Domhnall Gleeson does on 12th May - check out my 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 8th May
- David Attenborough - Born 1926, turns 90 - Television Personality | Writer | Producer | Conservationist
- Michel Gondry - Born 1963, turns 53 - Director | Producer | Writer
- Melissa Gilbert - Born 1964, turns 52 - Actress
Monday 9th May
- Glenda Jackson - Born 1936, turns 80 - Actress | Politician
- Candice Bergen - Born 1946, turns 70 - Actress | Producer
- Rosario Dawson - Born 1979, turns 37 - Actress | Producer
- Albert Finney - Born 1936, turns 80 - Actor | Producer
- James L. Brooks - Born 1940, turns 76 - Writer | Producer | Director
- Allan Bennett - Born 1934, turns 82 - Writer | Producer | Actor
Tuesday 10th May
- Bono - Born 1960, turns 56 - Singer | Songwriter | Composer | Producer | Actor
- Maureen Lipman - Born 1946, turns 70 - Actress
- Meg Foster - Born 1948, turns 68 - Actress
Wednesday 11th May
- Holly Valance - Born 1983, turns 33 - Actress
- Frances Fisher - Born 1952, turns 64 - Actress
- Tim Blake Nelson - Born 1964, turns 52 - Actor | Writer | Producer | Director
Thursday 12th May
- Gavin Hood - Born 1963, turns 53 - Actor | Producer | Director
- Jason Biggs - Born 1978, turns 38 - Actor | Producer
- Domhnall Gleeson - Born 1983, turns 33 - Actor | Writer
- Emilio Estevez - Born 1962, turns 54 - Actor | Writer | Producer | Director
- Gabriel Byrne - Born 1950, turns 66 - Actor | Producer | Writer
- Stephen Baldwin - Born 1966, turns 50 - Actor | Producer | Director
- Ving Rhames - Born 1959, turns 57 - Actor | Producer
- Emily VanCamp - Born 1986, turns 30 - Actress
Friday 13th May
- Zoe Wanamaker - Born 1949, turns 67 - Actress
- Robert Pattinson - Born 1986, turns 30 - Actor | Producer
- Harvey Keitel - Born 1939, turns 77 - Actor | Producer
- Joe Johnston - Born 1950, turns 66 - Director | Producer
- Tim Pigott-Smith - Born 1946, turns 70 - Actor
- Stephen Colbert - Born 1964, turns 52 - Television Personality | Writer | Producer | Actor
Saturday 14th May
- Tim Roth - Born 1961, turns 55 - Actor | Producer | Director
- George Lucas - Born 1944, turns 72 - Writer | Producer | Director | Editor
- Robert Zemeckis - Born 1952, turns 64 - Writer | Producer | Director
- Danny Huston - born 1962, turns 54 - Actor | Director
- Cate Blanchett - Born 1969, turns 47 - Actress | Producer | Director
- Sofia Coppola - Born 1971, turns 45 - Writer | Producer | Director | Actress
Domhnall Gleeson was born in Dublin, Ireland, to mother Mary Weldon and Actor father Brendan Gleeson. He is the eldest of four sons - the others being Fergus, Ruairi and Brian, also an Actor. He attended Malahide Community School - a co-educational school located in Malahide, County Dublin and subsequently graduated from the Dublin Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Media Arts.
He then spent a couple of years treading the boards in a Charles Dickens adaptation of 'Great Expectations' at Dublin's 'The Gate Theatre', and 'American Buffalo' at the same playhouse that year. Gleeson also starred in the Broadway play 'The Lieutenant of Inishmore' for which he received a Tony Award nomination. In 2008 he starred with Jeff Bridges in television movie 'A Dog Year' and also 'Perrier's Bounty' - a Dublin set crime thriller starring Brendan Gleeson, Cillian Murphy, Gabriel Byrne and Jim Broadbent.
After comedy sketch show in which Gleeson played various roles over six episodes on 'Your Bad Self', there came 'Never Let Me Go' written for the screen by Alex Garland, Directed by Mark Romanek, and starring Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield and Charlotte Rampling. Whilst the film failed to recover its budget outlay, it was hailed a critical success. That same year came the chance to work with the Coen Brothers on 'True Grit' with Jeff Bridges once again and Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, J.K.Simmons, Barry Pepper and the young Haileee Steinfeld. The film was nominated for ten Academy Awards, eight BAFTA's and two SAG Awards. Also in 2010, was 'Sensation' and his first outing as Bill Weasley in 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt. 1' with 'Pt. 2' following up a year later.
Sci-Fi actioner 'Dredd' followed in 2012 with Karl Urban in the title role as the judge, jury and executioner based on the comic book 'Judge Dredd'. This was followed up by polar opposite 'Anna Karenina' as Directed by Joe Wright with Jude Law, Keira Knightly once again, Alicia Vikander and Aaron Taylor-Johnson. The film won an Academy Award and a BAFTA for Best Costume Design and a further 27 wins and 52 other nominations. 'Shadow Dancer' was up next with James Marsh at the helm and starring Clive Owen, Gillian Anderson and Andrea Riseborough in this early 90's Belfast set drama.
The Romantic dramedy 'About Time' followed in 2013 as Directed by Richard Curtis with Bill Nighy, Rachael McAdams and Margot Robbie. It made US$87M off its US$12M budget.In 2014 there was 'Frank' with Michael Fassbender, Scoot McNairy and Maggie Gyllenhaal, then 'Calvary' with Brendan Gleeson again, Chris O'Dowd, Dylan Moran, Aidan Gillan and Kelly Reilly. War time survival story 'Unbroken' for Director/Producer Angelina Jolie followed starring Jack O'Connell, Jai Courtney and Garret Hedlund. The film was a critical and commercial success bringing in US$163M and picking up thirteen award wins and 27 other nominations from around the circuit.
2015 saw 'Ex-Machina' for Director Alex Garland with Alicia Vikander again and Oscar Isaac, with 'Brooklyn' and Saoirse Ronan, Jim Broadbent once more and Julie Walters. Next up came the much hyped and eagerly awaited 'Star Wars : The Force Awakens' in which Gleeson starred as General Hux - the ruthless First Order Starkiller Base Commander - hugely successful that really needs nothing else said about it! And then there was this years 'The Revenant' with Leonard DiCaprio, Tom Hardy and Will Poulter for Director Alejandro G. Inarritu - also hugely successful more critically than commercially but still bringing in a very tidy US$527M in Box Office receipts so far before even hitting the home entertainment market which it does from later this month.
Next up for Gleeson is 'Crash Pad' due later this year with Christina Applegate and Thomas Haden Church, 'Mena' in post-production for 2017 with Tom Cruise and Jesse Plemmons as Directed by Doug Liman, 'A Futile and Stupid Gesture' with Seth Green and Will Forte currently filming and 'Star Wars : Episode VIII' also filming.
All up Gleeson has 35 acting credits, five award wins and another nine nominations. In 2015 every film he appeared in received multiple Academy Award nominations, and he has appeared in three films nominated for Best Picture - 'True Grit', 'Brooklyn' and 'The Revenant'. With his father and brother Brian he co-founded the 'Immaturity for Charity' sketches which the three star in to raise funds for St. Francis Hospice in Dublin.
Domhnall Gleeson - like father like son; Director and Writer of several short films; you could say almost Irish royalty; and clearly increasingly sought after with an impressive recent track record and more great stuff in the pipeline - Happy 33rd Birthday Domhnall from Odeon Online.
-Steve, at Odeon Online-
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