Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 8-14
Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Aug. 8-14 include actor Dustin Hoffman, actor Anna Kendrick and actor and writer Justin Theroux
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Your support makes all the difference.Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 8-14:
Aug. 8: Actor Nita Talbot is 91. Actor Dustin Hoffman is 84. Actor Connie Stevens is 83. Country singer Phil Balsley of The Statler Brothers is 82. Actor Larry Wilcox (“CHiPS”) is 74. Actor Keith Carradine (“Madam Secretary”) is 72. Drummer Anton Fig (“Late Show With David Letterman”) is 68. Actor Donny Most (“Happy Days”) is 68. Keyboardist Dennis Drew of 10,000 Maniacs is 64. Actor-turned-investment banker Harry Crosby (“Friday the 13th”) is 63. News anchor Deborah Norville is 63. Guitarist The Edge of U2 is 60. Drummer Rikki Rockett of Poison is 60. Rapper Kool Moe Dee is 59. Singer Scott Stapp of Creed is 48. Country singer Mark Wills is 48. Guitarist Tom Linton of Jimmy Eat World is 46. Singer J.C. Chasez of ‘N Sync is 45. Singer Drew Lachey of 98 Degrees is 45. Actor Tawny Cypress (“Heroes”) is 45. Singer Marsha Ambrosius (Floetry) is 44. Actor Lindsay Sloane (“Sabrina the Teenage Witch”) is 44. Actor Countess Vaughn (“The Parkers,” ″Moesha”) is 43. Actor Michael Urie (“Ugly Betty”) is 41. Actor Meagan Good (“Think Like A Man”) is 40. Guitarist Eric Howk of Portugal. The Man is 40. Actor Jackie Cruz (“Orange Is the New Black”) is 37. Actor Ken Baumann (“The Secret Life of the American Teenager”) is 24. Singer Shawn Mendes is 23. Actor Bebe Wood (“The Real O’Neals”) is 20.
Aug. 9: Actor Cynthia Harris (“Mad About You,” “L.A. Law”) is 87. Jazz drummer Jack DeJohnette is 79. Comedian David Steinberg is 79. Actor Sam Elliott is 77. Singer Barbara Mason is 74. Actor Melanie Griffith is 64. Actor Amanda Bearse (“Married...With Children”) is 63. Rapper Kurtis Blow is 62. “Today” co-host Hoda Kotb is 57. Actor Pat Petersen (“Knots Landing”) is 55. Actor Gillian Anderson (“The X-Files”) is 53. Actor Eric Bana (“Star Trek,” ″The Hulk”) is 53. News correspondent Chris Cuomo is 51. Actor Thomas Lennon (new “The Odd Couple,” ″Reno 911!”) is 51. Bassist Arion Salazar (Third Eye Blind) is 51. Rapper Mack 10 is 50. Singer Juanes is 49. Actor Liz Vassey (“CSI,” ″All My Children”) is 49. Actor Kevin McKidd (“Grey’s Anatomy”) is 48. Actor Rhona Mitra (“Nip/Tuck,” “Boston Legal”) is 46. Actor Jessica Capshaw (“Grey’s Anatomy,” “The Practice”) is 45. Actor Ashley Johnson (“The Help”) is 38. Actor Anna Kendrick (“Pitch Perfect,” ″Twilight”) is 36.
Aug. 10: Singer Ronnie Bennett Greenfield (Ronnie Spector) of The Ronettes is 78. Actor James Reynolds (“Days of Our Lives”) is 75. Singer-flutist Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull is 74. Mandolin player Gene Johnson of Diamond Rio is 72. Singer Patti Austin is 71. Actor Rosanna Arquette is 62. Actor Antonio Banderas is 61. Drummer Jon Farriss of INXS is 60. Actor Chris Caldovino (“Boardwalk Empire”) is 58. Singer Neneh Cherry is 57. Singer Aaron Hall of Guy is 57. Singer Lorraine Pearson of Five Star is 54. Singer Michael Bivins (Bell Biv Devoe, New Edition) is 53. Actor-writer Justin Theroux is 50. Actor Angie Harmon (“Law and Order”) is 49. Country singer Jennifer Hanson is 48. Actor-turned-lawyer Craig Kirkwood (“Remember the Titans”) is 47. Actor JoAnna Garcia Swisher (“Kevin (Probably) Saves The World,” ″Reba”) is 42. Singer Cary Ann Hearst of Shovels and Rope is 42. Singer Nikki Bratcher of Divine is 41. Actor Aaron Staton (“Mad Men”) is 41. Actor Ryan Eggold (“The Blacklist: Redemption,” ″90210″) is 37 Actor Charley Koontz (“CSI: Cyber”) is 34. Actor Lucas Till (“Hannah Montana”) is 31. Actor Jeremy Maguire (“Modern Family”) is 10.
Aug. 11: Actor-TV personality Arlene Dahl (“What’s My Line?”) is 96. Songwriter Kenny Gamble of Gamble and Huff is 78. Bassist Jim Kale of the Guess Who is 78. Country singer John Conlee is 75. Singer Eric Carmen is 72. Wrestler-actor Hulk Hogan is 68. Singer Joe Jackson is 67. Actor Viola Davis (“How To Get Away With Murder,” ″The Help”) is 56. Actor-podcaster Joe Rogan (“Fear Factor,” ″NewsRadio”) is 54. Actor Anna Gunn (“Breaking Bad”) is 53. Actor Ashley Jensen (“Ugly Betty”) is 53. Actor Sophie Okonedo (“Hotel Rwanda”) is 53. Guitarist Charlie Sexton is 53. Hip-hop artist Ali Shaheed Muhammad (Lucy Pearl, A Tribe Called Quest) is 51. Actor Nigel Harman (“Downton Abbey”) is 48. Actor Will Friedle (“Boy Meets World”) is 45. Singer Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie is 45. Actor Rob Kerkovich (“NCIS: New Orleans”) is 42. Actor Merritt Wever (“Nurse Jackie”) is 41. Actor Chris Hemsworth (“Tron,” ″The Avengers”) is 38. Guitarist Heath Fogg of Alabama Shakes is 37. Singer J-Boog (B2K) is 36. Rapper Asher Roth is 36. Actor Alyson Stoner (“Cheaper By The Dozen,” ″Camp Rock”) is 28.
Aug. 12: Actor George Hamilton is 82. Actor Jennifer Warren is 80. Singer-guitarist Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits is 72. Actor Jim Beaver (“Supernatural”) is 71. Singer Kid Creole is 71. Actor Sam J. Jones (“Flash Gordon”) is 67. Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny is 67. Actor Bruce Greenwood (2009′s “Star Trek,” ″Thirteen Days”) is 65. Country singer Danny Shirley of Confederate Railroad is 65. Guitarist Roy Hay of Culture Club is 60. Rapper Sir Mix-A-Lot is 58. Actor Peter Krause (“Parenthood,” ″Six Feet Under,” ″Sports Night”) is 56. Actor Brent Sexton (“The Killing,” ″Deadwood”) is 54. Actor Michael Ian Black (“Ed”) is 50. Actor Yvette Nicole Brown (new “The Odd Couple,” ″Community”) is 50. Actor Rebecca Gayheart is 50. Actor Casey Affleck is 46. Actor Maggie Lawson (“Psych”) is 41. Actor Dominique Swain (“Lolita,” “Face/Off”) is 41. Actor Leah Pipes (“The Originals”) is 33. Actor Lakeith Stanfield (“Atlanta”) is 30. Actor Cara Delevingne (“Paper Towns”) is 29. Actor Imani Hakim (“Everybody Hates Chris”) is 28.
Aug. 13: Actor Kevin Tighe (“Emergency,” ″Murder One”) is 77. Opera singer Kathleen Battle is 73. Actor Danny Bonaduce (“The Partridge Family”) is 62. Actor Dawnn Lewis (“A Different World,” ″Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper”) is 60. Actor John Slattery (“Mad Men,” ″Desperate Housewives”) is 59. Actor Debi Mazar is 57. Actor Quinn Cummings (“Family”) is 54. Actor Seana Kofoed (“Men in Trees”) is 51. Country singer Andy Griggs is 48. Drummer Mike Melancon of Emerson Drive is 43. Actor Kathryn Fiore (“Reno 911!”) is 42. Actor Sebastian Stan (“Captain America”) is 39. Actor Eme Ikwuakor (“Marvel’s Inhumans”) is 37. Singer James Morrison is 37. Actor Lennon Stella (“Nashville”) is 22.
Aug. 14: Singer Dash Crofts of Seals and Crofts is 83. Singer David Crosby is 80. Country singer Connie Smith is 80. Actor-musician Steve Martin is 76. Actor Antonio Fargas (“Starsky and Hutch”) is 75. Bassist Larry Graham of Sly and the Family Stone is 75. Actor Susan St. James is 75. Romance novelist Danielle Steel is 74. Keyboardist Terry Adams of NRBQ is 73. Cartoonist Gary Larson (“The Far Side”) is 71. Actor Carl Lumbly (“Alias”) is 70. Actor Jackee Harry (“Sister, Sister,” ″227″) is 65. Actor Marcia Gay Harden is 62. Singer Sarah Brightman is 61. Actor Susan Olsen (“The Brady Bunch”) is 60. Actor Halle Berry is 55. Actor Ben Bass (“Rookie Blue”) is 53. Actor Catherine Bell (“JAG”) is 53. Keyboardist Cody McCarver of Confederate Railroad is 53. Guitarist Kevin Cadogan (Third Eye Blind) is 52. Actor Lalanya Masters (“Barbershop”) is 49. Actor Christopher Gorham (“Ugly Betty”) is 47. Actor Mila Kunis is 38. Actor Lamorne Morris (“New Girl”) is 38. TV personality Spencer Pratt (“The Hills”) is 38. Actor Marsai Martin (“black-ish”) is 17.