Today's celebrity birthdays: June 28, 2026
Happy birthday to entertainers like Mel Brooks, Kathy Bates, and John Cusack! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!
Celebrity birthday highlights for June 28, 2026:
Comedian Mel Brooks (1926) wrote and directed "The Producers," "Blazing Saddles," and "Young Frankenstein," and he took home an Oscar for the "Producers" screenplay. He's an EGOT winner, has his own documentary in "Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!," and he's bringing Yogurt back for the upcoming "Spaceballs" sequel.
Actress Kathy Bates (1948) took home the Best Actress Oscar for playing Annie Wilkes in "Misery" and racked up credits in "Fried Green Tomatoes," "Titanic," and "About Schmidt." She's won Emmys for "American Horror Story" and "Two and a Half Men," and these days she plays the title attorney on CBS's "Matlock" reboot, which made her the oldest woman ever nominated for the lead drama actress Emmy.
Football player John Elway (1960) spent 16 seasons as the Denver Broncos quarterback, and his fourth-quarter heroics against Cleveland became known simply as "The Drive." He took home a league MVP award, won back-to-back titles in Super Bowls XXXII and XXXIII, landed in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and he got the Netflix documentary treatment in "Elway."
Actor John Cusack (1966) is the guy hoisting a boombox over his head as Lloyd Dobler in "Say Anything..." He went on to headline "Grosse Pointe Blank," "Being John Malkovich," and "High Fidelity," and he later top-lined "2012."
Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:
Comedian John Byner (1938), Musician Dave Knights of Procol Harum (1945), Actor Bruce Davison (1946), Actress Lalla Ward (1951), Actress Alice Krige (1954), Musician Charlie Clouser (1963), Singer Tierney Sutton (1963), Baseball player Mark Grace (1964), Musician Saul Davies of James (1965), Actress Jessica Hecht (1965), Actress Mary Stuart Masterson (1966), Actor Gil Bellows (1967), Actress Tichina Arnold (1969), Actress-singer Danielle Brisebois (1969), Screenwriter Mike White (1970), Actor Steve Burton (1970), Entrepreneur Elon Musk (1971), Actress Aileen Quinn (1971), Actor Alessandro Nivola (1972), Skateboarder Rob Dyrdek (1974), Musician Tim Nordwind of OK Go (1976), Musician Mark Stoermer of the Killers (1977), Actress Felicia Day (1979), Singer Kellie Pickler (1986), YouTuber Markiplier (1989)
June 28 in memoriam:
Saxophonist Jimmy Sommers (1969-2025)
