Today's celebrity birthdays: October 23, 2025

Happy birthday to entertainers like "Weird Al" Yankovic, Ryan Reynolds, and Emilia Clarke! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for October 23, 2025:

• Director Sam Raimi (1959) pioneered cult horror with "The Evil Dead" before revitalizing superhero cinema with the original "Spider-Man" trilogy. He returned to the Marvel universe in 2022 with "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness."

• Singer "Weird Al" Yankovic (1959) has sold over 12 million albums and recorded more than 150 parodies across five Grammy-winning decades, from "Eat It" to "White & Nerdy." His biographical satire "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story" won two Emmy Awards in 2024.

• Actor Ryan Reynolds (1976) spent years in sitcom purgatory before "Van Wilder" launched him into romantic comedies like "The Proposal," but his transformation into "Deadpool" created the highest-grossing R-rated franchise in history. His "Deadpool & Wolverine" became the second-highest-grossing film of 2024.

• Actress Emilia Clarke (1986) breathed fire into "Game of Thrones" as Daenerys Targaryen. She's leapt into big-screen franchises with "Terminator Genisys," "Solo: A Star Wars Story," and MCU's "Secret Invasion."

Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:

Director Philip Kaufman (1936), Singer Barbara Ann Hawkins of The Dixie Cups (1943), Director Ang Lee (1954), Jazz Singer Dianne Reeves (1956), Singer Dwight Yoakam (1956), Football Player Doug Flutie (1962), Bassist Robert Trujillo of Metallica (1964), Singer David Thomas of Take 6 (1966), Businessman LaVar Ball (1967), Singer Junior Bryant of Ricochet (1968), Correspondent-neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta (1969), Actor Jon Huertas (1969), Actress Kate del Castillo (1972), Country Singer Jimmy Wayne (1972), Bassist Eric Bass of Shinedown (1974), TV Host Cat Deeley (1976), Actress Saycon Sengbloh (1977), Singer Matthew Shultz of Cage the Elephant (1983), TV Host Meghan McCain (1984), Actress Masiela Lusha (1985), Singer Miguel (1985), Actress Jessica Stroup (1986), Wrestler Carmella (1987), Actress Taylor Spreitler (1993), Actress Margaret Qualley (1994), Model Ireland Baldwin (1995), Football Player Nick Bosa (1997), Actor Amandla Stenberg (1998)