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"The Big Bang Theory" actress Kaley Cuoco (1985)

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Happy Birthday to 8 Simple Rules actress Kaley Cuoco (1985), The Girl Next Door star Elisha Cuthbert (1982), American Idol winner Clay Aiken (1978), Detroit Tigers catcher Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez (1971), comedic actor Ben Stiller (1965), British rocker Billy Idol (1955), stage and screen actor Mandy Patinkin (1952), playwright David Mamet (1947),

Joe Mantegna has joined the cast of Criminal Minds, just weeks after Mandy Patinkin quit the TV drama. Patinkin left Criminal Minds after not showing up for a script read-through when he realised his case-cracking character, Jason Gideon, was being written out of the show.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - The abrupt departure of Mandy Patinkin from ''Criminal Minds'' is forcing CBS to revise the drama before its fall return and fend off questions about his exit.

NEW YORK (AP) - Mandy Patinkin is leaving CBS' ''Criminal Minds,'' saying his departure is the result of creative differences. Patinkin, 54, asked to be released from his role as FBI profiler Jason Gideon last week, CBS Paramount Network Television and series producer ABC Studios said Monday in a statement.

Actor Mandy Patinkin has caused controversy on the set of U.S. TV drama Criminal Minds by failing to show up for a script read through. Sources at TV network CBS, which airs the weekly show, claim executives could write the actor out of the upcoming third season on the series as a result of his reluctance to join his castmates.

Happy Birthday to 8 Simple Rules actress Kaley Cuoco (1985), The Girl Next Door star Elisha Cuthbert (1982), American Idol winner Clay Aiken (1978), Detroit Tigers catcher Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez (1971), comedic actor Ben Stiller (1965), British rocker Billy Idol (1955), stage and screen actor Mandy Patinkin (1952), playwright David Mamet (1947), Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover (1945), film director Ridley Scott (1937), activist Abbie Hoffman (1936), TV producer and New Year's Eve host Dick Clark (1929), actor Robert Guillaume (1927), Rambo actor Richard Crenna (1927; d. 2003), Prime Minister of the U.K. Sir Winston Churchill (1874; d. 1965), and American author Mark Twain (1835; d. 1910).

Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson and Shemar Moore were among the 15-strong cast and crew team from TV drama Criminal Minds who raised $10,000 by completing a 75-mile charity bike race for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.