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Leah Ayres
Leah Ayres (birth name Leah Simpson), American actress born in Baltimore, known for The Burning (1981), Bloodsport (1988) with Jean-Claude Van Damme, and as Marcia Brady Logan in The Bradys; retired from acting in the late 1990s.
Lee Arenberg
Lee Arenberg (born 1962, Palo Alto, California) is an American character actor and Actors' Gang co-founder, known as Pintel in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy and Grumpy/Leroy on Once Upon a Time.
Lewis Arquette
Lewis Arquette (1935–2001) was an American character actor, voice artist, and comedian, father of Rosanna, Patricia, David, Alexis, and Richmond Arquette and son of Cliff Arquette; known as J.D. Pickett on The Waltons and for Waiting for Guffman, Scream 2, and Little Nicky.
Lloyd Avery II
Lloyd Avery II, American actor (1969-2005) from Los Angeles, played Knucklehead #2 in Boyz n the Hood; later convicted of double murder, killed by cellmate at Pelican Bay prison.
Loni Anderson
Loni Anderson (1945–2025), American actress, played receptionist Jennifer Marlowe on WKRP in Cincinnati (1978–82), earning two Emmy and three Golden Globe nominations; also The Jayne Mansfield Story, Stroker Ace, and Burt Reynolds's spouse.
Lucie Arnaz
Lucie Arnaz (born 1951, Los Angeles), daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, American actress and singer; Kim Carter on Here's Lucy (CBS, 1968-74), Broadway debut in They're Playing Our Song (1979), 1993 Emmy for Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie.
Mädchen Amick
Mädchen Amick (Madchen E. Amick), American actress born 1970 in Sparks, Nevada; Shelly Johnson in David Lynch's Twin Peaks, its 1992 film and 2017 revival; Alice Cooper on Riverdale (2017-2023); married to David Alexis.
Marc Alaimo
Marc Alaimo (Michael Joseph Alaimo, born 1942, Milwaukee) is an American character actor famous as Gul Dukat on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (35 episodes, 1993–1999), the first Cardassian and first TNG-era Romulan, with film credits including Total Recall.
Matthew Ashford
Matthew Ashford (born 1960, Davenport, Iowa) is an American actor, best known as Jack Deveraux on Days of Our Lives since 1987, with roles on One Life to Live, Search for Tomorrow, and The Bay; not the British actor Matthew Ashforde.
Melissa Sue Anderson
Melissa Sue Anderson is an American actress born 1962 in Berkeley, California, best known as Mary Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie (1974–1981), a 1978 Emmy nominee, 1980 Daytime Emmy winner, and memoirist of The Way I See It.
Michael J. Anderson
Michael J. Anderson (Michael John Anderson), born 1953, American actor with osteogenesis imperfecta, 3'7" tall; played the backwards-talking Man from Another Place in Twin Peaks, Mr. Roque in Mulholland Drive, and Samson in HBO's Carnivàle; retired from acting in 2014.
Patricia Arquette
Patricia Arquette (born 1968, Chicago) is an American, fourth-generation actress of the Arquette family, Oscar winner for Boyhood, Emmy winner for Medium and The Act, and star of Severance.
Peter Appel (actor)
Peter Appel (born 1959, New York City) is an American character actor with over 50 credits from 1989 to 2019, known for Léon: The Professional, The Jerky Boys, Luck, Oz, and Bad Education, and distinct from the GEUS geologist and ballet director of the same name.
René Auberjonois
René Auberjonois (1940–2019), American stage, film, TV, and voice actor; Tony winner for Coco; known as Odo in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Clayton Endicott III in Benson, Paul Lewiston in Boston Legal, and Father Mulcahy in Altman's M*A*S*H.
Richard Anderson
Richard Anderson (1926–2017), American actor, played Oscar Goldman on The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman simultaneously (1976–78); MGM contract player, Paths of Glory, Perry Mason, three daughters.
Richard Dean Anderson
Richard Dean Anderson (born 1950, Minneapolis) is an American actor, star of MacGyver (ABC, 1985–1992) and Colonel Jack O'Neill on Stargate SG-1 (from 1997, also executive producer), founder of Gekko Film Corp, later a fan-convention regular.
Rosanna Arquette
Rosanna Arquette (born 1959, New York City) is an American actress of the Arquette acting family, BAFTA winner for Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), Jody in Pulp Fiction, a Weinstein accuser, and co-star of The Moment (2026).
Rose Abdoo
Rose Marie Abdoo (born 1962) is an American actress and comedian, known as Gypsy on Gilmore Girls, Señorita Rodriguez on That's So Raven, and Josefina on Hacks, with Second City improv roots.
Rutanya Alda
Rutanya Alda (Rutanya Skrastina), born 1942 in Riga, Latvia, is a Latvian-American actress known for The Deer Hunter, Mommie Dearest, and Amityville II, with a five-decade career of supporting film and TV roles.
Sam Anderson
Sam Anderson (born 1947) is an American character actor from Wahpeton, North Dakota, a UND graduate known for Principal Hancock in Forrest Gump, Bernard Nadler on Lost, and Edwin Kingston opposite Kathy Bates on Matlock, distinct from British actor Samuel Anderson.
Sean Astin
Sean Astin (born 1971, Santa Monica) is an American actor known for The Goonies, Rudy, Samwise Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings, and Bob Newby in Stranger Things, and since September 2025 president of SAG-AFTRA, following his mother Patty Duke.
Shiri Appleby
Shiri Freda Appleby (born 1978) is an American actress and director from Los Angeles, known as Liz Parker on Roswell, Cate Cassidy on Life Unexpected, and Rachel Goldberg on UnREAL, later directing episodes of Roswell, New Mexico, UnREAL, and The Wonder Years.
Susan Anspach
Susan Anspach (1942–2018), American stage and film actress of 1970s New Hollywood, known for Five Easy Pieces, Play It Again, Sam, Blume in Love, and Montenegro; died in Los Angeles at 75.
Susan Anton
Susan Anton is an American singer and actress known for her 1979 film Goldengirl, her Top Ten country hit Killin' Time, and her stage work in Hurlyburly.
Tatyana Ali
Tatyana Ali (born 1979) is an American actress and R&B singer known as Ashley Banks on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air; her 1998 album Kiss the Sky featured the Billboard #6 single Daydreamin'. A Harvard graduate and five-time NAACP Image Award winner, she also advocates for Black maternal health.
Tichina Arnold
Tichina Arnold (born 1969, Queens, New York) is an American actress and singer known as Pam on Martin, Rochelle on Everybody Hates Chris, and Tina Butler on CBS's The Neighborhood, with three NAACP Image Awards.
Tim Allen
Tim Allen (Timothy Alan Dick, born 1953) is an American comedian and actor from Detroit known for Home Improvement, voicing Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story, The Santa Clause trilogy, Last Man Standing, and Disney Legend status.
Tom Arnold (actor)
Tom Arnold (Thomas Duane Arnold, born 1959, Ottumwa, Iowa) is an American actor, comedian, and writer known for Roseanne, his marriage to Roseanne Barr, True Lies, and Netflix's FUBAR; distinct from other Tom Arnolds.
Tomas Arana
Tomas Arana (Thomas Clifford Arana), American character actor born 1955 in Auburn, California; trained at American Conservatory Theatre, worked at Lucio Amelio's Naples gallery and Falso Movimento theater; known for Quintus in Gladiator, The Bodyguard, The Hunt for Red October, The New Pope.
Tony Amendola
Tony Amendola, American character actor from New Haven, Connecticut; played Bra'tac on Stargate SG-1, Geppetto on Once Upon a Time, Kagame on Continuum; also films Lone Star, The Mask of Zorro, Blow, Annabelle, and voices Khadgar in World of Warcraft.