Actors Born in 1956

Birthdays 1 - 200 of 210

• Jan 1 Kôji Yakusho [Hashimoto], Japanese actor (Shall We Dance?), born in Isahaya, Nagasaki, Japan

• Jan 4 Ann Magnuson, actress (Anything But Love, Hunger), born in Charleston, West Virginia
• Jan 7 David Caruso, American actor (NYPD Blue, Michael Hayes), born in Forest Hills, New York
• Jan 9 Imelda Staunton, British actress (Finding Your Feet, Maleficent), born in Archway, London
• Jan 9 Kimberly Beck Hilton, American actress (Kim-Peyton Place), born in Glendale, California
• Jan 10 Don Letts, British film director and musician (Big Audio Dynamite), born in London, England
• Jan 13 Janet Hubert-Whitten, actress (Vivian Banks-Fresh Prince of Bel Air)
• Jan 14 Ben Heppner, Canadian tenor, and broadcaster, born in Murrayville, British Columbia
• Jan 16 Jennifer Dale, Canadian actress, born in Toronto, Canada
• Jan 17 Mitch Vogel, American actor (Jamie-Bonanza), born in Alhambra, California

• Jan 21 Geena Davis, American actress (Beetlejuice, Fly), born in Wareham, Massachusetts
• Jan 21 Robby Benson, American actor (One on One, Running Brave, Chosen), born in Dallas, Texas
• Jan 25 Bill Turnbull, British television and radio presenter and journalist (Radio Clyde; BBC), born in Guildford, Surrey, England (d. 2022)
• Jan 27 Mimi Rogers [Miriam Spickler], American actress (The Rapture; Paper Dolls; Weapons of Mass Distraction), and producer, born in Coral Gables, Florida
• Jan 30 Jeremy Gittins, English actor, born in Manchester, United Kingdom
• Feb 1 Brahmanandam, Indian film actor and comedian, born in Sattenapalle, India

• Feb 3 Pamela Cossey, England, model/sister of transsexual Tula
• Feb 6 Jon Walmsley, British actor (Jason in The Waltons), born in Lancashire, England
• Feb 6 Linda Grovenor, American actress (Die Laughing, Wheels of Fire), born in Baltimore, Maryland
• Feb 7 Emo Philips, American comedian
• Feb 10 Kenny Leon, American stage director, producer and actor (A Raisin in the Sun - Tony Award for Best Direction), born in Tallahassee, Florida
• Feb 11 Catherine Hickland, American actress (One Life to Live), born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida

• Feb 13 Richard Eden, Canadian actor (Brick-Santa Barbara, Solar Crisis, Robocop), born in Toronto, Ontario
• Feb 17 Richard Karn [Wilson], American actor (Home Improvement) and TV game show host (Family Feud), born in Seattle, Washington
• Feb 19 Kathleen Beller, American actress (Promises in the Dark, Dynasty, The Betsy), born in Westchester, New York
• Feb 20 Charlie Adler, American voice actor (Tiny Toon Adventures), born in Paterson, New Jersey
• Feb 21 Woody Brown, American actor (Cliff-Facts of Life), born in Dayton, Ohio
• Feb 24 Paula Zahn, American journalist and news anchor (ABC; CBS This Morning; Fox; CNN; PBS), born in Omaha, Nebraska
• Feb 26 Keisuke Kuwata, Japanese pop singer,songwriter and film score composer, born in Chigasaki, Japan
• Feb 28 Mike Tenay, American wrestling commentator
• Feb 29 (Jonathan) "Jono" Coleman, British-Australian television and radio, writer, and comedian, born in Hackney, England (d. 2021)
• Mar 1 Timothy Daly, American actor (Joe-Wings, Diner, Made in Heaven), born in Sufferin, New York
• Mar 5 Adriana Barraza, Mexican actress

• Mar 8 John Kapelos, Canadian actor
• Mar 10 Mitchell Lichtenstein, American actor; son of Roy Lichtenstein
• Mar 11 D. J. MacHale, American author and television writer
• Mar 11 Rob Paulsen, American voice actor (Pinky and The Brain), born in Detroit, Michigan
• Mar 12 Lesley Manville, British stage and screen actress (Mum; Phantom Thread; The Crown; Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris), born in Brighton, England
• Mar 13 Dana Delany, American actress (Colleen McMurphy-China Beach, Exit to Eden), born in New York City
• Mar 14 Alexey Pajitnov, Russian video game designer and computer engineer (Tetris), born in Moscow, Soviet Union
• Mar 14 Patrick Leonard, American songwriter, film composer and music producer (Madonna), born in Crystal Falls, Michigan
• Mar 17 Rory McGrath, British comedian, television personality, and writer (Who Dares Wins, They Think It's All Over), born in Redruth, Cornwall
• Mar 18 "The Model" Rick Martel [Richard Vignault], wrestler (WWF/AWA)
• Mar 22 Lena Olin, Swedish actress (Enemies A Love Story), born in Stockholm, Sweden
• Mar 25 Matthew Garber, English child actor (Mary Poppins), born in London, England (d. 1977)
• Mar 29 Kurt Thomas, American gymnast (first American male to win gold medal at World Championships, floor 1978; floor, horizontal bars 1979), and actor (Gymkata), born in Miami, Florida (d. 2020)
• Mar 31 Bruce Sinofsky, American documentary film director (Brother's Keeper), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2015)
• Apr 3 Miguel Bose, Panamanian-born Spanish singer and actor (El Avaro, Queen Margot), born in Panama City
• Apr 3 Ray Combs, American comedian and TV host (Family Feud, 1988-94), born in Hamilton, Ohio (d. 1996)
• Apr 4 David E. Kelley, American writer and TV producer (L.A. Law; Picket Fences; Chicago Hope; Boston Legal), born in Waterville, Maine
• Apr 5 Diamond Dallas Page, American professional wrestler, born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey
• Apr 6 Hal Willner, American music producer (Lost In The Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill; Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films; The Carl Stalling Project), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2020)
• Apr 8 Christine Boisson, French actress, born in Salon-de-Provence, France
• Apr 8 Jim Piddock, English actor, writer and producer (Best in Show), born in Rochester, England
• Apr 12 Alex Briley, American actor (Can't Stop the Music), born in New York City
• Apr 12 Andy Garcia, Cuban-American actor (Stand & Deliver, 8 Million Ways to Die), born in Havana, Cuba
• Apr 12 Doris Baaten, Dutch actress (Sesame Street, Fien), born in Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
• Apr 12 Walter Salles, Brazilian filmmaker (The Motorcycle Diaries), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Apr 17 Elizabeth Lindsey, American explorer, filmmaker (Then There Were None), and actress (China Beach; The Byrds of Paradise), born in Oahu, Territory of Hawaii
• Apr 18 Anna Kathryn Holbrook, American actress (Another World), born in Fairbanks, Alaska
• Apr 18 David Edwards, American golfer (US Masters 1984 3rd; 4 PGA Tour titles), born in Neosho, Missouri
• Apr 18 Eric Roberts, American actor (Pope of Greenwich Village, King of Gypsies), born in Biloxi, Mississippi

• Apr 18 Melody Thomas Scott, American actress (Nikki-Young & Restless), born in Los Angeles, California
• Apr 18 Poonam Dhillon, Indian actress (Noorie), born in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
• Apr 22 Catherine Mary Stewart, Edmonton, actress (Passion & Paradise)
• Apr 25 Jaroslava Schallerová, Hungarian actress (Valerie and Her Week of Wonders), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
• Apr 26 Koo Stark [Kathleen Dee-Anne], American photographer and actress (Emily), born in New York City
• Apr 28 Jeremy John Beadle, British critic, writer and broadcaster, born in York, England (d. 1995)
• Apr 30 Lars von Trier, Danish film director (Dancer in the Dark), born in Kongens Lyngby
• May 1 Byron Stewart, American actor (Warren Coolidge-St Elsewhere), born in Baxter Springs, Kansas
• May 1 Wan Chi Keung, Hong Kong soccer striker (32 caps; South China AA, Seiko SA) and actor, born in British Hong Kong (d. 2010)
• May 7 Anne Dudley, British classical and film composer (The Full Monty), born in Beckenham, Kent, England
• May 7 Jean Lapierre, Canadian politician and television host, born in Bassin, Quebec, Canada (d. 2016)
• May 9 Wendy Crewson, Canadian actress (Saving Hope), born in Hamilton, Ontario
• May 11 Alex Lester, British broadcaster
• May 12 Glenn Robbins, Australian comedian (Kath & Kim), born in Melbourne, Australia

• May 13 Richard Madeley, British TV presenter, journalist, columnist and novelist (Richard & Judy, The Wright Stuff), born in Romford, Essex

• May 17 Sue Carpenter, TV presenter/journalist
• May 19 Steven Ford, American actor (The Young and the Restless, 1982-2003; When Harry Met Sally...), and son of US President Gerald Ford and 1st Lady Betty Ford, born in East Grand Rapids, Michigan
• May 20 Dean Butler, American actor
• May 22 Douglas Heyes Jr., American actor (Captains & Kings, Aspen), born in Los Angeles, California
• May 23 Buck Showalter, American baseball manager (AL Manager of the Year 1994, 2004, 14; NY Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks, Texas Rangers, Baltimore Orioles) and analyst (ESPN, YES network), born in DeFuniak Springs, Florida
• May 25 Tatsutoshi Goto, Japanese professional wrestler (WAR/NJPW), born in Tokoname, Aichi, Japan
• May 27 Lisa Niemi, actress (Dirty Dancing, Will Rodgers Follies), born in Houston, Texas
• May 29 LaToya Jackson, American singer ("If You Feel the Funk"), and model, born in Gary, Indiana
• May 31 Yoshiko Sakakibara, Japanese actress (Sailor Moon, Vampire Hunter), born in Chiba, Japan
• Jun 1 Lisa Hartman Black, American actress (Tabitha; Knots Landing), and singer, born in Houston, Texas
• Jun 1 Robin Mattson, actress (Janet Green-All My Children), born in Los Angeles, California
• Jun 2 Mani Ratnam, Indian film director, screenwriter and producer
• Jun 4 Keith David, American actor (Platoon, There's Something About Mary), born in New York City
• Jun 6 Marilyn Jones, American actress (Carey-King's Crossing), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Jun 7 Bonnie Lee Bakley, American second wife of actor Robert Blake, born in Morristown, New Jersey (d. 2001)
• Jun 10 E. V. V. Satyanarayana, Indian Telugu film director, screenwriter and producer, born in Dommeru Village, India (d. 2011)
• Jun 14 Sam Irvin, American director and producer (Guilty as Charged), born in Asheville, North Carolina
• Jun 15 Ava Cadell, actress (Do or Die), born in Budapest, Hungary
• Jun 18 Brian Benben, American, actor (Dream On, Gangster Chronicles), born in Winchester, Virginia
• Jun 22 Tim Russ, American actor (Tuvoc-Star Trek Voyager), born in Washington, D.C.
• Jun 23 Randy Jackson, American session and touring bassist, singer, record producer (Jean-Luc Ponty; Journey; Mariah Carey), and TV personality (American Idol judge, 2002-14), born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• Jun 24 Joe Penny, English actor (Gangster Wars, Riptide, Jake & the Fatman), born in London, England
• Jun 25 Anthony Bourdain, American-French celebrity chef, author, and TV personality considered one of the most influential chefs in the world (No Reservations, Parts Unknown), born in New York City (d. 2018)
• Jun 30 David Alan Grier, American actor and comedian (In Living Color, Boomerang), born in Detroit, Michigan
• Jul 1 Alan Ruck, American actor (Spin City, Succession), born in Cleveland, Ohio
• Jul 1 Lorna Patterson, American actress (Airplane, Pvt Benjamin), born in Whittier, California
• Jul 1 Ulf Larsson, Swedish stage and television comedian, actor, and director, born in Bromma, Sweden (d. 2006)
• Jul 2 Jerry Hall, American model and actress, married to Mick Jagger and Rupert Murdoch (Batman, Freejack), born in Mesquite, Texas
• Jul 5 Patricia "Patsy" Pease, American actress (Kimberly-Days of Our Lives), born in Charlotte, North Carolina
• Jul 6 Casey Sander, American actor (Mike-The Big Bang Theory), born in Washington, D.C.
• Jul 7 Bill Lagattuta, American news correspondent (CBS, 48 Hours, Eye to Eye), born in New York City

• Jul 11 Sela Ward, American actress (Sisters), born in Meridian Mississippi
• Jul 12 Mel Harris [Mary Ellen], American actress (Hope-30 Something), born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
• Jul 13 Janet Yang, American film producer (The Joy Luck Club) and 1st Asian American President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, born in New York City
• Jul 14 Vladimir Kulich, Czech actor known for "Vikings", born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
• Jul 16 Tony Kushner, American playwright and screenwriter (Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes), born in New York
• Jul 17 Robert Romanus, American actor, born in West Hartford, Connecticut
• Jul 18 Audrey Landers [Hamburg], American actress and singer (Dallas; A Chorus Line), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Jul 19 Peter Barton, American actor (Powers of Matthew Star), born in Valley Stream, New York
• Jul 19 Yoshiaki Yatsu, Japanese professional wrestler (NJPW/WCCW/WWF) and mixed martial artist, born in Oura, Gunma, Japan
• Jul 26 Tommy Rich, American professional wrestler, born in Hendersonville, Tennessee
• Jul 27 Carol Leifer, American actress and comedian, born in East Williston, New York
• Jul 30 Delta Burke, American actress (Suzanne-Designing Women), born in Orlando, Florida

• Aug 3 Todd Christensen, American football tight end (Super Bowl XV, XVIII; First-team All-Pro 1983, 85, 86; 5 × Pro Bowl; Oakland/LA Raiders) and sportscaster (NBC Sports, ESPN, CBS Sports Network), born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania (d. 2013)

• Aug 6 Stepfanie Kramer, American actress (Claudia-We Got it Made, Hunter), born in Los Angeles, California
• Aug 10 Tugboat [Fred Ottman], American WWF wrestler, born in Miami, Florida
• Aug 12 Bruce Greenwood, Canadian actor (Thirteen Days), born in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec
• Aug 14 Rusty Wallace, American auto racer (NASCAR Winston Cup 1989; NASCAR Cup series Rookie of the Year 1984) and broadcaster (ESPN, ABC), born in Arnold, Missouri
• Aug 19 Adam Arkin, American actor (Busting Loose; Pearl; Northern Exposure - "Adam"), born in Brooklyn, New York
• Aug 20 Joan Allen, American actress (Peggy Sue Got Married, Tucker, In Country), born in Rochelle, Illinois

• Aug 23 Skipp Sudduth, American actor (Third Watch), born in Wareham, Massachusetts
• Aug 28 Luis Guzmán, Puerto Rican actor (The Limey), born in Cayey, Puerto Rico
• Aug 30 Jayne Irving, English TV hostess (Live at 3), born in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire
• Sep 5 Sandra Guibord, German actress (Donna-One Life to Live), born in West Germany
• Sep 11 Tony Gilroy, American screenwriter and director (Bourne), born in Manhattan, New York
• Sep 12 Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong actor, singer and composer (Farewell My Concubine), born in Hong Kong (d. 2003)
• Sep 13 David Mansfield, American session and touring fiddler, guitarist, mandolin player (Bob Dylan; The Alpha Band; Buce Hornsby and The Range), and film score composer, born in Leonia, New Jersey
• Sep 15 Tawny Little (née Godin), American beauy queen (Miss American, 1976), news anchor, and actress, born in Portland, Maine

• Sep 18 Tim McInnerny, British stage, screen, and radio actor (Blackadder; Notting Hill), born in Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, England
• Sep 20 Debi Morgan, American actress (All My Children, Cry Uncle), born in Dunn, North Carolina
• Sep 20 Gary Cole, American actor (Pineapple Express, Midnight Caller), born in Park Ridge, Illinois
• Sep 21 Marta Kauffman, American television producer (Friends; Grace and Frankie), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Sep 23 Lili Carati, Miss Italy 1975 and actress (Alcove), born in Varese, Italy (d. 2014)
• Sep 23 Maren Jensen, American actress (Battlestar Galactica - "Athena"), born in Arcadia, California

• Sep 29 Suzzy Roche, American singer (The Roches), writer and actress, born in Park Ridge, New Jersey
• Oct 3 Hart Bochner, actor (Aron-East of Eden, Supergirl, Die Hard), born in Toronto, Ontario
• Oct 3 Peter Frechette, American actor (Paint it Black, George-Profiler), born in Warwick, Rhode Island
• Oct 4 Christoph Waltz, German Austrian actor (Django Unchained), born in Vienna, Austria
• Oct 7 James Van Patten, American actor (Bo-Chisholms), born in Brooklyn, New York
• Oct 8 Danny Jacob, American session and touring guitarist (Bette Midler), and cartoon music composer (Phineas and Ferb), born in Los Angeles, California
• Oct 8 Stephanie Zimbalist, American actress (Remington Steele; Centennial), born in New York City
• Oct 10 Amanda Burton, Northern Irish actress (Silent Witness; The Commander), born in Derry, Northern Ireland
• Oct 10 Fiona Fullerton, British actress (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; A View to a Kill), born in Kaduna, Nigeria
• Oct 10 Mark Gordon, American film producer (Saving Private Ryan), born in Newport News, Virginia
• Oct 13 Chris Carter, American television producer (The X-Files), born in Bellflower, California
• Oct 17 Fred Hickman, American sports broadcaster (CNN, TBS, YES Network, ESPN; NY Sports Emmy Award 2004), born in Springfield, Illinois (d. 2022)
• Oct 18 Craig Bartlett, American animator (Hey Arnold!, Dinosaur Train, Ready Jet Go!), born in Seattle, Washington
• Oct 19 Sunny Deol, Indian actor

• Oct 30 Juliet Stevenson, English actress (Secret Rapture, Life Story), born in Kelvedon, Essex, England
• Nov 3 Gary Ross, American film director (Pleasantville; Seabiscuit; The Hunger Games), born in Los Angeles, California
• Nov 3 Kevin Murphy, American writer, actor, and puppeteer (series Mystery Science Theater 3000), born in River Forest, Illinois
• Nov 7 Judy Tenuta, American stand-up comedienne and accordion player, born in Oak Park, Illinois (d. 2022)
• Nov 8 Randi Brooks, American actress (Man With 2 Brains, Tightrope), born in New York City
• Nov 8 Richard Curtis, British screenwriter (Blackadder, Four Wedding and a Funeral), born in Wellington, New Zealand
• Nov 10 Matt Craven, Canadian actor (Juror, Killer, K2), born in Port Colborne, Ontario
• Nov 10 Sinbad [David Adkins], American comedian and actor (First Kid, Vibe), born in Benton Harbor, Michigan
• Nov 12 Rhonda Shear, American comedian (Up All Night), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
• Nov 13 Ginger Alden, American actress, born in Memphis, Tennessee
• Nov 19 Ann Curry, American journalist (NBC), born in Agaña, Guam
• Nov 19 Glynnis O'Connor, American actress (California Dreaming, Ode to Billy Joe), born in New York City
• Nov 19 Scott Jacoby, American actor (Bad Ronald, Return to Horror High), born in Chicago, Illinois
• Nov 20 Bo Derek [Mary Collins], American actress (10, Tarzan the Ape Man), born in Long Beach, California
• Nov 21 Cherry Jones, American stage and TV actress (Doubt, 24), born in Paris, Tennessee
• Nov 21 Terri Welles [Knepper], American playboy model (Dec 1980, Playmate of the Year 1981), born in Santa Monica, California
• Nov 22 Richard Kind, American actor

• Nov 26 Don Lake, Canadian television writer (The Bonnie Hunt Show), born in Toronto, Ontario
• Nov 27 William Fichtner, American actor (Prison Break), born at Mitchel Air Force Base, New York
• Nov 28 Lucy Gutteridge, actress (Top Secret, Trouble With Spies)
• Nov 29 Hinton Battle, American Tony Award-winning singer, dancer, and actor (The Wiz), born in Neubrücke, Hoppstädten, West Germany
• Nov 29 Leo Laporte, American television personality (The Tech Guy), born in New York City
• Dec 1 Julee Cruise, American singer (Falling) and stage actress, born in Creston, Iowa (d. 2022)
• Dec 2 Steven Bauer, Cuban-American actor (Scarface, Thief of Hearts), born in Havana, Cuba
• Dec 3 Hart Bochner, actor and director (Rich & Famous), born in Los Angeles, California
• Dec 5 Brian Backer, American Tony Award-winning stage and screen actor (Fast Times at Ridgemont High), born in Brooklyn, New York
• Dec 11 Lani Brockman, American actress and theatre director, born in Seattle, Washington

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