Today's celebrity birthdays: October 4, 2025

Happy birthday to entertainers like Susan Sarandon, Christoph Waltz, and Alicia Silverstone! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for October 4, 2025:

• Actress Susan Sarandon (1946) became a cultural icon with performances in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," "Thelma & Louise," and "The Witches of Eastwick" before winning an Oscar for "Dead Man Walking." In 2017, she co-starred in "Feud" as Bette Davis alongside Jessica Lange.

• Actor Christoph Waltz (1956) won two Oscars for his performances in Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" and "Django Unchained." In 2025, he appeared in both "Dracula: A Love Tale" and "Frankenstein."

• Actor Liev Schreiber (1967) earned acclaim for seven seasons of "Ray Donovan" and for ensemble triumphs such as "Spotlight." Recently, he portrayed Otto Frank in "A Small Light" and stirred up Nantucket drama in Netflix's "The Perfect Couple."

• Actress Alicia Silverstone (1976) made her debut in "The Crush" before becoming Aerosmith's music video it girl. She cemented her place as a ’90s icon with "Clueless" and "Batman & Robin."

• Actress Dakota Johnson (1989) became a global star for anchoring the "Fifty Shades of Grey" trilogy, and went on to earn critical acclaim in "A Bigger Splash," "Bad Times at the El Royale," and "Suspiria." In 2025, she starred in "Materialists."

Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:

Country Singer Leroy Van Dyke (1929), Actress Felicia Farr (1932), Author Roy Blount Jr. (1941), Actress Lori Saunders (1941), Baseball Manager Tony La Russa (1944), Actor Clifton Davis (1945), Businesswoman Linda McMahon (1948), Actor Armand Assante (1949), Actor Alan Rosenberg (1950), Actor Bill Fagerbakke (1957), Actress Kyra Schon (1957), Rap Producer Russell Simmons (1957), Actress Wendy Makkena (1958), Keyboardist Chris Lowe of The Pet Shop Boys (1959), Keyboardist Gregg “Hobie” Hubbard of Sawyer Brown (1960), Actor David W. Harper (1961), Singer Jon Secada (1961), Media Personality John Melendez (1965), Actor Jerry Minor (1969), Actor Abraham Benrubi (1969), Country Singer-Guitarist Heidi Newfield of Trick Pony (1970), Singer-Guitarist M. Ward of She and Him (1973), Actress Dana Davis (1978), Actor Phillip Glasser (1978), Singer-Guitarist Marc Roberge of O.A.R. (1978), Actress Rachael Leigh Cook (1979), Actor Jimmy Workman (1980), Actress Melissa Benoist (1988), Basketball Player Derrick Rose (1988), Singer Leigh-Anne Pinnock of Little Mix (1991)