
Happy birthday to entertainers like Bernie Kopell, Juliette Lewis, and Chris Pratt! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!
Celebrity birthday highlights for June 21, 2025:
- Actor Bernie Kopell (1933) became a TV staple as the droll Dr. Adam “Doc” Bricker on “The Love Boat” after spoof-spy fame as Siegfried on “Get Smart.” He has logged more than 100 guest spots—from “Bewitched” to “Big Bang Theory”—making him one of prime-time’s most enduring character faces.
- Musician Ray Davies (1944) co-founded the Kinks and wrote era-defining singles like “You Really Got Me” and “Waterloo Sunset.” He was inducted into the Rock & Roll and Songwriters halls of fame and is hailed as the “Godfather of Britpop.”
- Actress Juliette Lewis (1973) earned an Oscar nod for “Cape Fear,” headlined cult hits like “Natural Born Killers” and fronts the rock outfit Juliette and the Licks when not filming.
- Actor Chris Pratt (1979) vaulted from goofball Andy Dwyer on “Parks and Recreation” to headline the “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Jurassic World” trilogies, pushing his films past $14 billion worldwide.
- Prince William (1982) is heir apparent to the British throne and advances climate and mental-health causes through initiatives such as the £50 million Earthshot Prize.
- Singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey (1985) redefined alt-pop with the viral ballad “Video Games” and the Grammy-nominated LP “Norman F***ing Rockwell!,” amassing 20-plus billion streams and headlining festivals into 2025.
Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:
Actor Monte Markham (1935), Actress Mariette Hartley (1940), Actress Meredith Baxter (1947), Actor Michael Gross (1947), Drummer Joey Kramer of Aerosmith (1950), Guitarist Nils Lofgren (1951), Actress Robyn Douglass (1953), Actor Leigh McCloskey (1955), Cartoonist Berke Breathed (1957), Actor Josh Pais (1958), Country singer Kathy Mattea (1959), Actor Marc Copage (1962), Actor Doug Savant (1964), Guitarist Porter Howell of Little Texas (1964), Actor Michael Dolan (1965), Filmmaker Lana Wachowski (1965), Actress Carrie Preston (1967), Country singer Allison Moorer (1972), Actress Maggie Siff (1974), Bassist Justin Cary of Sixpence None the Richer (1975), Guitarist Mike Einziger of Incubus (1976), Singer Brandon Flowers of The Killers (1981), Actor Jussie Smollett (1982), Actor Michael Malarkey (1983), Singer Kris Allen (1985), Actor Jascha Washington (1989), Bassist Chandler Baldwin of LANCO (1993), Singer Rebecca Black (1997)
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