actor | Florida (US)

Owen William Teague (born December 8, 1998) is an American actor. He was born and raised in Tampa, Florida, and is known for his roles in The Stand, Mrs. Fletcher, Inherit the Viper, To Leslie, Montana Story, Gone in the Night, Bloodline, and the episode "Arkangel" of the fourth season of Black Mirror (2017). Teague also appeared as Patrick Hockstetter in It and It Chapter Two, and had key roles in the drama Every Day and the thriller I See You. In 2020, he was cast as Harold Lauder in the CBS miniseries The Stand.

* 12/08/1998

David Harewood(58)

Actor | Small Heath, Birmingham, England (GB)

David Harewood is an English actor, known for playing David Estes in Homeland andHank Henshaw in Supergirl.

* 12/08/1965

Maximilian Schell(† 83)

Actor | Vienna (AT)

Maximilian Schell (8 December 1930 – 1 February 2014) was a Swiss actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1961 American film Judgment at Nuremberg, his second acting role in Hollywood. Born in Austria, his parents were involved in the arts and he grew up surrounded by performance and literature. While he was still a child, his family fled to Switzerland in 1938 when Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany, and they settled in Zürich. After World War II ended, Schell took up acting and directing full-time. He appeared in numerous German films, often anti-war, before moving to Hollywood. Fluent in both English and German, Schell earned top billing in a number of Nazi-era themed films. Two earned him Oscar nominations: The Man in the Glass Booth (1975), for a character with two identities, and Julia (1977), portraying a member of a group resisting Nazism. His range of portrayals included personalities as diverse as Venezuelan leader Simón Bolívar, Russian emperor Peter the Great, and physicist Albert Einstein. For his role as Vladimir Lenin in the television film Stalin (1992) he won the Golden Globe Award. Schell also performed in a number of stage plays, including a celebrated performance as Prince Hamlet. Schell was an accomplished pianist and conductor, performing with Claudio Abbado and Leonard Bernstein, and with orchestras in Berlin and Vienna. His elder sister was the internationally noted actress Maria Schell; he produced the documentary tribute My Sister Maria in 2002.

* 12/08/1930

Greg Collins(71)

Actor | Troy, Michigan (US)

Greg Collins is an American film and television actor and former professional American football player.

* 12/08/1952

Sam Kinison(† 38)

Actor | Yakima, Washington (US)

Samuel Burl "Sam" Kinison (December 8, 1953 – April 10, 1992) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. He was known for his intense, harsh and politically incorrect humor. A former Pentecostal preacher, he performed stand-up routines that were most often characterized by an intense style, similar to charismatic preachers, and punctuated by his trademark scream.

* 12/08/1953

Ben Hammer(† 91)

Actor | Brooklyn, New York (US)

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* 12/08/1925

Kevin McNulty(68)

Actor | Penticton, British Columbia (CA)

McNulty was born inPenticton,British Columbia,Canada. He has acted on three aviation movies:Falling from the Sky: Flight 174withWilliam Devane,Final DescentwithRobert UrichandSnakes on a PlanewithSamuel L. Jackson. He had a supporting role toRoger MooreandNancy AlleninBill Condon'sThe Man Who Wouldn't Die(1995). McNulty also appeared in the 2009 remake ofThe Uninvitedwhere he worked alongsideA Series of Unfortunate Events'Emily Browning. He also played The Reverend Roy Le Grange in the "Supernatural" TV episode "Faith" .

* 12/08/1955

Matt Adler(57)

Actor | Los Angeles, California (US)

Matthew D. Adler (born December 8, 1966) is an American film actor. He is best known for his supporting roles in the 1980s teenage films: Teen Wolf, White Water Summer, North Shore, and Dream a Little Dream. He currently works on additional dialogue recording for feature films. In 1986 he auditioned for the role of "Bill S. Preston Esquire" in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure being one of the final picks along with Keanu Reeves, Donovan Leitch and Gary Riley. The role ultimately went to Alex Winter who had initially auditioned for the part of Ted "Theodore" Logan.

* 12/08/1966

Kotono Mitsuishi(56)

Actress | Tokyo (JP)

Kotono Mitsuishi is a Japanese voice actress and narrator from Tokyo. She was affiliated with Arts Vision and Lasley Arrow. As a young girl, Mitsuishi lived in Nagareyama, Chiba. Mitsuishi graduated from high school in 1986, and entered the Katsuta Voice Actor's Academy.In 1988, Mitsuishi made her voice acting debut as Tomoyo in the OVA Ace wo Nerae! 2. She became an instant celebrity with her role as Usagi Tsukino, when Sailor Moon debuted in 1992, and her popularity increased again with her role as Misato Katsuragi in the anime television series Neon Genesis Evangelion, as well as Murrue Ramius in both Mobile Suit Gundam SEED and Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny, in 2002 and 2004 respectively.

* 12/08/1967

Kim Dawson(60)

Actress | Tifton, Georgia (US)

Kim Sill was born on December 8, 1963 in Tifton, Georgia as Kimberly Dawn Dawson. She is an actress and producer, and is now working as an animal rights activist.

* 12/08/1963

Francis Huster(76)

Actor | Neuilly-sur-Seine (FR)

Francis Huster (born 8 December 1947) is a French stage, film and television actor, director and scriptwriter.

* 12/08/1947

John Rubinstein(77)

Actor | Los Angeles, California (US)

John Rubinstein (born December 8, 1946) is an American actor, composer and director.

* 12/08/1946

Yang Se-chan(37)

Actor | Dongducheon, Gyeonggi (KR)

South Korean Comedian & Variety Show personality (Entertainer)

* 12/08/1986

Marianne Hagan(57)

Actress | Mount Pleasant, New York (US)

Marianne Louise Hagan (born December 8, 1966) is an American actress and writer. She played Kara Strode in the 1995 horror sequel Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, the sixth installment in the Halloween franchise.

* 12/08/1966
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