 Comedian Gabriel Iglesias is 48. Musician Ray Toro is 47 years old. He's the lead guitarist and backing vocalist for My Chemical Romance. Tony Award-winning actress Lara Benanti is 45. Born on this day in history, poet Clement Moore. Born in 1779, he penned the classic Christmas poem Twas the Night Before Christmas. Academy Award-winning lyricist Dorothy Fields, born in 1905. Emmy Award-winning comedian-writer Herb Sargent, born in 1923.