Today's celebrity birthdays: July 22, 2025

Happy birthday to entertainers like Albert Brooks, Willem Dafoe, and Selena Gomez! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for July 22, 2025:

• Actor Danny Glover (1946) is forever Roger Murtaugh in the "Lethal Weapon" films and has anchored everything from "The Color Purple" to "Sorry to Bother You." He remains a steady presence in film and TV well into his seventies.

• Actor-director Albert Brooks (1947) earned an Oscar nod for "Broadcast News" and voiced Marlin in "Finding Nemo" while directing cult favorites like "Lost in America." He headlined the HBO documentary "Albert Brooks: Defending My Life" in 2023 and still turns up for smart cameos and retrospectives.

• Actor Willem Dafoe (1955) went from "Platoon" to the Green Goblin in "Spider-Man" and keeps racking up prestige turns in "Poor Things" and "Nosferatu." He just joined Robert Eggers' upcoming werewolf film "Werwulf."

• Actor-comedian David Spade (1964) broke out on "Saturday Night Live" and later fronted sitcoms like "Just Shoot Me!" and "Rules of Engagement." He co-hosts the hit podcast "Fly on the Wall" and hosted Fox’s game show "Snake Oil" in 2023.

• Singer-actress Selena Gomez (1992) scored No. 1 hits like "Lose You to Love Me" and stars in "Only Murders in the Building." In 2025, she basked in Cannes praise for "Emilia Pérez," dropped the single "Love On," and celebrated her engagement to Benny Blanco. 

Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:

Actor Terence Stamp (1938), Singer George Clinton (1941), Writer-director Paul Schrader (1946), Singer Don Henley (1947), Composer Alan Menken (1949), Actress Lonette McKee (1954), Musician Al Di Meola (1954), Singer Keith Sweat (1961), Singer Emily Saliers of Indigo Girls (1963), Actor John Leguizamo (1960), Wrestler Shawn Michaels (1965), Actor Patrick Labyorteaux (1965), Bassist Pat Badger of Extreme (1967), Actress Irene Bedard (1967), Actor Rhys Ifans (1967), Actor-singer Jaime Camil (1973), Musician Daniel Jones of Savage Garden (1973), Singer Rufus Wainwright (1973), Actress Franka Potente (1974), Actress Parisa Fitz-Henley (1977), Actress A.J. Cook (1978), MMA Fighter Israel Adesanya (1989), Actor Keegan Allen (1989), Actress Madison Pettis (1998), Actor Javon Walton (2006), Prince George of Wales (2013)