Happy birthday to entertainers like Damon Wayans, Beyoncé Knowles, and Whitney Cummings! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!
Actor-comedian Damon Wayans (1960) is the guy behind Homey the Clown on "In Living Color," carried "Major Payne," and co-created and starred on "My Wife and Kids." He picked up Roger Murtaugh's badge on "Lethal Weapon" and most recently played dad to his actual son on "Poppa's House."
Actor Max Greenfield (1979) went from deputy duty on "Veronica Mars" to feeding the douchebag jar as Schmidt on "New Girl" and got an Emmy nomination out of it. He played the white guy who moved in next door on "The Neighborhood" right up to its finale this spring and now turns up on "Running Point."
Singer Beyoncé (1981) sang lead on Destiny's Child's "Say My Name" and "Survivor" and took the first of her record 35 Grammys home with the group. She's been solo since "Crazy in Love," turned "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" into a black-and-white leotard landmark, and finally got Album of the Year out of "Cowboy Carter."
Comedian Whitney Cummings (1982) turned stand-up into two sitcoms three days apart, creating and starring on "Whitney" and co-creating "2 Broke Girls." She stepped behind the camera for "The Female Brain," dropped a sixth special with "Mouthy," and is out on the Big Baby Tour right now.
Actor Kyle Mooney (1984) did nine seasons in the "Saturday Night Live" cast and co-wrote and starred in "Brigsby Bear." He co-created "Saturday Morning All Star Hits!," made his directing debut with "Y2K" and its homicidal millennium bug, and shows up in "Street Fighter" this fall.
Singer Sonny Charles of the Checkmates, Ltd. (1940), Actor Kenneth Kimmins (1941), Baseball player Ken Harrelson (1941), Singer Merald "Bubba" Knight of Gladys Knight and the Pips (1942), TV personality Jan Pol (1942), Golfer Raymond Floyd (1942), Actress Jennifer Salt (1944), Actor Michael Berryman (1948), Golfer Tom Watson (1949), Baseball player Frank White (1950), Actress Judith Ivey (1951), Drummer Martin Chambers of the Pretenders (1951), Actor Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (1953), Singer Blackie Lawless of W.A.S.P. (1956), Actress Khandi Alexander (1957), Actress Patricia Tallman (1957), TV host Drew Pinsky (1958), Guitarist Kim Thayil of Soundgarden (1960), Director Jeff Tremaine (1966), Voice actor John DiMaggio (1968), Baseball player Mike Piazza (1968), Actor Noah Taylor (1969), Actor Richard Speight Jr. (1969), Actress Ione Skye (1970), Actor Carlos Ponce (1972), Actress-singer Nona Gaye (1974), Singer Carmit Bachar of the Pussycat Dolls (1974), Music producer Mark Ronson (1975), Bassist Ian Grushka of New Found Glory (1977), Wrestler Kia Stevens (1977), Actor Wes Bentley (1978), Singer Granger Smith (1979), Singer Dan Miller of O-Town (1980), Singer Lacey Sturm of Flyleaf (1981), Cellist Neyla Pekarek of the Lumineers (1986), Actress Charlotte Le Bon (1986), Wrestler Xavier Woods (1986), Singer James Bay (1990), Actor Carter Jenkins (1991), Rapper Mark Tuan (1993), Actor Trevor Gagnon (1995), Actress Victoria Moroles (1996), Actress Talitha Bateman (2001)
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