Today's celebrity birthdays: June 5, 2026
Happy birthday to entertainers like Jeff Garlin, Mark Wahlberg, and Pete Wentz! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!
Celebrity birthday highlights for June 5 2026:
Saxophonist Kenny G (1956) broke out with "Songbird" off "Duotones" and then sold more than 30 million copies of "Breathless" worldwide. He took home a Grammy for "Forever in Love," and Golf Digest once named him the best golfer in music.
Actor-comedian Jeff Garlin (1962) logged a dozen seasons as manager Jeff Greene on "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and played sitcom dad Murray Goldberg on "The Goldbergs." He's also the voice of the spaceship captain in "WALL-E" and directed the comedies "I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With" and "Dealin' with Idiots."
Author Rick Riordan (1964) taught middle school for about fifteen years before spinning bedtime Greek myths into a juggernaut with "Percy Jackson and the Olympians," starting with "The Lightning Thief." He's kept the mythology machine running through "The Heroes of Olympus" and "The Trials of Apollo," then jumped to Egyptian and Norse gods in "The Kane Chronicles" and "Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard."
Actor Mark Wahlberg (1971) went from fronting Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch and modeling Calvin Klein underwear to his big-screen breakout in "Boogie Nights." He picked up an Oscar nomination for "The Departed," carried "The Fighter," and kicked off a comedy franchise with "Ted."
Actor-comedian Nick Kroll (1978) broke out on "The League" and then built his own sketch playground with "Kroll Show." He co-created "Big Mouth" and voices a puberty-cursed cartoon of himself named Nick Birch, plus he took "Oh, Hello" to Broadway.
Musician Pete Wentz (1979) co-founded Fall Out Boy, became the eyeliner-clad face of 2000s emo as its bassist and lyricist, and broke the band big with "From Under the Cork Tree" and its hit "Sugar, We're Goin Down." He topped the Billboard 200 with "Infinity on High," powered the band's comeback with "Save Rock and Roll," and got back to their rock roots on "So Much (for) Stardust."
Singer Troye Sivan (1995) turned a YouTube following and an early role as young Wolverine in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" into a pop breakthrough with "Blue Neighbourhood" and its single "Youth." He nabbed a Grammy-nominated smash with "Rush" off "Something to Give Each Other."
Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:
Pianist Martha Argerich (1941), Musician Laurie Anderson (1947), Author Ken Follett (1949), Financial adviser Suze Orman (1951), Actress Nancy Stafford (1954), Actor Ron Livingston (1967), Singer Brian McKnight (1969), Football player Torry Holt (1976), Comedian Joe Gatto (1976), Actress Liza Weil (1977), Football player Sam Darnold (1997)
