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People: Famous People born on 12/16 (December)

December 15 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 17 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on December 29 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. For December 16, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 3. ()

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Theo James(39)

Actor | Oxford (GB)

Theodore Peter James Kinnaird Taptiklis (born 16 December 1984), known professionally as Theo James, is an English actor. He gained recognition for playing Tobias Eaton in The Divergent Series film trilogy (2014–2016). He has starred in the horror films Underworld: Awakening (2012) and Underworld: Blood Wars (2016) and the science fiction film Archive (2020). In television, he appeared in the crime drama series Golden Boy (2012), the romance series The Time Traveler's Wife (2022), and the dark comedy series The White Lotus (2022), which earned him a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2024, he played the lead role in Guy Ritchie's action comedy series The Gentlemen.

* 12/16/1984

Krysten Ritter(42)

Actress | Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania (US)

Krysten Alyce Ritter (born December 16, 1981) is an American actress, director, musician, author, and model. She came to prominence when she appeared as Jane Margolis in the AMC drama series Breaking Bad from 2009 to 2010. She then had the title (and lead) role in two series: Chloe in the ABC sitcom Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (2012–2013), and superhero Jessica Jones in the Netflix series Jessica Jones (2015–2019). She also appeared as Jessica Jones in the 2017 miniseries The Defenders, and reprised her role as Jane Margolis in the 2019 Breaking Bad spinoff TV film El Camino.Ritter has also appeared in the television series Veronica Mars, Gilmore Girls, 'Til Death, and Gravity. She appeared in the films What Happens in Vegas (2008), Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009), She's Out of My League (2010), Veronica Mars (2014), Big Eyes (2014), and The Hero (2017).

* 12/16/1981

Benjamin Bratt(60)

Actor | San Francisco, California (US)

Benjamin George Bratt (born December 16, 1963) is an American actor. He is most known for his role as Rey Curtis on the TV series Law & Order; and his appearances in the movies Blood in Blood Out, Miss Congeniality, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Traffic, and Piñero. He starred on the A&E Network drama The Cleaner.

* 12/16/1963

Alban Lenoir(43)

Actor | Dijon (FR)

Alban Lenoir (born 16 December 1980) is a French actor, screenwriter and stuntman. He was nominated for the Lumières Award for Best Male Revelation for his leading role in the film French Blood (2015).

Known for: Taken, Erased, AKA, Hero Corp
* 12/16/1980

J.B. Smoove(59)

Actor | Plymouth, North Carolina (US)

Jerry Angelo Brooks (born December 16, 1965), commonly known by his stage name J. B. Smoove, is an American actor, comedian and writer. After beginning his career in 1995 on Def Comedy Jam, he was a writer and performer on NBC's Saturday Night Live (2003–06). He is best known for his starring roles on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm (2007–24) and the CBS sitcom The Millers (2013–15). He also portrayed a fictionalized version of himself on the BET improv-comedy reality television parody Real Husbands of Hollywood (2013–16).

* 12/16/1964

Miranda Otto(56)

Actress | Brisbane, Queensland (AU)

Miranda Otto (born 16 December 1967) is an Australian actress. The daughter of actors Lindsay and Barry Otto and the sister of actress Gracie Otto, she began acting at age eighteen, and has performed in a variety of independent and major studio films.Her first major film appearance was in the 1986 film Emma's War, in which she played a teenager who moves to Australia's bush country during World War II. In 1996, directorShirley Barrettcast Otto as a shy waitress in the filmLove Serenade. She starred in the 1997 filmsDoing Time for Patsy Cline and The Well, for which earned her third Australian Film Institute nomination. Her next project was the romantic comedyDead Letter Office(1998). The film was Otto's first with her father,Barry, who makes a brief appearance. Later that year, she starred in the film In the Winter Dark, directed by James Bogle, for which she was nominated for her fourth Australian Film Institute Award.After a decade of critically acclaimed roles in Australian films, she gained Hollywood's attention after appearing in supporting roles in The Thin Red Line (1998) and What Lies Beneath (2000). In 2001, she was cast as anaturalistin the comedyHuman Nature and appeared in theBBCadaptation ofAnthony Trollope'sThe Way We Live Now, as a strong-willed American Southerner. Her breakthrough role came in 2002, when she portrayed Éowyn in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Her character was introduced in the trilogy's second filmThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towersin 2002 and appeared in the third film,The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, the following year. Her performance earned her an Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films nomination for Best Supporting Actress.DirectorSteven Spielberg, impressed by Otto's performance inThe Lord of the Rings, called her to ask if she would play oppositeTom Cruisein the big-budget science fiction filmWar of the Worlds(2005). Otto, pregnant at the time, believed she would have to turn down the role, but the script was reworked to accommodate her.Her next project was playing the lead in the Australian filmDanny Deckchair (2003). She then took on the Australian televisionminiseriesThrough My Eyes: The Lindy Chamberlain Story(2004).At the 2005Logie Awards, Otto won Most Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series for her role.In 2007, Otto starred as Cricket Stewart, the wife of a successful director, in the television miniseriesThe Starter Wife. She had a starring role in the 2008 American television series Cashmere Mafia, and Australian films such as In Her Skin and Blessed (2009). She starred oppositeStephanie SigmanandAnthony LaPagliain the horror prequelAnnabelle: Creation. She portrayedZelda Spellmanin Netflix'sChilling Adventures of Sabrina(2018-2020).She made hertheatricaldebut in the 1986 production ofThe Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kantfor theSydney Theatre Company.[28]Three more theatrical productions for the Sydney Theatre Company followed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In 2002, she returned to the stage playing Nora Helmer inA Doll's Houseopposite her future husband Peter O'Brien. Otto's performance earned her a 2003Helpmann Awardnomination and the MO Award for "Best Female Actor in a Play". Her next stage role was in thepsychological thrillerBoy Gets Girl(2005).

* 12/16/1967

Terence Knox(77)

Actor | Richland (US)

Terence Knox was born on December 16, 1946 in Richland, Washington, USA as Terry Davis. He is an actor, known for Tour of Duty (1987), Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993) and Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (1992). He was previously married to Susan Gay Knox.

* 12/16/1946

Anna Popplewell(35)

Actress | London, England (GB)

Anna Popplewell is an English film, television and theater actress. She is known for her role as Susan Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia film series since 2005, as Chyler Silva in Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn since 2012, and Lady Lola in Reign since 2013.

* 12/16/1988

Luisa Ranieri(50)

Actress | Naples (IT)

Luisa Ranieri was born on December 16, 1973, in Naples, Campania, Italy. She is an actress in theater, cinema, and television, in 2001 she made her debut on the big screen as the protagonist in the film The Prince and the pirate, she is known for eros (2004), Letters to Juliet (2010), and The Friends at the Margherita Cafe (2009). Between 2009 and 2010 she acted in the theater with L'oro di Napoli by Gianfelice Imparato and Armando Pugliese, the latter also the director of the show, a theatrical transposition of the stories by Giuseppe Marotta that became famous thanks to the homonymous film by Vittorio De SicaIn 2021, she became widely famous by playing Aunt Patrizia in "The Hand of God" and became such a female icon for it.

* 12/16/1973

Xander Berkeley(68)

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

Alexander Harper Berkeley (born December 16, 1955) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles as Sheriff Thomas McAllister on the crime drama The Mentalist, George Mason on the political thriller series 24, Percy Rose on the action thriller series Nikita, the Man on The Booth At The End and Gregory in AMC's The Walking Dead. His notable film roles include Todd Voight in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Agent Gibbs in Air Force One, Bowery Snax in Sid and Nancy, Dr. Lamar in Gattaca, Trevor Lyle in Candyman and Ralph in Heat.

* 12/16/1955

Park Seo-jun(35)

Actor | Seoul (KR)

Park Seo-jun is a South Korean actor. Born on December 16, 1988, he made his debut in a 2011 music video for Bang Yong Guk’s single “I Remember”. He went on to star in such popular television dramas as “Dream High 2” (2012), “A Word From Warm Heart” (2013), “A Witch’s Romance” (2014), “Kill Me, Heal Me” (2015), “She Was Pretty” (2015), “Hwarang” (2016-2017) and “Fight My Way” (2017). In addition to his acting, Park Seo Joon served as host of the popular music variety show “Music Bank” from 2013 to 2015. His latest work was the hit drama “Itaewon Class” (2020), and he's currently filming the movie “Dream”.

* 12/16/1988

James Mangold(60)

Crew | New York City, New York (US)

James Mangold (born December 16, 1963) is an American film and television director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for the films Cop Land (1997), Girl, Interrupted (1999), Walk the Line (2005), The Wolverine (2013) and Logan (2017), the last of which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He then directed and produced the sports drama film Ford v Ferrari (2019), which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

* 12/16/1963
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Ben Cross(† 72)

Actor | London, England (GB)

Harry Bernard Cross (16 December 1947 – 18 August 2020) was an English stage and film actor. He was best known for his portrayal of the British Olympic athlete Harold Abrahams in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire and for playing Billy Flynn in the original West End production of the musical Chicago.

* 12/16/1947

Allan Graf(74)

Actor | Wichita, Kansas (US)

Allan Lee Graf (born December 16, 1949) is an American athlete, actor, stuntman and director. A high school All-American football player at San Fernando in Los Angeles, California, Graf played offensive guard for the undefeated national champion University of Southern California Trojans in 1972. After a brief experience playing professional football, Graf stumbled into stunt work, and over time has become a stunt coordinator in Hollywood, coordinating stunts in football movies like Any Given Sunday and Friday Night Lights. Graf likes to cast himself in onscreen stunt roles, and has appeared in many television shows and movies. Graf has become a second unit director, working on films such as Wayne's World, The Replacements, The Waterboy, We Were Soldiers, and Jerry Maguire.

* 12/16/1949

Sebastian Croft(22)

Actor | Oxford (GB)

Sebastian Theodore Kemble Croft is a British actor. He began his career as a child actor on stage before making his television debut as Young Ned Stark in Game of Thrones. He earned a BAFTA Children's Award nomination for his role as Atti in Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans.

* 12/16/2001

Shane Black(62)

Crew | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (US)

Shane Black (born December 16, 1961) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor who has written such films as Lethal Weapon and Lethal Weapon 2, The Monster Squad, The Last Boy Scout, Last Action Hero and The Long Kiss Goodnight. As an actor, Black is best known for his role as Rick Hawkins in Predator (1987).He made his directorial debut with the film Kiss Kiss Bang Bang in 2005. Black went on to write and direct Iron Man 3 (2013), The Nice Guys (2016) and The Predator (2018).

* 12/16/1961

Takeo Otsuka(57)

Actor | Tokyo (JP)

Takeo Otsuka (大塚 剛央, Ōtsuka Takeo, born October 19, 1992) is a Japanese voice actor from Tokyo. He is affiliated with I'm Enterprise.

* 12/16/1966

Liv Ullmann(85)

Actress | Tokyo (JP)

Liv Johanne Ullmann (born 16 December 1938) is a Norwegian actress. Recognised as one of the greatest European actresses of all time, Ullmann is known as the muse and frequent partner of filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. She acted in many of his films, including Persona (1966), Cries and Whispers (1972), Scenes from a Marriage (1973), The Passion of Anna (1969), and Autumn Sonata (1978). Ullmann won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama in 1972 for the film The Emigrants and has been nominated for another four. In 2000, she was nominated for the Palme d'Or for her second directorial feature film, Faithless. She has received two BAFTA Award nominations, and two nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress, for The Emigrants and Ingmar Bergman's Face to Face. On March 25, 2022, Ullmann was presented with an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of her "bravery and emotional transparency that has gifted audiences with deeply affecting screen portrayals".

* 12/16/1938

Jon Tenney(62)

Actor | Princeton, New Jersey (US)

Jonathan Frederick Tenney (born December 16, 1961) is an American actor. He played Special Agent Fritz Howard in TNT's The Closer and continued in its spinoff Major Crimes.

* 12/16/1961

Daniel Cosgrove(53)

Actor | New Haven, Connecticut (US)

Daniel Cosgrove is an American film and television actor.

* 12/16/1970

Larry Poindexter(64)

Actor | Dallas, Texas (US)

Larry Poindexter (born December 16, 1959) is an American actor and singer.

* 12/16/1959

Benny Andersson(77)

Actor | Vällingby (SE)

Benny Andersson (born 16 December 1946) is a Swedish musician, composer, member of the Swedish music group ABBA (1972–1982), and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia!. For the 2008 film version of Mamma Mia! he worked also as an executive producer. Since 2001 he is active with his own band Benny Anderssons orkester.

* 12/16/1946

Alison La Placa(64)

Actress | New Jersey (US)

Born in New Jersey and raised in suburban Chicago, Alison La Placa received a degree in drama from Illinois Wesleyan University and received extensive training in classical piano and voice. She has starred on stage in regional productions of the musicals "Dames at Sea" and "Company", as well as the Los Angeles Cast Theatre's production of "Strider". She is best known for her role as snobbish yuppie Linda Phillips on the situation comedy Duet (1987) and its spin-off Open House (1989). She resides in Los Angeles, California with her husband, actor/director Philip Charles MacKenzie (her co-star on "Open House"). In her spare time, La Placa enjoys playing classical piano and traveling to Italy.

* 12/16/1959

Terry Carter(95)

Actor | Brooklyn, New York (US)

Terry Carter (born John Everett DeCoste; December 16, 1928) is an American actor and filmmaker, known for his roles as Sgt. Joe Broadhurst on the TV series McCloud and as Colonel Tigh on the original Battlestar Galactica.

* 12/16/1928

Hallee Hirsh(36)

Actress | Omaha, Nebraska (US)

Hallee Leah Hirsh (born 1987/1988) is an American actress perhaps best known for her roles as Mattie Grace Johnson on JAG, Daley in the children's series Flight 29 Down, and as the adolescent and young adult Rachel Greene on ER.

* 12/16/1987

Peter Dante(55)

Actor | West Hartford, Connecticut (US)

Peter Francis Dante (born December 16, 1968) is an American character actor, comedian and singer. He frequently appeared in films from Happy Madison Productions alongside Adam Sandler.

* 12/16/1968

Kearran Giovanni(42)

Actress | Lafayette, Louisiana (US)

Kearran Giovanni is an American actress, best known for her role as Detective Amy Sykes in the TNT police procedural series Major Crimes.

* 12/16/1981

Nancy Valen(58)

Actress | Brooklyn, New York (US)

Nancy Valen (December 14, 1965) is an American actress and television producer. She is best known for portraying Captain Samantha Thomas on Baywatch and Melissa in The Heavenly Kid (1984).

* 12/16/1965

Gretchen Palmer(62)

Actress | Chicopee (US)

Gretchen Palmer (born December 16, 1961) is an American television and film actress, active from 1985 to 2017.

* 12/16/1961

Lance Lim(23)

Actor | Los Angeles (US)

Lance Dae Lim (born December 16, 2000) is an American actor known for his roles as Zack Kwan on the Nickelodeon television series School of Rock and as Runyen on the NBC TV series Growing Up Fisher.

* 12/16/2000
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