Today's celebrity birthdays: June 9, 2026
Happy birthday to entertainers like Michael J. Fox, Johnny Depp, and Natalie Portman! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!
Celebrity birthday highlights for June 9, 2025:
Actor Michael J. Fox (1961) played Alex P. Keaton on "Family Ties" and climbed into the DeLorean as Marty McFly across the "Back to the Future" trilogy. He won an Emmy for "Spin City," went public about his Parkinson's diagnosis, started The Michael J. Fox Foundation, and told his own story in the documentary "Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie."
Actor Johnny Depp (1963) first turned heads as Tom Hanson on "21 Jump Street" and won people over with a pair of scissors for hands in "Edward Scissorhands." He swaggered through the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies as Captain Jack Sparrow, picked up an Oscar nomination for "Sweeney Todd," and stepped behind the camera to direct the biopic "Modi: Three Days on the Wing of Madness."
Actress Gloria Reuben (1964) broke through as Jeanie Boulet on "ER" and landed two Emmy nominations for it. She went on to play Elizabeth Keckley in "Lincoln" and Krista Gordon on "Mr. Robot," and she's now a series regular as Mae Silver on the CBS drama "Boston Blue."
Actress Michaela Conlin (1978) brought crime scenes to life as Angela Montenegro on the long-running "Bones." She later showed up on "Yellowstone" and "For All Mankind."
Actress Natalie Portman (1981) made her debut in "Léon: The Professional" and rose to fame as Padmé Amidala in the "Star Wars" prequels. She won the Best Actress Oscar for "Black Swan," headlined "Jackie," and picked up Thor's hammer as Jane Foster in the "Thor" films.
Actress Mae Whitman (1988) grew up on camera and broke out as Amber Holt on "Parenthood," and she's been the voice of Tinker Bell in Disney's "Tinker Bell" films. She robbed grocery stores as Annie Marks on "Good Girls" and voiced April O'Neil on the animated "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles."
Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:
Sports commentator Dick Vitale (1939), Guitarist Mick Box of Uriah Heep (1947), Film composer James Newton Howard (1951), Author Gregory Maguire (1954), Author Patricia Cornwell (1956), Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (1961), Bassist Dean Felber of Hootie and the Blowfish (1967), Musician Ed Simons of the Chemical Brothers (1970), Actress Keesha Sharp (1973), Football player Tedy Bruschi (1973), Singer Jamie Dailey of Dailey and Vincent (1975), Singer Matthew Bellamy of Muse (1978), Actor Lucien Laviscount (1992), Actor Xolo Maridueña (2001)
