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People: Famous People born on 12/19 (December)

December 18 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 20 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on January 1 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. For December 19th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 6. ()

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Jake Gyllenhaal(43)

Actor | Los Angeles, California (US)

Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal (Swedish: [ˈjʏ̂lːɛnˌhɑːl]; born December 19, 1980) is an American actor. Born into the Gyllenhaal family, he is the son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, and his older sister is actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. He began acting as a child, making his acting debut in City Slickers (1991), followed by roles in his father's films A Dangerous Woman (1993) and Homegrown (1998). His breakthrough roles were as Homer Hickam in October Sky (1999) and as a psychologically troubled teenager in Donnie Darko (2001). Gyllenhaal starred in the 2004 science fiction disaster film The Day After Tomorrow. He played Jack Twist in Ang Lee's 2005 romantic drama Brokeback Mountain, for which Gyllenhaal won a BAFTA Award and was nominated for an Academy Award. His career progressed with starring roles in the thriller Zodiac (2007), the romantic comedy Love & Other Drugs (2010), and the science fiction film Source Code (2011). Further acclaim came with his roles in Denis Villeneuve's thrillers Prisoners (2013) and Enemy (2013), and he received nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performances as a manipulative journalist in Nightcrawler (2014) and a troubled writer in Nocturnal Animals (2016). His highest-grossing release came with the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), in which he portrayed Quentin Beck / Mysterio. He has since starred in Wildlife (2018), Velvet Buzzsaw (2019), The Guilty (2021), and Ambulance (2022). Gyllenhaal has performed on stage, starring in a West End production of the play This Is Our Youth and Broadway productions of the musical Sunday in the Park with George as well as the plays Constellations and Sea Wall/A Life, the lattermost of which earned him a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. Aside from acting, he is vocal about political and social issues.

* 12/19/1980

Jennifer Beals(60)

Actress | Chicago, Illinois (US)

Jennifer Beals (born December 19, 1963) is an American actress. She made her film debut in My Bodyguard (1980), before receiving critical acclaim for her performance as Alexandra Owens in Flashdance (1983), for which she won NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. Beals has appeared in several films including Vampire's Kiss (1988), Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994), Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), The Last Days of Disco (1998), Roger Dodger (2002), The Book of Eli (2010), Before I Fall (2017), and Luckiest Girl Alive (2022). On television, she starred in shows such as The Chicago Code (2011), Proof (2015), Taken (2017), and The Book of Boba Fett (2021). Her portrayal of Bette Porter on the Showtime drama series The L Word (2004–2009) earned her a nomination for the Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama. She reprised her role as Bette Porter and served as an executive producer on the sequel series The L Word: Generation Q (2019–2023).

* 12/19/1963

Alyssa Milano(51)

Actress | Brooklyn, New York (US)

Alyssa Jayne Milano (born December 19, 1972) is an American actress and former singer. Her childhood role as Samantha Micelli in the sitcom Who's the Boss? made her famous, and an eight-year stint as Phoebe Halliwell on the supernatural series Charmed brought her a new round of fame. She was also a series regular on the original Melrose Place portraying the role of Jennifer Mancini. Milano has a female sports apparel line, Touch.

* 12/19/1972

Libe Barer(32)

Actress | Los Angeles, California (US)

Libe Alexandra Barer (born December 19, 1991) is an American actress best known for playing the role Carly Bowman in the Amazon Prime original series Sneaky Pete.Her younger sibling is Ariela Barer. Their parents are both Mexican-born and Jewish.Barer attended the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (nicknamed "Fame High") where she received an LACHSA Moondance Film Festival Award for her screenplay "On Top Of The World."In addition to her role on Sneaky Pete, Barer starred in the short film Disfluency, had a role on the shows Those Who Can't and Parenthood, and was featured in a commercial for Subway.

* 12/19/1991

Jessica Steen(58)

Actress | Toronto, Ontario (CA)

Jessica Steen (born December 19, 1965) is a Canadian actress in both film and television, noted for her roles in Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future, Homefront, Earth 2, Armageddon, Left Behind: World at War, NCIS, Flashpoint and the CBC series Heartland.

* 12/19/1965

Til Schweiger(60)

Actor | Freiburg im Breisgau (DE)

Tilman Valentin "Til" Schweiger (born December 19, 1963) is a German actor, director, and producer. He is one of Germany’s most successful filmmakers. Since 1968, when the FFA started counting, no other German actor drew more people to the cinemas. He runs his own production company Barefoot Films in Berlin.

* 12/19/1963

Annie Murphy(37)

Actress | Ottawa (CA)

Anne Frances Murphy (born December 19, 1986) is a Canadian actress & comedienne. She is best known for her starring role as Alexis Rose in the CBC sitcom Schitt's Creek (2015–2020). For her performance in the series, she garnered critical acclaim and won a Primetime Emmy Award, while also receiving nominations for four Canadian Screen Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Critics' Choice Television Awards, and one Golden Globe Award.Source: Wikipedia.

* 12/19/1986

Kim Kwang-kyu(56)

Actor | Busan (KR)

Kim Kwang-kyu (김광규) is a South Korean actor.He made his acting debut in 1999 in Dr. K, and its director fellow Busan native Kwak Kyung-taek later cast him in a small but memorable role as a physically abusive teacher in the 2001 box-office hit Friend. Kim continued acting in both television and film as a supporting actor, notably in, "The Secret of Coocoo Island" (2008), "Scent of a Woman" (2011), and "I Can Hear Your Voice" (2013). He also appears on the reality shows I Live Alone (since 2013) and Three Meals a Day (2015). Kim Kwang-kyu has received many awards, such as the Popularity Award in a Sitcom at the MBC Entertainment Awards in 2008, Excellence Award in a Variety Show on MBC Entertainment Awards in 2013.

 
* 12/19/1967

Sumire Uesaka(32)

Actress | Kanagawa Prefecture (JP)

Sumire Uesaka is a Japanese voice actress and singer.

* 12/19/1991

Luke Cook(37)

Actor | Sydney, Australia (AU)

Luke Cook (born 19 December 1986) is an Australian actor, director, writer, and content creator, known for his role as Lucifer in the Netflix series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.

* 12/19/1986

Eriko Sato(42)

Actress | Sapporo, Hokkaido (JP)

Eriko Sato (佐藤 江梨子 Satō Eriko, born December 19, 1981) is a Japanese actress. She is also a former gravure idol and made her debut in 1998.

* 12/19/1981

Elaine Joyce(78)

Actress | Kansas City, Missouri (US)

Elaine Joyce (born Elaine Joyce Pinchot) is an American actress.

* 12/19/1945
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Aki Aleong(89)

Actor | Port of Spain, Trinidad (TT)

Aki Aleong's career has spanned more than 60 years as an actor, singer, writer, producer and activist. He has served on the National Board of the Screen Actors Guild, appointed National Chair of SAG'S EEOC and was a member of the President's Diversity/Affirmative Action Task Force. Aki has also been Executive Director of AIM (Asians in Media), Vice President of The Media Coalition of Los Angeles and President of MANAA (Media Action Network for Asian-Americans). Among Aki's numerous awards is an Honorary Doctorate from New Dimensions University in 2013.Aki's legendary career started on Broadway in "Teahouse of the August Moon" and "The Interview." He went on to star in more than 50 movies and 150 television shows and has worked with Academy Award-winners Frank Sinatra Jr., Marlon Brando, Faye Dunaway, Joanne Woodward, Steve McQueen, Ben Kingsley, John Mills, Ernest Borgnine, Jennifer Connelly and Martin Landau. Aki has worked with Directors William Wyler {3 time Oscar winner}, John Sturges and Martin Ritt. Other notable stars with whom Aki has worked include Roger Moore, Bill Cosby, Peter Lawford, Tony Randall, Gina Lollobrigida, Chuck Norris, Olivia Hussey, Pierce Brosnan and others, many of whom have been the recipients of Golden Globes, DGA, WGA, SAG, Cannes and similar prestigious awards. Aki's career also includes working with prominent Writers/Directors, including John Milius, Lionel Chetwynd, Philip Yordan, Mark Rydell and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Pearl S. Buck.Aki also has experience as a record executive producer/artist. He was Chairman of FORE (The Fraternity of Recording Executives), an organization dedicated to bringing Executives of Color into the Music Industry. His other affiliations include President of Pan World Records and Golden Dragon Publishing companies. He was the National Director of Black Promotion for Polydor/Polygram Records and also worked with Liberty/UA Records and Capitol Records. He also produced records for Columbia Records, Capitol, Liberty/UA, Artista and other prominent labels. Aki, in fact, is the first Asian American to have a Top100 record, which he wrote and co-produced, on the National Charts in the US.Aki's other accomplishments include NAAAP (National Association of Asian American Professionals) membership, an Advisory Board Member of the US China Aids Foundation and a Judge for the Asian American Teens 2007-2008.Aki is President of MANAA (Media Action Network for Asian Americans), Senior Advisor for Ace Studios Hong Kong and President of Mustard Seed Media Group, for which he wrote, directed and starred in "Chinaman's Chance: America's Yellow Slaves." Aki's extensive background in the entertainment industry also includes the production of a wide variety of movies, videos and documentaries.

* 12/19/1934

Junichi Hayama(58)

Crew | Nagano Prefecture (JP)

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* 12/19/1965

Elvis Nolasco(55)

Actor | New York, New York (US)

Elvis Nolasco is an American actor, best known for his roles in MGM+'s NAACP crime drama Godfather of Harlem and ABC's anthology series American Crime. His latest production work includes the 2022 short fantasy film, Ro & the Stardust, which received noteworthy awards during the 2022 DTLA Film Festival and the Philadelphia Film Festival. In 2018, Nolasco successfully made his directorial debut at the Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) in Los Angeles for his short film, Time 2 Surrender, of which he wrote, produced, directed, and starred in. The film was purchased by FOX Soul TV. Nolasco, who was born and raised in the U.S. and is of Dominican descent, can also be seen starring in bilingual films including the HBO Max 2021 crime drama, Sinaliento, where he was awarded "Best Actor" for his lead role at the 10th Annual Dominican Film Festival In New York. In 2023, viewers have seen see Nolasco playing Nat Pettigrew in Season 3 of Godfather of Harlem, and Jorge Ramirez, a Bakersfield, CA man who was wrongfully killed during a 2013 officer-involved shooting, in ABC News Studios' new docuseries, Killing County.

* 12/19/1968

Mike Angelo(34)

Actor | Bangkok (TH)

Mike Angelo formerly known as Mike D'Angelo is the stage name of Mike Pirath Nitipaisankul, a Thai-Chinese singer, actor, and model who is best known for being a part of the music duet Golf and Mike. Born on December 19, 1989, he was a part of the duet with his brother, Golf Pichaya Nitipaisalkul, from 2005 to 2010. He auditioned for the group G-Junior at 11 years of age. Mike speaks Thai, English, and Mandarin.Mike made his acting debut in the 2008 television drama “Ubatruk Karmkobfah.” He has since appeared in many popular films and television dramas, including the Thai version of “Full House” (2014) and “Kiss Me” (2015). Since 2015 Mike has starred in the Chinese dramas Wu Xin: The Monster Killer (2015), My Little Princess (2016), Wu Xin: The Monster Killer 2 (2017), Delicious Destiny (2017), Mr. Swimmer (2018), My Amazing Boyfriend 2 (2019) and Wu Xin: The Monster Killer 3 (2019).On February 15, 2019, Mike announced via Instagram that he was cast in the US film The Misfits.He has a son named Maxwell born in 2014 with ex-girlfriend Italian-Thai model and businesswomen Sarah Casinghini.

* 12/19/1989

Frankie Lam(56)

Actor | Hong Kong (CN)

Francis Lam Man-lung (born 19 December 1967) is a Hong Kong actor. He entered a singing contest and subsequently, signed a contract with TVB. He left TVB in 2011 to join HKTV. Lam married Hong Kong actress Kenix Kwok on 10 March 2004. Their first child, daughter Tania Lam Tin-yeuk, was born on 14 January 2010. On May 18, 2015, Lam announced he will join and invest in Global Saga, a film company established by Tony Wong and Rachel Lam. The first film from the company, The Merger was released in 2015. On 23 December 2019, Lam was appointed to be Vice President of Asia Television Limited.

* 12/19/1967

Waise Lee(64)

Actor | Hong Kong (CN)

Waise Lee Chi-hung (born 19 December 1959) is a Hong Kong film and television actor best known for playing the roles of villains and antagonists in various films.

* 12/19/1959

Zhang Hanyu(59)

Actor | Beijing / Peking (CN)

Zhang Hanyu (born 19 December 1964) is a Chinese actor. Zhang became the first Chinese actor to win the "Grand Slam", winning Best Actor trophies from the Golden Horse Awards, Golden Rooster Awards, Hundred Flowers Awards and Huabiao Awards.

* 12/19/1964

Lauren Sánchez(54)

Actress | Albuquerque, New Mexico (US)

Lauren Wendy Sánchez (born December 19, 1969) is an American media personality who gained fame as an entertainment reporter and news anchor. She has been a guest host on The View, co-host on KTTV Fox 11's Good Day LA and anchor on the Fox 11 News at Ten, and anchor and special correspondent on Extra. Sánchez has also been a regular contributor on shows including Larry King Live, The Joy Behar Show and Showbiz Tonight.

* 12/19/1969

Béatrice Dalle(59)

Actress | Brest, Brittany (FR)

Béatrice Dalle (born 19 December 1964) is a French actress.

* 12/19/1964

Syd Little(81)

Actor | Blackpool (GB)

Syd Little (born Cyril John Mead; 19 December 1942) is an English comedian who was the straight man in the double act Little and Large, with Eddie Large.

* 12/19/1942

Hiyori Sakurada(21)

Actress | Chiba Prefecture (JP)

Sakurada Hiyori is a Japanese child actress and model. She belongs to Ken-on entertainment agency. In 2014, she appeared as one of the children living in an orphanage in the drama "Tomorrow, there is no mom", which is a successful work.In 2018, she was selected as 6 out of a total of 3,437 applicants in the exclusive model audition of the teen magazine "Seventeen" (Shueisha) and she was selected as the "Miss Seventeen 2018".

Known for: Tokyo Ghoul, Silent
* 12/19/2002

Hermione Corfield(30)

Actress | London (GB)

Hermione Isla Conyngham Corfield is an English actress. She has appeared in such movies as Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Mr. Holmes, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, xXx: Return of Xander Cage and the upcoming King Arthur: Legend of the Sword. Wikipedia.

* 12/19/1993

Paul Rhys(60)

Actor | Neath, Glamorgan, Wales (GB)

Paul Rhys(born 19 Docember 1963) is a Welsh actor.

* 12/19/1963

Kristy Swanson(54)

Actress | Mission Viejo, California (US)

Kristen Noel Swanson(born December 19, 1969) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Buffy Summers in the 1992 filmBuffy the Vampire Slayerand Catherine "Cathy" Dollanganger in the movie version of the V.C. Andrews book Flowers in the Attic.She starred in several films, includingHot Shots!(1991),The Program(1993),The Chase(1994),8 Heads in a Duffel Bag(1997),Big Daddy(1999), andDude, Where's My Car?(2000), and appeared inPretty in Pink(1986) andFerris Bueller's Day Off(1986).

* 12/19/1969

Nik Dodani(29)

Actor | Dallas (US)

Nik Dodani (born December 19, 1993) is an American actor, writer, and comedian known for his roles as Zahid in the Netflix comedy-drama series Atypical, and Pat Patel in the revival of the popular CBS sitcom Murphy Brown.

* 12/19/1994

Linda Woolverton(71)

Crew | Long Beach, California (US)

Linda Woolverton is a writer best known for the screenplay for Disney's animated feature film Beauty and the Beast and co-wrote the screenplay for the The Lion King. Woolverton then went on to write the Broadway musical version of Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King to the stage. She also co-wrote the book for the Broadway musical Aida and wrote the book for Lestat. She also co-produced and wrote the screenplay for the Tim Burton film Alice in Wonderland.

* 12/19/1952

Armen Weitzman(40)

Actor | Los Angeles (US)

Armen Weitzman is an actor, comedian, writer who frequently performs at the Upright Citizens Brigade in Los Angeles and can be seen in Burning Love, Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous, and Childrens Hospital.

* 12/19/1983

Yasuomi Umetsu(63)

Crew | Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture (JP)

Yasuomi Umetsu (梅津 泰臣, Umetsu Yasuomi, born December 19, 1960) is a Japanese animator, director, writer, and storyboard artist.

* 12/19/1960
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