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Henry Gibson
Henry Gibson (born James Bateman, 1935–2009), American character actor and comedian, Laugh-In's flower-holding poet; Altman's Nashville, The Blues Brothers, Boston Legal.
Ian Gomez
Ian Gomez (born 1964, New York City) is an American comic character actor, a Second City alumnus, known for Javier on Felicity, Larry Almada on The Drew Carey Show, Andy Torres on Cougar Town, and My Big Fat Greek Wedding.
Jack Garner
Jack Garner (Jack Edward Bumgarner, 1926-2011), American character actor, older brother of James Garner; appeared in Rockford Files, Bret Maverick; also the name of a Rochester film critic.
Jack Gilpin
Jack Gilpin (John Mitchell Gilpin, born 1951, Boyce, Virginia) is an American actor and Episcopal priest, the butler Mr. Church in HBO's The Gilded Age, father of Betty Gilpin, and grandson of Billy Mitchell.
James Gammon
James Richard Gammon (1940-2010), American character actor known as Lou Brown in Major League and Nick Bridges on Nash Bridges, a Sam Shepard stage regular.
James Gandolfini
James Gandolfini (1961-2013), American actor and Rutgers graduate, played mob boss Tony Soprano on HBO's The Sopranos (1999-2007), winning three Emmys, a Golden Globe, and three SAG Awards; also known for True Romance, God of Carnage, and The Drop.
Jami Gertz
Jami Gertz, American actress born 1965 in Chicago, star of Sixteen Candles, The Lost Boys, Less Than Zero, and Twister; married investor Tony Ressler in 1989 and is a principal owner of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks.
Jason Gedrick
Jason Gedrick (born Jason Michael Gedroic, 1965, Chicago) is an American actor known for Iron Eagle's Doug Masters, Murder One, Boomtown, Dexter, Luck, and Raynard Waits in Bosch.
Jason Gould
Jason Emanuel Gould (born 1966), American actor, filmmaker, and singer, son of Barbra Streisand and Elliott Gould; known for Say Anything... and The Prince of Tides, later the albums Dangerous Man and Where We Fall.
Jeff Goldblum
Jeff Goldblum (Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum, born 1952, Pittsburgh) is an American actor and jazz pianist known for The Fly, Jurassic Park, Independence Day, Wicked, and leading the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, distinct from other actors of the same name.
Jenette Goldstein
Jenette Goldstein, American actress born 1960, played Private Vasquez in Aliens, Diamondback in Near Dark, Janelle Voight in Terminator 2, and the Irish mother in Titanic, winning a 1987 Saturn Award, and later founded the boutique Jenette Bras.
Jennie Garth
Jennie Garth (Jennifer Eve Garth, born 1972, Urbana, Illinois) is an American actress best known as Kelly Taylor on Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990-2000); later What I Like About You, TV movies, HGTV's The Jennie Garth Project, BH90210, and the I Choose Me podcast and memoir.
John Gibson (actor, born 1948)
John Gibson (1948–1986) was an American actor from Michigan, the Baseball Fury in The Warriors (1979), also seen in The Fall Guy and One Life to Live; fiancé of Vanna White, he died piloting his own plane near Van Nuys airport.
John Glover (actor)
John Soursby Glover Jr. (born 1944, Salisbury, Maryland) is an American character actor, Tony winner for Love! Valour! Compassion!, five-time Emmy nominee, and Lionel Luthor on Smallville; not the artist John Glover or John V. Glover.
John Goodman
John Goodman, American actor born 1952 in Affton, Missouri, known as Dan Conner on Roseanne (1988–1997), Walter Sobchak in The Big Lebowski, Sulley in Monsters, Inc., and later The Conners and The Righteous Gemstones.
Jonathan Gilbert
Jonathan Gilbert, American former child actor (born 1967 per IMDb; other sources say 1968), played Willie Oleson on Little House on the Prairie (1974-1983), brother of Melissa Gilbert, later a New York stockbroker; distinct from the British screenwriter Jon Gilbert and other namesakes.
Jonathan Goldsmith
Jonathan Goldsmith (born 1938, New York) is the American actor who played the Most Interesting Man in the World in Dos Equis commercials from 2006 to 2016; also a veteran character actor with 350+ TV roles and author of Stay Interesting.
June Gable
June Gable (born June Golub, 1945, New York) is an American character actress, Tony-nominated for Candide, best known as Joey's agent Estelle Leonard on Friends (11 episodes) and a delivery-room nurse in season 1.
Karen Lynn Gorney
Karen Lynn Gorney (born 1945) is an American actress known as Stephanie Mangano in Saturday Night Fever (1977) and Tara Martin on ABC's All My Children.
Laura San Giacomo
Laura San Giacomo (born 1962) is an American actress known as Maya Gallo on Just Shoot Me!, Kit De Luca in Pretty Woman, and Cynthia in Sex, Lies, and Videotape, with later roles on NCIS, Saving Grace, Barry, and Sugar.
Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
Lawrence Gilliard Jr., also credited as Larry Gilliard Jr., is an American actor born in New York City in 1971, best known for D'Angelo Barksdale on The Wire and Bob Stookey on The Walking Dead.
Lecy Goranson
Lecy Goranson (Alicia Linda Goranson), American actress born 1974 in Evanston, Illinois; original Becky Conner on Roseanne (1988–92, 1995–96), replaced by Sarah Chalke, and lead of The Conners 2018–2025.
Lee Garlington
Lee Garlington (Ann Leslie Garlington, born 1953, Teaneck, New Jersey) is an American character actress, the Seinfeld pilot's waitress Claire, Brenda Baxworth on Everwood, and a 2018 Emmy nominee for Broken; distinct from Lee Garlington (1937-2023) of Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed.
Lisa Roberts Gillan
Lisa Roberts Gillan (Lisa Roberts, born 1965, Decatur, Georgia) is an American producer and actress, middle sister of Julia and Eric Roberts; producer of Leave the World Behind (2023) and actress in Maid in Manhattan and Eat Pray Love.
Lorraine Gary
Lorraine Gary (Lorraine Gottfried, born 1937) is a retired American actress who played Ellen Brody in Jaws, Jaws 2, and Jaws: The Revenge; wife of MCA president Sid Sheinberg, she retired in 1979.
Louis Gossett Jr.
Louis Gossett Jr. (1936-2024), American actor, first Black man to win the supporting actor Oscar for An Officer and a Gentleman; Emmy winner as Fiddler in Roots; Golden Globe and Daytime Emmy winner.
Lynda Goodfriend
Lynda Goodfriend (born 1953, Miami) is an American actress and acting teacher, best known as Lori Beth, Richie Cunningham's girlfriend and wife, on Happy Days (1977–1984), later Chair of Acting at NYFA Los Angeles.
Marcus Giamatti
Marcus Bartlett Giamatti (born 1961, New Haven) is an American actor, bass guitarist, and Temple University professor, son of MLB commissioner Bart Giamatti and brother of Paul Giamatti, best known as Peter Gray on CBS's Judging Amy (1999–2005).
Mark-Paul Gosselaar
Mark-Paul Gosselaar (b. 1974) is the American actor born Mark-Paul Harry Gosselaar who played Zack Morris on NBC's Saved by the Bell (1989-1993), later Det. John Clark Jr. on NYPD Blue (2001-2005), Peter Bash on Franklin & Bash, and Sir on Found (2023-2025).
Marla Gibbs
Marla Gibbs (born Margaret Theresa Bradley, June 14, 1931) is an American actress who played Florence Johnston on The Jeffersons (1975–1985) and starred in and executive produced 227 (1985–1990), with five Emmy nominations and a 2021 Hollywood Walk of Fame star.