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Alex Cord
Alex Cord (Alexander Viespi Jr., 1933-2021), American actor and former rodeo performer; played Archangel (Michael Coldsmith Briggs III) on Airwolf (1984-86); films included Synanon, Stagecoach, and The Brotherhood; later a western novelist.
Alicia Coppola
Alicia Coppola (born 1968, Huntington, New York) is an American actress, not related to Francis Ford Coppola, known for Lorna Devon on Another World, Mimi Clark on Jericho, NCIS franchise roles, her memoir Gracefully Gone, and the short film Between Us.
Allen Covert
Allen Stephen Covert (born 1964) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer, star and co-writer of Grandma's Boy (2006), longtime Adam Sandler collaborator and Happy Madison executive producer.
Ann Cusack
Ann Cusack (born 1961) is an American actress and singer, eldest sibling of John and Joan Cusack. Known for A League of Their Own (1992), Better Call Saul's Rebecca Bois, The Boys, and Sully (2016).
Barbara Colby
Barbara Colby (1939-1975), American stage, film, and TV actress; Broadway's The Devils, A Doll's House; Columbo's Lilly La Sanka; murdered in Venice, California. Not Barbara Heinzen Colby, CIA director's wife.
Barry Corbin
Barry Corbin, born Leonard Barrie Corbin in Lamesa, Texas, in 1940, is an American character actor with over 200 roles, best known as Maurice Minnifield on Northern Exposure.
Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby (born July 12, 1937, Philadelphia) is an American comedian and actor, star of I Spy and The Cosby Show, nine-time Grammy winner, whose 2018 sexual assault conviction was overturned in 2021 and who was ordered in 2026 to pay $59.25 million in a civil case.
Billy Crudup
Billy Crudup (William Gaither Crudup, born 1968) is an American actor of stage and screen: Tony winner for The Coast of Utopia, star of Almost Famous and Watchmen, and two-time Emmy winner as Cory Ellison in The Morning Show.
Billy Crystal
Billy Crystal (William Edward Crystal, born 1948, New York) is an American actor and comedian: Jodie Dallas on Soap, SNL's Fernando, star of When Harry Met Sally and City Slickers, voice of Mike Wazowski, and nine-time Oscar host.
Bud Cort
Bud Cort (Walter Edward Cox, 1948-2026), American actor best known as Harold in Hal Ashby's 1971 cult classic Harold and Maude and the title role in Robert Altman's Brewster McCloud; also appeared in M*A*S*H, Heat, Dogma, and The Life Aquatic.
Carole Cole
Carole Cole (1944–2009), also Cookie or Cooke Cole, American actress, eldest daughter of Nat King Cole, CEO of King Cole Partners, and executive producer of Nat King Cole reissues from 1997 to 2009.
Carole Cook
Carole Cook (Mildred Frances Cook, 1924–2023) was an American stage, TV, and film actress, Lucille Ball's protégée, known for The Lucy Show, Hello, Dolly!, and Sixteen Candles.
Catherine E. Coulson
Catherine E. Coulson (Catherine Elizabeth Coulson, 1943–2015), American actress and camera technician; the Log Lady (Margaret Lanterman) in David Lynch's Twin Peaks; Eraserhead crew member and Oregon Shakespeare Festival actor.
Cathy Lee Crosby
Cathy Lee Crosby is an American actress, producer, and former tennis player, recognized for cohosting the ABC series That's Incredible! and starring in Wonder Woman in 1974.
Chris Cooper
Chris Cooper (born 1951) is an American character actor from Kansas City, Missouri, known for Matewan, Lone Star, American Beauty, and his Oscar-winning turn as John Laroche in Adaptation.
Courteney Cox
Courteney Cox (Courteney Bass Cox, born 1964, Birmingham, Alabama), American actress and producer: Monica Geller on Friends (1994–2004), Gale Weathers in all Scream films through Scream 7 (2026), Cougar Town, Just Before I Go, and Evil Genius at TIFF 2026.
Dabney Coleman
Dabney Coleman (1932–2024), American character actor from Austin, Texas, famous for comic villains in 9 to 5, Tootsie, and WarGames; Emmy and Golden Globe winner who played Merle Jeeter, Buffalo Bill, and Commodore Kaestner.
Dan Cortese
Dan Cortese (Daniel James Cortese, born 1967, Sewickley, Pennsylvania) is an American actor and host, Emmy-winning host of MTV Sports (1992), Seinfeld's 'mimbo' Tony, and Perry Rollins on Veronica's Closet.
Denise Crosby
Denise Crosby, born in 1957 in Hollywood, is an American actress known for playing Lieutenant Tasha Yar on Star Trek: The Next Generation and for the documentary Trekkies.
Dennis Cole
Dennis Lee Cole (1940-2009), American TV actor known for Felony Squad, Bearcats!, and The Young and the Restless; married Jaclyn Smith 1978-1981; anti-violence activist after son Joe's 1991 murder.
Didi Conn
Didi Conn (Edith Bernstein, born 1951, Brooklyn) is the American actress who played Frenchy in Grease (1978) and Grease 2, also known for Benson, Shining Time Station, and Grease: Live!.
Ellen Corby
Ellen Corby (Ellen Hansen, 1911–1999), American character actress and screenwriter; Grandma Esther Walton on The Waltons, three Emmys, Oscar nominee for I Remember Mama.
Frances Conroy
Frances Conroy, also known as Frances Hardman Conroy, is an American actress born in 1953, known for playing Ruth Fisher on HBO's Six Feet Under.
Franklin Cover
Franklin Cover, full name Franklin Edward Cover, was an American actor best known as Tom Willis on The Jeffersons and for his long Broadway stage career.
Gary Cole
Gary Michael Cole (born 1956, Park Ridge, Illinois) is an American film, TV, voice, and stage actor; Steppenwolf ensemble member known for Office Space's Bill Lumbergh, Mike Brady, Veep's Kent Davison, and NCIS's Alden Parker.
George Coe
George Coe (George Julian Cohen, 1929–2015), American character actor and original Saturday Night Live cast member, Oscar-nominated for De Düva: The Dove, voice of Woodhouse on Archer.
Holly Marie Combs
Holly Marie Combs (born 1973, San Diego) is an American actress and producer, Piper Halliwell on Charmed (1998-2006), Kimberly Brock on Picket Fences, Ella Montgomery on Pretty Little Liars; she announced her acting retirement in 2026.
Jack Coleman (actor)
Jack Coleman (John MacDonald Coleman, born 1958) is an American actor known as Steven Carrington on Dynasty (1982-88) and Noah Bennet/HRG on Heroes (2006-10) and Heroes Reborn, with later recurring roles on The Office, Burn Notice, Scandal, and Chicago P.D.
James Cromwell
James Oliver Cromwell (born January 27, 1940) is an American character actor, son of director John Cromwell, Oscar-nominated for Babe (1995), Emmy winner for American Horror Story: Asylum, and a PETA-affiliated vegan activist.
James Jude Courtney
James Jude Courtney is an American actor and stuntman from Columbia, South Carolina, who played Michael Myers in Halloween (2018), Halloween Kills (2021), and Halloween Ends (2022), the only actor to do so in three consecutive films.