Today's celebrity birthdays: May 5, 2026

Happy birthday to entertainers like Richard E. Grant, Danielle Fishel, and Henry Cavill! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for May 5 2026:

Actor Lance Henriksen (1940) played the synthetic Bishop in "Aliens" and starred as forensic profiler Frank Black on "Millennium." He took the lead in "Pumpkinhead," returned to the franchise as Charles Bishop Weyland in "AVP: Alien vs. Predator," and recently appeared in "Altered Reality."

Actor-comedian Michael Palin (1943) co-founded Monty Python and appeared in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" and "Monty Python's Life of Brian." He won the BAFTA for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for "A Fish Called Wanda" and has hosted travel documentaries including "Around the World in 80 Days" and "Pole to Pole."