Today's celebrity birthdays: December 29, 2025

Happy birthday to entertainers like Ted Danson, Patricia Clarkson, and Jude Law! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for December 29, 2025:

Hollywood, CA - September 10, 2024: Jon Voight attends the Promise to Live event, held at the Avalon in Hollywood, CA.

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Actor Jon Voight (1938) turned Joe Buck in "Midnight Cowboy" into a career-making role and later won the Academy Award for Best Actor for "Coming Home." In recent years, he's appeared in films like Francis Ford Coppola’s "Megalopolis" and the Ronald Reagan biopic "Reagan."

LOS ANGELES, USA. January 30, 2024: Ted Danson at the premiere for the final season of Curb Your Enthusiasm at the Directors Guild Theatre.

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Actor Ted Danson (1947) was the bartender everybody knew on "Cheers" before headlining "Becker," "The Good Place," and, more recently, "A Man on the Inside." On the silver screen he starred in "Three Men and a Baby" and "Made in America."

Patricia Clarkson attends the opening night of the play "Pictures From Home" on Broadway at The Studio 54 in New York on February 9, 2023

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Actress Patricia Clarkson (1959) earned an Oscar nomination for "Pieces of April," received two Primetime Emmys for her work on "Six Feet Under," and a Golden Globe for "Sharp Objects."

London, United Kingdom - March 29, 2022: Jude Law attends "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore" World Premiere at The Royal Festival Hall in London, England.

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Actor Jude Law (1972) picked up a BAFTA win for "The Talented Mr. Ripley," and earned an Oscar nomination for "Cold Mountain." In 2024, he jumped into the "Star Wars" universe on Disney+'s "Star Wars: Skeleton Crew."

Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:

Singer-actress Yvonne Elliman (1951), Comedian Paula Poundstone (1959), Guitarist-singer Jim Reid of The Jesus and Mary Chain (1961), Actor Michael Cudlitz (1964), Singer Dexter Holland of The Offspring (1965), Actor Jason Gould (1966), News anchor Ashleigh Banfield (1967), Director Lilly Wachowski (1967), Singer-guitarist Glen Phillips of Toad the Wet Sprocket (1970), Actor Kevin Weisman (1970), Actress Maria Dizzia (1974), Actor Mekhi Phifer (1974), Actor Shawn Hatosy (1975), Actor-comedian Danny McBride (1976), Actress Katherine Moennig (1977), Actor Diego Luna (1979), Actress Charlotte Riley (1981), Actress Alison Brie (1982), Country singer Jessica Andrews (1983), Actor Iain de Caestecker (1987), Safety Eric Berry of the Kansas City Chiefs (1988), Actress Jane Levy (1989), Tennis player Kei Nishikori (1989), Actor-singer Ross Lynch of The Driver Era (1995), Actor-singer Dylan Minnette of Wallows (1996), Drummer Danny Wagner of Greta Van Fleet (1998), Actress Paris Berelc (1998)