Today's celebrity birthdays: May 9, 2026
Happy birthday to entertainers like James L. Brooks, Candice Bergen, and Billy Joel! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!
Celebrity birthday highlights for May 9 2026:
Producer-director James L. Brooks (1940) co-created "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "Taxi," and "The Simpsons," and won three Academy Awards for "Terms of Endearment": Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. He directed "Broadcast News" and "As Good as It Gets," and returned to feature directing last year with "Ella McCay," his first film in fifteen years.
Actress Candice Bergen (1946) played the title character on "Murphy Brown," winning five Primetime Emmys and two Golden Globes, and earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress in "Starting Over." She joined "Boston Legal" as Shirley Schmidt and recently appeared on "Saturday Night Live" to induct Jack Black into the Five-Timers Club.
Musician Billy Joel (1949) earned the nickname "Piano Man" with his 1973 signature song and went on to release twelve studio albums spanning pop and rock, selling more than 160 million records worldwide and earning induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He ended his decade-long monthly Madison Square Garden residency in 2024 and is the subject of HBO's "Billy Joel: And So It Goes."
