Andrew Garfield does on 20th August - 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 14th August
- Mila Kunis - Born 1983, turns 33 - Actress | Producer
- Halle Berry - Born 1966, turns 50 - Actress | Producer
- Marcia Gay Harden - Born 1959, turns 57 - Actress
- Steve Martin - Born 1945, turns 71 - Actor | Producer | Writer | Singer | Songwriter
- Wim Wenders - Born 1945, turns 71 - Director | Producer | Writer
Monday 15th August
- Ben Affleck - Born 1972, turns 44 - Actor | Producer | Director | Writer
- Alejandro G. Inarritu - Born 1963, turns 53 - Director | Producer | Writer | Editor
- Nicolas Roeg - Born 1928, turns 88 - Director | Producer | Writer | Cinematographer
- Jennifer Lawrence - Born 1990, turns 26 - Actress | Producer
- Debra Messing - Born 1968, turns 48 - Actress
- Natasha Henstridge - Born 1974, turns 42 - Actress
Tuesday 16th August
- Angela Bassett - Born 1858, turns 58 - Actress | Producer | Director
- Bruce Beresford - Born 1940, turns 76 - Director | Producer | Writer | Editor | Cinematographer
- James Cameron - Born 1954, turns 62 - Director | Producer | Writer | Editor
- Timothy Hutton - Born 1960, turns 56 - Actor | Producer | Director
- Steve Carell - Born 1962, turns 54 - Actor | Producer | Writer | Director | Singer
- Taika Waititi - Born 1975, turns 41 - Director | Producer | Writer | Actor
Wednesday 17th August
- Steven East - Born 1963, turns 53 - Blogger | Odeon Online originator
- Robert De Niro - Born 1943, turns 73 - Actor | Producer | Director
- Sean Penn - Born 1960, turns 56 - Actor | Producer | Director | Writer
- Donnie Wahlberg - Born 1969, turns 47 - Actor | Producer | Writer | Singer
Thursday 18th August
- Edward Norton - Born 1969, turns 47 - Actor | Producer | Writer | Director | Singer | Songwriter
- Christian Slater - Born 1969, turns 47 - Actor | Producer
- Robert Redford - Born 1936, turns 80 - Actor | Producer | Director
- Roman Polanski - Born 1933, turns 83 - Director | Producer | Writer | Actor
- Denis Leary - Born 1957, turns 59 - Actor | Producer | Writer
- Madeline Stowe - Born 1958, turns 58 - Actress
Friday 19th August
- Kyra Sedgwick - Born 1965, turns 51 - Actress | Producer
- Kevin Dillon - Born 1965, turns 51 - Actor
- Matthew Perry - Born 1969, turns 47 - Actor | Producer | Writer
Saturday 20th August
- Andrew Garfield - Born 1983, turns 33 - Actor
- David O. Russell - Born 1958, turns 58 - Director | Producer | Writer
- Sylvester McCoy - Born 1943, turns 73 - Actor
- David Walliams - Born 1971, turns 45 - Actor | Producer | Writer | Television Personality
- Joan Allen - Born 1956, turns 60 - Actress
- Amy Adams - Born 1974, turns 42 - Actress | Producer
Andrew Russell Garfield was born in Los Angeles County, California, USA to mother Lynn Hillman from Essex in England and father Richard Garfield a Californian. From three years of age the family relocated to Epsom, Surrey, England. His parents ran an interior design company, with his mother also a nursery school teaching assistant, and his father went on to become head coach of the Guildford Swimming Club. He attended the Priory Preparatory School in Banstead and then the City of London Freemen's School in Ashtead, and then the Central School of Speech and Drama at the University of London, graduating in 2004.
He started taking acting classes at age nine, appearing in a local youth production of 'Bugsy Malone'. Whilst he originally had intended to study business, by the age of sixteen he had become more interested in acting. By 2004 he had been critically lauded for his role in 'Kes' at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre for which he picked up two Awards, both in the Best/Outstanding Newcomer category. He made his television debut in 2005 in the British comedy drama series 'Sugar Rush' appearing in five episodes of the total twenty produced running over two seasons. He followed this up in 2007 with two episodes on BBC's 'Doctor Who' series as Frank on 'Dalek's in Manhattan' and 'Evolution of Dalek's'.
Garfield's big screen debut came in 2007 in the Robert Redford Directed 'Lions for Lambs' with Robert Redford also starring along with Tom Cruise and Meryl Streep. Later that year he headlined 'Boy A' for Director John Crowley for which he won a Best Actor Award at the British Academy Television Awards, and much further critical acclaim still. 2008 saw a small role in 'The Other Boleyn Girl' and then Terry Gilliam's 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus' in 2009. That same year Garfield appeared in the acclaimed three part television series 'The Red Riding Trilogy 1974, 1980 and 1983'. 
2010 saw what was probably his breakout role alongside Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley in Mark Romanek's dystopian Sci-Fi thriller 'Never Let Me Go' which won him further critical praise and a Best Supporting Actor Award. David Fincher's 'The Social Network' came next in 2010 alongside Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg, with Justin Timberlake and Armie Hammer. Garfield's role as Eduardo Saverin was highly acclaimed and garnered him both BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor.
In 2012 he appeared in the reboot of Marvel's Spiderman franchise as our web slinging hero himself in Marc Webb's 'The Amazing Spider-Man'. Again his performance received much positive publicity giving the franchise the boost it needed. The film made US$758M at the Box Office and had Garfield/Spider-Man/Peter Parker star alongside Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy - his love interest in the film, and as it would later turn out, in life too off screen. Both would reprise their roles two years later in 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' which made US$709M at the Box Office.
Most recently there was '99 Homes' in 2015 with Michael Shannon. In the meantime Garfield hosted two episodes of 'Saturday Night Live', appeared in an 'Arcade Fire' music video for their single 'We Exist', starred on Broadway in the play 'Death of a Salesman' to much critical praise, and over the years has starred in several short films too.
Next up he will star in the London Royal National Theatre production of the two part play 'Angels in America' from April 2017. 'Hacksaw Ridge' for Director Mel Gibson with Vince Vaughn and a huge Australian cast including Sam Worthington, Hugo Weaving, Luke Bracey, Richard Roxburgh, Ryan Corr, Teresa Palmer and Rachel Griffiths is due in November this year. Falling in December is 'Silence' for Martin Scorsese with Liam Neeson, Adam Driver and Ciaran Hinds. 'Breathe' is currently filming for a 2017 release for Director Andy Serkis, and 'Under the Silver Lake' for David Robert Mitchell with Dakota Johnson also starring is in pre-production also for a later 2017 release.
All up Garfield has 26 screen acting credits to his name, with eleven award wins and another 52 nominations. He holds dual US and UK citizenship, was dating Actress Emma Stone up until late 2015, is an Ambassador of Sport for the Worldwide Orphans Foundation, and supports same sex marriage.
-Steve, at Odeon Online-
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