Let's make this birthday one to remember.

55 years old (Born on March 26, 1970)

Happy birthday, Martin McDonagh! May your special day be as twistedly brilliant and bizarrely hilarious as the characters you've given us in *In Bruges* and *Seven Psychopaths*. You're the only director who can make grisly dark humor feel like cozy family viewing—it's a talent we deeply treasure (though it slightly terrifies our grandmothers).

With recent triumphs like *The Banshees of Inisherin*, your gift for transforming tension into laughter has never been sharper or more delightfully wicked. Keep giving us films that are equally charming, unsettling, and unforgettable!

Cheers to another year filled with sharp dialogue—and fewer severed fingers!