Brimley/Cocoon Line

Consecutive Coopers

Bradley Cooper in the 90s

Bradley Cooper in 2025

Born Jan. 5, 1975, Bradley Cooper is 18,530 days old today, matching Wilford Brimley's age on the day 'Cocoon' was released. Congrats Bradley! You've reached the Brimley/Cocoon Line.

Danica McKellar during the run of 'The Wonder Years'

Danica McKellar, recently

We've done the math: Born Jan. 3, 1975, Danica McKellar is 18,530 days old today, matching Wilford Brimley's age on the day 'Cocoon' was released. Congrats Danica! You've reached the Brimley/Cocoon Line.

Dax Shepard in 2003

Dax Shepard in 2025

Born Jan. 2, 1975, Dax Shepard is 18,530 days old today, matching Wilford Brimley's age on the day 'Cocoon' was released. Congrats Dax! You've reached the Brimley/Cocoon Line.

Everyone born in 1974 has crossed the Line.

Ryan Seacrest, probably in 2002

Ryan Seacrest, recently

Born Dec. 24, 1974, Ryan Seacrest is 18,530 days old today, matching Wilford Brimley's age on the day 'Cocoon' was released. Congrats Ryan! You've reached the Brimley/Cocoon Line.

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Meg White, playing the drums

Born Dec. 10, 1974, Meg White is 18,530 days old today, matching Wilford Brimley's age on the day 'Cocoon' was released. Congrats Meg! You've reached the Brimley/Cocoon Line.

Chloë Sevigny in 'Trees Lounge' (1996)

Chloë Sevigny in Monsters (2022)

Born November 18, 1974, Chloë Sevigny is 18,530 days old today, matching Wilford Brimley's age on the day 'Cocoon' was released. Congrats Chloë! You've reached the Brimley/Cocoon Line.

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Headshot of young Leo during his ‘Growing Pains’ days

Leo, more recently, in a tuxedo

Born Nov. 11, 1974, Leonardo DiCaprio is 18,530 days old today, matching Wilford Brimley’s age on the day ‘Cocoon’ was released. Congrats Leo! You’ve reached the Brimley/Cocoon Line.

Nelly in the 90s, with a St. Louis Rams jersey and some bling

Nelly, more recently

Born Nov. 2, 1974, Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. -- known to the world as Nelly -- is 18,530 days old today, matching Wilford Brimley's age on the day 'Cocoon' was released. Congrats Nelly! You've reached the Brimley/Cocoon Line.

Joaquin Phoenix as a child star

Joaquin Phoenix, more recently, dressed in a tuxedo

Born October 28, 1974, Joaquin Phoenix is 18,530 days old today, matching Wilford Brimley's age on the day 'Cocoon' was released. Congratulations, Joaquin! You've reached the Brimley/Cocoon Line.

UK's oldest WWII veteran, Donald Rose, dies at 110 Britain’s oldest World War II veteran, Donald Rose, has died at 110. Rose participated in the D-Day landings in 1944 and helped liberate the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany.

A word for the late British veteran Donald Rose: Born 24 December 1914, he crossed the Line on 17 September 1965, then completed the rare #DoubleBrimley on 11 June 2016. Hats off to a life well lived, spanning 40,377 days — about 2.18 Brimleys.

Screenshot from Jewel's 1996 video for "Who Will Save Your Soul"

Portrait of Jewel, 2024

Born May 24, 1974, singer Jewel is 18,530 days old today, matching Wilford Brimley's age on the day 'Cocoon' was released. She's reached the Brimley/Cocoon Line.

Posh Spice in the 90s

Victoria Beckham, recently

Born 17 April 1974, Victoria Beckham -- sometimes known as Posh Spice -- is 18,530 days old today, matching Wilford Brimley's age on the day 'Cocoon' was released. Congrats Victoria! You've reached the Brimley/Cocoon Line.

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Alyson Hannigan as a child star

Alyson Hannigan, recently

Born March 24, 1974, Alyson Hannigan is 18,530 days old today, matching Wilford Brimley's age on the day 'Cocoon' was released. Congrats Alyson! You've reached the Brimley/Cocoon Line.

James Blunt in the video for "You're Beautiful," released in 2005

James Blunt, recently

Born 22 February 1974, singer James Blunt ("You're Beautiful") is 18,530 days old today, matching Wilford Brimley's age on the day 'Cocoon' was released. Congrats James! You've reached the Brimley/Cocoon Line.

Elizabeth Banks in 'Wet Hot American Summer' (2001)

Elizabeth Banks in 2024

Born February 10, 1974, Elizabeth Banks is 18,530 days old today, matching Wilford Brimley's age on the day 'Cocoon' was released. Congrats Elizabeth! You've reached the Brimley/Cocoon Line.

Ticket stub from a Grateful Dead show in Tempe, Ariz., Dec. 8, 1990.

A #BrimleyLine salute to Phil Lesh, who passed today at 84. He leaves behind countless hours of wildly creative bass playing, and “Box of Rain” too. Fortunately, we have audio of him crossing the Line on Dec. 8, 1990. We’ll be listening tonight. Hats off to a great one. youtu.be/BWX6xpU88h8?...

Christian Bale in 'American Psycho' (2000)

Christian Bale in 2024

Born 30 January 1974, Christian Bale is 18,530 days old today, matching Wilford Brimley's age on the day 'Cocoon' was released. Congrats Christian! You've reached the Brimley/Cocoon Line.

Tiffani Thiessen as Kelly Kapowski on 'Saved by the Bell'

Tiffani Thiessen, more recently

Born Jan. 23, 1974, Tiffani Thiessen is 18,530 days old today, matching Wilford Brimley's age on the day 'Cocoon' was released. Congrats Tiffani! You've reached the Brimley/Cocoon Line.

Mel C in the 1990s

Mel C, more recently

Born 12 January 1974, Melanie Chisholm of the Spice Girls is 18,530 days old today, matching Wilford Brimley's age on the day 'Cocoon' was released. Congrats Mel C! You've reached the Brimley/Cocoon Line.

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Yasiin Bey in his youth

Yasiin Bey, more recently

Born Dec. 11, 1973, Yasiin Bey — formerly known as Mos Def — is 18,530 days old today, matching Wilford Brimley’s age on the day ‘Cocoon’ was released. Congrats Yasiin! You’ve reached the Brimley/Cocoon Line.

Tyra Banks in the 90s

Tyra Banks, fairly recently

Born Dec. 4, 1973, Tyra Banks is 18,530 days old today, matching Wilford Brimley’s age on the day ‘Cocoon’ was released. Congrats Tyra! You’ve reached the Brimley/Cocoon Line.

Tyra Banks in the 90s

Tyra Banks, fairly recently

Born Dec. 4, 1973, Tyra Banks is 18,530 days old today, matching Wilford Brimley’s age on the day ‘Cocoon’ was released. Congrats Tyra! You’ve reached the Brimley/Cocoon Line.

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A screenshot of a 2019 tweet that reads: “Actor Brendan Fraser (‘The Mummy’) crosses the Line today. Born Dec. 3, 1968, he’s 18,530 days old today, the same age as Wilford Brimley the day ‘Cocoon’ was released.”

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