'Shawshank's' Morgan Freeman Celebrates 85th Birthday Today

Actors:

Sarah Wayne Callies is 45 (“Prison Break,” “The Walking Dead,” “Colony”)

Mark Curry is 61 (“Hangin' with Mr. Cooper,” “It's Showtime at the Apollo”)

Brian Cox is 76 (“Manhunter,” “The Bourne Identity,” “The Bourne Supremacy,” “X2,” “Braveheart,” “Rushmore,” “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” “Troy,” “Doctor Who”) (FAST FACT: He was the first actor to portray Hannibal Lecter on film in the 1986 film, “Manhunter.”)

Morgan Freeman is 85 (“The Electric Company,” “Glory,” “The Shawshank Redemption,” “Seven,” “Bruce Almighty,” “The Dark Knight” trilogy, “The Sum of All Fears,” “Million Dollar Baby,” “Lucy”) (FAST FACT: Nominated for an Oscar for his role in 1994’s “The Shawshank Redemption,” he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in 2005’s “Million Dollar Baby”)

Adam Garcia is 49 (“Wilde,” “Coyote Ugly,” “Kangaroo Jack,” “Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen”)

Danielle Harris is 45 (“Halloween,” “Marked for Death,” “The Last Boy Scout,” Free Willy,” “Daylight”)

Oliver James is 42 (“What A Girl Wants,” “Roadkill,” “Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling”)

Jonathan Pryce is 75 (“Brazil,” “Evita,” “The Adventures of Baron Von Munchausen,” “Tomorrow Never Dies,” “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “Game of Thrones,” “The Crown”) (FAST FACTS: He has received numerous awards including two Tony Awards and two Laurence Olivier Awards. In 2021 he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to drama.)

Robin Mattson is 66 (“Guiding Light,” “Santa Barbara,” “All My Children,” “General Hospital”)

Teri Polo is 53 (“Meet The Parents,” “I'm with Her,” “The West Wing,” “The Fosters”)

The late Rene Auberjonois (1940 – 2019)...he would have been 82 (“Benson,” "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," “Boston Legal”)

The late Powers Boothe (1948 – 2017) …he would have been 74 (“Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones,” “Tombstone,” “Deadwood,” “24,” “Nashville”)

The late Andy Griffith (1926 – 2012)…he would have been 96 (“The Andy Griffith Show,” “Matlock”) (FAST FACT: He developed an interest in acting during high school, but went to college with the intent to become a preacher)

The late Cleavon Little (1939 – 1992)…he would have been 83 (“Blazing Saddles,” “Temperatures Rising,” “Bagdad Café,” “True Colors”)

The late Marilyn Monroe (1926 – 1962)…she would have been 96 (“As Young as You Feel,” “Monkey Business,” “Clash by Night,” “Don't Bother to Knock,” “Niagara,” “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” “How to Marry a Millionaire,” “ The Seven Year Itch.”)

Musicians:

Lisa Hartman Black is 66 (The former “Knots Landing” star and 70s/80s singer married Clint Black in 1991, but it wasn’t until 1999 that the couple finally sang a duet together. Of course, “When I Said I Do” became a massive hit. So much that they later teamed up on “Easy for Me to Say.” They reminded everyone about that when they appeared on “The Masked Singer” in 2020 – they were the Snow Owls)

Brandi Carlile is 41

Pat Boone is 88

Ronnie Dunn is 69

Alanis Morissette is 48

Ronnie Wood is 75 (FAST FACTS: Married to his much younger wife Sally Humphreys since 2012 – she’s 31 years his junior – the couple welcomed twin girls in May 2016. Also exciting for his 2016? He finally quit smoking after 50 years)

Plus:

Supermodel and TV personality Heidi Klum is 49

Web video star Charles Lincoln Neal III is 44 (part of the Internet sensation comedy duo known as ‘Rhett and Link’ alongside Rhett McLaughlin – he’s ‘Link’)

Video game designer Markus Persson is 43 (FAST FACTS: Also known as Notch, he’s the guy a Swedish video game designer known for his role in developing ‘Minecraft,’ the hit PC game. In 2014, he became a billionaire when Microsoft purchased Minecraft for $2.5-billion)

Comedienne Amy Schumer is 41

The late religious leader Brigham Young (1801 – 1877) (FAST FACTS: He was the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1847 until his death in 1877. He also notably helped found the institutions, which are now known as the University of Utah and Brigham Young University. He not only founded Salt Lake City Utah, but is also responsible for the famous Mormon Temple. A practicing polygamist, he also had 55 wives and 56 children)


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