Birthday's to share this week : 4th - 10th May.

Do you share your birthday with a well known, highly regarded & famous Actor or Actress; share your special day with a Writer, Director, Producer, Editor or Songwriter of repute; or share an interest in whoever might notch up another year in the coming week? Then, look no further! Whilst there will be too many to mention in this little but not insignificant 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 over the coming week. If so, Happy Birthday to you from Odeon Online!

Check out too the spotlight on this weeks Birthday Boy on 6th May, George Clooney, at the end of this feature.

Sunday 4th May

• Rolf de Heer - Born 1951, turns 63 - Director | Writer | Producer
• Will Arnett - Born 1970, turns 44 - Actor | Producer

Monday 5th May 

• Henry Cavill - Born 1983, turns 31 - Actor
• John Rhys-Davies - Born 1944, turns 70 - Actor
• Lance Henriksen - Born 1940, turns 74 - Actor
• Richard E. Grant - Born 1957, turns 57 - Actor
• Michael Palin - Born 1943, turns 71 - Actor

Tuesday 6th May

• George Clooney - Born 1961, turns 53 - Actor | Director | Producer | Writer
• Alan Dale - Born 1947, turns 67 - Actor

Wednesday 7th May

• Traci Lords - Born 1968, turns 46 - Actress

Thursday 8th May

• Michel Gondry - Born 1963, turns 51 - Director | Writer | Producer
• David Attenborough - Born 1926, turns 88 - Television Personality | Writer | Producer | Conservationist
• Enrique Iglesias - Born 1975, turns 39 - Singer | Songwriter

Friday 9th May

• Rosario Dawson - Born 1979, turns 35 - Actress
• Albert Finney - Born 1936, turns 78 - Actor | Producer
• Candice Bergen - Born 1946, turns 68 - Actress
• James L. Brooks - Born 1940, turns 74 - Writer | Director | Producer
• Glenda Jackson - Born 1936, turns 78 - Actress
• Alan Bennet - Born 1934, turns 80 - Writer

Saturday 10th May

• Bono (Paul Hewson) - Born 1960, turns 54 - Singer | Songwriter | Humanitarian

George Timothy Clooney turns 53 this week. Born in Lexington, Kentucky he is a much accomplished Actor, Director, Producer and Screenwriter and is as active in his screen life as he is off it supporting many Hunamitarian causes that he still manages to fit into his ever busy schedule - ending the Darfur Conflict, gay rights and raising funds for disaster stricken areas - the result of earthquakes, tsunami's and terror attacks supporting those victims of 9/11.

He got his small screen break in 1978 with a bit-part in the TV adaptation of James A. Mitchener's 'Centennial' before hitting the big time on the small screen as Dr. Doug Ross in the 1990's TV phenomenon 'ER'. Before doing so however, he has a string of appearance in such TV show as 'Murder, She Wrote', 'The Golden Girls' and 'Roseanne' amongst many others.

His first big screen Hollywood break came at the hands of Quentin Tarrantino and Robert Rodriguez in the 1996 film 'From Dusk till Dawn' and from that film onward there has been no looking back. A number of big screen successes followed including 'Three Kings', 'Perfect Storm' 'The Peacemaker', 'One Fine Day' and 'Out of Sight' - the latter being the first of many collaborations with Director Steven Soderbergh, and with whom he would eventually set up his own Production Company. This partnership gave rise to the remake of the Rat Pack classic and for Clooney the role made famous by Frank Sinatra in 'Ocean's Eleven' in 2001. This was followed by two sequels in 2004 and 2007 with a cast list of the Hollywood Who's Who as long as your arm.

In 2002 Clooney turned his hand to Directing with 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind', subsequently going on to Direct also 'Good Night and Good Luck', 'Leatherheads', 'The Ides of March' and more recently 'The Monuments Men', as well as a short film titled 'Martin Scorsese Easts a Cookie'.

His accolades are too numerous to mention - suffice to say 78 wins, a further 123 nominations. He has Directed six films, Produced 24 and acted in 46 to date. He has been nominated in six different Academy Award categories - the only actor in history to do so! He has been voted the sexiest man alive, he played Superhero 'Batman' (which he later described as a waste of money!), and he got himself engaged on 27th April to 36 year old English Barrister beauty Amal Alamuddin. 

He is the proud recipient of two Oscar wins - Best Motion Picture for 'Argo' and Best Supporting Actor for 'Syrianna' and has been nominated a further four times. He has won three Golden Globes and nominated seven more times, and has won the BAFTA once and been nominated five other times.

George Clooney - a living breathing walking talking Hollywood success story, all round nice guy - a very Happy Birthday to you and congratulations on your recent engagement from all at Odeon Online.

 -Steve, at Odeon Online-