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."