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John Gilbert (actor)
John Gilbert (born John Cecil Pringle, 1897–1936) was an American silent-film superstar and MGM's top male romantic lead, famed for The Big Parade and four films with Greta Garbo; his talkie-era decline is now attributed to studio politics, not his voice.
John Holmes (actor)
John Holmes (John Curtis Estes, 1944–1988), also Johnny Wadd, American adult film star of the 1970s golden age; over 573 feature credits, acquitted in the Wonderland murders, died of AIDS in 1988.
John Hughes (filmmaker)
John Hughes, born John Wilden Hughes Jr. (1950–2009), was an American filmmaker who defined the 1980s teen film with The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off, then wrote Home Alone.
John Huston
John Huston (1906–1987), American film director and screenwriter; directed 41 features from The Maltese Falcon (1941) to The Dead (1987), won directing and screenplay Oscars for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and acted as Noah Cross in Chinatown.
John Kassir
John Edward Kassir, also credited as Jon Kassir, is an American actor and comedian from Baltimore, Maryland, born 1957, best known as the voice of the Crypt Keeper on HBO's Tales from the Crypt (1989-1996), plus Buster Bunny, Meeko, Scrooge McDuck, and Deadpool.
John Krasinski filmography
John Krasinski filmography: screen credits of the American actor and filmmaker (born 1979), from Jim Halpert on The Office (2005-2013) to directing A Quiet Place, IF, and starring as Jack Ryan.
John Lee Hancock
John Lee Hancock (John Lee Hancock Jr., born 1956), American screenwriter-director from Texas, ex-lawyer; wrote A Perfect World and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, directed The Rookie, The Blind Side, Saving Mr. Banks, The Founder, The Highwaymen, The Little Things, Mr. Harrigan's Phone, and Talamasca: The Secret Order (2025).
John Leguizamo filmography
John Leguizamo filmography: screen credits of the Colombian-American actor (born 1960), from Mixed Blood and Carlito's Way to Sid the Sloth in Ice Age, Bruno in Encanto, and Eumaeus in Nolan's The Odyssey (2026).
John McIntire
John Herrick McIntire (1907-1991) was an American character actor of westerns and crime dramas; replaced Ward Bond as wagonmaster Chris Hale on Wagon Train, played Clay Grainger on The Virginian, the sheriff in Psycho, and married Jeanette Nolan for 56 years.
John Milius
John Milius is an American screenwriter and director who rose to prominence in the 1970s. He is known for his work in New Hollywood, including Apocalypse Now and Red Dawn.
John Mitchum
John Mitchum (1919–2001) was an American character actor, singer, and poet, the younger brother of Robert Mitchum, best known as Inspector Frank DiGiorgio in Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry films.
John Phillip Law
John Phillip Law (1937-2008), American actor, played Pygar in Barbarella, the title role in Danger: Diabolik, and a Soviet submariner in The Russians Are Coming; also Death Rides a Horse and The Love Machine.
John Q.
John Q. is a 2002 American drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes, in which Denzel Washington plays a father who takes a hospital emergency room hostage over his son's transplant.
John Quade
John Quade (John William Saunders III, 1938–2009), American character actor and former JPL aerospace engineer, best known as biker-gang leader Cholla in Clint Eastwood's Every Which Way But Loose and Any Which Way You Can.
John Rabe (2009 film)
John Rabe (2009) is a German-French-Chinese historical drama directed by Florian Gallenberger, starring Ulrich Tukur as the Siemens manager and Nazi Party member who led the Nanking Safety Zone; it won four Lolas including Best Film.
John Rambo (film)
John Rambo is an upcoming 2027 American war action prequel to First Blood (1982), the sixth Rambo film. Directed by Jalmari Helander, written by Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani, it stars Noah Centineo as young John Rambo and David Harbour as Major Trautman, releasing June 4, 2027 via Lionsgate.
John Ridley
John Ridley (John Ridley IV) is an American screenwriter, director, and novelist who won the Academy Award for 12 Years a Slave and created ABC's American Crime.
John Saxon
John Saxon (Carmine Orrico, 1936–2020), American actor of nearly 200 roles over 60 years; Roper in Enter the Dragon, Lt. Thompson in A Nightmare on Elm Street, Golden Globe winner 1958, nominee 1966.
John Schlesinger
John Schlesinger (1926-2003), English film and stage director of the British New Wave; directed Midnight Cowboy, Darling, Sunday Bloody Sunday, and Marathon Man; won the 1970 Best Director Oscar for Midnight Cowboy, the first X-rated Best Picture winner.
John Schneider (producer)
John Steven Schneider (born 1962, San Francisco) is an American film producer and writer, brother and manager of Rob Schneider, known for The Animal, Big Stan, and Hitchcock; distinct from the Dukes of Hazzard actor of the same name.
John Singleton
John Singleton (1968-2019), American director of Boyz n the Hood, Poetic Justice, and Snowfall; first African American and youngest Best Director Oscar nominee, and creator of the Hood Trilogy set in South Central Los Angeles.
John Stagliano
John Stagliano (born 1951, Chicago), known as Buttman, is the American adult-film director and founder of Evil Angel credited with inventing gonzo pornography through The Adventures of Buttman (1989); later Fashionistas and a 2008-2010 federal obscenity case ending in acquittal.
John Sturges
John Sturges (John Eliot Sturges, 1910-1992) was an American film director of Westerns and action films, distinct from Preston Sturges, best known for Bad Day at Black Rock, The Magnificent Seven, and The Great Escape.
John Tucker Must Die
John Tucker Must Die is a 2006 teen romantic comedy directed by Betty Thomas, starring Jesse Metcalfe, Brittany Snow, Ashanti, and Sophia Bush; three ex-girlfriends plot revenge on a serial-cheating basketball star. It grossed $68.8 million worldwide on an $18 million budget.
John Waters
John Waters (born 1946, Baltimore) is the American filmmaker, writer, and artist nicknamed the Pope of Trash, creator of Pink Flamingos (1972), the Trash Trilogy, and Hairspray (1988), and leader of the Dreamlanders ensemble.
John Wayne filmography
The John Wayne filmography records the screen appearances of American actor John Wayne, from late-1920s silent films to The Shootist (1976), including about 180 roles, 83 of them Westerns.
John Wick (film)
John Wick (film) is a 2014 American action thriller directed by Chad Stahelski and starring Keanu Reeves. It launched a franchise that has grossed over $1 billion worldwide.
John Wick: Chapter 2
John Wick: Chapter 2 is a 2017 American action-thriller directed by Chad Stahelski, written by Derek Kolstad, starring Keanu Reeves, Common, and Laurence Fishburne. Released February 10, 2017; 122 minutes; $40 million budget; $174.3 million box office; centers on the marker blood oath and Wick's excommunicado.
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, also known as John Wick 3, is a 2019 American action thriller directed by Chad Stahelski and starring Keanu Reeves.
John Wick: Chapter 4
John Wick: Chapter 4 is a 2023 American action film directed by Chad Stahelski and starring Keanu Reeves, the fourth entry in the John Wick series.