Today's celebrity birthdays: May 27, 2026

Happy birthday to entertainers like Lee Meriwether, Todd Bridges, and Paul Bettany! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for May 27 2026:

Actress Lee Meriwether (1935) picked up the Miss America crown and turned the win into a screen career, slinking through the campy 1966 "Batman" movie as Catwoman and traveling through time on "The Time Tunnel." She got two Golden Globe nominations and an Emmy nomination as secretary Betty Jones on CBS's "Barnaby Jones" and later played Ruth Martin on ABC's "All My Children."

Actor Richard Schiff (1955) took home a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series as White House Communications Director Toby Ziegler on NBC's "The West Wing." He went on to play Dr. Aaron Glassman on ABC's "The Good Doctor" and voiced the All-Father himself, Odin, in "God of War: Ragnarök."

Singer Siouxsie Sioux (1957) broke out of London's punk scene as the godmother of goth rock, fronting Siouxsie and the Banshees on the debut single "Hong Kong Garden" plus "Happy House" and "Kiss Them for Me." She put out the solo album "Mantaray" and is back on the road across Europe in 2026.

Comedian Adam Carolla (1964) got his start co-hosting the syndicated radio show "Loveline" and went on to co-create Comedy Central's "The Man Show" and "Crank Yankers." He's been running "The Adam Carolla Show" podcast since 2009 and once held the Guinness World Record for most-downloaded podcast.

Actor Todd Bridges (1965) spent the run of "Diff'rent Strokes" fielding "What'chu talkin' 'bout, Willis?" as Willis Jackson and remains the last surviving member of the show's original core cast. He later recurred as Monk on UPN's "Everybody Hates Chris" and competed on the third season of CBS's "Celebrity Big Brother."

Actor Joseph Fiennes (1970) played the Bard himself in the Best Picture winner "Shakespeare in Love" and Robert Dudley in "Elizabeth," both out the same year. He's been Commander Fred Waterford on Hulu's "The Handmaid's Tale," picking up a Primetime Emmy nomination, and got an Olivier nomination for playing England football manager Gareth Southgate in "Dear England."

Actor Paul Bettany (1971) made his name as imaginary roommate Charles Herman in "A Beautiful Mind" and nabbed a BAFTA Best Supporting Actor nomination as Stephen Maturin in "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World." He went from disembodied AI J.A.R.V.I.S. across the Iron Man and Avengers films to synthezoid Vision in the MCU films and on Disney+'s "WandaVision," and reprises the role on the upcoming "Vision Quest."

Rapper André 3000 (1975) co-founded OutKast in high school and pushed the duo to diamond-certified, Grammy Album of the Year heights with "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below" and its nine-week Hot 100 chart-topper "Hey Ya!" He's since acted in films including "Four Brothers" and "Semi-Pro" and traded rapping for flute on his experimental solo debut "New Blue Sun."

Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:

Actor Bruce Weitz (1943), Singer Bruce Cockburn (1945), Singer Dee Dee Bridgewater (1950), Singer Neil Finn of Crowded House (1958), Actress Cathy Silvers (1961), Actress Peri Gilpin (1961), Drummer Sean Kinney of Alice in Chains (1966), Baseball player Jeff Bagwell (1968), Baseball player Frank Thomas (1968), Actor Dondré Whitfield (1969), Actor Jack McBrayer (1973), Rapper Jadakiss (1975), Chef Jamie Oliver (1975), Actor Darin Brooks (1984), Actor Chris Colfer (1990), Actor Ethan Dampf (1994), Actress Desiree Ross (1999)