Actor Simon Pegg celebrates a birthday on Valentine’s Day. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP
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Birthday wishes go out to actor Simon Pegg and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on February 14th and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
Magicians Penn Jillette, left, and Teller, cast members in the Syfy series “Wizard Wars,” pose together at the NBCUniversal Cable 2015 Winter TCA Press Tour at The Langham Huntington Hotel on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Magician Teller turns 73
Fun fact: Awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2013
Cast members, from left, Glenn Close, Mary Kay Place, Kevin Kline, Meg Tilly, Tom Berenger and JoBeth Williams pose before a reunion screening of the 1983 film “The Big Chill” at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival at The Princess of Wales Theatre on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013 in Toronto. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Actress Meg Tilly turns 61
Fun fact: First motion picture role was as a dancer in ‘Fame’
Tom Cruise, left, speaks as Simon Pegg sits beside him during a news conference for the movie “Mission: Impossible – Fallout” at the Imperial Ancestral Temple in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018. The film opens in China on Aug. 31. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)AP
Actor Simon Pegg turns 51
Fun fact: Played the alien Unkar Plutt in ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’
Jazmine Sullivan, left, and Rob Thomas perform at the Pre-Grammy Gala And Salute To Industry Icons at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Singer Rob Thomas turns 49
Fun fact: Has written songs for Willie Nelson and Mick Jagger
Danai Gurira, left, and Lupita Nyong’o present the award for outstanding performance by a male actor in a television movie or miniseries at the 26th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, in Los Angeles. (Photo/Chris Pizzello)Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Actress Danai Gurira turns 43
Fun fact: Portrayed the character Michonne on ‘The Walking Dead’
Jake Lacy, Zoe Kravitz, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and David H. Holmes, from left, attend the premiere of Hulu’s “High Fidelity” at Metrograph on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, in New York. (Photo by Jason Mendez/Invision/AP)Jason Mendez/Invision/AP
Actor Jake Lacy turns 35
Fun fact: Appeared in the final season of ‘The Office’ as new hire Pete Miller
Freddie Highmore arrives at the 24th annual Critics’ Choice Awards on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
Actor Freddie Highmore turns 29
Fun fact: Portrayed Charlie Bucket in the Tim Burton adaptation of ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’
More celebrities with birthdays today
Country singer Razzy Bailey is 82. Jazz saxophonist Maceo Parker is 78. TV personality Pat O’Brien (“The Insider,” ″Access Hollywood”) is 73. Actor Ken Wahl (“Wiseguy”) is 64. Opera singer Renee Fleming is 62. Singer Dwayne Wiggins of Tony! Toni! Tone! is 60. Actor Sakina Jaffey (“House of Cards”) is 59. Actor Enrico Colantoni (“Just Shoot Me”) is 58. Actor Zach Galligan (“Gremlins”) is 57. Actor Valente Rodriguez (TV’s “George Lopez,” film’s “Erin Brockovich”) is 57. Bassist Ricky Wolking of The Nixons is 55. Bassist Kevin Baldes of Lit is 49. Actor Matt Barr (“Blood and Treasure”) is 37. Actor Tiffany Thornton (“Sonny With A Chance”) is 35. Actor Brett Dier (“Jane the Virgin”) is 31. Actor Freddie Highmore (“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” ″Bates Motel”) is 29.
Other popular or historical birthdays on February 14th
Frederick Douglas, abolitionist
Woody Hayes, former OSU coach
Jimmy Hoffa, Teamsters leader
Florence Henderson, actress
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