Today's celebrity birthdays: August 25, 2025

Happy birthday to entertainers like Gene Simmons, Tim Burton, and Blake Lively! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for August 25, 2025:

• Bassist Gene Simmons (1949) co-founded Kiss, one of rock’s most theatrical outfits, anchoring sing-along staples like “Detroit Rock City” and “Rock and Roll All Nite.” Kiss’s arena-filling legacy was sealed with its 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction.

• Director Tim Burton (1958) blended macabre whimsy and pop fantasy in “Beetlejuice,” “Edward Scissorhands,” and “Batman.” He returned to the afterlife with 2024’s “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” while “Wednesday” is currently airing season two on Netflix in.

• Singer Billy Ray Cyrus (1961) rocketed to fame with “Achy Breaky Heart” and the blockbuster debut “Some Gave All,” then became TV’s Robby Ray on “Hannah Montana.” He added two Grammys in 2020 for the “Old Town Road” remix with Lil Nas X.

• Actress Ally Walker (1961) headlined the ’90s crime hit “Profiler” and put steel-nerved menace on “Sons of Anarchy.” She resurfaced on primetime with a 2024 “FBI: Most Wanted” turn and published her debut novel, “The Light Runner,” in 2025.

• Actor Alexander Skarsgard (1976) broke out in “True Blood” and won an Emmy for “Big Little Lies.” He sharpened his corporate menace as Lukas Matsson on “Succession,” earning a 2023 Emmy nomination while continuing an art-house streak with “Infinity Pool.”

• Actress Blake Lively (1987) became a fixture with “Gossip Girl” and built a film résumé spanning “The Town,” “The Shallows,” and “A Simple Favor.” She fronted 2024’s hit “It Ends With Us.”

Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:

Actor Tom Skerritt (1933), Director John Badham (1939), Singer Walter Williams of The O'Jays (1943), Actor Anthony Heald (1944), Singer Henry Paul of BlackHawk and Outlaws (1949), Actor John Savage (1949), Singer Rob Halford of Judas Priest (1951), Keyboardist Geoff Downes of Asia (1952), Musician Elvis Costello (1954), Actor Tom Hollander (1967), Actor Christian LeBlanc (1958), Actor Ashley Crow (1960), Actress Joanne Whalley (1961), Guitarist Vivian Campbell of Def Leppard (1962), Actor Blair Underwood (1964), Actor Robert Maschio (1966), DJ Terminator X of Public Enemy (1966), Singer Jeff Tweedy of Wilco (1967), Actor David Alan Basche (1968), TV chef Rachael Ray (1968), Actor Cameron Mathison (1969), Country singer Jo Dee Messina (1970), Model Claudia Schiffer (1970), Actor Nathan Page (1971), Actor Eric Millegan (1974), Actor Jonathan Togo (1977), Actor Kel Mitchell (1978), Actress Rachel Bilson (1981), Actress China Anne McClain (1998)