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Peter Krause
Peter Krause (born 1965) is an American actor known for Casey McCall in Sports Night, Nate Fisher in Six Feet Under, Adam Braverman in Parenthood, and Bobby Nash in 9-1-1, now starring in NBC's Line of Fire.
Peter Kwong (actor)
Peter Kwong (1952–2025) was an American actor and martial arts expert, Rain in Big Trouble in Little China and Tommy Tong in The Golden Child, with nearly 90 screen credits and advocacy for Asian representation in Hollywood.
Richard Kiel
Richard Kiel (1939-2014), American actor, 7 ft 2 in due to acromegaly, played steel-toothed Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979), the only Bond henchman in two films; also Eegah, The Longest Yard, Pale Rider, Happy Gilmore.
Richard Kind
Richard Kind (born 1956) is an American character actor known for Mad About You, Spin City, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Bing Bong in Inside Out, and A Serious Man; Northwestern graduate and Second City-trained, with over 300 screen credits.
Richard Kline
Richard Kline (born Richard Klein, 1944) is an American actor and director known as Larry Dallas on Three's Company (1977-84, 131 episodes) and both spin-offs, plus Broadway work and Blue Bloods.
Robert Klein
Robert Klein (born 1942) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and singer from the Bronx; Second City alumnus, first live comedy concert on HBO (1975), Grammy-nominated for Child of the Fifties, Tony nominee for They're Playing Our Song.
Robert Knepper
Robert Knepper (born 1959, Fremont, Ohio) is an American actor famous as Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell on Prison Break (2005–09), with villain roles in Heroes, iZombie, Arrow, The Flash, and films like Hitman and Transporter 3.
Rya Kihlstedt
Rya Kihlstedt (Rya Ingrid Kihlstedt) is an American actress from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, known for Home Alone 3, Deep Impact, Heroes Reborn, Superman & Lois, the Fourth Sister in Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025).
Sally Kirkland
Sally Kirkland (1941–2025) was an American actress of stage, film, and TV, Oscar-nominated for Anna (1987), winner of the Golden Globe, Independent Spirit, and LA Film Critics awards, also known for The Sting and JFK.
Scott Lawrence
Scott Lawrence (born 1963, Los Angeles) is an American actor known as Cmdr. Sturgis Turner on JAG, the voice of Darth Vader in LucasArts Star Wars games, and roles in Avatar, Star Wars Resistance, and The Lincoln Lawyer; distinct from a 1980-born producer and a physicist of the same name.
Sharon Lawrence
Sharon Lawrence (Sharon Elizabeth Lawrence, born 1961, Charlotte, NC) is an American actress known as ADA Sylvia Costas on NYPD Blue, a multiple Emmy nominee and SAG Award winner with Broadway credits in Cabaret, Fiddler on the Roof, and Chicago.
Sonny Landham
Sonny Landham (William Marion Landham, 1941-2017), American actor and stuntman of Cherokee and Seminole descent, played tracker Billy Sole in Predator (1987) and Billy Bear in 48 Hrs. (1982); later ran unsuccessfully for Kentucky office as a Republican and Libertarian.
Stan Kirsch
Stan Kirsch, an American actor, is best known for playing Richie Ryan on Highlander: The Series (1992–1998). He also co-founded Stan Kirsch Studios in Los Angeles in 2008.
Stepfanie Kramer
Stepfanie Kramer (born 1956, Los Angeles) is an American actress and mezzo soprano best known as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall on NBC's Hunter (1984-1990) with Fred Dryer; she left for a music career in 1990, returned for 2003 Hunter TV movies, and won three First Americans in the Arts awards.
Stephen Lang
Stephen Lang (born 1952, New York) is an American stage and screen actor and playwright, famed as Colonel Quaritch in the Avatar films, the Blind Man in Don't Breathe, and creator of the Medal of Honor solo show Beyond Glory.
Steve Landesberg
Steve Landesberg (1936-2010), American comic actor and stand-up comedian, played cerebral Det. Sgt. Arthur Dietrich on ABC's Barney Miller (1976-1982), earning three Emmy nominations; also known for Head Case and Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
Swoosie Kurtz
Swoosie Kurtz, American stage and screen actress born 1944 in Omaha, named for her father's WWII B-17D bomber The Swoose; two-time Tony winner (Fifth of July, The House of Blue Leaves) and Emmy winner for Carol & Company.
Tammy Lauren
Tammy Lauren (Tammy Lauren Vasquez), American actress born 1968 in San Diego, known for Ginger Szabo on Homefront (1991–1993), Detective Maggie Sullivan on The Young and the Restless, and her only starring film role as Alexandra Amberson in Wishmaster (1997).
Taran Killam
Taran Killam (born 1982, Culver City, California; birth name Taran Hourie Killam) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and director, a Saturday Night Live cast member from 2010 to 2016, Hamilton's Broadway King George, director of Killing Gunther, and star of NBC's Stumble.
Tawny Kitaen
Tawny Kitaen (Julie Kitaen, 1961–2021), American actress and model famous for Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again" video, Jaguar cartwheel, Ratt album covers, and Tom Hanks's fiancée in Bachelor Party (1984).
Ted Knight
Ted Knight (born Tadeus Wladyslaw Konopka, 1923-1986), American comic actor from Terryville, Connecticut; Emmy-winning as bumbling anchorman Ted Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, also Judge Smails in Caddyshack and Henry Rush in Too Close for Comfort.
Ted Lange
Ted Lange (born 1948, Oakland, California) is an American actor, director, and playwright, best known as bartender Isaac Washington on ABC's The Love Boat (1977-1986). A Broadway Hair veteran and RADA graduate, he has directed sitcoms and written over two dozen plays on Black American history.
Terry Kinney
Terry Kinney (born 1954, Lincoln, Illinois) is an American actor and director, co-founder of Steppenwolf Theatre, known for Tim McManus on Oz, Hall on Billions, and directing One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest on Broadway.
Terry Kiser
Terry Kiser (born August 1, 1939, Omaha, Nebraska) is an American character actor, also known as Terry Kiser of Weekend at Bernie's, best known as dead boss Bernie Lomax in Weekend at Bernie's (1989) and its 1993 sequel, with TV roles on Night Court and Hill Street Blues and acting school the Actors Arena in Austin.
Tom Laughlin
Tom Laughlin (Thomas Robert Laughlin Jr.) was an American performer and filmmaker known for inventing and starring as Billy Jack in films from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s.
Val Kilmer
Val Kilmer (1959–2025), American actor of Top Gun, The Doors, Tombstone, and Batman Forever; Juilliard-trained, throat cancer in 2014 cost his voice, died of pneumonia at 65.
Vicki Lawrence
Vicki Lawrence, born Vicki Ann Axelrad in 1949, American actress, comedian, and singer; played Mama (Thelma Harper) on The Carol Burnett Show and Mama's Family; 1973 hit single.
Wallace Langham
Wallace Langham (James Wallace Langham II), American actor born 1965 in Fort Worth, Texas; known as Phil on The Larry Sanders Show, Josh Blair on Veronica's Closet, and David Hodges on CSI and CSI: Vegas.
Wally Kurth
Wally Kurth (born 1958, Billings, Montana) is an American soap actor and musician who plays Justin Kiriakis on Days of Our Lives and Ned Quartermaine on General Hospital simultaneously, and who won a 2002 Daytime Emmy for the song Barefoot Ballet with his duo Kurth & Taylor.
Walter Koenig
Walter Koenig (Walter Marvin Koenig), American actor born 1936 in Chicago; played Pavel Chekov on Star Trek (1967–69 and seven films) and Alfred Bester on Babylon 5; also a TV writer, teacher, and memoirist.