The Beach Boys Brian Wilson Celebrates His 80th Birthday Today

Actors:

John Goodman is 70 (“Raising Arizona,” “Barton Fink,” “Always,” “The Babe,” “The Flintstones,” “The Artist,” “O Brother, Where Art Thou?,” “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” “The Big Lebnowski,” “Argo,” “The Hangover Part III,” “Patriots Day,” “10 Cloverfield Lane,” “Roseanne”)

Nicole Kidman is 55 (“Dead Calm,” “Moulin Rouge,” “Cold Mountain,” “The Hours,” “Big Little Lies”) (FAST FACT: She’s been married to Keith Urban since 2006)

Claudia Lee is 26 (“Zeke & Luther,” “Heart of Dixie”)

Josh Lucas is 51 (“Glory Road,” “Sweet Home Alabama,” “A Beautiful Mind,” “Hulk,” “Stealth,” “Poseidon,” “J. Edgar,” “Red Dog,” “The Mysteries of Laura”) (FAST FACTS: His given name? Joshua Lucas Easy Dent Maurer. And yes, that is his voice you hear on the Home Depot commercials)

Sereyah McNeil is 27 (“Empire”)

Christopher Mintz-Plasse is 33 (“Superbad,” “Role Models,” “Kick-Ass,” “Kick-Ass 2”)

Peter Paige is 53 (“Say Uncle,” “Queer as Folk”)

Tika Sumpter is 42 (“One Life to Live,” “Ride Along,” “Best Friends Date,” “The Haves and the Have Nots”)

The late Danny Aiello (1933-2019)...he would have been 89 (“The Godfather: Part II,” “Do the Right Thing,” “Once Upon a Time in America,” “The Purple Rose of Cairo,” “Moonstruck,” “Hudson Hawk,” “Ruby,” “2 Days in the Valley,” “Lucky Number Slevin,” “The Last Don”)

The late Olympia Dukakis (1931 – 2021) ...she would have been 91 (“Moonstruck,” “In the Land of Women,” “Steel Magnolias”)

The late Errol Flynn (1909-1959) (“The Adventures of Robin Hood,” “Captain Blood”)

The late Martin Landau (1928 – 2017)…he would have been 94(“Mission Impossible,” “Ed Wood,” “North by Northwest”)

The late John Mahoney (1940 – 2018)…he would have been 82 (“Frasier,” “Say Anything”)

Musicians:

Van Halen/ Chickenfoot/ Sammy Hagar and the Circle bassist Michael Anthony is 68

Switchfoot’s Jerome Fontamillas is 55

Sugar Ray’s Murphy Karges is 55 (that’s according to FamousBirthdays.com)

Anne Murray is 77

Grace Potter is 39 (FAST FACT: Grace and her record producer/husband, Eric Valentine, welcomed their son, Sagan Potter Valentine, in January 2018)

Twiggy Ramirez is 51 (Born Jeordie Osbourne White, he played with Marilyn Manson for a number of years – in 2017, he was kicked from Manson’s crew amid accusations by ex-girlfriend Jessicka Addams, who published a Facebook post accusing White of raping her, as well as physically and emotionally abusing her throughout their relationship)

Lionel Richie is 73 (FAST FACTS: He co-wrote the famous fundraising song “We Are the World” with Michael Jackson, which raised money for people in Africa. He also adopted Nicole Richie when she was 9.)

Duran Duran’s John Taylor is 62

Chuck Wicks is 43

Brian Wilson is 80 (FAST FACTS: He co-wrote over 25 top 40 hits for the Beach Boys such as “Good Vibrations” and “Surfin’ the USA.”)

The late guitarist Chet Atkins (1924-2001) …he would have been 98 (FAST FACTS: He received 14 Grammy awards and won the Instrumentalist of the Year honor at the Country Music Awards nine times.)

Plus:

Comedian Mike Birbiglia is 44

Director Stephen Frears is 81 (“My Beautiful Laundrette,” “Dangerous Liaisons,” “High Fidelity,” “The Queen,” “Philomena,” “Florence Foster Jenkins””)

Director Robert Rodriguez is 54 (“El Mariachi,” “Desperado,” “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “Spy Kids” films, “The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl,” “The Faculty,” “Planet Terror,” “Machete”)

WWF wrestler Koko B. “The Birdman” Ware is 64


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