People: Famous People born on 05/15 (May)

May 14 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 16 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 28 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. For May 15th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 2. ()

639 people found (page 1/22):

Alexandra Breckenridge(41)

Actress | Bridgeport, Connecticut (US)

Alexandra Breckenridge (born May 15, 1982) is an American film and television actress and photographer, best known for playing different characters in the FX television series "American Horror Story", for portraying Jessie Anderson in the AMC series "The Walking Dead", and for giving her voice to various characters on the animated series "Family Guy".

Known for: She's the Man, Virgin River, This Is Us, American Horror Story, The Walking Dead

* 05/15/1982

David Krumholtz(45)

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

David Krumholtz (born May 15, 1978) is an American actor. He played Charlie Eppes on the CBS drama series Numb3rs from 2005 to 2010, and starred in the Harold & Kumar and Santa Clause film franchises.

Known for: Oppenheimer, Slums of Beverly Hills, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, The Deuce

* 05/15/1978

James Mason(† 75)

Actor | Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England (GB)

James Neville Mason (15 May 1909 – 27 July 1984) was an English actor. He achieved considerable success in British cinema before becoming a star in Hollywood. He was the top box-office attraction in the UK in 1944 and 1945; his British films included The Seventh Veil (1945) and The Wicked Lady (1945). He starred in Odd Man Out (1947), the first recipient of the BAFTA Award for Best British Film. Mason starred in such films as George Cukor's A Star Is Born (1954), Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959), Stanley Kubrick's Lolita (1962), Warren Beatty's Heaven Can Wait (1978) and Sidney Lumet's The Verdict (1982). He also starred in a number of successful British and American films from the 1950s to the early 1980s, including: The Desert Fox (1951), Julius Caesar (1953), Bigger Than Life (1956), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954),Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959),Georgy Girl (1966) and The Boys from Brazil (1978). Mason was nominated for three Academy Awards, three Golden Globes (winning the Golden Globe in 1955 for A Star is Born) and two BAFTA Awards throughout his career. Following his death in 1984, his ashes were interred near the tomb of his close friend, fellow English actor Sir Charlie Chaplin.

Known for: Lolita, A Star Is Born, North by Northwest, The Verdict

* 05/15/1909

Nicola Walker(53)

Actress | Stepney, East London, England (GB)

Nicola Walker (born 15 May 1970) is an English actress, known for her starring roles in various British television programmes from the 1990s onwards, including that of Ruth Evershed in the spy drama Spooks from 2003 to 2011. She has also worked in theatre, radio and film.

Known for: River, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Spooks, Unforgotten

* 05/15/1970

Tom Wu(51)

Actor | Hong Kong / HKSAR (CN)

Tom Wu (born 15 May 1972) is a Hong Kong-born British actor. He is a martial artist whose films include Shanghai Knights (2003), Out for a Kill (2003), Belly of the Beast (2003), Revolver (2005), Batman Begins (2005) and the Bollywood film Ra.One (2011). On television, he is known for his roles in the CBBC series Spirit Warriors (2010), the Netflix series Marco Polo (2014–2016) and the ITV crime drama Strangers (2018).

Known for: Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes, The Gentlemen, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, Ra.One

* 05/15/1972

Jamie-Lynn Sigler(42)

Actress | Jericho, Town of Oyster Bay, New York (US)

Jamie-Lynn Sigler (born May 15, 1981) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Meadow Soprano on the HBO series The Sopranos.

Known for: Dark Ride, I Do, The Sopranos, Entourage

* 05/15/1981

Russell Hornsby(49)

Actor | Oakland, California (US)

Russell Hornsby is an American stage and screen actor, best known for his portrayal of Detective Hank Griffin in the television series "Grimm". He holds an BFA in Theatre from the College of Fine Arts at Boston University.

Known for: The Hate U Give, Fences, Meet the Parents, After the Sunset

* 05/15/1974

Chazz Palminteri(71)

Actor | The Bronx, New York City, New York (US)

Calogero Lorenzo "Chazz" Palminteri (born May 15, 1952) is an American actor and writer, best known for his performances in The Usual Suspects, A Bronx Tale, Mulholland Falls and his Academy Award nominated role for Best Supporting Actor in Bullets Over Broadway.

Known for: The Usual Suspects, A Bronx Tale, Bullets Over Broadway, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

* 05/15/1952

Brenda Bakke(60)

Actress | Klamath Falls, Oregon (US)

Brenda Jean Bakke (born May 15, 1963) is an American actress, best known for her roles in 1990s films Hot Shots! Part Deux, Gunmen, Demon Knight, Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, and L.A. Confidential.

Known for: L.A. Confidential, Hot Shots! Part Deux, Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight, Under Siege 2: Dark Territory

* 05/15/1963

Lainie Kazan(83)

Actress | New York City, New York (US)

Lainie Kazan (born Lainie Levine; May 15, 1940) is an American actress and singer. She was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for St. Elsewhere and the 1993 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for My Favorite Year. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her role in My Favorite Year (1982). Kazan played Maria Portokalos in the My Big Fat Greek Wedding franchise. She also played Aunt Freida on The Nanny.

Known for: My Big Fat Greek Wedding, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, Gigli, You Don't Mess with the Zohan

* 05/15/1940

Chris Meledandri(64)

Crew | New York City, New York (US)

Christopher "Chris" Meledandri (born May 15, 1959) is an American film producer, and the founder and CEO of Illumination Entertainment.

Known for: Despicable Me 2, Despicable Me, Sing, Sing 2

* 05/15/1959

Nicholas Hammond(73)

Actor | Washington, D.C. (US)

Nicholas Hammond (born 15 May 1950) is an American and Australian actor and writer who is best known for his roles as Friedrich von Trapp in the film The Sound of Music and as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the 1970s television series The Amazing Spider-Man. He also appeared in the theatrical films as Spider-Man and its two sequels outside of North America.

Known for: The Sound of Music, Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, Stealth, Mirror, Mirror

* 05/15/1950

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Sophie Cookson(33)

Actress | Sussex, England (GB)

Sophie Cookson (born 15 May 1990) is an English film and television actress. She played Grace Mohune in the 2013 TV film of Moonfleet. In 2013, she was cast to play the female lead in Kingsman: The Secret Service. She is also co-starring with Adrien Brody in Lee Tamahori's historical film Emperor. She was raised in Sussex and is a 2013 graduate of the Oxford School of Drama.

Known for: Kingsman: The Secret Service, Infinite, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, The Huntsman: Winter's War, Moonfleet

* 05/15/1990

Lee Horsley(68)

Actor | Muleshoe, Texas (US)

Lee Arthur Horsley is an American film, television, and theater actor known for starring roles in the television series Nero Wolfe, Matt Houston, and Paradise. He starred in the 1982 film The Sword and the Sorcerer and recorded the audiobook edition of Lonesome Dove.Horsley began his acting career touring in stage productions of West Side Story, Damn Yankees, and Oklahoma!. In 1981, he portrayed TV detective Archie Goodwin in the short-lived NBC drama series Nero Wolfe. He played the title character in the detective series Matt Houston, as well as Ethan Allen Cord in the Western Heritage Award-winning series Paradise. This was followed by a lead role on Bodies of Evidence.He appeared in the feature-length cult film The Sword and the Sorcerer in 1982, and appeared in its sequel Tales of an Ancient Empire in 2010. He recorded the audiobook edition of Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove. In 2006, Horsley and Marshall R. Teague traveled the world in search of exotic game on the Outdoor Life Network for the reality show, Benelli's Dream Hunts. In 2012. he appeared in the Quentin Tarantino film Django Unchained, as Sheriff Gus, and also has a role as a stagecoach driver in Tarantino's 2015 western The Hateful Eight.

Known for: The Sword and the Sorcerer, The Hateful Eight, Showdown at Area 51, Paradise

* 05/15/1955

Joseph Cotten(† 88)

Actor | Petersburg, Virginia (US)

Joseph Cheshire Cotten (May 15, 1905 – February 6, 1994) was an American actor of stage and film. Cotten achieved prominence on Broadway, starring in the original productions of The Philadelphia Story and Sabrina Fair. He is associated with Orson Welles, leading to appearances in Citizen Kane (1941), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), Journey into Fear (1943), for which Cotten was also credited with the screenplay, and The Third Man (1949). He was a star in his own right with films such as Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Love Letters (1945), Portrait of Jennie (1948), and The Third Man (1949).

Known for: The Third Man, Citizen Kane, Gaslight, The Magnificent Ambersons

* 05/15/1905

Ashlynn Yennie(38)

Actress | Riverton, Wyoming (US)

Ashlynn Yennie is an American actress from Riverton, Wyoming. She is best known for playing the role of Jenny in the 2010 Dutch horror film, The Human Centipede.

Known for: Hidden Intentions, The Wrong Neighbor, NCIS, Undateable

* 05/15/1985

Jamie Harris(60)

Actor | England (GB)

Tudor St. John "Jamie" Harris (born 15 May 1963) is an English actor. He is the son of actor Richard Harris and socialite Elizabeth Rees-Williams. His two brothers are actor Jared Harris and director Damian Harris.

Known for: The Prestige, The New World, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Crank: High Voltage

* 05/15/1963

Tatsuya Fujiwara(41)

Actor | Saitama (JP)

Tatsuya Fujiwara was born on May 15, 1982 in Chichibu, Japan. He is known for his work on Battle Royale (2000), Battle Royale II (2003) and Death Note (2006).

Known for: Battle Royale, Battle Royale II: Requiem, Death Note, Memoirs of a Murderer

* 05/15/1982

Caroline Dhavernas(45)

Actress | Montreal, Quebec (CA)

Caroline Dhavernas is a French-Canadian film and television actress, best known for her portrayals of Jaye Tyler, the main character in the television series "Wonderfalls", and the female lead Dr. Alana Bloom in the series "Hannibal".

Known for: Breach, Goodbye World, Hannibal, Wonderfalls

* 05/15/1978

Dan Patrick(67)

Actor | Zanesville, Ohio (US)

Daniel Patrick Pugh (born May 15, 1956), known professionally as Dan Patrick, is an American sportscaster, radio personality, and actor from Mason, Ohio. He hosts The Dan Patrick Show broadcast on radio on Premiere Radio Networks and streaming on Peacock. He co-hosted NBC's Football Night in America and serves as a senior writer for Sports Illustrated. He worked at ESPN for 18 years, where he often anchored the weeknight and Sunday 11 p.m. edition of SportsCenter.Before working with ESPN, Patrick was known by his surname, "Dan Pugh", as an on-air personality with the album rock-formatted WVUD and then, WTUE in Dayton, Ohio (1979–1983). Patrick was then a sports reporter for CNN (1983–89), where his assignments included the World Series, NBA Finals and Winter Olympics. From 1989–1995, Patrick did a daily sports segment for Bob and Brian, a syndicated Wisconsin-area morning show, and in the early 1990s, he did sports updates for the Columbus, Ohio, Rock Station WLVQ and appeared on the morning show "Wags and Elliot.".

Known for: Just Go with It, The Ridiculous 6, The Benchwarmers, BASEketball

* 05/15/1956

Yoshino Aoyama(27)

Actress | Kumamoto Prefecture (JP)

Yoshino Aoyama (青山吉能, Aoyama Yoshino, May 15, 1996) is a Japanese voice actress from Kumamoto prefecture. She belongs to 81 Produce.

* 05/15/1996

Cleavant Derricks(70)

Actor | Knoxville, Tennessee (US)

Cleavant Derricks Jr. (born May 15, 1953) is an American stage and screen actor and Tony Award winning singer-songwriter, who may be best known for his role of Rembrandt Brown on Sliders.

Known for: Moscow on the Hudson, Dreamgirls, Sliders, Thea

* 05/15/1953

Greg Wise(57)

Actor | Newcastle upon Tyne, England (GB)

Greg Wise (born Matthew Gregory Wise) is a British stage, film and television actor who appeared in many supporting roles in British television series' as well as feature films, most notably as John Willoughby in Sense and Sensibility. He later married actress Emma Thompson in 2003.

Known for: Sense and Sensibility, Johnny English, Last Christmas, The Buccaneers

* 05/15/1966

Adrienne La Russa(75)

Actress | New York City, New York (US)

Adrienne La Russa (born May 15, 1948) is an American actress known for her role as Brooke Hamilton on Days of Our Lives, which she played from 1975 to 1977. Her film career included roles in The Black Sheep (1968), Beatrice Cenci (1969), Keep It in the Family (1973), The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) and Uncle Joe Shannon (1978).

Known for: The Man Who Fell to Earth, The Conspiracy of Torture, Psychout for Murder, Centennial

* 05/15/1948

Malcolm Stewart(75)

Actor | Montreal, Quebec (CA)

Malcolm Stewart (born May 15, 1948) is a Canadian film actor. Stewart graduated from the University of Vermont and later attended Columbia University Graduate School in New York. He made his Broadway debut in "Dracula" with Frank Langella, and has since appeared in Broadway shows including "Bedroom Farce" and "Torch Song Trilogy". He is also a licensed pilot.

Known for: Jumanji, Best in Show, Titanic, Riverdale

* 05/15/1948

Larry Holden(† 49)

Actor | Framingham, Massachusetts (US)

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Known for: Memento, Batman Begins, My Father's House, Insomnia

* 05/15/1961

Bryn Erin(50)

Actress | Toronto (CA)

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* 05/15/1973

Joseph Wiseman(† 91)

Actor | Montreal, Quebec (CA)

Joseph Wiseman (May 15, 1918 – October 19, 2009) was a Canadian-American theatre, film, and television actor who starred as the villain Julius No in the first James Bond film, Dr. No, in 1962. Wiseman was also known for his role as Manny Weisbord on the TV series Crime Story and his career on Broadway. He was once called "the spookiest actor in the American theatre".

Known for: Dr. No, Viva Zapata!, Lawman, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Shirley Temple's Storybook

* 05/15/1918

Akihiro Miwa(88)

Actor | Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture (JP)

Akihiro Maruyama (born May 15, 1935), better known by his stage name Akihiro Miwa, is a Japanese singer, actor, author and drag queen. As an actor he is known for voicing characters in Hayao Miyazaki films Princess Mononoke (1997) and Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

Known for: Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle, Black Lizard, Altered Carbon

* 05/15/1935

Dave Finkel(53)

Crew | Los Angeles, California (US)

Dave Finkel (born May 15, 1970) is an American television producer, actor, and screenwriter who has worked on many successful television shows. He often works with his screenwriting partner Brett Baer.

Known for: Baby Mama, Bad Sisters, United States of Tara, 30 Rock, New Girl