Celebrities born on août 31

Richard Gere est un acteur américain né le 31 août 1949 à Philadelphie. Il traverse l'Atlantique pour Londres, où il décroche le rôle de Danny Zuko dans la comédie musicale Grease, en 1973, un rôle qu'il reprendra à Broadway. Son travail lui vaut de jouer durant une saison avec la Young Vic Company pour laquelle il interprète plusieurs pièces. De retour à New York, il joue dans Le Songe d'une nuit d'été au Lincoln Center de New York ainsi que dans La Mégère apprivoisée. Sa performance lui sert de tremplin vers le grand écran. Dans le rôle mineur d’un proxénète, Richard Gere fait ses débuts en 1975 dans le mélodrame policier Report to the Commissioner. Il enchaîne en 1976 avec Baby Blue Marine (en), un drame sur la Seconde Guerre mondiale où il interprète un militaire ayant des tendances psychotiques. Cette performance lui vaut d’être remarqué par des réalisateurs de renom qui le font connaître du grand public grâce à À la recherche de Mr. Goodbar, Les Moissons du ciel et Yanks. En décembre 1979, Gere revient sur scène et interprète à Broadway le rôle principal, celui de Max, dans la pièce Bent de Martin Sherman, évoquant la vie d’un homosexuel en Allemagne nazie. De cette période date son soutien pour les causes gay et lesbienne. Son rôle ambigu de gigolo professionnel dans le film American Gigolo propulse Richard Gere vers les sommets du cinéma ; il confirme son statut de jeune premier play-boy dans le réussi Officier et gentleman. Malgré les querelles interminables hors champ entre Gere et sa partenaire Debra Winger, le film est un immense succès (seconde recette américaine en 1982 derrière E.T.). Commence alors l’ère des déceptions avec plusieurs films au destin commercial mitigé : À bout de souffle, made in USA, Cotton Club dans lequel il joue du cornet à pistons, Le Roi David, Sans pitié, Les coulisses du pouvoir et Rien à perdre. Gere doit attendre 1990 pour donner un second souffle à sa carrière avec Affaires privées et l'énorme succès de Pretty Woman aux côtés de Julia Roberts. Très demandé, Gere joue tour à tour dans deux remakes : Sommersby et Intersection. Attentif à ne pas déplaire à son nouveau public, Richard Gere alterne durant les années 1990 les thrillers (Sang chaud pour meurtre de sang-froid, Peur primale, Le Chacal et Red Corner) avec les comédies romantiques (Just Married (ou presque) et Un automne à New York). Ce n’est qu’au début du XXIe siècle qu’il aborde de nouveaux rôles : mari trompé dans Infidèle, journaliste confronté au surnaturel dans La Prophétie des ombres, il revient à ses débuts dans la comédie musicale Chicago, aux côtés de Catherine Zeta-Jones et Renée Zellweger, et remporte un Golden Globe. Richard Gere a participé à plusieurs remakes américains de films français : outre À bout de souffle, made in USA, nouvelle version du À bout de souffle de Jean-Luc Godard, il a joué dans Intersection, transposition du film Les Choses de la vie de Claude Sautet, Sommersby qui reprend le scénario du film Le Retour de Martin Guerre de Daniel Vigne, et Infidèle adaptation américaine de La Femme infidèle de Claude Chabrol. Il a également joué dans le remake américain d'un film japonais : Shall We Dance? par Peter Chelsom en 2004 ainsi que Hatchi (Hachikō: A Dog's Story en version originale) en 2010, remake du film japonais Hachiko Monogatari sorti à la fin des années 1980.

Rajkummar Rao Yadav is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. Rao has established a career in Hindi cinema and is the recipient of a National Film Award and a Filmfare Award from three nominations. After graduating, he moved to Mumbai for a film career and made his film debut with the 2010 experimental anthology film Love Sex Aur Dhokha. After starring in brief roles in several of the highly successful Hindi films of the following two years, he achieved success for his breakout role in 2013 with the drama film Kai Po Che!, for which he was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor award at Filmfare. That same year, he was awarded the Filmfare and the National Film Award for Best Actor and Critics Best Actor for his portrayal of Shahid Azmi in the biographical drama Shahid. In 2014, Rao played the leading man in the successful romantic comedy Queen and the drama CityLights. Rao received critical acclaim for portraying a journalist in the biographical drama Aligarh, which earned him a second nomination for Best Supporting Actor at Filmfare.

James Harrison Coburn III (August 31, 1928 – November 18, 2002) was an American film and television actor. Coburn appeared in nearly 70 films and made over 100 television appearances during his 45-year career, and played a wide range of roles and won an Academy Award for his supporting role as Glen Whitehouse in Affliction. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Coburn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Noble Henry Willingham, Jr.  (August 31, 1931 — January 17, 2004) was an American television and film actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Noble Willingham, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Jonathan LaPaglia (born August 31, 1969) is an Australian actor known for his roles as Frank Parker on Seven Days, Kevin Debreno on The District and Tommy McNamara on New York Undercover.

Deborah Ann "Debbie" Gibson (born August 31, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She became famous at the age of 16. The following year, she was pronounced the youngest artist to write, produce, and perform a No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100, with her song "Foolish Beat" and she remains the youngest female to write, record, and perform a No. 1 single to date. She appeared on the covers of teen magazines (in the USA), such as Tiger Beat. She has gone on to starring roles on Broadway and touring musicals, as well as independent film and television work. She continues to record, and reached the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart as high as No. 24 during 2006 in a duet with Jordan Knight titled "Say Goodbye." Description above from the Wikipedia article Deborah Gibson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Dee Bradley Baker (born August 31, 1962) is an American voice actor. Noted as his long-running-role as Squilliam Fancyson and other various characters in the hit TV series SpongeBob SquarePants. He is best known for his voice-work on Avatar: The Last Airbender, Codename: Kids Next Door, Phineas and Ferb, Adventure Time with Finn and Jake, American Dad!, Ben 10, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Halo, Gears of War, Portal 2, and Left 4 Dead. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dee Bradley Baker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Daniel Bernhardt (born August 31, 1965) is a Swiss actor and martial arts expert who has appeared in a number of films and shows featuring martial arts action sequences, including little-known films like Future War (1997), series films like Bloodsport 2, 3, and 4 (in which he replaced actor and martial artist Jean-Claude Van Damme, star of the original film). He is well known for playing Siro, one of the main characters in the video game-inspired television show Mortal Kombat: Conquest. He had a supporting role in the box office hit The Matrix Reloaded, the second of the Matrix trilogy, as Agent Johnson, one of three newly upgraded agents. Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Bernhardt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born in Puerto Rico, Yara Martinez is a Cuban-American film and television actress, best known for playing recurring character Dr. Luisa Alver on the comedy-drama series "Jane the Virgin".

Born in Puerto Rico, Yara Martinez is a Cuban-American film and television actress, best known for playing recurring character Dr. Luisa Alver on the comedy-drama series "Jane the Virgin".

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jack Thompson, AM (born 31 August 1940) is an Australian actor and one of the major figures of Australian cinema. He was educated at the University of Queensland, before embarking on his acting career. In 2002, he was made an honorary member of the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS). He is best known as a lead actor in several acclaimed Australian films including such classics as Wake in Fright (1971), Sunday Too Far Away (1975), The Man from Snowy River (1982) and Breaker Morant (1980). He won Cannes and AFI acting awards for the latter film. He was the recipient of a Living Legend Award at the 2005 Inside Film Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Thompson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Zacharias Ward (born August 31, 1970) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Scut Farkus in the 1983 film A Christmas Story and its 2022 sequel A Christmas Story Christmas.

Kotaro Shiga (志賀 廣太郎, Shiga Kōtarō, August 31, 1948 – April 20, 2020) was a Japanese actor and theater educator who was active since the 1990s until around 2020. Kotaro was born in Hyogo, Japan. He was a part-time lecturer at Toho Gakuen College of Art, majoring in theater. He was a member of Japanese theater company Seinen-dan (青年団). He was affiliated with l'être.