Armie Hammer does on 28th August - check out the tribute to this Birthday Boy turning 29, at the end of this feature.
Do you also share your birthday with a well known, highly regarded & famous Actor or Actress; share your special day with a Director, Producer, Writer, Cinematographer, Singer/Songwriter or Composer of repute; or share an interest in whoever might notch up another year in the coming seven days? Then, look no further! Whilst there will be too many to mention in this small but not insignificant and beautifully written and presented Blog, here are the more notable and noteworthy icons of the big screen, and the small screen, that you will recognise, and that you might just share your birthday with in the week ahead. If so, Happy Birthday to you from Odeon Online!
Sunday 23rd August
- Scott Caan - Born 1976, turns 39 - Actor | Writer | Director
- Charley Borman - Born 1966, turns 49 - Actor | Writer | Producer | Television Personality
- Roger Avary - Born 1965, turns 50 - Producer | Writer | Director
Monday 24th August
- Rupert Grint - Born 1988, turns 27 - Actor
- Steve Guttenberg - Born 1958, turns 57 - Actor | Producer
- Jared Harris - Born 1961, turns 54 - Actor | Director
- Stephen Fry - Born 1957, turns 58 - Actor | Producer | Writer | Television Personality
- James D'Arcy - Born 1975, turns 40 - Actor
- Marlee Matlin - Born 1965, turns 50 - Actress | Producer
Tuesday 25th August
- Blake Lively - Born 1987, turns 28 - Actress
- Sean Connery - Born 1930, turns 85 - Actor | Producer
- Alexander Skarsgard - Born 1976, turns 39 - Actor
- Tim Burton - Born 1958, turns 57 - Director | Producer | Writer | Animator
- John Badham - Born 1939, turns 76 - Director | Producer | Actor
- Tom Skerritt - Born 1933, turns 82 - Actor
Wednesday 26th August
- Chris Pine - Born 1980, turns 35 - Actor | Producer | Writer
- Macauley Culkin - Born 1980, turns 35 - Actor
- Melissa McCarthy - Born 1970, turns 45 - Actress | Producer | Writer
Thursday 27th August
- Tuesday Weld - Born 1943, turns 72 - Actress
- Barbara Bach - Born 1947, turns 68 - Actress
- Aaron Paul - Born 1979, turns 36 - Actor | Producer
- Peter Stormare - Born 1953, turns 62 - Actor | Producer
Friday 28th August
- Armie Hammer - Born 1986, turns 29 - Actor
- David Fincher - Born 1962, turns 53 - Director | Producer
- David Soul - Born 1943, turns 72 - Actor | Producer | Writer | Director
- Jack Black - Born 1969, turns 46 - Actor | Producer | Writer | Composer | Singer | Songwriter
- Billy Boyd - Born 1968, turns 47 - Actor
- Luis Guzman - Born 1956, turns 59 - Actor | Producer
Saturday 29th August
- Elliott Gould - 1938, turns 77 - Actor | Producer
- Joel Schumacher - Born 1939, turns 76 - Director | Producer | Writer
- William Friedkin - Born 1935, turns 80 - Director | Producer | Writer
- Lenny Henry - Born 1958, turns 57 - Actor | Television Personality
- Rebecca De Mornay - Born 1959, turns 56 - Actress
Armand Douglas 'Armie' Hammer was born in Los Angeles, California to mother Dru Ann Mobley, a bank loan officer, and father Michael Armand Hammer who owns a number of different business interests including a publishing company and a film/television production company. He has a younger brother, Viktor. His family is of mixed stock which he describes as 'half-Jewish' with ancestry that extends back to the Russian Tsarist regime and a Cherokee Indian Chief.He lived in Highland Park, Dallas for a number of years early on before relocating with the family to the Cayman Islands from age seven. Five years later the family moved back to L.A. where he attended the Los Angeles Baptist High School in the San Fernando Valley. During his eleventh grade he dropped out to pursue a career in acting.
In 2009 he had a small part in the straight to video 'Spring Breakdown' alongside Amy Poehler, Parker Posey, Sophie Monk and Amber Tamblyn. This was followed up with '2081' as the lead role of Harrison Bergeron in this dystopian Sci-Fi equal rights story. During this period he was courted by George Miller to star as Batman/Bruce Wayne in 'Justice League : Mortal', but Miller left the project, the film was abandoned indefinitely, but resurrected in mid-2015, but whether either Miller or Hammer are involved remains as yet undisclosed.
In 2010 he starred as the Winklevoos twins in David Fincher's 'The Social Network' with Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake. 2011 saw the Clint Eastwood Directed 'J.Edgar' with Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead role with Judi Dench and Naomi Watts with Hammer acting out the role of Clyde Jolson - the protege and confidante of Hoover himself. 'Mirror Mirror' came next in 2012 with Julia Roberts, Nathan Lane and Sean Bean and based on the Snow White fairy tale.
2013 saw perhaps his biggest role to date alongside Johnny Depp in the Gore Verbinski Directed 'The Lone Ranger', which cost US$225M to make and took just US$261M in receipts, so hardly a Box Office sensation, and critical opinion was divided to say the least, but less so about the performances and more so about the clunky dialogue, the length of the film and the protracted action sequences. 'Entourage' came next earlier this year, with 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.' only just released and starring as Russian Agent Ilya Kuryakin in this Guy Ritchie big screen adaptation of the popular 60's television series of the same name.
Next up are 'Final Portrait' and 'Nocturnal Animals' both in pre-production, 'Free Fire' is currently filming, 'Mine' and 'The Birth of a Nation' are in post-production with 'Serpent Girl' recently announced. All up Hammer has 29 acting credits to his name with six awards wins under his belt and another ten nominations so far.In mid-2010 Hammer married actress, model and television personality Elizabeth Chambers, and in December 2014 they celebrated the birth of their baby daughter, Harper.
Armie Hammer - guitar player, cigar aficionado (he has a desire to open a store), tall, blond, handsome, deep booming voice and clearly on the up & up - Happy Birthday to you from Odeon Online.
-Steve, at Odeon Online-
