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James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones (1931–2024), American actor and EGOT winner; voice of Darth Vader and Mufasa; first Black Tony Best Actor winner for The Great White Hope; Cort Theatre renamed in his honor in 2022.
James Keach
James Keach (born 1947) is an American actor, director, and producer, the younger brother of actor Stacy Keach, known for The Long Riders and producing Walk the Line.
Janet Jones
Janet Jones (Janet Marie Jones), American actress born 1961 in Bridgeton, Missouri; films include The Beastmaster, A Chorus Line, Police Academy 5; married Wayne Gretzky in 1988 in Canada's 'Royal Wedding'; five children.
Jean Kasem
Jean Kasem (born 1954, Jean Charlotte Thompson) is an American retired actress, Loretta Tortelli on Cheers and The Tortellis, and widow of radio host Casey Kasem, later central to disputes over his care, burial in Oslo, and estate.
Jean Louisa Kelly
Jean Louisa Kelly (born 1972) is an American actress and singer from Worcester, Massachusetts, also known as Jean Pitaro. Known for Tia Russell in Uncle Buck, Rowena Morgan in Mr. Holland's Opus, Luisa in The Fantasticks, Kim Warner on Yes, Dear, and Sarah Kazansky in Top Gun: Maverick.
Jeremy Jackson
Jeremy Jackson (born 1980) is an American actor and singer, birth name Jeremy Jackson Dunn, best known as Hobie Buchannon on Baywatch (1990-1999); later reality TV, music, and public addiction struggles.
Joanna Kerns
Joanna Kerns, born Joanna Crussie DeVarona in 1953, is an American actress best known as Maggie Seaver on the ABC sitcom Growing Pains (1985–1992), who later became a prolific television director.
John James (actor)
John James (John James Anderson, born 1956), American actor, played Jeff Colby on Dynasty (1981–1989) and The Colbys, later on As the World Turns and All My Children; distinct from the London actor, the 1913–1960 actor, and the Michigan politician.
John Lone
John Lone (尊龍), born 1952 in Hong Kong, is a Chinese-American actor trained in Peking Opera, known for The Last Emperor (1987), M. Butterfly, and two Golden Globe nominations; distinct from John Lennon subjects.
John M. Jackson
John M. Jackson (John Murice Jackson, born 1950) is an American actor, best known as Rear Admiral A.J. Chegwidden on CBS's JAG (1996-2004), later on Bones, NCIS, and NCIS: Los Angeles; distinct from the Dallas litigator and other namesakes.
Judith Ivey
Judith Ivey (Judith Lee Ivey), American actress and theater director born 1951 in El Paso, Texas; two-time Tony winner for Steaming and Hurlyburly, known for Designing Women's B.J. Poteet and Women Talking.
Kate Jackson
Kate Jackson (Lucy Kate Jackson, born 1948, Birmingham, Alabama), American actress; original Angel Sabrina Duncan on Charlie's Angels (1976-1979) and Amanda King on Scarecrow and Mrs. King; Emmy and Golden Globe nominee.
Kato Kaelin
Kato Kaelin, born Brian Gerard Kaelin (1959, Milwaukee), is an American actor and media personality famous as the houseguest and prosecution witness in O.J. Simpson's 1995 murder trial, later a reality-TV figure.
Ken Kercheval
Ken Kercheval (Kenneth Marine Kercheval, 1935–2019), American actor, played Cliff Barnes, J.R. Ewing's rival, on Dallas 1978–1991 and its 2012–2014 revival; Broadway and film credits, Soap Opera Digest Award winner.
Kerri Kenney-Silver
Kerri Kenney-Silver (born 1970) is an American actress, comedian, and musician, co-creator of RENO 911! and Deputy Trudy Wiegel, founding member of MTV's The State, and now Anne in Netflix's The Four Seasons.
Kevin James
Kevin James (born Kevin George Knipfing, 1965) is an American comedian and actor, star of CBS's The King of Queens (1998–2007) and films Hitch and Paul Blart: Mall Cop; later sitcoms Kevin Can Wait and The Crew, and the 2024 Prime Video special Irregardless.
Khalil Kain
Khalil Kain (Khaliloeron Kain), American actor born 1964 in New York City; debuted as Raheem in Juice (1992), played Tiger Woods in a 1998 biopic, and Darnell Wilkes on Girlfriends 2001-2008.
Kristen Johnston
Kristen Johnston (Kristen Angela Johnston), born 1967 in Washington, D.C., is an American actress, two-time Emmy winner as Sally Solomon on 3rd Rock from the Sun, author of the memoir Guts, and now star of Netflix's Leanne.
Kristoff St. John
Kristoff St. John (born Christoff St. John, 1966-2019) was an American actor who played Neil Winters on The Young and the Restless for 28 years, won two Daytime Emmys and ten NAACP Image Awards, and starred earlier in Generations and Roots: The Next Generations.
Lainie Kazan
Lainie Kazan (born Lainie Levine, 1940, Brooklyn) is an American singer-actress: Funny Girl understudy, 26 Dean Martin Show appearances, Golden Globe and Tony nominee for My Favorite Year, and Maria Portokalos in My Big Fat Greek Wedding.
Lance Kerwin
Lance Kerwin (Lance Michael Kerwin, 1960–2023), American actor, teen star of NBC's James at 15/James at 16 and Mark Petrie in Salem's Lot (1979); later a youth pastor, died January 24, 2023 in San Clemente, California.
Laura Innes
Laura Innes (born 1957, Pontiac, Michigan) is an American actress and director, known as Dr. Kerry Weaver on ER (1995–2009), a three-time Emmy nominee, and director of The West Wing's "Shibboleth".
Laura Johnson
Laura Johnson, born 1957, in Burbank, California, American actress; played Terry Hartford on Falcon Crest 1983–1986 (80 episodes); films include Opening Night, Four Christmases, Red Eye.
Leslie Jordan
Leslie Jordan (1955–2022), American actor and comedian, Emmy winner as Beverley Leslie on Will & Grace, Sordid Lives' Brother Boy, pandemic Instagram star, gospel album Company's Comin'.
Lisa Robin Kelly
Lisa Robin Kelly (1970-2013), American actress, played Laurie Forman on That '70s Show (1998-2003) before being replaced by Christina Moore; died at 43 in a California rehab facility.
Marty Ingels
Marty Ingels (Martin Ingerman, 1936-2015), American comic actor, voice of Pac-Man, co-star of I'm Dickens, He's Fenster, celebrity broker via Ingels Inc., and husband of Shirley Jones from 1977.
Melina Kanakaredes
Melina Kanakaredes (Μελίνα Κανακαρίδη), American actress born 1967 in Akron, Ohio; starred as Dr. Sydney Hansen on Providence and Detective Stella Bonasera on CSI: NY, with Broadway, film, and Greek-heritage advocacy work.
Michael Imperioli
Michael Imperioli (James Michael Imperioli), American actor born 1966 in Mount Vernon, New York; Emmy-winning Christopher Moltisanti on The Sopranos, Spider in Goodfellas, Dominic in The White Lotus, also writer, director, and Zopa frontman.
Michael Jeter
Michael Jeter (1952–2003) was an American character actor from Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, who won a 1990 Tony for Grand Hotel and a 1992 Emmy for Evening Shade, and played Mr. Noodle's brother on Sesame Street.
Michael Keaton
Michael Keaton, born Michael John Douglas in 1951, is an American actor of Mr. Mom, Beetlejuice, and Batman fame who won a Golden Globe and Oscar nomination for Birdman and later acclaim for Dopesick.