Here are some celebrities celebrating a birthday this week.
June 17: Actor Peter Lupus (TV’s “Mission: Impossible”) is 86. Actor William Lucking (”Sons of Anarchy”) is 77. Singer Barry Manilow is 75. Comedian Joe Piscopo is 67. Actor Mark Linn-Baker (”Perfect Strangers”) is 64. Singer Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys) is 60. Director Bobby Farrelly (”There’s Something About Mary”) is 60. Actor Thomas Haden Church (”Sideways,” `’Wings,” `’Ned and Stacy”) is 57. Actor Greg Kinnear is 55. Actress Kami Cotler (”The Waltons”) is 53. Actor Jason Patric is 52. Singer Kevin Thornton of Color Me Badd is 49. Actor-comedian Will Forte (”Saturday Night Live”) is 48. Actor Arthur Darvill (”DC’s Legends of Tomorrow”) is 36. Actress Jodie Whittaker (”Doctor Who”) is 36. Actor-rapper Herculeez of Herculeez and Big Tyme is 35. Rapper Kendrick Lamar is 31.
June 18: Musician Paul McCartney is 76. Actress Linda Thorson (”The Avengers”) is 71. Keyboardist John Evans (The Box Tops) is 70. Actress Isabella Rossellini is 66. Actress Carol Kane is 66. Actor Brian Benben (”Private Practice”) is 62. Actress Andrea Evans (”The Bold and the Beautiful”) is 61. Singer Alison Moyet is 57. Keyboardist Dizzy Reed (Guns N’ Roses) is 55. Country singer-guitarist Tim Hunt (Yankee Grey) is 51. Singer Nathan Morris of Boyz II Men is 47. Singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne is 45. Rapper Silkk The Shocker is 43. Actress Alana de la Garza is 42. Country singer Blake Shelton is 42. Guitarist Steven Chen of Airborne Toxic Event is 40. Actor David Giuntoli (”Grimm”) is 38. Actor Jacob Anderson (”Game of Thrones”) is 28.
June 19: Singer Tommy DeVito of The Four Seasons is 90. Actress Gena Rowlands is 88. Singer Spanky McFarlane of Spanky and Our Gang is 76. Actress Phylicia Rashad is 70. Singer Ann Wilson of Heart is 68. Actress Kathleen Turner is 64. Country singer Doug Stone is 62. Singer Mark DeBarge of DeBarge is 59. Singer-dancer Paula Abdul is 56. Singer-guitarist Brian Vander Ark of The Verve Pipe is 54. Actress Mia Sara (”Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”) is 51. “Good Morning America” host Lara Spencer is 49. Korn guitarist Brian “Head” Welch is 48. Actor Jean Dujardin (”The Artist”) is 46. Actor Bumper Robinson (”Sabrina The Teenage Witch”) is 44. Actress Poppy Montgomery (”Unforgettable,” `’Without a Trace”) is 43. Singer-banjoist Scott Avett of The Avett Brothers is 42. Actress Zoe Saldana is 40. Actress Lauren Lee Smith (”CSI”) is 38. Singer Macklemore of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis is 35. Actor Paul Dano is 34. Actor Giacomo Gianniotti (”Grey’s Anatomy”) is 29. Actor Chuku Modu (”The Good Doctor”) is 28. Actor Atticus Shaffer (”The Middle”) is 20.
June 20: Actress Olympia Dukakis is 87. Actor Danny Aiello is 85. Musician Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys is 76. Singer Anne Murray is 73. Home-repair show host Bob Vila is 72. Singer Lionel Richie is 69. Actor John Goodman is 66. Bassist Michael Anthony (Van Halen, Chickenfoot) is 64. Bassist John Taylor of Duran Duran is 58. Guitarist Jerome Fontamillas of Switchfoot is 51. Bassist Murphy Karges of Sugar Ray is 51. Actress Nicole Kidman is 51. Singer Dan Tyminski of Alison Krauss and Union Station is 51. Actor Peter Paige (”Queer as Folk”) is 49. Actor Josh Lucas (”Sweet Home Alabama,” `’A Beautiful Mind”) is 47. Bassist Twiggy Ramirez (Marilyn Manson) is 47. Singer Chino Moreno is 45. Singer Amos Lee is 41. Drummer Chris Thompson of The Eli Young Band is 38. Singer-actress Alisan Porter (”The Voice,” `’Curly Sue”) is 37. Singer Grace Potter of Grace Potter and the Nocturnals is 35. Keyboardist Chris Dudley of Underoath is 35. Actor Mark Saul (”Grey’s Anatomy”) is 33. Actor Chris Mintz-Plasse (”Superbad”) is 29.
June 21: Actor Bernie Kopell (”The Love Boat”) is 85. Actor Monte Markham is 83. Actress Mariette Hartley is 78. Comedian Joe Flaherty (”SCTV”) is 77. Musician Ray Davies of The Kinks is 74. Actress Meredith Baxter (”Family Ties”) is 71. Actor Michael Gross (”Family Ties”) is 71. Guitarist Joey Molland of Badfinger is 71. Drummer Joey Kramer of Aerosmith is 68. Guitarist Nils Lofgren is 67. Cartoonist Berke Breathed (”Opus,” `’Bloom County”) is 61. Country singer Kathy Mattea is 59. Actor Marc Copage (”Julia”) is 56. Actor Doug Savant (”Desperate Housewives,” `’Melrose Place”) is 54. Guitarist Porter Howell of Little Texas is 54. Actress Carrie Preston (”The Good Wife”) is 51. Country singer Allison Moorer is 46. Actress Juliette Lewis is 45. Actress Maggie Siff (”Mad Men”) is 44. Bassist Justin Cary (Sixpence None The Richer) is 43. Guitarist Mike Einziger of Incubus is 42. Actor Chris Pratt (”Jurassic World,” `’Guardians of the Galaxy”) is 39. Singer Brandon Flowers of The Killers is 37. Actor Jussie Smollett (”Empire”) is 36. Actor Michael Malarkey (”The Vampire Diaries”) is 35. Singer Kris Allen (”American Idol”) is 33. Singer Lana Del Rey is 33. Bassist Chandler Baldwin of LANCO is 26. Singer Rebecca Black is 21.
June 22: Singer-actor Kris Kristofferson is 82. Actor Michael Lerner is 77. Actor Klaus Maria Brandauer is 75. Singer Peter Asher of Peter and Gordon is 74. Singer Howard “Eddie” Kaylan of The Turtles is 71. Actor David L. Lander (”Laverne and Shirley”) is 71. Singer Todd Rundgren is 70. Singer Alan Osmond of The Osmonds is 69. Actress Meryl Streep is 69. Actress Lindsay Wagner is 69. Actress Murphy Cross is 68. Actor Graham Greene (”Dances With Wolves”) is 66. Singer Cyndi Lauper is 65. Actor Chris Lemmon is 64. Bassist Derek Forbes (Simple Minds) is 62. Bassist Garry Beers of INXS is 61. Bassist Alan Anton of Cowboy Junkies is 59. Actress Tracy Pollan (”Family Ties”) is 58. Singer Mike Edwards of Jesus Jones is 54. Actress Amy Brenneman is 54. Singer Steven Page (Barenaked Ladies) is 48. Actress Mary Lynn Rajskub (”24”) is 47. TV personality Carson Daly is 45. Guitarist Chris Traynor (Helmet) is 45. Actor Donald Faison (”Scrubs”) is 44. Actress Lecy Goranson (”Roseanne”) is 44. Comedian Mike O’Brien (”Saturday Night Live”) is 42. TV personality Jai Rodriguez (”Queer Eye for the Straight Guy”) is 39. Actress Lindsay Ridgeway (”Boy Meets World”) is 33. Singer Dina Hansen of Fifth Harmony (”The X Factor”) is 21.
June 23: Singer Diana Trask is 78. Actor Ted Shackelford (”Knots Landing”) is 72. Actor Bryan Brown (”The Thorn Birds”) is 71. Former “American Idol” judge Randy Jackson is 62. Actress Frances McDormand is 61. Drummer Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth is 56. Director Josh Whedon (”The Avengers,” `’Marvels’ Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”) is 54. Singer Chico DeBarge is 48. Actress Selma Blair is 46. Actor Joel Edgerton (”Loving”) is 44. Singer KT Tunstall is 43. Singer Virgo Williams of Ghostown DJs is 43. Actress Emmanuelle Vaugier (”Two and a Half Men”) is 42. Singer-songwriter Jason Mraz is 41. Actress Melissa Rauch (”The Big Bang Theory”) is 38. Singer Duffy is 34.
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