Check out too the spotlight on this weeks Birthday Boy on 30th July, Christopher Nolan, at the end of this feature.
Sunday 27th July
- Jonathan Rhys Myers - Born 1977, turns 37 - Actor | Producer
- Julian McMahon - Born 1968, turns 46 - Actor
- Yahoo Serious - Born 1953, turns 61 - Actor | Producer | Director | Writer
Monday 28th July
- Alexis (Robert) Arquette - Born 1969, turns 45 - Actress
Tuesday 29th July
- Stephen Dorff - Born 1973, turns 41 - Actor | Producer
- David Warner - Born 1941, turns 73 - Actor
Wednesday 30th July
- Arnold Schwarzenegger - Born 1947, turns 67 - Actor | Producer
- Richard Linklater - Born 1960, turns 54 - Director | Producer | Actor
- Christopher Nolan - Born 1970, turns 44 - Director | Producer | Writer
- Jean Reno - Born 1948, turns 66 - Actor
- Hilary Swank - Born 1974, turns 40 - Actress | Producer
- Lisa Kudrow - Born 1963, turns 51 - Actress | Producer | Writer
- Laurence Fishburne - Born 1961, turns 53 - Actor | Producer
- Simon Baker - Born 1969, turns 45 - Actor | Producer | Director
- Frank Stallone - Born 1950, turns 64 - Actor | Producer
- Peter Bogdanovich - Born 1939, turns 75 - Director | Producer | Writer | Actor
- Terry Crews - Born 1968, turns 46 - Actor
Thursday 31st July
- Sherry Lansing - Born 1944, turns 70 - Actress | Producer
- Wesley Snipes - Born 1962, turns 52 - Actor | Producer
- Michael Biehn - Born 1956, turns 58 - Actor | Producer | Director | Writer
- Dean Cain - Born 1966, turns 48 - Actor | Producer | Writer
- J. K. Rowling - Born 1965, turns 49 - Writer | Producer
- Geraldine Chaplin - Born 1944, turns 70 - Actress | Writer
Friday 1st August
- Sam Mendes - Born 1965, turns 49 - Director | Producer
- Jason Mamoa - Born 1979, turns 35 - Actor | Producer | Director
Saturday 2nd August
- Sam Worthington - Born 1976, turns 38 - Actor | Producer
- Edward Furlong - Born 1977, turns 37 - Actor
- Kevin Smith - Born 1970, turns 44 - Actor | Producer | Writer
- Wes Craven - Born 1939, turns 75 - Director | Producer | Writer | Actor | Editor
Christopher Jonathan James Nolan was born in England to an American father and English mother and grew up spending his time between London and Chicago.
At age seven he began making short movies with his father on a Super-8 camera, and by age eleven he had already decided upon a movie making career. While studying English Literature at University College London he shot 16mm films which led to his first feature film in 1998 - 'Following' made for the princely sum of US$6,000. Whilst at college he made two short films - in 1989 - 'Tarantella' and 'Larceny' in 1995, followed by 'Doodlebug' in 1997. It was however, 'Following' that began to put Nolan in the spotlight gaining some recognition from the film festivals at which it was shown. This small independent low budget offering did enable him to secure enough support to make his next feature - the highly acclaimed 'Momento' with Guy Pearce and Carrie-Anne Moss in 2000. This received critical acclaim and did well on the awards circuit - so much so that it led to his next offering, the 2002 psychological thriller 'Insomnia' starring Al Pacino, Robin Williams and Hilary Swank.
Nolan's turning point came though in 2005 when he was given the chance to reboot, revive and reimagine the DC Comics 'Batman' franchise which he did admirably over three successive films starting with 'Batman Begins' with Christian Bale in the lead role as our Caped Crusader!. This was followed by 'The Prestige' in 2006 about rival magicians starring Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, and then 2008 brought 'The Dark Knight' - the second in his Batman canon which grossed in excess of US$1B globally and also garnered many awards and nominations along the way. 
Riding on the success of this Nolan made 'Inception' in 2010 - a film that he had written and had been in gestation for many years. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead role this mind-bending, thought provoking, much debated Sci-Fi thriller earned over US$800M at the global box office and again gathered many awards and nominations in its wake.
Nolan Writes, Produces and Directs most of his films and acted as Producer on last years 'Superman : Man of Steel' and this years 'Transcendence', with an Executive Producer credit on the 2016 'Batman vs Superman : Dawn of Justice'. His eight films to date have grossed in excess of US$3.5B at the global box office. He and Sam Raimi are the only Directors to film three live action Comic Book adaptations of the same character ('Batman' and 'Spiderman' respectively), and after James Cameron, Nolan is the second Director only to make two films that have grossed more than US$1B ('The Dark Knight' and 'The Dark Knight Rises'). He owns a London based Production company - 'Syncopy' which he runs with his wife Emma Thomas.
From eight films he has a global box office haul of over US$3.5B and has earned 116 award wins and 109 other nominations, including three Academy Award nominations for Best Picture ('Inception') and Best Original Screenplay ('Momento' and 'Inception'); three Golden Globes nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay ('Inception') and Best Original Screenplay ('Momento'); and three BAFTA nominations all for 'Inception' in the categories of Best Director, Best Film and Best Original Screenplay.
Next up for Nolan is 'Interstellar' due for release in November this year - a Sci-Fi epic that depicts "a heroic interstellar voyage to the farthest borders of our scientific understanding" and starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain . . . can't wait!
Christopher Nolan - multi-talented, highly acclaimed, visionary film maker, Happy Birthday to you from Odeon Online.
-Steve, at Odeon Online-
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