Birthday's to share this week : 12th - 18th April 2015.

Do you celebrate your Birthday this week?

Seth Rogen does on 15th April - check out the tribute to this Birthday Boy turning 33, 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 12th April

• Saoirse Ronan - Born 1994, turns 21 - Actress
• Claire Danes - Born 1979, turns 26 - Actress | Producer
• Shannen Doherty - Born 1971, turns 44 - Actress | Producer | Director
• Andy Garcia - Born 1956, turns 59 - Actor | Producer | Writer | Director
• Ed O'Neill - Born 1946, turns 69 - Actor

Monday 13th April

• Ron Perlman - Born 1950, turns 65 - Actor | Producer
• Paul Sorvino - Born 1939, turns 76 - Actor | Producer | Director
• Edward Fox - Born 1937, turns 78 - Actor
• Peter Davison - Born 1951, turns 64 - Actor

Tuesday 14th April

• Robert Carlyle - Born 1961, turns 54 - Actor | Director
• Adrien Brody - Born 1973, turns 42 - Actor | Producer
• Peter Capaldi - Born 1958, turns 57 - Actor | Writer | Director
• Julie Christie - Born1941, turns 74 - Actress
• Sarah Michelle Gellar - Born 1977, turns 38 - Actress | Writer
• Abigal Breslin - Born 1996, turns 19 - Actress

Wednesday 15th April

• Emma Watson - Born 1990, turns 25 - Actress
• Emma Thompson - Born 1959, turns 56 - Actress | Director | Singer
• Claudia Cardinale - Born 1938, turns 77 - Actress
• Luke Evans - Born 1979, turns 36 - Actor
• Seth Rogen - Born 1982, turns 33 - Actor | Writer | Producer | Director

Thursday 16th April

• Martin Lawrence - Born 1965, turns 50 - Actor | Producer | Writer
• Lukas Haas - Born 1976, turns 39 - Actor
• Ellen Barkin - Born 1954, turns 61 - Actress | Producer

Friday 17th April

• Rooney Mara - Born 1985, turns 30 - Actress | Producer
• Jennifer Garner - Born 1972, turns 43 - Actress | Producer
• Olivia Hussey - Born 1951, turns 64 - Actress
• Sean Bean - Born 1959, turns 56 - Actor

Saturday 18th April

• David Tennant - Born 1971, turns 44 - Actor
• Eli Roth - Born 1972, turns 43 - Actor | Writer | Producer | Director
• Eric Roberts - Born 1956, turns 59 - Actor
• James Woods - Born 1947, turns 68 - Actor | Producer
• Rick Moranis - Born 1953, turns 62 - Actor | Writer | Producer
• Edgar Wright - Born1974, turns 41 - Actor | Writer | Producer | Director
• Hayley Mills - Born 1946, turns 69 - Actress
• America Ferrera - Born 1984, turns 31 - Actress | Producer

Seth Andrew Rogen was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to mother Sandy Belogus, a social worker and father Mark Rogen - a not-for-profit worker often in more senior managerial and executive positions.  He attended Vancouver Talmud Torah Elementary School and then Point Grey Secondary School, although he did not graduate and instead move to Los Angeles. He was never interested in pursuing a 'proper' career instead he just wanted to make people laugh and chase a life as a comedian or a writer or a combination of the two.

He got his first exposure to the world of show business at the age of 12 when he enrolled in a comedy workshop and during his teenage years often performed stand-up routines at parties , bar-mitzvahs, and then graduating to bars & clubs.  At age 13 he wrote and early draft of 'Superbad' with his young friend and future collaborator Evan Goldberg, and during their time at school together they progressively polished up and fine tuned the script eventually releasing it as a movie in 2007.

At age 16 Rogen was already winning awards for his stand-up comedy routines - including the Vancouver Amateur Comedy Contest, and at about this time his Dad lost his job, his Mum quit hers, the house went on the market and overnight he became the main household bread winner. By now he had secured a role on Judd Apatow's acclaimed 'Freaks and Geeks' in 1999 and although the show was short lived it did enable him to hone his comedic skills and his improvisational abilities which he continues to use to great effect in many of his shows and films.

After 'Freaks and Geeks' folded there was a period when Rogen struggled to get traction in his career, landing roles in 2001's 'Donny Darko' and then the TV Series  'Undeclared' running from 2001-2003. In 2003 he secured a writing role on the US version of 'Ali G in da USA' with his friend and writing colleague Evan Goldberg and for their efforts they received an Emmy Award nomination and the chance to work with Baron Cohen. The next year in 2004 he secured a spot on 'Anchorman : The Legend of Ron Burgundy' and then a year later on Judd Apatow's Directorial debut with 'The 40 Year Old Virgin'.

 It was however, 2007's 'Knocked Up' that was to prove his break through. Playing the leading man opposite Katherine Heigl this US$30M film garnered critical and commercial success raking in US$220M at the global Box Office. His own co-written 'Superbad' followed with Rogen taking a supporting role to Apatow's Producer credit. 2008 was a year of voice work with Rogen lending his vocal talents to 'The Spiderwick Chronicles', 'Horton Hears a Who' and then the hugely successful 'Kung Fu Panda'. That same year was released 'Step Brothers', 'Pineapple Express' (Written and Produced by him too) and 'Zack & Miri make a Porno'.

In 2009 'Observe and Report', 'Fanboys' and 'Funny People' put Rogen in front of the camera again, with more voice work on 'Monsters vs. Aliens' that same year. 'The Green Hornet' was released in 2010 after years in development with Rogen acting as Writer, Producer and lead Actor with a production budget of US$120M. Although the film was not a critical success it did rake in US$225M and opened at #1 at the Box Office.

'Kung Fu Panda 2' came in 2011 to which Rogen gave his voice talents again to the character 'Mantis' and then 'Take this Waltz' and '50/50'  that year too. The next year saw 'The Guilt Trip' with Barbra Streisand, some TV work on 'Eastbound & Down', 'The Mindy Project', 'Arrested Development' before 'This is the End' in 2013 which once again he wrote and Produced too and which starred many of his movie buddies from over the years - James Franco, Jonah Hill, Danny McBride, and Jay Baruchel. 'Bad Neighbours' came next in 2014, an uncredited role on '22 Jump Street', 'The Sound and the Fury' and then the much hyped controversial 'The Interview' with James Franco once again and which Rogen also took Writing, Producer and Director credits. In the meantime there was more TV work with the likes of 'The League', 'The Comeback', 'Saturday Night Live' and the 'Kroll Show'.

Coming up Rogen is working with Evan Goldberg on a screen adaptation of the book 'Console Wars : Sega, Nintendo and the Battle that Defined a Generation', as well 'Zeroville', 'Kung Fu Panda 3' and an as yet untitled 'Christmas Eve Project' - with the latter three currently in post-production. Filming there is 'B.O.O. : Bureau of Otherworldly Operations', 'Steve Jobs' in which Rogen plays Steve Wozniak,  and 'Sausage Party' due for release later in 2015 and 2016.

So far Rogen has 69 acting credits to his name, sixteen Writer credits, eighteen as Producer and three as Director. He has eight award wins and 24 other nominations. In 2011 Rogen married his long term girlfriend of seven years Lauren Miller who has starred in a number of his films too. He is active in speaking out about Alzheimer's Disease and raising awareness of it given that his wife's mother is a sufferer and he can speak therefore from first hand experience. He is a member of 'NORML' (National Organisation for the Reform of Marijuana Laws') and an open user.

Seth Rogen - talented movie multi-tasker; often plays unshaven, unkempt man child characters; can play it straight but more often finds himself in comedic situations that start out straight; collaborates often on screen and off it with his own Frat-Pack with whom he has risen through the ranks; and keeps his humour grounded and real and has been very successful in the process - Happy Birthday to you Seth from Odeon Online.

-Steve, at Odeon Online-