Today's celebrity birthdays: December 22, 2025

Happy birthday to entertainers like Jane Fonda, Samuel L. Jackson, and Kiefer Sutherland! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for December 22, 2025:

Actor Hector Elizondo (1936) won an Emmy for playing Dr. Phillip Watters on "Chicago Hope," and kept popping up in crowd-pleasers including "Pretty Woman," "Runaway Bride," and "The Princess Diaries."

TV anchor Diane Sawyer (1945) became a defining face of American broadcast news on "Good Morning America," "ABC World News Tonight," and "20/20."

Actor Ralph Fiennes (1962) portrayed Nazi commander Amon Goeth in "Schindler's List," then reached blockbuster status as Lord Voldemort in the "Harry Potter" films. In 2024 he led the Vatican thriller "Conclave," and in 2025 he was cast as President Coriolanus Snow in "The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping."

Singer Jordin Sparks (1989) won "American Idol" at 17 and landed in a pop-R&B sweet spot with "No Air," and "Battlefield."

Singer Meghan Trainor (1993) leaned into doo-wop pop on hits like "All About That Bass," then took home the Grammy for Best New Artist and kept the singles coming with "Lips Are Movin," and "No."

Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:

Singer-actor Red Steagall (1938), Baseball player Steve Garvey (1948), Guitarist Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick (1948), Actress BernNadette Stanis (1953), Rapper Luther Campbell of 2 Live Crew (1960), Guitarist Chuck Mead of BR549 (1960), Actress Lauralee Bell (1968), Singer Lori McKenna (1968), Actress Dina Meyer (1968), U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (1970), Actress Heather Donahue (1973), Actor Chris Carmack (1980), Actor Harry Ford (1982), Actor Greg Finley (1984), Rapper DaBaby (1991), Rapper Latto (1998)