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A Martinez
A Martinez (Adolph/Adolfo Larrue Martinez III, born 1948) is an American actor and singer of Mexican, Apache, and Piegan Blackfeet heritage, known for Cruz Castillo on Santa Barbara (1990 Daytime Emmy), L.A. Law, Longmire, Dark Winds, and The Bay.
Aaron Eckhart
Aaron Edward Eckhart (born 1968, Cupertino, California) is an American actor, a BYU BFA graduate and Neil LaBute collaborator, known for In the Company of Men, Thank You for Smoking, and Two-Face in The Dark Knight.
Aaron Lohr
Aaron Lohr (born 1976, Los Angeles) is an American actor and singer known for Newsies, the Mighty Ducks sequels, and voicing Max Goof in A Goofy Movie; now clinical director at Avalon Malibu and husband of Idina Menzel.
Abigail Hawk
Abigail Hawk (born Abigail Diane Gustafson, Chicago) is an American actress known for Detective Abigail Baker on Blue Bloods (2010-2024, 228 episodes), Distemper's Louise Pearce, Daruma, and Law & Order: SVU appearances.
Abraham Benrubi
Abraham Benrubi (Abraham Rubin Hercules Benrubi, Abe Benrubi), American character actor born 1969 in Indianapolis; played Larry Kubiac on Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Jerry Markovic on ER, and Mose in Open Range, with extensive voice work on Robot Chicken and video games.
Adam Arkin
Adam Arkin (born 1956, Brooklyn) is an American actor and director, son of Alan Arkin. Known for Dr. Aaron Shutt on Chicago Hope, Northern Exposure, I Hate Hamlet (Tony nomination), and directing The Night Agent, Poker Face, and American Hostage.
Adam Baldwin
Adam Baldwin (born 1962, Chicago) is an American actor, no relation to the Baldwin brothers, known for Animal Mother in Full Metal Jacket, Jayne Cobb in Firefly and Serenity, John Casey in Chuck, and The Last Ship.
Adam Goldberg
Adam Goldberg (Adam Charles Goldberg, b. 1970, Santa Monica) is an American actor, director, musician, and photographer known for Dazed and Confused, Eddie on Friends, Saving Private Ryan, Fargo, and The Equalizer; distinct from Adam F. Goldberg of The Goldbergs.
Adam Sandler
Adam Sandler, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and musician born 1966 in Brooklyn; SNL 1990-1995, Happy Madison founder, star of Billy Madison, Punch-Drunk Love, Uncut Gems, Mark Twain Prize 2023.
Adam Wylie
Adam Augustus Wylie (born 1984) is an American actor, voice actor, and magician known as Zachary Brock on Picket Fences, Jack in the 2002 Broadway Into the Woods revival, and Panicky Smurf in Smurfs.
Adolph Caesar
Adolph Caesar (1933-1986), American character actor and voice artist, Harlem-born Negro Ensemble Company member; Oscar-nominated as Sgt. Waters in A Soldier's Story (1984), later The Color Purple.
Adrian Pasdar
Adrian Pasdar (Adrian Kayvan Pasdar, born 1965, Pittsfield, Massachusetts) is an American actor and director known for Near Dark, Profit, Heroes' Nathan Petrelli, and voicing Iron Man.
Adrian Zmed
Adrian Zmed (born 1954, Chicago) is an American actor and singer known as Officer Vince Romano on T.J. Hooker, Johnny Nogerelli in Grease 2, Danny Zuko in Grease on Broadway, and host of Dance Fever.
Adrienne Barbeau
Adrienne Barbeau (born 1945, Sacramento) is an American actress and author, the original Rizzo in Broadway's Grease, Carol on Maude, star of John Carpenter horror films, and voice of Catwoman.
Adrienne King
Adrienne King (born 1955) is an American actress known as Alice Hardy in Friday the 13th (1980) and Part 2 (1981); after a stalking incident she became an ADR looper on Titanic and Melrose Place before returning to acting in 2009.
Adrienne Shelly
Adrienne Shelly (Adrienne Levine, 1966-2006) was an American indie film actress, writer, and director, star of Hal Hartley's The Unbelievable Truth and Trust, and writer-director of Waitress (2007), who was murdered in November 2006.
Aida Turturro
Aida Turturro (born 1962) is an American actress, cousin of John Turturro, best known as Janice Soprano on The Sopranos (2000–2007), with two Emmy nominations and health advocacy work.
Aidan Quinn
Aidan Quinn (born 1959, Chicago) is an American actor of Irish descent, known for Desperately Seeking Susan, Avalon, Legends of the Fall, and Michael Collins, with Emmy nominations for An Early Frost and dual US-Irish citizenship.
Ajay Naidu
Ajay Naidu (Ajay Kalahastri Naidu, born 1972) is an American actor, Samir in Office Space and Spirit Award nominee for SubUrbia; also director of Ashes, trained at Harvard's ART institute.
Al Pacino
Al Pacino (Alfredo James Pacino, born 1940), American actor of the Actors Studio and Method tradition; Michael Corleone in The Godfather, Oscar winner for Scent of a Woman, nine-time Oscar nominee, two-time Emmy winner, named 62nd SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement recipient.
Alaina Reed Hall
Alaina Reed Hall (Bernice Ruth Reed, 1946–2009), American actress and singer; Olivia on Sesame Street 1976–1988 and Rose Lee Holloway on NBC's 227; also Broadway Chicago, Hair, Eubie!; died of breast cancer in Santa Monica.
Alan Alda
Alan Alda (born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo, 1936) is an American actor, director, and science-communication advocate, famous as Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H (1972–1983), later Arnold Vinick on The West Wing, with six Emmys and an Oscar nomination for The Aviator.
Alan Autry
Alan Autry (Carlos Alan Autry, born 1952) is an American actor, former Green Bay Packers quarterback, and Republican mayor of Fresno, California, 2001–2009, best known as Bubba Skinner on In the Heat of the Night.
Alan Oppenheimer
Alan Oppenheimer (born April 23, 1930) is an American actor and voice artist, the voice of Skeletor, Man-at-Arms, and Cringer in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Ming in Flash Gordon, Vanity Smurf, and Falkor in The NeverEnding Story, distinct from the physicist Oppenheimers.
Alan Rachins
Alan Rachins (Alan Leonard Rachins, 1942-2024), American actor of L.A. Law's Douglas Brackman Jr. and Dharma & Greg's Larry Finkelstein, 1988 Emmy and Golden Globe nominee, also Showgirls' Tony Moss; died of heart failure November 2, 2024.
Alan Rosenberg
Alan Rosenberg (born 1950, Passaic, New Jersey) is an American actor, known as Eli Levinson on Civil Wars and L.A. Law, and the 24th president of the Screen Actors Guild, 2005–2009.
Alan Ruck
Alan Ruck (born 1956, Cleveland) is an American actor known for Cameron Frye in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Stuart Bondek on Spin City, and Emmy-nominated Connor Roy on HBO's Succession; also Broadway's Biloxi Blues and The Producers.
Alana Stewart
Alana Stewart (born Alana Kaye Collins, 1945) is an American actress, former Ford model, and author, ex-wife of George Hamilton and Rod Stewart, who filmed the Emmy-nominated Farrah's Story and leads the Farrah Fawcett Foundation.
Albert Brooks
Albert Brooks (born 1947, Beverly Hills) is an American comedian, actor, writer-director, and author; born Albert Einstein to comedian Harry Einstein, he directed Real Life, Lost in America, and Defending Your Life, earned an Oscar nomination for Broadcast News, and voiced Marlin in Finding Nemo.
Albert Hall (actor)
Albert Hall (Albert P. Hall, born November 10, 1937, Brighton, Alabama) is an American character actor known for Chief Phillips in Apocalypse Now, Baines in Malcolm X, and Judge Seymore Walsh on Ally McBeal and The Practice; distinct from other actors named Albert Hall.