Today's celebrity birthdays: May 13, 2026

Happy birthday to entertainers like Harvey Keitel, Stevie Wonder, and Robert Pattinson! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for May 13 2026:

Actor Harvey Keitel (1939) emerged in the New Hollywood era in "Mean Streets" and "Taxi Driver." He earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in "Bugsy" and anchored an iconic late career as Mr. White in "Reservoir Dogs," Winston "The Wolf" Wolfe in "Pulp Fiction," and Angelo Bruno in "The Irishman."

Singer Stevie Wonder (1950) signed with Motown as a child prodigy and scored his first No. 1 with "Fingertips" before delivering a generational run of albums including "Talking Book," "Innervisions," and "Songs in the Key of Life." He has won 25 Grammy Awards, claimed the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "I Just Called to Say I Love You," and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Basketball player Dennis Rodman (1961) won back-to-back NBA Defensive Player of the Year awards and two championships with the Detroit Pistons before joining the Chicago Bulls for three more titles. He led the league in rebounding for seven consecutive seasons and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Comedian Stephen Colbert (1964) built a national following on "The Daily Show" before launching "The Colbert Report," which won multiple Emmys and a Peabody Award. He has hosted "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" on CBS since 2015, with the show set to end this month after CBS canceled it last summer.

Actress Samantha Morton (1977) picked up Academy Award nominations for "Sweet and Lowdown" and "In America" and broke through to mainstream U.S. audiences in "Minority Report." She led Hulu's "Harlots," joined AMC's "The Walking Dead," and played Mary in "The Whale."

Actor Robert Pattinson (1986) broke through as Cedric Diggory in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" before headlining the "Twilight" saga as vampire Edward Cullen. He has reinvented himself with "Good Time," "The Lighthouse," and "Tenet," and stars as the title character in "The Batman," with a sequel due in 2027.

Singer Morgan Wallen (1993) got his start as a contestant on NBC's "The Voice" before launching a country career anchored by "Whiskey Glasses" and "Wasted on You." He topped the Billboard 200 with "Dangerous: The Double Album" and "One Thing at a Time," and "Last Night" became one of the longest-running No. 1 singles in Hot 100 history.

Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:

Actor Buck Taylor (1938), Actress Zoë Wanamaker (1949), Comedian Franklyn Ajaye (1949), Baseball manager Bobby Valentine (1950), Politician John Kasich (1952), Actor Tom Verica (1964), Singer Darius Rucker (1966), Actress Susan Floyd (1968), Rapper Pusha T (1977), Politician Tom Cotton (1977), Bassist Mickey Madden of Maroon 5 (1979), Soccer player Yaya Touré (1983), Actor Iwan Rheon (1985), Actress-writer Lena Dunham (1986), Actress Candice King (1987), Actor Hunter Parrish (1987), Football player Tyrann Mathieu (1992), Actress Debby Ryan (1993), Soccer player Romelu Lukaku (1993)