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Jake Busey
Jake Busey (William Jacob Busey, born 1971, Los Angeles), American actor, son of Gary Busey; known for Ace Levy in Starship Troopers, The Frighteners, Contact, From Dusk Till Dawn, and Stranger Things.
James Brolin
James Brolin (born Craig Kenneth Bruderlin, 1940) is an American actor known for Marcus Welby, M.D., Hotel, Westworld, The Amityville Horror, Lightyear, and Ransom Canyon, husband of Barbra Streisand and father of actor Josh Brolin.
Jayne Brook
Jayne Brook (Jane Anderson Terlesky, born 1960 or 1962, Northbrook, Illinois) is an American actress known for Dr. Diane Grad on Chicago Hope, Mary Ann Mitchell on The District, and Vice Admiral Katrina Cornwell on Star Trek: Discovery.
Jeff Bridges
Jeff Bridges (born 1949, Los Angeles) is an American actor, musician, and photographer, son of Lloyd Bridges, The Dude in The Big Lebowski, Oscar winner for Crazy Heart, seven-time Oscar nominee.
Jere Burns
Jere Burns (Jerald Eugene Burns, born 1954) is an American character actor known for Kirk Morris on Dear John, Wynn Duffy on Justified, Anson Fullerton on Burn Notice, and Chet Atkins on Angie Tribeca.
Jim J. Bullock
Jim J. Bullock (born 1955) is an American actor and comedian known as Monroe Ficus on Too Close for Comfort, a regular on Hollywood Squares, Prince Valium in Spaceballs, and co-host of The Jim J. & Tammy Faye Show.
Johnny Brown (actor)
Johnny Brown (1937–2022) was an American actor, comedian, and singer, famed as Nathan Bookman on Good Times and as a Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In regular; distinct from actors John Brown and Johnny Mack Brown.
Julie Brown
Julie Brown refers to several Americans: Julie Ann Brown (born 1954 or 1958), Van Nuys-born actress, comedian, and singer of Just Say Julie and Earth Girls Are Easy; novelist Julie L. Brown; and Room to Grow founder Julie Deborah Brown.
Kate Burton (actress)
Kate Burton (Katherine Burton, born 1957, Geneva) is a Welsh-American actress, daughter of Richard Burton, known for Ellis Grey on Grey's Anatomy, Sally Langston on Scandal, three Tony nominations, and teaching at USC.
Kimberlin Brown
Kimberlin Brown (Kimberlin Ann Brown, born 1961, Hayward, California) is an American actress famous as villainess Sheila Carter on The Young and the Restless (1990) and The Bold and the Beautiful (1992 onward), a two-time Soap Opera Digest Award winner, designer, and avocado farm owner.
Kimberly J. Brown
Kimberly J. Brown (born 1984) is an American actress known as Marnie Piper in Disney's Halloweentown films (1998, 2001, 2004), Emmy-nominated as Marah Lewis on Guiding Light, and Independent Spirit Award winner for Tumbleweeds.
Larry Bryggman
Larry Bryggman (born December 21, 1938) is an American actor best known as Dr. John Dixon on As the World Turns (1969–2010), with two Daytime Emmys, Tony nominations for Picnic and Proof, and an Obie Award.
LeVar Burton
LeVar Burton, American actor and literacy advocate: Kunta Kinte in Roots (1977), Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and host of PBS's Reading Rainbow 1983 to 2006; National Humanities Medal 2023.
Lillo Brancato
Lillo Brancato Jr., born 1976 in Bogotá, is an American actor known as Calogero in A Bronx Tale and Matthew Bevilaqua in The Sopranos, later convicted of attempted burglary in a 2005 Bronx burglary that killed an NYPD officer.
Lorraine Bracco
Lorraine Bracco (born 1954, Brooklyn) is an American actress, Oscar-nominated as Karen Hill in Goodfellas and Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated as Dr. Jennifer Melfi on The Sopranos; also Rizzoli & Isles, Nonnas, and former Gaultier model.
Marilyn Burns
Marilyn Burns (Mary Lynn Ann Burns, 1949-2014) was an American actress and scream queen, famed as Sally Hardesty, the final girl of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), later in Helter Skelter and Eaten Alive.
Martha Byrne
Martha Byrne (Mary Martha Byrne, born 1969, Ridgewood, NJ) is an American actress, singer, writer, and producer; Emmy-winning Lily Walsh Snyder and Rose D'Angelo on As the World Turns, later Anacostia producer.
Matthew Broderick
Matthew Broderick (born 1962) is an American actor, star of Ferris Bueller's Day Off and a two-time Tony winner for Brighton Beach Memoirs and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
Merritt Butrick
Merritt Butrick (Merritt R. Butrick), American actor (1959–1989) born in Gainesville, Florida; played Dr. David Marcus in Star Trek II and III and Johnny Slash in Square Pegs; died in Los Angeles of toxoplasmosis complicated by AIDS.
Michael Brandon
Michael Brandon (born Michael Feldman, 1945, Brooklyn) is an American actor known for Dempsey and Makepeace, Jerry Springer: The Opera (Olivier nomination), and narrating Thomas & Friends.
Michael Buscemi
Michael Buscemi (born 1960, Brooklyn) is an American actor, writer, and director, younger brother of Steve Buscemi; known for Trees Lounge, BlacKkKlansman, Nurse Jackie as God, and Park Bench.
Morgan Brittany
Morgan Brittany (Suzanne Cupito), American actress born 1951 in Los Angeles; child star of Gypsy and The Birds, later Katherine Wentworth on Dallas (1981–1987) and a conservative commentator.
Nicholas Brendon
Nicholas Brendon (Nicholas Brendon Schultz), American actor (1971–2026), Xander Harris on Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1997–2003, also Kevin Lynch on Criminal Minds, died of cardiovascular disease at 54.
Randy Brooks (actor)
Randy Brooks (Frederick Randolph Brooks), American actor born 1950 in New York City; played Holdaway in Reservoir Dogs, Ron Delaney in Colors, and Nathan Hastings on The Young and the Restless; not the bandleader or Rand Brooks.
Rebecca Budig
Rebecca Budig is an American actress known for playing Greenlee Smythe on All My Children and Dr. Taylor Hayes on The Bold and the Beautiful.
Richard Brooks (actor)
Richard Brooks (Richard Lee Brooks, born 1962) is an American actor, singer, and director from Cleveland, Ohio, known as ADA Paul Robinette on Law & Order, Jubal Early on Firefly, and Chief Simpson on 9-1-1, distinct from the Oscar-winning screenwriter of the same name.
Richard Burgi
Richard Burgi (Richard William Burgi, born 1958, Montclair, New Jersey) is an American actor known as Det. Jim Ellison on The Sentinel and Karl Mayer on Desperate Housewives, with soap roles on Another World, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, and The Young and the Restless.
Robert John Burke
Robert John Burke, also credited Robert Burke or Robert J. Burke, is an American actor and NY State firefighter captain, known for RoboCop 3, Thinner, Ed Tucker on Law & Order: SVU, and Bart Bass on Gossip Girl.
Roscoe Lee Browne
Roscoe Lee Browne (1925-2007), American stage, film, and television actor from Woodbury, New Jersey; Obie and Emmy winner, Tony nominee, narrator of Babe, former champion track athlete.
Ruth Buzzi
Ruth Buzzi (Ruth Ann Buzzi, 1936–2025) was an American comedian and actress who played purse-wielding Gladys Ormphby on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, winning a 1973 Golden Globe.