Birthdays on July 22nd include Franka Potente (43), John Leguizamo (53), Willem Dafoe (62), and Danny Glover (71). Others include A.J. Cook (39, Criminal Minds), Selena Gomez (25, Hotel Transylvania 1 & 2), Clive Standen (36, Vikings), Rhys Ifans (50, Berlin Station), Madison Pettis (19, The Lion Guard), Keegan Allen (28, Pretty Little Liars), David Spade (53, Roadies), Joanna Going (54, Kingdom), Albert Brooks (70, The Secret Life of Pets), and Terence Stamp (79, Bitter Harvest).

Franka Potente was born in Münster, West Germany, acted in her first movie Aufbruch (1995 student film), and gained a lot of attention for her starring role in Run Lola Run (1998 crime drama). She also appeared in Blow (2001 crime with Johnny Depp), The Bourne Identity (2002 action with Matt Damon), its sequel The Bourne Supremacy (2004 action with Matt Damon), and Creep (2004 horror with Sean Harris). Most recently, Franka appeared in Taboo (2017 drama mystery tv show with Tom Hardy), and she will next be seen in Muse (2017 thriller with Christopher Lloyd).

John Leguizamo was born in Bogotá, Colombia, did stand-up comedy in New York in 1984, was in Madonna’s Borderline music video, and his first film was Mixed Blood (1984 action). He appeared in episodes of Miami Vice (1986-1989 crime show with Don Johnson), Super Mario Bros. (1993 adventure comedy with Bob Hoskins), Carlito’s Way (1993 crime with Al Pacino), To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995 comedy with Wesley Snipes), Executive Decision (1996 action with Kurt Russell), Romeo + Juliet (1996 romance drama with Leonardo DiCaprio), Spawn (1997 action horror with Michael Jai White), and Summer of Sam (1999 crime with Adrien Brody). Most recently, John appeared in Bloodline (2016-2017 drama thriller tv show with Kyle Chandler), John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017 action with Keanu Reeves), and will next be seen in Nancy (2018 thriller with Andrea Riseborough), and a crime mystery tv show Hypno.

Willem Dafoe was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, and appeared in his first film as a motorcycle gang member in The Loveless (1981 drama co-written and co-directed by Kathryn Bigelow and Monty Montgomery). Dafoe appeared in To Live and Die in L.A. (1985 crime with William Petersen), Platoon (1986 war written and directed by Oliver Stone), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988 drama directed by Martin Scorsese), Mississippi Burning (1988 crime drama with Gene Hackman), Triumph of the Spirit (1989 drama with Edward James Olmos), Wild at Heart (1990 crime with Nicolas Cage), and Flight of the Intruder (1991 action with Danny Glover). He was most recently in Padre (2016 drama with Giada Colagrande), The Great Wall (2016 action fantasy with Matt Damon), and will next appear in The Florida Project (drama from director Sean Baker), What Happened to Monday? (sci-fi with Noomi Rapace), Death Note (fantasy show on Netflix), and Justice League (comic book action with Ben Affleck).

Danny Glover was born in San Francisco, California, worked in city administration before acting, and was in his first film Escape from Alcatraz in 1979 (crime drama with Clint Eastwood). Glover was in Witness (1985 drama with Harrison Ford), The Color Purple (1985 drama with Whoopi Goldberg), Silverado (1985 action with Kevin Kline), Lethal Weapon (1987 action with Mel Gibson), Bat*21 (1988 war with Gene Hackman), Lonesome Dove (1989 western mini-series with Robert Duvall), Lethal Weapon 2 (1989 action again with Mel Gibson), To Sleep with Anger (1990 drama), and Predator 2 (1990 sci-fi with Gary Busey). He was most recently in Monster Trucks (2016 action comedy), Extortion (2017 action), narrated episodes of Cold Case Files (2017 crime show) and will next be seen in The Good Catholic (2017 drama), Buckout Road (2017 horror), Killing Winston Jones (2018 comedy), and Death Race: Anarchy (2018 action).

Thank you and Happy Birthday everyone!

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John Leguizamo
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Willem Dafoe
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Danny Glover
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