Jimbo’s Birthday Wishes (04/17/26) (04/18/26) (04/19/26)
Jimbo's Birthday Wishes (04/17/26) (04/18/26) (04/19/26)
Birthdays on April 17, 2026
Rooney Mara is 41. She was “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”, and hit theaters in 2018 as “Mary Magdalene“. She and her sister Kate are NFL royalty. Their dad’s family, the Maras, own the New York Giants. Their mom’s family, the Rooneys, own the Pittsburgh Steelers. Rooney and Kate are the great-granddaughters of New York Giants founder Tim Mara and Pittsburgh Steelers founder Art Rooney, Sr.
Luke Mitchell is 41. Dr. Ripley on “Chicago Med”, Jane’s brother Roman on “Blindspot”, and Lincoln on “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”
Victoria Beckham is 52. Posh Spice.
Jennifer Garner is 54.
Redman is 56. Dazzling urbanite who LOVES reefer cigarettes.
AdamMcKay is 58. He directed and co-wrote “Anchorman”, “Talladega Nights”, “Step Brothers”, and “The Other Guys” with Will Ferrell. Then he ditched Will to become an Oscar winner by co-writing “The Big Short”, which he also directed.
Liz Phair is 59. Sexy singer of “Supernova“, “Divorce Song“ and “Why Can’t I?“.
Henry Ian Cusick is 59. Desmond on “Lost”, Marcus on “The 100”, and Russ Taylor on “MacGyver”.
William Mapother is 61. Tom Cruise’s cousin. He had a small part in “Mission Impossible 2” . . . but you’d know him better as Ethan on “Lost”.
L. Scott Caldwell is 76. Rose on “Lost”. The “L” stands for “Laverne.”
Lela Rochon is 62. “Waiting to Exhale”, “Harlem Nights”, and “Why Do Fools Fall in Love”.
Norman “Boomer” Esiason is 65. Former NFL quarterback and “Monday Night Football” commentator. Now, he’s on the CBS NFL pre-game show. He also replaced Don Imus on WFAN back in 2007.
Sean Bean is 67. Boromir in “The Lord of the Rings”, Ned Stark on “Game of Thrones”, Zeus in the “Percy Jackson” movies, and Ian, the main bad guy, in “National Treasure”. He was also 006, the villain in “Golden Eye”.
Nick Hornby is 69. British author of “High Fidelity”, “About a Boy” and “Fever Pitch”.
Jan Hammer is 78. Czechoslovakian composer of the theme to “Miami Vice“.
David Bradley is 84. Walder Frey from the Red Wedding on “Game of Thrones” and Hogwarts caretaker Argus Filch in the “Harry Potter” movies.
Afrika Bambaataa would have been 69. (1957 – 2026) Hip-Hop pioneer. “Planet Rock“.
Olivia Hussey (1951 – 2024) Norma Bates in “Psycho IV“, and Juliet in the 1968 movie version of “Romeo & Juliet”.
“Rowdy” Roddy Piper (1954 – 2015) WWE Hall of Famer and star of the cinematic classic “They Live”. His greatest line: “I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I’m all outta bubblegum.”
• Today is National Haiku Day
• 18 days to Teacher Appreciation Day
• 23 days to Mothers Day
Birthdays on April 18, 2026
Chloe Bennet is 34. Skye / Daisy on “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”.
Britt Robertson is 36. Federal Public Defender Sandra Bell on ABC’s legal drama “For the People”. She was also Angie McAlister on “Under the Dome”.
Alia Shawkat is 37. Maeby on “Arrested Development”.
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is 39. She jumped in for the third “Transformers” movie when Megan Fox’s hotness was no longer worth her bad attitude.
America Ferrera is 42. Amy on “Superstore” and Betty Suarez on “Ugly Betty”.
Reeve Carney is 43. Riff Raff in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” remake, and the immortal Dorian Gray on “Penny Dreadful”.
Miguel Cabrera is 43. Detroit Tigers MVP. He signed a record-breaking 10-year contract in 2004 that was worth almost $300 million.
Kourtney Kardashian is 47.
Melissa Joan Hart is 50. “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” and “Melissa & Joey”. She also had a short-lived Netflix show called “No Good Nick”.
Eli Roth is 54. “Deathwish” and “Hostel” director.
David Tennant is 55. The Fourteenth and Tenth Doctor on “Doctor Who”. You’d also remember him as Crowley the demon on Amazon’s “Good Omens” and as the mind-controlling villain Kilgrave on Marvel’s “Jessica Jones”.
Maria Bello is 59. Forensic psychologist Jacqueline Sloane on “NCIS”. You might also remember her as Dr. Anna Del Amico on “ER”.
Conan O’Brien is 63.
Eric McCormack is 63. Will Truman on “Will & Grace”. And time traveler Grant MacLaren on his Netflix show “Travelers”.
Jeff Dunham is 64. His ventriloquist characters include Achmed the dead terrorist, and Jose the jalapeno on a stick.
Jane Leeves is 65. Daphne on “Frasier”, and Joy on “Hot in Cleveland”.
Eric Roberts is 70. Julia’s more-talented brother and the father of “Scream Queens” star Emma Roberts. Your kids might remember him as the mob boss, Salvatore Maroni, in “The Dark Knight”.
John James is 70. Jeff Colby on “Dynasty” and “The Colbys”.
Rick Moranis is 73. “Ghostbusters”, “Spaceballs”, “Honey I Shrunk the Kids”, “Little Shop of Horrors”, “Parenthood”, and Barney Rubble in “The Flintstones”.
James Woods is 79. Hades in Disney’s “Hercules”, and he ROCKED in “John Carpenter’s Vampires”. Vaya Con Dios, Slayer.
Hayley Mills is 80. Classic Disney star who played twins Susan and Sharon in the original 1961 version of “The Parent Trap“. She also won an Oscar for Disney’s “Pollyanna“, and starred as the teacher on the first season of “Saved by the Bell”, before the show moved from Disney to NBC . . . back when it was still called “Good Morning, Miss Bliss“. TMIAF.
Birthdays on April 19, 2026
Simu Liu is 37. “Shang-Chi” superstar.
Maria Sharapova is 39. Russian tennis star. She’s gotten in trouble for wearing really short skirts and grunting loudly on the tennis court. One of her grunts was measured at 101.2 decibels . . . which is louder than a LAWNMOWER.
Ali Wong is 44. Road-raging Amy on the first season of “Beef”. You’d also know her as Doris on “American Housewife”.
Troy Polamalu is 45. Retired Pittsburgh Steelers superstar safety who you might know from Head and Shoulders commercials. In one of the Head and Shoulders commercials Troy is mocked by Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer. It’s his birthday too. Joe’s 43.
Hayden Christensen is 45. Anakin Skywalker in the “Star Wars” prequels.
Kate Hudson is 47. Goldie Hawn’s beautiful daughter.
James Franco is 48. Overrated?
Jesse James is 57. Heavily tattooed “Monster Garage” dude who was probably the worst mistake of Sandra Bullock’s life.
Ashley Judd is 58. Tris’ mom in the “Divergent” movies. Most recently she was CIA station chief BB Yates on the Epix series “Berlin Station“.
Marion “Suge” Knight is 61. Bankrupt Death Row felon. He’s locked up and serving a 28-year prison sentence for running two guys over with his truck.
Tim Curry is 80. Doctor Frank-N-Furter in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”, Pennywise the clown in the original “IT” . . . and the butler in “Clue“.
Mark Volman would have been 79. (1947 – 2025) Lead singer of The Turtles. Biggest hits: “Happy Together“, “She’d Rather Be with Me“, “Elenore“, “You Showed Me“ and a cover of Bob Dylan’s smash, “It Ain’t Me Babe“.
Dudley Moore (1935 – 2002)
Dick Sargent (1930 – 1994) Darrin Stephens #2 on “Bewitched”. Prostate cancer killed him. Shortly before his death, Dick Sargent publicly proclaimed he was gay.
Jayne Mansfield (1933 – 1967) Bombshell of the ’50s and ’60s. She bared her voluptuous 5-foot-1, 40-21-36 figure in “Playboy” . . . birthed future “Law & Order: SVU” star Mariska Hargitay . . . AND reportedly turned down the role of Ginger on “Gilligan’s Island”. Jayne Mansfield was killed in a highway accident in 1967, when the car she was riding in slammed head-on into the rear of a semi truck. Contrary to legend, Jayne Mansfield was NOT decapitated. The accident just knocked off her wig. After her gruesome accident, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration started requiring lowered safety bumpers with red and white reflective tape on the back of all semi-trailers. They’re known as the Mansfield Bar. Mariska and her two older brothers were in the backseat, but escaped unharmed. Mariska was only three years old.
Eliot Ness (1903 – 1957) He headed the FBI’s “Untouchables” in Chicago and teamed up with syphilis to bring down Al Capone.
