Today's celebrity birthdays: December 16, 2025

Happy birthday to entertainers like Joyce Bulifant, Benjamin Bratt, and Theo James! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for December 16, 2025:

Joyce Bulifant attends The 4th Annual Roger Neal Oscar Viewing Dinner-Icon Awards and After Party at The Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA on February 24th, 2019

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Actress Joyce Bulifant (1937) brought bright sitcom energy to "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" as Marie Slaughter, then became a familiar face on game shows and in movies like "Airplane!"

Benjamin Bratt at the Los Angeles premiere of 'Dead For A Dollar' held at the DGA Theatre in Hollywood, USA on September 28, 2022.

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Actor Benjamin Bratt (1963) anchored the late-1990s era of "Law & Order" as Detective Rey Curtis and later starred in films like "Traffic" and "Miss Congeniality." He also voiced musical idol Ernesto de la Cruz in Pixar’s "Coco."

LOS ANGELES - JAN 30: JB Smoove at the Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 12 Premiere at the Directors Guild of America on January 30, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA

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Comedian J.B. Smoove (1965) moved from writing on "Saturday Night Live" to scene work on "Curb Your Enthusiasm." He later won a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for "Mapleworth Murders."

London, United Kingdom - March 05, 2024: Theo James attends the UK Series Global Premiere of "The Gentlemen" at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London, England.

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Actor Theo James (1984) broke through in "The Divergent Series" films and earned a Primetime Emmy nomination for HBO's "The White Lotus." He's currently headlining "The Gentlemen," which just got the green light for season two.

LOS ANGELES, CA. December 16, 2024: Krysten Ritter at the premiere for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 at the TCL Chinese Theatre.

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Actress Krysten Ritter (1981) went from the cult comedy "Don't Trust the B-— in Apartment 23" to dark turns on "Breaking Bad," then powered three seasons of "Jessica Jones" and the crossover series "The Defenders."

Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:

Actress Liv Ullmann (1938), Journalist Lesley Stahl (1941), Guitarist Tony Hicks of The Hollies (1945), Singer Benny Andersson of ABBA (1946), Singer-guitarist Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top (1949), Actor Xander Berkeley (1955), Actress Alison LaPlaca (1959), Actor Sam Robards (1961), Actor Jon Tenney (1961), Former NFL player William “The Refrigerator” Perry (1962), Olympic gold medal sprinter Donovan Bailey (1967), Actress Miranda Otto (1967), Actor Daniel Cosgrove (1970), Singer Michael McCary of Boyz II Men (1971), DJ Paul van Dyk (1971), Actress Zoe Jarman (1982), Actress Amanda Setton (1985), Bassist Dave Rublin of American Authors (1986), Actress Hallee Hirsh (1987), Actress Anna Popplewell (1988), Actor Stephan James (1993), Singer Zara Larsson (1997)