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People: Famous People born on 07/22 (July)

July 21 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 23 All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on August 4 by Old Calendar. For July 22nd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on July 9. ()

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Willem Dafoe(68)

Actor | Appleton, Wisconsin (US)

William James "Willem" Dafoe (born July 22, 1955) is an American actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, including the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, in addition to receiving nominations for four Academy Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a British Academy Film Award. He frequently collaborates with filmmakers Paul Schrader, Abel Ferrara, Lars von Trier, Julian Schnabel, Wes Anderson, and Robert Eggers.Dafoe was an early member of experimental theater company The Wooster Group. He made his film debut in Heaven's Gate (1980), but was fired during production. He had his first leading role in the outlaw biker film The Loveless (1982) and then played the main antagonist in Streets of Fire (1984) and To Live and Die in L.A. (1985). He received his first Academy Award nomination (as Best Supporting Actor) for his role as Sergeant Elias Grodin in Oliver Stone's war film Platoon (1986). In 1988, Dafoe played Jesus in Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ and costarred in Mississippi Burning, both of which were controversial.After receiving his second Academy Award nomination (as Best Supporting Actor) for portraying Max Schreck in Shadow of the Vampire (2000), Dafoe portrayed the supervillain Norman Osborn / Green Goblin in the superhero film Spider-Man (2002), a role he reprised in its sequels Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007), and the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) earning him the Guinness World Record for the "longest career as a live-action Marvel character". He also portrayed the villains in Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) and XXX: State of the Union (2005), as well as Carson Clay in the film Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007). In 2009, he starred in the experimental film Antichrist, one of his three films with Lars von Trier. Dafoe then appeared in The Fault in Our Stars, John Wick, The Grand Budapest Hotel (all 2014), The Great Wall (2016), Murder on the Orient Express (2017), The Florida Project (2017) (for which he received his third Academy Award nomination in the Best Supporting Actor category), The Lighthouse (2019), The French Dispatch, and Nightmare Alley (both 2021). He portrayed Nuidis Vulko in the DC Extended Universe films Aquaman (2018), Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2022).Dafoe has portrayed several real-life figures, including T. S. Eliot in Tom & Viv (1994), Pier Paolo Pasolini in Pasolini (2014), Vincent van Gogh in At Eternity's Gate (2018) (for which he received an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination, his first in that category), and Leonhard Seppala in Togo (2019).

* 07/22/1955

Terence Stamp(85)

Actor | Stepney, London, England (GB)

Terence Henry Stamp (born 22 July 1938) is an English actor. Known for his sophisticated villain roles, he was named by Empire as one of the 100 Sexiest Film Stars of All Time in 1995. He has received various accolades including a Golden Globe Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, and a Silver Bear as well as nominations for an Academy Award and two BAFTA Awards. After training at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London, he started his acting career in 1962. He was called the "master of the brooding silence" by The Guardian. His performance in the title role of Billy Budd, his film debut, earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor and a BAFTA nomination for Best Newcomer. Associated with the Swinging London scene of the 1960s – during which time he was in high-profile relationships with actress Julie Christie and supermodel Jean Shrimpton – Stamp was among the subjects photographed by David Bailey for a set titled Box of Pin-Ups. He starred opposite Christie in Far from the Madding Crowd (1967). He gained wider fame for his role as archvillain General Zod in Superman (1978) and Superman II (1980). For his leading role in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) he earned BAFTA Award and Golden Globe Award nominations. He then starred in The Limey (1999) earning an Independent Spirit Award nomination. Other films include Wall Street (1987), Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), The Haunted Mansion (2003), Elektra (2005), Wanted (2008), Get Smart (2008), Yes Man (2008), Valkyrie (2008), Big Eyes (2014) and Last Night in Soho (2021).

* 07/22/1938

Jaime Camil(50)

Actor | Mexico City, Distrito Federal (MX)

Jaime Camilis aMexicanstage, film and television actor, singer and director, best known for playing series regular Rogelio de la Vega on the comedy-drama series "Jane the Virgin".

* 07/22/1973

Kyle Mac(35)

Actor | Canada (CA)

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* 07/22/1988

John Leguizamo(59)

Actor | Bogotá (CO)

John Alberto Leguizamo Peláez (born July 22, 1960) is an American actor, comedian, and film producer. He has appeared in over 100 films, produced over 20 films and documentaries, made over 30 television appearances, and has produced various television projects. He's also written and performed for the Broadway stage receiving three Tony Award nominations for Freak in 1998, Sexaholix in 2002, and Latin History for Morons in 2018. He received a Special Tony Award in 2018.He rose to fame with a co-starring role in Super Mario Bros. (1993) as Luigi, Benny Blanco in the crime drama Carlito's Way (1993), and later To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995), for which he received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination. Other films include Romeo + Juliet (1996), A Brother's Kiss (1997), Summer of Sam (1999), Moulin Rouge! (2001), The Alibi (2006), Righteous Kill (2008), Repo Men (2010), The Counselor (2013), John Wick (2014), and The Menu (2022). He served as the narrator of the sitcom The Brothers García (2000–2004) and voiced Sid the Sloth in the Ice Age franchise (2002–2016), and as Bruno in Encanto (2021).Leguizamo is also known for his television roles including Freak (1998) for which he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program. He received further Primetime Emmy Award nominations for the Paramount miniseries Waco (2018), and Netflix's limited series When They See Us (2019). He's also appeared on ER, The Kill Point, Bloodline, and The Mandalorian.

* 07/22/1964

Rhys Ifans(56)

Actor | Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales (GB)

Rhys Ifans (born Rhys Owain Evans; 22 July 1967) is a Welsh actor and musician. He was the frontman of Welsh rock music bands the Peth and Super Furry Animals. As an actor, he is best known for his roles in Notting Hill (1999), Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000) and Enduring Love (2004) as well as his portrayals of Xenophilius Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010), the supervillain Lizard in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), and Grigori Rasputin in The King's Man (2021). Other roles include Hector DeJean in the Epix thriller series Berlin Station, Mycroft Holmes in the CBS series Elementary, and Ser Otto Hightower in the HBO television series House of the Dragon.

* 07/22/1967

Jaz Sinclair(29)

Actress | Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

Jaz Sinclair (born Jasmine Sinclair Sabino; July 22, 1994) is an American film and television actress. She is known for playing Angela in Paper Towns and Anna in When the Bough Breaks. Wikipedia.

* 07/22/1994

Irene Bedard(56)

Actress | Anchorage, Alaska (US)

Irene Bedard is a Native American film and television actress, director and producer, best known for voicing the title character in the _Pocahontas_ animation feature film franchise.

* 07/22/1967

Selena Gomez(31)

Actress | Grand Prairie, Texas (US)

Selena Marie Gomez ( sə-LEE-nə GOH-mez; born July 22, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, producer, and businesswoman. She began her career as a child actress, starring on the children's television series Barney & Friends (2002–2004). Gomez rose to prominence and emerged as a teen idol, for her leading role as Alex Russo on the Disney Channel sitcom Wizards of Waverly Place (2007–2012). She signed with Hollywood Records in 2008. As the lead vocalist, she formed the pop rock band Selena Gomez & the Scene, and released three studio albums from 2009 to 2011; each of the band's releases have been certified gold or higher by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Further pursuing a career as a soloist, Gomez found continued success with her solo studio albums as each debuted atop the U.S. Billboard 200 upon release. Her EDM-inspired debut, Stars Dance (2013) yielded the international top-ten single "Come & Get It". Desiring more artistic control, Gomez signed with Interscope Records and released the electropop set Revival in 2015, supported by the top-ten singles "Good for You", "Same Old Love", and "Hands to Myself". The follow-up, Rare (2020), topped the charts in eleven countries, and was led by the single "Lose You to Love Me", which marked Gomez's first number-one song on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and the Canadian Hot 100. She forayed into Spanish-language music with the EP Revelación (2021), which earned her career-first Grammy and Latin Grammy Award nominations. Gomez has also released various collaborative singles, including "We Don't Talk Anymore", "It Ain't Me", "Wolves", "Taki Taki", and "Calm Down (Remix)"; the latter became the most commercially successful Afrobeats song of all time and became the best-selling collaboration of 2023 globally. Gomez has starred in numerous films, including voicing Mavis in the Hotel Transylvania film franchise (2012–2022). On television, she produced the teen drama series 13 Reasons Why (2017–2020), the documentary Living Undocumented (2019), her cooking show Selena + Chef (2020–present), and the mystery comedy series Only Murders in the Building (2021–present), in which she plays a lead acting role. Gomez has received numerous accolades, including an American Music Award, a Billboard Music Award, two MTV Video Music Awards, and 16 Guinness World Records; and received nominations for four Emmy Awards, two Grammy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. Outside of music and acting, Gomez has worked with various charitable organizations, and advocates for mental health, and gender, racial, and LGBT equality; she has been a UNICEF goodwill ambassador since 2009. She launched the cosmetics company Rare Beauty in 2020, which was valued at $2 billion in 2024, and founded the Rare Impact Fund, a non-profit committed to raising $100 million this decade for mental health awareness. Gomez has been featured in listicles such as the Time 100 (2020) and Forbes 30 Under 30 (2016 and 2020), and was named the Billboard Woman of the Year in 2017. Billboard ranked her as one of the most successful artists of the 2010s decade. With over 430 million followers, she is the most-followed woman on Instagram, as of 2024.

* 07/22/1992

David Spade(59)

Actor | Birmingham, Michigan (US)

David Wayne Spade (born July 22, 1964) is an American comedian and actor. After several years as a stand-up comedian, Spade rose to prominence as a writer and cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1990 to 1996. Following his departure from SNL, he began an acting career in both film and television, starring or co-starring in the films Tommy Boy (1995), Black Sheep (1996), Senseless (1998), Joe Dirt (2001), Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003), The Benchwarmers (2006), Grown Ups (2010) and its 2013 sequel, The Ridiculous 6 (2015), The Do-Over (2016), and The Wrong Missy (2020). He has been part of an ensemble cast of two sitcoms: Just Shoot Me! (1997–2003) and Rules of Engagement (2007–2013). Additionally, he starred as C. J. Barnes in the sitcom 8 Simple Rules (2004–2005). For his role in Just Shoot Me!, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globes. In animation, he voiced Ranger Frank in The Rugrats Movie (1998), Kuzco in The Emperor's New Groove (2000) and its direct-to-video sequel, Kronk's New Groove (2005), the red panda Aliur in Snowflake, the White Gorilla (2013) and Griffin the Invisible Man in the Hotel Transylvania film series (2012–2022). Spade hosted a late-night talk show Lights Out with David Spade, which premiered on July 29, 2019. Spade's comedic style, in both his stand-up material and acting roles, relies heavily on sarcasm and self-deprecation.

* 07/22/1964

Colin Ferguson(51)

Actor | Montreal, Québec (CA)

Colin Ferguson (born July 22, 1972) is a Canadian-American actor, director and producer. He is known for playing Sheriff Jack Carter on the Syfy series Eureka, the Maytag Man, and Lewis on Then Came You.

* 07/22/1972

Kyoko Hasegawa(45)

Actress | Chiba (JP)

Kyoko Hasegawa is a Japanese actress.

* 07/22/1978
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Alisha Newton(22)

Actress | Vancouver, British Columbia (CA)

She was coached and trained by the award-winning acting coach, Kirsten Clarkson at Screen Acting School, who helped her achieve an incredible career. https://www.screenactingschool.com/.

* 07/22/2001

Danny Glover(77)

Actor | San Francisco, California (US)

Danny Lebern Glover(born July 22, 1946) is an American actor, film director, and political activist. He is best known for his co-starring lead role asSergeant Roger Murtaughin theLethal Weaponfilm series.Glover has had a variety of film, stage, and television roles. He starred as the husband toWhoopi Goldberg's character, Celie in the celebrated literary adaptation of The Color Purple, and as Lieutenant James McFee in the filmWitness. He had leading roles in other films includingTo Sleep with Anger,Predator 2,Angels in the Outfield, andOperation Dumbo Drop. He won theIndependent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his starring role inCharles Burnett'sTo Sleep with Anger.Also, he has had prominent supporting roles inSilverado,Witness,A Rage in Harlem,Dreamgirls,Shooter,Death at a Funeral, Beyond the Lights,Sorry to Bother You,The Last Black Man in San Francisco,The Dead Don't Die,Lonesome Dove and Jumanji: The Next Level. Glover earned top billing for the first time inPredator 2, the sequel to thescience fictionaction filmPredator. During his career, he has also made several cameos, appearing, for example, in theMichael Jacksonvideo "Liberian Girl" of 1987.In 1994, he made his directorial debut with theShowtimechannel short film Override. Also in 1994, Glover and actorBen Guilloryfounded theRobey Theatre Companyin Los Angeles, focusing on theatre by and about black people.

* 07/22/1946

Nick Brimble(79)

Actor | Bristol, England (GB)

Nicholas Brimble (born 22 July 1944) is an English actor whose long career has spanned theatre, television, film, and voice work.

* 07/22/1944

Yoon Jae(43)

Actress

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* 07/22/1980

Rob Estes(60)

Actor | Norfolk, Virginia (US)

Rob Estes (born July 22, 1963) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Harry Wilson on the teen drama series 90210, as Sgt. Chris Lorenzo on the crime drama series Silk Stalkings, and as Kyle McBride on the primetime soap opera Melrose Place.

* 07/22/1963

Parvesh Cheena(44)

Actor | Elk Grove, Illinois

Parvesh Singh Cheena (born July 22, 1979) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Gupta in the TV series Outsourced and as Sunil Odhav on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. He also voices Bodhi in T.O.T.S. and Blades in Transformers: Rescue Bots.

* 07/22/1979

Ernest Waddell(41)

Actor | New York City, New York (US)

Ernest Waddell (born July 22, 1982) is a New York City-based actor. He is perhaps best known for his recurring roles on two television series: Fin Tutuola's son Ken Randall on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Omar Little's boyfriend Dante on The Wire. His credits also include the television series As the World Turns and One Tree Hill, and the film The Poker Game. He is also an abstract painter and photographer.

* 07/22/1982

Skyler Gisondo(27)

Actor | Palm Beach County, Florida (US)

Skyler Gisondo (July 22, 1996 in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA) is an actor known for the Air Bud movies, The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014), Vacation (2015), Santa Clarita Diet (2017-2019) and Feast of the Seven Fishes (2019).

* 07/22/1996

Stephen Shiu(74)

Crew | British Hong Kong (GB)

Stephen Shiu (born 22 July 1949) is a Taiwan-based Hong Kong media personality, businessperson, film producer, screenwriter, news presenter, and pundit. He founded Hong Kong Reporter in 2004, an internet radio station focused on live talk radio broadcasting. In 2013 he founded memehk.com, a multimedia news site, after Hong Kong Reporter was closed.

* 07/22/1949

Adam Godley(59)

Actor | Amersham, England (GB)

Adam N. Godley (born 22 July 1964) is an English-American actor. Godley has been nominated for two Tony Awards and four Laurence Olivier Awards for his performances on the New York and London stages, including Private Lives in 2001, The Pillowman in 2002, Anything Goes in 2011, and The Lehman Trilogy in 2019. He made his Broadway debut in 2002 in a revival of Noël Coward's Private Lives, for which he earned a Theatre World Award for Outstanding Broadway debut. In 2011, he returned to Broadway in the musical Anything Goes for which he earned a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical nomination. In 2021, The Lehman Trilogy made its Broadway transfer to great critical acclaim, and securing Godley another Tony nomination for Best Actor in a Play. Godley's film roles include Love Actually (2003), Nanny McPhee (2005), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), and The Theory of Everything (2014). He has also had television roles as Elliott Schwartz in Breaking Bad (2008–2013), Nigel Nesbitt in Suits (2013), Phinneus Pogo in The Umbrella Academy (2019–present), and Archie the Archbishop in The Great (2020–2023).

* 07/22/1964

Louise Fletcher(† 88)

Actress | Birmingham, Alabama (US)

Estelle Louise Fletcher (July 22, 1934 – September 23, 2022) was an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of the antagonist Nurse Ratched in the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), which earned her numerous accolades, including the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. Fletcher had a recurring role as the Bajoran religious leader Kai Winn Adami in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–99). She was nominated for two Emmy Awards for her roles in the television series Picket Fences (1996) and Joan of Arcadia (2004). Her final role was as Rosie in the Netflix series Girlboss (2017).

* 07/22/1934

Aleksandr Kuznetsov(31)

Actor | Sevastopol, Ukraine [now Russia]

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kuznetsov (Russian: Александр Александрович Кузнецов, born 22 July 1992) is a Russian actor. He has had prominent roles in Russian films and television.

* 07/22/1992

Javon Walton(17)

Actor | Atlanta, Georgia (US)

Javon "Wanna" Walton (born July 23, 2006) is an American actor and pro boxer, known for Euphoria (2019), Utopia (2020), The Addams Family 2 (2021) and Umbrella Academy (2022).

* 07/22/2006

Bob Dole(† 98)

Actor | Russell, Kansas (US)

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* 07/22/1923

A.J. Cook(45)

Actress | Oshawa, Ontario (CA)

Andrea Joy Cook (born July 22, 1978) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Supervisory Special Agent Jennifer "JJ" Jareau on the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds (2005–2020, 2022–). Cook has also appeared in The Virgin Suicides (1999), Higher Ground (2000), Ripper (2001), Out Cold (2001), Final Destination 2 (2003), and Tru Calling (2003–2004).

* 07/22/1978

Keenan Tracey(32)

Actor | Canada (CA)

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* 07/22/1991

Sarah Lind(41)

Actress | Regina, Saskatchewan (CA)

Sarah Lind (born July 22, 1982) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her starring roles on the television series Mentors, Edgemont and True Justice.

* 07/22/1982

Michael Hickenbottom(58)

Actor | Chandler, AZ

Michael Shawn Hickenbottom, better known by hisring name,Shawn Michaels, is an Americanprofessional wrestlingpersonality,television presenterand retiredprofessional wrestler. He is currently signed toWWE, where he has served as anambassadorfor the company since December 2010. Michaels wrestled for WWE, formerly the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), from 1988 until his first retirement in 1998, owing to a severe back injury. He appeared in non-wrestling roles from 1998 to 2000 and resumed his wrestling career in 2002 until retiring ceremoniously in 2010. In the WWF/WWE, Michaels headlined majorpay per viewevents in four decades from the 1980s to the 2010s, closing the company's premier annual eventWrestleManiaon five occasionsMichaels was inducted into theWWE Hall of Fameclass of 2011. Following Michaels' induction, WWE said of Michaels, "Ask any Superstar on the WWE roster who the most gifted sports-entertainer of all time is and nearly everyone will have the same answer Shawn Michaels."Michaels is a four timeworld champion: athree-timeWWF Championand aformerWorld Heavyweight Champion. He was also the winner of the1995and1996Royal Rumblesand was the company's firstGrand Slam Champion. He has also won thePWI Match of the Year Awarda record eleven times. Michaels currently resides inSan Antonio,Texaswith his wife, Rebecca, and their two children.

* 07/22/1965
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