List of Famous people who born in 1959

Daisuke Nishio is a Japanese animator and director. He joined Toei Doga as animator in 1981. After doing several TV series, he was promoted to assistant director on Dr. Slump - Arale-chan in 1982. He debuted as director for Dragon Ball in 1986 and made his film debut that same year with Dragon Ball: The Legend of Shenlong. Nishio also directed its sequel TV series, Dragon Ball Z, and several of its films.

Keith Cooke Hirabayashi is an American martial artist, actor and an occasional stuntman. He is best known as portraying Reptile from Mortal Kombat (1995) and Sub-Zero from the sequel, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997).

Christopher Randolph is an American actor known for providing the English voice for Hal "Otacon" Emmerich and Dr. "Huey" Emmerich in the Metal Gear Solid series. Prior to landing his role as Otacon, he auditioned for multiple parts, including Solid Snake. After David Hayter was recast from playing Snake in Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, Randolph became the longest serving English voice actor in the franchise, having a role in all but one main Metal Gear Solid series game since 1998. He also writes, directs, and teaches acting. He received an MFA from the graduate acting program at UCSD.

Charlotte Brändström is a Swedish-French film director.