Birth Month Day of 08-28 (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Jennifer Coolidge
Actress | A Mighty Wind
Jennifer Coolidge is a versatile character actress and experimental comedienne, best known for playing Stifler's mom in American Pie (1999).
She was born on August 28, 1961, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, to Gretchen (Knauff) and Paul Constant Coolidge, a plastics manufacturer. Young Coolidge was ...
2. David Fincher
Director | Se7en
David Fincher was born in 1962 in Denver, Colorado, and was raised in Marin County, California. When he was 18 years old he went to work for John Korty at Korty Films in Mill Valley. He subsequently worked at ILM (Industrial Light and Magic) from 1981-1983. Fincher left ILM to direct TV commercials...
3. Armie Hammer
Actor | The Social Network
Armand Douglas Hammer was born in Los Angeles, California, to Dru Ann (Mobley) and Michael Armand Hammer, a businessman. His great-grandfather, Armand Hammer, was a prominent tycoon and philanthropist who ran the company Occidental Petroleum for many decades. Armie's ancestry includes ...
4. Luis Guzmán
Actor | Traffic
Actor of Puerto Rican descent who gained fame making many memorable films in the 1980s and 1990s due to his villainous physical appearance. Guzmán was born in Cayey, Puerto Rico on August 28, 1956 and raised in New York City's Greenwich Village and the surrounding Lower East Side neighborhood. His ...
5. Jack Black
Actor | School of Rock
Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black was born on August 28, 1969 in Santa Monica, California to Judith Love Cohen & Thomas William Black, both satellite engineers. He is of Russian Jewish & British-German ancestry. Black attended the University of California at Los Angeles. While at UCLA, he was a member of ...
6. Katie Findlay
Actress | How to Get Away with Murder
Canadian-born actress Katie Findlay received rave reviews in 2017 for her work as "Lucy" opposite Jay Baruchel in the final season of FXX's critically-acclaimed comedy series Man Seeking Woman (2015).
Television audiences may also know Findlay as "Rebecca" from the first season of How to Get Away ...
7. Amanda Tapping
Actress | Stargate SG-1
Born In England, raised in Canada. BFA Acting University of Windsor. Amanda spent 12 seasons on Stargate SG-1 (1997) and its spin-offs, Stargate: Atlantis (2004) and Stargate Universe (2009), as "Samantha Carter". She then took on the lead role of "Dr. Helen Magnus" on the television series ...
8. Brian Thompson
Actor | Cobra
Brian Earl Thompson was born on August 28, 1959 in Ellensburg, Washington. Raised on the Columbia River in Longview, he learned the value of academics and athletics, as the son of two teachers and the second of six siblings. His interest in acting was first sparked during his senior year of high ...
9. Jason Priestley
Actor | Beverly Hills, 90210
Jason Priestley was born on August 28, 1969 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990), Call Me Fitz (2010) and Cas & Dylan (2013). He has been married to Naomi Lowde-Priestley since May 14, 2005. They have two children. He was ...
10. Kelly Overton
Actress | The Ring Two
Kelly grew up in Wilbraham, Massachusetts, where she was a star athlete, playing soccer, basketball and was even undefeated in Western Massachusetts in the high hurdles. She moved to NYC right out of high school to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She graduated with the highest honor...
11. Billy Boyd
Actor | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Billy Boyd was born in 1968 in Glasgow, Scotland, to Mary and William Boyd. The talented young boy, inspired by Star Wars to try acting, got his first taste of it in his school's production of Oliver Twist when he was 10. Boyd's parents were extremely supportive, driving over two hours to get him ...
12. Barbara Bach
Actress | The Spy Who Loved Me
Barbara Goldbach was born to Howard and Marjorie Goldbach in Queens, New York. Her father was a policeman. She met her first husband Augusto Gregorini in New York while she worked as a model and he was visiting from Italy for business tourism in 1966. Barbara followed him to Italy to be with him ...
13. Sarah Roemer
Actress | Disturbia
American actress and model Sarah Roemer starred as the love interest of Shia LaBeouf's character in the thriller Disturbia (2007). She was born in San Diego, California, and began modeling at the age of 15 after she was discovered buying coffee at a local 7-Eleven while attending Horizon Jr/Sr High...
14. Eugene Byrd
Actor | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Eugene Byrd was born on August 28, 1975 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004), Sleepers (1996) and Dead Man (1995).
15. Steffiana De La Cruz
Actress | Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Steffiana De La Cruz was born on August 28, 1974 in the USA. She is an actress, known for Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009), Zookeeper (2011) and Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015). She has been married to Kevin James since June 19, 2004. They have four children.
16. Daniel Stern
Actor | City Slickers
Daniel Stern was born in Bethesda, Maryland, to a social worker father and a day care manager mother. He has been acting professionally since the age of seventeen. Following his high school graduation, he auditioned for the Washington Shakespeare Festival seeking a job as a lighting engineer but ...
17. Rick Rossovich
Actor | Top Gun
Rick Rossovich, considered one of the nicest people to work with, is also a devoted family man. He and his wife Eva have two kids, Roy and Isabel. For three months each year, the family lives at their home in Sweden, where Eva is from, so that the kids can have both sides of their parents' ...
18. David Soul
Actor | Starsky & Hutch
David Soul achieved pop icon status as handsome, blond-haired, blue-eyed Detective Kenneth Hutchinson on the cult "buddy cop" TV series Starsky and Hutch (1975), Soul also had a very successful singing career recording several albums, with worldwide number one hit singles including "Silver Lady" & ...
19. Nancy Kulp
Actress | The Beverly Hillbillies
Nancy Kulp wore many hats: Publicity person, actress, linguist, would-be politician, and teacher. Originally from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Kulp attended college in Florida, then headed for Hollywood to work in publicity for the movies, not star in them. Soon after arriving in Hollywood, Kulp was ...
20. Quvenzhané Wallis
Actress | Beasts of the Southern Wild
Wallis was born in Houma, Louisiana, to Qulyndreia (Jackson) Wallis, a teacher, and Venjie Wallis, Sr., a truck driver. She has one sister, Qunyquekya, and two brothers, Vejon and Venjie, Jr. "Quven", the first part of her name, combines the first syllables of her parents' first names. Wallis, at ...
21. Alfonso Herrera
Actor | Ozark
Arguably one of Latin America's widely-known talents, backed by years of remarkable performances in television and film, Alfonso's stardom was first introduced by his leading role in one of the most successful television series in the history of Latin America, "Rebelde". Rebelde became a grossing ...
22. Richard Cabral
Actor | End of Watch
Richard Cabral was born on August 28, 1984 in East Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for End of Watch (2012), Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014) and Walk of Shame (2014). He has been married to Janiece Sarduy since October 24, 2014.
23. Shalita Grant
Actress | NCIS: New Orleans
Shalita Grant was raised in Petersburg, Virginia and attended high school at the Baltimore School for the Arts in Maryland where she was a YoungArts Winner in Theater and Presidential Scholar in the Arts. At 17, she received a scholarship to attend the Julliard School for her B.F.A. in Drama, ...
24. Donald O'Connor
Actor | Singin' in the Rain
Born into a vaudeville family, O'Connor was the youthful figure cutting a rug in several Universal musicals of the 1940s. His best-known musical work is probably Singin' in the Rain (1952), in which he did an impressive dance that culminated in a series of backflips off the wall. O'Connor was also ...
25. Emma Samms
Actress | Dynasty
Emma Samms was born on August 28, 1960 in London, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Dynasty (1981), General Hospital (1963) and Goliath Awaits (1981). She has been married to Simon McCoy since October 9, 2021. She was previously married to John Holloway, Tim Dillon and Bansi ...
26. Charles Rocket
Actor | Dumb and Dumber
Charles Rocket was born on August 28, 1949 in Bangor, Maine, USA. He was an actor, known for Dumb and Dumber (1994), Dances with Wolves (1990) and Titan A.E. (2000). He was previously married to Mary Elizabeth (Beth) Crellin. He died on October 7, 2005 in Canterbury, Connecticut, USA.
27. Nick E. Tarabay
Actor | Star Trek Into Darkness
Nick Emad Tarabay is a Lebanese-American actor. He is best known for portraying Ashur on the Starz TV series Spartacus. Tarabay was born in Beirut, Lebanon to a large family. His mother and father still reside in Lebanon as does his younger brother and a large extended family of cousins, uncles and...
28. Ken Jenkins
Actor | Scrubs
A versatile veteran of film, television and theater, Ken Jenkins began his acting career performing in high school theater productions in his hometown of Dayton, Ohio. "I was fortunate to discover the world through the words of William Shakespeare, George Bernard Shaw, Arthur Miller and Tennessee ...
29. Shania Twain
Soundtrack | I Heart Huckabees
Shania Twain was born as Eilleen Regina Edwards in 1965 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, one of three daughters of Clarence and Sharon (Morrison) Edwards (sister Jill is two years older and Carrie-Ann three years younger). When she was age six, her mother remarried Jerry Twain, a full-blooded Ojibwa ...
30. Jordan Elsass
Actor | Little Fires Everywhere
Jordan Elsass is quickly emerging as one of Hollywood's most sought-after talents.
Elsass can currently be seen co-starring in the CW DC Comics superhero drama series "Superman & Lois" alongside Tyler Hoechlin ('Clark Kent') & Elizabeth Tulloch ('Lois Lane'). The series is set in the Arrowverse, ...
31. Ben Gazzara
Actor | Road House
Ben Gazzara's screen career began with two critically acclaimed roles as heavies in the late 1950s. He turned to television in the 1960s but made a big screen comeback with roles in three John Cassavetes films in the 1970s. The 1980s and 1990s saw Gazzara work more frequently than ever before in ...
32. Kristin Booth
Actress | The Boys
Kristin Booth is a versatile performer experienced in film, television and theatre.
Booth's feature film credits include several Toronto International Film Festival film selections, including Defendor (2009) and This Beautiful City (2007); as well as the heist thriller, Foolproof (2003), opposite ...
33. Simon Oakland
Actor | Psycho
One of the movies' most memorable tough guys, Simon Oakland actually began his career as a concert violinist, turning to acting in the late 1940s. After a long string of roles in Broadway hits, including "Light Up the Sky," "The Shrike" and "Inherit the Wind," Oakland made his film debut as the ...
34. J. August Richards
Actor | Angel
Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in the Maryland suburb of Bladensburg, Richards discovered his love for acting at an early age and enrolled in a performing arts high school where he appeared in several plays a year. Academically confident and determined to move out to Los Angeles to pursue his...
35. Tiago Correa
Actor | La Poseída
Tiago Correa was born on August 28, 1981 in Santiago de Chile, Metropolitan Region, Chile. He is an actor and director, known for The Possessed (2015), Dueños del Paraíso (2015) and Rojo: La Película (2006). He was previously married to Ignacia Allamand.
36. LeAnn Rimes
Soundtrack | Coyote Ugly
LeAnn started singing at age 3, and has sold over 20 million records since. She was born August 28, 1982 in Jackson, Mississippi. By age 7, LeAnn made her stage debut in a Dallas musical production of "A Christmas Carol". Later, she would sing "The Star Spangled Banner" to open Dallas Cowboys ...
37. Amelia Curtis
Actress | P.O.W.
Amelia Curtis was born on August 28, 1972 in Stockholm, Sweden. She is an actress, known for P.O.W. (2003), Understanding Jane (2001) and Love Soup (2005). She has been married to Vincent Regan since 2001. They have one child.
38. Esther Hall
Actress | Queer as Folk
Esther Hall was born on August 28, 1970 in Manchester, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Queer as Folk (1999), Weekend Retreat (2011) and Rome (2005).
39. John Allen Nelson
Actor | Killer Klowns from Outer Space
John Allen Nelson was born on August 28, 1959 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988), Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell (1988) and Baywatch (1989). He has been married to Justine Eyre since September 23, 2007. He was previously ...
40. Lexi Underwood
Actress | Little Fires Everywhere
Lexi Underwood was born on August 28, 2003 in Cheverly, Maryland, USA. She is an actress and executive, known for Little Fires Everywhere (2020), The First Lady (2022) and Sneakerella (2022).
41. Debra Mooney
Actress | Domestic Disturbance
Debra Mooney was born on August 28, 1947 in Aberdeen, South Dakota, USA. She is an actress, known for Domestic Disturbance (2001), Everwood (2002) and Anastasia (1997).
42. August Maturo
Actor | Girl Meets World
August Maturo may be best known nationally and internationally for his starring role on the hit Disney Channel Original Series "Girl Meets World." He was a scene-stealer as 'Auggie,' the precocious son of Cory [Ben Savage] and Topanga [Danielle Fishel] Matthews. "Girl Meets World" was an instant ...
43. Roxie Roker
Actress | The Jeffersons
Roxie Roker was born on August 28, 1929 in Miami, Florida, USA. She was an actress, known for The Jeffersons (1975), ABC Afterschool Specials (1972) and Fantasy Island (1977). She was previously married to Sy Kravitz. She died on December 2, 1995 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
44. Jonathan Whitesell
Actor | The X Files
Jonathan Whitesell was born on August 28, 1991 in Duncan, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor, known for The X-Files (1993), The 100 (2014) and The Kill Team (2019).
45. Talia Jackson
Actress | Family Reunion
Talia plays the lead role of Jade McKellan in the 3 time NAACP award winning Netflix show Family Reunion. Talia is a recording artist and writes and produces all of her own music alongside her brother Armani Jackson who plays the lead role in the new Jeff Davis show Wolf Pack on Paramount Plus.
46. Bonnie Turner
Writer | Saturday Night Live
Bonnie Turner was born on August 28, 1940 in the USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Saturday Night Live (1975), 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996) and Coneheads (1993). She is married to Terry Turner.
47. Samuel Larsen
Actor | Glee
Samuel Larsen was born on August 28, 1991 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Glee (2009), After (2019) and After We Collided (2020).
48. Charles Boyer
Actor | Gaslight
Charles Boyer studied philosophy before he went to the theater where he gave his debut in 1920. Although he had at first no intentions to pursue a career at the movies (his first movie was Man of the Sea (1920) by Marcel L'Herbier) he used his chance in Hollywood after several filming stations all ...
49. Kyle Massey
Actor | Cory in the House
Kyle Orlando Massey was born on August 28, 1991, in Atlanta, Georgia. His first acting job was in "The Wizard of Oz," but his big break came after he was cast in the popular Disney sitcom That's So Raven (2003), where he starred as Cory, the mischievous, money-obsessed brother of the main character...
50. Lindsay Bloom
Actress | Mike Hammer
With her stunning beauty, winning brash'n'bubbly personality, considerable vitality, and solid acting skills. She set the stage for 70's Blonde Bombshell. Lindsay was born in Omaha, Nebraska on August 28, 1950. Bloom began her show business career as a participant in beauty contests. She won the ...