Happy Birthday: Sanaa Lathan

sanaalathanSanaa Lathan

Born: September 19, 1971 in New York City, New York, USA

I grew up in the business. My dad is a director/producer and my mom is a dancer, she performed with Alvin Ailey, but I didn’t even think about becoming an actress.

CONTAGION
dir. Steven Soderbergh
Stars:
Matt Damon
Kate Winslet
MOVIE POSTERBOSS TV Series
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MOVIE POSTERTHE BEST MAN 2
2013
dir. Malcolm D. Lee
Stars:
Terrence Howard
Taye Diggs

 

 

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Happy Birthday: Jeremy Irons

jeremyirons.jpgJeremy Irons

Born: September 19, 1948 in Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK

Married to: Sinéad Cusack (28 March 1978 – present) (2 children)

I’ve never been passionate about acting, and I find more and more that I work to live the life I want to live. An actor like Al Pacino lives to act. I’m not sure though, there’s something about the detachment I have, the feeling of the lack of importance about what I do, that is healthy.

The Mission
1986
dir. by Roland Joffé
Starring
Irons
STEALING BEAUTYStealing Beauty
1996
dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
Starring
Liv Tyler
Sinead Cusackt
DIE HARD 3Die Hard 3
1995
dir. John McTeirnan
starring
Bruce Willis
Samuel L Jackson
movie posterTHE LION KING
1994
dir. Roger Allers
Rob Minkoff
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
dir. Scott
starring
Bloom
Liam Neeson
INLAND EMPIREInland Empire
2006
dir. David Lynch
Starring
Laura Dern
Irons
AppaloosaAppaloosa
dir. Ed Harris
Starring
Ed Harris
Viggo Mortensen
Renee Zellweger
PINK PANTHER 2Pink Panther 2
2009
dir. Harald Zwart
Starring
Steve Martin
Jean Reno
MOVIE POSTERTHE WORDS
2012
dir. Brian Klugman
Lee Sternthal
Stars:
Bradley Cooper
Dennis Quaid
MOVIE POSTERBEAUTIFUL CREATURES
2013
dir. Richard LaGravenese
Stars:
Alice Englert
Viola Davis
ERAGON
2006
dir. Stefen Fangmeier
Stars:
Ed Speleers
Sienna Guillory
MOVIE POSTERTHE MAN IN THE IRON MASK
1998
dir. Randall Wallace
Stars:
Leonardo DiCaprio
Jeremy Irons
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Happy Birthday: Danielle Panabaker

daniellepanabaker.jpgDanielle Panabaker

Born: September 19, 1987 in Augusta, Georgia, USA

It’s wonderful. If anything, this business has brought my family together because we can sit at the dinner table and say, “Oh, my gosh, wait till you hear this crazy story. And my whole family always comes to sets with me, so it’s something we can share as opposed to tearing us apart. [on having a sister who is also an actress]

PIRANHA 3DD
dir. John Gulager
Stars:
Danielle Panabaker
Katrina Bowden
 moviesTHE WARD
2011
dir. John Carpenter
Stars
Amber Heard
Mamie Gummer
FRIDAY THE 13th 2009Friday the 13th
2009
dir. Marcus Nispel
Starring
Derek Mears
Jared Padalecki
Mr. Brooks
2007
dir. Bruce A. Evans
Starring
Costner
Demi Moore
Dane Cook
The Crazies Movie PosterThe Crazies
dir. Breck Eisner
Stars
Radha Mitchell
Timothy Olyphant

 

 

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Happy Birthday: Jack Warden (1920–2006)

jackwarden.jpgJack Warden (1920–2006)

Born: September 18, 1920 in Newark, New Jersey, USA

Died: July 19, 2006 (age 85) in New York City, New York, USA

Married to: Wanda Ottoni (10 October 1958 – 19 July 2006) (his death) (1 child)

 

 

All the President’s Men
1976
dir. Alan J Pakula
Starring
Robert Redford
Dustin Hoffman
ALL JUSTICE FOR ALL…And Justice for All
1979
dir. Norman Jewison
Cast
Al Pacino
Warden
THE REPLACEMENTSThe Replacements
2000
dir. Howard Deutch
Starring
Keanu Reeves
Gene Hackman
MOVIE POSTERBULLETS OVER BROADWAY
1994
dir. Woody Allen
Starring:
John Cusack
Dianne Wiest
From Here to Eternity
1953
dir. Fred Zinnemann
Cast
Burt Lancaster
Montgomery Clift
12 ANGRY MEN12 Angry Men
1957
dir. Sidney Lumet
starring
Fonda
Lee J. Cobb
SHAMPOOShampoo
1975
dir. Hal Ashby
starring
Julie Christie
Warren Beatty
MOVIE POSTERED
1996
dir. Bill Couturie
Stars:
Matt LeBlanc
Jayne Brook
movie posterBRIAN’S SONG
1971
dir. Buzz Kulik
Stars:
James Caan
Billy Dee Williams

Happy Birthday: Robert Blake

robertblake.jpgRobert Blake

Born: September 18, 1933 in Nutley, New Jersey, USA

[About his roles as Tony Baretta and Father Noah Hardstep in Baretta (1975) and Hell Town (1985), respectively]: There are more similarities than differences. They both care a lot about people and they both get impatient with the system if the system seems to be keeping them from doing their jobs. And they both ain’t afraid to do a little scuffling to get the job done.

Happy Birthday: Beth Grant

bethgrant.jpgBeth Grant

Born: September 18, 1949 in Gadsden, Alabama, USA

Beth Grant won SAG Best Ensemble Award two years in a row with Little Miss Sunshine (2006) and No Country for Old Men (2007).

As of 2016, has appeared in four films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Rain Man (1988), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), No Country for Old Men (2007) and The Artist (2011). With the exception of Little Miss Sunshine (2006), the other three are winners in the category.

THE ARTIST
dir. Michel Hazanavicius
Star:
John Goodman
Missi Pyle
RangoRANGO
dir. Gore Verbinski
Stars:
Johnny Depp
Isla Fisher
movie posterDONNIE DARKO
2001
dir. Richard Kelly
Starring:
Jake Gyllenhaal
Jena Malone
CRAZY HEART Movie PosterCrazy Heart
dir. Scott Cooper
Cast
Jeff Bridges
Maggie Gyllenhall
No Country for Old Men
dir. Joel and Ethan Coen
Starring
Josh Brolin
Tommy Lee Jones
ALL ABOUT STEVE Movie PosterAll About Steve
dir. Phil Traill
Starring
Sandra Bullock
Bradley Cooper
Thomas Haden Church
Rain ManRain Man
1988
dir. Levinson
Also Starring
Dustin Hoffman
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERSFlags of our Fathers
2006
dir. Eastwood
Starring
Ryan Phillippe
Jesse Bradford
MOVIE POSTERTHE ROOKIE
2002
dir. John Lee Hancock
Stars:
Dennis Quaid
J.D. Evermore
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINELittle Miss Sunshine
2006
dir. Jonathan Dayton
Valerie Faris
Starring
Abigail Breslin
Greg Kinnear
FACTORY GIRL
2006
dir. George Hickenlooper
Stars:
Sienna Miller
Guy Pearce
MOVIE POSTERCHILD’S PLAY 2
1990
dir. by John Lafia
Stars:
Alex Vincent
Jenny Agutter
MOVIE POSTERTHE DARK HALF
1993
dir. by George A. Romero
Stars:
Timothy Hutton
Amy Madigan
MOVIE POSTERBAD WORDS
2014
dir. Jason Bateman
Stars:
Jason Bateman
Kathryn Hahn
MOVIE POSTERSOUTHLAND TALES
2006
dir. Richard Kelly
Stars:
Dwayne Johnson
Sarah Michelle Gellar

 

Happy Birthday: Fred Willard

fredwillard.jpgFred Willard

Born: September 18, 1939 in Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA

Married to:
Mary Lovell (1968 – present) (1 child)

(2012, on landing WALL-E) It was amazing; they called me, and it was like they were trying to woo me to convince me to do it. They said, “We’d like to bring you up to San Francisco and have you tour Pixar,” and I said, “Gee, my grandson is a huge fan of all the Pixar movies.” So they said, “Bring your whole family up.” They flew us up, they took me to their offices, and it was like they thought I had to be won over. I was thrilled to be up there. They took my grandson on a trip to see how they make the films, and then I went there twice to film this stuff. It was a very easy day, but they hadn’t even finished the film then, and they wouldn’t tell me anything about it. I couldn’t be told the plot, and they asked me to do no publicity for it until like a week or two before the film. So that was a very strange experience.

ROXANNE
1987
dir. Fred Schepisi
Stars:
Steve Martin
Daryl Hannah
WALL*EWALL*E
Directed by Andrew Stanton
Voices by
Ben Burtt
Jeff Garlin

MOVIE POSTERAMERICAN WEDDING
2003
dir. Jesse Dylan
Stars
Alyson Hannigan
Seann William Scott
YOUTH IN REVOLT Movie PosterYouth in Revolt
dir. Miguel Arteta
Stars
Michael Cera
Portia Doubleday
Moving Violations
1985
dir. Neal Israel
Cast
Fred Willard
Sally Kellerman
MOVIE POSTERDATE MOVIE
2006
dir. Aaron Seltzer
Stars:
Alyson Hannigan
Fred Willard
ANCHORMANAnchorman
2004
dir. Adam McKay
starring
Ferrell
Christina Applegate

 

Happy Birthday: Nina Arianda

ninaarianda.jpgNina Arianda

Born: September 18, 1984 in New York City, New York, USA

Nina Arianda made her break-out debut in the 2010 off-Broadway production of Venus in Fur just months after graduating from NYU’s Tisch graduate acting program. Her performance garnered the attention of the entire New York theater community. Following her off-Broadway acclaim, Nina procured roles in Woody Allen’s Oscar-winning film Midnight in Paris, Tom McCarthy’s Win Win, and Vera Farmiga’s Higher Ground. Venus in Fur transferred to Broadway in 2011 where Nina’s performance went on to become the most critically acclaimed of the 2011-2012 season resulting in her winning the 2012 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. This recognition followed her 2011 nod for her Broadway debut performance as “Billie Dawn” in Born Yesterday.

MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
2011
dir. Woody Allen
Starring
Owen Wilson
Rachel McAdams
WIN WINWIN WIN
dir. Thomas McCarthy
Stars:
Paul Giamatti
Amy Ryan
TOWER HEIST
dir. Brett Ratner
Stars:
Eddie Murphy
Ben Stiller

 

Happy Birthday: Michael Landes

michaellandes.jpgMichael Landes

Born: September 18, 1972 in Bronx, New York, USA

Married to: Wendy Benson-Landes (21 October 2000 – present) (2 children)

According to commentary by creator Deborah Joy LeVine on the The New Adventures of Superman (1993) DVDs, he was not invited back to play Jimmy Olsen in the second season of that series because the producers felt he looked too much like star Dean Cain.