Birthdays:

Michael McKean (October 17, 1947), who starred in Clue (1985), Hider in the House (1989), Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992), Radioland Murders (1994), Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997), True Crime (1999), and “The X-Files” (recurring).

McKean (right) in Clue

Mark Gatiss (October 17, 1966), who wrote and hosted A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss and Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss, wrote and starred in “Crooked House,” and starred in Shaun of the Dead (2004), Jekyll (2007), Victor Frankenstein (2015), and “Game of Thrones.”

Gatiss in “Game of Thrones”

Max Irons (October 17, 1985), who starred in Dorian Gray (2009), Red Riding Hood (2011), The Host (2013), Bitter Harvest (2017), and Crooked House (2017).

Irons with Amanda Seyfried in Red Riding Hood

Movie releases:

1991: Puppet Master III: Toulon’s Revenge
1997: I Know What You Did Last Summer
2001: From Hell
2003: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

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