Today's celebrity birthdays: December 26, 2025

Happy birthday to entertainers like Lars Ulrich, Jared Leto, and Kit Harington! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for December 26, 2025:

Drummer Lars Ulrich (1963) co-founded Metallica and keeps its riffs hitting like machinery on staples like "Enter Sandman" and "One." In the 2020s, Metallica won a 2024 Grammy for the title track "72 Seasons" and rolled the momentum into 2025 dates on the "M72 World Tour."

Actor-singer Jared Leto (1971) broke out as Jordan Catalano on ABC’s "My So-Called Life," earned acclaim for "Requiem for a Dream," and then turned 30 Seconds to Mars into a mid-2000s rock act with "A Beautiful Lie." He won the Academy Award for "Dallas Buyers Club," and he has kept touring and recording with the band through the 2023 album "It’s the End of the World but It’s a Beautiful Day."

Actor Kit Harington (1986) knew nothing as Jon Snow on HBO's "Game of Thrones" and earned two Primetime Emmy nominations. He recently joined season three of HBO's finance drama "Industry."

Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:

TV host John Walsh (1945), Keyboardist Bob Carpenter of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1946), Hall of Fame catcher Carlton Fisk(1947), Bassist George Porter Jr. of The Meters (1947), Hall of Fame shortstop Ozzie Smith (1954), Humorist David Sedaris (1956), Actor Temuera Morrison (1960), Drummer Brian Westrum of Sons of the Desert (1962), Actress Nadia Dajani (1965), Guitarist J of White Zombie (1966), Country singer Audrey Wiggins (1967), TV producer Bill Lawrence (1968), Guitarist Peter Klett of Candlebox (1968), Singer James Mercer of The Shins (1970), Singer Chris Daughtry of Daughtry (1979), Fashion designer Alexander Wang (1983), Actress Beth Behrs (1985), Goalkeeper Hugo Lloris (1986), Singer Andy Biersack of Black Veil Brides (1990), Actress Eden Sher (1991), Singer Jade Thirlwall of Little Mix (1992)