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People: Famous People born on 06/08 (June)

June 7 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 9 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 21 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. For June 8th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 26. ()

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Frank Grillo(58)

Actor | New York City, New York (US)

Frank Anthony Grillois an American actor known for his roles in films such as Warrior(2011),The Grey(2012),End of Watch(2012) andZero Dark Thirty(2012). He had his first leading role inThe Purge: Anarchy(2014), portraying Sergeant Leo Barnes; he reprises this role inThe Purge: Election Year(2016). He also plays theMarvelsupervillainBrock Rumlow / Crossbonesin theMarvel Cinematic Universe. He has appeared as the character in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Captain America: Civil War (2016), and Avengers: Endgame (2019). Grillo was born June 8, 1965 inNew York Cityas the oldest of three children, and is of Italian heritage. He graduated from New York Universitywith a business degree and spent a year onWall Streetbefore being asked to do aMiller Genuine Draft beer commercial.

* 06/08/1965

Sônia Braga(73)

Actress | Maringá, Paraná (BR)

Sônia Maria Campos Braga (born June 8, 1950) is a Brazilian actress. She's known for herGolden Globe Award–nominated performances inKiss of the Spider Woman (1985) andMoon over Parador(1988). She received aBAFTA Awardnomination in 1981 forDona Flor and Her Two Husbands(first released in 1976). She was nominated for anEmmy Awardand a third Golden Globe Award for her role in for the 1994 television filmThe Burning Season. In 2020,The New York Timesranked her #24 in its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century.

* 06/08/1950

Kanye West(46)

Actor | Atlanta, Georgia (US)

Ye ( YAY; born Kanye Omari West KAHN-yay; June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and fashion designer. One of the world's best-selling music artists with 160 million records sold, West has won 24 Grammy Awards, the joint tenth-most of all time and most awarded for any hip hop artist jointly with Jay-Z. His other accolades include a Billboard Artist Achievement Award, a joint-record three Brit Awards for Best International Male Solo Artist and the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. West's first six solo albums—The College Dropout (2004), Late Registration (2005), Graduation (2007), 808s & Heartbreak (2008), My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010), and Yeezus (2013)—were included on Rolling Stone's 2020 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list, with the same publication naming him one of the 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time. He has also released the collaborative albums Watch the Throne (2011) with Jay-Z, Kids See Ghosts (2018) with Kid Cudi, and Vultures 1 (2024) with Ty Dolla Sign. West holds the joint record (with Bob Dylan) for most albums (4) topping the annual Pazz & Jop critic poll. Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2005 and 2015. As a fashion designer, he has collaborated with Nike, Inc., Louis Vuitton, Gap Inc., and A.P.C. on clothing and footwear and led the Yeezy collaboration with Adidas. West's outspoken views have received significant media coverage. He has been a frequent source of controversy due to his conduct on social media and at awards shows and public settings, as well as his comments on the music and fashion industries, U.S. politics, race, and slavery. His Christian faith, high-profile marriage to Kim Kardashian, and mental health have also been topics of media attention. In 2020, West launched an unsuccessful independent presidential campaign that advocated for a consistent life ethic. In October 2022, he was widely condemned and lost many sponsors and partnerships—including his collaborations with Adidas, Gap, and Balenciaga—after making a series of antisemitic statements, including praising Adolf Hitler and denying the Holocaust.

* 06/08/1977

Eion Bailey(47)

Actor | Santa Ynez Valley, California (US)

Eion Francis Hamilton Bailey ( EE-on; born June 8, 1976) is an American actor. He stars as Jim Matthews in the MGM+ horror series From. He played Pvt. David Kenyon Webster in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers and appeared in the films Fight Club, Center Stage, Mindhunters, and Sexual Life. He had a recurring role on the USA Network TV series Covert Affairs and played August (Pinocchio) in the ABC TV series Once Upon a Time. He also had a recurring role as Ray, a psychopathic killer in the CBS series Stalker. Bailey married Weyni Mengesha, an award-winning Canadian theatre director, in 2011. The couple have two children.

* 06/08/1976

Joan Rivers(† 81)

Actress | Brooklyn, New York (US)

Joan Alexandra Molinsky, known professionally as Joan Rivers, was an American comedian, actress, writer, producer, and television host. She was noted for her often controversial comedic persona—heavily self-deprecating and sharply acerbic, especially towards celebrities and politicians.

* 06/08/1933

Henry Brandon(† 78)

Actor | Berlin (DE)

Henry Brandon (born Heinrich von Kleinbach; 8 June 1912 – 15 February 1990) was an American film and stage character actor with a career spanning almost 60 years, involving more than 100 films; he specialized in playing a wide diversity of ethnic roles.

* 06/08/1912

Boris Dulenkov(† 73)

Crew | Moscow (SU)

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* 06/08/1918

J.P. Manoux(54)

Actor | Fresno, California (US)

Jean-Paul 'J.P.' Manoux (born June 8, 1969) is an American actor.

* 06/08/1969

Kathy Baker(73)

Actress | Midland, Texas (US)

Kathy Baker is an American stage, film and television actress.

* 06/08/1950

Dan Futterman(56)

Actor | Silver Spring, Maryland (US)

Daniel Paul Futterman (born June 8, 1967) is an American actor, screenwriter, and producer. Futterman wrote the screenplay for the film Capote, for which he received an Academy Award nomination, an Independent Spirit, Boston Society of Film Critics, and Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards. He received a second Academy Award nomination for co-writing the script to Foxcatcher in 2014. Futterman is also known for several acting roles, including Val Goldman in the film The Birdcage, and Vincent Gray on the CBS television series Judging Amy.

* 06/08/1967

Jerry Stiller(† 92)

Actor | Brooklyn, New York City, New York (US)

Gerald Isaac Stiller (June 8, 1927 – May 11, 2020) was an American comedian and actor. He spent many years as part of the comedy duo Stiller and Meara with his wife, Anne Meara, to whom he was married for over 60 years until her death in 2015. Stiller saw a late-career resurgence starting in 1993, playing George Costanza's father Frank on the sitcom Seinfeld, a part which earned him an Emmy nomination. The year Seinfeld went off the air, Stiller began his role as the eccentric Arthur Spooner on the CBS comedy series The King of Queens, another role that garnered widespread acclaim. Stiller appeared together with his son Ben Stiller in films such as Zoolander, Heavyweights, Hot Pursuit, The Heartbreak Kid, and Zoolander 2. He also performed voice-over work for films and television, including The Lion King 1½ and Planes: Fire and Rescue. In his later career, Stiller became known for portraying grumpy and eccentric characters who were nevertheless beloved.

* 06/08/1927

Mark Feuerstein(52)

Actor | New York City, New York (US)

Mark Feuerstein (born June 8, 1971) is an American actor. He had an early, recurring role in several episodes of Caroline in the City, playing the title character's new boyfriend, and later gained notice in a guest appearance in an episode of Season 2 of Sex and the City. He went on to appear in TV series The West Wing (2001–2005), Royal Pains (2009–2016), Prison Break (2017), and co-wrote, co-produced as well as starred in the short-lived CBS sitcom 9JKL. In 2022, he received a Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Performance nomination for his work in The Baby-Sitters Club.

* 06/08/1971
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Julianna Margulies(57)

Actress | Spring Valley, New York (US)

Julianna Margulies (born July, 8, 1966) is an American film and television actress, best known for her role on ER, for which she won an Emmy Award, and The Good Wife, for which she won a Golden Globe, two Emmy and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

* 06/08/1966

Keenen Ivory Wayans(65)

Actor | New York City, New York (US)

Keenen Ivory Wayans was born on June 8, 1958.

* 06/08/1958

Torrey DeVitto(39)

Actress | Huntington, New York (US)

Torrey Joël DeVitto is an American actress and former fashion model. She's best known for her starring role as Dr. Natalie Manning on NBC's Chicago Med.Her first starring role was as Karen Kerr on the ABC Family drama series Beautiful People. She followed this up with recurring roles asCarriein The CW drama One Tree Hill(2008–2009), asMelissa Hastingsin the ABC Family/Freeform mystery drama Pretty Little Liars(2010–2017), and as Dr. Meredith Fell inThe CWfantasy dramaThe Vampire Diaries(2012–2013).She also starred as Maggie Hall in the final season ofLifetime's drama seriesArmy Wives(2013).She then landed a starring role as Dr. Natalie Manning, one of the original characters in NBC's Chicago Med (2015-2021).

* 06/08/1984

Evin Ahmad(33)

Actress | Stockholm, Stockholms län (SE)

Evin Ahmad (Kurdish: ئەڤین ئەحمەد, romanized: Evîn Ehmed; born (1990-06-08)8 June 1990) is a Kurdish-Swedish actress and author. She has been nominated twice for Guldbagge Awards.

* 06/08/1990

Griffin Dunne(68)

Actor | New York City, New York (US)

Thomas Griffin Dunne (born June 8, 1955), known professionally as Griffin Dunne, is an American actor, film producer, and film director. Dunne studied acting at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City. He is known for portraying Jack Goodman in An American Werewolf in London (1981) and Paul Hackett in After Hours (1985), for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.

* 06/08/1955

Robert Preston(† 68)

Actor | Newton Highlands, Massachusetts (US)

Robert Preston Meservey (June 8, 1918 – March 21, 1987) was an American stage and film actor and singer. He is best known for originating the role of Professor Harold Hill in the 1957 musical The Music Man for which he received the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He reprised the role in the 1962 film adaptation, for which he received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy nomination. Preston made his Broadway debut in The Male Animal in 1952. He won two Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Musical for The Music Man (1957) and I Do! I Do! (1967) and was Tony-nominated for Mack and Mabel (1975). Preston collaborated twice with filmmaker Blake Edwards, first in S.O.B. (1981) and again in Victor/Victoria (1982), the later earning him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

* 06/08/1918

Alison Araya(34)

Actress | Sydney (AU)

Alison Araya is an actress.

* 06/08/1989

Mamoru Miyano(40)

Actor | Saitama Prefecture (JP)

Mamoru Miyano is a Japanese voice actor and singer. He has also appeared as Prince Ismir in the stage production "Crest of the Royal Family" (王家の紋章 Ōke no monshō).

* 06/08/1983

James Darren(87)

Actor | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (US)

James William Ercolani (born June 8, 1936) known by his stage name James Darren, is an American television and film actor, television director, and singer. During the late 1950s and early 1960s, he had notable starring and supporting roles in films including Gidget (1959) and its sequels, The Gene Krupa Story (1959), All the Young Men (1960), The Guns of Navarone (1961), and Diamond Head (1962). As a teen pop singer, he achieved hit singles including "Goodbye Cruel World" in 1961. He later became more active in television, starring as Dr. Anthony Newman in the science fiction series The Time Tunnel (1966–1967). He appeared in the regular role of Officer III James Corrigan in the police drama T. J. Hooker (1983–1986) and in the recurring role of Vic Fontaine in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1998–1999).

* 06/08/1936

Millicent Martin(89)

Actress | Romford, Essex, England (GB)

Millicent Martin is an English actress, singer and comedienne.

* 06/08/1934

Dana Wynter(† 79)

Actress | Berlin (DE)

Dana Wynter (born Dagmar Winter; 8 June 1931 – 5 May 2011) was a German-born British actress, who was raised in the United Kingdom and southern Africa. She appeared in film and television for more than 40 years, beginning in the 1950s. Her best-known film performance was in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956). A tall, dark, elegant beauty, she played both victim and villain. Her characters both in film and on television sometimes faced horrific dangers, which they often did not survive, but she also played scheming, manipulative women on television mysteries and crime procedural dramas.

* 06/08/1931

Kelli Williams(53)

Actress | Los Angeles, California (US)

Kelli Renee Williams (born June 8, 1970) is an American actress and director. She is known for her roles as lawyer Lindsay Dole on the ABC legal drama The Practice, psychologist and deception expert Dr. Gillian Foster on the Fox series Lie to Me, Jackie Clarke on the Lifetime series Army Wives, and Margaret Reed on the NBC drama series Found.

* 06/08/1970

Jess Weixler(42)

Actress | Louisville, Kentucky (US)

Jess Weixler (born 1981 or 1982) is an American actress. She played Dawn O'Keefe in the comedy horror film Teeth and Jordan in the comedy The Big Bad Swim.

* 06/08/1981

Anthony Boyle(29)

Actor | United Kingdom, Northern Irish

Anthony Boyle (born 8 June 1994) is an actor from Northern Ireland. A graduate of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Boyle began his acting career on London stage and rose to prominence for originating the role of Scorpius Malfoy in the West End and Broadway productions of the play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (2016), for which he won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. He has also appeared in the films Tolkien (2019) and Tetris (2023) as well as the miniseries The Plot Against America (2020) and Masters of the Air (2024).

* 06/08/1994

Lexa Doig(50)

Actress | Toronto, Ontario (CA)

Alexandra Doig is a Canadian actress. She played the title role in the science fiction television series Andromeda (2000–2005). She also played the lead female role of Rowan in the science fiction-action horror film Jason X (2001), the tenth installment of the Friday the 13th film series. Since 2015, Doig has appeared in the Aurora Teagarden mystery television film series on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel.

* 06/08/1973

Kevin Farley(58)

Actor | Madison, Wisconsin (US)

Kevin Peter Farley is an American actor, production designer, singer, dancer, occasional composer and aspiring stand-up comic.

* 06/08/1965

Minami Tsuda(34)

Actress | Kanagawa Prefecture (JP)

Minami Tsuda is a Japanese voice actress. She is affiliated with Aoni Production.

* 06/08/1989

Richard Fleeshman(34)

Actor | Manchester, Greater Manchester, England (GB)

Richard Jonathan Fleeshman (born 8 June 1989) is an English actor and singer-songwriter. His television career began as a twelve-year-old, playing Craig Harris for four years in Coronation Street before going on to become an established TV, West End and Broadway performer.

Known for: Call the Midwife
* 06/08/1989
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