Birthday wishes go out to Jude Law, Mekhi Phifer and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on December 29th and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
Top celebrity birthdays on December 29, 2025
Actor Jon Voight turns 87
Fun fact: Narrated a biography of Roger Ailes titled “Man in the Arena.”
Actor Ted Danson turns 78
Fun fact: Has three children, Alexis, Charlie and Kate.
Actress Patricia Clarkson turns 66
Fun fact: Originally from New Orleans.
Actor Jude Law turns 53
Fun fact: Portrayed Vladimir Putin in the 2025 film “The Wizard of the Kremlin.”
Actor Mekhi Phifer turns 51
Fun fact: Directed the 2006 film “Puff, Puff, Pass.”
Actor Diego Luna turns 46
Fun fact: Won a Daytime Emmy in 2021.
Actress Alison Brie turns 43
Fun fact: Married to actor Dave Franco.
More celebrities with birthdays today
Singer-actor Yvonne Elliman is 74. Comedian Paula Poundstone is 66. Guitarist-singer Jim Reid of The Jesus and Mary Chain is 64. Actor Michael Cudlitz (“The Walking Dead”) is 61. Singer Dexter Holland of The Offspring is 60. Actor Jason Gould is 59. News anchor Ashleigh Banfield is 58. Director Lilly Wachowski (“The Matrix”) is 58. Singer-guitarist Glen Phillips (Toad the Wet Sprocket) is 55. Actor Kevin Weisman (“Alias”) is 55. Actor Jude Law is 53. Actor Maria Dizzia (“Orange Is the New Black”) is 51. Actor Shawn Hatosy (“Reckless,” ″The Faculty”) is 50. Actor Katherine Moennig (“Ray Donovan,” “The L Word”) is 48. Country singer Jessica Andrews is 42. Actor Iain de Caestecker (“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”) is 38. Actor Jane Levy (“Suburgatory”) is 36. Drummer Danny Wagner of Greta Van Fleet is 27.
Other popular or historical birthdays on December 29th
- Charles Goodyear, inventor
- Mary Tyler Moore, actress
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