Happy Birthday to:

Actor Fred Willard (1939)

Happy Birthday to "Into The West" actress Keri Russell (1976), New Jersey Nets basketball star Jason Kidd (1973), "21 Jump Street" star Richard Grieco (1965), film actress Hope Davis (1964), "Pulp Fiction" actress Amanda Plummer (1957),

Happy Birthday to "Flicka" actress Alison Lohman (1979), rapper Xzibit (1974), Puffy Amiyumi singer Ami Onuki (1973), "X-Men" actor James Marsden (1973), "The Matrix Revolutions" actress Jada Pinkett Smith (1971), Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong (1971),

Happy Birthday to "Into The West" actress Keri Russell (1976), New Jersey Nets basketball star Jason Kidd (1973), "21 Jump Street" star Richard Grieco (1965), film actress Hope Davis (1964), "Pulp Fiction" actress Amanda Plummer (1957), soul singer Chaka Khan (1953), The Cars lead singer Ric Ocasek (1949), folk singer David Olney (1948),

Television actors must deal with the stigma of being TV stars instead of movie stars. However, some of our favorite movie stars started their acting careers on a TV show. So there is hope for all the celebs who have big-screen aspirations. Here is a look at some of the biggest stars in Hollywood who have made the leap from the small screen to the big screen:

Ahh, the remake. The feelings that are evoked when you hear that your favorite program from yesteryear is being re-thought, re-vamped and re-launched for the new generation are hard to describe.

Happy Birthday to "Flicka" actress Alison Lohman (1979), rapper Xzibit (1974), Puffy Amiyumi singer Ami Onuki (1973), "X-Men" actor James Marsden (1973), "The Matrix Revolutions" actress Jada Pinkett Smith (1971), Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong (1971), New Edition singer Ricky Bell (1967),

Happy Birthday to "Into The West" actress Keri Russell (1976), New Jersey Nets basketball star Jason Kidd (1973), "21 Jump Street" star Richard Grieco (1965), film actress Hope Davis (1964), "Pulp Fiction" actress Amanda Plummer (1957), soul singer Chaka Khan (1953), The Cars lead singer Ric Ocasek (1949), folk singer David Olney (1948), Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa (1910; d. 1998), and silver screen siren Joan Crawford (1905; d. 1977).

Happy Birthday to "Flicka" actress Alison Lohman (1979), rapper Xzibit (1974), Puffy Amiyumi singer Ami Onuki (1973), "X-Men" actor James Marsden (1973), "The Matrix Revolutions" actress Jada Pinkett Smith (1971), Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong (1971), New Edition singer Ricky Bell (1967), "21 Jump Street" actress Holly Robinson (1964), "The Sopranos" star James Gandolfini (1961), Ramones bassist Dee Dee Ramone (1952; d. 2002), Kansas singer Kerry Livgren (1949), "A Mighty Wind" actor Fred Willard (1939), singer Frankie Avalon (1939), "Baretta" star Robert Blake (1933), actor Jack Warden (1920; d. 2006), and Swedish actress Greta Garbo (1905; d. 1990).