Mark Strong

Mark Strong is a British actor best known for his film roles such as Prince Septimus in Stardust (2007), Archibald in RocknRolla (2008), Lord Henry Blackwood in Sherlock Holmes (2009), Frank D'Amico in Kick-Ass (2010), Jim Prideaux in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Sinestro in Green Lantern (2011), George in Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Major General Stewart Menzies in The Imitation Game (2014), Merlin in Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) and Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), Dr. Thaddeus Sivana in Shazam! (2019) and Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023), and John in Cruella (2021).

5 August 1963

Born on the same birth date (5 August 1963): Ingmar De Vos • Steve Lee (singer)

Born on the same birth day (5 August): Abbé Pierre • Anthony Edwards (basketball) • Bob Clark • Christopher Chessun • Harold Holt • Jamie Houston • Jason Culina • Jennifer Finch • Jesse Williams (actor) • Jessica Nigri • Joan Hickson • Joe Boyd • John Huston • José García Villa • Leonid Kizim • Marine Le Pen • Mary Ritter Beard • Richard Ottley • Rick Mahler • Rory Morrison • The Dave Clark Five • Vasbert Drakes • Venkatesh Prasad • Wassily Leontief

Born in the same month (August 1963): Andrew Sullivan • Anton Janssen • Christine Cavanaugh • Francis Pangilinan • Isaiah Washington • John Bush (singer) • José Cóceres • Keith Ellison • Kōji Kitao • Marcus Roberts • Michael Chiklis • Nick Gillespie • Phoolan Devi • Regina Jacobs • Richard Illingworth • Rituparno Ghosh • Sir Mix-a-Lot • Sonny Silooy • Stephen Walkom • Terry Catledge • Uwe Bialon • Valerie Plame