Today's celebrity birthdays: June 20, 2026
Happy birthday to entertainers like Lionel Richie, John Goodman, and Nicole Kidman! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!
Celebrity birthday highlights for June 20, 2026:
Actress Bonnie Bartlett (1929) logged time on "Little House on the Prairie" in the '70s and grabbed back-to-back Emmys as Ellen Craig on "St. Elsewhere." She popped up later on "Home Improvement" and "Boy Meets World," and turned up again on "Better Call Saul."
Singer Lionel Richie (1949) went from Commodores frontman to solo superstar on hits like "All Night Long (All Night)" and took home the Oscar for Best Original Song for "Say You, Say Me." He's judged "American Idol" since 2018, and he's in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Actor John Goodman (1952) nabbed a Golden Globe as Dan Conner on "Roseanne" and became a Coen brothers regular across "Raising Arizona," "Barton Fink," and "The Big Lebowski." He voiced big blue Sulley in Pixar's "Monsters, Inc." and just anchored "The Righteous Gemstones."
Actress Nicole Kidman (1967) lit up "Moulin Rouge!" and took home the Best Actress Oscar for "The Hours." She produced and starred on the Emmy-winning "Big Little Lies" and returns in the "Practical Magic" sequel this fall.
Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:
Director Stephen Frears (1941), Actor John McCook (1944), Singer Anne Murray (1945), TV host Bob Vila (1946), Actress Candy Clark (1947), Voice actress Tress MacNeille (1951), Bassist Michael Anthony of Van Halen (1954), Bassist John Taylor of Duran Duran (1960), Director Robert Rodriguez (1968), Actor Peter Paige (1969), Actor Josh Lucas (1971), Singer Chino Moreno of Deftones (1973), MMA fighter Quinton "Rampage" Jackson (1978), Actress Tika Sumpter (1980), Singer Grace Potter (1983), Actor Mark Saul (1985), Actress Dreama Walker (1986), Actor Chris Mintz-Plasse (1989), Actress Geraldine Viswanathan (1995)
