There might be more than one actor that is doing this but Bill Cosby has recently started writing Children's Books. His (?) first illustrated book was "Friends of a Feather: One of Life's Little Fables," illustrated by his daughter Erica.
Making Airfix models.
Nikolay Bogolyubov - actor - died in 1980.
Sam Crane - actor - was born in 1980.
Fabián Ríos - actor - was born in 1980.
Timothy Hutton won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1980.
James Anderson - actor - was born on 1980-11-03.
Pedro Moreno - actor - was born on 1980-09-14.
Jason Cook - actor - was born on 1980-09-13.
Tom Price - actor - was born on 1980-07-12.
Chris Jarvis - actor - was born on 1980-05-19.
Mark Webber - actor - was born on 1980-07-19.
Ben Foster - actor - was born on 1980-10-29.