Celebrity birthdays for the week of December 4-10:
December 4: Show host Wink Martindale is 89. Singer Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon is 86 years old. Actor-producer-director Max Baer Junior (“The Beverly Hillbillies”) is 85 years old. Moby Grape bassist Bob Mosley is 80 years old. Singer-bassist Chris Hillman (The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers) is 78 years old. Southside singer Johnny Lyon of Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes is 74 years old. Actor Jeff Bridges is 73 years old. Guitarist Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Rossington Collins Band) is 71 years old Actor Patricia Wettig is 71 years old. Actor Tony Todd (Final Destination movies) is 68 years old. Diamond Rio drummer Brian Prout is 67 years old. Jazz singer Cassandra Wilson is 67 years old. Bassist Bob Griffin (The BoDeans) is 63 years old. Sponge singer Vinnie Dombroski is 60 years old. Actor Chelsea Noble (“Growing Pains,” ″Kirk”) is 58 years old. The actor Marisa Tomei is 58 years old. Comedian Fred Armisen (“Portlandia,” “Saturday Night Live”) is 56 years old. Rapper Jay-Z is 53 years old. Actor Kevin Sussman (“Ugly Betty”) is 52 years old. Model Tyra Banks is 49 years old. Country singer Lila McCann is 41 years old. Actor Lindsay Felton (“Caitlin’s W”ay”) is 38 years old. Actor Orlando Brown (“That’s So Raven”) is 35 years old. Actor Scarlett Estevez (“Lucifer”) is 15 years old.
December 5: Actor Jeroen Krabbe (“The Fugitive”) is 78 years old. Opera singer Jose Carreras is 76 years old. Singer Jim Messina (Loggins and Messina, Poco) is 75 years old. Actor Morgan Brittany (“Dallas”) is 71 years old. Actor Brian Backer (“Fast Times at Ridgemont High”) is 66 years old. Country singer Ty England is 59 years old. Singer-guitarist John Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls is 57 years old. Country singer Gary Allan is 55 years old. Comedian Margaret Cho is 54 years old. Actor Alex Kapp Horner (“The New Adventures of Old Christine”) is 53 years old. Actor Kali Rocha (“Man with a Plan”) is 51 years old. Cowboy Mouth bassist Regina Zernay is 50 years old. Actor Paula Patton (“Precious”) is 47 years old. Actor Amy Acker (“Person of Interest”, “Angel”) is 46 years old. Actor Nick Stahl (TV’s Carnivale, the movie Terminator 3) is 43 years old. Actor Adan Canto (“Designated Survivor”) is 41 years old. Singer Keri Hilson is 40 years old. Actor Gabriel Luna (“Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD”) is 40 years old. Actor Frankie Muniz (“Malcolm in the Middle”) is 37 years old. Actor Ross Bagley (“Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”) is 34 years old.
December 6: Actor Patrick Bauchau (“The Pretender,” “Carnivale”) is 84 years old. Country singer Helen Cornelius is 81 years old. Actor James Naughton (“Hostages”, “Planet of the Apes”) is 77 years old. Maze singer Frank Beverly is 76. Actor JoBeth Williams is 74 years old. Actor Tom Hulce is 69 years old. Actor Kin Shriner is 69 years old. Show host Wil Shriner is 69 years old. Drummer Rick Buckler of The Jam is 67 years old. Singer Tish Hinojosa is 67 years old. Country singer Bill Lloyd of Foster and Lloyd is 67. Comedian Steven Wright is 67 years old. REM guitarist Peter Buck is 66 years old. Drummer David Lovering of The Pixies is 61 years old. Everything But the Girl guitarist Ben Watt is 60 years old. Actor Janine Turner (“Strong Medicine”, “Northern Exposure”) is 60 years old. Director Judd Apatow (“The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” ″Knocked Up”) is 55 years old. Ace of Base keyboardist Ulf “Buddha” Ekberg is 52 years old. Actor Lindsay Price (“Splitting Up Together”) is 46 years old. Actor Ashley Madekwe (“Revenge”, “Salem”) is 41 years old. Rush of Fools bassist Jacob Chesnut is 33 years old.
December 7: Bluegrass singer Bobby Osborne of the Osborne Brothers is 91. Actor Ellen Burstyn is 90 years old. Country singer Gary Morris is 74 years old. Singer Tom Waits is 73 years old. Actor Priscilla Barnes (“Three’s Company”) is 65 years old. Announcer Edd Hall (“The Tonight Show With Jay Leno”) is 64 years old. Psychedelic Furs bassist Tim Butler is 64 years old. Actor Patrick Fabian (“Better Call Saul”) is 58 years old. Actor Jeffrey Wright (“Westworld”) is 57 years old. Actor C. Thomas Howell is 56 years old. Actor Kimberly Hebert Gregory (“Kevin (Probably) Saves The World”) is 50 years old. The rapper Kon Artis from D12 is 48 years old. All Saints singer Nicole Appleton is 47 years old. Singer Frankie J (Kumbia Kings) is 46 years old. Country singer Sunny Sweeney is 46 years old. Actor Shiri Appleby (“UnREAL”, “Roswell”) is 44 years old. Singer Sara Bareilles is 43 years old. Actor Jennifer Carpenter (“Limitless”, “Dexter”) is 43 years old. Actor Jack Huston (“Boardwalk Empire”) is 40.
December 8: Singer Jerry Butler is 83. Flutist James Galway is 83 years old. The Hollies drummer Bobby Elliott is 81. Actor Mary Woronov (“Eating Raoul”, “The Munsters” movies) is 79 years old. Actor John Rubinstein (“Family,” “Crazy Like a Fox”) is 76 years old. Actor Kim Basinger is 69 years old. Guitarist Warren Cuccurullo (Duran Duran, Missing Persons) is 66 years old. Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen is 66 years old. Country singer Marty Raybon (The Raybon Brothers, Shenandoah) ) is 63 years old. Guitarist Marty Friedman (Megadeth) is 60 years old. Actor Wendell Pierce (“The Wire”, “Treme”) is 59 years old. Actor Teri Hatcher is 58 years old. Actor David Harewood (“Supergirl”, “Homeland”) is 57 years old. Singer Sinead O’Connor is 56 years old. Actor Matthew Laborteaux (“Little House on the Prairie”) is 56 years old. Sister Hazel guitarist Ryan Newell is 50 years old. Actor Dominic Monaghan (“Lost,” “Lord of the Rings”) is 46 years old. Actor Ian Somerhalder (“The Vampire Diaries,” “Lost”) is 44 years old. Singer Ingrid Michaelson is 43 years old. Singer Chrisette Michele is 40 years old. Country singer Sam Hunt is 38 years old. Singer Kate Voegele (“One Tre e Hill”) is 36 years old. Skillet drummer Jen Ledger is 33 years old. Actor Wallis Currie-Wood (“Madam Secretary”) is 31 years old. Actor AnnaSophia Robb (movie “Race to Witch Mountain”, TV series “The Carrie Diaries”) is 29 years old.
December 9: Actor Judi Dench is 88 years old. Actor Beau Bridges is 81 years old. Football player turned actor Dick Butkus is 80 years old. Actor Michael Nouri is 77 years old. Singer Joan Armatrading is 72 years old. Actor Michael Dorn (“Star Trek: The Next Generation” “) is 70 years old. Actor John Malkovich is 69 years old. Country singer Sylvia is 66 years old. Singer Donny Osmond is 65 years old. Crowded House bassist Nick Seymour is 64 years old. Comedian Mario Cantone (“Sex and the City”) is 63 years old. Actor David Anthony Higgins (“Malcolm in the Middle”, “Ellen”) is 61 years old. Actor Joe Lando (“Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman”) is 61 years old. Actor Felicity Huffman (“Desperate Housewives”, “Sports Night”) is 60 years old. Yankee Gray keyboardist Jerry Hughes is 57 years old. Singer-guitarist Thomas Flowers of Oleander is 55 years old. Weezer guitarist Brian Bell is 54 years old. Singer-guitarist Jakob Dylan of The Wallflowers is 53 years old. Businesswoman and TV personality Lori Greiner (“Shark Tank”) is 53 years old Actor Allison Smith (“The West Wing”, “Kate and Allie”) is 53 years old. Former “American Idol” judge Kara DioGuardi is 52 years old. Country singer David Kersh is 52. Actor Reiko Aylesworth (“24″) is 50 years old. Green Day drummer Tre Cool turns 50. Rapper Canibus is 48 years old. Singer Imogen Heap is 45 years old. Actor Jesse Metcalfe (“Desperate Housewives”) is 44 years old. Actor Simon Helberg (“The Big Bang Theory”) is 42 years old. Actor Jolene Purdy (“Under the Dome”, “Donnie Darko”) is 39 years old. Actor Joshua Sasse (“Galavant”) is 35 years old. Actor Ashleigh Brewer (“The Bold and the Beautiful”) is 32.
December 10: Actor Fionnula Flanagan (“Waking Ned Devine”) is 81. Actor and singer Gloria Loring is 76 years old. The Commodores drummer Walter “Clyde” Orange is 76. Country singer Johnny Rodriguez is 71 years old. Actor Susan Dey is 70 years old. Musician Paul Hardcastle is 65 years old. Actor John York (“General Hospital”) is 64 years old. Actor-director Kenneth Branagh is 62 years old. Actor Nia Peeples is 61 years old. TV chef Bobby Flay is 58 years old. Singer-guitarist J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. is 57 Scottish bassist Alexander of Dishwalla is 51. Drummer Meg White of The White Stripes is 48 years old. Actor Emmanuelle Chriqui (“Entourage”) is 47 years old. The rapper Kuniva from D12 is 47 years old. Actor Gavin Houston (“The Haves and the Have Nots,” “Guiding Light”) is 45 years old. Actor Alano Miller (“Underground”, “Jane the Virgin”) is 43 years old. Airborne Toxic Event bassist Noah Harmon is 41 years old. Actor Patrick John Flueger (“Chicago PD”) is 39 years old. Country singer Meghan Linsey is 37 years old. Actor Raven-Symone (“That’s So Raven”, ″The Cosby Show”) is 37 years old. Actor and singer Teyana Taylor is 32 years old. Actor Kiki Layne (“If Beale Street Coul d Talk”) is 31.