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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!
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.
Actress Gillian Anderson (1968) broke big as Dana Scully on "The X-Files" and later carried "The Fall." She played Margaret Thatcher on "The Crown," signed on to "Tron: Ares" and turns up in "Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma."
Actor-writer Dan Levy (1983) started out hosting on "MTV Live" and went on to co-create, write, and star as David Rose on "Schitt's Creek," which took home four Emmys for its final season. He wrote, directed and starred in "Good Grief" and is back on television as the co-creator and star of "Big Mistakes."
Actress Anna Kendrick (1985) traded Broadway's "High Society" for "Up in the Air" and got an Oscar nomination for it. She carried the "Pitch Perfect" films, stepped behind the camera to direct and star in "Woman of the Hour" and is now directing "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo."
Actor Bill Skarsgård (1990) got his first big role in "Simple Simon" and went on to terrorize Derry as Pennywise in "It" and "It Chapter Two." He turned up as Count Orlok in "Nosferatu," headlined "Dead Man's Wire" and joined "The Death of Robin Hood."
Basketball player Bob Cousy (1928), Tennis player Rod Laver (1938), Comedian-director David Steinberg (1942), Singer Barbara Mason (1947), Baseball player Ted Simmons (1949), Actress-director Amanda Bearse (1958), Rapper Kurtis Blow (1959), Fashion designer Michael Kors (1959), Hockey player Brett Hull (1964), Actor Pat Petersen (1966), Football player Deion Sanders (1967), Actor Eric Bana (1968), News correspondent Chris Cuomo (1970), Actor-comedian Thomas Lennon (1970), Bassist Arion Salazar of Third Eye Blind (1970), Rapper Mack 10 (1971), Music producer Bang Si-hyuk (1972), Singer Juanes (1972), Actress Liz Vassey (1972), Actor Kevin McKidd (1973), Basketball player Derek Fisher (1974), Actor Mahesh Babu (1975), Actress Rhona Mitra (1976), Actress Audrey Tautou (1976), Actress Jessica Capshaw (1976), Actress-writer Kate Siegel (1982), Actress Ashley Johnson (1983), Actress Adelaide Kane (1990), Wrestler Alexa Bliss (1991), Actor Justice Smith (1995), Football player Aidan Hutchinson (2000), Singer Arlo Parks (2000)
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