born 25 April 1970

A.J. Gilbert, Roslyn Heights, New York, production assistant

Craig Appel, birthplace unspecified, American stuntman

Gisa Bergmann, Dresden, East Germany, actress

Ismail Bashey, Bombay, India, actor

Jason Lee, Orange, California, actor

Jason Wiles, Kansas City, Missouri, actor

Mayu Tsuruta, prefecture of Kanagawa, Japan, actress

Nick Lyon, Pocatello, Idaho, writer/director

Paul Torrisi, London, England, UK “Apprentice” contestant

Viviana Puerta, Buenos Aires, Argentina, actress

I love Jason Lee. I really do. I think he has an alertness and a warmth as a comic screen performer that few alive can match. I always like to point people to Mumford, a sweetly ridiculous small town comedy with film noir dressing. The whole ensemble is a delight; in particular, Lee’s skateboarding millionaire robotics enthusiast stands as an enduring image of the first fantasized wave of 90s tech millionaires on film, a still-underexploited fictional category.

But Lee has had one too many Scientology meetings and two or three too many Kevin Smith films to qualify for my short list. Instead I’ll make today’s winner this guy, because his face seems very familiar, yet I don’t believe I’ve ever seen any of his films. Curious.