Tom Shadyac

Thomas Peter Shadyac is an American director, screenwriter, producer, and author. The youngest joke-writer ever for comedian Bob Hope, Shadyac is widely known for writing and directing the comedy films Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Nutty Professor, Liar Liar, Patch Adams, and Bruce Almighty. In 2010, Shadyac retired from the comedy genre and wrote, directed, and narrated his own documentary film I Am, that explores his abandonment of a materialistic lifestyle following his involvement in a bicycle accident three years earlier. ^{Tom Shadyac, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter}

11 December 1958

Born on the same birth date (11 December 1958): Chris Hughton • Nikki Sixx

Born on the same birth day (11 December): Chris Hughton • Gavin Hill • Hans van den Broek • Ilmar Laaban • Kellie Harrington • Mario Been • Peter Kelamis • Rey Mysterio • Salim Durani • Stamatis Spanoudakis

Born in the same month (December 1958): Cheryl Chase (actress) • Frank Gambale • Javier Aguirre • Kathryn Stott • Limahl • Michel Ferté • Mike Scott (Scottish musician) • Mirosław Okoński • Nikki Sixx • Sergei Starikov • Sheree J. Wilson • Steven Smith (astronaut) • Tim Butler • Zoran Gajić