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): Aaron Feuerstein • Alexa Demie • Christian Dietrich Grabbe • Christian Sackewitz • Erik Honoré • Ernie Beck • Francesco Algarotti • George Mason • Grigoris Bithikotsis • Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson • Jim Harrison • Kamehameha V • Katy Steding • Matthew Tkachuk • Mildred Cleghorn • Murray Goodwin • Pranab Mukherjee • Taku Yamasaki • Willie McGinest

Born in the same month (December 1958): Adrian Newey • Bob Greene (fitness) • Charlene Tilton • Geordie Walker • Jeff Ruland • Nancy J. Currie-Gregg • Nikki Sixx • Pedro Costa • Spider Stacy • Steven Isserlis • Steven Smith (astronaut) • Tim Butler • Vladimir Parfenovich