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People: Famous People born on 09/26 (September)

September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 96 days remain until the end of the year. ()

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Jim Caviezel(55)

Actor | Mount Vernon, Washington (US)

James Patrick Caviezel Jr. (born September 26, 1968) is an American actor, known for his starring role as John Reese on the CBS series Person of Interest (2011-2016), Private Witt in The Thin Red Line (1998), Slovnik in G.I. Jane (1997), Detective John Sullivan in Frequency (2000), Catch inAngel Eyes(2001),Edmond Dantès in The Count of Monte Cristo (2002), and his portrayal of Jesus Christ in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ (2004).He began acting in plays inSeattle, WA. He earned hisScreen Actors Guildcard with a minor role in the 1991 filmMy Own Private Idaho. He then moved toLos Angelesto pursue a career in acting.He was offered a scholarship to study acting atNY'sJuilliard Schoolin 1993, but turned it down to portrayWarren Earpin the 1994 filmWyatt Earp.He later appeared in episodes ofMurder, She WroteandThe Wonder Years. After appearing inG.I. Jane(1997), he had a breakthrough performance in the 1998Terrence MalickWorld War IIfilmThe Thin Red Line.He was originally cast to playScott Summers / CyclopsinX-Men(2000), but dropped out due to a scheduling conflict with the filmFrequency(2000).He starred in the mainstream filmsPay It Forward(2000),The Count of Monte Cristo (2002), andBobby Jones: Stroke of Genius(2004).He portrayedJesus ChristinMel Gibson's 2004 filmThe Passion of the Christ. During filming, he wasstruck by lightning, accidentally scourged, had his shoulder dislocated, and suffered frompneumoniaandhypothermia. Prior to filming, Gibson reportedly warned Caviezel that playing Jesus in his controversial film would hurt his acting career. In 2011, Caviezel claimed that good roles had been hard to come by since, but stated that the movie, in particular the role of Jesus Christ, was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.He had leading roles in the 2006 filmsUnknownandDéjà Vu. He played Kainan in Outlander(2008) and provided the voice of Jesus on the 2007New Testament audio dramatizationThe Word of Promise. In 2008, he starred inLong Weekend and in November 2009, he starred inThe Prisoner, a remake of the British sci-fi series The Prisoner.From 2011 to 2016, Caviezel starred in the CBS drama seriesPerson of Interestas John Reese, a former CIA agent who now works for a mysterious billionaire as a vigilante. The show received the highest ratings in 15 years for a series pilot. Caviezel was nominated for the People's Choice Award for Favorite Dramatic TV Actor in 2014and again in 2016for his work onPerson of Interest.In 2017, Caviezel signed on as lead character of CBS'sSEAL Teamseries, however; he left the project due to creative differences before production began and was replaced byDavid Boreanaz.He has also narrated multiple documentaries.

* 09/26/1968

Linda Hamilton(67)

Actress | Salisbury, Maryland (US)

Linda Hamilton is an American actress, best known for role as Sarah Connor in The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day; and for her television work as Catherine Chandler in the television series Beauty and the Beast, for which she was nominated for two Golden Globes and an Emmy. She also had a recurring role in the comedy television series Weeds and Chuck.

* 09/26/1956

Melissa Sue Anderson(61)

Actress | Berkeley, California (US)

Melissa Sue Anderson (born September 26, 1962) is an American-Canadian actress. She began her career as a child actress after appearing in several commercials in Los Angeles. Anderson is known for her role as Mary Ingalls in the NBC drama series Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983), for which she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She is also known for film roles that include Vivian in Midnight Offerings (1981), Ginny in the slasher film Happy Birthday to Me (1981), and Alex in the ABC Afterschool Special, Which Mother Is Mine? (1979). Anderson became a naturalized citizen of Canada in 2007. In 2010, she published The Way I See It: A Look Back at My Life on Little House, an autobiographical account of her years acting in Little House on the Prairie.

* 09/26/1962

Serena Williams(42)

Actress | Saginaw, Michigan (US)

Serena Williams, is one of the top female tennis player in the world, has always maintained a level of interest. She earned her first grand slam singles title at the U.S. Open back in 1999, and made a string of four straight grand slam singles title wins - the 2002 French, Wimbledon, and U.S. Open titles, and the 2003 Australian Open title, all achieved by defeating her older sister, Venus. A knee injury in 2003 forced her to sit out 8 months of tennis competition. She reached the Wimbledon final in 2004, but has not won a major title since the summer of 2003. As of late, Serena has taken a stab at acting, appearing in guest roles on bothSimpsons(1989) andMy Wife and Kids(2001)..

* 09/26/1981

Manny Montana(40)

Actor | Long Beach, California (US)

Manny Montana is an actor, known for Graceland (2013), East L.A. (2008) and Road to Moloch (2009).

* 09/26/1983

Olivia Newton-John(† 73)

Actress | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England (GB)

Dame Olivia Newton-John AC, DBE was an English-born, Australian-raised singer and actress.She is a four-time Grammy award winner who amassed five No. 1 and ten other Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 singles and two No. 1 Billboard 200 solo albums. Eleven of her singles (including two platinum) and 14 of her albums (including two platinum and four double platinum) have been certified gold by the RIAA. She has sold an estimated over 100 million albums worldwide.In 1978, she co-starred with John Travolta in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical, Grease, which became one of the most successful films and movie soundtracks in Hollywood history. It features two major hitduetswith co-starJohn Travolta: "You're the One That I Want"—which is one of thebest-selling singles of all time—and "Summer Nights".She became the second woman (afterLinda Ronstadtin 1977) to have two singles – "Hopelessly Devoted to You" and "Summer Nights" – in theBillboardtop 5 simultaneously. Her performance earned her aPeople's Choice Awardfor Favorite Film Actress. She was nominated for aGolden Globeas Best Actress in a Musical and performed the Oscar-nominated "Hopelessly Devoted to You" at the 1979Academy Awards.In 1980, she starred withGene KellyandMichael Beckin the musical fantasy film Xanadu. Although it was a critical failure,its soundtrackwas certified double platinum and scored five top 20 singles on theBillboardHot 100. She charted with "Magic", "Suddenly" withCliff Richard, and the title song "Xanadu" with theElectric Light Orchestra."Magic" was Newton-John's biggest pop hit to that pointand still ranks as the biggest AC hit of her career. The film has since become a cult classic and the basis for aBroadway showthat ran for more than 500 performances beginning in 2007 and was nominated for fourTony Awardsincluding Best Musical.She helped pioneer the music video industry by recording avideo album for Physical, featuring videos of all the album's tracks and three of her older hits. The video album earned her a fourth Grammy and was aired as an ABC prime-time special,Let's Get Physical,becoming a top-10Nielsenhit.She teamed up with Travolta again in 1983 for the critically and commercially unsuccessful movieTwo of a Kind, redeemed by its platinum soundtrack featuring "Twist of Fate",and a new duet with Travolta, "Take a Chance"Iowa.In 2002, she was inducted into Australia'sARIA Hall of Fame and, in2015, she was inducted into theMusic Victoria Hall of Fame. In recognition for "her work as an entertainer and philanthropist", she was bestowed Australia's highest honor, theCompanion of the Order of Australia, in June 2019.In 2008, she raised funds to help build the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre inMelbourne, Australia. She led a three-week, 228km walk along theGreat Wall of China, joined by various celebrities andcancer survivors throughout her trek. The walk symbolised the steps cancer patients must take on their road to recovery.She was a a long-time activist for environmental and animal rights issues. She battled breast cancer three times and was an advocate for breast cancer research and health awareness. Her business ventures included launching several product lines for Koala Blue and co-owning the Gaia Retreat & Spa in Australia.

* 09/26/1948

Talulah Riley(38)

Actress | Hertfordshire, England (GB)

Talulah Riley is a British stage, film and television actress and novelist, best known for playing recurring character Angela on the HBO television series _Westworld_.

* 09/26/1985

Vivian Ossa(28)

Actress | Barranquilla (CO)

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* 09/26/1995

Martine Beswick(82)

Actress | Port Antonio (JM)

Martine Beswick (born 26 September 1941) is a Jamaican-born British actress and model perhaps best known for her roles in two James Bond films, From Russia with Love (1963) and Thunderball (1965), who went on to appear in several other notable films in the 1960s. In 2019, she was inducted into the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards' Monster Kid Hall of Fame.

* 09/26/1941

Ben Shenkman(55)

Actor | New York City, New York (US)

Benjamin Shenkman is an American actor, known for his roles in the comedy-drama series Royal Pains and the acclaimed HBO miniseries Angels in America, which earned him both Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations..

* 09/26/1968

Janice Wu(31)

Actress | Wuhan, Hubei Province (CN)

Wu Qian (Chinese: 吴倩; pinyin: Wú Qiàn, born (1992-09-26)September 26, 1992), also known as Janice Wu, is a Chinese actress. She rose to fame for portraying the younger counterpart of Zhao Mosheng in the 2015 hit romance drama My Sunshine, and gained attention for her roles in the television series My Amazing Boyfriend (2016), Fighter of the Destiny (2017), The Brightest Star in the Sky (2019), Le Coup de Foudre (2019), and Skate into Love (2020).

* 09/26/1992

Christina Milian(42)

Actress | Jersey City, New Jersey (US)

Christina Milian (née Flores, born September 26, 1981) is an American singer and actress. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, but raised in Maryland, she signed a contract with Murder Inc. Records at the age of 19. In 2001, Milian released her self-titled debut album, which featured the singles "AM to PM" and "When You Look at Me"; the former charted within the Top 40 of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and both peaked in the top three on the UK Singles Chart. In 2003, she performed the theme song "Call Me, Beep Me!", for Disney Channel's animated series Kim Possible. In 2004, Milian released her second studio album It's About Time, which provided her first major U.S. hit, "Dip It Low" (featuring Fabolous), which reached number five on the U.S. Billboard chart. "Whatever U Want" (featuring Joe Budden) was released as the album's second single. Both singles charted within the Top 10 of the UK chart. In 2006, Milian released her third studio album So Amazin'. The album produced one single, "Say I" (featuring Young Jeezy), which peaked in the Top 30 of the US Billboard chart. A month after the release of So Amazin', Milian's representative confirmed that she had left Island Records due to creative differences. Milian signed with Interscope Records in 2009. A single, ballad "Us Against the World", was released in October 2008. Milian originally wanted to be an actress. Her first lead role was in the 2003 film Love Don't Cost a Thing, and she subsequently had lead roles in Be Cool and the 2006 horror film Pulse. Milian had a minor role in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, and starred as the lead role in the straight-to-DVD film Bring It On: Fight to the Finish. Milian has also starred in the 2010 ABC Family Original Movie Christmas Cupid, alongside Ashley Benson and Chad Michael Murray. From 2015 to 2016, she starred in the sitcom Grandfathered. She is an entrepreneur and co-founded and co-owns Beignet Box, a dessert shop in the Los Angeles area.

* 09/26/1981
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Richard Herd(† 87)

Actor | Boston, Massachusetts (US)

Richard Herd Jr. (September 26, 1932 - May 26, 2020) was an American actor.

* 09/26/1932

Edmund Gwenn(† 81)

Actor | Wandsworth, London, England (GB)

Edmund Gwenn (born Edmund John Kellaway; 26 September 1877 – 6 September 1959) was an English actor. On film, he is best remembered for his role as Kris Kringle in the Christmas film Miracle on 34th Street (1947), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the corresponding Golden Globe Award. He received a second Golden Globe and another Academy Award nomination for the comedy film Mister 880 (1950). He is also remembered for his appearances in four films directed by Alfred Hitchcock. As a stage actor in the West End and on Broadway, he was associated with a wide range of works by modern playwrights, including Bernard Shaw, John Galsworthy and J. B. Priestley. After the Second World War, he lived in the United States, where he had a successful career in Hollywood and Broadway.

* 09/26/1877

Özge Yağız(26)

Actress | Istanbul (TR)

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* 09/26/1997

Nilam Farooq(34)

Actress | Berlin (DE)

Nilam Farooq (born 26 September 1989) is a German actress. She has appeared in several television series, films, and commercials. She won the best actress Jupiter Award (2019) and the Bavarian Film Awards (2020) for movies Heilstätten and Contra.

* 09/26/1989

Patrick O'Neal(† 66)

Actor | Ocala, Florida USA

Patrick Wisdom O'Neal (September 26, 1927 – September 9, 1994) was an American actor and restaurateur.

* 09/26/1927

Mark Famiglietti(44)

Actor | Providence, Rhode Island (US)

Mark Armand Famiglietti is an actor and writer, known for Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), Secret in Their Eyes (2015) and Premonition (2007).

* 09/26/1979

George Raft(† 85)

Actor | Los Angeles, California (US)

George Raft (born George Ranft; September 26, 1895 or 1901 – November 24, 1980) was an American film actor and dancer identified with portrayals of gangsters in crime melodramas of the 1930s and 1940s. A stylish leading man in dozens of movies, Raft is remembered for his gangster roles in Quick Millions (1931) with Spencer Tracy, Scarface (1932) with Paul Muni, Each Dawn I Die (1939) with James Cagney, Invisible Stripes (1939) with Humphrey Bogart, and Billy Wilder's comedy Some Like It Hot (1959) with Marilyn Monroe and Jack Lemmon; and as a dancer in Bolero (1934) with Carole Lombard and a truck driver in They Drive by Night (1940) with Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino and Bogart.

* 09/26/1895

Philip Bosco(† 88)

Actor | Jersey City, New Jersey (US)

Philip Michael Bosco (September 26, 1930 – December 3, 2018) was an American actor. He was known for his Tony Award-winning performance as Saunders in the 1989 Broadway production of Lend Me a Tenor, and for his starring role in the 2007 film The Savages. He won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1988.

* 09/26/1930

Elizabeth Saunders(57)

Actress | Toronto, Ontario (CA)

Elizabeth Saunders is a Canadian stage and screen actress and director. She holds an BFA in Acting from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

* 09/26/1966

Natja Brunckhorst(57)

Actress | Berlin (DE)

Natja Brunckhorst (born 26 September 1966) is a German actress, screenwriter, and director.Brunckhorst was 13 years old when she was selected by director Uli Edel for the leading role as Christiane F. in the critically acclaimed 1981 dramatisation of the biographical work Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo by Christiane Vera Felscherinow, written following the tape recordings of the experiences of teenage girl Christiane F. The film immediately acquired cult status (which it still retains today) and features David Bowie as both himself and the soundtrack composer, which gave the film a commercial boost. A year later Brunckhorst appeared in Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Querelle (1982). After the unexpected success of Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo, in order to avoid public attention she retreated from public life and went to school in England. After a short time in Paris she returned to Germany in 1987 to study at the Schauspielschule Bochum. Since then she has acted on film and television, for example in The Princess and the Warrior, as well as the German TV series Dr. Sommerfeld – Neues vom Bülowbogen. Following a recovery from cancer which caused a break in her acting career, in 1998, Brunckhorst began working as a scriptwriter, first for the television series Einsatz Hamburg Süd. Her biographical film Never Mind the Wall was awarded the Lola for the best script in 2001. In the same year her first work as a director was published, La Mer, a playful-romantic short film. In addition, she still appears in movies, such as her part in 2000 alongside Franka Potente and Benno Fürmann in the movie The Princess and the Warrior. In Totem, the only German contribution to the Venice Film Festival in 2011, she embodied a woman in desperation for the speechlessness of her family. Brunckhorst has one daughter: Emma (born 1991), from a relationship with German actor Dominic Raacke that lasted from 1988 to 1993. She currently lives in Munich. Natja Brunckhorst is a member of the high-IQ society Mensa.

* 09/26/1966

Ricky Tomlinson(84)

Actor | Bispham, Blackpool (GB)

Eric "Ricky" Tomlinson (born 26 September 1939) is an English actor. He is best known for his television roles as Bobby Grant in the soap opera Brookside (1982–1988), DCI Charlie Wise in Cracker (1993–2006) and Jim Royle in The Royle Family (1998–2012). He also played the titular character in the 2001 football mockumentary Mike Bassett: England Manager.

* 09/26/1939

Maria Bonnevie(50)

Actress | Västerås, Västmanlands län (SE)

A Norwegian actress, known for I Am Dina (2002), The 13th Warrior (1999), Reconstruction (2003), and Another Round (2020).

* 09/26/1973

David Millbern(56)

Actor

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* 09/26/1967

James Keane(71)

Actor | Buffalo, New York (US)

James Keane was born on September 26, 1952 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Apocalypse Now (1979), Falling Down (1993) and Dick Tracy (1990).

* 09/26/1952

Lysette Anthony(60)

Actress | London, England (GB)

Lysette Anthony (born on 26 September 1963) is an English film, television, and theatre actress.

* 09/26/1963

Richy Müller(68)

Actor | Mannheim (DE)

Richy Müller (born Hans-Jürgen Müller; 26 September 1955 in Mannheim) is a German television and movie actor.

* 09/26/1955

Victoria Vetri(79)

Actress | San Francisco, California (US)

Victoria Vetri is an American model and actress. Vetri was born in San Francisco, California to parents who were immigrants from Italy. She attended Hollywood High School in Hollywood, California between 1959 and 1963 and later studied art at Los Angeles City College. She began acting and modelling in her teens. Vetri is a singer and dancer who once turned down the voice dub for Natalie Wood in West Side Story (1961). She also auditioned for the title role in the Stanley Kubrick adaptation of Lolita but lost the role to Sue Lyon. She also writes poetry and plays guitar.

* 09/26/1944

Kent McCord(81)

Actor | Los Angeles, California (US)

Kent Franklin McWhirter (born September 26, 1942), known by his stage name Kent McCord, is a retired American actor, best known for his role as Officer Jim Reed on the television series Adam-12.

* 09/26/1942
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