He is a famous Oscar-winner, has his name in the Hollywood Walk of Fame and is still going strong despite being an OAP.
He even helped in the war effort during World War II by promoting gas masks and has been painted by the most famous of artists including Andy Warhol.
Yes Mickey Mouse is 80 today. History records his birthday as day of the release of Steamboat Willie, the rodent's first big break.
Unlike most people clocking up 80 years, Mickey has changed very little since his debut at New York's Coloney Theatre on November 18 1928.
Mickey Mouse was born in the imagination of a 26-year-old Walt Disney during a train ride in 1928 from New York to Los Angeles.
He had just lost rights to his first cartoon character Oswald the Rabbit and so set about creating a new character.
Walt originally called the mouse Mortimer. But the name was changed when Walt's wife Lillian suggested Mickey was a more suitable name.
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