Today's celebrity birthdays: August 7, 2025

Happy birthday to entertainers like David Duchovny, Wayne Knight, and Charlize Theron! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for August 7, 2025:

• Actor David Rasche (1944) went from the satirical cop show "Sledge Hammer!" to steering boardroom crises as Karl Muller on "Succession." He co-starred with Robert De Niro in 2023's "About My Father" and stars in the Broadway hit "Cult of Love."

• Actor David Duchovny (1960) made TV history chasing conspiracies in "The X-Files" and later juiced up cable with "Californication." He wrote, directed and starred in baseball dramedy "Reverse the Curse," which was based on his book "Bucky F*cking Dent."

• Actor Wayne Knight (1955) forever embodies meddlesome mailman Newman on "Seinfeld" and chaos-prone coder Nedry in "Jurassic Park." He recently voiced the mayor in 2024's animated "The Day the Earth Blew Up" and will appear in the 2025 horror sequel "Five Nights at Freddy's 2."

• Actor Michael Shannon (1974) channels simmering intensity from Oscar-nominated "Revolutionary Road" and "Nocturnal Animals" to menacing General Zod in "The Flash." He stepped behind the camera for his directorial debut, "Eric Larue," earlier this year.

• Actress Charlize Theron (1975) vaulted from early works like "The Devil's Advovate" and her Oscar-winning transformation in "Monster" to action icon status with "Mad Max: Fury Road." In 2025, she returned as immortal warrior Andy in "The Old Guard 2."

Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:

Actor Tobin Bell (1942), Humorist Garrison Keillor (1942), Actor John Glover (1944), Country singer Rodney Crowell (1950), Actress Caroline Aaron (1952), Singer Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden (1958), Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales (1966), Actress DeLane Matthews (1961), Actress Maggie Wheeler (1961), Actor Harold Perrineau (1963), Country singer Raul Malo of The Mavericks (1965), Actor David Mann (1966), Actress Sydney Penny (1971), Actor Greg Serano (1972), Drummer Barry Kerch of Shinedown (1976), Actress Abbie Cornish (1982), Hockey player Sidney Crosby (1987), Basketball player DeMar DeRozan (1989), Baseball player Mike Trout (1991), Actor Eric Johnson (1979), Runner Sydney McLaughlin (1999), Football player Jalen Hurts (1998), Actor Liam James (1996)