Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 2-8

Here are some celebrities celebrating a birthday this week.

NFL Hall of Fame quarterback and sports broadcaster Terry Bradshaw is 70 on Sept. 2. In this Jan. 20, 1980, file photo, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw cocks arm to pass during NFL football’s Super Bowl XIV in the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, Calif. The Steel Curtain dynasty concluded as Bradshaw completed 14 of 21 passes for 309 yards and set two passing records as the Steelers became the first team to win four Super Bowls. /Suzanne Vlamis, File) (AP Photo)
Actor Keanu Reeves is 54 on Sept. 2. This image released by Lionsgate shows Keanu Reeves in a scene from “John Wick: Chapter 2.” (Niko Tavernise/Lionsgate via AP)
Actor Charlie Sheen is 53 on Sept. 3. In this April 11, 2013 file photo, Charlie Sheen, a cast member in “Scary Movie V,” poses at the Los Angeles premiere of the film at the Cinerama Dome in Los Angeles. Sheen will star in and executive produce a film, “”Mad Families,” for the Crackle streaming network. The film is a multi-generational comedy starring Sheen as Charlie Jones, described as a lovable man-child with a heart of gold and a unique way of looking at the world. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, file)
Singer August Alsina is 26 on Sept. 3. In this July 6, 2014, file photo, August Alsina performs at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans. Alsina said in an interview with Jada Pinkett Smith posted to his Instagram account on May 30, 2017, that he has an autoimmune disorder affecting his liver. (Photo by Donald Traill/Invision/AP, File)
Damon Wayans, a cast member in the television series "Lethal Weapon," arrives at the Fox Television Critics Association summer press tour on Monday, Aug. 8, 2016, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)
Actor Damon Wayans is 58 on Sept. 4. Damon Wayans, a cast member in the television series “Lethal Weapon,” arrives at the Fox Television Critics Association summer press tour on Monday, Aug. 8, 2016, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)
Singer Beyonce Knowles is 37 on Sept. 4. In this June 26, 2016, file photo, Beyonce performs “Freedom” at the BET Awards in Los Angeles. When Beyonce paid tribute to historically black colleges at Coachella, the singer’s grand performance reignited interest in the marching band culture creating shockwaves of excitement to students attending those schools. Many from the black community are praising Beyonce for shedding light on HBCUs. Her high-energy festival set over the weekend involved a marching band, dance troupes and step teams from black colleges along with her singing “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” known as the national black anthem. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)
Actor and comedian Bob Newhart is 89 on Sept. 5. In this Sept. 10, 2016 file photo, Bob Newhart arrives at night one of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Newhart is looking forward to a TV marathon that will mark the 45th anniversary of his 1970s sitcom. But that doesn’t mean he’ll be binge-watching “The Bob Newhart Show” this weekend. As the droll comedian put it, he knows how most of the episodes end. The Decades channel will air 84 back-to-back episodes of Newhart’s sitcom starting Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017 and ending at Monday, Sept. 18. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
Michael Keaton poses for a portrait during press day for "Spotlight" at The Four Seasons on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015, in Los Angeles. Keaton portrays Walter "Robby" Robinson in the movie which opens in U.S. theaters on Nov. 6, 2015.  (Photo by Casey Curry/Invision/AP)
Actor Michael Keaton is 67 on Sept. 5. Michael Keaton poses for a portrait during press day for “Spotlight” at The Four Seasons on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015, in Los Angeles. Keaton portrays Walter “Robby” Robinson in the movie which opens in U.S. theaters on Nov. 6, 2015. (Photo by Casey Curry/Invision/AP)
Actress Rosie Perez is 54 on Sept. 6. In this June 15, 2015 file photo, actress Rosie Perez attends TrevorLIVE New York to benefit The Trevor Project at the Marriott Marquis, in New York. Perez will join New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, the Rev. Al Sharpton and other celebrities including Mark Ruffalo, and Michael Moore are planning to rally New Yorkers to stand up to President-elect Donald Trump on the eve of his inauguration, organizers said Saturday. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Lauren Lapkus arrives at the ELLE Women in Comedy Event at Hyde Sunset on Tuesday, June 7, 2016, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)
Actress Lauren Lapkus is 33 on Sept. 6. Lauren Lapkus arrives at the ELLE Women in Comedy Event at Hyde Sunset on Tuesday, June 7, 2016, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)
Comedian and actress Leslie Jones is 51 on Sept. 7. Leslie Jones attends the Time 100 Gala celebrating the 100 most influential people in the world at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center on Tuesday, April 24, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Actress Evan Rachel Wood is 31 on Sept. 7. Evan Rachel Wood arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of “Westworld” at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Singer Pink is 39 on Sept. 8. In this Jan. 28, 2018, file photo, Pink performs “Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken” at the 60th annual Grammy Awards at Madison Square Garden in New York. Pink was admitted to a Sydney hospital on Monday, Aug. 6, with a virus, forcing her to postpone a second show, her promoter said. The singer’s “Beautiful Trauma” world tour’s first concert in Sydney was scheduled for last Friday, but she canceled that show on doctor’s orders. She battled through a Saturday night show. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)
Wiz Khalifa arrives at the 58th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Rapper Wiz Khalifa is 31 on Sept. 8. Wiz Khalifa arrives at the 58th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
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Damon Wayans, a cast member in the television series "Lethal Weapon," arrives at the Fox Television Critics Association summer press tour on Monday, Aug. 8, 2016, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)
Michael Keaton poses for a portrait during press day for "Spotlight" at The Four Seasons on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015, in Los Angeles. Keaton portrays Walter "Robby" Robinson in the movie which opens in U.S. theaters on Nov. 6, 2015.  (Photo by Casey Curry/Invision/AP)
Lauren Lapkus arrives at the ELLE Women in Comedy Event at Hyde Sunset on Tuesday, June 7, 2016, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)
Wiz Khalifa arrives at the 58th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Sept. 2: Dancer-actress Marge Champion is 99. Singer Jimmy Clanton is 80. Singer Sam Gooden of The Impressions is 79. Singer-turned-minister Joe Simon is 75. Singer Rosalind Ashford of Martha and the Vandellas is 75. Sportscaster Terry Bradshaw is 70. Actor Mark Harmon is 67. Actress Linda Purl is 63. Drummer Jerry Augustyniak of 10,000 Maniacs is 60. Drummer Paul Deakin of The Mavericks is 59. Actor Keanu Reeves is 54. Actress Salma Hayek is 52. Actor Tuc Watkins (”One Life To Live”) is 52. Actress Cynthia Watros (”Lost,” `’Titus”) is 50. Singer K-Ci of K-Ci and JoJo is 49. Comedian Katt Williams (”Norbit”) is 45. Actor Michael Lombardi (”Rescue Me”) is 44. Bassist Sam Rivers of Limp Bizkit is 41. Actor Jonathan Kite (”2 Broke Girls”) is 39. Drummer Spencer Smith (Panic at the Disco) is 31. DJ-music producer Zedd is 29.

Sept. 3: Actress Pauline Collins is 78. Singer-guitarist Al Jardine of The Beach Boys is 76. Actress Valerie Perrine is 75. Drummer Donald Brewer of Grand Funk Railroad is 70. Guitarist Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols is 63. Actor Steve Schirripa (”The Sopranos”) is 61. Actor Holt McCallany (”Lights Out,” `’CSI: Miami”) is 54. Guitarist Todd Lewis of The Toadies is 53. Actor Costas Mandylor (”Picket Fences”) is 53. Actor Charlie Sheen is 53. Singer Jennifer Paige is 45. Musician Redfoo of LMFAO is 43. Actress Ashley Jones (”True Blood”) is 42. Actor Nick Wechsler (”Revenge,” `’Roswell”) is 40. Guitarist Tomo Milicevic of 30 Seconds To Mars is 39. Actor Garrett Hedlund (”Tron”) is 34. Singer August Alsina is 26.

Sept. 4: Actress Mitzi Gaynor is 87. Actor Kenneth Kimmins (”Coach”) is 77. Singer Merald “Bubba” Knight of Gladys Knight and the Pips is 76. TV personality Dr. Jan Pol (”The Incredible Dr. Pol”) is 76. Actress Jennifer Salt (”Soap”) is 74. Bassist Ronald LaPread (The Commodores) is 68. Actress Judith Ivey is 67. Drummer Martin Chambers of The Pretenders is 67. Actor Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (”Welcome Back, Kotter”) is 65. Actress Khandi Alexander (”ER,” `’NewsRadio”) is 61. Actor-comedian Damon Wayans is 58. Guitarist Kim Thayil of Soundgarden is 58. Actor Richard Speight Junior (”The Agency”) is 49. Actor Noah Taylor (2005’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” `’Game of Thrones”) is 49. Actress Ione Skye is 48. DJ-music producer Mark Ronson is 43. Singer Richard Wingo of Jagged Edge is 43. Bassist Ian Grushka of New Found Glory is 41. Actor Wes Bentley (”American Beauty”) is 40. Actor Max Greenfield (”New Girl”) is 39. Singer Dan Miller of O-Town is 38. Singer Beyonce Knowles (Destiny’s Child) is 37. Singer-guitarist Tom Gossin of Gloriana is 37. Actress Whitney Cummings (”Whitney”) is 36. Comedian Kyle Mooney (”Saturday Night Live”) is 34. Multi-instrumentalist Neyla Pekarek of The Lumineers is 32. Singer James Bay is 28. Actor Trevor Gagnon (”The New Adventures of Old Christine”) is 23.

Sept. 5: Comedian-actor Bob Newhart is 89. Actor William Devane (”Jessie Stone,” `’24”) is 79. Actor George Lazenby is 79. Actress Raquel Welch is 78. Singer Al Stewart is 73. Singer Loudon Wainwright the Third is 72. Saxophonist Mel Collins of King Crimson and of Kokomo is 71. Cartoonist Cathy Guisewite (”Cathy”) is 68. Actor Michael Keaton is 67. Drummer Jamie Oldaker of The Tractors is 67. Actress Debbie Turner-Larson (”The Sound of Music”) is 62. Singer Terry Ellis of En Vogue is 55. Drummer Brad Wilk of Rage Against the Machine (and of Audioslave) is 50. TV personality-musician Dweezil Zappa is 49. Actress Rose McGowan is 45. Actress Carice Van Houten (”Game of Thrones”) is 42. Keyboardist Kyle O’Quin of Portugal. The Man is 33. Actor Andrew Ducote (”Dave’s World”) is 32. Actress Kat Graham (”The Vampire Diaries”) is 32. Actor Skandar Keynes (”The Chronicles of Narnia”) is 27.

Sept. 6: Comedian JoAnne Worley is 83. Country singer David Allan Coe is 79. Singer-bassist Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) is 75. Actress Swoosie Kurtz is 74. Comedian-actress Jane Curtin is 71. Country singer Buddy Miller is 66. Actor James Martin Kelly (“Mob City,” “Magic Mike”) is 64. Drummer Joe Smyth of Sawyer Brown is 61. Actor-comedian Jeff Foxworthy is 60. Actor-comedian Michael Winslow (”Police Academy”) is 60. Guitarist Pal Waaktaar of A-ha is 57. News correspondent Elizabeth Vargas is 56. Country singer Mark Chesnutt is 55. Actor Betsy Russell (”Saw”) is 55. Actress Rosie Perez is 54. Singer Macy Gray is 51. Singer CeCe Peniston is 49. Singer Darryl Anthony (Az Yet) is 49. Actor Dylan Bruno (”Numb3ers”) is 46. Actor Idris Elba is 46. Actress Anika Noni Rose (”Dreamgirls”) is 46. Actor Justin Whalin (”Lois and Clark”) is 44. Singer Nina Persson (The Cardigans) is 44. Actress Naomie Harris (”Pirates of the Caribbean” movies) is 42. Rapper Noreaga is 41. Rapper Foxy Brown is 40. Actress Deborah Joy Winans (“Greenleaf”) is 35. Actress Lauren Lapkus (”Orange Is the New Black”) is 33. Singer Max George of The Wanted is 30.

Sept. 7: Jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins is 88. Singer Gloria Gaynor is 75. Singer Alfa Anderson of Chic is 72. Actress Susan Blakely (”The Towering Inferno,” `’The Concorde: Airport `79”) is 70. Drummer Dennis Thompson of MC5 is 70. Actress Julie Kavner (”The Simpsons”) is 68. Singer Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders is 67. Keyboardist Benmont Tench of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers is 65. Actor Corbin Bernsen is 64. Actor Michael Emerson (”Lost”) is 64. Pianist Michael Feinstein is 62. Songwriter Diane Warren is 62. Singer Margot Chapman (Starland Vocal Band) is 61. Actor W. Earl Brown (”Deadwood”) is 55. Comedian Leslie Jones (2016’s “Ghostbusters,” `’Saturday Night Live”) is 51. Model Angie Everhart is 49. Actress Diane Farr (”Numb3rs”) is 49. Actress Monique Gabriela Curnen (”The Dark Knight”) is 48. Actor Tom Everett Scott (”Southland,” `’That Thing You Do!”) is 48. Drummer Chad Sexton of 311 is 48. Actress Shannon Elizabeth (”American Pie”) is 45. Actor Oliver Hudson (”Nashville”) is 42. Actor Devon Sawa (”Slackers,” `’Final Destination”) is 40. Actor Benjamin Hollingsworth (”Code Black”) is 34. Contemporary Christian musician Wes Willis of Rush of Fools is 32. Actress Evan Rachel Wood (”Westworld,” `’Thirteen”) is 31. Actor Ian Chen (”Fresh Off The Boat”) is 12.

Sept. 8: Ventriloquist Willie Tyler (with Lester) is 78. Actor Alan Feinstein is 77. Singer Sal Valentino of The Beau Brummels is 76. Actress Heather Thomas is 61. Singer Aimee Mann is 58. Bassist David Steele of Fine Young Cannibals is 58. Actor Thomas Kretschmann (”The Pianist”) is 56. Singer Marc Gordon of Levert is 54. Singer Neko Case is 48. Actor David Arquette is 47. Actor Martin Freeman (TV’s “Fargo,” `’The Hobbit”) is 47. Former MTV personality Kennedy is 46. Drummer Richard Hughes of Keane is 43. Actor Larenz Tate is 43. Actor Nathan Corddry (”Mom,”) is 41. Singer Pink is 39. Singer-songwriter Eric Hutchinson is 38. Actor Jonathan Taylor Thomas (”Home Improvement”) is 37. Rapper Wiz Khalifa is 31. Actor Gaten Matarazzo (”Stranger Things”) is 16.

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