Birthdays on November 19th
Having a Birthday on November 19th includes Adam Driver (34) and Jodie Foster (55). Also having a birthday is Barry Jenkins (38, Moonlight), Reid Scott (40, Veep), Jason Scott Lee (51, Alaska Is a Drag), Meg Ryan (56, Ithaca), Allison Janney (58, Mom), Charlie Kaufman (59, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), and Larry King (84, American Satan).
Adam Driver was born in San Diego, California, got his first acting credit for an episode of The Unusuals (2009 dramedy about the NYPD starring Jeremy Renner), made a name for himself on the series Girls (2012-2017 dramedy about girls in their twenties starring Lena Dunham), and was mostly recently in Logan Lucky (2017 crime comedy about a heist during a NASCAR race co-starring Channing Tatum). He has a deep voice, a comical wit, and a unique appearance that he can use to play a variety of characters, often in the dramatic comedy genre. Appearing in dramatic roles, Driver has learned from a number of talented directors such as Clint Eastwood (J. Edgar in 2011), Steven Spielberg (Lincoln in 2012), and the Coen brothers (Inside Llewyn Davis in 2013), and was also in While We’re Young (2014 dramedy with Ben Stiller), This is Where I Leave You (2014 dramedy with Jason Bateman), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015 sci-fi with Daisy Ridley), Paterson (2016 dramedy with Golshifteh Farahani), and Silence (2016 drama with Andrew Garfield). He will next be in Star Wars: The Last Jedi (sci-fi sequel again with Daisy Ridley), The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (sci-fi with Olga Kurylenko), Black Klansman (crime drama with John David Washington), Annette (musical with Michelle Williams), and Tough as They Come (action with Sylvester Stallone).
Jodie Foster was born in Los Angeles, California, got her first acting credit for an episode of The Doris Day Show (1969 comedy at the age of 7), was most recently in Elysium (2013 sci-fi with Matt Damon), and has won 2 Oscars while being nominated 4 times. She won for The Accused (1988 drama with Kelly McGillis about a woman seeking justice for a rape), The Silence of the Lambs (1991 crime thriller with Anthony Hopkins about an FBI agent seeking help from one serial killer to catch another), and was also nominated for Taxi Driver (1976 crime drama with Robert De Niro as an unstable Vietnam War veteran) and Nell (1994 drama with Liam Neeson about a young hermit who is found in a remote cabin). She has a paced delivery of lines, control over her emotions, and expressive blue eyes that she uses to play characters often going through life altering trauma in dramatic films. Foster was also in Maverick (1994 adventure with Mel Gibson), Contact (1997 mystery with Matthew McCanaughey), Anna and the King (1999 romance with Yun-Fat Chow), Panic Room (2002 thriller with Kristen Stewart), Flightplan (2005 thriller with Peter Sarsgaard), Inside Man (2006 crime with Denzel Washington), The Brave One (2007 thriller with Terrence Howard), The Beaver (2011 drama again with Mel Gibson), Carnage (2011 dramedy with Kate Winslet), and will next be seen in the thriller Hotel Artemis.
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