Matthew Lillard

Actor

Matthew Lillard played offbeat Gen-X goofballs in movies big and small throughout the 1990s. His first prominent role was as Kathleen Turner's son in the John Waters film Serial Mom (1994). He played a computer whiz in Hackers (1995, with Angelina Jolie), the strangely creepy Stuart Macher in the 1996 horror hit Scream (with Neve Campbell), and freaky-dancing Brock Hudson in the teen romance She's All That (1999). He also played the ultimate goofball, Shaggy, in two live-action Scooby Doo movies: Scooby Doo (2002) and Scooby Doo 2 (2004). Lillard studied acting at New York's Circle in the Square theater and is a founder of the Summoner's Ensemble theater group.

Extra credit: Lillard hosted the Nickelodeon show SK8 TV in 1989-90... According to a 2002 report on Tech TV, Lillard is an avid gamer who "supplied his voice talents for the game SledStorm in exchange for a lifetime of free games from Electronic Arts"... Lillard married Heather Helm in 2000; their daughter Addison was born in 2002... In the original Scooby-Doo cartoon, Shaggy was voiced by "American Top 40" radio personality Casey Kasem.

Others born in 1970: actor Uma Thurman, director Kevin Smith, golfer Annika Sorenstam, and singer-actors Jennifer Lopez and Queen Latifah.