Birthdays August 26th
Having a Birthday on August 26th include Melissa McCarthy (47) and Chris Pine (37), as well as Keke Palmer (24, Scream Queens), Dylan O’Brien (26, Teen Wolf), Nazneen Contractor (35, Ransom), Macaulay Culkin (37, The Jim Gaffigan Show), Amanda Schull (39, 12 Monkeys), Mike Colter (41, Luke Cage), Shirley Manson (51, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), and Michael Jeter (1952-2003, Eduard Delacroix in The Green Mile).
Melissa McCarthy was born in Plainfield, Illinois, got her first acting credit in her cousin’s series, The Jenny McCarthy Show (1997), and was nominated for an Oscar, Actress in a Supporting Role for Bridesmaids (2011 comedy written by and starring Kristen Wiig). She gets laughs by taking jokes in sometimes uncomfortable directions, often physical in nature, and can handle either the tough leader or the silly rookie. Perhaps best known for Gilmore Girls (2000-2007 comedy with Lauren Graham), Melissa was also in Samantha Who? (2007-2009 comedy with Christina Applegate) before starring in her own series, Mike & Molly (2010-2016 comedy with Billy Gardell). Often working in comedy, McCarthy has been in The Back-up Plan (2010 with Jennifer Lopez), Life as We Know It (2010 with Katherine Heigl), Identity Thief (2013 with Jason Bateman), The Heat (2013 with Sandra Bullock), St. Vincent (2014 with Bill Murray), Spy (2015 with Rose Byrne), and The Boss (2016 with Kristen Bell). McCarthy was most recently in Ghostbusters (2016 sci-fi action with Kristen Wiig) and will next be seen in Life of the Party (comedy with Gillian Jacobs), The Happytime Murders (crime comedy with Maya Rudolph), and provide voice work for B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations (animated comedy with Seth Rogen).
Chris Pine was born in Los Angeles, California, got his first acting credit for the series ER (2003 medical drama with Noah Wyle), and his first film credit for The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004 comedy with Anne Hathaway). Putting to use his good looks, charm, and intensity, Chris has put together a string of likeable heroes and has been pushing his range in dramatic and comedic roles. Pine landed the role of Kirk in the rebooted Star Trek franchise (3 films 2009-2016, a sequel is in the works) and Jack Ryan in the rebooted Tom Clancy based franchise, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014 action with Kevin Costner). Acting in a wide range of films, Pine has been in Just My Luck (2006 rom-com with Lindsay Lohan), Bottle Shock (2008 comedy with Alan Rickman), Carriers (2009 horror with Piper Perabo), Unstoppable (2010 action with Denzel Washington), This Means War (2012 action comedy with Reese Witherspoon), People Like Us (2012 drama with Elizabeth Banks), and did voice work for Rise of the Guardians (2012 animated adventure with Hugh Jackman). He has stolen scenes in Horrible Bosses 2 (2014 comedy with Jason Bateman), and Into the Woods (2014 musical with Anna Kendrick), and has kept working steady acting in Z for Zachariah (2015 sci-fi with Chiwetel Ejiofor), Wet Hot American Summer (2015-2017 comedy series), The Finest Hours (2016 drama with Casey Affleck), Hell or High Water (2016 crime Ben Foster), and did voice work for SuperMansion (2015-2017 animated comedy with Bryan Cranston). Most recently, Chris was in Wonder Woman (2017 action adventure with Gal Gadot) and will next be seen in A Wrinkle in Time (2018 adventure with Reese Witherspoon), All the Old Knives (thriller with Michelle Williams), and Outlaw King (action with Aaron Taylor-Johnson).
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