Today's celebrity birthdays: October 20, 2025

Happy birthday to entertainers like Viggo Mortensen, Snoop Dogg, and John Krasinski! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for October 20, 2025:

• Actress-director Melanie Mayron (1952) won an Emmy for Melissa Steadman on "thirtysomething" after starring in the indie gem "Girlfriends." She also directed the feature "The Baby-Sitters Club," and became a go-to TV director on hits like "Jane the Virgin" and "Grace and Frankie."

• Actor Viggo Mortensen (1958) embodied Aragorn in "The Lord of the Rings" and earned Best Actor Oscar nominations for "Eastern Promises," "Captain Fantastic," and "Green Book." He wrote, directed, scored, and starred in the 2023 movie "The Dead Don't Hurt."

• Actor William Zabka (1965) crane-kicked into pop culture as Johnny Lawrence in "The Karate Kid," and turned the classic movie rival into a layered antihero in "Cobra Kai."

• Rapper Snoop Dogg (1971) reshaped West Coast hip-hop with "Doggystyle" and hits like "Drop It Like It's Hot" and "Young, Wild & Free." He's also gone on to become a presence across TV, with his show with Martha Stewart, "Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party," his work as an NBC correspondent for the 2024 Olympics, and recently as a judge on "The Voice."

• Actor-director John Krasinski (1979) stole hearts as Jim on "The Office" and evolved into the hitmaker "A Quiet Place" franchise. He also led the action series "Jack Ryan," and produced the TV show "Lip Sync Battle."

Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:

Rockabilly singer Wanda Jackson (1937), Actress Dolores Hart (1938), Actor William Russ (1950), Director Danny Boyle (1956), U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris (1964), Drummer Jim “Soni” Sonefeld of Hootie and the Blowfish (1964), Bassist Doug Eldridge of Oleander (1967), “The View” co-host Sunny Hostin (1968), Wrestler Chavo Guerrero Jr. (1970), Actor Kenneth Choi (1971), Country singer Jimi Westbrook of Little Big Town (1971), Actor-comedian Dan Fogler (1976), Saxophonist Jon Natchez of The War on Drugs (1976), Actor Sam Witwer (1977), Bassist Daniel Tichenor of Cage the Elephant (1979), Actress Katie Featherston (1982), Actress Alona Tal (1983), Actress Jennifer Nicole Freeman (1985), Model Candice Swanepoel (1988), Rapper NBA YoungBoy (1999), Basketball player Paige Bueckers (2001)