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Alex Désert
Alex Désert (born 1968) is an American actor and musician known for Becker, Boy Meets World, The Flash, and voicing Carl Carlson on The Simpsons.
Alexis Denisof
Alexis Denisof (born 1966, Salisbury, Maryland) is an American actor known as Wesley Wyndam-Pryce in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, Benedick in Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing, Sandy Rivers on How I Met Your Mother, and a 2018 Emmy nominee.
Andrew Divoff
Andrew Divoff (born 1955, San Tomé, Venezuela) is a Venezuela-born actor and stuntman, the Djinn in Wishmaster 1-2, also known for Air Force One, Toy Soldiers, Lost's Mikhail Bakunin, CSI: Miami, and speaking eight languages.
Anthony Denison
Anthony Denison (born Anthony John Sarrero, 1949) is an American actor known as crime boss Ray Luca in Michael Mann's Crime Story and as Detective Andy Flynn on The Closer and Major Crimes.
Barry Dennen
Barry Dennen (1938-2017), American actor and singer; Emcee in the original West End Cabaret and Pontius Pilate in the album, Broadway, and film versions of Jesus Christ Superstar; memoirist of Barbra Streisand; video game voice actor.
Beverly D'Angelo
Beverly D'Angelo (born 1951, Columbus, Ohio) is an American actress and singer, Ellen Griswold in the National Lampoon's Vacation films and Golden Globe-nominated Patsy Cline in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980).
Blythe Danner
Blythe Danner is an American actress whose stage-centered career includes a Tony for Butterflies Are Free and two Emmys for Huff; she is Gwyneth Paltrow's mother.
Bo Derek
Bo Derek, born Mary Cathleen Collins, is an American actress whose starring role in the 1979 romantic comedy 10 made her an international sex symbol.
Brad Davis (actor)
Brad Davis (Robert Creel Davis, 1949–1991), American actor: Billy Hayes in Midnight Express (1978), Jackson Scholz in Chariots of Fire, Ned Weeks in The Normal Heart; died of AIDS-related complications at 41 after keeping his illness secret.
Brian Dennehy
Brian Manion Dennehy (1938–2020), American stage and screen actor; breakthrough as Sheriff Teasle in First Blood; two Tony Awards for Death of a Salesman and Long Day's Journey Into Night; six Emmy nominations.
Bruce Davison
Bruce Davison (born 1946, Philadelphia) is an American character actor with over 300 credits, known for Willard (1971), his Oscar-nominated Longtime Companion role, and Senator Kelly in X-Men.
Bruce Dern
Bruce MacLeish Dern (born June 4, 1936, Chicago) is an American character actor of over 80 films, known for villains in Marnie, The Cowboys, and Coming Home, with two Oscar nominations and Cannes Best Actor wins for Coming Home and Nebraska.
Casper Van Dien
Casper Van Dien (born 1968) is an American actor known for playing Johnny Rico in Starship Troopers (1997), plus Sleepy Hollow, Tarzan and the Lost City, Alita: Battle Angel, Wednesday, and over 100 film and TV credits.
Cathryn Damon
Cathryn Damon (1930–1987) was an American actress who won a 1980 Emmy as Mary Campbell on the ABC sitcom Soap, later playing Cassie Parker on Webster.
Clifton Davis
Clifton Davis (Clifton Duncan Davis), born 1945 in Chicago, is an American actor, singer, songwriter, and minister. Known for Amen's Reverend Reuben Gregory, That's My Mama, the Jackson 5 song Never Can Say Goodbye, Broadway's Aladdin, and Vernon Dupree on Beyond the Gates.
Cynthia Daniel
Cynthia Daniel, born 1976 in Gainesville, Florida, is an American former actress and model, twin sister of Brittany Daniel; she played Elizabeth Wakefield on Sweet Valley High (1994–1997) and appeared in The Basketball Diaries.
Dana Delany
Dana Welles Delany, American actress born 1956 in New York City; two-time Emmy winner as Colleen McMurphy on China Beach (1988–1991), later Katherine Mayfair on Desperate Housewives, Megan Hunt on Body of Proof, and the DCAU voice of Lois Lane.
Danny DeVito
Danny DeVito (Daniel Michael DeVito Jr., born 1944, Neptune, New Jersey) is an American actor, director, and producer: Emmy-winning Louie De Palma on Taxi, director of Matilda, Jersey Films producer of Pulp Fiction, and Frank Reynolds on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
David Denman
David Denman (born 1973) is an American actor, a Juilliard-trained character player known as Roy Anderson on The Office, and for Mare of Easttown, Brightburn, Rebel Ridge, and Peacemaker's Keith Smith.
Don S. Davis
Don S. Davis (Don Sinclair Davis, 1942-2008) was an American character actor, Army captain, and painter, known as General Hammond on Stargate SG-1 and Major Garland Briggs on Twin Peaks.
Dustin Diamond
Dustin Diamond (1977-2021), American actor, played Samuel 'Screech' Powers across the Saved by the Bell franchise from Good Morning, Miss Bliss to The New Class; died of stage 4 small-cell carcinoma at 44.
Eileen Davidson
Eileen Davidson, born 1959, American soap opera actress and author; played Ashley Abbott on The Young and the Restless and five simultaneous characters on Days of Our Lives; two-time Daytime Emmy winner (2014, 2018), Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast member, and mystery novelist.
Embeth Davidtz
Embeth Davidtz, American-born South African-raised actress (Schindler's List, Matilda's Miss Honey), later writer-director of Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight (2024), adapted from Alexandra Fuller's memoir.
Erik von Detten
Erik von Detten (Erik Thomas von Detten, born 1982, San Diego) is an American former actor, the voice of Sid in Toy Story and Toy Story 3, and star of Brink!, So Weird, and The Princess Diaries; he left acting for finance.
Geena Davis
Geena Davis (born 1956, Wareham, Massachusetts) is an American actor, Oscar winner for The Accidental Tourist, star of Thelma & Louise and A League of Their Own, and founder of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media (2004).
Guillermo Díaz (actor)
Guillermo Díaz, American actor of Cuban heritage, Huck on Scandal (2012-2018) and Scarface in Half Baked (1998); also Weeds, Law & Order: Organized Crime, Bros; directed Dear Luke, Love Me (2025). Distinct from Spanish dubbing and Colombian radio namesakes.
Henry Darrow
Henry Darrow (Enrique Tomás Delgado, 1933-2021), Puerto Rican-born American actor; Manolito Montoya on The High Chaparral; first Latino TV Zorro, 1981-83, and Zorro's father 1990-93; 1990 Daytime Emmy; SAG Ethnic Minority Committee co-founder.
James DePaiva
James DePaiva (born 1957, Livermore, California) is an American actor known as Max Holden on One Life to Live (1987-2007) and Dr. David Bensch on General Hospital; husband of actress Kassie DePaiva.
Jeff Daniels
Jeff Daniels (born 1955, Athens, Georgia; raised Chelsea, Michigan) is an American actor, playwright, and musician, Emmy winner for The Newsroom and Godless, founder of the Purple Rose Theatre Company, and star of Dumb and Dumber.
Jeffrey DeMunn
Jeffrey DeMunn (born 1947) is an American character actor, Bristol Old Vic-trained, Tony-nominated for K2, a Frank Darabont regular (Shawshank, The Green Mile), Dale Horvath on The Walking Dead, and Chuck Rhoades Sr. on Billions.