Today's celebrity birthdays: August 9, 2026

Happy birthday to entertainers like Sam Elliott, Melanie Griffith, and Gillian Anderson! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for August 9, 2026:

Actor Sam Elliott (1944) took an early minor role in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and later drawled his way through "Road House," "Tombstone" and "The Big Lebowski." He carried "1883" as Shea Brennan and signed on to "Landman" as T.L.

Actress Melanie Griffith (1957) got her first major film role in "Night Moves" and picked up an Oscar nomination for leading "Working Girl." She turned up in "The Disaster Artist" and narrated "By Design."

TV host Hoda Kotb (1964) joined "Dateline NBC" as a correspondent and later launched the fourth hour of "Today." She rose to co-anchor, co-hosted "Today with Hoda & Jenna" and came back in 2026 to fill in at the anchor desk.