Leap Day Babies
by dan_dassow | created - 10 Mar 2023 | updated - 1 month ago | PublicLeap Day (29-February) occurs on average every four years and usually occurs during a year divisible by four. A leap day is added to keep the calendar year synchronized with the astronomical year or seasonal year.
Which of these celebrities who were born on Leap Day is your favorite?
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1. Rakhee Thakrar
Actress | Wonka
Rakhee Thakrar was born in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK. Rakhee is an actor, known for Wonka (2023), Sex Education (2019) and Four Weddings and a Funeral (2019). Rakhee has been married to Vikash Bhai since September 2, 2017.
Born 29-February-1984
2. Dennis Farina
Actor | Get Shorty
Dennis Farina was one of Hollywood's busiest actors and a familiar face to moviegoers and television viewers alike. Recently, he appeared in the feature films, "The Grand," a comedy about a Vegas poker tournament with Woody Harrelson, Cheryl Hines and Ray Romano; "Bottle Shock," also starring Alan ...
Born 29-February-1944
3. Joss Ackland
Actor | The Hunt for Red October
Joss Ackland, the distinguished English actor who has appeared in over 100 movies, scores of plays and a plethora of television programs in his six-decade career, was born Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland on February 29, 1928, in North Kensington, London. After attending London's Central School of ...
Born 29-February-1928
4. Alex Rocco
Actor | The Godfather
Tough, gruff, thick-browed, volatile-looking character actor Alex Rocco was born Alessandro Federico Petricone, Jr. on February 29, 1936, to Italian immigrants in Cambridge, Mass. He grew up a member of Boston's Winter Hill gang (his nickname was "Bobo") and was briefly detained regarding a murder ...
Born 29-February-1936
5. Peter Scanavino
Actor | Deception
Peter Scanavino is know for his work as A.D.A Sonny Carisi JR. on Law and Order: SVU (NBC).
Other selected TV & Film work includes: Social Distance (NETFLIX), The Cold Lands, Mutual Friends, The Leftovers (HBO), Banshee (CINEMAX), and The Good Wife (CBS).
Peter made his Broadway debut in 2006 in the ...
Born 29-February-1980
6. Jessie T. Usher
Actor | The Boys
Jessie was born in a leap year on 2/29/92. He leap his way through school earning academic excellence from elementary to college as a top honor student. He graduated high school as class salutatorian before moving straight to the Dean's List in college, studying culinary arts and earning the honor ...
Born 29-February-1992
7. Antonio Sabato Jr.
Actor | The Big Hit
Antonio Sabato Jr. was born on February 29, 1972 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor and producer, known for The Big Hit (1998), The Three Stooges (2012) and Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas (2009). He was previously married to Cheryl Moana Marie Nunes and Tully Jensen.
Born 29-February-1972
8. Joel Kim Booster
Actor | Fire Island
Joel Alexander Kim Booster is an American actor, comedian, producer, and writer. He co-produced and wrote for Big Mouth and The Other Two and as an actor has appeared on Shrill, Search Party, and Sunnyside. In 2022, he wrote, produced, and starred in the Hulu romantic comedy Fire Island, a modern ...
Born 29-February-1988
9. Steven Cree
Actor | Outlaw King
Steven Cree was born on February 29, 1980 in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Outlaw King (2018), The Diplomat (2023) and Outlander (2014). He has been married to Kahleen Crawford since May 29, 2016.
Born 29-February-1980
10. Sharon Hugueny
Actress | Hawaiian Eye
Sharon Elizabeth Hugueny was a leap-year baby, born on February 29, 1944, in Los Angeles, California. She was an intelligent, introspective, and sensitive child who preferred serious reading, writing, and music to the "more frivolous" interests of her peers. Sharon's parents - a World War II Navy ...
Born 29-February-1944
11. Arthur Franz
Actor | The Caine Mutiny
Arthur Scofield Franz was born in Perth Amboy, NJ, to Dorothy and Gustav Franz, German immigrants. He was a reliable character actor in many 1940s and 1950s "B" pictures, often cast as a friendly small-town businessman or professional (as in The Doctor and the Girl (1949)) or the lead's sympathetic...
Born 29-February-1920
12. Ken Foree
Actor | Dawn of the Dead
Large, likable, and muscular actor Ken Foree was born as Kentotis Alvin Foree on February 29, 1948, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Foree attended Loyola University in Chicago and studied acting at Michael Shulman's Performing Gallery in New York City. He began his career in off-Broadway theater and ...
Born 29-February-1948
13. George Young
Actor | Falling for Christmas
George Young was born in London, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Falling for Christmas (2022), Malignant (2021) and Containment (2016). He has been married to Janet Hsieh since January 26, 2015. They have two children.
Born 29-February-1980
14. Suanne Braun
Actress | The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star
South African born Suanne became a house hold name after working for M.NET television. She moved to Los Angeles and spent many years living and working in the USA. Suanne moved to the UK in 2002 and resides in London. She has worked steadily for over 30 years in film, television and theatre across ...
Born 29-February-1968
15. Arnaud Valois
Actor | 120 battements par minute
Arnaud Valois studied acting at Cours Florent. He was discovered in 2006 in Charlie Says by Nicole Garcia where he played one of the lead roles alongside Jean-Pierre Bacri, Vincent Lindon and Benoit Magimel. Arnaud went on to play in A French Gigolo by Josiane Balasko and Girl on the Train by André...
Born 29-February-1984
16. Dinah Shore
Soundtrack | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Her real name was Frances "Fanny" Rose Shore, and she was born in Winchester, Tennessee. Stricken with polio at 18 months of age, she recovered after receiving the Sister Kenny treatment. She became a cheerleader at Hume-Fogg High School in Nashville and went on to graduate from Vanderbilt ...
Born 29-February-1916
17. Michèle Morgan
Actress | La symphonie pastorale
A classic beauty, blonde French actress Michèle Morgan was one of her country's most popular leading ladies for over five decades. Born Simone Renee Roussel on Leap Year Day (February 29) in 1920, she ran away from home as a teenager and studied acting under René Simon, beginning her film career at...
Born 29-February-1920
18. Anthony Robbins
Actor | Shallow Hal
Anthony Robbins was born on February 29, 1960 in Glendora, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Shallow Hal (2001), Sound of Freedom (2023) and Man's Search for Meaning. He has been married to Sage Bonnie Humphrey since October 14, 2001. They have one child. He was previously ...
Born 29-February-1960
19. Nejat Isler
Actor | Kaybedenler Kulübü
Born in Istanbul in 1972, Nejat Isler graduated from Mimar Sinan State Conservatory's Theater Deparment in 1995. He made his first professional TV debut in 1994 in the TV series "Gurur". He continued his professional acting career and took leading roles in a number of TV series and movies. In 2008 ...
Born 29-February-1972
20. Harvey Jason
Actor | The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Popular stage, film and TV actor Harvey Jason was born on Leap Year's Day, 1940 in London, England. From childhood he aspired to a career as an actor. His efforts, and his substantial talent, paid off. At 19 he was in New York, ready to go. A year later, he was appearing in Joseph Papp's ...
Born 29-February-1940
21. Ja Rule
Actor | The Fast and the Furious
Jeffrey Bruce Atkins better known by his stage name Ja Rule, is an American rapper and actor. Born and raised in New York City, he debuted in 1999 with Venni Vetti Vecci and its lead single "Holla Holla". During the 2000s, Ja Rule was signed to Irv Gotti's Murder Inc. Records, formerly known as The...
Born 29-February-1976
22. James Cullen Bressack
Producer | Darkness of Man
James Cullen Bressack is an American producer, director, and screenwriter and son of three time Emmy-award winning writer Gordon Bressack and voice actress Ellen Gerstell. At the age of 18 he received critical attention from audiences and critics alike when he made his debut feature, My Pure Joy.
...
Born 29-February-1992
23. William A. Wellman
Director | A Star Is Born
William Wellman, the Oscar-winning screenwriter-director of the original A Star Is Born (1937), was called "Wild Bill" during his World War I service as an aviator, a nickname that persisted in Hollywood due to his larger-than-life personality and lifestyle.
A leap-year baby born in 1896 on the 29th...
Born 29-February-1896
24. Shane Johnson
Actor | Behind Enemy Lines
While known mostly as an actor, Shane has also ventured into producing, writing and animation. Given his passion for one particular project, he taught himself how to animate and has since been developing multiple projects. He's also ventured into scripted and reality TV as a writer/creator, ...
Born 29-February-1976
25. Margit Carstensen
Actress | Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant
Margit Carstensen was born on February 29, 1940 in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. She was an actress, known for The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972), Martha (1974) and Possession (1981). She died on June 1, 2023 in Heide, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Born 29-February-1940
26. Edward Faulkner
Actor | The Green Berets
Fielden Edward Faulkner II was born on leap day (February 29), 1932, in Lexington, Kentucky, where his father owned and operated a prominent building supply company. His mother was a retired piano and music teacher. He was the second of two children; his sister (now deceased) was nearly 19 years ...
Born 29-February-1932
27. Susan Sennett
Actress | Big Bad Mama
Cute, charming, and spunky blonde Susan Sennett was born on February 29, 1952 in Los Angeles, California. She grew up in the San Fernando Valley and attended a charm school on Ventura Boulevard. Sennett was a member of the arts group, Visual Girls, for two years, worked at the teenage fair, and ...
Born 29-February-1952
28. Yanti Somer
Actress | Avanti!
Yanti Somer was born on February 29, 1948 in Helsinki, Finland. She is an actress, known for Avanti! (1972), War of the Planets (1977) and Le temps de mourir (1970).
Born 29-February-1948
29. Anika Poitier
Director | The Devil Cats
Anika Poitier was born on February 29, 1972 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. She is a director and actress, known for The Devil Cats (2004), Swordfish (2001) and Yard Sale (2010).
Born 29-February-1972
30. James Mitchell
Actor | All My Children
James Mitchell was an American actor and dancer of English descent. He was one the leading dancers for choreographer Agnes de Mille (1905-1993). As an actor, Mitchell is primarily remembered for his role as diabolical businessman Palmer Cortlandt in the long-running soap opera "All My Children". ...
Born 29-February-1920
31. Rosa Robson
Actress | Extraordinary
Rosa Robson (born 29th February, 1992) is an actress, comedian and writer from Somerset, England. She is known for Buffering (ITV2), The Offenders (BBC/Amazon), Inside No. 9 (BBC), Nick Helm's Heavy Entertainment (BBC) and feature film Black Mountain Poets (Film4) which was nominated for the BIFA ...
Born 29-February-1992
32. Gérard Darmon
Actor | Astérix & Obélix : Mission Cléopâtre
Gérard Darmon was born on February 29, 1948 in Paris, France. He is an actor and writer, known for Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002), Betty Blue (1986) and The Good Thief (2002). He was previously married to Mathilda May.
Born 29-February-1948
33. Langston Fishburne
Actor | Ant-Man and the Wasp
Langston Fishburne was born in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), Discontinued (2022) and Deadlock (2021).
Born 29-February-1988
34. Caitlin E.J. Meyer
Actress | Little Secrets
Caitlin E.J. Meyer was born on February 29th, 1992 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She has seven siblings.
She resides in Utah where she studied psychology.
The stage and screen have been a big part of her life. Some of her favorite roles include, Juliet, Anne Frank, and Little Fan.
Born 29-February-1992
35. Phyllis Frelich
Actress | ER
Phyllis was born on Feburary 29, 1944, the oldest of 9 children. She attended North Dakota School for the Deaf, graduating in 1962. She went on to Gallaudet College (renamed Gallaudet University), actively participating in theater there. She finally made her debut on April 2, 1967, on the NBC ...
Born 29-February-1944
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