Birth Month Day of 05-06 (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. George Clooney
Actor | The Ides of March
George Timothy Clooney was born on May 6, 1961, in Lexington, Kentucky, to Nina Bruce (née Warren), a former beauty pageant queen, and Nick Clooney, a former anchorman and television host (who was also the brother of singer Rosemary Clooney). He has Irish, English, and German ancestry. Clooney ...
2. Beatrice Grannò
Actress | The White Lotus
Beatrice Grannò was born on May 6, 1993 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for The White Lotus (2021), Wonder When You'll Miss Me (2019) and The Time of Indifference (2020).
3. Adrianne Palicki
Actress | G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Adrianne Palicki was born on May 6, 1983 in Toledo, Ohio, to Nancy (French) and Jeffrey Palicki. Her father is of Polish and Hungarian descent, and her mother is of English and German ancestry. Adrianne graduated from Whitmer High School. She did not take the stage in her first play until she was a...
4. Naomi Scott
Actress | Aladdin
Naomi Scott is a multi-talented actor, singer and songwriter. She stars as "Jasmine" in Disney's blockbuster live action remake Aladdin (2019), alongside Mena Massoud and Will Smith, directed by Guy Ritchie. Disney released the film in May 2019, and it became one of the biggest films of the year.
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5. Emily Alyn Lind
Actress | Revenge
Emily Alyn Lind's body of work would be impressive for any Hollywood actress, but for a rising star of such a young age, it is quite remarkable. Emily will next star alongside Ewan McGregor and Rebecca Ferguson in the Warner Bros. film Doctor Sleep (2019). Based on the popular Stephen King novel, ...
6. Tyler Hynes
Actor | Letterkenny
Tyler Hynes was born in Toronto Canada. He is an accomplished actor, director, producer, editor, writer.
Tyler got his Professional start at the age of 8 during a 72 performance run of the Musical Stage Production of "A Christmas Carol," followed by the Cross Canada Tour of The Who's Rock Opera "...
7. Noah Galvin
Actor | Booksmart
Noah can be seen playing 'Kenny' in ABC's comedy "The Real O'Neals" premiering in March 2016.
Noah is most proud of his critically acclaimed work off- Broadway at theaters such as the Signature, Playwrights Horizons, MCC, The Vineyard, The Public, The Culture Project, The Flea, The Wild Project, New...
8. Orson Welles
Actor | Citizen Kane
His father, Richard Head Welles, was a well-to-do inventor, his mother, Beatrice (Ives) Welles, a beautiful concert pianist; Orson Welles was gifted in many arts (magic, piano, painting) as a child. When his mother died in 1924 (when he was nine) he traveled the world with his father. He was ...
9. Stacey Oristano
Actress | Bunheads
As a stage and screen actor, Stacey's work can be seen all around the world. She graduated from College in London, England at Rose Bruford School of Speech and Drama. After graduation she was seen in the West End production of "Steel Magnolias" (as Annelle). She then moved to New York City where ...
10. Leslie Hope
Director | Lost in Space
Leslie Hope was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and is a dual citizen of the US and Canada. She has directed several episodes of television including Snowpiercer (2020), Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022), Lost in Space (2018), The Order (2019), Murdoch Mysteries (2008), Van Helsing (2016), ...
11. Lars Mikkelsen
Actor | Headhunter
Lars was born in Gladsaxe near Copenhagen, Denmark as the first child of Bente Christiansen, an occupational health nurse, and Henning Mikkelsen, a bank clerk. Lars grew up in Copenhagen, where about one and a half years after him brother Mads was born, who's also an actor now. At first the family ...
12. Jonathan Avigdori
Actor | The Lincoln Lawyer
Jonathan Avigdori is an award-winning actor & filmmaker. Known for working on hit TV shows such as "The Blacklist", "FBI", "The Equalizer", and "The Lincoln Lawyer". Creator, writer, and director of the TV show "America", and the short format series "Production Incorporated" which won the Los ...
13. Richard Eyer
Actor | The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Born in Santa Monica, California, in 1945, Richard Eyer was the kid with the clean-cut, all-American look who won a number of "personality contests" and other competitions before he made his film debut in the early 1950s. Mainstream audiences may remember Eyer best as the youngster who runs "afowl"...
14. Gregg Henry
Actor | Guardians of the Galaxy
Gregg Henry has worked with many well-known filmmakers. For James Gunn: Slither (2006), Super (2010), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017). For Brian De Palma: Scarface (1983), Body Double (1984). Raising Cain (1992), Femme Fatale (2002), The Black Dahlia (2006),...
15. Siobhan Williams
Actress | The Quarry
Born in Cambridge, England, Siobhan moved to Canada with her family at a young age. With a solid performing arts background, Siobhan trained intensively for 13 years at the School of Alberta Ballet in Ballet, Jazz, and Modern dance. She has had studied voice, guitar, and theatre, as well as played ...
16. Tiera Skovbye
Actress | 2 Hearts
Nurturing an impressive body of work encompassing film and television, Tiera Skovbye's career continues to evolve with diverse and challenging projects. Tiera currently (2020) stars as the lead of the Global series "Nurses" which follows five young nurses working on the front lines of a busy ...
17. Freddie Boath
Actor | The Mummy Returns
The son of banker father and producer mother, Freddie attends a Catholic boys' school in London. Although he has taken weekly drama classes for several years with his older brother Jack and younger sister Millie, his only experience before auditioning for The Mummy Returns (2001) had been ...
18. Kavan Smith
Actor | Stargate: Atlantis
Kavan was born in Edmonton, Alberta and both he and his brother were raised by his father when his parents divorced. He excelled in many sports as a child focusing on football and martial arts. During his teenage years, he cultivated a love for performing with a friend. They would often skip school...
19. Gabourey Sidibe
Actress | Precious
Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe, the star of Precious (2009), was born in the Bedford-Stuyvesant community in Brooklyn, New York. Her mother, Alice Tan Ridley, is a former special education teacher who gave up her career and became a street performer/singer, while her father, Ibnou Sidibe, is a cab driver....
20. Alan Dale
Actor | Priest
Alan Dale was born on May 6, 1947 in Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand. He is best known for his eight year role as Jim Robinson in the long running Australian soap opera Neighbours (1985), played Caleb in the hit Fox series The O.C. (2003), featured on Lost (2004) and has a long list of recurring...
21. Roma Downey
Actress | Touched by an Angel
Roma Downey is an Emmy-nominated actress and producer who has been creating inspirational content for 25 years. Born in Northern Ireland, she was classically trained in London. She has performed on stage with the famed Abbey Theater and has appeared both on and off Broadway. For almost a decade, ...
22. Adrienne Warren
Actress | The Woman King
Adrienne Warren was born on May 6, 1987 in Hampton Roads, Virginia, USA. She is an actress and production manager, known for The Woman King (2022), Blue Bloods (2010) and Black Cake.
23. Sasheer Zamata
Actress | Michelle Obama's Breaking Point
Sasheer Zamata is a comedian, actress and writer. She was a cast member on Saturday Night Live, and has appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and This American Life. She serves as ACLU's Celebrity Ambassador for Women's Rights. She hosts a live variety show called Sasheer Zamata Party Time...
24. Lindsay Pulsipher
Actress | True Blood
Lindsay Pulsipher is an American actress. She has had several roles in film and television, she is best known for HBO's True Blood, and Hatfields & McCoys (2012).
She was born and grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah, with five siblings, and was inspired to be an actor by her mother, a theater actress. ...
25. Shamier Anderson
Actor | Race
Shamier Anderson was born in Toronto, Canada. He has two younger brothers, one, Stephan James, who is also an established actor and the other in the military. Shamier attended Wexford School for the Arts where he majored in Musical Theatre & the Drama Intensive Program where he graduated with ...
26. Pippa Haywood
Actress | Green Wing
Philippa "Pippa" Haywood is an English actress who trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Haywood was born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. She has an extensive television career which includes portraying the much put-upon Helen Brittas in the BBC One comedy series The Brittas Empire (1991-1997), ...
27. Dana Hill
Actress | National Lampoon's European Vacation
Dana Hill was born Dana Lynne Goetz on May 6, 1964, in a suburb of Los Angeles, to parents Sandy Hill and Ted Goetz, a commercial director. Despite diabetes ending a promising future in athletics when she was just ten years old, Dana gamely threw herself into acting when still in her early teen ...
28. Geneva Carr
Actress | It's Complicated
Theater, film and television actress, Geneva Carr, was born in Jackson, Mississippi and lived in Michigan and the Carolinas before moving to Atlanta, where she graduated high school. Following graduation from Mount Holyoke College with a degree in French, she moved to Paris. There, she earned an ...
29. Anne Parillaud
Actress | Nikita
Anne Parillaud was born in Paris, France on May 6, 1960 and even though all her travels took her to many lands, is still a Paris resident. Anne studied ballet in school, and her first appearance was in the film Un amour de sable (1977) where she played "La jeune fille avec un petit chat" ("The girl...
30. Dominic Scott Kay
Actor | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Dominic Scott Kay is CEO and co-owner of DSK Motion Pictures & Music, which is a major motion picture and television production company that has multiple subsidiaries. The corporation was founded in Los Angeles, CA by Dominic Scott Kay and Cindy Sarno Kay and later headquartered in Nashville, TN, ...
31. Stewart Granger
Actor | King Solomon's Mines
Stewart Granger was born James Lablache Stewart in London, the great grandson of the opera singer Luigi Lablache. He attended Epsom College but left after deciding not to pursue a medical degree. He decided to try acting and attended Webber-Douglas School of Dramatic Art, London. By 1935, he made ...
32. Christian Clavier
Actor | Les visiteurs
Christian Clavier was born on May 6, 1952 in Paris, France. He is an actor and writer, known for The Visitors (1993), Just Visiting (2001) and Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar (1999). He was previously married to Marie-Anne Chazel.
33. Raymond Bailey
Actor | The Beverly Hillbillies
Raymond Bailey was a great example of "If at first you don't succeed..." After high school, Bailey headed for Hollywood with the intent on becoming a movie star, but soon found it tougher than he thought. Instead Bailey went into a high finance career working as stockbroker and banker. He made a ...
34. Julianne Phillips
Actress | Sisters
Julianne Phillips was born on May 6, 1960 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is an actress, known for Sisters (1991), Big Bully (1996) and Skin Deep (1989). She was previously married to Bruce Springsteen.
35. Rudolph Valentino
Actor | The Sheik
Hollywood's original Latin Lover, a term that was invented for Rudolph Valentino by Hollywood moguls. Alla Nazimova's friend Natacha Rambova (nee Winifred Hudnut) became romantically involved with Rudy and they lived together in her bungalow from 1921 (during the filming of Camille) until they ...
36. Sadie Sandler
Actress | Pixels
Sadie Sandler was born on May 6, 2006 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Pixels (2015), Hotel Transylvania (2012) and Bedtime Stories (2008).
37. Tristán Ulloa
Actor | Lucía y el sexo
Tristán Ulloa was born on May 6, 1970 in Orleans, France. He is an actor and director, known for Sex and Lucía (2001), Pudor (2007) and Open Your Eyes (1997).
38. Jaime Winstone
Actress | Love, Rosie
Jaime Winstone was born on May 6, 1985 in Camden, London, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Love, Rosie (2014), Tomb Raider (2018) and Kidulthood (2006).
39. John Ennis
Actor | Eight Legged Freaks
John Ennis was born on May 6, 1964 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Eight Legged Freaks (2002), Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) and Zodiac (2007).
40. Bresha Webb
Actress | Run the World
Bresha Webb was born on May 6, 1984 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Bresha is an actor and director, known for Run the World (2021), A Fall from Grace (2020) and Meet the Blacks (2016).
41. Nuno Lopes
Actor | São Jorge
Nuno Lopes was born on May 6, 1978 in Lisbon, Portugal. He is an actor, known for Saint George (2016), Lines of Wellington (2012) and Goodnight Irene (2008).
42. Richard Cox
Actor | Cruising
Richard Cox was born on May 6, 1948 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Cruising (1980), The Vindicator (1986) and Executive Suite (1976). He has been married to Sarah Boucher since May 23, 1997. They have two children. He was previously married to Joanna Heimbold.
43. Harry Parke
Actor | Night Spot
Harry Parke was born on May 6, 1904 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Night Spot (1938), Badminton (1945) and The Yanks Are Coming (1942). He was previously married to Thelma Leeds, Lillian Anshen and Jennifer Ann Boyd. He died on November 24, 1958 in Los Angeles,...
44. Aryan Simhadri
Actor | Percy Jackson and the Olympians
From commercials to Disney Channel star, Aryan Simhadri has had a whirlwind career spanning over 11 years which is especially notable given he's just 15. This energetic and outgoing kid was scouted at the age of 4 after moving to CA. As he quickly fell in love with the art, his talents were first ...
45. Alix Elizabeth Gitter
Actress | GCB
Alix Elizabeth Gitter was born on May 6, 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Alix Elizabeth is an actor, known for GCB (2012), God Incorporated (2019) and The Learning Curve (2014).
46. Ben Masters
Actor | Passions
Ben Masters was born on May 6, 1947 in Corvallis, Oregon, USA. He was an actor, known for Passions (1999), All That Jazz (1979) and Mandingo (1975). He died on January 11, 2023 in Palm Springs, California, USA.
47. Susan Brown
Actress | Game of Thrones
Susan Brown was born on May 6, 1946 in Bristol, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Game of Thrones (2011), The Iron Lady (2011) and Torchwood (2006).
48. Gina Riley
Actress | Kath & Kim
Gina Riley was born on May 6, 1961 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She is an actress and writer, known for Kath & Kim (2002), Kath & Kim (2008) and Da Kath & Kim Code (2005).
49. Matthew Yang King
Actor | Love, Death & Robots
Matt Yang King is best known for his role as Marty Mantle on Riverdale, his acclaimed work on the David Fincher/Tim Miller Netflix series Love, Death and Robots as well as his long running stints on 24, Numb3rs, Supah Ninjas and Strong Medicine. Matt has voiced many iconic characters in television ...
50. Clay O'Brien
Actor | The Cowboys
Born Clay O'Brien Cooper on May 6, 1961, and best-known as the pint- sized "Hardy Fimps" in the western coming-of-age film, The Cowboys (1972); Clay O'Brien became a favorite with John Wayne, who appreciated a real cowboy when he met one. Remaining pint-sized for several years, Clay could be found ...