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Ajay Naidu

Ajay Naidu (Ajay Kalahastri Naidu, born 1972) is an American actor, Samir in Office Space and Spirit Award nominee for SubUrbia; also director of Ashes, trained at Harvard's ART institute.

Anita Morris

Anita Morris, also Anita Rose Morris, American actress, dancer, and singer (1943-1994) from Durham, North Carolina; Tony-nominated and Drama Desk-winning for Carla in Broadway's Nine, also known for Ruthless People and The Hotel New Hampshire.

Barry Newman

Barry Foster Newman (1930–2023), American actor known for Kowalski in Vanishing Point (1971) and the NBC legal drama Petrocelli, for which he received Emmy and Golden Globe nominations; died May 11, 2023.

Bebe Neuwirth

Bebe Neuwirth (Beatrice Neuwirth, born 1958) is an American actor-dancer, two-time Tony winner for Sweet Charity and Chicago and two-time Emmy winner as Lilith on Cheers and Frasier.

Belita Moreno

Belita Moreno (Aurabela Moreno, born 1949, Dallas) is an American actress known as Lydia Markham on Perfect Strangers and Benny on George Lopez (2002–2007), with film roles in 3 Women, Clear and Present Danger, and Grosse Pointe Blank, two Imagen Awards, and a parallel career as a film acting coach.

Bill Murray

Bill Murray (born 1950), American actor and comedian; SNL cast member 1976–1980, star of Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day, Oscar-nominated for Lost in Translation, longtime Wes Anderson collaborator, 2016 Mark Twain Prize recipient.

Bill Nunn

Bill Nunn (William Goldwyn Nunn III) was an American character actor from Pittsburgh best known as Radio Raheem in Do the Right Thing (1989) and Robbie Robertson in Spider-Man.

Brooke Mueller

Brooke Jaye Mueller, American media personality and former actress born 1977 in Palm Beach, Florida; ex-wife of Charlie Sheen (2008-2011), mother of twins Bob and Max, known for Witchouse, Strictly Sexual, The World According to Paris, and her public addiction recovery.

Carrie Nye

Carrie Nye (Carolyn Nye McGeoy, 1936-2006), American stage actress from Greenwood, Mississippi and wife of Dick Cavett; Tony-nominated for Half a Sixpence, Emmy-nominated as Tallulah Bankhead, Williamstown regular.

Cathy Moriarty

Cathy Moriarty, American actress born 1960 in the Bronx, debuted as Vickie LaMotta in Raging Bull (1980), earning a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination; later known for Casper, Cop Land, and But I'm a Cheerleader.

Charles Napier (actor)

Charles Napier (1936–2011), American character actor with a square jaw known for tough-guy roles in Rambo: First Blood Part II, The Blues Brothers, and The Silence of the Lambs, and as a favorite of Russ Meyer and Jonathan Demme.

Chris Noth

Chris Noth (born 1954) is an American actor known as Detective Mike Logan on Law & Order, Mr. Big on Sex and the City, and Peter Florrick on The Good Wife. Accused of sexual assault in 2021, which he denies.

Chuck Norris

Chuck Norris (Carlos Ray Norris, 1940-2026), American karate champion and action star of Missing in Action and Delta Force; starred as Cordell Walker in CBS's Walker, Texas Ranger (1993-2001) and later inspired the Chuck Norris Facts meme.

Cindy Morgan

Cindy Morgan (Cynthia Ann Cichorski, 1954-2023), American actress known as Lacey Underall in Caddyshack (1980) and Lora/Yori in Tron (1982); former Chicago radio DJ and Irish Spring commercial model; distinct from the Nashville singer-songwriter of the same name.

Corin Nemec

Corin Nemec (Joseph Charles Nemec IV, born 1971) is an American actor known as Parker Lewis in Parker Lewis Can't Lose and Jonas Quinn in Stargate SG-1, later a screenwriter and producer.

Craig T. Nelson

Craig T. Nelson (born 1944, Spokane) is an American Emmy-winning actor; birth name Craig Richard Nelson, changed to Theodore for SAG. Known for Coach (1989-97), Mr. Incredible in The Incredibles, Parenthood, and Green and Gold (2025).

Cynthia Nixon

Cynthia Nixon (born 1966) is an American actress and activist, best known as Miranda Hobbes in Sex and the City and for two Tony Awards (Rabbit Hole, The Little Foxes), two Emmys, a Grammy, and her 2018 run for New York governor.

D. W. Moffett

D. W. Moffett (Donald Warren Moffett, born 1954) is an American stage, film, and television actor known for The Normal Heart, Friday Night Lights' Joe McCoy, Switched at Birth's John Kennish, Traffic, and as SCAD's film department chair.

Danny Nucci

Danny Nucci (born 1968, Klagenfurt, Austria) is an American actor known for Fabrizio in Titanic, Crimson Tide, The Rock, Eraser, and as Mike Foster on The Fosters (2013–2018).

David Morse

David Morse (born 1953, Massachusetts) is an American character actor known for St. Elsewhere's Dr. Jack Morrison, The Green Mile, House (Emmy nomination), John Adams, and a Tony-nominated stage career.

David Moscow

David Moscow (David Raphael Moscow, born 1974, New York City) is an American actor, producer, and director known for Big (1988), Newsies (1992), Honey (2003), and the reality series From Scratch.

David Naughton

David Walsh Naughton (born 1951, Hartford, Connecticut) is an American actor and singer, star of An American Werewolf in London (1981), the 1979 hit "Makin' It", and the Be a Pepper Dr Pepper ads; brother of actor James Naughton.

Debbi Morgan

Debbi Morgan (Deborah Morgan), born 1956 in Dunn, North Carolina, is an American actress famous as Angie Baxter Hubbard on All My Children, a Daytime Emmy winner also known for Eve's Bayou, Power, and her memoir The Monkey on My Back.

Debra Monk

Debra Monk (born 1949, Middletown, Ohio) is an American actress, singer, and writer, Tony winner for Redwood Curtain, Emmy winner for NYPD Blue, co-author of Pump Boys and Dinettes, and known for New Amsterdam and The Gilded Age.

Demi Moore

Demi Moore (born Demetria Gene Guynes, 1962), American actress known for St. Elmo's Fire, Ghost, Indecent Proposal, and The Substance; highest-paid Hollywood actress in 1996 with $12.5M for Striptease; 2025 Golden Globe winner and first-time Oscar nominee for The Substance.

Denise Nicholas

Denise Nicholas (Donna Denise Nicholas), American actress, author, and civil rights activist born 1944 in Detroit; starred as Liz McIntyre on Room 222 and Harriet DeLong on In the Heat of the Night, wrote six episodes, and authored Freshwater Road and the 2025 memoir Finding Home.

Dermot Mulroney

Dermot Mulroney, American actor and cellist from Alexandria, Virginia, known for My Best Friend's Wedding, Young Guns, Longtime Companion, and Chicago Fire's Chief Dom Pascal.

DeVaughn Nixon

DeVaughn Nixon, born 1983, is an American actor from Los Angeles, son of Norm Nixon and stepson of Debbie Allen. Known for Fletcher in The Bodyguard, Danny Dyson in Terminator 2, and playing his father in Winning Time (2022–2023).

Diana Muldaur

Diana Muldaur (born August 19, 1938) is an American actress known as Rosalind Shays on L.A. Law, Dr. Katherine Pulaski on Star Trek: The Next Generation season 2, and two original Star Trek roles; twice Emmy-nominated and a former Television Academy president.

Don Most

Don Most (Donny Most, born 1953, Brooklyn) is an American actor, director, and singer best known as Ralph Malph on Happy Days (1974–1984), later directing indie films and performing swing music.