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People: Famous People born on 10/20 (October)

October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 72 days remain until the end of the year. ()

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John Krasinski(44)

Actor | Boston, Massachusetts (US)

John Burke Krasinski (born October 20, 1979) is an American actor, film director and writer. He is widely known for playing Jim Halpert on the NBC sitcom The Office from 2005 to 2013. He has also appeared in several films including License to Wed (2007), Leatherheads (2008), Away We Go (2009), It's Complicated (2009), Something Borrowed (2011), Aloha (2015), 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016), Detroit (2017), and A Quiet Place (2018), which he also directed and co-wrote. Also in 2018, Krasinski returned to television portraying the titular character in the Amazon series Jack Ryan.

* 10/20/1979

Katharina Schüttler(44)

Actress | Köln (DE)

Katharina Schüttler (born 20 October 1979) is a German television and film actress. Her film debut was in the movie Die Lok in 1992. She is best known internationally for leading roles as Clara Rosenbaum in The Promise (2011) and as Greta Müller in the television drama Generation War (2013).

* 10/20/1979

Viggo Mortensen(65)

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

Viggo Peter Mortensen Jr. born October 20, 1958) is an American actor, writer, director, producer, musician, and multimedia artist. Born and raised in the State of New York to a Danish father and American mother, he also lived in Argentina during his childhood. He is the recipient of various accolades including a Screen Actors Guild Award and has been nominated for three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards.

* 10/20/1958

Snoop Dogg(52)

Actor | Long Beach, California (US)

Snoop Dogg (given name is Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr.) is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, and media personality. He was previouslyknown as Snoop Doggy Doggand brieflySnoop Lion. His fame dates to 1992 when he featured onDr. Dre's debut solo single, "Deep Cover", and then on Dre's debut solo album,The Chronic. Broadus has since sold over 23 million albums in the United States and 35 million albums worldwide.

* 10/20/1971

Gillian Jacobs(41)

Actress | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (US)

Gillian Jacobs (born October 19, 1982) is an American film, theatre and television actress, best known for her role as Britta Perry on the NBC comedy series Community.Jacobs was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her mother, Martina Magenau Jacobs, was a Carnegie Mellon University director of alumni relations at the Heinz College. Her father, William F. Jacobs Jr., was an investment banker.She was raised in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon. She is of French, German, Irish, and Scottish descent. Her family owned the Jackson Koehler Eagle Brewery, established in 1847 in Erie, Pennsylvania, where her grandfather, John Martin Magenau Jr., served as President and CEO until its closure in 1978.Jacobs began studying acting at the age of eight, and attended acting classes on Saturdays at the Pittsburgh Playhouse while growing up.She performed with the Pittsburgh Public Theater, where she was a perennial contender in the Public's Shakespeare Monologue Contest, leading her to be cast as Titania in its production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. After graduating from Mt. Lebanon High School in 2000, Jacobs moved to New York City, New York to attend the Juilliard School, where she was a member of the Drama Division's Group 33. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2004.

* 10/20/1982

Alona Tal(40)

Actress | Herzlia (IL)

Alona Tal, an Israeli-American singer and actress, was born on October 20, 1983 in Herzliya, Israel. She began her career after serving in the Israeli Defense Forces. Her big break came in 2003 starring in an Israeli film. At the time she also starred in two television series in the country, and also dabbled in music, recording several songs with the Israeli rapper Subliminal. Tal moved in with her sister in New York to take a break from her career. There, she collaborated with Haitian artist Wyclef Jean in the song "Party to Damascus". She also managed to establish herself on American television, beginning with a recurring role in the series Veronica Mars: She originally auditioned for the lead role, but creator Rob Thomas wrote a new character just for her. Tal later snagged a regular role in the short-lived CBS series.

* 10/20/1983

Dan Fogler(47)

Actor | Brooklyn, New York (US)

Daniel Kevin Fogler (born October 20, 1976) is an American actor, comedian and writer. He has appeared in films Balls of Fury, Good Luck Chuck, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald and has done voice acting for Kung Fu Panda, Horton Hears a Who!, and Mars Needs Moms. He currently stars on The Walking Dead as Luke.In 2005, Fogler made his Broadway debut as William Barfée in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.

* 10/20/1976

Robert Costanzo(81)

Actor | Brooklyn, New York (US)

Robert Jason Costanzo (born October 20, 1942) is an American film, television and voice actor. A character actor with an acting career spanning over 40 years, who is often found playing surly New York City types such as crooks, low-level workers and policemen, and mixes both drama and comedy roles. He is also a voice actor, best known as the voice of Harvey Bullock in the DC Animated Universe, and often serves as a voice double for Danny DeVito, most notably as Philoctetes in the Hercules TV show and the Kingdom Hearts video game series.

* 10/20/1942

Niamh Cusack(64)

Actress | Dalkey, County Dublin (IE)

Niamh Cusack ( NEEV; born 20 October 1959) is an Irish actress. Born to a family with deep roots in the performing arts, Cusack has been involved as a performer since a young age. She has served with the UK's two leading theatre companies, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre and has performed in a long line of major stage productions since the mid-1980s. She has made numerous appearances on television including a long-running role as Dr. Kate Rowan in the UK series Heartbeat (1992–1995) which made her a household name and favourite. She has often worked as a voice actress on radio, and her film credits include a starring role in In Love with Alma Cogan (2011).

* 10/20/1959

Ha Yoon-kyung(31)

Actress | Seodaemun, Seoul (KR)

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* 10/20/1992

Chavo Guerrero Jr.(† 46)

Actor | El Paso (US)

Salvador Guerrero IV better known by his ring names Chavo Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero Jr., is an American professional wrestler and promoter. He has previously worked for World Championship Wrestling (WCW), WWE, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), All Elite Wrestling (AEW), Lucha Underground (LU), and Nación Lucha Libre (NLL). As a singles wrestler, he is a former ECW World Champion in WWE, and a six-time Cruiserweight Champion between WWE and WCW. He also achieved success in tag team wrestling, being a five-time world tag team champion – winning the WWE Tag Team Championship twice with Eddie Guerrero as Los Guerreros, the WCW World Tag Team Championship once with Corporal Cajun as the Misfits in Action, and the TNA World Tag Team Championship twice with Hernandez. Between WCW, WWE, and TNA, Guerrero has held a dozen total championships and one world championship.

* 10/20/1970

Hyun Bong-sik(39)

Actor | Busan (KR)

Bong-sik Hyun is an South Korean actor, known for Mouse (2021), SF8 (2020) and Hyena (2020).

* 10/20/1984
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Melanie Mayron(71)

Actress | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (US)

Melanie Joy Mayron (born October 20, 1952) is an American actress and director of film and television. Mayron is best known for her role as photographer Melissa Steadman on the ABC drama thirtysomething for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 1989, and was nominated for same award in 1990 and 1991. In 2018, the Santa Fe Film Festival honored Mayron for her outstanding contributions to film and television.

* 10/20/1952

Sonja Ball(67)

Actress | Montreal / Montréal (CA)

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* 10/20/1956

Marco Ngai(56)

Actor | Hsinchu (TW)

Marco Ngai Chun Kit (Traditional Chinese: 魏駿傑) is an actor in Hong Kong and has been in many TV series such as Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain 1997(or 98), To Catch the Uncatchable (2004) and one of the favourites, Armed Reaction series.

* 10/20/1967

Sandra Dickinson(75)

Actress | Washington, D.C. (US)

Sandra Dickinson (née Searles; born October 20, 1948) is an American-British actress. She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. She has often played characters within the trope of a dumb blonde with a high-pitched voice.

* 10/20/1948

Jennifer Hall(46)

Actress | USA (US)

Jennifer Hall is an actress.

* 10/20/1977

Niall Matter(43)

Actor | Edmonton (CA)

Niall Matter ( NYLE MAY-tər; born October 20, 1980) is a Canadian-American actor. Following recovery from a serious accident sustained while working on an oil rig, Matter chose to pursue a full-time acting career. He received his first significant break in 2007, with a main role in teen drama The Best Years. Later in the same year, he joined the cast of Eureka as bad-boy genius Zane Donovan. In 2009 he had a small supporting role in Zack Snyder's film Watchmen. He went on to star as Evan Cross in the short-lived 2012 series Primeval: New World. His career subsequently moved away from science fiction, seeing him star in several television movies, as well as joining Canadian series such as Remedy, Arctic Air and When Calls the Heart.

* 10/20/1980

Stefan Raab(57)

Actor | Köln (DE)

Stefan Konrad Raab (born 20 October 1966) is a German television producer, businessman, and former entertainer and television host. From 1999 to 2015, he hosted the late-night comedy talk show TV total and has also created a number of other television shows, such as Schlag den Raab and Bundesvision Song Contest. Raab began his TV career hosting the comedy show Vivasion in 1993. He became well known in 1994 after composing a hit single spoofing national football coach Berti Vogts. In the early 2010s, Raab was considered the "most powerful man in German entertainment television". Raab is also known for his recurring role as producer, writer and performer of German entries to the Eurovision Song Contest between 1998 and 2012. He was the initiator of the national pre-selection show Unser Star für Oslo ("Our Star for Oslo"), in which Germany's winning entry at the 2010 contest in Oslo was determined. In 2015, Raab ended his career in front of the camera, and by 2018 started focusing entirely on production work.

* 10/20/1966

Rachel House(52)

Actress | Distretto di Auckland, Nuova Zelanda

Rachel Jessica Te Ao Maarama House (born 20 October 1971) is a New Zealand actress and director. She has received numerous accolades including an Arts Laureate, NZ Order of Merit, 'Mana Wahine' from WIFT NZ and Te Waipuna a Rangi (Matariki Awards) for her contributions as an actor and director. She is best known for her roles in the films Whale Rider (2002), Boy (2010), Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Penguin Bloom (2020), Cousins, Millie Lies Low and The Moon is Upside Down (all 2021), Next Goal Wins and The Portable Door (both 2023). In television, House became a series regular in the Netflix reboot series Heartbreak High as Principal Stacy "Woodsy" Woods in 2022. The same year, House also appeared in the Apple TV+ series Foundation 2 and ABC series Bay of Fires. In 2023, House portrayed the pirate Mary Read in season 2 of the HBO Max comedy Our Flag Means Death. House is also a distinctive voice actor, known for her roles as 'Gramma Tala' in Disney's Moana (2016) and 'Terry' in Pixar's Soul (2020). In 2023 she voiced 'Grandma Coco' in the Māori language version of Pixar's Coco (2017). She has starred in numerous animated series for television, including Sherwood, The Lion Guard, Amphibia, Pinecone and Pony, What If…?, KIFF and Koala Man. As an acting coach, House has worked alongside Jane Campion for Top of the Lake and The Power of the Dog (2021); and with Taika Waititi on Boy (2010), Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016), Jojo Rabbit (2019) and Next Goal Wins (2023). In 2008 House received praise for her directing on two short films at Prague Film School, receiving the award for Best Director and the Best Film Audience Award. Her directorial debut feature, The Mountain, will premiere in Taranaki, Aotearoa New Zealand in 2024.

* 10/20/1971

Noreen Corcoran(† 72)

Actress | Quincy (US)

Noreen Corcoran (October 20, 1943 - January 15, 2016) was an American actress, singer and dancer.

* 10/20/1943

Galadriel Stineman(33)

Actress | Kentucky (US)

Galadriel Stineman (born October 20,1990) is an American film and television actress. She's a graduate of the Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky. She is most well-known for her role in the 2015 video game Until Dawn.

* 10/20/1990

Takayuki Yamada(40)

Actor | Naha, Okinawa Prefecture (JP)

Takayuki Yamada (山田 孝之, Yamada Takayuki, born October 20, 1983) is a Japanese actor, singer, and producer. He is best known for his role as Sakutaro Matsumoto in TV drama Socrates in Love and as Densha Otoko in the 2005 film of the same name. Yamada gained international popularity through his portrayal as Tamao Serizawa in Crows Zero film series. Japanese media often dubs him as chameleon actor for his wide acting spectrum throughout his career. He began venturing as producer with live-action web series Saint Young Men. Since 2018 he releases music as the lead singer of band The XXXXXX.

* 10/20/1983

Rokuro Naya(† 82)

Actor | Tokyo Prefecture (JP)

Rokuro Naya (納谷 六朗, Naya Rokurō, October 20, 1932 – November 17, 2014), real name: 納屋 六朗 (same reading), was a Japanese voice actor, actor and narrator. He was a lifelong resident of Tokyo and was affiliated with Mausu Promotion at the time of his death.His brother was the voice actor Gorō Naya (1929–2013) and his sister-in-law is an actress and voice actor Kachiko Hino. His wife is Mitsue Naya, the former president of Mausu Promotion, and his eldest son is Ryosuke Naya, also former president of Mausu Promotion.

* 10/20/1932

Tuana Naz Tiryaki(17)

Actress | Istanbul (TR)

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* 10/20/2006

Susan Tully(55)

Crew | Highgate, London, England (GB)

Susan Tully (born 20 October 1967) is an English actress, television producer, and television director. Her most prominent television acting roles were those of rebellious teenager Suzanne Ross in Grange Hill and single mother Michelle Fowler in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Tully played one of the original EastEnders characters, appearing in the first episode on 19 February 1985 and remaining central to the series until 1995. She then gave up acting in favour of working behind the camera, and since then has directed and produced British television programmes.

* 10/20/1968

Kumar Sanu(66)

Crew | Kolkata (IN)

Kedarnath Bhattacharya (born 20 October 1957), professionally known as Kumar Sanu, is an Indian playback singer who primarily sings in Hindi film songs. Apart from Hindi, he has also sung in other languages including Bengali, Marathi, Nepali, Assamese, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Manipuri, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Punjabi, Odia, Chhattisgarhi, Urdu, Pali, English and his native language Bengali, both in West Bengal and Bangladesh. He holds the record for winning five consecutive Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer from 1991 to 1995. He holds the Guinness Book of world records since 1993 for recording the maximum number of songs in a single day. For his contribution to Indian cinema and music, he was awarded the Padma Shri in 2009 by the Government of India. Many of his tracks feature in BBC's "Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks of all time".

* 10/20/1957

Alberto Ammann(45)

Actor | Córdoba (AR)

José Alberto Ammann Rey (born 1978) is an Argentine and Spanish actor. He has played various roles in films, television and theater. His feature film debut in Cell 211 (2009) earned him a Goya Award for Best New Actor. Other film works include performances in Lope: The Outlaw (2010), Eva (2011), Invader (2012), Thesis on a Homicide (2013), Betibú (2014), The Year of Fury (2020), Presencias (2022), and Upon Entry (2022). He is also known for playing Colombian drug trafficker Pacho Herrera in crime television series Narcos and Narcos: Mexico.

* 10/20/1978

Natalie Gregory(48)

Actress | Albuquerque, New Mexico (US)

Natalie Gregory is an American former child actress.

* 10/20/1975

Bela Lugosi(† 73)

Actor | Lugos, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary [now Lugoj, Timis County, Romania]

Bela Lugosi (born Bela Ferenc Dezso Blasko) was a Hungarian stage, screen, and television actor. He was born on October 20, 1882 and passed away on August 16, 1956. He is best remembered for his iconic portrayal of Count Dracula in the classic 1931 Dracula film.

* 10/20/1882
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