Look who's turning 65 this month
Find out which celebrities are turning 65 this month!
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September 21 - Dave Coulier, actor and comedian
Two sitcom heroes of the late 80s and early 90s turn 65 this month. First up: Dave Coulier, best known for his role as Joey Gladstone on the hit TV show Full House, which aired from 1987 to 1995.
In Full House, Coulier played the lovable, goofy friend and roommate of Danny Tanner, played by Bob Saget. His goodhearted character, Joey, was known for his zany humor and pitch-perfect impressions. Beyond Full House, Coulier voiced characters on the popular animated series Bob & Doug McKenzie and Muppet Babies.
Coulier dated Alanis Morissette for 2 years, right before she released her classic album Jagged Little Pill. Here’s a fun unsubstantiated rumor: Coulier is allegedly the subject of Morissette’s hit song “You Oughta Know.”
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Coulier began his career in stand-up comedy. Outside of his professional life, Coulier is known for his enthusiasm for hockey and gets out on the ice for charity games and events. He’s also a licensed pilot.
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September 23 - Jason Alexander, actor and comedian
“I’m disturbed, I’m depressed, I’m inadequate—I’ve got it all!” Oh, George. Over nine seasons of Seinfeld from 1989 to 1998, the neurotic George Costanza entered TV’s pantheon of immortal losers, thanks to actor Jason Alexander.
In one famous season 5 episode, “The Marine Biologist,” George recounts how he saved a beached whale while pretending to be a marine biologist (to impress a woman, of course). During filming, the original ending wasn’t landing with the live audience, and writer Larry David asked Alexander how long it would take him to memorize a new one. Minutes later, Alexander delivered one of the most iconic Seinfeld monologues. It begins, “The sea was angry that day, my friends, like an old man trying to send back soup at a deli”—and ends when George reveals the surprising object that was obstructing the whale’s blowhole (watch here).
While he’ll always be beloved as George Costanza, Jason Alexander was just warming up with Seinfeld. The Emmy and Tony award-winning New Jersey native has acted in dozens of stage, TV, and film productions. You may have seen him in Pretty Woman (1990), Curb Your Enthusiasm (2001, 2009), and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2019). Today, he hosts a weekly podcast with Peter Tilden, Really? No, Really?, where they investigate “life’s most baffling, intriguing, confusing and annoying questions.”
Alexander’s latest credits include a starring role this past spring in the comedy play Judgement Day at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. He’ll also appear in the upcoming science fiction thriller The Electric State.
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September 24 - Steve Whitmire, Muppeteer
When Steve Whitmire was 10 years old, a show called Sesame Street debuted. “I was a real fanatic about the show,” he says, and even wrote to Jim Henson to ask if he had authored any books on puppet-making. Henson wrote back to encourage the kid to keep learning puppetry. He did—and in 1977, landed a job working with his idol as a Muppeteer.
Tragically, Henson, who shared Whitmire’s September 24 birthday, died suddenly from an infection in 1990. Upon his death, Whitmire took on the role of voicing Henson’s most famous and well-loved Muppet: Kermit the Frog. During his 26 years with Disney as the voice of Kermit, Whitmire was also the voice behind the Muppets Ernie and Beaker, and he developed and voiced the character of Rizzo the Rat, among others. Whitmore appeared in all 8 Muppet movies, including the classics A Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) and Muppet Treasure Island (1996).
In 2016, Whitmire and Disney parted ways over what Disney described as a pattern of “unacceptable business conduct over a period of many years.” According to Whitmire, the reason had to do with differences about Kermit’s characterization and an ongoing labor dispute. Whitmire lives with his wife and high school sweetheart, Melissa, in their native Atlanta.
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