Birth Month Day of 12-09 (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Jesse Metcalfe
Actor | Desperate Housewives
Jesse Eden Metcalfe was born in Carmel Valley, California, to Nancy (DeMaio) and Jeff Metcalfe. He has Italian, Portuguese, English, French, and Irish ancestry. He was raised in Southeastern Connecticut. Metcalfe attended the Williams School, a private high school in New London, Connecticut. He ...
2. Margaret Hamilton
Actress | The Wizard of Oz
Margaret Hamilton was born December 9, 1902 in Cleveland, Ohio to Jennie and Walter Hamilton. She later attended Hathaway Brown School in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and practiced acting doing children's theater while a Junior League of Cleveland member. Margaret had already built her resume with several...
3. Kirk Douglas
Actor | Spartacus
Cleft-chinned, steely-eyed and virile star of international cinema who rose from being "the ragman's son" (the name of his best-selling 1988 autobiography) to become a bona fide superstar, Kirk Douglas, also known as Issur Danielovitch Demsky, was born on December 9, 1916 in Amsterdam, New York. ...
4. Judi Dench
Actress | Skyfall
Dame Judi Dench was born Judith Olivia Dench in York, England, to Eleanora Olive (Jones), who was from Dublin, Ireland, and Reginald Arthur Dench, a doctor from Dorset, England. She attended Mount School in York, and studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama. She has performed with the ...
5. John Malkovich
Actor | In the Line of Fire
John Gavin Malkovich was born in Christopher, Illinois, to Joe Anne (Choisser), who owned a local newspaper, and Daniel Leon Malkovich, a state conservation director. His paternal grandparents were Croatian. In 1976, Malkovich joined Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre, newly founded by his friend Gary ...
6. Simon Helberg
Actor | The Big Bang Theory
Simon Helberg was born and raised in Los Angeles but despite this, and the fact that his father is the actor Sandy Helberg and his mother the casting director Harriet B. Helberg, his main interest as a young boy was karate. In his teens, though, he discovered acting and went on to study at New York...
7. Michael Nouri
Actor | The Hidden
Michael Nouri was born on December 9, 1945 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA as Michael David Nouri. He is an actor, known for The Hidden (1987), Flashdance (1983) and The Terminal (2004). He was previously married to Vicki Light and Lynn Goldsmith.
8. Michael Dorn
Actor | Star Trek: First Contact
Michael Dorn was born on December 9, 1952 in Luling, Texas, USA as Michiel Dorn. He is an actor and director, known for Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) and Star Trek: Nemesis (2002).
9. Felicity Huffman
Actress | Transamerica
Felicity toiled away for 20 years in ill fated television shows, Broadway plays, and independent films in the shadow of her successful husband, actor William H. Macy. Then she got the part of Lynette Scavo in the television series Desperate Housewives (2004) and Bree in the film Transamerica (2005)...
10. John Cassavetes
Actor | Love Streams
John Cassavetes was a Greek-American actor, film director, and screenwriter. He is considered a pioneer of American independent film, as he often financed his own films.
Cassavetes was born in New York City in 1929, to Nicholas John Cassavetes and his wife Katherine Demetre (1906-1983). Nicholas was...
11. Beau Bridges
Actor | The Fabulous Baker Boys
Beau Bridges was born in Hollywood, and is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and his wife, who was his college sweetheart, Dorothy Dean Bridges. Born just two days after the attack on Pearl Harbour, he was delivered by candlelight because of a power blackout. Named Lloyd Vernet Bridges III, his ...
12. Toby Huss
Actor | King of the Hill
Toby Huss was born on December 9, 1966 in Marshalltown, Iowa, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for King of the Hill (1997), Halt and Catch Fire (2014) and Rescue Dawn (2006).
13. Reiko Aylesworth
Actress | AVPR: Aliens vs Predator - Requiem
Reiko was born in Chicago, IL.. She and her younger brother were raised by their mother who worked in a methadone clinic and later ran a jail. When Reiko was 13 yrs. old, they met the man who would become her stepfather and would introduce her to acting and theater. The family soon moved to ...
14. Joe Lando
Actor | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
A former cook in a Hollywood restaurant, Lando first came to the attention of casting directors in the role of heartthrob Jake Harrison on the soap opera One Life to Live (1968). That job led to the co-starring role as the backwoodsman/love interest of Jane Seymour on TV's Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman...
15. Brad Savage
Actor | Red Dawn
Brad had his first career as a child actor from 1967 to 1988. Credits include 7 features, 2 TV series, 7 pilots, numerous TV movies and "Guest Shots", lots of theater and over 100 commercials. Some highlights include:
Red Dawn (1984)/film (Directed by John Milius), "On Golden Pond"/stage (Ahmanson ...
16. Cody Kennedy
Actress | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Cody Kennedy is an American actress with a wide range of film and television roles under her belt. As a teen, Cody acted in numerous music videos for top artists like Justin Timberlake', Miley Cyrus, and Steve Aoki. Both David Fincher and Brett Ratner handpicked Cody for their projects. Music ...
17. Allison Smith
Actress | The West Wing
Allison Smith's career started on Broadway at the age of nine, in the original production of "Evita", quickly followed by her landing the title role of "Annie" on Broadway in the musical "Annie" at the age of ten. She was the longest-running and youngest star of a Broadway musical at that time, ...
18. Joshua Sasse
Actor | No Tomorrow
Joshua Sasse was born on December 9, 1987 in Westminster, London, England as Joshua Seymour Sasse. He is an actor, known for No Tomorrow (2016), Rogue (2013) and Galavant (2015).
19. Raja Gosnell
Director | Big Momma's House
Raja Gosnell started his film career as an assistant editor in the late 1970s. His first credit as a film's main editor was the romantic comedy "The Lonely Guy" (1984), for director Arthur Hiller. During the 1980s, Gosnell served as editor in films directed by Tom Laughlin, David Worth, Bob Dahlin,...
20. Pixie Davies
Actress | Mary Poppins Returns
Pixie Davies was born on December 9, 2006 in England. She is an actress, known for Mary Poppins Returns (2018), Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016) and Humans (2015).
21. Kevin Daniels
Actor | Why Women Kill
Kevin Daniels was born on December 9, 1976 in San Diego, California, USA as Kevin Dwight Daniels Jr. He is an actor, known for Why Women Kill (2019), Atypical (2017) and Sirens (2014).
22. Stefan Danailov
Actor | Boris I
One of the most talented actors from Bulgaria. He was born in Sofia in 1942. In 1962 he graduated from famous Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts as an actor. His first appearance in the movies was in 1956 when he was a only a teenager. With the well known series Na vseki ...
23. Dick Van Patten
Actor | Spaceballs
Dick Van Patten began acting as a child. He made his first of 27 Broadway appearances, at age seven, in "Tapestry in Grey". After, he appeared in many films, including Freaky Friday (1976), with Jodie Foster; Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) and Spaceballs (1987). His TV credits include his ...
24. Donny Osmond
Soundtrack | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Donald Clark "Donny" Osmond was born December 9, 1957 in Ogden, Utah, to Olive Osmond (née Davis) and George Osmond on . He was the seventh of eight brothers and has one sister. When Donny was young, his family went to see Lawrence Welk in California. They were unable to meet with him so they ...
25. Broderick Crawford
Actor | All the King's Men
Broderick Crawford is best remembered for two roles: his Oscar-winning turn as Willie Stark in All the King's Men (1949), and as Chief Dan Mathews on the syndicated TV series Highway Patrol (1955). He was also memorable as Judy Holliday's boisterous boyfriend in Born Yesterday (1950).
He was born ...
26. Dalton Trumbo
Writer | Roman Holiday
Dalton Trumbo, the Oscar-winning screenwriter, arguably the most talented, most famous of the blacklisted film professionals known to history as the Hollywood 10, was born in Montrose, Colorado to Orus Trumbo and his wife, the former Maud Tillery.
Dalton Trumbo was raised at 1124 Gunnison Ave. in ...
27. Jakob Dylan
Music Department | The Guardian
Jakob Dylan was born on December 9, 1969 in New York City, New York, USA as Jakob Luke Dylan. He is known for his work on The Guardian (2001), American Wedding (2003) and A Little Help (2010). He has been married to Paige Dylan since 1992. They have four children.
28. Richard Brooks
Actor | The Crow: City of Angels
Commanding actor Richard Brooks was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He is an actor, director and singer. Raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Brooks studied acting, dance, and voice work at Interlochen Academy of Arts in Michigan. Later, he moved to New York City and was a student of the Circle in the Square ...
29. Todd Allen
Actor | Django Unchained
Actor/writer/producer Todd Allen has appeared in close to 70 film and television productions in his career. He has worked with Kevin Costner on three films and with Robert Duvall on The Apostle (1997), and again on Broken Trail (2006), where Allen received excellent reviews as the Territorial ...
30. Brandon Davis
Actor | First Monday
Brandon Davis was born on December 9, 1980 in the USA as Brandon Jack James Davis. He is an actor, known for First Monday (2002), Undressed (1999) and Even Stevens (2000).
31. Sebastian Spence
Actor | First Wave
He is most notably recognized today as "Cowboy" Cliff Harting in Hallmark Channel's original television series "Cedar Cove," based on the books by award-winning author Debbie Macomber (series began in 2013)
Not to be typecast, Sebastian has become one of the most sought-after actors in Vancouver, BC...
32. David Anthony Higgins
Actor | Malcolm in the Middle
David Anthony Higgins was born on December 9, 1961 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Malcolm in the Middle (2000), Mike & Molly (2010) and The Wrong Guy (1997). He has been married to Julia since 2000. They have two children.
33. Jacqueline Lovell
Actress | Krush the Serpent
Jacqueline Lovell was born and raised in Southern California. From a very young age, she had the immense innate talent and enthusiasm for performance. She expressed this through school musicals and church plays from grade school through high school. In much of her free time, she was writing skits ...
34. Redd Foxx
Actor | Sanford and Son
Redd Foxx began doing stand-up comedy on the infamous "Chitlin' Circuit" in the 1940s and 1950s. Foxx was one of the premier "blue humor" comedians. Blue humor was very dirty, too dirty for white audiences. For years his party albums were not available in white record stores. In the 1960s his ...
35. William Reynolds
Actor | All That Heaven Allows
William de Clerq Reynolds, born in Los Angeles, began his film career in 1951, one year after his marriage to Molly Sinclair. The handsome actor portrayed many authority figures, both in the movies and on television. He managed to display a wide emotional range, as evidenced by his tour-de-force ...
36. Elle Evans
Actress | Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
Elle Evans was born on December 9, 1989 in Paris, Texas, USA as Lindsey Gayle Evans. She is an actress, known for Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015), Muse (2017) and The Love Witch (2016). She has been married to Matthew Bellamy since August 10, 2019.
37. Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Actor | The Fighting O'Flynn
Although he appeared in approximately 100 movies or TV shows, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. never really intended to take up acting as a career. However, the environment he was born into and the circumstances naturally led him to be a thespian. Noblesse oblige.
He was born Douglas Elton Fairbanks, Jr. in ...
38. Buck Henry
Writer | The Graduate
Buck Henry was born on December 9, 1930 in New York City, New York, USA as Buck Henry Zuckerman. He is a writer and actor, known for The Graduate (1967), Get Smart (1965) and Catch-22 (1970). He is married to Sally.
39. Frances Reid
Actress | Days of Our Lives
Born in Wichita Falls, Texas, and was raised in Berkeley, California, she attended/graduated at The Pasadena Community Playhouse where her major was acting, and she pursued her career immediately. The Emmy Award nominee who has played Alice Horton for the entire 37 years that Days of Our Lives has ...
40. Hermione Gingold
Actress | Gigi
One of stage, screen, radio and TV's most delightful, inimitable eccentrics, Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold was born the daughter of an upscale Austrian financier and English homemaker. She made her stage debut in 1908, thus beginning a long, commanding presence in London playing everything from ...
41. Mario Cantone
Actor | Sex and the City
Mario Cantone is probably best known at home in the US as a comedian, impressionist and singer but he has also made a name for himself as a very successful Broadway actor, appearing in "Love! Valor! Compassion!" in 1995 as well as a number of off-Broadway Shakespeare productions including "The ...
42. Dick Butkus
Actor | Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Richard J. Butkus, "Dick", was born in Chicago, Illinois, December 9, 1942. He graduated from the University of Illinois where he was a two time All- American line backer. A first round draft pick of the Chicago Bears, Dick played for them from 1965-1973, and was named All-Pro linebacker seven ...
43. Robert Winley
Actor | Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Robert Winley was born on December 9, 1952 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Near Dark (1987) and Joy Ride (2001). He died on October 21, 2001 in Costa Mesa, California, USA.
44. Jolene Purdy
Actress | Donnie Darko
Jolene Purdy was born on December 9, 1983 in Redondo Beach, California, USA as Jolene Aiko Purdy. She is an actress, known for Donnie Darko (2001), Orange Is the New Black (2013) and Under the Dome (2013).
45. Sean Grandillo
Actor | Scream: The TV Series
Sean Grandillo is a Los Angeles based actor and singer from Cleveland, Ohio. After singing in numerous bands through high school, Sean found theater when he was 17, and began training in acting. Along with community theater and professional productions in Ohio, Sean got involved in several ...
46. McKayla Maroney
Actress | Bones
McKayla Maroney was born and raised in California. The daughter of Mike and Erin Maroney, she was home-schooled so that she could train as an elite gymnast. She started her senior career in 2011 at the age of 15. At that year's world championships, Maroney won gold medals in the team and vault ...
47. Morton Downey Jr.
Actor | Predator 2
Talk-show host and songwriter ("Because We're Young", "Hearts Are Wild"), composer, author, actor and singer, educated at New York University (BS) and a two-year Law School student. He was a program director and announcer at WPOP in Hartford, Connecticut, and later made several records under his ...
48. Lori Greiner
Producer | Shark Tank
Lori Greiner was born on December 9, 1969 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is an entrepreneur, inventor, and television personality, known for Shark Tank (2009) and Beyond the Tank (2015). She holds over 120 patents and has invented over 400 products. She first appeared on television on the Home ...
49. Ron Vawter
Actor | The Silence of the Lambs
Ron Vawter was born on December 9, 1948 in Latham, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Philadelphia (1993) and Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989). He died on April 16, 1994.
50. Jane Fallon
Producer | This Life
Jane Fallon was born on December 9, 1960 in London, England. She is known for her work on This Life (1996), Undercover Heart (1998) and Teachers (2001).