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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.
Amy Brenneman
Amy Brenneman (Amy Frederica Brenneman, born 1964) is an American actress and producer known for NYPD Blue's Janice Licalsi, co-creating and starring in Judging Amy, and roles in Private Practice, The Leftovers, and The Old Man.
Andre Braugher
Andre Braugher (1962-2023), American Emmy-winning actor, Detective Frank Pembleton in Homicide: Life on the Street and Captain Raymond Holt in Brooklyn Nine-Nine; two Emmys from 11 nominations, died of lung cancer.
Avery Brooks
Avery Franklin Brooks, born 1948 in Evansville, Indiana, is an American actor, operatic bass singer, and Rutgers professor; first Black lead of a Star Trek series as Benjamin Sisko on Deep Space Nine, also known as Hawk on Spenser: For Hire and for his one-man Paul Robeson show.
Beau Bridges
Beau Bridges, born Lloyd Vernet Bridges III in 1941, is an American actor, the son of Lloyd Bridges and brother of Jeff, known for The Fabulous Baker Boys.
Ben Browder
Ben Browder (Robert Benedic Browder, born 1962, Memphis) is an American actor known as John Crichton in Farscape and Colonel Cameron Mitchell in Stargate SG-1, plus Landman and Doctor Who roles.
Benjamin Bratt
Benjamin Bratt (born 1963, San Francisco) is an American actor and producer, Emmy-nominated as Detective Rey Curtis on Law & Order, known for Traffic, Miss Congeniality, Piñero, and voicing Ernesto de la Cruz in Coco, and for Native American activism.
Beth Broderick
Beth Broderick (born 1959), American actress known as Aunt Zelda Spellman on Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996-2002, 141 episodes); also Lost, Sharp Objects, Love & Death; AIDS activist, MOMENTUM founder.
Betsy Brantley
Betsy Brantley (born 1955) is an American actress from Rutherfordton, North Carolina, trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, known for The Princess Bride, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Deep Impact, and voicing Kimi (2022).
Blair Brown
Blair Brown (Bonnie Blair Brown), American stage, film, and TV actress born April 23 in Washington, D.C. Known for Molly Dodd (five Emmy nominations), Jacqueline Kennedy in Kennedy (1983), Nina Sharp on Fringe, and the 2000 Tony Award for Copenhagen.
Brandi Brandt
Brandi Brandt (Brandi Angela Brandt, born 1968, Santa Clara, California) is an American model and actress, Playboy's Miss October 1987, later on the March 1990 cover with Donald Trump, ex-wife of Nikki Sixx, convicted in 2014 of cocaine importation into Australia.
Brett Butler (actress)
Brett Butler (born Brett Ashley Anderson, 1958) is an American actress, writer, and stand-up comedian who starred as Grace Kelly on ABC's Grace Under Fire (1993–1998); the show's cancellation followed her addiction and on-set misconduct, and she later returned via Anger Management and The Walking Dead.
Brigid Brannagh
Brigid Brannagh (born 1972), also credited as Brigid Walsh, is an American actress from San Francisco known for Pamela Moran in Army Wives and Stacey Yorkes in Marvel's Runaways.
Brooke Bundy
Brooke Bundy names two American actresses: a veteran screen actress (born 1943 or 1944, NYC) who played Elaine Parker in Nightmare on Elm Street 3 and 4, and Bruce Bundy, Octavia in The Hunger Games.
Brooke Burns
Brooke Burns (Brooke Elizabeth Burns, born 1978, Dallas) is an American actress, model, and game show host, known as Jessie Owens on Baywatch (1998–2001), host of Dog Eat Dog, The Chase, Master Minds, and the 2025 Tic Tac Dough revival, Emmy-nominated, married to Gavin O'Connor.
Carol Burnett
Carol Burnett is an American actress, comedian, singer, and writer whose six-decade career spans television, stage, and film, featuring her iconic role hosting The Carol Burnett Show.
Charles Bronson
Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky, 1921–2003), American actor of Lithuanian descent, coal miner and WWII B-29 gunner turned star of The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, and Death Wish; distinct from the British prisoner Michael Peterson of the 2008 film Bronson.
Chris Burke (actor)
Chris Burke (born 1965, Point Lookout, New York) is an American actor with Down syndrome, the Corky Thatcher of ABC's Life Goes On (1989–1993), later an NDSS Goodwill Ambassador, musician, and memoirist; distinct from other Chris Burkes in film, music, and medicine.
Christian Brando
Christian Devi Brando (1958-2008), eldest son of Marlon Brando and Anna Kashfi, welder and minor actor; convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the 1990 shooting of Dag Drollet, served five years, later pleaded to spousal abuse, died of pneumonia.
Clancy Brown
Clancy Brown (Clarence John Brown III, born 1959, Urbana, Ohio) is an American actor and voice actor known for the Kurgan in Highlander, Captain Hadley in The Shawshank Redemption, Lex Luthor, and 25 years as Mr. Krabs in SpongeBob SquarePants.
Dan Butler
Dan Butler (born 1954, Indiana) is an American actor known as Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe on Frasier (1993–2004) and for his Drama Desk-nominated one-man play The Only Thing Worse You Could Have Told Me...; Broadway credits include Travesties and Twentieth Century.
Dean Butler (actor)
Dean Butler (born 1956, Prince George, BC) is a Canadian-American actor and producer, best known as Almanzo Wilder on Little House on the Prairie (1979–1983), also Buffy's father Hank Summers, and producer of Feherty.
Delta Burke
Delta Ramona Leah Burke (born 1956, Orlando, Florida), American actress best known as Suzanne Sugarbaker on CBS's Designing Women (1986-1991); Miss Florida 1974, two Emmy nominations, plus-size clothing entrepreneur.
Dylan Bruno
Dylan Bruno (born 1972, Milford, Connecticut) is an American actor, producer, and former Calvin Klein model, known as FBI Agent Colby Granger on Numb3rs (2005–2010), Saving Private Ryan, Taken 3, and as the voice of Chevrolet since 2011; MIT environmental engineering graduate.
Edward Burns
Edward Burns (born 1968) is an American actor-writer-director whose debut, The Brothers McMullen, won the 1995 Sundance Grand Jury Prize; known for low-budget Irish-American New York films and Saving Private Ryan.
Eileen Brennan
Eileen Brennan (Verla Eileen Regina Brennen, 1932-2013), American character actress. Obie-winning Little Mary Sunshine star; Oscar-nominated as Capt. Doreen Lewis in Private Benjamin, Emmy winner for its TV series, Mrs. Peacock in Clue.
Ellen Burstyn
Ellen Burstyn (born December 7, 1932, Detroit) is an American actress and Triple Crown of Acting winner: Oscar for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Tony for Same Time Next Year, two Emmys, Actors Studio co-president, and 2026 Venice Golden Lion honoree.
Gary Burghoff
Gary Burghoff (born 1943, Bristol, Connecticut) is the American actor who played Radar O'Reilly in the 1970 MASH film, the M*A*S*H series (181 episodes), AfterMASH, and W*A*L*T*E*R; seven Emmy nominations, one 1977 win.
Gary Busey
Gary Busey (William Gary Busey, born 1944, Goose Creek, Texas), American actor and musician, Oscar-nominated Best Actor for The Buddy Holly Story (1978), known for Lethal Weapon, Point Break, a 1988 brain injury, and his 2025 probation.
Georg Stanford Brown
Georg Stanford Brown (born 1943, Havana) is a Cuban-American actor and director known as Officer Terry Webster on The Rookies and Tom Harvey in Roots and Roots: The Next Generations, and winner of a 1986 Emmy for directing Cagney & Lacey.