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People: Famous People born in 1971

People in chronological context: 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1971st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 971st year of the 2nd millennium, the 71st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1970s decade. The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. ()

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Mark Wahlberg(54)

Actor | Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts (US)

Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5, 1971), former stage name Marky Mark, is an American actor, businessman, and former rapper. His work as a leading man spans the comedy, drama, and action genres. He has received multiple accolades, including a BAFTA Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, nine Primetime Emmy Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.Wahlberg was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1971. During his early life, he perpetrated several crimes. In the 1990s, Wahlberg was a member of the music group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, with whom he released the albums Music for the People (1991) and You Gotta Believe (1992). Wahlberg made his screen debut in Renaissance Man (1994) and had his first starring role in Fear (1996). He received critical praise for his performance as porn actor Dirk Diggler in Boogie Nights (1997).In the early 2000s, he ventured into big-budget action movies, such as The Perfect Storm (2000), Planet of the Apes (2001), and The Italian Job (2003). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing a police officer in the crime drama The Departed (2006). He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for the sports drama biopic The Fighter (2010), in which he starred as Micky Ward. In the 2010s, he landed successful comedy roles with The Other Guys (2010), Ted (2012), Ted 2 (2015), Daddy's Home (2015), and Daddy's Home 2 (2017). He also became the protagonist in two films in the Transformers live-action film franchise, Transformers: Age of Extinction and Transformers: The Last Knight. He was the world's highest-paid actor in 2017.Wahlberg served as executive producer of five HBO series: the comedy-drama Entourage (2004–2011), the period crime drama Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014), the comedy-dramas How to Make It in America (2010–2011) and Ballers (2015–2019), and the documentary McMillions (2020). He is co-owner of the Wahlburgers chain and co-starred in the reality TV series about it. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010.

Known for: The Fighter, Boogie Nights, The Departed, Ted
* 06/05/1971

Jon Hamm(54)

Actor | St. Louis, Missouri (US)

Jonathan Daniel Hamm (born March 10, 1971) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Don Draper in the period drama series Mad Men (2007–2015), for which he won numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. Hamm also acted in lead roles in the films Stolen (2010), Million Dollar Arm (2014), Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016), Beirut (2018), and Confess, Fletch (2022), as well as his supporting roles in The Town (2010), Sucker Punch (2011), Bridesmaids (2011), Baby Driver (2017), Tag (2018), Bad Times at the El Royale (2018), The Report (2019), Lucy in the Sky (2019), Richard Jewell (2019), No Sudden Move (2021), and Top Gun: Maverick (2022). He voiced roles in Shrek Forever After (2010), Minions (2015), and Transformers One (2024). Hamm expanded his career on television taking leading roles in prestige drama series such as Sky Arts' A Young Doctor's Notebook (2012–2013), FX's Fargo (2023-24), Paramount+'s Landman (2024–25), and Apple TV+'s Your Friends & Neighbors (2025). He also took supporting roles in the dystopian anthology Black Mirror: White Christmas (2014), the superhero series Legion (2018), the fantasy series Good Omens (2019), and the drama series The Morning Show (2023). Also known for his comedic roles he has guest starred in the NBC shows 30 Rock and Parks and Recreation, the Netflix series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Known for: The Town, Million Dollar Arm, Tag, Mad Men
* 03/10/1971

Claire Forlani(53)

Actress | Twickenham, Middlesex, England (GB)

Claire Antonia Forlani (born December 1971) is an English actress. She became known in the mid-1990s for her leading role in the film Mallrats, and in the Jean-Michel Basquiat 1996 biopic Basquiat. In 1998, she achieved wide recognition for starring in the fantasy romance film Meet Joe Black. Her other notable films include Mystery Men (1999), Boys and Girls (2000), Antitrust (2001), The Medallion (2003), and In the Name of the King (2007). She appeared in numerous TV films and series, including a starring role on the historical-fantasy-drama series Camelot, and recurring roles on the CBS action series CSI: NY, NCIS: Los Angeles, and Hawaii Five-0. She played the role of Meredith Newman in the 2019 film Five Feet Apart.

Known for: Meet Joe Black, Mystery Men, In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, Mallrats
* 12/17/1971

Alan Tudyk(54)

Actor | El Paso, Texas (US)

Alan Wray Tudyk ( TEW-dik; born March 16, 1971) is an American actor. His film work includes roles in 28 Days (2000), A Knight's Tale (2001), Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004), voice and motion capture for Sonny in I, Robot (2004), and 3:10 to Yuma (2007). He starred in the black comedy horror film Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (2010). Tudyk has also appeared in the films Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), 42 (2013), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) and Trumbo (2015). He has voiced characters in most Walt Disney Animation Studios films since 2012. Tudyk's television roles include Wash on the space Western drama series Firefly (2002–2003). The show ran for one season and developed a cult following after the series aired. He reprised the role in the 2005 continuation film Serenity expanding on the events of the final episode of the series. His other roles include the 2007 English black comedy film Death at a Funeral, the sitcom Arrested Development (2005, 2013, 2019), the science fiction series Dollhouse (2009–2010), the superhero animated series Young Justice (2010–2013, 2019), and various voices on the animated series American Dad! (2011–present). Tudyk played Dr. Noah Werner on the sitcom Suburgatory (2011–2014). He also starred in the comedy series Newsreaders (2014–2015), the animated series Star vs. the Forces of Evil (2015–2019), voiced Dangerboat in the series The Tick (2017–2019), played K-2SO in the film Rogue One (2016), and Eric Morden / Mr. Nobody on the series Doom Patrol (2019). In video games he voiced Mickey in Halo 3: ODST (2009) as well as reprising his roles K-2SO in Star Wars Battlefront (2015) and as the Green Arrow in various DC Super Hero Video Games (2013, 2015, and 2017) Since 2019, Tudyk has voiced The Joker and Clayface in the series Harley Quinn. Tudyk currently plays Dr. Harry Vanderspeigle in the science fiction comedy series Resident Alien, and voices Optimus Prime in the animated series Transformers: EarthSpark. In 2024, Tudyk voiced Alex Sartorius / Doctor Phosphorus and returned as Clayface in Creature Commandos.

Known for: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, I, Robot, A Knight's Tale, Firefly
* 03/16/1971

Nathan Fillion(54)

Actor | Edmonton, Alberta (CA)

Nathan Fillion (born March 27, 1971) is a Canadian-American actor. He played the leading roles of Captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds on Firefly and its film continuation Serenity, and Richard Castle on Castle. As of 2018, he was starring as John Nolan on The Rookie.Fillion has acted in traditionally distributed films like Slither and Trucker, Internet-distributed films like Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, television soap operas, sitcoms and theater. His voice is also featured in animation and video games, such as Hal Jordan / Green Lantern in various DC Comics projects, the Bungie games Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Halo: Reach, Destiny and Destiny 2, along with the 343 Industries game Halo 5: Guardians, and Wonder Man in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and M.O.D.O.K. (2021).Fillion first gained recognition for his work on One Life to Live in the contract role of Joey Buchanan, for which he was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series, as well as for his supporting role as Johnny Donnelly in the sitcom Two Guys and a Girl.

Known for: Serenity, Slither, Castle, Firefly
* 03/27/1971

Denise Richards(54)

Actress | Downers Grove, Illinois (US)

Denise Lee Richards is an American actress, former fashion model, and television personality. Her most recognized roles are Carmen Ibanez in Starship Troopers (1997), Kelly Van Ryan in Wild Things (1998) and Bond girl Christmas Jones in The World Is Not Enough (1999).Denise Lee Richards was born to Joni, a coffee shop owner and Irv Richards, a telephone engineer, in Downers Grove, Illinois. Her mother died of kidney cancer in November 2007. Her ancestry is German, French-Canadian, Croatian, Irish, English, Welsh, and distant Dutch.

Known for: The World Is Not Enough, Starship Troopers, Wild Things, Love Actually
* 02/17/1971

David S. Lee(54)

Actor

David was born in 1971. David's career started in theater in South Africa in 1990. His most recent stage credits include :"I love you, You're perfect, Now change"; "The Official Tribute to the Blues Brothers"; "The Return to the Forbidden Planet" and "The Rocky Horror Show".He has an extensive list of commercial credits, a few of which have garnered awards world-wide. "Final Solution" is his first major film credit. His performance in the film has stirred up enough interest in The United States to land him a top U.S. Agent. He has just completed a co-starring role in the hit television series "Fastlane" on the Fox network for Warner Bros. and guest appearance in the series “Charmed”. He recently returned home to star in the “Isidingo” mini series “THE TRUTH” and will be shooting in Maputo on Ed Zwick’s film “Blood Diamond”.

Known for: Black Panther, Get Smart, Geostorm, The Nine Lives of Chloe King
* 01/01/1971

Monica Potter(53)

Actress | Cleveland, Ohio (US)

Monica Potter (June 30, 1971) is an American actress. She is known for her starring roles in the films Con Air (1997), Patch Adams (1998), and Along Came a Spider (2001). She also appeared in the horror film, Saw (2004), and The Last House on the Left, a 2009 remake film. Potter has also appeared on television, as a series regular on Boston Legal, as well as a Golden Globe-nominated role as Kristina Braverman in the NBC drama series Parenthood (2010–2015). She was a series regular in the CBS drama Wisdom of the Crowd. Potter is also known as the founder and principal owner of Monica Potter Home, an upscale home goods, natural skin care and home decor business in Cleveland, Ohio. With the family business struggling to make money, the company was featured on the reality TV show, The Profit.

Known for: The Last House on the Left, Patch Adams, Saw, Along Came a Spider
* 06/30/1971

Jeremy Renner(54)

Actor | Modesto, California (US)

Jeremy Lee Renner (born January 7, 1971) is an American actor.He began his career by appearing in independent films such as Dahmer (2002) and Neo Ned (2005). Renner earned supporting roles in bigger films, such as S.W.A.T. (2003) and 28 Weeks Later (2007).Renner was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in The Hurt Locker (2008) and for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Town (2010).Renner played Clint Barton / Hawkeye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Thor (2011), The Avengers (2012), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Black Widow (2021) in an uncredited voice cameo; with a further appearance in the Disney+ show Hawkeye (2021). He also appeared in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011), The Bourne Legacy (2012), Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013), American Hustle (2013), Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015), and Arrival (2016).

Known for: The Hurt Locker, The Town, Wind River, The Avengers
* 01/07/1971

Ewan McGregor(54)

Actor | Perth, Scotland (GB)

Ewan Gordon McGregor is a Scottish actor who has starred in numerous film and musical roles. His first professional role was in 1993, as a leading role in the British Channel 4 series Lipstick on Your Collar. He then achieved international fame with his portrayals of heroin addict Mark Renton in the drama films Trainspotting (1996) and T2 Trainspotting (2017), Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999–2005) and the Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022), poet Christian in the musical film Moulin Rouge! (2001), SPC John Grimes in Black Hawk Down (2001), young Edward Bloom in Big Fish (2003), Rodney Copperbottom in Robots (2005), Camerlengo Father Patrick McKenna in Angels and Demons (2009), "the ghost" in Roman Polanski's political thriller The Ghost Writer (2010), Dr. Alfred Jones in the romantic comedy-drama Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011), Lumière in the live-action adaptation of the musical romantic fantasy Beauty and the Beast (2017), the adult version of the titular character in the fantasy comedy-drama Christopher Robin (2018), the adult version of Dan Torrance in the horror film Doctor Sleep (2019), and Black Mask in the DC Extended Universe superhero film Birds of Prey (2020). In 2021, he portrayed fashion designer Halston in a Netflix miniseries Halston.In 2018, McGregor won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for his dual role as brothers Ray & Emmit Stussy in the third season of FX anthology series Fargo, and received Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor – Musical or Comedy for both Moulin Rouge! and Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. McGregor has also starred in theatre productions of Guys and Dolls (2005–2007) and Othello (2007–2008). He was ranked number 36 on Empire magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list in 1997. In a 2004 poll for the BBC, McGregor was named the fourth most influential person in British culture.

Known for: Moulin Rouge!, Trainspotting, August: Osage County, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
* 03/31/1971

Sean Astin(54)

Actor | Santa Monica, California (US)

Sean Astin (born February 25, 1971) is an American film actor, director, and producer better known for his film roles as Mikey Walsh in The Goonies, the title character of Rudy, and Samwise Gamgee in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. In television, he appeared as Lynn McGill in the fifth season of 24. He also provided the voice for the title character in Disney's Special Agent Oso.

Known for: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Goonies
* 02/25/1971

Regina King(54)

Actress | Los Angeles, California (US)

Regina Rene King (born January 15, 1971) is an American actress, director and producer. She has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and four Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2019, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. King first gained attention for starring in the television sitcom 227 (1985–1990). Her subsequent roles included the film Friday (1995), the animated series The Boondocks (2005–2014), and the crime television series Southland (2009–2013). She received four Primetime Emmy Awards for her performances in the ABC anthology series American Crime (2015–2017), the Netflix miniseries Seven Seconds, and the HBO limited series Watchmen (2019). Her other television roles include the drama series The Leftovers (2015–2017) and the sitcom The Big Bang Theory (2013–2019). She has also played supporting roles in the drama films Boyz n the Hood (1991), Poetic Justice (1993), How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), and Ray (2004), as well as in the comedies Down to Earth (2001), Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003), A Cinderella Story (2004), and Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005). She earned critical acclaim, as well as the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, for her role in If Beale Street Could Talk (2018). She then starred in the western The Harder They Fall (2021) and played the title role in the biopic Shirley (2024). King has directed episodes for several television shows, including Scandal in 2015 and 2016 and This Is Us in 2017. She has also directed the music video for the 2010 song "Finding My Way Back" by Jaheim. King's feature film directorial debut came with the drama One Night in Miami... (2020), which earned her a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Director.

Known for: Ray, If Beale Street Could Talk, The Harder They Fall, Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
* 01/15/1971
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Asuka Kurosawa(53)

Actress | Kanagawa (JP)

Asuka Kurosawa was born on December 22, 1971 in Kanagawa, Japan as Asuka Okasaka. She is an actress.

Known for: A Snake of June, Silence, Cold Fish, Psycho Goreman
* 12/22/1971

Jessalyn Gilsig(53)

Actress | Montréal, Québec (CA)

Jessalyn Sarah Gilsig (born November 30, 1971) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles as Meredith Gordon in Heroes, Kayley in Quest for Camelot, Lauren Davis in Boston Public, Gina Russo in Nip/Tuck, Terri Schuester in Glee, and as Siggy Haraldson in Vikings.

Known for: The Stepfather, Glee, Nip/Tuck, Vikings
* 11/30/1971

Carla Gugino(53)

Actress | Sarasota, Florida (US)

Carla Gugino ( guu-JEE-noh; born August 29, 1971) is an American actress. After early roles in the films Troop Beverly Hills (1989), This Boy's Life (1993), Son in Law (1993), and Snake Eyes (1998), Gugino received wider recognition for her starring roles in the Spy Kids trilogy (2001–2003), Sin City (2005), Night at the Museum (2006), American Gangster (2007), Righteous Kill (2008), Race to Witch Mountain (2009), Sally Jupiter in Watchmen (2009), Sucker Punch (2011), Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011), San Andreas (2015), Gerald's Game (2017), Gunpowder Milkshake (2021), and Lisa Frankenstein (2024). Gugino also starred in the crime drama series Karen Sisco (2003), the science fiction series Threshold (2005–2006), the crime drama series Jett (2019), and the supernatural horror miniseries The Haunting of Hill House (2018), The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020), and The Fall of the House of Usher (2023).

Known for: Watchmen, Gerald's Game, American Gangster, San Andreas
* 08/29/1971

Elon Musk(53)

Actor | Pretoria, Gauteng (ZA)

A South African-born Canadian-American entrepreneur, engineer, inventor and investor. He is the CEO and CTO of SpaceX, CEO and product architect of Tesla Motors and chairman of SolarCity. He is the founder of SpaceX and a co-founder of PayPal, Inc., Tesla Motors, and Zip2. He has also envisioned a conceptual high-speed transportation system known as the Hyperloop.

Known for: Machete Kills, Iron Man 2, Why Him?, Thank You for Smoking
* 06/28/1971

Justin Theroux(53)

Actor | Washington, D.C. (US)

Justin Paul Theroux is an American actor and screenwriter. He is best known for his work with film director David Lynch in Mulholland Drive (2001) and Inland Empire (2006), his starring role as Kevin Garvey in the HBO series The Leftovers (2014–2017) and as Tom in The Girl on the Train (2016). He is also known as a screenwriter for films such as Tropic Thunder, Iron Man 2, Rock of Ages, and Zoolander 2.

Known for: Mulholland Drive, Your Highness, American Psycho, The Girl on the Train
* 08/10/1971

Martin Freeman(53)

Actor | Aldershot, Hampshire, England (GB)

Martin John Christopher Freeman is an English actor. Among other accolades, he has won an Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, and has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award.Freeman's most notable roles are that of Tim Canterbury in the mockumentary series The Office (2001–2003), Dr. John Watson in the British crime drama series Sherlock (2010–2017), Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014), and Lester Nygaard in the first season of the dark comedy-crime drama series Fargo (2014).He has also appeared in films including the romantic comedy Love Actually (2003), the horror comedy Shaun of the Dead (2004), the sci-fi comedy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), the action comedy Hot Fuzz (2007), the semi-improvised comedy Nativity! (2009), the sci-fi comedy The World's End (2013).For the last few years he has been playing Everett K. Ross in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films Captain America: Civil War (2016), Black Panther (2018), and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). He will reprise the role in the upcoming Disney+ series Secret Invasion (2023).

Known for: Black Panther, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The World's End
* 09/08/1971

Charlotte Gainsbourg(53)

Actress | London, England (GB)

Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg (born 21 July 1971) is an Anglo-French actress and singer-songwriter. She is most known in American cinema for her roles in The Science of Sleep, I'm Not There, 21 Grams, Jane Eyre, and Antichrist.

Known for: Nymphomaniac: Vol. II, Antichrist, Melancholia, Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
* 07/21/1971

Luke Wilson(53)

Actor | Dallas, Texas (US)

Luke Cunningham Wilson (born September 21, 1971) is an American actor, director and writer. He is the younger brother of actors Owen Wilson and Andrew Wilson.He is known for his roles in films such as Bottle Rocket, Idiocracy, The Royal Tenenbaums, Blue Streak, My Dog Skip, Old School, Alex & Emma, Legally Blonde 1 & 2, Charlie's Angels 1 & 2, The Family Stone, Hoot, Vacancy, 3:10 to Yuma, The Goldfinch, and All the Bright Places. His television credits include the series Enlightened, Roadies and DC's Stargirl as well as hosting the reality docuseries Emergency Call.

Known for: Old School, The Royal Tenenbaums, Bottle Rocket, Vacancy
* 09/21/1971

Michael C. Hall(54)

Actor | Raleigh, North Carolina (US)

Michael C. Hall (born February 1, 1971) is an American actor whose television roles include David Fisher on the HBO drama series Six Feet Under and Dexter Morgan on the Showtime series Dexter. In 2009, Hall won a Golden Globe award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for his role in Dexter.

Known for: Gamer, Paycheck, Dexter, Six Feet Under
* 02/01/1971

Richard Armitage(53)

Actor | Leicester, England (GB)

Richard Armitage was born and raised in Leicester, England. He attended Pattison College in Binley Road, Coventry, and studied at LAMDA (the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art). His first appearance on the screen was in a small role in This Year's Love (1999), but it was Sparkhouse (2002) (TV) that gave him a break-through role as the charming but a bit odd character of John Standring opposite Sarah Smart. After two guest-roles in "Cold Feet" (1997) in 2003 and "Between the Sheets" (2003), he landed a role as Steven in Frozen (2005/I), which eventually led him to play the lead role in the big hit BBC drama "North & South" (2004). Other than appearing on screen, he has also appeared on stage--in, for example, Macbeth and Hamlet.

Known for: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Into the Storm
* 08/22/1971

Walton Goggins(53)

Actor | Birmingham, Alabama (US)

Walton Sanders Goggins, Jr. (born November 10, 1971) is an American actor best known for his roles on the FX Networks series The Shield and Justified, portraying Detective Shane Vendrell and Boyd Crowder, respectively. He is also known for his character roles in the films Miracle at St. Anna and Predators. Goggins co-produced and starred in the 2001 short film The Accountant, which won an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. Goggins accepted the award alongside Ray McKinnon and Lisa Blount.

Known for: The Hateful Eight, Predators, Django Unchained, Justified
* 11/10/1971

Kirk Acevedo(53)

Actor | Brooklyn, New York (US)

Kirkland M. Acevedo (born November 27, 1971) is an American actor best known as Miguel Alvarez in Oz, Joe Toye in Band of Brothers, and FBI Agent Charlie Francis on Fringe. His best-known films are The Thin Red Line, Dinner Rush and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. He also was José Ramse on 12 Monkeys (2015–18), as well as Ricardo Diaz / The Dragon on Arrow (2017–19).

Known for: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, The Thin Red Line, Band of Brothers, Oz
* 11/27/1971

David Tennant(54)

Actor | Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland (GB)

David John Tennant is a Scottish actor known for his roles in Doctor Who, Casanova, Hamlet, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Broadchurch, and Jessica Jones. He made his professional acting debut in 1991 and has appeared in various films and television shows including Bright Young Things, He Knew He Was Right, Blackpool, The Quatermass Experiment, Secret Smile, and Gracepoint. In 2017, he became the voice of Scrooge McDuck for the DuckTales reboot and in 2018, he played Simon Yates in There She Goes. In 2020, he appeared as himself in the miniseries Staged, in addition to playing Crowley in Good Omens alongside co-star Michael Sheen.

Known for: Fright Night, Doctor Who, Marvel's Jessica Jones, DuckTales
* 04/18/1971

Jay Harrington(53)

Actor | Wellesley (US)

James H. Harrington III, professionally known as Jay Harrington, is an American actor. He is known for his role as the title character in the ABC sitcom Better Off Ted and as Deacon Kay in the CBS crime action series S.W.A.T.

Known for: American Reunion, Better Off Ted, Summerland, Coupling
* 11/15/1971

Hitomi Shiraishi(53)

Actress | Tokyo Prefecture (JP)

Hitomi Shiraishi is a former Japanese model, adult video actress, and a movie and TV actress from the 1990s. After retiring from performing, she went on to a second career as a movie screenwriter under the name Yukie Ochiai.Hitomi Shiraishi was born on December 25, 1971. She made her debut as an AV actress at the age of eighteen in September 1990 with Virgin Ecstasy: Sensual Princess Hitomi Shiraishi released by the h.m.p. Tiffany label. Shiraishi appeared in several more videos for h.m.p. but also worked with other studios including Cosmos Plan, Shy Plan and Alice Japan. In her December 1991 video for Alice Japan, Wait Until Dark, the three scenes have her being treated as a sex slave, having a session with a vampire, and having sex with her husband. May 1992 saw her in the second installment in Kuki's series Sister-in-law's Warm Underwear engaging in a "sweet and tender forbidden love story". Also in May 1992, she starred in the inaugural video for the MAX-A Samansa label Witch-Wife Hitomi Shiraishi.Shiraishi left the AV field for a while but after an absence of two years, she returned with the August 1995 video from Shy Plan, Heisei Goddess Legend: Resurrection. Her final retirement video Break was released by Shy Plan in November 1995. A few months later in February 1996, Shy Plan issued Legend of Hitomi Shiraishi, a compilation video covering her career with the studio.In 2001, FantaDream released two "uncensored" videos starring Shiraishi. The first video, released in September, was the initial volume in FantaDream's Super Idol series; the second from December, titled Hitomi Shiraishi Returns, was Volume 9 in the Super Idol series.Despite her having been retired from AV work for more than 15 years, when the major Japanese adult video distributor DMM held a poll of its customers in 2012 to select the 100 all-time best AV actresses to celebrate the 30th anniversary of adult videos in Japan, Shiraishi made the list, placing at number 63. Also in 2012, the Taiwan online news service NowNews named Shiraishi as one of their Top Ten Japanese AV Idols.Shiraishi also appeared in a number of softcore V-Cinema productions and some mainstream films. She had a role in the April 1996 film Lady Ninja: Reflections of Darkness, a female ninja costume drama, and a month later appeared in the Rashomon drama In a Thicket directed by pink film director Hisayasu Satō known as one of the "Four Heavenly Kings of Pink". V-Cinema films include Tokyo Decameron which was released in Japan in July 1996 and in an English subtitled version by Asian Pulp Cinema in November 2001, and the erotic bondage thriller The Bondage Master which was issued in Japan in April 1996 and in an English subtitled version from Asian Pulp Cinema in 2000.From late 1994 to early 1998, Shiraishi had roles in several Japanese TV dramas including shows for the Osaka-based networks KTV, ABC and MBS as well as TBS and NTV in Tokyo. One of these was the January 2, 1996 TBS production Haunted Lake, based on the novel Lake of Mud, featuring the fictional detective Kosuke Kindaichi. She also appeared in Part 3 of the Fuji TV series The Way of the Osaka Loan Shark broadcast January 5, 1998 and featuring Ken Ogata, Kaoru Kobayashi, Masahiro Nakai and Hikari Ishida.

 
* 12/25/1971

Annabeth Gish(54)

Actress | Albuquerque, New Mexico (US)

Annabeth Gish is an American actress. She has played roles in films Shag, Hiding Out, Mystic Pizza, SLC Punk!, The Last Supper and Double Jeopardy. Wikipedia.

Known for: Mystic Pizza, Beautiful Girls, Nixon, Before I Wake
* 03/13/1971

Snoop Dogg(53)

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.

Known for: Training Day, Turbo, Baby Boy, Starsky & Hutch
* 10/20/1971

Ma Dong-seok(54)

Actor | Seoul, South Korea (KR)

Ma Dong-seok(마동석) or Don Lee is aSouth Koreanactor. Born Lee Dong-seok on 1st March 1971, he is best known for hissupporting rolesinThe Neighbor,Nameless Gangster, andThe Unjust.He also played leading roles inNorigae,MurdererandOne on One. Under his Westernized real name Don Lee and before he turned to acting, he was once the personal trainer of mixed martial artists Mark Coleman and Kevin Randleman.

Known for: Train to Busan, The Roundup, The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil, The Outlaws
* 03/01/1971
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