Today's celebrity birthdays: May 25, 2026

Happy birthday to entertainers like Ian McKellen, Mike Myers, and Cillian Murphy! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for May 25 2026:

Actor Ian McKellen (1939) picked up a Tony for playing Antonio Salieri in "Amadeus" on Broadway and his first Oscar nomination for portraying horror director James Whale in "Gods and Monsters." He's the guy yelling "YOU SHALL NOT PASS" as Gandalf across "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" trilogies, plus Magneto in the "X-Men" films.

Puppeteer-director Frank Oz (1944) is the man behind Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear on "The Muppet Show" and Cookie Monster, Bert, and Grover on "Sesame Street." He's voiced Yoda ever since "The Empire Strikes Back" and directed "Little Shop of Horrors," "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," and "What About Bob?"

Actor-comedian Mike Myers (1963) broke big on "Saturday Night Live" and turned his Wayne Campbell sketches into "Wayne's World." He carried the "Austin Powers" trilogy, voiced Shrek across the Oscar-winning DreamWorks franchise, and played eight different characters on Netflix's "The Pentaverate."

Actress Octavia Spencer (1970) took home Best Supporting Actress for playing the unflappable Minny Jackson in "The Help" and picked up two more Oscar nominations for "Hidden Figures" and "The Shape of Water." She also starred as Madam C.J. Walker on Netflix's "Self Made" and as a true-crime podcaster on Apple TV+'s "Truth Be Told."

Actor Cillian Murphy (1976) broke through as the guy waking up in an empty London in "28 Days Later" and disappeared into a flat cap as Tommy Shelby on "Peaky Blinders." He won Best Actor for playing J. Robert Oppenheimer in "Oppenheimer" and put the cap back on this year for the feature film "Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man."

Actress Erinn Hayes (1976) played the brilliantly named Dr. Lola Spratt on "Childrens Hospital" and got a Primetime Emmy nomination for the role. She joined "Kevin Can Wait" as Donna Gable, got famously fired after season one, and then reprised Lola Spratt on Netflix's spin-off "Medical Police."

Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:

Film producer Irwin Winkler (1931), Singer Jessi Colter (1943), Actress-singer Leslie Uggams (1943), Actress Karen Valentine (1947), Actress Jacki Weaver (1947), Singer Klaus Meine of Scorpions (1948), Screenwriter Bob Gale (1951), Actress Patti D'Arbanville (1951), Playwright Eve Ensler (1953), Actress Connie Sellecca (1955), Politician Larry Hogan (1956), Singer-guitarist Paul Weller of The Jam (1958), Politician Amy Klobuchar (1960), Actor-comedian Jamie Kennedy (1970), Actor Justin Henry (1971), Director Karan Johar (1972), Rapper Daz Dillinger (1973), Model-actress Molly Sims (1973), Baseball player Miguel Tejada (1974), Actor Ethan Suplee (1976), Football player Brian Urlacher (1978), Singer Adam Gontier of Three Days Grace (1978), Rugby player Jonny Wilkinson (1979), Soccer player Carlos Bocanegra (1979), Wrestler Roman Reigns (1985), Cyclist Geraint Thomas (1986), Gymnast Aly Raisman (1994), Hockey player David Pastrnak (1996), Actress Brec Bassinger (1999), Football player Cam Ward (2002)