{"id":193536,"date":"2025-12-20T14:54:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T14:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/193536\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T14:54:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T14:54:04","slug":"todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-december-20-2025-includes-celebrities-dick-wolf-peter-criss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/193536\/","title":{"rendered":"Today\u2019s famous birthdays list for December 20, 2025 includes celebrities Dick Wolf, Peter Criss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"GKQ76WZHYJHVPJHKVGIBR6UJ6A\">Birthday wishes go out to Dick Wolf, Peter Criss 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 20th and learn an interesting fact about each of them.<\/p>\n<p>Top celebrity birthdays on December 20, 2025<img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Paul Stanley, Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, Gene Simmons\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/S3Y4FHN2L5HLNH2L3CL4HGVZ2M.jpg\"  \/>Hall of Fame Inductees Paul Stanley, Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, and Gene Simmons appear in the press room at the 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Thursday, April, 10, 2014 in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa\/Invision\/AP)Andy Kropa\/Invision\/AP<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"HDQTQGB3IBDGBAGR7OXME2FDOI\">Musician Peter Criss turns 80<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"35ZGAAYKNBCC3OMH6PZK3JT554\">Fun fact: Appeared in a pair of \u201cOz\u201d episodes as a prison inmate. <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ice-T, Dick Wolf\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4IFLY5KI55CQLLTVK4Y34YNZHE.jpg\"  \/>Ice-T, left, and Dick Wolf attend a ceremony honoring actor and rapper Ice-T, known for his role in the television series &#8220;Law and Order: SVU&#8221; and songs &#8220;6 &#8216;N the Mornin'&#8221; and &#8220;New Jack Hustler,&#8221; Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell\/Invision\/AP)Richard Shotwell\/Invision\/AP<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"TKYXUOGGDBEXPNVMXSBUJVTK7M\">Producer Dick Wolf turns 79<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"KD7BV6PYKJA5JAL3VO4GUJ4FLQ\">Fun fact: Originally from New York City. <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Joaquin Phoenix, left, and Todd Phillips\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/7JEZKENMOVAANDGT5DAEMCK7UQ.jpg\"  \/>Joaquin Phoenix, left, and Todd Phillips arrive at the premiere of &#8220;Joker: Folie a Deux&#8221; on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss\/Invision\/AP)Jordan Strauss\/Invision\/AP<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FK2DDCGBFBDKHBMPJBLPPLF3IU\">Director Todd Phillips turns 55<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"HYQOERXN5BA7BJB3U3IP5KXYFE\">Fun fact: Both directed and was a writer for the film \u201cOld School.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jennifer Lawrence, from left, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Jonah Hill, and writer\/director Adam McKay\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/534UZGLSIVFVLE7SAJO6OXBIY4.jpg\"  \/>Jennifer Lawrence, from left, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Jonah Hill, and writer\/director Adam McKay attend the world premiere of &#8220;Don&#8217;t Look Up&#8221; at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP)Invision<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"JR5DVLI5TVE3RPWBPZVXKUX5F4\">Actor Jonah Hill turns 42<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"XULA5DUUQNFV7MHTFOAX4EDZXA\">Fun fact: His sister Beanie Feldstein is also an actor. <\/p>\n<p>More celebrities with birthdays today<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5KYE25AYXRGXTLKB4GMA3H5UVI\">Actor Tommy Cole (\u201cThe Mickey Mouse Club\u201d) is 84. Drummer-producer Bobby Colomby (Blood, Sweat and Tears) is 81. Illusionist Uri Geller is 79. Musician Alan Parsons is 77. Actor Jenny Agutter (\u201cCall the Midwife\u201d) is 73. Actor Michael Badalucco (\u201cThe Practice\u201d) is 71. Actor Blanche Baker (\u201cShakedown,\u201d \u2033Holocaust\u201d) is 69. Singer Billy Bragg is 68. Singer-bassist Mike Watt (The Minutemen, fIREHOSE) is 68. Actor Joel Gretsch (\u201cThe Vampire Diaries,\u201d \u201cV\u2033) is 62. Country singer Kris Tyler is 61. Singer Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes is 59. Actor Nicole deBoer (\u201cThe Dead Zone\u201d) is 55. Singer David Cook (\u201cAmerican Idol\u201d) is 43. Actor Bob Morley (\u201cThe 100\u201d) is 41. 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rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/life-and-culture\/g66l-2019\/09\/e28ecfe1478315\/25-celebrities-who-appeared-on-friends.html\">\u2018Friends\u2019 guest stars<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/life-and-culture\/j66j-2020\/01\/9d6ad945495235\/30-actors-and-other-celebrities-who-appeared-on-the-office.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/life-and-culture\/j66j-2020\/01\/9d6ad945495235\/30-actors-and-other-celebrities-who-appeared-on-the-office.html\">Celebs on \u2018The Office\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"52TSEGLLLRBOVAQNGOJLTL6XFY\">Check out our rundown of more than 30 posts featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/entertainment\/2023\/03\/movie-and-tv-fun-facts-learn-more-about-your-favorite-films-and-television-shows.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/entertainment\/2023\/03\/movie-and-tv-fun-facts-learn-more-about-your-favorite-films-and-television-shows.html\">trivia and fun facts about movies and TV shows<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"A7L23QK7CFF7ZGSU77ITGC2FHI\">Want to see more celebrity birthdays as well as additional fun facts posts? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mike.rose.cle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mike.rose.cle\/\">Follow me on Facebook<\/a> for more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Birthday wishes go out to Dick Wolf, Peter Criss and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-193536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}