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People: Famous People born on 08/17 (August)

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Austin Butler(34)

Actor | Anaheim, California (US)

Austin Robert Butler (born August 17, 1991) is an American actor. He began his career on television, first in roles on the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon and later on teen dramas, including recurring parts on The CW's Life Unexpected (2010–2011) and Switched at Birth (2011–2012). He gained recognition for starring in The Carrie Diaries (2013–2014) and The Shannara Chronicles (2016–2017).Butler made his Broadway debut in the 2018 revival of The Iceman Cometh and played Tex Watson in Quentin Tarantino's film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019). In 2022, he achieved wider recognition for his portrayal of Elvis Presley in the musical biopic Elvis, for which he won a Golden Globe Award and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Known for: Elvis, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, The Dead Don't Die, The Carrie Diaries
* 08/17/1991

Yu Aoi(40)

Actress | Kasuga, Fukuoka

Yu Aoi (born August 17, 1985) is a Japanese actress and model. She made her film debut as Shiori Tsuda in Shunji Iwai's 2001 film All About Lily Chou-Chou. She subsequently portrayed Tetsuko Arisugawa in Hana and Alice (2004), also directed by Iwai, Kimiko Tanigawa in the hula dancing film Hula Girls and Hagumi Hanamoto in the 2006 live-action adaptation of the popular Honey and Clover manga series.She has won numerous awards for her performances on screen, including the prestigious Japan Academy Prize and Kinema Junpo Awards for best supporting actress in 2007 for Hula Girls and Rookie of the Year for continued performances in the field of Films in Media and Fine Arts by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan in 2009.

Known for: Hula Girls, Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins, Rainbow Song, Birds Without Names
* 08/17/1985

Robert De Niro(82)

Actor | Greenwich Village, New York City, New York (US)

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Known for: Cape Fear, The Irishman, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver
* 08/17/1943

Sean Penn(65)

Actor | Santa Monica, California (US)

Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American actor and film director. He has won two Academy Awards, for his roles in the mystery drama Mystic River (2003) and the biopic Milk (2008).Penn began his acting career in television, with a brief appearance in episode 112 of Little House on the Prairie on December 4, 1974, directed by his father Leo Penn. Following his film debut in the drama Taps (1981), and a diverse range of film roles in the 1980s, including Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) and Bad Boys (1983), Penn garnered critical attention for his roles in the crime dramas At Close Range (1986), State of Grace (1990), and Carlito's Way (1993). He became known as a prominent leading actor with the drama Dead Man Walking (1995), for which he earned his first Academy Award nomination and the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin Film Festival. Penn received another two Oscar nominations for Woody Allen's comedy-drama Sweet and Lowdown (1999) and the drama I Am Sam (2001), before winning his first Academy Award for Best Actor in 2003 for Mystic River and a second one in 2008 for Milk. He has also won a Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival for the Nick Cassavetes-directed She's So Lovely (1997), and two Volpi Cups for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for the indie film Hurlyburly (1998) and the drama 21 Grams (2003).Penn made his feature film directorial debut with The Indian Runner (1991), followed by the drama film The Crossing Guard (1995) and the mystery film The Pledge (2001); all three were critically well received. Penn directed one of the 11 segments of 11'09"01 September 11 (2002), a compilation film made in response to the September 11 attacks. His fourth feature film, the biographical drama survival movie Into the Wild (2007), garnered critical acclaim and two Academy Award nominations.In addition to his film work, Penn has engaged in political and social activism, including his criticism of the George W. Bush administration, his contact with the Presidents of Cuba and Venezuela, and his humanitarian work in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

Known for: Mystic River, 21 Grams, Milk, Dead Man Walking
* 08/17/1960

Taissa Farmiga(31)

Actress | Readington, New Jersey (US)

Taissa Farmiga (born August 17, 1994) is an American actress. She began her career on film in the drama Higher Ground (2011), and subsequently made her television debut in the FX series American Horror Story: Murder House (2011). Farmiga made her stage debut in the Off-Broadway revival of the drama play Buried Child (2016). She is the younger sister of actress, Vera Farmiga.

Known for: The Final Girls, Anna, 6 Years, The Bling Ring
* 08/17/1994

Erika Toda(37)

Actress | Kobe, Hyōgo (JP)

Erika Toda began her performing arts activities in the fifth grade of elementary school and debuted as a gravure model by the age of 13. She moved to Tokyo after graduating from junior high school and started acting career in earnest. Her film debut was in 2006 and attracted attention by playing the role of Amane Misa in the movie "Death Note" live action.After that, Toda appeared in the live-action adaptation of the manga series “LIAR GAME” as Kanzaki Nao and TBS drama "Ryusei no Kizuna" which granted her 3 awards for the Best Supporting Actress in 2nd Tokyo Drama Awards, 59th Television Drama Academy Awards, and 12th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix. Toda is also known for her lead roles in the “Code Blue” series as Hiyama Mihoko, and as Touma Saya in “Keizoku 2: SPEC” series. Most recently, she played the role of heroine in 2019 NHK asadora "Scarlet".Toda usually speaks with Kansai dialect, and is represented by the agency, FLaMme.On December 10, 2020, Toda announced her marriage to fellow actor Tori Matsuzaka.

Known for: Death Note, Death Note: The Last Name, Death Note: Light Up the NEW World, L: change the WorLd
* 08/17/1988

Donnie Wahlberg(56)

Actor | Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts (US)

Donald Edmond "Donnie" Wahlberg, Jr. (born August 17, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter, actor, film producer, and record producer. One of his siblings is actor Mark Wahlberg and he is married to comedian/actress Jenny McCarthy.He is a founding member of the popular 1980s and 1990s boy band New Kids on the Block.He's most known for his TV role as Det. Danny Reagan on Blue Bloods, for which he was nominated for a People's Choice Awardfor Favorite TV Crime Drama Actor in 2017. He's also known for his roles as Donnie on the sitcom Return of the Mac, Det. Horst Cali on The Kill Point, Paul Rader on Runaway, Det. Joel Stevens on Boomtown, Lt. C. Carwood Lipton on the award-winning miniseries Band of Brothers, and Chris Scott on Big Apple.Graham Yost, executive producer and writer ofBoomtown, had worked with him inBand of Brothersand was so impressed by his performance that he wrote the role of Joel Stevens specifically for him.He's taken part in the reality shows Donnie Loves Jenny, Wahlburgers, Rock This Boat: New Kids on the Block, and The Masked Singer. He is narrator of HLN's true crime show Very Scary People. He is executive producer and narrator of the reality series Boston's Finest, in part produced by his company Donnie D. Productions.He's known for his film roles as Det. Eric Matthews in the Saw film series (starting in Saw II), Shane in Zookeeper, Det. Teddy Riley in Righteous Kill, Commander Burton in Annapolis, Douglas 'Duddits' Cavell in Dreamcatcher, and Vincent Grey in The Sixth Sense. He's also had roles in TV movies including The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1998 TV movie), as well as Kings of South Beach, and Bunker Hill.As of 2011, he is the host of an internet radio show on Friday nights at 8pm PST called "DDUB's R&B Back Rub" on Cherry Tree Radio.

Known for: Saw II, Ransom, Dreamcatcher, The Sixth Sense
* 08/17/1969

Robert Joy(74)

Actor | St. Johns, Newfoundland (CA)

Robert Joy (born August 17, 1951) is a Canadian actor and producer.

Known for: Land of the Dead, The Hills Have Eyes, Aliens vs Predator: Requiem, Superhero Movie
* 08/17/1951

Ayasa Ito(29)

Actress | Kyoto (JP)

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Known for: Revue Starlight: The Movie, Revue Starlight, Tokyo Mew Mew New, Kamen Rider Gotchard, Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest
* 08/17/1996

David Conrad(58)

Actor | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (US)

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Known for: Wedding Crashers, Men of Honor, Anything Else, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
* 08/17/1967

Li Muchen(32)

Actress | Shanghai (CN)

Li Muzhen (formerly known as Li Yu Jie) also known by her nickname Daisy, born on August 17, 1993 in Shanghai, is an actress in mainland China.

Known for: The Girl Shaman, Candle in the Tomb: The Weasel Grave, The King's Avatar, Sword and Fairy 4, Gamer's Generation
* 08/17/1993

Helen McCrory(† 52)

Actress | London, England (GB)

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Known for: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, The Queen, The Count of Monte Cristo, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
* 08/17/1968
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Frederick Lau(36)

Actor | Berlin (DE)

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Known for: Victoria, The Wave, Heart of Stone, The Captain, 4 Blocks
* 08/17/1989

Kate McNeil(66)

Actress | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (US)

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Known for: Monkey Shines, The House on Sorority Row, Space Cowboys, Sudden Death
* 08/17/1959

Ebon Moss-Bachrach(47)

Actor | Amherst, Massachusetts (US)

Ebon Moss-Bachrach (born March 19, 1977) is an American actor.

Known for: Tokyo Project, John Adams, Girls, Marvel's The Punisher
* 08/17/1978

Brady Corbet(37)

Actor | Scottsdale, Arizona (US)

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Known for: Funny Games, Melancholia, Mysterious Skin, Thirteen
* 08/17/1988

Jason Schnuit(53)

Actor

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Known for: Sex Files: Sexually Bewitched, Virgins of Sherwood Forest, Burning Desires, Sexual Matrix
* 08/17/1972

Ella Cruz(29)

Actress | Angat (PH)

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Known for: Edward, Transmutators, Super Twins
* 08/17/1996

Rachel Hurd-Wood(35)

Actress | Streatham, London, England (GB)

Rachel Clare Hurd-Wood(born 17 August 1990) is an English actress andmodel. She is known for her role asWendy Darlingin the 2003 filmPeter Pan.

Known for: Peter Pan, Tomorrow, When the War Began, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Solomon Kane
* 08/17/1990

Hitomi Kudô(56)

Actress | Tokyo / Tōkyō (JP)

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Known for: Erotic Ghost Story
* 08/17/1969

Adam DiMarco(31)

Actor | Oakville, Ontario (CA)

Emerging Canadian actor who gained fame for his roles in such movies as Zapped, Radio Rebel, and Kill for Me. As a television actor, he appeared in RL Stine's The Haunting Hours and Supernatural.In 2019, he began starring as Randall Carpio in the Netflix horror series The Order.

Known for: Radio Rebel, The White Lotus, The Order, The Magicians
* 08/17/1994

Belinda Carlisle(67)

Actress | Hollywood, Los Angeles, California (US)

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Known for: Frequency, Wild Child, Love & Other Drugs, Mannequin
* 08/17/1958

Heath McIvor(45)

Actor | Australia (AU)

Heath McIvor (born: August 17, 1980) is an Australian comedian and puppeteer known for being the creator of "Randy Feltface".

Known for: Randy Writes a Novel, Randy Feltface: Purple Privilege, Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts Lane, Me and My Monsters
* 08/17/1980

Julian Fellowes(76)

Actor | Cairo (EG)

Julian Alexander Kitchener-Fellowes, Baron Fellowes of West Stafford, DL (born 17 August 1949), known as Julian Fellowes, is an English actor, novelist, film director and screenwriter, as well as a Conservative peer.

Known for: Gosford Park, From Time to Time, Downton Abbey, The Gilded Age
* 08/17/1949

Chika Sakamoto(66)

Actress | Tokyo (JP)

Chika Sakamoto (坂本 千夏, Sakamoto Chika, August 17, 1959) is a Japanese voice actress (seiyuu) born in Omori, Ota, Tokyo. She is affiliated with Arts Vision.

Known for: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, My Neighbor Totoro
* 08/17/1959

Roshan Seth(83)

Actor | Patna, Bihar (IN)

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Known for: Gandhi, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Street Fighter, Proof
* 08/17/1942

Usman Ally(43)

Actor | Eswatini (SZ)

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Known for: On Becoming a God in Central Florida, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Veep, Suits
* 08/17/1982

Bryton James(39)

Actor | Lakewood (US)

Bryton Eric McClure, also credited as Bryton James and mononymously as Bryton, is an American musical theatre, film and television actor. As a child actor, he played Richie Crawford on the ABC/CBS sitcom, Family Matters. He currently plays Devon Hamilton on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless in which he won two Daytime Emmy Awards.

Known for: The Young and the Restless, Family Matters, LEGO Hero Factory, The Vampire Diaries
* 08/17/1986

Mae West(† 87)

Actress | Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City, New York (US)

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Known for: She Done Him Wrong, I'm No Angel, Goin' to Town, My Little Chickadee
* 08/17/1893

Yoo Seung-ho(32)

Actor | Incheon (KR)

Yoo Seung-ho (유승호) is a South Korean actor. Born on August 17, 1993, he got his start in commercials and began working as a child actor at the age of 7. He became famous overnight with his first film role in “The Way Home” in 2002, after which he became known as “Korea’s Younger Brother.” His many film and television roles that have followed have solidified Yoo Seung Ho’s star status. Some of his more recent roles include “Queen Seon Deok” (2009), “Flames of Desire” (2010), “Master of Study” (2010), “Warrior Baek Dong Soo” (2011), “Arang and the Magistrate” (2012), “Imaginary Cat” (2015), “Remember” (2015-2016) and “I Am Not a Robot” (2017-2018).

Known for: The Way Home, The Great Queen Seondeok, Missing You, Remember
* 08/17/1993
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