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People: Famous People born on 12/21 (December)

December 20 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 22 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on January 3 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. For December 21st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 8. ()

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Samuel L. Jackson(75)

Actor | Washington, D.C. (US)

Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor and producer. One of the most widely recognized actors of his generation, the films in which he has appeared have collectively grossed over $27 billion worldwide, making him the second highest-grossing actor of all time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave him an Academy Honorary Award in 2022 as "A cultural icon whose dynamic work has resonated across genres and generations and audiences worldwide".Jackson started his career on stage making his professional theatre debut in Mother Courage and her Children in 1980 at The Public Theatre. From 1981 to 1983 he originated the role of Private Louis Henderson in A Soldier's Play Off-Broadway. He also originated the role of Boy Willie in August Wilson's The Piano Lesson in 1987 at the Yale Repertory Theatre. He returned to the play in the 2022 Broadway revival playing Doaker Charles. Jackson early film roles include Coming to America (1988), Goodfellas (1990), Patriot Games (1992), Juice (1992), True Romance (1993), and Jurassic Park (1993), Menace II Society (1993), and Fresh (1994). His collaborations with Spike Lee led to greater prominence with films such as School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo' Better Blues (1990), Jungle Fever (1991), Oldboy (2013), and Chi-Raq (2015).Jackson's breakout role was in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction (1994) which earned him a BAFTA Award win and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He further collaborated with Tarantino, acting in Jackie Brown (1997), Django Unchained (2012), and The Hateful Eight (2015). He's known for having appeared in a number of big-budget films, including Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), A Time to Kill (1996), The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), The Negotiator (1997), Deep Blue Sea (1999), Unbreakable (2000), Shaft (2000) and its reboot (2019), XXX (2002), S.W.A.T. (2003), Coach Carter (2005), Snakes on a Plane (2006), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), Kong: Skull Island (2017), and Glass (2019).He also gained widespread recognition as the Jedi Mace Windu in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999–2005), later voicing the role in the animated film Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) and the video game Lego Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2011). With his permission, his likeness was used for the Ultimate version of the Marvel Comics character Nick Fury; he subsequently played Fury in 11 Marvel Cinematic Universe films, beginning with a cameo appearance in Iron Man (2008), as well as guest-starring in the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. He will reprise this role in the upcoming Disney+ series Secret Invasion, which is set to premiere on June 21, 2023. Jackson has provided his voice for several animated films, documentaries, television series, and video games, including Lucius Best / Frozone in the Pixar films The Incredibles (2004) and Incredibles 2 (2018).

* 12/21/1948

Madelyn Cline(26)

Actress | Charleston, South Carolina (US)

Originally from Charleston, South Carolina, Madelyn spent her summers in New York working on TV commercials and print ads for clients such as Next, T-mobile and Sunny D.Madelyn is known for her leading and supporting roles such as Chloe in Boy Erased and Taylor Watts in HBO's Vice Principals.

* 12/21/1997

Kaitlyn Dever(27)

Actress | Phoenix, Arizona (US)

Kaitlyn Rochelle Dever(born December 21, 1996) is an American actress. She has appeared in several television series, includingJustified(2011–2015) andLast Man Standing(2011–present), and starred in theNetflixminiseriesUnbelievable(2019) for which she earned aGolden Globe Awardnomination forBest Actress – Miniseries. In film, Dever has taken on supporting parts inBad Teacher(2011),The Spectacular Now (2013),Short Term 12(2013),Detroit(2017), andBeautiful Boy(2018). She has also played leading roles in the 2019 filmsThem That FollowandBooksmart.

* 12/21/1996

Colin Woodell(32)

Actor | San Francisco, California (US)

Colin Woodell is an American actor born on December 20, 1991 in San Francisco, California. He is known for playing Ethan Sinclair in Devious Maids and Aiden in The Originals.

* 12/21/1991

Teresa Ruiz(35)

Actress | Santiago Matatlán Municipality (MX)

Teresa Ruiz is a Mexican actress, she has been granted several Best Actress awards internationally and is a Lifetime Member of the Actors Studio.

* 12/21/1988

Jackson Rathbone(39)

Actor | Singapore City (SG)

Monroe Jackson Rathbone V (born December 14, 1984) is an American actor, singer, and musician best known for his role as Jasper Hale in The Twilight Saga film series. From 2008 to 2012, he was the vocalist and occasional guitarist, bassist, drummer, and keyboardist of the funk rock band 100 Monkeys.

Known for: Twilight, WarHunt
* 12/21/1984

Steven Yeun(40)

Actor | Seoul (KR)

Steven Yeun (Korean: 연상엽; born Yeun Sang-yeop, December 21, 1983) is a South Korean-American actor. Yeun initially rose to prominence for his role as Glenn Rhee in the television series The Walking Dead (2010–2016). He later starred in and executive produced Minari (2020), earning him critical acclaim and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor, becoming the first Asian American actor to be nominated in this category.Yeun has also appeared in the films I Origins (2014), Okja (2017), Mayhem (2017), Burning (2018), Sorry to Bother You (2018), and Nope (2022), and has voiced main characters in television series such as Voltron: Legendary Defender (2016–2018), Tuca & Bertie (2019), and Invincible (2021-present), among others.

* 12/21/1983

Mandeep Dhillon(33)

Actress | England (GB)

Mandeep Dhillon (born 21 December 1990) is a British actress. She has appeared in such films as David Brent: Life on the Road and in television programs such as Some Girls and After Life.

* 12/21/1990

Jane Fonda(86)

Actress | New York City, New York (US)

Jane Seymour Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is an American actress, activist, and former fashion model. She is the recipient of various accolades including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, the AFI Life Achievement Award, the Golden Lion Honorary Award, the Honorary Palme d'Or, and the Cecil B. DeMille Award.Born to socialite Frances Ford Seymour and actor Henry Fonda, Fonda made her acting debut with the 1960 Broadway play There Was a Little Girl, for which she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play, and made her screen debut later the same year with the romantic comedy Tall Story. She rose to prominence during the 1960s with the comedies Period of Adjustment (1962), Sunday in New York (1963), Cat Ballou (1965), Barefoot in the Park (1967), and Barbarella (1968). Her first husband was Barbarella director Roger Vadim. A seven-time Academy Award nominee, she received her first nomination for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), and went on to win the Academy Award for Best Actress twice in the 1970s, for Klute (1971) and Coming Home (1978). Her other nominations were for Julia (1977), The China Syndrome (1979), On Golden Pond (1981), and The Morning After (1986). Consecutive hits Fun with Dick and Jane (1977), California Suite (1978), The Electric Horseman (1979), and 9 to 5 (1980) sustained Fonda's box-office drawing power, and she won a Primetime Emmy Award for her performance in the TV film The Dollmaker (1984).In 1982, she released her first exercise video, Jane Fonda's Workout, which became the highest-selling VHS of the 20th century. It would be the first of 22 such videos over the next 13 years, which would collectively sell over 17 million copies. Divorced from her second husband Tom Hayden, she married billionaire media mogul Ted Turner in 1991 and retired from acting, following a row of commercially unsuccessful films concluded by Stanley & Iris (1990). Fonda divorced Turner in 2001 and returned to the screen with the hit Monster-in-Law (2005). Although Georgia Rule (2007) was her only other movie during the 2000s, in the early 2010s she fully re-launched her career. Subsequent films have included The Butler (2013), This Is Where I Leave You (2014), Youth (2015), Our Souls at Night (2017), and Book Club (2018). In 2009, she returned to Broadway after a 49-year absence from the stage, in the play 33 Variations which earned her a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, while her major recurring role in the HBO drama series The Newsroom (2012–14) earned her two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. She also released another five exercise videos between 2009 and 2012. Fonda currently stars as Grace Hanson in the Netflix comedy series Grace and Frankie, which debuted in 2015 and has earned her nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.

* 12/21/1937

Lorena Koto(38)

Actress | Ōsaka Prefecture (JP)

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* 12/21/1985

Kiefer Sutherland(57)

Actor | Paddington, London, England (GB)

Kiefer Sutherland is a British-Canadian actor, producer and director, best known for his portrayal of Jack Bauer on the Fox thriller drama series 24. He has won an Emmy Award and Golden Globe award. He is the son of Canadian actors Donald Sutherland and Shirley Douglas.

* 12/21/1966

Johnny Hardwick(† 64)

Actor | Austin, Texas (US)

John Michael Hardwick (December 31, 1958 – c. August 8, 2023) was an American voice actor, comedian, writer, producer and YouTuber. He was best known as the voice of Dale Gribble in the animated American television series King of the Hill. He also served as a staff writer, story editor, and producer on the show. He was nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards three times, winning once in 1999 with the rest of King of the Hill's production team.

* 12/21/1958
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Julie Delpy(54)

Actress | Paris (FR)

Julie Delpy is a French-American actress, director, screenwriter, and singer-songwriter. She studied filmmaking at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and has directed, written, and acted in more than thirty films. After moving to the US, she became an American citizen.

* 12/21/1969

Jane Kaczmarek(68)

Actress | Milwaukee, Wisconsin (US)

Jane Frances Kaczmarek (born December 21, 1955) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Lois on the Fox television sitcom Malcolm in the Middle (2000–2006), which earned her three Golden Globe nominations and seven Primetime Emmy nominations. She also appeared as Linda in Equal Justice (1990–1991), Judge Trudy Kessler in Raising the Bar (2008–2009), Ann in Falling in Love (1984), Emily in The Heavenly Kid (1985), and Gayle in 6 Balloons (2018). She had recurring roles as Holly in Cybill and as Maureen Cutler in Frasier and is also known for a large number of recurring and guest-starring roles in various television shows. Kaczmarek was a replacement for the character of Bella in the Broadway production of Neil Simon's Lost In Yonkers.

* 12/21/1955

Deko Akao(46)

Crew | Fukuoka (JP)

Hitomi Mieno (三重野 瞳, Mieno Hitomi, December 21, 1977) is a Japanese female singer, lyricist, radio personality, broadcast writer, and screenwriter. In her activities as a screenwriter and broadcast writer, she uses the name Deko Akao (赤尾 でこ, Akao Deko).She is from Fukuoka. Her office is Fortunerest and her record company is Geneon Universal Entertainment, formerly JVC Entertainment (Victor Entertainment).

* 12/21/1977

Kei Satō(† 81)

Actor | Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima (JP)

Kei Satō (佐藤 慶, Satō Kei, born December 21, 1928 in Aizuwakamatsu - May 2, 2010) was a Japanese character actor and narrator. He is known for his work with Japanese New Wave director Nagisa Oshima, and for several films with Kaneto Shindo, such as Onibaba and Kuroneko. He won the best actor award from Kinema Junpo for the films The Ceremony and Nihon no akuryō. He also worked as a narrator for many documentaries, both on television and film. In his early days as an actor, before his success in The Human Condition, he supported himself by producing gariban hand-written mimeographs, and he maintained his interest in hand-printing to the end of his life. In 1981 he appeared in the film Daydream performing an unsimulated sex scene with actress Kyoko Aizome. The involvement of a mainstream actor in a hardcore film made good press coverage and brought audiences to the theater "in droves".

* 12/21/1928

Nikki Garcia(40)

Actress | San Diego, California (US)

Nicole Garcia-Colace is anAmericanmodelandprofessional wrestlerbetter known bythering nameNikki Bella, and one half of tag teamThe Bella Twins. They work forWWEon theRaw brand.

* 12/21/1983

Brie Garcia(40)

Actress | Scottsdale, Arizona (US)

Brianna Monique Danielson (née Garcia-Colace) is an American twin model and a semi retired professional wrestler. She is best known for her time with WWE working under the ring name Brie Bella. She is perhaps best known for her time competing as a professional wrestling tag team with her twin sister Nicole (Nikki Bella), collectively referred to as The Bella Twins.Before being promoted to the main WWE roster, The Bella Twins wrestled with Florida Championship Wrestling, where they were trained by Tom Prichard, and mainly competed in tag team competition. Brie made her debut on SmackDown in August 2008; she debuted first, and as part of her in-ring persona, would disappear under the ring during matches, emerging revived. Eventually, however, it was discovered she was switching places with her twin, Nikki, under the ring in order to gain an advantage. They then competed in tag team matches. Beginning in November 2008, an angle was written in which The Bella Twins developed an on-screen relationship with The Colóns (Carlito and Primo) and John Morrison and The Miz. In early 2010 Jerry Springer came to Raw were the superstars and divas (featuring The Bellas) pulled a prank on Jerry. The prank was that Kelly was "Pregnant". During the prank The Bellas came out and they were on about "their own little secret". Brie started to explain to Jerry to then be interrupted by Nikki who shouted "Brie is a man!" Brie seemed completely shocked. As soon as Nikki turned back to face her sister. Brie slapped Nikki across the face as Kelly and Jerry responded with a Big "OOOOO" and then attacked her which caused a brawl to then be broken up by security. They were later involved in a storyline romance with Daniel Bryan. In April 2011, Brie won the WWE Divas Championship.

* 12/21/1983

Jan Smit(38)

Actor | Volendam

Jan Smit (born 31 December 1985) is a Dutch singer, television host, and actor. Smit mostly sings songs in the Dutch language, in a genre known as palingsound. In addition to his solo career, in 2015 Smit joined the schlager trio KLUBBB3, and in 2017 The Toppers. As a TV presenter, he has worked on programs like the Beste Zangers (Best Singers in the Netherlands) and Sterren Muziekfeest op het Plein (Music Festival on the square.) Since 1999, Smit has been serving as an ambassador for the SOS Children's Villages.

* 12/21/1985

Reinhard Mey(81)

Actor | Berlin (DE)

Reinhard Friedrich Michael Mey (born 21 December 1942) is a German Liedermacher (lit. 'songmaker', a German-style singer-songwriter). In France he is known as Frédérik Mey. By 2009, Mey had released 27 German albums, and generally releases a new album approximately every two years; his first album was Ich wollte wie Orpheus singen (1967); the most recent studio album is Das Haus an der Ampel (2020). His biggest success to date was Mein Achtel Lorbeerblatt (1972). His most famous song by far is "Über den Wolken" (1974), which numerous German artists have covered. Mey is known to embark upon an extensive concert tour every two or three years, with a live album released from each tour.

* 12/21/1942

Dennis Boutsikaris(71)

Actor | Newark, New Jersey (US)

Dennis Boutsikaris (born December 21, 1952) is an American actor known for his work on stage and on screen, as well as audiobook narration. He has had recurring roles in acclaimed television shows such as Shameless and Better Call Saul.

* 12/21/1952

Tuva Novotny(44)

Actress | Stockholm (SE)

Tuva Moa Matilda Karolina Novotny Hedström (born 21 December 1979) is a Swedish actress, director, and singer.

* 12/21/1979

Dominic Pace(48)

Actor | White Plains, New York (US)

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* 12/21/1975

Jamie Theakston(53)

Actor | Sussex, England (GB)

Jamie Theakston is a television and radio presenter. He worked on television shows such as Live & Kicking, The Ozone, Top of the Pops, Rock Profile, A Question Of Pop, The Priory with Zoe Ball, 100 Greatest Kids Shows, Natural Born Losers, The Games, The Search, Britain’s Best Brain, Forbidden History, Dog’s Might Fly and Traffic Cops. Jamie also acted in an episode of the series Little Britain and Linda Green. His first major acting role was in BBC1’s Murder in Mind.

* 12/21/1970

Emmanuel Macron(46)

Actor | Amiens (FR)

Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron (born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has been serving as the president of France since 14 May 2017.

* 12/21/1977

Michelle Hurd(57)

Actress | New York City, New York (US)

Michelle Hurd (born December 21, 1966) is an American stage, film, and television actress. She is married to actor Garret Dillahunt.Michelle Hurd is the daughter of actor Hugh L. Hurd. She graduated from Saint Ann's School in 1984 and Boston University in 1988, and studied with the Alvin Ailey School. After her graduation from college, she studied at Great Britain's National Theatre .Her Broadway credits include the 1996 Stephen Sondheim-George Furth flop Getting Away with Murder. Other theater credits include Othello, A.M.L., Hamlet, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Looking for the Pony at Manhattan Theater Source with her sister Adrienne Hurd. She met her husband, Garret Dillahunt, in 900 Oneonta at Circle Repertory Theater Company. She has won several awards, including the Robbie Award and the California Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama for the premiere of Richard Greenberg's The Violet Hour.She has also appeared in several movies, including Random Hearts, Personals and as the comic book superhero B.B. DaCosta/Fire in the unshown TV-pilot Justice League of America (1997). After working in television roles such as The Cosby Mysteries, New York Undercover and The Practice, she appeared in a 1997 episode of Law & Order. Her performance as a corrupt FBI informant caught the attention of L&O producer Dick Wolf, who two years later cast her in the spin-off Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Det. Monique Jeffries. She co-starred with Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay for the first season before leaving the series in 2000, but she did appear in the first, seventh and sixteenth episodes of season two, her final appearance being in March 2001. In 2001, she appeared in the Showtime original series Leap Years, where her character was the on and off love interest of a bisexual character played by her real-life husband.Television roles include parts in Charmed, The O.C., According to Jim, Shark, Bones and Gossip Girl. In 2006 - 2007, she had a recurring role on ER as television news producer Courtney Brown, who became close to Dr. Kerry Weaver.She played Diana, the leading rôle, in the Washington Shakespeare Theatre Company's 10 February–29 March 2009 production of Lope de Vega's Dog in the Manger.She won a Robbie Award as "best actress" for her work in the world premiere of The Violet Hour at South Coast Repertory. She played in Hamlet at the North Shore Theater.In 2010, Hurd began a starring role on the A&E Network drama The Glades, playing Colleen Manus.

* 12/21/1966

Shane Nigam(28)

Actor | Ernakulam, Kerala (IN)

Shane Nigam is an Indian film actor who appears in Malayalam films. He made his lead role debut through the film Kismath and was a well known child artist in television series. He is the son of actor and comedian Kalabhavan Abi.

 
* 12/21/1995

Lo Hoi-pang(82)

Actor | Panyu District (CN)

Lo Hoi-pang (born 21 December 1941) is a Hong Kong actor and singer. Lo attended TVB's Training Classes in 1973. Among his classmates are Chow Yun-fat and Ng Man-tat. Lo won the 2012 31st Hong Kong Film Awards for the Best Supporting Actor category for his performance in Life Without Principle.

 
* 12/21/1941

Lisa Gerritsen(66)

Actress | Los Angeles, California (US)

Lisa Gerritsen (born Lisa Orszag; December 21, 1957) is an American former child actress. She is most famous for her role as Bess, the independent-minded daughter of Phyllis Lindstrom on the 1970s television series The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off Phyllis.

* 12/21/1957

Eve Mauro(42)

Actress | Atlanta, Georgia (US)

Eve Mauro is a Sicilian-American actress and fashion model. Wikipedia.

* 12/21/1981
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