Today's celebrity birthdays: October 31, 2025

Happy birthday to entertainers like Lee Grant, Sally Kirkland, and Peter Jackson! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for October 31, 2025:

• Actress Lee Grant (1925) survived the blacklist to become an Oscar winner for "Shampoo." Then she stole scenes in the disaster hit "Airport '77," and sparred in the afterlife in "Defending Your Life."

• Actress Sally Kirkland (1941) appeared in "The Sting" and "The Way We Were" before winning a Golden Globe for "Anna." She recently headlined the indie drama "Sallywood."

• Actor Brian Doyle-Murray (1945) is the gravel-voiced character ace from "Caddyshack," "Groundhog Day," and "Kingpin." Younger audiences might know him as the voice of the Flying Dutchman on "SpongeBob SquarePants."

• Actress Deidre Hall (1947) became daytime royalty as Dr. Marlena Evans on "Days of Our Lives," a role she has played for decades. She recently marked her 5,000th episode.

• Director Peter Jackson (1961) is the Oscar-winning architect of Middle-earth on film with "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit." Recently, he helped restore and release "Let It Be" on Disney+ and is producing new Middle-earth features, including Andy Serkis’s "The Hunt for Gollum."

• Actor Dermot Mulroney (1963) balanced heartthrob charm with grit in "My Best Friend’s Wedding" and "The Family Stone." He has stayed busy lately as Detective Bailey in "Scream VI" and as President Ritson in Marvel’s "Secret Invasion."

Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:

Anchorman Dan Rather (1931), Folk singer Tom Paxton (1937), Actor Ron Rifkin (1939), Actor Stephen Rea (1946), Journalist Jane Pauley (1950), Actor Brian Stokes Mitchell (1957), Drummer Larry Mullen Jr. of U2 (1961), Drummer Mikkey Dee of Motorhead and Scorpions (1963), Guitarist Johnny Marr of Modest Mouse and The Smiths (1963), Actor Rob Schneider (1963), Country singer Darryl Worley (1964), Actor Mike O'Malley (1966), Guitarist Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys (1966), Musician Rob Van Winkle (Vanilla Ice) (1967), Guitarist Rogers Stevens of Blind Melon (1970), Singer Linn Berggren of Ace of Base (1970), Reality show host Troy Hartman (1971), Gospel singer Smokie Norful (1975), Actress Piper Perabo (1976), Actor Brian Hallisay (1978), Actress Samaire Armstrong (1980), Actor Eddie Kaye Thomas (1980), Guitarist Frank Iero of My Chemical Romance (1981), Actor Justin Chatwin (1982), Actress Vanessa Marano (1992), Actress Letitia Wright (1993), Soccer player Marcus Rashford of Manchester United (1997), Actress Holly Taylor (1997), Actress Danielle Rose Russell (1999), Singer-actress Willow Smith (2000)