Jimbo’s Birthday Wishes (07/31/26 – 08/02/26)
Jimbo's Birthday Wishes (07/31/26 - 08/02/26)
Birthdays on July 31, 2026
Rico Rodriguez II is 28. Manny Delgado on “Modern Family”.
Lil Uzi Vert is 31.
Ruby Modine is 36. Matthew Modine’s daughter. She was the killer in the first “Happy Death Day”. She was also a waitress named Sierra on “Shameless”.
Zelda Williams is 37. Robin Williams’ daughter. She was on the Freeform series “Dead of Summer”, and has guest starred on “Teen Wolf” and “Stitchers”.
Alexis Knapp is 37. Stacie in the “Pitch Perfect” movies.
M. Shadows is 45. Avenged Sevenfold singer. He got to be a playable character in “Call of Duty: Black Ops 4”, and the band did four songs for it. His real name is Matt Sanders. Biggest hits: “Nightmare“ and “Hail to the King“.
B.J. Novak is 47. Ryan on “The Office” . . . and writer extraordinaire. (He went from being Michael’s intern to being his boss . . . then back to being a temp. In “The Office” finale, he gave up his own baby to a complete stranger to run away with Kelly. That stranger was Kelly’s boyfriend. It was a PERFECT ending for their characters.)
Zac Brown is 48. Country superstar. Biggest hits: “Chicken Fried“, “Toes“, and “Knee Deep“ with Jimmy Buffett.
Dean Cain is 60. Former Superman and Kara’s dad on “Supergirl”.
J.K. Rowling is 61. British writer who gave us “Harry Potter” and is now at odds with the transgender community. Harry’s birthday is also July 31st in the books.
Wesley Snipes is 64. “Blade” and “Expendables 3” star and noted tax cheat.
Mark Cuban is 68. Dallas Mavericks owner. He’s one of the few people who became billionaires off the FIRST dot-com boom. He sold Broadcast.com for $5.9 billion in Yahoo stock . . . then quickly cashed out.
Bill Berry is 68. Former drummer for R.E.M. who quit in 1997 after a brain aneurysm. “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)“
Michael Biehn is 70. Kyle Reese in “The Terminator”, Corporal Hicks in “Aliens”, the sheriff in “Planet Terror”, and Johnny Ringo in “Tombstone” . . . the a-hole Val Kilmer threatens with “I’m your huckleberry.”
Barry Van Dyke is 75. Detective Steve Sloan on “Diagnosis Murder”. His father Dick Van Dyke will turn 101 this year.
Gary Lewis is 81. Son of Jerry Lewis, and leader of Gary Lewis & The Playboys. Biggest hit: 1965’s “This Diamond Ring“.
Ted Cassidy (1932 – 1979) Lurch on “The Addams Family”. He was also the roaring and growling voice of Godzilla on the “Godzilla” Saturday morning cartoon that ran from 1978 to 1979.
• Today is National Mutt Day
• And this could get annoying. It’s also National Talk in an Elevator Day.
• 35 days until Labor Day Weekend
Birthdays on August 1, 2026
Jack O’Connell is 36. Remmick in “Sinners”. He’s also Lord Jimmy in “28 Years Later” and its sequel “The Bone Temple”.
Elijah Kelley is 40. Andy on the Fox series “Star”, Ricky Bell in “The New Edition Story”, and Seaweed in “Hairspray”.
Jason Momoa is 47. Lobo in “Supergirl”, Aquaman in “Justice League”, Khal Drogo on “Game of Thrones”, and the dreadlock-wearing warrior Ronon on “Stargate Atlantis”.
Tempestt Bledsoe is 53. Vanessa Huxtable on “The Cosby Show”.
Sam Mendes is 61. He wrote and directed the World War I movie “1917“. He made his directorial debut with “American Beauty”. He also directed “Road to Perdition” and “Jarhead”, and the James Bond movies “Skyfall” and “Spectre”.
Adam Duritz is 62. Lead singer of Counting Crows. “Mr. Jones“, “Round Here“, “Big Yellow Taxi“, and the “Shrek 2” song “Accidentally in Love“.
John Carroll Lynch is 63. Twisty the Clown on “American Horror Story”.
Demian Bichir is 63. Detective Marco Ruiz on FX’s “The Bridge”. You might also remember him as the corrupt Mexican politician, Esteban Reyes, from “Weeds”. He’s also played Mendez the Madman in “Machete Kills”.
Chuck D is 66. Public Enemy BADASS. Profanity Warning!!! Their biggest hit is “Fight the Power“, which they wrote for the Spike Lee movie “Do the Right Thing”.
Joe Elliott is 67. Def Leppard’s singer. The band’s biggest hits include “Rock of Ages“, “Photograph“, “Love Bites“, and “Pour Some Sugar on Me“.
Michael Penn is 68. Sean’s musician brother. He’s married to Aimee Mann.
Robert Cray is 73. Bluesman. Biggest Hit: “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark“.
The Greaseman is 76. Super-talented radio legend.
Coolio (1963 – 2022) Rap legend. “Gangsta’s Paradise“.
Jerry Garcia (1942 – 1995) Grateful Dead founder. Did you know that Jerry Garcia was missing half of his right middle finger? It’s true.
Dom Deluise (1933 – 2009) Comedy legend.
“Ziggy“ cartoonist Tom Wilson (1931 – 2011)
Herman Melville (1819 – 1891) He bored you to death in high school with “Moby Dick”. Moby . . . the little bald DJ-type guy . . . claims Melville is his great-great-great-granduncle.
Francis Scott Key (1779 – 1843) He wrote “The Star Spangled Banner” in 1814 after seeing the British bombing Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore. It became the U.S. National Anthem in 1931. F. Scott Fitzgerald . . . the guy who wrote “The Great Gatsby” . . . was a distant relative named after him. His full name was Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald.
Birthdays on August 2, 2026
Jabari Banks is 28. Will Smith on “Bel-Air”.
Charli XCX is 34. British singer from “Boom Clap“ and Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy“.
Hallie Eisenberg is 34. Adorable little girl from the Pepsi commercials and the Robin Williams robot movie “Bicentennial Man“. She’s Jesse Eisenberg’s sister.
J.D. Vance is 42. Your Vice President.
Edward Furlong is 49. John Connor in “Terminator 2”. He also returned to play John Connor again in “Terminator: Dark Fate”.
Sam Worthington is 50. Jake Sully in the “Avatar” movies, Marcus Wright in “Terminator Salvation”, and Alex Mason in “Call of Duty: Black Ops”.
Jacinda Barrett is 54. Kyle Chandler’s wife Diana on the Netflix show “Bloodline”. She started off as a cast member on “Real World: London”.
Kevin Smith is 56. Silent Bob in “Clerks”, “Mallrats”, “Chasing Amy”, “Dogma”, “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back”, and 2019’s “Jay and Silent Bob Reboot“. Kevin wrote and directed all of them.
Mary-Louise Parker is 62. Pot selling mom Nancy Botwin on “Weeds” and feminist lobbyist Amy Gardner on “The West Wing”.
Apollonia is 67. Prince’s girlfriend in “Purple Rain“. Biggest hit: “Sex Shooter“, with her band Apollonia 6.
Butch Patrick is 73. Eddie Munster on “The Munsters”.
Garth Hudson (1937 – 2025) The Band. Biggest hit: “The Weight“.
Max Wright (1943 – 2019) Willie Tanner on “Alf”.
Wes Craven (1939 – 2015) Director of “A Nightmare on Elm Street”, the first four “Scream” movies, and the original versions of “Last House on the Left” and “The Hills Have Eyes”.
Peter O’Toole (1932 – 2013) Lawrence in “Lawrence of Arabia”.
Carroll O’Connor (1924 – 2001) Archie Bunker on “All In The Family” and Sheriff Bill Gillespie on “In the Heat of the Night”.
Andrew Gold (1951 – 2011) His song “Thank You for Being a Friend“ hit #30 on the charts in 1978, and was the theme for “The Golden Girls”.
