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James Best
James Best (Jewel Franklin Guy, 1926–2015) was an American character actor and acting teacher, famous as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on The Dukes of Hazzard (1979–1985); over 80 films and 600 TV shows.
James Bond III
James Bond III (born 1969) is an American actor, producer, director, and writer, a 1970s child actor on The Red Hand Gang who wrote, directed, produced, and starred in the 1990 horror film Def by Temptation.
James Van Der Beek
James David Van Der Beek (1977–2026) was an American actor, teen idol as Dawson Leery on Dawson's Creek (The WB, 1998–2003), also of Varsity Blues, Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23, and CSI: Cyber; died at 48 of colorectal cancer.
Jason Behr
Jason Behr (Jason Nathaniel Behr, born 1973, Minneapolis) is an American actor who starred as alien Max Evans on Roswell (1999-2002), later appearing in The Grudge, Breakout Kings, Roswell New Mexico, and Supergirl.
Jason Bernard
Jason Bernard, born Ronald Carl Johnson (1938 to 1996), was an American character actor known for stern authority roles in WarGames, No Way Out, and Liar Liar.
Jason Biggs
Jason Matthew Biggs, American actor born 1978 in Pompton Plains, New Jersey; breakout as Jim Levenstein in American Pie (1999) and its sequels, Larry Bloom in Orange Is the New Black, voice of Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and 2025 directorial debut Untitled Home Invasion Romance.
Jay Benedict
Jay Benedict (1951-2020), American-born actor based in the UK, known for Doug Hamilton in Emmerdale, John Kieffer in Foyle's War, Aliens, The Dark Knight Rises, anime dubs, and the ADR company Sync or Swim.
Jeannie Berlin
Jeannie Berlin, born Jeannie Brette May, is an American actress and screenwriter, daughter of Elaine May, best known for The Heartbreak Kid (1972), which earned her an Academy Award nomination.
Jennifer Beals
Jennifer Beals (born 1963, Chicago) is an American actress, star of Flashdance (1983) as Alex Owens and Bette Porter on The L Word and Generation Q, now in NCIS: New York.
Jesse Borrego
Jesse Borrego (born 1962) is a Mexican-American and Native American actor from San Antonio, Texas, known for Jesse V. Valesquez in Fame, Cruz in Blood In, Blood Out, Gael Ortega in 24, and George King in Dexter, plus stage work and San Antonio film advocacy.
Jim Beaver
Jim Beaver (James Norman Beaver Jr., born 1950) is an American character actor, playwright, and film historian, known as Whitney Ellsworth in Deadwood, Bobby Singer in Supernatural and The Boys, and author of Life's That Way.
Jim Belushi
Jim Belushi (James Adam Belushi, born 1954) is an American actor and comedian, an SNL cast member 1983–1985, star of About Last Night and According to Jim, and an Oregon cannabis farmer.
John Beasley (actor)
John Beasley was an American character actor known for his roles in Everwood and The Soul Man. He was born in Omaha in 1943 and died in 2023.
John Beck (actor)
John Beck (born 1943, Chicago) is an American retired actor, best known as Mark Graison on Dallas and for Rollerball, Sleeper, and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid; distinct from the 1876–1956 actor and writer John D. Beck.
John Belushi
John Belushi (1949-1982), American comedian and actor, original Saturday Night Live cast member, star of Animal House and The Blues Brothers with Dan Aykroyd; died March 5, 1982, of a cocaine-heroin overdose at the Chateau Marmont.
Joseph Bologna
Joseph Bologna (1934-2017), American actor and playwright; Oscar-nominated co-writer of Lovers and Other Strangers and King Kaiser in My Favorite Year; longtime creative partner of wife Renée Taylor.
Josie Bissett
Josie Bissett, born Josie Christine Heutmaker (per TV Guide; TVSA says Jolyn), is an American actress known as Jane Mancini on Melrose Place (1992-1999), Kathleen Bowman on The Secret Life of the American Teenager, and Olivia Pershing in Hallmark's Wedding March films.
Kathleen Beller
Kathleen Beller (born 1956) is an American actress known for Kirby Anders on Dynasty, her Golden Globe-nominated role in Promises in the Dark, and her film debut in The Godfather Part II; married to Thomas Dolby since 1988.
Kelly Bishop
Kelly Bishop (born 1944, birth name Carole Bishop) is an American actress and dancer, Tony winner as Sheila in A Chorus Line (1975), Marjorie Houseman in Dirty Dancing, and Emily Gilmore in Gilmore Girls; distinct from therapists and other namesakes named Kelly Bishop.
Kenny Blank
Kenny Blank, also credited as Kenn Michael (born 1977, New York), American actor, composer, director, and producer. Known for Michael Peterson on The Parent 'Hood, the voice of Darren Patterson in As Told by Ginger, Saints Row IV's President, and directing Ganked (2005).
Lamont Bentley
Lamont Bentley (Artimus Lamont Bentley, 1973–2005), American actor and rapper, Hakeem Campbell on UPN's Moesha (1996–2001), Crazy K in Tales from the Hood, died in a 2005 car crash.
Lara Flynn Boyle
Lara Flynn Boyle (born 1970, Davenport, Iowa) is an American actress known as Donna Hayward in Twin Peaks, Helen Gamble in The Practice, and Serleena in Men in Black II; married Donald Ray Thomas in 2006.
Leslie Bibb
Leslie Bibb (born 1974, Bismarck, North Dakota) is an American actress known for Popular, Talladega Nights, Iron Man, The White Lotus season 3, Palm Royale, and a 2026 Emmy nomination for Hacks.
Lisa Blount
Lisa Blount (1957–2010), American actress and producer from Arkansas; played Lynette Pomeroy in An Officer and a Gentleman and won the 2002 Oscar for the short film The Accountant with Ray McKinnon.
Lisa Bonet
Lisa Bonet, legal name Lilakoi Moon, born 1967, American actress; Emmy-nominated as Denise Huxtable on The Cosby Show and A Different World, later in Angel Heart, Enemy of the State, High Fidelity; ex-wife of Lenny Kravitz and Jason Momoa.
Lisa Hartman Black
Lisa Hartman Black, born 1956 in Houston, Texas, also known as Lisa Hartman, is an American actress and singer, star of Tabitha and Knots Landing, wife of Clint Black, and ACM-winning duet partner on "When I Said I Do."
Marc Blucas
Marc Blucas (Marcus Paul Blucas, born 1972, Butler, Pennsylvania) is an American actor, producer, and screenwriter, a former Wake Forest and Manchester Giants basketball player, known for Riley Finn on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Matthew Donnally on Necessary Roughness, and George Walter on My Life with the Walter Boys.
Marcheline Bertrand
Marcheline Bertrand (Marcia Lynne Bertrand, 1950–2007), American actress, producer, and humanitarian; former wife of Jon Voight and mother of Angelina Jolie and James Haven; produced Trudell and advocated for gynecological cancer awareness.
Maria Bello
Maria Bello (Maria Elaina Bello), born 1967, is an American actress known for ER and films including The Cooler (2003) and A History of Violence (2005).
Marisa Berenson
Marisa Berenson, American actress and model born 1947 in New York, granddaughter of designer Elsa Schiaparelli, known as Yves Saint Laurent's 'girl of the 70s' and for Death in Venice, Cabaret, and Kubrick's Barry Lyndon.