American actor and singer

Skylar Astin

Skylar Astin Lipstein is an American actor known for portraying Jesse Swanson in the musical films Pitch Perfect (2012) and Pitch Perfect 2 (2015). He originated the role of Georg in the Broadway musical Spring Awakening, and has since appeared in films such as Hamlet 2 (2008), Taking Woodstock (2009), Cavemen (2013), and 21 & Over (2013). He played the role of Greg Serrano on the last season of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, a role originally played by Santino Fontana, and Max in the musical dramedy Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (2020). He played the eponymous role of Todd in the television drama So Help Me Todd, which premiered in September 2022 and concluded on May 16, 2024.

Born

1987

September 23

Died

Living

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1980s

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1987 Born

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38 Drusilla, Caligula's sister who died in June, with whom the emperor is said to have an incestuous relationship, is deified.
1122 Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V agree to the Concordat of Worms to put an end to the Investiture Controversy.
1338 The Battle of Arnemuiden, in which a French force defeats the English, is the first naval battle of the Hundred Years' War and the first naval battle in which gunpowder artillery is used.
1409 The Battle of Kherlen is the second significant victory over Ming dynasty China by the Mongols since 1368.

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The world in 1987

When Skylar arrived

april 11 The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan.
april 21 The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that detonates in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo, killing 106 people.
april 27 The U.S. Department of Justice bars Austrian President Kurt Waldheim (and his wife, Elisabeth, who had also been a Nazi) from entering the US, charging that he had aided in the deportations and executions of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II.
april 4 Garuda Indonesia Flight 032 crashes at Medan Airport, killing 23.

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Duarte Nuno 1907– Duke of Braganza (died 1976) El Santo 1917–1984 Mexican professional wrestler (born 1917) Elizabeth Peña 1959–2014 American actress (born 1959) Jason Alexander 1959– American actor, singer, and voice artist Joffrey Lupul 1983– Canadian ice hockey player Joseph Dudley 1647–1720 English politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (born 1647) Marty Schottenheimer 1943–2021 American football player and coach (born 1943) Mary Church Terrell 1863– American author and activist (died 1954) Napheesa Collier 1996– American basketball player

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1987

Andre Russell 1987– Jamaican cricketer Andrew Cogliano 1987– Canadian ice hockey player Brooklyn Decker 1987– American model and actress Carlos Quintero 1987– Colombian footballer Carolina Kostner 1987– Italian figure skater Charlotte Henshaw 1987– English swimmer Chelsea Manning 1987– American soldier and intelligence analyst Dana Vollmer 1987– American swimmer Daniel Hudson 1987– American baseball player

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