Today's celebrity birthdays: April 14, 2026

Happy birthday to entertainers like Peter Capaldi, Anthony Michael Hall, and Sarah Michelle Gellar! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for April 14 2026:

Actress Julie Christie (1940) captured the Academy Award for Best Actress for "Darling" and starred as Lara in "Doctor Zhivago." She later earned another Oscar nomination for "Away from Her" and has appeared in "Finding Neverland" and "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban."

Actor Peter Capaldi (1958) broke through in "Local Hero" in 1983 and won international acclaim for "The Thick of It" and "In the Loop." He played the Twelfth Doctor on "Doctor Who" from 2013 to 2017 and appeared in "The Suicide Squad."

Actor-comedian Brad Garrett (1960) earned three Emmy Awards playing Robert Barone on "Everybody Loves Raymond." He voiced Bloat in "Finding Nemo," played Eddie Stark on "'Til Death," and plays Douglas Fogerty on "Single Parents."

Actor Anthony Michael Hall (1968) played Rusty Griswold in "National Lampoon's Vacation" and joined the Brat Pack in "Sixteen Candles," "The Breakfast Club," and "Weird Science." He headlined "The Dead Zone" as Johnny Smith and appeared in "The Dark Knight."

Actor Adrien Brody (1973) won the Academy Award for Best Actor for "The Pianist" at age 29 and still holds the record as the youngest winner in that category. He starred in "The Grand Budapest Hotel" and "King Kong," appeared on "Peaky Blinders," and took home his second Best Actor Oscar for "The Brutalist" in 2025.

Actress Sarah Michelle Gellar (1977) scored a Daytime Emmy as Kendall Hart on "All My Children" before starring as Buffy Summers on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." She headlined "I Know What You Did Last Summer," "Cruel Intentions," and "Scooby-Doo," then returned to TV on "Wolf Pack" and "Dexter: Original Sin."

Actor Rob McElhenney (1977) created and stars as Mac on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," the longest-running live-action sitcom in American television history. He co-created "Mythic Quest," bought Wrexham AFC in 2020, and won multiple Emmys for "Welcome to Wrexham."

Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:

Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple (1945), Actor John Shea (1949), Actor Brian Forster (1960), Actor Robert Carlyle (1961), Singer John Bell of Widespread Panic (1962), Actress Catherine Dent (1965), Drummer Barrett Martin of Screaming Trees (1967), Singer David Miller of Il Divo (1973), Rapper Da Brat (1974), Actor Antwon Tanner (1975), Singer JD McPherson (1977), Singer Win Butler of Arcade Fire (1980), Actress Claire Coffee (1980), Actor Nick Krause (1992), Actor Graham Phillips (1993), Actress Vivien Cardone (1993), Actress Skyler Samuels (1994), Actress Abigail Breslin (1996)