Events in Film & TV
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Aug 4 Jeff Gordon, American auto racer (Winston Cup Series 1995, 97, 98, 2001; Daytona 500 1997, 99, 2005) and broadcaster (Fox NASCAR), born in Vallejo, California
- Aug 6 Merrin Dungey, American actress
- Aug 7 Sydney Penny, American actress (Danni-New Gidget, Thorn Birds, All My Children), born in Nashville, Tennessee
- Aug 10 Justin Theroux, American actor (Mulholland Drive, Inland Empire), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Aug 11 Alejandra Barros, Mexican actress
- Aug 13 Moritz Bleibtreu, German actor (Run Lola Run), born in Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- Aug 13 Rolando Molina, Salvadoran-born American actor (Next Friday, Eagle Eye), born in San Salvador, El Salvador
- Aug 14 Raoul Bova, Italian actor, born in Rome, Italy
- Aug 17 Uhm Jung-hwa, South Korean singer and actress
- Aug 18 Trey Ames, American actor (David-A Year in the Life), born in Canton, Ohio
- Aug 18 Jacob Vargas, American actor (Mi vida loca), born in Michoacan, Mexico
- Aug 19 Mary Joe Fernández, American tennis player, broadcaster (Olympic gold 1992, 96), born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Aug 20 Jonathan Ke Quan, Vietnamese-American actor (Sam-Together We Stand), born in Saigon, South Vietnam
- Aug 20 David Walliams, English actor, comedian (Come Fly With Me) and children's author, born in London, England
- Aug 22 Richard Armitage, English actor (The Hobbit, Robin Hood), born in Leicester, Leicestershire
- Aug 22 Rick Yune, American actor (Snow Falling on Cedars), born in Washington, D.C.
- Aug 24 Pierfrancesco Favino, Italian actor, born in Rome, Italy
- Aug 25 Mike Lockwood, professional wrestler (d. 2003)
Weddings in Film & TV
Wedding of Interest
Aug 5 Five-time Grammy Award singer Donna Summer [nee Gaines] (22) weds actor Helmuth Sommer

Donna Summer
Deaths in Film & TV
Paul Lukas
Aug 15 Paul Lukas, Hungarian actor (Kim, Berlin Express), dies of heart failure at 76

Paul Lukas
- Aug 16 Elsie Baker, actress (Ghosts of Hanley House), dies at 78
- Aug 16 Spyros Skouras, Greek-born American movie executive (20th Century Fox), dies at 78
- Aug 17 Horace McMahon, American actor (Detective Story, Martin Kane Private Eye), dies from a heart ailment at 65
- Aug 23 Oliver McGowan, American actor (Banning, Stagecoach), dies at 64