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People: Famous People born in 1978

People in chronological context: 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1978th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 978th year of the 2nd millennium, the 78th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1970s decade. ()

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Rachel McAdams(45)

Actress | London, Ontario (CA)

Rachel Anne McAdams (born November 17, 1978) is a Canadian actress. After graduating from a theatre degree program at York University in 2001, she worked in Canadian television and film productions, such as the drama film Perfect Pie (2002), for which she received a Genie Award nomination, the comedy film My Name Is Tanino (2002), and the comedy series Slings and Arrows (2003–2005), for which she won a Gemini Award.In 2002, she made her Hollywood film debut in the comedy The Hot Chick. She rose to fame in 2004 with the comedy Mean Girls and the romantic drama The Notebook. In 2005, she starred in the romantic comedy Wedding Crashers, the psychological thriller Red Eye, and the comedy-drama The Family Stone. She was hailed by the media as Hollywood's new "it girl", and received a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Rising Star.After a brief sabbatical, she returned to prominence in 2009, by appearing in the political thriller State of Play, the romance The Time Traveler's Wife, and the 2009 mystery film Sherlock Holmes. In 2010, McAdams appeared in the star vehicle comedy film Morning Glory, and went on to star in the films Midnight in Paris (2011), The Vow (2012), and About Time (2013). In 2015, she starred in the second season of the HBO anthology crime drama series True Detective, and portrayed the journalist Sacha Pfeiffer in the drama Spotlight. For the latter, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. This was followed by roles in the superhero film Doctor Strange (2016), the romantic drama Disobedience (2017), and the comedies Game Night (2018) and Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020).

* 11/17/1978

Jake Johnson(45)

Actor | Evanston, Illinois (US)

Jake Johnson (born May 28, 1978) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Nick Miller on the Fox television sitcom New Girl (2011-2018).

* 05/28/1978

Jun Fukuyama(45)

Actor | Fukuyama, Hiroshima (JP)

Jun Fukuyama is a Japanese voice actor and singer.

* 11/26/1978

Andy Samberg(45)

Actor | Mill Valley, California (US)

Andy Samberg (born David A. J. Samberg; August 18, 1978) is an American actor and comedian. He is a member of the comedy music group The Lonely Island alongside childhood friends Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone. Samberg was also a cast member and writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2005 to 2012, where he and his fellow group members are credited with popularizing the SNL Digital Shorts. Samberg's film roles include Hot Rod (2007), Space Chimps (2008), I Love You, Man (2009), the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs film series (2009–2013), That's My Boy (2012), Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012), the Hotel Transylvania film series (2012–2022), Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016), Storks (2016), The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience (2019), Palm Springs (2020), America: The Motion Picture (2021), Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022), and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023). From 2013 to 2021, he starred as Jake Peralta in the Fox, and later NBC, police sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine which he also produced. For his work on the show, he was awarded a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy in 2013.

* 08/18/1978

Justin Long(45)

Actor | Fairfield, Connecticut (US)

Justin Jacob Long is an American actor, comedian, director and screenwriter. He is known for his film roles, notably appearing in Galaxy Quest, Jeepers Creepers, Dodgeball, Accepted, and Live Free or Die Hard, He's Just Not That into You, Drag Me to Hell, and Youth in Revolt. He has had numerous other movie roles.He voiced Alvin Seville in the live-action Alvin and the Chipmunks film series. He also is known for his personification of a Mac in Apple's "Get a Mac" advertising campaign.

* 06/02/1978

Daisuke Ono(45)

Actor | Sakawa, Kochi Prefecture (JP)

Daisuke Ono is a Japanese voice actor and singer who won the 4th and 9th Seiyu Awards for best lead actor for his role as Sebastian Michaelis in Black Butler, Jotaro Kujo in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and Shukuro Tsukishima in Bleach, as well as "Best Personalities" at the 9th Seiyu Awards. Other notable roles include Erwin Smith in Attack on Titan, Shizuo Heiwajima in Durarara!!, Jyushimatsu in Osomatsu-san, Shintarō Midorima in Kuroko's Basketball, Killer T Cell in Cells at Work! and Ushiromiya Battler in Umineko When They Cry and Nobuyuki Sanada in Samurai Warriors 4 and Warriors Orochi 4. He hosts radio show Dear Girl Stories along with voice actor Hiroshi Kamiya.

* 05/04/1978

Fuyuka Ono(46)

Actress | Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture (JP)

Fuyuka Ono (緒乃 冬華, Ono Fuyuka) is a Japanese voice actress.She previously worked under the name Fuyuka Ooura (大浦 冬華, Ōura Fuyuka). She is affiliated with Across Entertainment.

* 01/13/1978

Camille Cottin(45)

Actress | Paris (FR)

Camille Cottin is a French film, television and stage actress. She became well-known in 2013 for playing herself in the series of comedy sketches of "The Parisian Bitch" on channel Canal+.

* 12/01/1978

Andrew Rannells(45)

Actor | Omaha, Nebraska (US)

Andrew Scott Rannells was born on August 23, 1978 in the city of Omaha (Nebraska), in the United States. He studied in the Creighton Preparatory School in his hometown, and after finishing secondary, briefly attended Marymount Manhattan College. Throughout his career, Rannells won a Grammy Award and was nominated for the Tony Awards. He is known for his portrayal as Elder Price in the 2011 Broadway musical "The Book of Mormon", for which he received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical. He won the 2012 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album as a featured soloist on the musical's original Broadway cast recording. His other credits on Broadway include the works of "Jersey Boys" as Bob Gaudio and "Hairspray", as Link Larkin. Andrew began his career in film and television in the mid-90's, developed primarily as a voice artist. Between the numerous animated series in which he has worked, titles are counted as "Street Sharks", "One Piece", "Yugio: Duel Monsters", "Yu-Gi-Oh!", "Liberty's Kids: Est. 1776", "Shaman Kingu," Kakutou ryouri densetsu bistro recipe", " Cubix, "Sonic X", Robots for Everyone", "Pokémon" and" Shukan Pok mon hosokyoku ". Rannells played the role of Elijah Krantz on the HBO series "Girls" and had the leading role of Bryan Buckley in the NBC series "The New Normal". Andrew also filmed some feature films - he had a brief participation in "Sex and the City 2" (2010), and a role of starring in the comedy starring Kirsten Dunst, "Bachelorette" (2012). In 2014, Rannells filled in as a replacement for Hedwig in the rock musical "Hedwig and the Angry Inch". A year later, Rannells briefly played the role of King George III in the hit Broadway musical "Hamilton". He soon secured the role of Whizzer Brown in the Broadway revival of "Falsettos", directed by James Lapine. In 2018, Rannells portrayed the role of Larry in the Broadway musical "The Boys in the Band", alongside other notable actors. He is currently playing the role of Blair Pfaff in the American comedy series "Black Monday" on Showtime.

* 08/23/1978

Zoe Saldaña(45)

Actress | Passaic, New Jersey (US)

Zoë Yadira Saldaña-Perego ( sahl-DAN-ə, Spanish: [ˈsoe salˈdaɲa]; née Saldaña Nazario; born June 19, 1978) is an American actress. Known for her work in science fiction film franchises, she has starred in four of the highest-grossing films of all time (Avatar, Avatar: The Way of Water, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame). Films she has appeared in have grossed more than $14 billion worldwide and, as of 2023, she is the second-highest-grossing film actress. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2023. A trained dancer, Saldaña began her acting career in two 1999 episodes of Law & Order. Her first film role was in Center Stage (2000) in which she played a ballet dancer. She received early recognition for her work opposite Britney Spears in the road film Crossroads (2002). Beginning in 2009, Saldaña achieved a career breakthrough with her roles as Nyota Uhura in the Star Trek film series and Neytiri in James Cameron's Avatar film series. She portrayed Gamora in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, from Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023). In addition to franchise work, Saldaña has starred in the science fiction film The Adam Project and the romantic drama miniseries From Scratch, both for Netflix in 2022. In 2023, she began playing the lead role of a CIA officer in the Paramount+ spy series Special Ops: Lioness.

* 06/19/1978

Clayne Crawford(45)

Actor | Clay, Alabama

Joseph "Clayne" Crawford (born April 20, 1978) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Martin Riggs on the Fox series Lethal Weapon (2016–2018) and Teddy Talbot on the SundanceTV series Rectify (2013–2016), the latter earning him a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. He has also had supporting roles in the films A Walk to Remember (2002), Swimfan (2002), A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004), The Great Raid (2005), and Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006).

* 04/20/1978

Nick Zano(46)

Actor | Nutley, New Jersey (US)

Nick Zano (born March 8, 1978) is an American actor and producer. He is best known for playing Vince in The WB's sitcom What I Like About You. He got his big break on MTV, where he hosted that network's former infotainment program about the film industry, Movie House, and briefly worked as an MTV News correspondent before he began an acting career.

* 03/08/1978
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Paul Anderson(46)

Actor | London (GB)

Paul Anderson is an English actor who started his acting career in the late 2000s. He was previously a ticket scalper who decided to attend Webber Douglas drama school, subsequently landing roles in theatre and in films such as The Firm, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows and Passion. Anderson is known for his breakout role as Arthur Shelby in British television series Peaky Blinders.

* 02/12/1978

Lauren German(45)

Actress | Huntington Beach, California (US)

Lauren Christine German is an American actress. She had her first major role in the 2002 romantic drama film A Walk to Remember, followed by roles in the horror films The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Hostel: Part II. Wikipedia.

* 11/29/1978

Ebon Moss-Bachrach(45)

Actor | Amherst, Massachusetts (US)

Ebon Moss-Bachrach (born March 19, 1977) is an American actor.

* 08/17/1978

Santiago Cabrera(45)

Actor | Caracas (VE)

Santiago Cabrera (Spanish pronunciation: [sanˈtjaɣo kaˈβɾeɾa]; born 5 May 1978) is a Chilean actor who has worked mainly in the UK and United States. Cabrera is best known for his roles as the character Isaac Mendez in the NBC superhero drama Heroes, Lancelot in the BBC drama series Merlin, and Aramis in the BBC series The Musketeers. He was also the lead in the CBS drama Salvation as Darius Tanz, and played Captain Cristóbal "Cris" Rios in the Paramount+ series Star Trek: Picard.

* 05/05/1978

Shinya Takahashi(45)

Actor | Yamagata Prefecture (JP)

Shinya Takahashi (高橋 伸也, Takahashi Shinya, born December 5, 2015) is a Japanese voice actor, narrator and moderator born in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. He is affiliated with Raccoon Dog. Previously he was affiliated with Pro-Fit. He made his first appeareance as a main character in the anime Ga-Rei -Zero- in the role of Izuna Noriyuki. The 18th appearance of Ga-Rei -Zero- Super Natural Disaster Radio Countermeasure Room is his first appearance on the radio. Takahashi was the first voice actor to appear as a guest on this radio.In April 2015, he announced that he was married at the launch of the anime Assassination Classroom. Megumi Ogata, who was present, congratulated him on Twitter with his permission and was publicly announced.

* 12/05/1978

DJ Qualls(45)

Actor | Nashville, Tennessee (US)

DJ Qualls grew up in the small city of Manchester in the Middle Tennessee, one of five children. After studying at The University of London, he returned to Tennessee where he began acting in a local theatre. During that time, he was discovered by photographers David La Chappelle and Steve Klein, which led to modeling work for Prada, as well as other advertising campaigns. In addition to his professional accomplishments, Qualls is proud to be a cancer survivor and an advocate for cancer research and awareness. Qualls made his feature filmdebutinRoad Trip(2000). Qualls is also seen in the comedy thrillerCherry Falls(2000), in which he co-stars with Jay Mohr, Brittany Murphy, and Gabriel Mann in a story of the killings of virgins in a small town high school. His earlier credits include the miniseriesMama Flora's Familly(1998) (TV), based on the book by Alex Haley, and "Against The Wall".

* 06/12/1978

Ian Somerhalder(45)

Actor | Covington, Louisiana (US)

Ian Somerhalder (born December 8, 1978) is an American model, actor and producer and founder of the Ian Somerhalder Foundation. He is best known for playing Damon Salvatore in The Vampire Diaries and Boone Carlyle in Lost.

* 12/08/1978

Katie Aselton(45)

Actress | Milbridge, Maine (US)

Kathryn "Katie" Aseltonis an American film director, producer, and actress fromMilbridge, Maine. She is married to her co-star onThe League,Mark Duplass.

* 10/01/1978

Carla Jimenez(45)

Actress | Westwood, California (US)

Carla Jimenez is an actress and writer.

* 05/14/1978

Malin Åkerman(45)

Actress | Stockholm (SE)

Malin Maria Akerman (born 12 May 1978) is a Swedish-American raised in Canada, actress, producer and model. In the early 2000s, she had several small television and film parts in both Canadian and American productions, including The Utopian Society (2003) and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004). Following a supporting role on the HBO mockumentary sitcom The Comeback (2005), she gained her first co-starring roles in the romantic comedy films The Heartbreak Kid (2007) uncredited in The Invasion (2007) 27 Dresses (2008). She played the female lead in Watchmen (2009) as Silk Spectre II, a role for which she was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress.In 2009, Åkerman had supporting and starring roles in the romantic comedies The Proposal and Couples Retreat. From 2010 to 2016, she starred on the Adult Swim comedy series Childrens Hospital. In 2012, she co-starred in the comedy Wanderlust and the musical film Rock of Ages. She had her first lead television role with the short-lived ABC comedy series Trophy Wife (2013–2014). She later co-starred in the film I'll See You in My Dreams (2015) and the action film Rampage (2018). Since 2016, Åkerman has had a main role on the Showtime drama series Billions as Lara Axelrod.Apart from acting and modelling, Åkerman had a brief music career as the lead vocalist for alternative rock band The Petalstones in the early 2000s, but eventually left to focus on her acting career. She has been married twice, first from 2007 to 2014 to Petalstones drummer Roberto Zincone, with whom she has a son, and, since 2018, to English actor Jack Donnelly.

* 05/12/1978

David Krumholtz(45)

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

David Krumholtz (born May 15, 1978) is an American actor. He played Charlie Eppes on the CBS drama series Numb3rs from 2005 to 2010, and starred in the Harold & Kumar and Santa Clause film franchises.

* 05/15/1978

Amanda Schull(45)

Actress | Honolulu, Hawaii (US)

Amanda Schull was born on August 26, 1978 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. She is an actress, known for 12 Monkeys (2015), Suits (2011) and Pretty Little Liars (2010). She has been married to George Wilson since May 28, 2011.

* 08/26/1978

Josh Hartnett(45)

Actor | Saint Paul, Minnesota (US)

Joshua Daniel Hartnett (born July 21, 1978) is an American actor and producer. He first came to attention in 1997 for his role as Michael Fitzgerald in the crime drama television series Cracker. He made his feature film debut in the 1998 slasher film Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, followed by roles in films such as the sci-fi horror film The Faculty (1998) and the drama The Virgin Suicides (1999). Hartnett had starring roles in the war film Pearl Harbor, the drama O, the war film Black Hawk Down (all 2001), and the romantic comedy 40 Days and 40 Nights (2002). In 2006, he starred in the neo-noir crime thrillers The Black Dahlia and Lucky Number Slevin. He next appeared in the drama Resurrecting the Champ (2007), the graphic novel–based vampire horror film 30 Days of Night (2007) and the atmospheric neo-noir thriller I Come with the Rain (2009). From 2014 to 2016, he starred as Ethan Chandler in the horror TV series Penny Dreadful, for which he was nominated for a Fangoria Chainsaw Award. Hartnett acted in the Guy Ritchie films Wrath of Man (2021) and Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023). He also portrayed journalist Victor Malarek in the crime drama Target Number One (2020) and Ernest O. Lawrence in the biographical thriller Oppenheimer (2023).

* 07/21/1978

Suranne Jones(45)

Actress | Chadderton, Greater Manchester, England (GB)

Suranne Jones (born Sarah Anne Jones, 27 August 1978) is a British stage, film and television actress, known primarily for her career in television.

* 08/27/1978

Sandra Hüller(45)

Actress | Suhl (DE)

Sandra Hüller (German: [ˈzandʁa ˈhʏlɐ]; born 30 April 1978) is a German actress. She has appeared in German, Austrian, American, British, and French films. She gained international recognition in 2023 for her starring roles in Jonathan Glazer's Holocaust drama, The Zone of Interest, and Justine Triet's legal drama Anatomy of a Fall. Her performances in them earned her two BAFTA Film Award nominations, while the latter won her a European Film Award for Best Actress and a César Award for Best Actress, in addition to nominations for a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for Best Actress. Hüller has played Anneliese Michel in Hans-Christian Schmid's 2006 drama Requiem, for which she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress, and a troubled daughter in Maren Ade's 2016 comedy Toni Erdmann, for which she won her first European Film Award for Best Actress. She portrayed Irma Sztáray in Frauke Finsterwalder's 2023 historical black comedy Sisi & I.

* 04/30/1978

Shinnosuke Tachibana(45)

Actor | Gifu Prefecture (JP)

Shinnosuke Tachibana (立花 慎之介, Tachibana Shinnosuke, April 26, 1978) is a Japanese voice actor, singer, narrator and mystery writer from Gifu. He is married to voice actress Ao Takahashi and is the CEO of Black Ship.After gratudating from Aoni Juku Tokyo School 18th term he joined Production Baobab. In 2003, he made his voice actor debut as Kyo in the TV anime E's Otherwise. He belonged to Production Baobab until May 2011. In June of the same year he joined Axl One. On January 5, 2017, he reported his marriage to Ao Takahashi on his blog. On March 31, 2018, he left Axl One to establish, together with Jun Fukuyama, their own agency: Black Ship.

* 04/26/1978

Takashi Oohara(45)

Actor | Yokohama (JP)

Oohara Takashi was born April 9, 1978 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He is a voice actor who works for Ken Production.Umenokouji Pinpon is an alias of Oohara Takashi used for adult material.

 
* 04/09/1978

Michelle Rodriguez(45)

Actress | Bexar County, Texas (US)

Mayte Michelle Rodríguez (born July 12, 1978), known professionally as Michelle Rodriguez, is an American actress, screenwriter, and DJ. She got her breakout role as a troubled boxer in the independent film Girlfight (2000), which was met with critical acclaim and earned her several awards, including the Independent Spirit Award and Gotham Award for Best Debut Performance. The following year, she starred as Letty Ortiz in the blockbuster film The Fast and the Furious (2001), reprising her role in its sequels Fast & Furious (2009), Fast & Furious 6 (2013), and Furious 7 (2015).During her career, Rodriguez has played tough, independent women in a number of successful action films, such as Blue Crush, S.W.A.T., Battle: Los Angeles, and Avatar. She is also known for her roles as Shé in the action comedy films Machete and Machete Kills, and Rain Ocampo in the science fiction films Resident Evil and Resident Evil: Retribution.Rodriguez also branched into television, playing Ana Lucia Cortez in the second season of the series Lost as part of the main cast, before making numerous guest appearances before the series ended. She has also done voice work in video games such as Call of Duty and Halo, and lent her voice for the 3D animated film Turbo and the television series IGPX.With her films grossing over $5 billion collectively, a 2013 Entertainment Weekly article described Rodriguez as "arguably the most iconic actress in the action genre, as well as one of the most visible Latinas in Hollywood".

* 07/12/1978
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