Notable People with Heterochromia Iridis

1. Henry Cavill

Actor | Man of Steel

Henry William Dalgliesh Cavill was born on the Bailiwick of Jersey, a British Crown dependency in the Channel Islands. His mother, Marianne (Dalgliesh), a housewife, was also born on Jersey, and is of Irish, Scottish and English ancestry. Henry's father, Colin Richard Cavill, a stockbroker, is of ...

2. Benedict Cumberbatch

Actor | The Imitation Game

Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch was born and raised in London, England. His parents, Wanda Ventham and Timothy Carlton (born Timothy Carlton Congdon Cumberbatch), are both actors. He is a grandson of submarine commander Henry Carlton Cumberbatch, and a great-grandson of diplomat Henry Arnold ...

3. Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Actor | Den 12. mann

Jonathan Rhys Meyers was born Jonathan Michael Meyers on July 27, 1977, in Dublin, Ireland, to Mary Geraldine (Meyers) and John O'Keeffe, a musician. He and his family moved to County Cork, Ireland, when the actor was nearly a year old, and then, at the age of 3, his father left the family, leaving...

4. Max Scherzer

Self | Sunday Night Baseball

Max Scherzer was born on July 27, 1984 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He has been married to Erica May Scherzer since November 23, 2013. They have two children.

5. Kiefer Sutherland

Actor | 24

Kiefer Sutherland was born in London, England, UK, to Canadian actors Shirley Douglas and Donald Sutherland, who moved to California shortly after his birth. His maternal grandfather, Tommy Douglas, was a Scottish-born Canadian politician who was a Premier of Saskatchewan for over 17 years and led ...

6. Mila Kunis

Actress | Black Swan

Milena Markovna "Mila" Kunis is a Ukrainian-American actress born to a Jewish family in Chernivtsi, Ukraine.

Her mother, Elvira, is a physics teacher, her father, Mark Kunis, is a mechanical engineer, and she has an older brother named Michael. Her family moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1991. ...

7. Demi Moore

Actress | G.I. Jane

Demi Moore was born 1962 in Roswell, New Mexico. Her father Charles Harmon left her mother Virginia Guynes (née King) before Demi was born. Her stepfather Danny Guynes didn't add much stability to her life either. He frequently changed jobs and made the family move a total of 40 times. The parents ...

8. Kate Bosworth

Actress | Superman Returns

Kate Bosworth was born in Los Angeles, California, to Patricia (Potter), a homemaker, and Harold Bosworth, who was an executive for Talbots. Unlike the characters Bosworth has portrayed in television and in film, which are known as "townies", Kate spent most of her childhood in different cities and...

9. Jane Seymour

Actress | Somewhere in Time

Jane Seymour was born as Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg in 1951 in Middlesex, England, to a nurse mother and gynaecologist/obstetrician father. She is of Polish Jewish (father) and Dutch (mother) descent. She adopted the acting name of "Jane Seymour" when she entered show business as it was ...

10. Alice Eve

Actress | Before We Go

Alice Sophia Eve was born in London, England. Her father is Trevor Eve and her mother is Sharon Maughan, both fellow actors. She is the eldest of three children. Eve has English, Irish and Welsh ancestry. Her family moved to Los Angeles, California when she was young as her father tried to crack ...

11. Dominic Sherwood

Actor | Vampire Academy

Actor Dominic Anthony Sherwood was born in Kent, South East England. After studying Drama and Theater Studies at schools in Maidstone, he left to work abroad starting in Kenya and moving for 6 months before returning to London. There he began work in several plays before being signed to an agency ...

12. Dan Aykroyd

Writer | Ghostbusters

Daniel Edward Aykroyd was born on July 1, 1952 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, to Lorraine Hélène (Gougeon), a secretary from a French-Canadian family, and Samuel Cuthbert Peter Hugh Aykroyd, a civil engineer who advised prime minister Pierre Trudeau. Aykroyd attended Carleton University in 1969, where...

13. Gracie Allen

Actress | A Damsel in Distress

Gracie Allen was born on July 26, 1895 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for A Damsel in Distress (1937), The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950) and The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939). She was married to George Burns. She died on August 27, 1964 in ...

14. Astrid Bergès-Frisbey

Actress | King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

Astrid Bergès-Frisbey was born the 26th May of 1986 in Barcelona, Spain to a Spanish Father and a French-American Mother of English descent. She is fluent in French, Spanish, and Catalan. Astrid Bergès-Frisbey made her acting debut in 2007 on French television. In 2008, she made her feature debut ...

15. Elizabeth Berkley

Actress | Showgirls

Elizabeth Berkley was born in Farmington Hills, Michigan, to Jere, a gift basket business owner and Fred Berkley, a lawyer. She has an older brother, Jason (b. 1969). Her family is Jewish. By five, she was taking tap and jazz classes with Barbara Fink and ballet classes at Detroit Dance Company. ...

16. Garrett Clayton

Actor | Hairspray Live!

Garrett Clayton was born on March 19, 1991 in Dearborn, Michigan, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Hairspray Live! (2016), King Cobra (2016) and Teen Beach Movie (2013). He has been married to Blake Knight since September 4, 2021.

17. Robert Downey Jr.

Actor | Iron Man

Robert Downey Jr. has evolved into one of the most respected actors in Hollywood. With an amazing list of credits to his name, he has managed to stay new and fresh even after over four decades in the business.

Downey was born April 4, 1965 in Manhattan, New York, the son of writer, director and ...

18. Norma Eberhardt

Actress | The Return of Dracula

The beautiful Norma Eberhardt was born in Oakhurst, New Jersey. Norma developed a love for movies early. She was at a Easter Parade event with her mother when a well-known photographer stopped her and gave her his business card. When she turned seventeen, she got on a train and went straight to New...

19. James Forde

Actor | EastEnders

James Forde was born in June 1996. His first major part was that of Liam Butcher in the UK soap opera EastEnders. His first episode aired on 1st April 2008. James has also appeared in several plays including playing the scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz. James is a big music fan and his favorite ...

20. Alyson Hannigan

Actress | Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Alyson Hannigan was born in Washington, D.C. to Emilie (Posner), a real estate agent, and Al Hannigan, a truck driver. She began her acting career in Atlanta at the young age of 4 in commercials sponsoring such companies as McDonald's, Six Flags, and Oreos. She is a seasoned television actress, ...

21. Josh Henderson

Actor | Step Up

Josh Henderson was born in Dallas, Texas. Josh grew up with his mother (Sharon) in Oklahoma & Texas. Graduating from Tulsa Memorial Senior High School in May 2000, he returned to Texas after graduation to auditioned for (2001) Popstars (2002) in Dallas. Remembered for "singing like Justin Timberlake...

22. Liam James

Actor | The Way Way Back

Liam James is a Canadian actor, known for his role as Noah Curtis in the 2009 film 2012, young Shawn Spencer on the USA Network television series Psych, and the lead character, Duncan, in 2013's The Way, Way Back.He also starred as Jack Linden in AMC's The Killing and Adam Warren in ABC's The ...

23. Colleen Moore

Actress | So Big

Colleen Moore was born Kathleen Morrison in Port Huron, Michigan. Her father was an irrigation engineer and his job was good enough to provide the family a middle-class environment. She was educated in parochial schools and studied at the famed Detroit Conservatory. Colleen's family moved to ...

24. Simon Pegg

Actor | The World's End

English actor, writer, and comedian Simon Pegg was born Simon John Beckingham in Brockworth, Gloucestershire, to Gillian Rosemary (Smith), a civil servant, and John Henry Beckingham, a jazz musician. His parents divorced when he was seven. He later took his stepfather's surname "Pegg." He was ...

25. Joe Pesci

Actor | Goodfellas

Compact Italian-American actor Joe Pesci was born February 9, 1943 in Newark, New Jersey, to Mary (Mesce), a part-time barber, and Angelo Pesci, a bartender and forklift driver. Pesci first broke into entertainment as a child actor, and by the mid-1950s, was starring on the series "Star Time Kids"....

26. Christopher Walken

Actor | The Deer Hunter

Lead and supporting actor of the American stage and films, with sandy colored hair, and pale complexion. He won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Deer Hunter (1978), and has been seen in mostly character roles, often portraying psychologically unstable individuals, though...

27. Olivia Wilde

Actress | Tron: Legacy

Actress and activist Olivia Wilde is a modern day renaissance woman, starring in many acclaimed film productions, while simultaneously giving back to the community.

She was born on March 10, 1984 in New York City. Her parents are Leslie Cockburn (née Leslie Corkill Redlich) and Andrew Cockburn. Her ...

28. Shawn Horcoff

Self | 2006 Stanley Cup Finals

Shawn Horcoff was born on September 17, 1978 in Trail, British Columbia, Canada.

29. Oded Katash

Actor | HaYisraelim

Oded Katash is known for HaYisraelim (2007), Chamishiyot (2004) and Shultz (2008).

30. Ilya Kovalchuk

Actor | 12 mesyatsev

Ilya Kovalchuk was born on April 15, 1983 in Kalinin, RSFSR, USSR [now Tver, Russia]. He is an actor, known for 12 mesyatsev (2013), Molodyozhka (2013) and Vremya (1968). He has been married to Nicole Andrzajtis Kovalchuk since 2008. They have three children.

31. Jens Pulver

Actor | Border Runs Red

Jens Pulver was born on December 6, 1974 in Seattle, Washington, USA. He is an actor, known for Border Runs Red, Jens Pulver: Driven (2011) and The Breakout (2008).

32. Michael Schwimer

Self | Phillies Nation TV

33. Shane Warne

Actor | Neighbours

Shane Keith Warne (born 13 September 1969) was an Australian former international cricketer, widely regarded as one of the best bowlers in the history of the game. He was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in the 1994 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. He was the Wisden Leading Cricketer in ...

34. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Soundtrack | Valkyrie

Johann Wolfgang Goethe was born on 28 August 1749 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany as son of a lawyer. After growing up in a privileged upper middle class family, he studied law in Leipzig from 1765 to 1768, although he was more interested in literature. As he was seriously ill, he had to interrupt ...

35. Virginia Madsen

Actress | Sideways

One of the hottest stars of the mid-1980s, Virginia Madsen has since played a variety of roles that have cemented her reputation as a fantastic actress who can adapt to any part.

Virginia was born in Chicago, Illinois, and belongs to an acting family -- with her brother, Michael Madsen, also an ...

36. Jessica Cauffiel

Actress | Legally Blonde

Jessica Cauffiel is known for her memorable roles in films such as Legally Blonde, Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, White Chicks, Hoot, Stuck On You, The World's Fastest Indian, Road Trip and Valentine, as well as popular network television series like The Drew Carey Show, My Name Is Earl, ...

37. Kathleen Wilhoite

Actress | The Edge

Born in Santa Barbara, California on June 29, 1964, almond-eyed Kathleen Wilhoite grew up there and began singing in her church choir from the first grade. Two years later, she was performing on stage, as part of a back-up choir, with The Carpenters, at the Santa Barbara County Bowl. All the while,...

38. Pacho O'Donnell

Writer | El Encuentro de Guayaquil

Pacho O'Donnell is known for America's Affaire (2015), Pacho O'Donnell y los miedos (2005) and 25 miradas, 200 minutos (2010).

39. Michael Flatley

Actor | Blackbird

Michael Flatley was born on July 16, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Blackbird (2022), Till Forever (2018) and Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games (2014). He has been married to Niamh O'Brien since October 14, 2006. They have one child. He was previously ...

40. Les Murray

Writer | The Widower

Les Murray was born on October 17, 1938 in Nabiac, New South Wales, Australia. He was a writer, known for The Widower (2004), The Last Hellos (2017) and Antarctica (1991). He was married to Valerie Morelli. He died on April 29, 2019 in Taree, New South Wales, Australia.

41. Tim McIlrath

Soundtrack | Orphan

Tim McIlrath was born on November 3, 1979 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. He is an actor, known for Orphan (2009), Never Back Down (2008) and Punisher: War Zone (2008). He is married to Erin McIlrath. They have two children.

42. Russ

Soundtrack | Little

Russ is known for Little (2019), Russ: Utah Freestyle (2021) and On My Block (2018).

43. Harry Daugherty

44. Terry McAuliffe

Actor | Just Headlines

Terry McAuliffe was born on February 9, 1957 in Syracuse, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Just Headlines (2021), Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (2008) and Chasing the Hill (2012). He has been married to Dorothy Swann McAuliffe since October 8, 1988. They have five children.

45. Sarah McDaniel

Actress | Septaria

McDaniel claims to have been born with the condition heterochromia iridum, with her right eye brown and her left eye blue. In the interview with Stephen Colbert, and elsewhere, she claimed she was bullied as a kid for having it. Her father released a childhood photograph of her with both of her ...

46. Wentworth Miller

Actor | Prison Break

Wentworth Miller is a compelling and critically acclaimed actor whose credits span both television and feature film.

Wentworth Earl Miller III was born June 2, 1972 in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, to American parents, Joy Marie (Palm), a special education teacher, and Wentworth Earl Miller...

47. Marshall Lancaster

Actor | Life on Mars

Marshall Lancaster was born on October 5, 1974 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Life on Mars (2006), Coronation Street (1960) and Ashes to Ashes (2008).