Celebrities born on août 29

Kyan Khojandi, né le 29 août 1982 à Reims, est un humoriste, acteur, scénariste, producteur, animateur et réalisateur français. À la suite d'une série de vidéos sur internet, Kyan Khojandi entame une carrière d'humoriste. En septembre 2011, il se fait connaître par le public de Canal+ avec la série télévisée Bref, qu'il crée avec Navo et dont il interprète le rôle principal jusqu'en juillet 2012. Son père iranien, qui exerçait le métier de géologue avant de fuir la Révolution iranienne, a dû se reconvertir dans le commerce des tapis à son arrivée en France. Sa mère picarde, mélomane, exerçait le métier de juriste. Il a un frère, Keyvan Khojandi, qui joue également son frère dans sa série intitulée Bref. Sa famille iranienne leur rendait visite régulièrement, ce qui fait qu'il parle le persan. Kyan Khojandi entre à l’âge de six ans au conservatoire de musique de Reims où il apprend l'alto pendant douze ans. Depuis cet âge, il a l'oreille absolue. Après un bac ES obtenu au lycée Clemenceau, il entame des études de droit. Il arrête en maîtrise (ce qui provoque initialement la colère de son père) pour intégrer le Cours Simon à Paris en septembre 2004. Pendant trois ans, il suit une formation de comédien sous la tutelle de Chantal Brière. Il écrit ses premiers textes en 2006, puis enchaîne les scènes ouvertes et les premières parties d'artistes. D'après Tribu 12, le magazine des communautés juives, «la rencontre avec Christine Giua marque un moment important de sa vie» au moment où il jouait au Théâtre de la Providence. Il est marié à Christine Giua, avec qui il a un fils né en juillet 2022. Sa mère Marie-Jo Khojandi, a tenu un rôle secondaire dans le film Les Nuits de Mashhad (Holy Spider) d'Ali Abbasi, sélectionné pour le festival de Cannes 2022. Sur scène, il joue de mars 2008 à février 2010 son spectacle intitulé La Bande-annonce de ma vie, mis en scène par Christine Giua. Il joue aussi des sketchs dans l'émission Pliés en 4, puis Yassine Belattar lui donne sa chance dans ses émissions Le Belattar Show et On achève bien l'info sur France 4, qui le révéleront. Il a également fait un sketch dans l'émission Ce soir avec Arthur sur Comédie+, avant d'y venir en tant qu'invité une saison plus tard. Depuis, il enchaîne les scènes parisiennes (Le Bordel Club) comme new-yorkaises (Le Comic Strip, le Comix Comedy Club, Le Stand up New York) pour roder son nouveau spectacle solo. En 2011, il joue tous les mercredis au théâtre de Dix heures accompagné de son coauteur Bruno Muschio. Du 29 août 2011 au 12 juillet 2012, il est le personnage central de la mini-série au rythme très rapide Bref, diffusée trois fois par semaine à 20h30 dans l'émission Le Grand Journal de Canal+. Celle-ci connaît un succès très rapide, notamment grâce aux réseaux sociaux (Facebook, Twitter) et à YouTube. Le 11 novembre 2011 au Bataclan, il a fait une apparition chez O'Gaming où il a réalisé en live un Bref spécial StarCraft II à cette occasion. Le 5 mai 2012 au Grand Rex de Paris, il joue à StarCraft II pour un show match durant le tournoi Iron Squid. ... Source: Article "Kyan Khojandi" de Wikipédia en français, soumis à la licence CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Cássio Gabus Mendes (São Paulo, August 29, 1961) is a Brazilian actor. Grandson of Otávio Gabus Mendes and son of novelist Cassiano Gabus Mendes, he is the brother of fellow actor Tato Gabus Mendes and nephew of fellow actor Luis Gustavo. Since 1991, Cássio has been married to former actress Lídia Brondi. He debuted on television in 1982, in Elas por Elas, playing Elton. He is known for Amazonia (2007), Confessions of a Brazilian Call Girl (2011) and Baptism of Blood (2006)

Juha Veijonen (born 29 August 1959) is a Finnish actor. He is best known for his role as Jussi Vares in first two Vares films. Veijonen has also appeared in films such as The Romanov Stones (1993), Sunset Riders (1994), The Tough Ones (1999), Matti (2006) and Hellsinki (2009).

In Gyo-jin (인교진) is a South Korean actor.  He previously used the stage name Do Yi-sung (도이성).

Richard Francis O'Neill was an American stage, film and television character actor best known for playing Irish cops, fathers, judges and army generals. He began his acting career as an original company member of Arena Stage in Washington, D.C.

John Lacy is an American actor-director-writer living in Los Angeles. John was born in Iowa City where his father, the writer Robert Lacy, studied at the Iowa Writer's Workshop under the mentor-ship of Kurt Vonnegut and Richard Yates, alongside fellow students and notable writers, Andre Dubus, William Harrison, Theodore Weesner, and detective novelist James Crumley. The family settled in Minneapolis after Robert took a position working for the State Capitol as a speech writer for the late Senator Nick Coleman. John's mother, Lyn Ellen Lacy is an accomplished educator and published author, specializing in children's' visual literacy. His older brother, Peter Lacy, works as an innovator in corporate culture integration in Seattle, WA; and his older sister, Ruth Grim, is a museum curator in Daytona, Florida. John's acting career began in 1988, initially showing up in beer commercials and music videos. After extensive study, stage work, and commitment to the Meisner technique, his roles improved considerably, booking several guest starring roles on a handful of Miller/Boyett Production situation comedies. Then came John's first significant film role, cast as 'Fector' in Nancy Savoca's anti-war love story Dogfight. Since then, John's stock has risen steadily year after year, appearing in all of television's top rated programs while continuing a substantial and recognizable presence in television commercials, and supporting roles in several notable films, most recently, Just Mercy. His powerful performance as Howard Madson in the 2019 FX series American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace drew considerable critical acclaim. John has also established a reputation as a career coach and motivational speaker for aspiring talent getting in to the entertainment business. His acting studio in Burbank, The Lacy Group Acting Studio, has been instrumental in developing and cultivating some of the most promising young actors in Hollywood. John has been married to Karin Lacy since 1994. They have three sons. John created the critically acclaimed Crime Noir web series The Reveal... using over 30 actors from his acting studio, The Lacy Group. He followed that up with another web series creation, The Adventures of Hollywood & Vine, a screwball comedy depicting a pair of struggling actor roommates' daily struggles. His feature film debut, Custody Road, won Best Editing at the Auckland International Film Festival and streamed on Amazon Prime, GooglePlay, iTunes. His second feature, Rosebud Lane, is scheduled for release in August, 2021.

Vicky Zahed is a Writer & Director known for his unique plot twist and stylish story telling. He was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He started his career by making short films. Vicky is fascinated with human mind and likes to play with human psychology in his films.

Vishal Krishna is an Indian film actor and producer who appears primarily in Tamil cinema. Often starring in his home productions, he became an actor after a stint as an assistant director in films. His first role was in the romantic thriller Chellamae, before going on to secure a run of three consecutive successes with roles as action hero in the 2005 film, Sandakozhi, and with Thimiru in 2006. After appearing in two further successful films, the failure of his hyped home production, Sathyam halted his streak. Following further commercial failures, he enjoyed success again with Avan Ivan (2011), which became a significant film in his career.

Joel T. Schumacher (August 29, 1939 – June 22, 2020) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and costume designer. He was raised in New York City by his mother and suffered from substance abuse at a young age. He became a fashion designer after graduating from Parsons School of Design, but would continue suffering from substance abuse and high levels of debt until the early 1970s. He first entered film-making as a production and costume designer before gaining writing credits on Car Wash, Sparkle, and The Wiz. He received little attention for his initial theatrically released films, The Incredible Shrinking Woman and D.C. Cab, but rose to prominence after directing St. Elmo's Fire (1985), The Lost Boys (1987), and The Client (1994). Schumacher was selected to replace Tim Burton as director of the Batman franchise and oversaw Batman Foreve (1995) and Batman & Robin (1997). After the Batman franchise Schumacher directed smaller-budgeted films, including Tigerland (2000) and Phone Booth (2002). He directed The Phantom of the Opera, which was released to mixed reviews in 2004. His final directorial work was for two episodes of House of Cards (2013).

Dina Spybey (born August 29, 1965) is an American actress, known as Dina Waters since her 2000 wedding to director Mark Waters. She has appeared in more than 20 films, including John Q., subUrbia and The Haunted Mansion. She is perhaps best known for her role as Tracy Montrose Blair on the first season of Six Feet Under. She played "young Elise Eliot" in The First Wives Club. She was in Greg the Bunny, and Remember WENN, and also played a stripper colleague of Demi Moore's in Striptease. She played a large supporting role in husband Mark Waters' film Just Like Heaven (2005), which starred Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo, and Jon Heder. She also had a small role in Waters' Freaky Friday. She also appeared in the ninth season premiere of Frasier ("Don Juan in Hell") in 2001 in the role of Nanette Guzman, Frasier Crane's first wife. She was one of three actresses to play the role over the course of Cheers and Frasier (the others were Emma Thompson and Laurie Metcalf). She attended Winterset Elementary, Ridgeview Jr. High School, Centennial High School, and The Ohio State University, all in Columbus, Ohio.

Asakazu Nakai (Japanese: 中井朝一; August 29, 1901 – February 28, 1988) was a Japanese cinematographer, born in Kobe. He worked on a dozen films with filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work in the film Ran (1985). In 1950 he won the award for Best Cinematography at the Mainichi Film Concours for Stray Dog.

Lycia Naff (born August 29, 1962) is an American dancer, actress, and journalist. She is best known as an actress for a two-episode role as Ensign Sonya Gomez on Star Trek: The Next Generation and for her brief appearance as a mutant who opens her blouse to reveal three breasts in the science fiction film Total Recall.