Happy birthday, Avengers actor Jeremy Renner!

Dreamy, heartthrob Jeremy Renner, born January 7, 1971 in Modesto, California, is probably best known for his portrayal of Hawkeye of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Avengers. He was nominated for a Saturn Award for his performance in Avengers: Endgame. He has been nominated for numerous awards for his work in The Hurt Locker and The Town.

Happy birthday, Chris Pratt!

Hunky, adorable Chris Pratt, born June 21, 1979 in Virginia, Minnesota, has appeared in many blockbuster action movies.  His first big acting job came in 2002 when he starred with Treat Williams in Everwood.  Then in 2014, he landed the role of Peter Quill in the Guardians of the Galaxy, which has spawned two sequels.  As Quill, he has appeared in other MCU movies with the Avengers in Avengers: Infinity War, Endgame and Thor: Love and Thunder.  He appeared in the second Jurassic Park trilogy.

He won a Saturn Award in 2015 for his performance in Guardians of the Galaxy. He is currently voicing the character of Garfield in The Garfield Movie.

And he's has more performances in progress.  

Go, sexy!

Star Trek: Voyager episode Endgame wins two Primetime Emmys 2001

The series finale of Star Trek: Voyager Endgame won two Primetime Emmys at the 53rd annual ceremony held November 4, 2001.  It took home the trophies for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore), and Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series. The episode Workforce was nominated for the same two awards.  Star Trek: Voyager was also nominated Outstanding Costumes for a Series, Outstanding Hairstyling for a Series, Outstanding Makeup for a Series, and Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series.

The X-Files won the award for Outstanding Makeup for a Series for Deadalive, tying with The Sopranos.  The series was nominated for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single Camera Series.

The mini-series Dune won Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special for Part I, and Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie for Part II.  Part III was nominated for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or Special.

Happy birthday, Tom Hiddleston!

Versatile and handsome actor Tom Hiddleston, born February 9, 1981 in London, England, is probably best known for his portrayal of Loki in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He has appeared as Loki in Thor, Thor: The Dark World, Thor: Ragnarok, The Avengers, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame.  He has a television series Loki and has voiced the character in other visual media.  I really liked him in Kong: Skull Island.  He played Hank Williams in the biopic I Saw the Light.

He has received many awards for his work as Loki, but he has also won a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television in 2017 for his performance in The Night Manager.

Chadwick Boseman "Black Panther" born 1976

Chadwick Boseman, born November 29, 1976 in Anderson, South Carolina, first made waves in his performance as Jackie Robinson in 42, but garnered millions of more fans when he appeared as T'Challa, or Black Panther, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

He first appeared as T'Challa in Captain America: Civil War and went on to play the character in his own movie Black Panther.  He performed as T'Challa in Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Infinity War, and the TV series What If...?

He many awards for his performance as T'Challa and for his performance in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.

Unfortunately, Boseman passed away in August 2020 after a long battle with colon cancer. 

Happy birthday, Jon Favreau!

Cinematic powerhouse Jon Favreau, born October 19, 1966 in Queens, New York, is a producer, director and actor.  He is the executive producer for all three Iron Man movies, and three of the Avengers movies, Age of Ultron, Infinity War and Endgame.

He directed the first two Iron Man movies.  

He has appeared in six movies as Tony Stark's chauffeur Happy Hogan.

Favreau won a Saturn Award (Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films) for Best Director for Iron Man.  He has also been recognized for his work on the Disney Star Wars production of The Mandalorian.