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Happy birthday to entertainers like George Chakiris, Molly Shannon, and Nick Jonas! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!
Actor George Chakiris (1932) played the wrong gang leader first and spent 18 months as Riff in "West Side Story" in the West End, then the film cast him as Sharks leader Bernardo and handed him the Oscar and the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor. He followed it with "Diamond Head," told his own version in "My West Side Story," and now designs sterling silver jewelry.
Actor Ed Begley Jr. (1949) spent six seasons as Dr. Victor Ehrlich on "St. Elsewhere" and picked up six consecutive Primetime Emmy nominations for it. The environmental activist has since turned up in "Best in Show," recurred on "Better Call Saul" and "Young Sheldon," and landed on "The Boroughs."
Actress Jennifer Tilly (1958) picked up an Oscar nomination for "Bullets Over Broadway" and has been Tiffany Valentine across the "Chucky" movies and series. She's also the first celebrity ever to win a World Series of Poker bracelet, she took $158,625 off 600 other players to do it, and she's since joined "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" and "School Spirits."
Actress Molly Shannon (1964) invented Mary Katherine Gallagher as a student at NYU, then spent six years putting her on "Saturday Night Live" and built a whole movie around her in "Superstar." She's taken a Film Independent Spirit Award for "Other People," shared a Screen Actors Guild ensemble win for "Only Murders in the Building," and joined the cast of "The Hawk."
Actress Amy Poehler (1971) co-anchored "Weekend Update" on "Saturday Night Live" as half of its first all-female desk, and she kept rehearsing the show until the day before she gave birth. She spent seven seasons as Leslie Knope on "Parks and Recreation," voices Joy in the "Inside Out" films, and this year took the first Golden Globe ever given to a podcast for "Good Hang with Amy Poehler."
Actress Alexis Bledel (1981) broke out as Rory Gilmore on "Gilmore Girls" and moved into features with "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" and "Sin City." She won a Primetime Emmy as a guest actress on "The Handmaid's Tale" before the show promoted her to a regular, and she brought "Ponderosa" to Tribeca this year.
Actress Kyla Pratt (1986) started out as the daughter in the "Dr. Dolittle" movies and ended up carrying the last three of them herself. She's been voicing Penny Proud since "The Proud Family" premiered a quarter century ago, and she now recurs on "The Chi" and "Animal Control."
Singer Nick Jonas (1992) was working Broadway from the age of seven, playing Tiny Tim and Gavroche years before the Jonas Brothers and "Camp Rock." He scored a solo hit with "Jealous," headlined "The Last Five Years" back on Broadway, and reprised Nate Gray in "Camp Rock 3" last month.
Singer Billy Boy Arnold (1935), Tennis player Butch Buchholz (1940), Musician Joe Butler of the Lovin' Spoonful (1941), Musician Bernie Calvert of the Hollies (1942), Actress Linda Kaye Henning (1944), Singer Betty Kelly of Martha and the Vandellas (1944), Musician Sonny LeMaire of Exile (1947), Musician Ron Blair of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1948), Tennis player Rosie Casals (1948), Author Julia Donaldson (1948), Musician Kenney Jones of the Who (1948), Actress Susan Ruttan (1948), Singer David Bellamy of the Bellamy Brothers (1950), Historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. (1950), Actor Mickey Rourke (1952), Comedian Lenny Clarke (1953), Actor Kurt Fuller (1953), Musician Earl Klugh (1953), Actor Christopher Rich (1953), TV host Mark McEwen (1954), Baseball player Robin Yount (1955), Magician David Copperfield (1956), Singer Terry McBride (1958), Baseball player Tim Raines (1959), Actress Jayne Brook (1960), Comic book artist Mike Mignola (1960), Singer Richard Marx (1963), Musician Dave Sabo of Skid Row (1964), Politician John Bel Edwards (1966), Track athlete Kevin Young (1966), Singer Marc Anthony (1968), TV host Tamron Hall (1970), Politician Joaquin Castro (1974), Politician Julián Castro (1974), Actress Toks Olagundoye (1975), Singer Musiq Soulchild (1977), Actor Michael Mosley (1978), Rapper Flo Rida (1979), Dancer Gleb Savchenko (1983), Actress Sabrina Bryan (1984), Actor Max Minghella (1985), Actress Madeline Zima (1985), Actor Ian Harding (1986), Actor Daren Kagasoff (1987), Dancer Travis Wall (1987), Singer Teddy Geiger (1988), Actress Bailey De Young (1989), Actor Chase Stokes (1992), Music producer Metro Boomin (1993)
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