Most Popular Genre-Connected Actors Born In 1960 – A Baker’s Dozen

In my meanderings around the web this past week, I came upon a page on IMDB called “Most Popular People Born in 1960.” What I found interesting was how many of these actors, turning 50 this year, have been in genre films. So I thought I’d share the top 13 genre-connected ones with you here:

NOTE: These are in the order that IMBD placed them.

	Julianne Moore Born: Fayetteville, North Carolina Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990) Cast a Deadly Spell (1991 – TV) The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) Psycho (1998) Evolution (2001) The Forgotten (2004) Children of Men (2006) Next (2007) I really like Julianne’s quirky, tough and thoroughly grounded energy. She’s one of those actresses that when I know she’s in a film, I know its worth seeing.
	Jean-Claude Van Damme Born: Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Brussels, Belgium Cyborg (1998) Universal Soldier (1992) Timecop (1994) Universal Soldier: The Return (1999) Replicant (2001) Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009) Ah, the muscles from Brussels … easy on the eyes and had potential. Saw a bio on him that made me sad. I hope he turns things around.
	Hugo Weaving Born: Austin, Nigeria Babe (1995) Babe: Pig in the City (1998) The Matrix (1999) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) The Matrix Reloaded (2003) The Matrix Revolutions (2003) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) V for Vendetta (2005) Transformers (2007) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) The Wolfman (2010) For me the magic that is Hugo Weaving is his voice. I loved the way he used it to taunt Neo in The Matrix movies.
	Antonio Banderas Born: Málaga, Málaga, Andalucía, Spain Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) The Mask of Zorro (1998) The 13th Warrior (1999) Spy Kids (2001) Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002) Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002) Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003) Shrek 2 (2004) The Legend of Zorro (2005) Shrek the Third (2007) Another actor with a fantastic voice. Besides, he’s from Spain and being half Spanish myself, that gives him points in my book. In fact, I still have family that live in Málaga.
	David Duchovny Born: New York City, New York “Twin Peaks” (1990-1991) “The X-Files” (1993-2002) The X Files (1998) Evolution (2001) The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) Loved David as Fox Mulder … gave the character a dark groundedness, while still evoking a certain amount of innocence when needed.
	Timothy Hutton Born: Malibu, California Iceman (1984) Made in Heaven (1987) The Dark Half (1993) 5ive Days to Midnight (TV – 2004) The Last Mimzy (2007) Although his genre work is few and far between, Timothy always brings a senses of realism to his fantasy roles.
	Kenneth Branagh Born: Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK Dead Again (1991) Frankenstein (1994) Wild Wild West (1999) Alien Love Triangle (2002) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) I first saw Kenneth in Dead Again … a movie enjoyed so much I watched it twice in one day … and had no idea he was British. A few days later, I heard a movie critic rag on his “horrible American Accent.” Well, he had me fooled.
	Doug Jones Born: Indianapolis, Indiana The Newlydeads (1987) Night Angel (1990) Batman Returns (1992) Hocus Pocus (1993) Tank Girl (1995) Galgameth (1996) Mimic (1997) Mystery Men (1999) “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” Gentlemen (TV – 1999) “Alien Hunter” (TV – 2001) Monkeybone (2001) The Time Machine (2002) Men in Black II (2002) Hellboy (2004) Doom (2005) El laberinto del fauno aka Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) The Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) Doug plays the body of Abe Sapien in the Hellboy movies (David Hyde Pierce is the voice), which I’ve always found very sexy. 🙂
	Daryl Hannah Born: Chicago, Illinois Blade Runner (1982) The Final Terror (1983) Splash (1984) High Spirits (1988) Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (TV – 1993) Final Days of Planet Earth (TV – 2006) Absolutely hated Clan of the Cave Bear. The book was so much better and deserved more on the screen. But I don’t think that was her fault, she was good as Ayla.
	John Leguizamo Born: Bogotá, Colombia Super Mario Bros. (1993) Spawn (1997) Doctor Dolittle (1998) Arabian Nights (TV – 2000) Titan A.E. (2000) Land of the Dead (2005) This man has more talent in his little finger than most have in their entire bodies. I wish he’d get more and better roles.
	James Spader Born: Boston, Massachusetts Mannequin (1987) Wolf (1994) Stargate (1994) Supernova (2000) Alien Hunter (2003) I’m not usually into blondes, but for James I’ll make an exception. Loved him in Dream Lover and awesome in Stargate!
	John Schneider Born: Mount Kisco, New York The Curse (1987) “Relic Hunter,” playing Dallas Carter (TV – 2 episodes, 2000-2001) “Touched by an Angel,” playing Joshua Winslow (TV – 3 episodes, 1995-2001) “Smallville” (TV – 2001-2006) Lake Placid 2 (TV – 2007) “Journeyman,” playing Dennis Armstrong (TV – 1 episode, 2007) Ogre (TV – 2008) Conjurer (2008) Another talented actor who has a low-key career.
	Hiroyuki Sanada Born: Tokyo, Japan Swords of the Space Ark (TV – 1981) Makai tenshô (1981) USA Title: Samurai Reincarnation Iga ninpôchô (1982) USA DVD Title: Death of a Ninja Rasen (1998) Ringu (1998) Ringu 2 (1999) Onmyoji (2001) English title: The Yin Yang Master Sunshine (2007) “Lost” playing Dogen (TV – 2010) So far, I’ve been very disappointed in the lack of screen time this amazingly talented performer gets in his English language roles. The man oozes charisma … even watching his TV commercials can be captivating!