Chris Evans does on 13h June - check out the tribute to this Birthday Boy turning 34, 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 7th June
- Liam Neeson - Born 1952, turns 63 - Actor
- Karl Urban - Born 1972, turns 42 - Actor
- Ronald Pickup - Born 1940, turns 75 - Actor
- Michael Cera - Born 1988, turns 27 - Actor | Writer | Producer | Director
- Bill Hader - Born 1978, turns 37 - Actor | Writer
- James Ivory - Born 1928, turns 87 - Director | Producer | Writer
Monday 8th June
- Jerry Stiller - Born 1927, turns 88 - Actor | Producer
- Griffin Dunne - Born 1955, turns 60 - Actor | Producer | Director
- Frank Grillo - Born 1963, turns 52 - Actor
Tuesday 9th June
- Johnny Depp - Born 1963, turns 52 - Actor | Producer
- Michael J. Fox - Born 1961, turns 54 - Actor | Producer
- James Newton Howard - Born 1951, turns 64 - Composer | Songwriter
- David Koepp - Born 1963, turns 52 - Director | Producer | Writer
- Natalie Portman - Born 1981, turns 34 - Actress | Producer | Director
Wednesday 10th June
- Elizabeth Hurley - Born 1965, turns 50 - Actress | Producer
- Leelee Sobieski - Born 1983, turns 32 - Actress
- Jeanne Tripplehorn - Born 1963, turns 52 - Actress
- Gina Gershon - Born 1962, turns 53 - Actress
- Jurgen Prochnow - Born 1941, turns 74 - Actor
Thursday 11th June
- Gene Wilder - Born 1933, turns 82 - Actor | Writer | Director
- Hugh Laurie - Born 1959, turns 56 - Actor | Writer | Director | Producer
- Shia LaBeouf - Born 1986, turns 29 - Actor
- Peter Dinklage - Born 1969, turns 46 - Actor | Producer
Friday 12th June
- Dave Franco - Born 1985, turns 30 - Actor | Writer | Producer
- Frances O'Connor - Born 1967, turns 48 - Actress
Saturday 13th June
- Ally Sheedy - Born 1962, turns 53 - Actress
- Kathy Burke - Born 1964, turns 51 - Actress
- Stellan Skarsgard - Born 1951, turns 64 - Actor | Producer
- Chris Evans - Born 1981, turns 34 - Actor | Producer | Director
- Malcolm McDowell - Born 1943, turns 72 - Actor | Producer
- Tim Allen - Born 1953, turns 62 - Actor | Producer
- Simon Callow - Born 1949, turns 66 - Actor
- Aaron Taylor Johnson - Born 1990, turns 25 - Actor
- Kodi Smitt-McPhee - Born 1996, turns 19 - Actor
Christopher Robert Evans was born in Boston, Massachusetts and grew up in Sudbury. His mother Lisa Capuano is an artistic Director at the Concord Youth Theatre, and his father Robert Evans is a dentist. He has two sisters - Carly and Shanna and a younger brother Scott. Raised as a Catholic he graduated from the Lincoln Sudbury Regional High School and then moved to New York to attend the famed Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.
'Street Kings' followed with Keanu Reeves and Forest Whittaker, 'Push' with Dakota Fanning and Djimon Hounsou, 'The Losers' with Idris Elba and Zoe Saldana, and 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World' Michael Cera and Anna Kendrick coming next.
Having starred in two comic book adaptations in recent years - 'The Losers' and 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World' his transition to Marvel Comic book fare with his own Superhero franchise was almost inevitable. And so in 2011 - 'Captain America : The First Avenger' was released grossing over US$370M as lead character Steve Rogers/Captain America.
That same year, 2011, there was RomCom 'What's Your Number' and the year after that the epic Marvel stable 'The Avengers' with his character now established alongside those of Iron Man, Thor and Hulk. 'The Iceman' and 'Snowpiercer' followed before his cameo again as Steve Rogers/Captain America in 'Thor : The Dark World' in 2013 and then his own franchise vehicle once more in 2014 with 'Captain America : The Winter Soldier' which grossed a very respectable US$715M.
Next up, Evans turned his hand for the first time to Directing and Producing himself in the modest US$3M 'Before We Go' before going back to his Team Mates in 'The Avengers :Age of Ultron' released earlier this year, and so far has made US$1.325B making it the sixth highest grossing film of all time after just a month or so on general release. His third instalment as Captain America comes in 'Captain America : Civil War' which is currently filming for a 2016 release with the next two 'Avengers' instalments - 'Infinity Wars Parts 1 & 2' due for release in May 2018 & 2019 respectively. After these, he says, he will turn his attention more to Directing and less to Acting.
Evans has 39 acting credits to his name, two Producer credits for last years 'Playing it Cool' and 'Before I Go' and a Director credit too for 'Before I Go'. He has had three award wins and 23 other nominations so far.He dated Jessica Biel from 2004 to 2006, and Actress Minka Kelly in late 2012 but they split in 2013. He is close friends with Scarlett Johansson with whom he has so far starred in six films. He supports the LBGT movement (Lesbian Gay Bisexual & Transgender) and takes an active interest in Buddhism.
Chris Evans - comic book hero, buffed up star still on the rise and tap dancing bachelor (which he does to relieve stress & anxiety, taught by his mother) - Happy Birthday to you from Odeon Online.
-Steve, at Odeon Online-
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