question: In what year was the actor who plays an anxious novelist in the movie Ruby Sparks born?
answer: 1984
context: Title: Tryphena Sparks
  Passage: Tryphena Sparks (20 March 1851 - 17 March 1890), born in Puddletown, Dorset, the youngest child of James and Maria Sparks, was Thomas Hardy's cousin and possible lover, when she was 16 and he was 26.  Hardy's mother suggested that Tryphena was not actually his cousin but his niece and he was thus prevented from marrying her.  There are also suggestions that she had Hardy's child, a son called Randolph.  The relationship ended when Hardy became engaged to Emma Gifford.  She is considered by John Fowles an "important figure in both his emotional and imaginative life" and author Nicholas Hillyard considers that the affair is important in relation to Hardy's start as a novelist and poet.
  Title: Knighthood of Salman Rushdie
  Passage: In mid-June 2007 Salman Rushdie, the British Indian novelist and author of the controversial novel "The Satanic Verses", was created a Knight Bachelor by Queen Elizabeth II.  This action brought much controversy around the world in many countries with Muslim majority populations.  Soon after the news of the knighthood was released protests against the honour were held in Malaysia and in Pakistan where effigies of the writer were publicly burnt.  On 19 June 2007, governments in both Pakistan and Iran summoned their British ambassadors to officially protest against the award.  While many groups and individuals have renewed the call to execute Rushdie, the author "is not commenting on the latest threats to his life.  It is understood he is anxious not to inflame the situation".  When asked by the Associated Press if his silence was at the request of the British government, Rushdie replied by e-mail stating "The British authorities have not asked me to do or not do anything.  I have simply chosen to remain out of this storm for the moment.  And nobody is turning anything down."  The media noted in July 2007 that Rushdie "has not been seen in public since the 16 June announcement of his knighthood."  However, he was photographed receiving his knighthood formally the next year at a ceremony which, breaking with tradition, did not announce in advance his attendance.
  Title: Chris Messina
  Passage: Chris Messina (born August 11, 1974) is an American actor and film director.  He has appeared in supporting roles in films such as "Vicky Cristina Barcelona", "Argo", "Julie & Julia", "Ruby Sparks", "Celeste and Jesse Forever", and "You've Got Mail".  He won critical acclaim for his lead performance in the film "The Giant Mechanical Man".  On television, he is known for his roles as Chris Sanchez in "Damages" and as Danny Castellano in "The Mindy Project".
  Title: Jacob Ruby
  Passage: Jacob Ruby (born December 13, 1992) is a Canadian football offensive lineman for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL).  Previously, he played for the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL.  Ruby played football throughout his youth and played for both high school and college teams.  He was a 2010 graduate of Fork Union Military Academy Ruby was a 4-year starter at University of Richmond.  Ruby has won many awards in his career; many came from playing college football.
  Title: Ruby Sparks
  Passage: Ruby Sparks is a 2012 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, and written by Zoe Kazan.  It stars Paul Dano as an anxious novelist whose fictional character, Ruby Sparks, played by Kazan, comes to life.
  Title: Deborah Ann Woll
  Passage: Deborah Ann Woll (born February 7, 1985) is an American actress.  She is known for her roles as Jessica Hamby on the HBO drama series "True Blood", and currently portrays Karen Page in the Netflix drama series "Daredevil", "The Defenders", and "The Punisher".  She has also starred in the films "Mother's Day", "Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You", "Catch .44", "Ruby Sparks", and "Meet Me in Montenegro".
  Title: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
  Passage: Jonathan Dayton (born July 7, 1957) and Valerie Faris (born October 20, 1958) are a team of American film and music video directors, and also husband and wife, that received critical acclaim for their feature film directorial debut, "Little Miss Sunshine".  Later the couple went on to direct the 2012 romantic comedy-drama "Ruby Sparks", and the 2017 biographical comedy-drama sports film "Battle of the Sexes", which were also met with a positive critical consensus.
  Title: Paul Dano
  Passage: Paul Franklin Dano ( ) (born June 19, 1984) is an American actor, producer, and musician.
  Title: Albert Berger
  Passage: Albert Berger is a film producer of such films as "King of the Hill", "Election", "Cold Mountain", "Little Children", "Little Miss Sunshine", "Ruby Sparks", and "Nebraska".  He is also a co-executive producer on the HBO series "The Leftovers (TV series)".
  Title: Zoe Kazan
  Passage: Zoe Swicord Kazan (born September 9, 1983) is an American actress and playwright.  Kazan made her acting debut in "Swordswallowers and Thin Men" (2003) and later appeared in films such as "The Savages" (2007), "Revolutionary Road" (2008) and "It's Complicated" (2009).  She starred in "happythankyoumoreplease" (2010), "Meek's Cutoff" (2010) and "Ruby Sparks" (2012), writing the screenplay for the latter.  In 2014, she starred in the film "What If" and the HBO mini-series "Olive Kitteridge", for which she received an Emmy nomination.  In 2017, she portrayed Emily Gardner, who is based on Emily V. Gordon, in the film "The Big Sick".
citations: Ruby Sparks Paul Dano