Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 5-11

Comedian-actor Michael Palin (Monty Python) is 76 on May 5. FILE — In this June 30, 2014 file photo, from left, Eric Idle, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin and Terry Jones of the comedy troop Monty Python pose for photographers during a photo in London. (Photo by John Phillips Invision/AP, File)
Actor Henry Cavill (”Man of Steel,” `’The Tudors”) is 36 on May 5. FILE — In this July 22, 2018 file photo, actor Henry Cavill attends the U.S. premiere of “Mission: Impossible — Fallout” in Washington. (Photo by Brent N. Clarke/Invision/AP, File)
Actor George Clooney is 58 on May 6. FILE — In this Thursday, June 7, 2018 file photo, George Clooney arrives at the 46th AFI Life Achievement Award Honoring himself at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)
Rapper Meek Mill is 32 on May 6. FILE — This file photo from Sept. 6, 2018 shows rapper Meek Mill as he walks the sidelines before an NFL football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Atlanta Falcons, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Michael Perez, File)
Drummer Bill Kreutzmann of the Grateful Dead is 73 on May 7. Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann listens to questions during an interview at a music studio Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015, in San Rafael, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
Comedian Aidy Bryant (”Saturday Night Live”) is 32 on May 7. This image released by Hulu shows Aidy Bryant in a scene from the Hulu series, “Shrill.” (Allyson Riggs/Hulu via AP)
Singer Enrique Iglesias is 44 on May 8. Enrique Iglesias holds the Latin Pop Song of the Year award during the Latin Billboard Awards Thursday, April 30, 2015, in Coral Gables, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Drummer Alex Van Halen of Van Halen is 64 on May 8. 
Musician Alex Van Halen and wife Stine Van Halen pose at The Museum of Contemporary Art 2017 Annual Gala at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA on Saturday, April 29, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP)
Drummer Alex Van Halen of Van Halen is 66 on May 8. Musician Alex Van Halen and wife Stine Van Halen pose at The Museum of Contemporary Art 2017 Annual Gala at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA on Saturday, April 29, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP)
Singer Billy Joel is 70 on May 9. Musician Billy Joel performs during his 100th lifetime performance at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, July 18, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Ghostface Killah, left, and U-God from the hip hop group the Wu-Tang Clan perform on day two of the Governors Ball Music Festival on Saturday, June 3, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Rapper Ghostface Killah of Wu-Tang Clan is 49 on May 9. Ghostface Killah, left, and U-God from the hip-hop group the Wu-Tang Clan perform on day two of the Governors Ball Music Festival on Saturday, June 3, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Singer Bono of U2 is 59 on May 10. FILE — In this Monday, July 24, 2017 file photo, U2 singer Bono makes a peace sign as he arrives for a meeting at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, file)
Actor Kenan Thompson (”Saturday Night Live,” `’Kenan and Kel”) is 39 on May 10. 
Kenan Thompson attends the American Museum of Natural History's Museum Gala on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)
Actor Kenan Thompson (”Saturday Night Live,” `’Kenan and Kel”) is 41 on May 10. Kenan Thompson attends the American Museum of Natural History’s Museum Gala on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)
Actor Tim Blake Nelson (”Lincoln,” `’O Brother, Where Art Thou?”) is 55 on May 11. This image released by Netflix shows Tim Blake Nelson as Buster Scruggs in a scene from “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” a film by Joel and Ethan Coen. (Netflix via AP)
Shohreh Aghdashloo attends the 2019 White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Washington Hilton on Saturday April 27, 2019, in Washington. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Actress Shohreh Aghdashloo (”24”) is 67 on May 11. Shohreh Aghdashloo attends the 2019 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner at the Washington Hilton on Saturday April 27, 2019, in Washington. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
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Drummer Alex Van Halen of Van Halen is 64 on May 8. 
Musician Alex Van Halen and wife Stine Van Halen pose at The Museum of Contemporary Art 2017 Annual Gala at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA on Saturday, April 29, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP)
Ghostface Killah, left, and U-God from the hip hop group the Wu-Tang Clan perform on day two of the Governors Ball Music Festival on Saturday, June 3, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Actor Kenan Thompson (”Saturday Night Live,” `’Kenan and Kel”) is 39 on May 10. 
Kenan Thompson attends the American Museum of Natural History's Museum Gala on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)
Shohreh Aghdashloo attends the 2019 White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Washington Hilton on Saturday April 27, 2019, in Washington. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Here are celebrities having a birthday this week.

May 5: Actress Pat Carroll is 92. Actor Michael Murphy is 81. Actor Lance Henriksen (”Millennium,” `’Aliens”) is 79. Comedian-actor Michael Palin (Monty Python) is 76. Actor John Rhys-Davies (”Lord of the Rings,” `’Raiders of the Lost Ark”) is 75. Former MTV News correspondent Kurt Loder is 74. Drummer Bill Ward of Black Sabbath is 71. Actress Melinda Culea (”The A Team,” `’Knots Landing”) is 64. Actress Lisa Eilbacher (”An Officer and a Gentleman,” `’Beverly Hills Cop”) is 62. Singer Ian McCulloch of Echo and the Bunnymen is 60. Newsman Brian Williams is 60. Actress Tina Yothers (”Family Ties”) is 46. Singer Raheem DeVaughn is 44. Actor Vincent Kartheiser (”Mad Men”) is 40. Singer Craig David is 38. Actress Danielle Fishel (”Boy Meets World”) is 38. Actor Henry Cavill (”Man of Steel,” `’The Tudors”) is 36. Bassist Josh Smith of Halestorm is 36. Singer Adele is 31. Singer Chris Brown is 30.

May 6: Singer Bob Seger is 74. Singer Jimmie Dale Gilmore is 74. Singer and comedian Lulu Roman (”Hee Haw”) is 73. Actor Alan Dale (”Lost,” `’Ugly Betty”) is 72. Actor Ben Masters (”Passions”) is 72. Actor Richard Cox (”Alpha House,” `’American Tragedy”) is 71. Host Tom Bergeron (”Dancing with the Stars,” new “Hollywood Squares”) is 64. Singer John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants is 59. Actress Julianne Phillips is 59. Actress Roma Downey (”Touched by an Angel”) is 59. Actor George Clooney is 58. Singer-bassist Tony Scalzo of Fastball is 55. Actress Geneva Carr (”Bull”) is 53. Guitarist Mark Bryan of Hootie and the Blowfish is 52. Guitarist Chris Shiflett of Foo Fighters is 48. Actress Stacey Oristano (”Bunheads,” `’Friday Night Lights”) is 40. Actress Adrianne Palicki (”Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”) is 36. Actress Gabourey Sidibe (”Precious”) is 36. Comedian Sasheer Zamata (”Saturday Night Live”) is 33. Rapper Meek Mill is 32.

May 7: Singer Thelma Houston is 76. Singer-songwriter Bill Danoff (Starland Vocal Band) is 73. Drummer Bill Kreutzmann of the Grateful Dead is 73. Drummer Prairie Prince (The Tubes) is 69. Director Amy Heckerling (”Clueless,” “Fast Times at Ridgemont High”) is 67. Actor Michael E. Knight (”All My Children”) is 60. Guitarist Phil Campbell of Motorhead is 58. Actress Traci Lords is 51. Actor Morocco Omari (”Empire”) is 49. Singer Eagle-Eye Cherry is 48. Actor Breckin Meyer (”Herbie: Fully Loaded,” “Road Trip”) is 45. Drummer Matt Helders of Arctic Monkeys is 33. Comedian Aidy Bryant (”Saturday Night Live”) is 32. Actor Alexander Ludwig (”Vikings,” “The Hunger Games”) is 27. Actress Dylan Gelula (”Jennifer Falls,” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”) is 25.

May 8: Singer Toni Tennille is 79. Country singer Jack Blanchard is 77. Singer Gary Glitter is 75. Jazz pianist Keith Jarrett is 74. Actor Mark Blankfield (”Robin Hood: Men in Tights,” `’The Incredible Shrinking Woman”) is 71. Drummer Chris Frantz of Talking Heads and of Tom Tom Club is 68. Singer Philip Bailey (solo and with Earth, Wind and Fire) is 68. Country musician Billy Burnette is 66. Drummer Alex Van Halen of Van Halen is 66. Actor David Keith is 65. Actor Raoul Max Trujillo (”Mayans M.C.”) is 64. Actress Melissa Gilbert is 55. Drummer Dave Rowntree of Blur is 55. Drummer Del Gray of Little Texas is 51. Singer Darren Hayes (Savage Garden) is 47. Singer Enrique Iglesias is 44. Singer Joe Bonamassa is 42. Actor Matt Davis (”The Vampire Diaries”) is 41. Actor Domhnall Gleason (”Peter Rabbit,” `’Unbroken”) is 36. Drummer Patrick Meese of Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats is 36. Actress Julia Whelan (”Once and Again”) is 35.

May 9: Actress-turned-politician Glenda Jackson is 83. Guitarist Sonny Curtis of Buddy Holly and The Crickets is 82. Producer-director James L. Brooks is 82. Singer Tommy Roe is 77. Singer-guitarist Richie Furay (Buffalo Springfield, Poco) is 75. Singer Clint Holmes is 73. Actress Candice Bergen is 73. Actor Anthony Higgins (”Raiders of the Lost Ark”) is 72. Singer Billy Joel is 70. Bassist Tom Petersson of Cheap Trick is 69. Actress Alley Mills (”The Wonder Years”) is 68. Actress Amy Hill (”Magnum P.I.”) is 66. Actress Wendy Crewson (”Revenge”) is 63. Actor John Corbett (”My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” `’Northern Exposure”) is 58. Singer David Gahan of Depeche Mode is 57. Actress Sonja Sohn (”Body of Proof,” `’The Wire”) is 55. Rapper Ghostface Killah of Wu-Tang Clan is 49. Guitarist Mike Myerson of Heartland is 48. Actor Chris Diamantopoulos (”Episodes,” `’24”) is 44. Singer Tamia is 44. Trombonist Dan Regan of Reel Big Fish is 42. Singer Pierre Bouvier of Simple Plan is 40. Actress Rosario Dawson is 40. Musician Andrew W.K. is 40. Actress Rachel Boston (”Witches of East End,” `’In Plain Sight,” `’American Dreams”) is 37. TV personality Audrina Patridge (”The Hills”) is 34. Actress Grace Gummer (”American Horror Story,” `’The Newsroom”) is 33.

May 10: Singer Henry Fambrough of The Spinners is 81. Singer Donovan is 73. Singer Graham Gouldman of 10cc is 73. Singer Dave Mason is 73. Actor Bruce Penhall (”CHiPs”) is 62. Singer Bono of U2 is 59. Drummer Danny Carey of Tool is 58. Actor Darryl M. Bell (”A Different World”) is 56. Model Linda Evangelista is 54. Rapper Young MC is 52. Actor Erik Palladino (”ER”) is 51. Singer Richard Patrick of Filter is 51. Actor Lenny Venito (”Kevin Can Wait”) is 50. Actor Dallas Roberts (”Dallas Buyers Club,” `’The Good Wife”) is 49. Actress Leslie Stefanson (”The Hunted,” `’The General’s Daughter,” `’Unbreakable”) is 48. Actor Todd Lowe (”True Blood,” `’Gilmore Girls”) is 47. Bassist Jesse Vest of Tantric and of Days of the New is 42. Actor Kenan Thompson (”Saturday Night Live,” `’Kenan and Kel”) is 41. Singer Jason Dalyrimple of Soul for Real is 39. Drummer Joey Zehr of The Click Five is 36. Actress Lindsey Shaw (”Pretty Little Liars”) is 30. Actress Lauren Potter (”Glee”) is 29.

May 11: Comedian Mort Sahl is 92. Singer Eric Burdon (The Animals, War) is 78. Actress Pam Ferris (”Call the Midwife”) is 71. Actress Shohreh Aghdashloo (”24”) is 67. Actress Frances Fisher (”Resurrection,” `’Titanic”) is 67. Actor Boyd Gaines is 66. Drummer Mark Herndon (Alabama) is 64. Former MTV VJ Martha Quinn is 60. Country singer Tim Raybon of The Raybon Brothers is 56. Actor Tim Blake Nelson (”Lincoln,” `’O Brother, Where Art Thou?”) is 55. Actor Jeffrey Donovan (TV’s “Fargo”) is 51. Bassist Keith West of Heartland is 51. Actor Nicky Katt (”Boston Public”) is 49. Actor Coby Bell (”Third Watch”) is 44. Cellist Perttu Kivilaakso of Apocalyptica is 41. Actor Jonathan Jackson (”Nashville,” `’Tuck Everlasting”) is 37. Rapper Ace Hood is 31. Singer Prince Royce is 30. Actress Annabelle Attanasio (”Bull”) is 26. Musician Howard Lawrence of Disclosure is 25.

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