Jimbo’s Birthday Wishes (05/22/26 – 05/23/26 – 05/24/26 – 05/25/26)
Jimbo's Birthday Wishes (05/22/26 - 05/23/26 - 05/24/26 - 05/25/26)
Birthdays on May 22, 2026
Camren Bicondova is 27. Selina Kyle on “Gotham”.
Alexandra Dowling is 36. Queen Anne on the BBC’s “The Musketeers”. But to “Game of Thrones” fans she’ll always be Roslin Frey, the beautiful bride from the Red Wedding . . . the celebration where Robb Stark lost his life.
Novak Djokovic is 39. Serbian tennis stud.
Molly Ephraim is 40. Maybelle Fox on Amazon’s “A League of Their Own” and Mandy Baxter for the first six seasons of “Last Man Standing”. She was also Daniel’s daughter Ali in “Paranormal Activity 2”.
Apolo Ohno is 44. Speedskater who won gold medals in both the 2002 and 2006 Olympics. In 2010 he “only” won one silver and two bronze. But he did win the fourth season of “Dancing with the Stars”, so he’s got that going for him.
Maggie Q is 47. Detective Renee Ballard on Amazon’s “Ballard”. She also starred as “Nikita” and is the Dauntless leader who protects Tris in “Divergent”.
Ginnifer Goodwin is 48. Snow White on “Once Upon a Time”. She was also Bill Paxton’s third wife Margene on HBO’s “Big Love”, Gigi the hopeless romantic in “He’s Just Not That Into You”, and the rabbit Judy Hopps in “Zootopia”.
Alison Eastwood is 54. Clint’s daughter. She had minor roles in “Bronco Billy”, “Any Which Way You Can”, “Tightrope”, and “Absolute Power”. Then she grew up and posed for “Playboy” in 2003.
Naomi Campbell is 56. Angry supermodel who did community service for hitting her housekeeper over the head with her jewel-encrusted cell phone.
Johnny Gill is 60. New Edition and solo singer. Biggest solo hit: 1990’s “Rub You the Right Way“. Johnny Gill used to kiss Janet Jackson.
Morrissey is 67. Brooding asexual who was the leader of The Smiths. Their hit “How Soon Is Now?“ was the theme for the original 1998 version of “Charmed”.
Bernie Taupin is 76. Elton John’s brilliant songwriting partner.
Ted Kaczynski (1942 – 2023) The Unabomber. Between 1978 and 1995 he mailed out 16 bombs, killing three people and injuring 23. He was serving life in prison without the possibility of parole until he took his own life.
Harvey Milk (1930 – 1978) The first openly gay man to be elected to public office. In 1978, he won a seat on San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors. Eleven months later he was murdered by another city supervisor. Sean Penn played him in the movie “Milk”.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 – 1930) Author and creator of Sherlock Holmes.
• Memorial Day Weekend starts today . . . so it’s National Road Trip Day
• It’s also National Buy a Musical Instrument Day
• 30 days until Father’s Day
• 43 days until Independence Day
Birthdays on May 23, 2026
Ryan Coogler is 40. Director of “Sinners”, the “Black Panther” movies and “Creed”.
Lane Garrison is 46. Tweener from “Prison Break”.
Kelly Monaco is 50. Soap opera star who won the first “Dancing with the Stars”.
Jewel is 52. Biggest hits: “You Were Meant for Me“, “Foolish Games“, and “Who Will Save Your Soul“.
Ken Jennings is 52. “Jeopardy!” host who once won 74 straight episodes for more than $2.5 million.
Maxwell is 53. Sexy R&B master. “Pretty Wings“, “This Woman’s Work“, “Whenever Wherever Whatever“, “Lifetime“, “Get to Know Ya“.
Phil Selway is 59. Drummer for Radiohead.
H. Jon Benjamin is 60. The voice of Sterling Archer on “Archer”, and Bob on “Bob’s Burgers”.
Melissa McBride is 61. Carol on “The Walking Dead”.
Karen “Duff” Duffy is 64. Former MTV VJ and Revlon model. She’s now a chronic pain survivor, an author, and a certified hospital chaplain. Her book is titled “Backbone: Living with Chronic Pain without Turning into One”.
Drew Carey is 68. “Price Is Right” host. He also hosted the original run of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” in the late ’90s.
Lea DeLaria is 68. Big Boo on “Orange Is the New Black”.
Mitch Albom is 68. Detroit sportswriter who’s made a fortune from his books “Tuesdays with Morrie“ and “The Five People You Meet in Heaven“. The sequel is called “The Next Person You Meet in Heaven“.
Joan Collins is 93. Alexis Carrington on the original “Dynasty”. Nicollette Sheridan plays her on the CW’s reboot.
Charles Kimbrough (1936 – 2023) Jim Dial on “Murphy Brown”.
Marvelous Marvin Hagler (1954 – 2021) Boxing legend from the ’80s who liked the “Marvelous” nickname so much that he LEGALLY added it to his name. He retired after losing the title in a split decision to Sugar Ray Leonard in 1987.
Scatman Crothers (1910 – 1986) Dick Hallorann in “The Shining” . . . Louie the garbage man on “Chico & The Man” . . . and the voice of Hong Kong Phooey!
Franz Anton Mesmer (1734 – 1815) Hypnosis pioneer. The word “mesmerized” comes from his name.
Birthdays on May 24, 2026
Daisy Edgar-Jones is 28. “Twisters” star.
Brianne Howey is 37. She’s the Georgia on the Netflix show “Ginny & Georgia”.
Mark Ballas is 40. “Dancing with the Stars” stud. Cheetah Girl Sabrina Bryan dated him after being his partner. His other partners included Lindsey Stirling, Sadie Robertson, Shannen Doherty, Melissa Joan Hart, and Bristol Palin.
Will Sasso is 51. He made his name doing impressions on “MadTV”, including Tony Soprano, Steven Segal and Dennis Franz. You might remember him as Curly in the “Three Stooges” movie, Dave on “Kevin (Probably) Saves the World”, Vince on “[Bleep] My Dad Says”. And his six-second “Lemon” skits might just have been the best things on Vine.
Dash Mihok is 52. Ray’s brother Bunchy on “Ray Donovan”.
Rich Robinson is 57. Black Crowes guitarist, and singer Chris Robinson’s little brother.
John C. Reilly is 61. Comedy superstar . . . especially when paired with Will Ferrell in “Talladega Nights” and “Step Brothers”. He’s also “Wreck-It-Ralph”.
Rich Rodriguez is 63. College football coach who took the University of Michigan football program to unprecedented levels of terribleness before getting canned.
Doug Jones is 66. First Officer Saru on “Star Trek: Discovery”.
Kristin Scott Thomas is 66. Luscious star of “Gosford Park”, “Life as a House”, “The Horse Whisperer” and “The English Patient”.
Larry Blackmon is 70. Lead singer of Cameo. “Word Up“.
Rosanne Cash is 71. Country singer and Johnny’s daughter.
Alfred Molina is 73. He’s half-Spanish, half-Italian, was born in England and became a movie star in America. His biggest roles were Dr. Octopus in “Spider-Man 2” and Indiana Jones’ guide at the beginning of “Raiders of the Lost Ark”.
Priscilla Presley is 81. Elvis’s ex-wife and Lisa Marie’s mother. She’s Jane Spencer in “The Naked Gun”, “The Naked Gun 2-and-a-Half”, and “The Naked Gun 33-and-a-Third”.
Patti LaBelle is 82. “New Attitude“, “On My Own“ and “Lady Marmalade“.
Gary Burghoff is 83. Corporal Radar O’Reilly on “M*A*S*H”.
Bob Dylan is 85.
Tommy Chong is 88.
Heavy D (1967 – 2011) The Overweight Lover. “Now That We Found Love“, and the theme song to “In Living Color“.
Gene Anthony Ray (1962 – 2003) Leroy Johnson on “Fame”. He died from a stroke at age 41. He was HIV-positive when he died.
Birthdays on May 25, 2026
Aly Raisman is 32. Retired, two-time Olympic gymnast. She took 3 Gold medals, 2 Silvers, and a Bronze from the London and Rio de Janeiro games.
Lisseth Chavez is 37. Celina Juarez on “The Rookie”.
Joe King is 46. Founder and lead guitar player for The Fray. Biggest hit: “How to Save a Life“. He says that Nirvana is his biggest music influence. Not sure how Nirvana inspired his “Grey’s Anatomy”-friendly lite rock, but there you go.
Cillian Murphy is 50. The Scarecrow in “Batman Begins”, the guy whose dream gets invaded in “Inception”, the bad guy in “Red Eye”, and a reluctant zombie fighter in “28 Days Later” . . . even though they technically weren’t zombies.
Ethan Suplee is 50. Earl’s brother Randy on “My Name is Earl”.
Erinn Hayes is 50. Kevin James’ wife on “Kevin Can Wait” . . . until she was tossed aside and her character was killed off to make room for Leah Remini.
Demetri Martin is 53. Funny dude from “Important Things with Demetri Martin” on Comedy Central. He graduated from Yale, got in to New York University’s law school . . . then made his parents proud by dropping out to be a comedian.
Octavia Spencer is 56. Johanna in the “Divergent” movies, Regina on “Mom”, Minny in “The Help”, and one of those bad-ass mathematicians in “Hidden Figures”.
Jamie Kennedy is 56. Randy Meeks in “Scream”, and Brad ‘B-Rad’ Gluckman in “Malibu’s Most Wanted“ . . . co-starring, Taye Diggs, Blair Underwood, Bo Derek, Jeffrey Tambor, and Anthony Anderson.
Kevin Heffernan is 58. Farva in the “Super Troopers” movies.
Mike Myers is 63. “Shrek” and “Austin Powers” superstar.
Paul Weller is 68. British genius behind The Jam and The Style Council. The Mod Father! “Town Called Malice“! “My Ever Changing Moods“!
Klaus Meine is 78. Scorpions lead singer. Biggest hits: “Rock You Like a Hurricane“ and “Winds of Change“.
Karen Valentine is 79. “Room 222” legend.
Frank Oz is 82. Multi-talented genius. He’s the voice and original puppeteer of Fozzy Bear, Cookie Monster, Bert, Grover, Animal, Miss Piggy and YODA. He also directed “The Dark Crystal”, “Little Shop of Horrors”, “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” and “What About Bob?”
Leslie Uggams is 83. Blind Al in the “Deadpool” movies, Lucious Lyon’s mom Leah Walker on “Empire”, and Kunta Kinte’s daughter Kizzy in “Roots”.
Sir Ian McKellen is 87. Gandalf in the “Hobbit” and “Lord of the Rings” movies, and the older Magneto in the “X-Men” movies.
Anne Heche (1969 – 2022) Ellen’s ex.
Ray Stevenson (1964 – 2023) Thor’s buddy Volstagg in the “Thor” movies and Four’s dad in the “Divergent” movies.
Bill “Bojangles” Robinson (1878 – 1949) Legendary tap dancer. He was immortalized in the Jerry Jeff Walker
