People: Famous People born on 05/20 (May)

May 19 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 21 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 2 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. For May 20th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 7. ()

667 people found (page 1/23):

Timothy Olyphant(55)

Actor | Honolulu, Hawaii (US)

Timothy David Olyphant ( OL-ih-fənt; born May 20, 1968) is an American actor. He made his acting debut in an off-Broadway theater in 1995, in The Monogamist, and won the Theatre World Award for his performance, and then originated David Sedaris' The Santaland Diaries in 1996. He then branched out to film; in the early years of his career, he was often cast in supporting villainous roles, most notably in Scream 2 (1997), Go (1999), Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), A Man Apart (2003), and The Girl Next Door (2004). He came to the attention of a wider audience with his portrayal of Sheriff Seth Bullock in HBO's western Deadwood (2004–2006), later reprising the role in Deadwood: The Movie (2019). He had starring roles in films such as Catch and Release (2006), Hitman (2007), A Perfect Getaway (2009), and The Crazies (2010), and he played the main antagonist, Thomas Gabriel, in Live Free or Die Hard (2007). Olyphant was a recurring guest star in season two of the FX legal thriller Damages (2009). From 2010 to 2015, Olyphant starred as Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens in FX's modern-day Kentucky southern gothic Justified, a performance for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2011. Since the end of Justified, Olyphant has starred in films such as Mother's Day, Snowden (both 2016), Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), and Amsterdam (2022). He has also had notable guest appearances in numerous television sitcoms including The Office (2010), The Mindy Project (2013), and The Grinder (2015–2016), for which he won a Critics' Choice Award. He also starred in the Netflix comedy series Santa Clarita Diet (2017–2019). In 2020, he played himself in a brief cameo, parodying his Justified character, in the NBC award-winning show The Good Place. In the same year, he guest starred in season 10 of Curb Your Enthusiasm, as well as in the fourth season of Fargo and the second season of The Mandalorian in the episode "Chapter 9: The Marshal" as Cobb Vanth, a role he later reprised in The Book of Boba Fett.

Known for: Go, A Perfect Getaway, The Crazies, Justified

* 05/20/1968

James Stewart(† 89)

Actor | Indiana, Pennsylvania (US)

James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart was an American film and stage actor, known for his distinctive voice and his everyman persona. Over the course of his career, he starred in many films widely considered classics and was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning one in competition and receiving one Lifetime Achievement award. He was a major MGM contract star. He also had a noted military career and was a World War II and Vietnam War veteran, who rose to the rank of Brigadier General in the United States Air Force Reserve.Throughout his seven decades in Hollywood, Stewart cultivated a versatile career and recognized screen image in such classics as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Philadelphia Story, Harvey, It's a Wonderful Life, Shenandoah, Rear Window, Rope, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Vertigo. He is the most represented leading actor on the AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) and AFI's 10 Top 10 lists. He is also the most represented leading actor on the 100 Greatest Movies of All Time list presented by Entertainment Weekly. As of 2007, ten of his films have been inducted into the United States National Film Registry.Stewart left his mark on a wide range of film genres, including westerns, suspense thrillers, family films, biographies and screwball comedies. He worked for a number of renowned directors later in his career, most notably Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford, Billy Wilder, Frank Capra, George Cukor, and Anthony Mann. He won many of the industry's highest honors and earned Lifetime Achievement awards from every major film organization. He died at age 89, leaving behind a legacy of classic performances, and is considered one of the finest actors of the "Golden Age of Hollywood". He was named the third Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute.

Known for: Vertigo, Anatomy of a Murder, The Philadelphia Story, It's a Wonderful Life

* 05/20/1908

Matt Czuchry(46)

Actor | Manchester, New Hampshire (US)

Matt Czuchry is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayals of Logan Huntzberger on Gilmore Girls and Cary Agos on the CBS television series The Good Wife.

Known for: Eight Legged Freaks, I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, The Resident, The Good Wife, Gilmore Girls, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

* 05/20/1977

Alex Høgh Andersen(29)

Actor | Denmark (DK)

Alex Høgh Andersen (born May 20, 1994) is a Danish actor and photographer. He is mainly known for the role of Ivar the Boneless in the historical drama television series Vikings.

Known for: The Shadow in My Eye, A War, Cold at the Summit, Vikings

* 05/20/1994

Zhou Ye(25)

Actress | 中国, 重庆

Zhou Ye is a Chinese actress famous for her role in "Better Days". She graduated from Beijing Film Academy in 2020.

Known for: Better Days, Yesterday Once More, Back From the Brink, Word of Honor

* 05/20/1998

Matt McCoy(65)

Actor | Washington, D.C. (US)

Matt McCoy (born May 20, 1958) is an American actor. His credits include L.A. Confidential as Brett Chase, The Hand that Rocks the Cradle as Michael Bartel, Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach and Police Academy 6: City Under Siege as Sgt. Nick Lassard, DeepStar Six as Jim Richardson, and Lloyd Braun on Seinfeld.

Known for: The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, Silicon Valley, Seinfeld

* 05/20/1958

Tony Goldwyn(63)

Actor | Los Angeles, California (US)

Anthony Howard Goldwyn (born May 20, 1960) is an American actor, singer, producer, director, and political activist. He made his debut appearing as Darren in the slasher film Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986), and had his breakthrough for starring as Carl Bruner in the fantasy thriller film Ghost (1990), which earned him a nomination for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor. He went on to star as Harold Nixon in the biographical film Nixon (1995), which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination, and as Neil Armstrong in the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon (1998). Goldwyn voiced the main character in the Disney animated film Tarzan (1999), and portrayed Colonel Bagley in The Last Samurai (2003), Johnathon "John" Collingwood in the horror film The Last House on the Left (2009), Andrew Prior in the Divergent film series (2014–2015) and Paul Cohen in King Richard (2021), the latter of which earned him a second nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award. He starred as President Fitzgerald Grant III in the ABC legal/political drama Scandal (2012–2018) and directed a number of episodes for the series, for which he won a Peabody Award. Since 2024, he has played the role of the Manhattan district attorney Nicholas Baxter on Law & Order.

Known for: Ghost, The Last Samurai, The Mechanic, Oppenheimer

* 05/20/1960

Bronson Pinchot(64)

Actor | New York City, New York (US)

Bronson Alcott Pinchot (born May 20, 1959) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Balki Bartokomous on the ABC sitcom Perfect Strangers (1986–1993). He also performed in films, such as Risky Business (1983), Beverly Hills Cop (1984), After Hours (1985), True Romance (1993), Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), Stephen King's The Langoliers (1995), It's My Party (1996), Courage Under Fire (1996) and The First Wives Club (1996), and in television series, such as Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Meego and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. In 2012, he starred in his own reality series, The Bronson Pinchot Project on the DIY Network. Pinchot has worked extensively as an audiobook narrator, with over 400 recordings as of 2024. AudioFile magazine recognized him as Best Voice in Fiction & Classics for his 2010 renderings of Flannery O'Connor's Everything That Rises Must Converge (1965), Karl Marlantes's Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War (2009) and David Vann's Caribou Island (2011).

Known for: True Romance, Beverly Hills Cop III, Beverly Hills Cop, The First Wives Club

* 05/20/1959

John Billingsley(63)

Actor | Media, Pennsylvania (US)

John Billingsley (born May 20, 1960) is an American actor best known for his role as Doctor Phlox on the television series Star Trek: Enterprise.

Known for: The Man from Earth, Out of Time, 2012, Star Trek: Enterprise

* 05/20/1960

Tessyo Genda(75)

Actor | Okayama Prefecture (JP)

Tessyo Genda (玄田哲章 Genda Tesshō, born May 20, 1948 in Okayama Prefecture) is a Japanese voice actor, affiliated with 81 Produce. When he debuted, he used his real name, Mitsuo Yokoi (横居光雄) as an artist name.

Known for: Ghost in the Shell, Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, Project A-Ko, Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters

* 05/20/1948

Jack Gleeson(31)

Actor | Cork (IE)

Jack Gleeson (born 20 May 1992) is an Irish actor who played Joffrey Baratheon on the HBO television series Game of Thrones (2011–2014). Following this role, Gleeson took a hiatus from acting, but has since taken part in independent theatre and the 2020 BBC miniseries Out of Her Mind. He appeared in the Irish thriller film In the Land of Saints and Sinners.

Known for: Batman Begins, A Shine of Rainbows, Shrooms, Game of Thrones

* 05/20/1992

Joel Fry(38)

Actor | London (GB)

Joel Fry is a British actor. He appears in a number of television series in the United Kingdom, particularly sitcoms such as White Van Man, Trollied and Plebs. He portrayed Hizdahr zo Loraq in the TV series Game of Thrones, Karl Marx in the sitcoms Twenty Twelve and W1A, as well as Rocky in the 2019 romantic comedy film Yesterday and Jasper Badun in the 2021 crime comedy-drama Cruella, a Disney live-action prequel/spin-off of One Hundred and One Dalmatians.

Known for: Yesterday, 10,000 BC, Cruella, Game of Thrones

* 05/20/1985

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Michaela McManus(40)

Actress | Warwick, Rhode Island (US)

Michaela McManus is an actress.

Known for: Into the Grizzly Maze, The Block Island Sound, Aquarius, Awake

* 05/20/1983

Josh O'Connor(33)

Actor | Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England (GB)

Josh O'Connor is an English screen, stage, and television actor. He is known for his portrayal of Johnny Saxby in the 2017 film God's Own Country, for which he won a British Independent Film Award for Best Actor, and for his portrayal of Lawrence Durrell in the ITV television series The Durrells. He also appeared as Marius in BBC One's miniseries of Les Misérables, and portrayed Prince Charles in Seasons 3 and 4 of the Netflix drama The Crown.

Known for: God's Own Country, Emma., Hope Gap, The Crown

* 05/20/1990

Cher(77)

Actress | El Centro, California (US)

Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian; May 20, 1946) is an American singer and actress. Commonly referred to as the Goddess of Pop, she is described as embodying female autonomy in a male-dominated industry. She is known for her distinctive contralto singing voice and for having worked in numerous areas of entertainment, as well as adopting a variety of styles and appearances during her five-decade-long career.Cher gained popularity in 1965 as one-half of the folk rock husband-wife duo Sonny & Cher after their song "I Got You Babe" reached number one on the American and British charts. She began her solo career simultaneously, releasing in 1966 her first million-seller song, "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)". She became a television personality in the 1970s with her shows The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, watched by over 30 million viewers weekly during its three-year run, and Cher. She emerged as a fashion trendsetter by wearing elaborate outfits on her television shows. While working on television, she established herself as a solo artist with the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping singles "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves", "Half-Breed", and "Dark Lady". After her divorce from Sonny Bono in 1975, Cher launched a comeback in 1979 with the disco-oriented album Take Me Home and earned $300,000 a week for her 1980–82 residency show in Las Vegas.In 1982, Cher made her Broadway debut in the play Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean and starred in the film adaptation of the same title. She subsequently earned critical acclaim for her performances in films such as Silkwood (1983), Mask (1985), and Moonstruck (1987), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Known for: Moonstruck, Burlesque, Mermaids, Mask

* 05/20/1946

David Proval(81)

Actor | Brooklyn, New York (US)

David Proval is an American actor and former boxer, known for his roles as Tony DeVienazo in the Martin Scorsese film Mean Streets (1973), Snooze in The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Siegfried in Four Rooms (1995) and as Richie Aprile on the HBO television series The Sopranos (1999–2007).

Known for: Mean Streets, The Shawshank Redemption, The Phantom, UHF

* 05/20/1942

David Hedison(† 92)

Actor | Providence, Rhode Island (US)

Albert David Hedison Jr. (May 20, 1927 – July 18, 2019) was an American film, television, and stage actor. He was known for his roles as the title character in The Fly (1958), Captain Lee Crane in the television science fiction drama Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–1968), and CIA agent Felix Leiter in two James Bond films, Live and Let Die (1973) and Licence to Kill (1989).

Known for: Live and Let Die, Licence to Kill, The Enemy Below, The Fly, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

* 05/20/1927

Mindy Cohn(57)

Actress | Los Angeles, California (US)

Mindy Cohn (born May 20, 1966) is an American actress. She starred as Natalie Green in the sitcom The Facts of Life from 1979 to 1988, and is known for voicing Velma Dinkley in the Scooby-Doo franchise from 2002 to 2015, succeeding B. J. Ward, before being succeeded herself by Kate Micucci. Cohn appeared on VH1's List of "100 Greatest Kid Stars".

Known for: The Boy Who Could Fly, Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire, The Facts of Life, What's New, Scooby-Doo?

* 05/20/1966

Busta Rhymes(51)

Actor | Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York (US)

Trevor George Smith Jr. (born May 20, 1972), known professionally as Busta Rhymes, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the moniker Busta Rhymes, after NFL and CFL wide receiver George "Buster" Rhymes. He has received 12 Grammy Award nominations for his work, making him one of the most-nominated artists without winning. Busta Rhymes was an original member of Leaders of the New School, a group that attracted national attention when they opened on tour for Public Enemy. He gained exposure for their guest appearance on A Tribe Called Quest's track "Scenario". Shortly thereafter, Leaders of the New School broke up, leading Rhymes to become a sought after solo artist, appearing on numerous tracks for other artists before his solo debut album, The Coming (1996). The album reached the top ten on the Billboard 200 album chart, was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and earned him a Grammy nomination. He has released eleven total solo albums, with the most recent being 2023's Blockbusta. Rhymes' list of hit singles include "Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check", "It's a Party", "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See", "Dangerous", "Turn It Up" (Remix)/"Fire It Up", "Gimme Some More", "What's It Gonna Be?", "Pass the Courvoisier, Part II", "I Know What You Want" and "Touch It". Among his other ventures, he founded the record label Conglomerate (initially Flipmode Entertainment) and the production crew The Conglomerate (formerly Flipmode Squad). About.com included him on its list of the 50 Greatest MCs of Our Time (1987–2007), and Steve Huey of AllMusic called him one of the best and most prolific rappers of the 1990s. In 2012, The Source placed him on its list of the Top 50 Lyricists of All Time. MTV has called him "one of hip-hop's greatest visual artists".

Known for: Halloween: Resurrection, Narc, Blade II, Taxi

* 05/20/1972

Liu Haocun(23)

Actress | Changchun, Jilin Province (CN)

Liu Haocun, a Chinese actress, graduated from the Chinese Folk Dance Department of Beijing Dance Academy.

Known for: One Second, Cliff Walkers, A Little Red Flower, Only Fools Rush In

* 05/20/2000

Anthony Zerbe(87)

Actor | Long Beach, California (US)

Anthony Zerbe is an American stage, film and Emmy-winning television actor, best known as the post-apocalyptic cult leader Matthias in the feature film "The Omega Man", and as Milton Krest in the 1989 James Bond film "Licence to Kill".

Known for: The Omega Man, Cool Hand Luke, Licence to Kill, The Matrix Reloaded

* 05/20/1936

Marla Sucharetza(58)

Actress | New York City, New York (US)

Marla Sucharetza is an American stage and screen actress. She holds an BA in Music, Theater & Dance from the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

Known for: The Station Agent, Road Trip, The Fan, One for the Money

* 05/20/1965

N. T. Rama Rao Jr.(40)

Actor | Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (IN)

Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Jr. (born 20 May 1983), also known as Jr. N.T.R. or Tarak, is an Indian actor who primarily works in Telugu cinema. One of the highest paid Telugu film actors, Rama Rao has won several accolades, including two Filmfare Awards, two state Nandi Awards, and four CineMAA Awards. Since 2012, he has been featured in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list. Grandson of Telugu matinee idol, N. T. Rama Rao Sr. who was also the former Chief Minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, Rama Rao appeared as a child actor in works such as Brahmarshi Viswamitra (1991), and Ramayanam (1997), the latter winning the National Film Award for Best Children's Film for that year. He made his debut as a lead actor with Ninnu Choodalani (2001). He rose to prominence with the coming-of-age film Student No. 1 (2001) and the action drama Aadi (2002). Rama Rao established himself as a leading actor in Telugu cinema with works such as Simhadri (2003), Yamadonga (2007), Adhurs (2010), Brindavanam (2010), Baadshah (2013), Temper (2015), Nannaku Prematho (2016), Janatha Garage (2016), Jai Lava Kusa (2017), Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava (2018), and RRR (2022), the latter being his highest-grossing release. He won two Filmfare Awards for Best Actor – Telugu for his performances in Yamadonga and Nannaku Prematho. In 2017, he hosted the first season of the Telugu language reality TV show Bigg Boss on Star Maa. He started hosting the fifth season of Evaru Meelo Koteeswarulu in 2021 on Gemini TV.

Known for: RRR, Nannaku Prematho..., Janatha Garage, Aadi

* 05/20/1983

Joan Staley(† 79)

Actress | Minneapolis, Minnesota (US)

Joan Staley (born Joan Lynette McConchie; May 20, 1940 – November 24, 2019) was an American actress and model.

Known for: Cape Fear, The Ghost & Mr. Chicken, Hawaiian Eye, Broadside

* 05/20/1940

Louisa Krause(37)

Actress | Falls Church, Virginia (US)

Louisa Krause is an actress.

Known for: The Dive, King Kelly, Billions, The Girlfriend Experience

* 05/20/1986

Paolo Seganti(58)

Actor | Milan, Lombardy (IT)

Paolo Seganti (born 20 May 1964 in Rovereto, Trentino, Italy), is an Italian actor and model, known for playing Damian Grimaldi in the CBS television soap opera As the World Turns.

Known for: L.A. Confidential, Cradle 2 the Grave, As the World Turns, Largo Winch

* 05/20/1965

Owen Teale(62)

Actor | Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales (GB)

Owen Teale (born 20 May 1961) is a Welsh character actor having appeared in many films, including Robin Hood (1991), The Hawk (1993), King Arthur (2004), The Last Legion (2007), Tolkien (2019), and Dream Horse (2020). On television, he has appeared in Doctor Who (1985), David Copperfield (1986), The Thin Blue Line (1995), Ballykissangel (1999), Line of Duty (2012), Stella (2012–2013), A Discovery of Witches (2018–2022), and The Rig (2023). Teale is best known known for his role as Ser Alliser Thorne in the HBO fantasy TV series Game of Thrones (2011–2016).

Known for: Robin Hood, The Last Legion, Game of Thrones, Torchwood

* 05/20/1961

Dave Thomas(74)

Actor | St. Catharines, Ontario (CA)

David "Dave" Thomas (born May 20, 1949) is a Canadian comedian and actor. He was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, but moved to Durham, North Carolina where his father, John E. Thomas, attended Duke University and earned a PhD in Philosophy. Thomas attended George Watts and Moorehead elementary schools. The family moved back to Dundas, Ontario in 1961 where he attended Dundas District high school and later, graduated with an honours Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. Thomas was granted an honorary doctorate from McMaster University November 20, 2009.

Known for: Rat Race, The Blacklist, Arrested Development, Bones

* 05/20/1949

Constance Towers(90)

Actress | Whitefish, Montana (US)

Constance Mary Towers (born May 20, 1933) is an American film, stage, and television actress, and singer. She gained prominence for her appearances in several mainstream 1950s films before transitioning to theater, starring in numerous Broadway productions through the 1970s. Her accolades include two Emmy Award nominations. Beginning in 1965, Towers embarked on a career in theater, making her Broadway debut in the musical Anya, opposite Lillian Gish, followed by a 1966 production of Show Boat at Lincoln Center. Towers starred in four other Broadway productions throughout the 1970s, most notably as Anna in The King and I in 1977 and 1978. Her later career largely has been based in television, with roles as matriarch Clarissa McCandless on the daytime drama Capitol from 1982 to 1987, and the villainous Helena Cassadine on General Hospital, which she began portraying in 1997.

Known for: The Horse Soldiers, The Naked Kiss, A Perfect Murder, General Hospital

* 05/20/1933

Jenny Funnell(60)

Actress | Nairobi (KE)

Jenny Victoria Funnell (born 20 May 1963) is a British actress best known for her role as Sandy in the British sitcom As Time Goes By.

Known for: As Time Goes By

* 05/20/1963