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:

• 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!"

• 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."

• 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."