Jimbo’s Birthday Wishes (06/19/26 – 06/21/26)
Jimbo's Birthday Wishes (06/19/26 - 06/21/26)
Birthdays on June 19, 2026
Atticus Shaffer is 28. Brick Heck on “The Middle”.
Paul Dano is 42. The Riddler in “The Batman”.
You know him as the young version of Beach Boy Brian Wilson in “Love & Mercy”, the older brother in “Little Miss Sunshine”, and Benedict Cumberbatch’s overseer, who tries to lynch Solomon Northrup, in “12 Years a Slave”.
Macklemore is 43. He did “Good Old Days“ with Kesha, and “Glorious“ with Skylar Grey. Profanity Warning: But his biggest hit is still “Thrift Shop“.
Zoe Saldana is 48. Gamora in the “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Avengers” movies, Neytiri in the “Avatar” movies, and Uhura in the “Star Trek” movies.
Dirk Nowitzki is 48. One of the greatest NBA power forwards of all time. He’s also the first European-born player to ever get the NBA’s MVP award.
Ryan Hurst is 50. Opie Winston on “Sons of Anarchy” and Beta on “The Walking Dead”. He’ll play Kratos in the upcoming “God of War” TV series based on the popular Playstation video game.
Hugh Dancy is 51. Nolan Price on “Law & Order”, Will Graham on “Hannibal”, and Calvin Roberts on Hulu’s “The Path”. But to your kids, he’ll always be Prince Charmont in “Ella Enchanted“.
Robin Tunney is 54. Teresa Lisbon on “The Mentalist”.
Jean Dujardin is 54. French actor who won a Best Actor Oscar for “The Artist”.
Brian “Head” Welch is 56. Korn guitarist, who left the band for Jesus, but officially returned in 2013.
Mia Sara is 59. Ferris’ girlfriend Sloane in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”. She’s also Chuck’s grandmother in “The Life of Chuck”. Some of you may also remember her as Harley Quinn on the 2002 WB show “Birds of Prey”.
Paula Abdul is 64. Long before “American Idol”, she made a name for herself with “Forever Your Girl“, “Cold Hearted“, “Straight Up“ and “Opposites Attract“.
Mark DeBarge is 67. Trumpet [slash] sax player in DeBarge.
Kathleen Turner is 72. Joan Wilder in “Romancing the Stone”; the voice of sexy Jessica Rabbit in “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?”, Chandler’s cross-dressing dad on “Friends”, and Fraida Felcher in “Dumb and Dumber To”.
Ann Wilson is 76. Heart singer. She’s the brunette one of the two sisters. “Barracuda“, “Crazy on You“, “Magic Man“, “These Dreams“, and “Alone“.
Phylicia Rashad is 78. Clair Huxtable on “The Cosby Show”. Phylicia’s first husband was Victor Willis . . . the original cop from the Village People!
Author Salman Rushdie is 79. His “Satanic Verses” led to death threats from Ayatollah Khomeini. That made him more famous than he ever could’ve been as just a regular fiction author. “Top Chef” host Padma Lakshmi is his ex-wife.
Louis Jourdan (1921 – 2015) The villain in “Octopussy”, “Swamp Thing”, and uh . . . “Return of Swamp Thing”! Of course you film historians and old-schoolers know him from 1958’s “Gigi”.
Lou Gehrig (1903 – 1941) Baseball legend. He held the record for most consecutive games played, at 2,130 . . . until Cal Ripken Jr. beat that. But does Cal Ripken Jr. have a DISEASE named after him? Didn’t think so. It ain’t called Cal-mydia.
Moe Howard (1897 – 1975) Three Stooges icon.
• Today is Juneteenth
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Birthdays on June 20, 2026
Serayah McNeill is 31. Hakeem’s sometimes girlfriend Tiana on “Empire”.
Rapper Sage the Gemini is 34.
Christopher Mintz-Plasse is 37. McLovin in “Superbad”. Since then, he’s gone on to have parts in other movies like the “Neighbors” and “Kick Ass” movies.
Dreama Walker is 40. The blonde in “Don’t Trust the B**** in Apartment 23”.
Grace Potter is 43. She of the indie band Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. She rocked on her cover of “White Rabbit“ for the “Almost Alice“ concept album.
Alisan Porter is 45. “Voice” winner and the little girl who played “Curly Sue”.
Tika Sumpter is 46. Michelle Obama in “Southside with You“. She’s also in the “Ride Along” movies and the star of OWN’s “The Haves and the Have Nots”.
Chuck Wicks is 47. Handsome country singer who was on “Dancing with the Stars” AND Julianne Hough. He lost both.
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson is 48. Former UFC light heavyweight champ and B.A. Baracus in the disappointing “A-Team” remake.
Robert Rodriguez is 58. He directed “Machete”, “Machete Kills”, “Sin City”, “From Dusk Til Dawn”, “Desperado”, “Planet Terror”, and those “Spy Kids” movies. He left his wife for Rose McGowan, after he met her during the filming of “Grindhouse” . . . but then they broke up, too.
Nicole Kidman is 59.
Dan Tyminski is 59. Country singer who did George Clooney’s singing voice for “Man of Constant Sorrow“ in the movie “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”
John Taylor is 66. Duran Duran’s bassist. “The Reflex“, “The Wild Boys“, “Hungry Like the Wolf“, and “A View to a Kill“.
Michael Anthony is 72. Van Halen bassist and badass backing vocalist. Eddie and Alex vowed to never work with him again . . . because he continues to work with Sammy Hagar . . . and they hate Sammy.
John Goodman is 74. Dan Conner on “Roseanne”. He’s also a cult hero because of his iconic role as Walter Sobchak in “The Big Lebowski”.
Lionel Richie is 77. “All Night Long“, “Hello“, “Endless Love“.
Bob Vila is 80. Cuban-American home improvement TV host. He’s best known for hosting “This Old House” from 1979 to 1989.
Anne Murray is 81. In 1970, her song “Snowbird“ made her the first Canadian woman to have a track hit #1 in the U.S.
Brian Wilson (1942 – 2025) Beach Boys’ mastermind. “Good Vibrations“, “I Get Around“, “Wouldn’t It Be Nice“, “Fun Fun Fun“, “California Girls“.
Alan Longmuir (1948 – 2018) Bay City Rollers bassist. “S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Night“!
Olympia Dukakis (1931 – 2021) She won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for playing Cher’s mom in “Moonstruck” . . . which also starred the late Danny Aiello and John Mahoney. It’s their birthday today too.
John Mahoney (1940 – 2018) Frasier’s dad on ”Frasier”.
Danny Aiello (1933 – 2019) His famous line in “The Godfather Part II” . . . where he says, “Michael Corleone says hello!” during a hit . . . was ad-libbed.
Chet Atkins (1924 – 2001) Country legend.
Martin Landau (1928 – 2017) “Mission: Impossible” O.G. In 1995, he won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for playing Bela Lugosi in “Ed Wood”. He won an Emmy in 2007 as a washed-up Hollywood producer in “Entourage”.
Birthdays on June 21, 2026
Natalie Alyn Lind is 27. Lauren Strucker on “The Gifted”, Danielle Sullivan on “Big Sky”, and Adam’s ex Dana on “The Goldbergs”.
Rebecca Black is 29. “Friday“ singer. But she’s long since redeemed herself. If you don’t believe it, check out her song “Satellite“.
Lana Del Rey is 41. “West Coast“, “Summertime Sadness“, “Born to Die“, “Blue Jeans“, “Young and Beautiful“, “Video Games“, “Lust for Life“.
Sharna Burgess is 41. “Dancing with the Stars” pro.
Kris Allen is 41. The winner of the eighth season of “American Idol“. He beat Adam Lambert. His first official single was “No Boundaries“. He also got a lot of love for his cover of “Heartless“.
Jussie Smollett is 44. Jamal Lyon for the first five seasons of “Empire”.
Prince William is 44. Mr. Kate Middleton, son of Prince Charles and Diana, and heir to the throne . . . unless Dad manages to hang on as long as Grandma has.
Benjamin Walker is 44. The High King of the elves in “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”. You might also remember him as “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” and as Eric Gelden on “Jessica Jones”.
Brandon Flowers is 45. Mormon who’s the front-poser in The Killers. Biggest hits: “Mr. Brightside“ and “Somebody Told Me“.
Chris Pratt is 47. “Guardians of the Galaxy“, “Jurassic World“, “The Terminal List“, and “LEGO“ superstar, who has Nine Rules for the Next Generation.
Erica Durance is 48. Lois Lane on “Smallville”, Dr. Alex Reid on “Saving Hope”, and Kara’s Kryptonian mom on “Supergirl”.
Maggie Siff is 52. Wendy Rhoades on Showtime’s “Billions” and Jax’s wife Dr. Tara Knowles Teller on “Sons of Anarchy”.
Juliette Lewis is 53. “Cape Fear”, and “Natural Born Killers”.
Allison Moorer is 54. Country singer and Shelby Lynne’s sister. She and Shelby did a duets album called “Not Dark Yet“, that includes covers of songs by Kurt Cobain, The Killers, and Merle Haggard.
Carrie Preston is 59. Arlene Fowler on “True Blood”. And Elsbeth Tascioni on “The Good Wife” and “The Good Fight”. She’s married to Michael Emerson . . . a.k.a. the guy who played Ben Linus on “Lost”.
Mancow Muller is 60.
Lana Wachowski is 61. “Sense 8” creator and one-half of the Wachowski SISTERS. They wrote and directed “The Matrix” movies back when they were still dudes. Now Larry is Lana and Andy is Lilly.
David Morrissey is 62. The Governor on “The Walking Dead”.
Doug Savant is 62. Tom Scavo on “Desperate Housewives”. He was also one of the first openly gay characters on TV as Matt on “Melrose Place”.
Kip Winger is 65. The superstar who brought us Winger! Remember “Seventeen“? Remember “Headed for a Heartbreak“? Remember the late ’80s?
Nils Lofgren is 75. Guitarist in Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band. He also played on Neil Young’s “After the Goldrush” album when Nils was only 17.
Joey Kramer is 76. Aerosmith’s drummer.
Meredith Baxter is 79. Elyse Keaton, the mom on “Family Ties“.
Michael Gross is 79. Steven Keaton, the dad on “Family Ties“.
Ray Davies is 82. Leader of The Kinks. “You Really Got Me“. He swears “Lola“ wasn’t about his own adventure with a transsexual ladyboy. It was the band’s manager Robert Wace who went down that delicious road.
Bernie Kopell is 93. Doc on “The Love Boat” and Siegfried on “Get Smart”.
