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Don Novello
Don Novello (born 1943) is an American comedian and writer, creator of SNL's Father Guido Sarducci and author of The Lazlo Letters as alter ego Lazlo Toth, plus the Olympia Cafe sketch and Atlantis voice work.
Edward Norton
Edward Norton, or Edward Harrison Norton, is an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter born in Boston in 1969, recognized for intense dramatic roles like in Fight Club.
Elise Neal
Elise Neal, born 1966 in Memphis, Tennessee, is an American actress and producer known for Yvonne Hughley on The Hughleys, Tia Jewel on All of Us, and films Scream 2, Hustle & Flow, and Logan; distinguished from Eliza Neals, the blues musician, and Elise Neel, the Panasonic executive.
Erin Moran
Erin Marie Moran (1960–2017), American actress best known as Joanie Cunningham on ABC's Happy Days (1974–1984) and the spin-off Joanie Loves Chachi; began acting at five, later sued CBS over royalties, died of stage-four cancer in Indiana at 56.
Esai Morales
Esai Morales (Esaí Manuel Morales D'Clet, born 1962), American actor of Puerto Rican descent from Brooklyn: Bob Morales in La Bamba (1987), Lt. Tony Rodriguez on NYPD Blue, Gabriel in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning and The Final Reckoning, NHFA co-founder.
Garrett Morris
Garrett Morris, also Garrett Gonzalez Morris, is the American actor and singer who was the first Black cast member of Saturday Night Live (1975–1980), creator of Chico Escuela, later seen on Martin and 2 Broke Girls.
George Newbern
George Newbern (George Young Newbern), American actor born 1964 in Little Rock, Arkansas; voice of Superman since 2001's Justice League, Sephiroth in Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts, Charlie in Scandal, and Bryan MacKenzie in Father of the Bride.
Haywood Nelson
Haywood Nelson, American actor, writer, and producer, born 1960, best known as Dwayne Nelson on ABC's What's Happening!! (1976–1979) and What's Happening Now!! (1985–1988); also Grady, Mixed Company, Broadway's Thieves, and later telecom and digital media executive work.
Jack Nance
Jack Nance (Marvin John Nance, 1943-1996), American character actor, star of David Lynch's Eraserhead as Henry Spencer and Pete Martell in Twin Peaks; also Dune, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, Lost Highway; died of subdural hematoma after a 1996 doughnut-shop fight.
Jack Nicholson
Jack Nicholson (John Joseph Nicholson, born 1937) is a retired American actor, a three-time Academy Award winner known for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and The Shining.
James Naughton
James Naughton, American actor and director born 1945 in Connecticut, two-time Tony winner for musicals City of Angels (1990) and Chicago (1997), brother of David Naughton, Yale School of Drama graduate.
Jamison Newlander
Jamison Newlander (born 1970) is an American actor, writer, and director best known as Alan Frog, one of the vampire-hunting Frog Brothers, in The Lost Boys (1987), later reprising the role in Lost Boys: The Thirst (2010).
Jason Narvy
Jason Andrew Narvy (born 1974, Los Angeles) is an American actor known as Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch in the Power Rangers franchise, later a Shakespeare-trained theater professor and Vox Rocket Studios co-founder.
Jay Mohr
Jay Mohr (Jon Ferguson Mohr, born 1970, Verona, New Jersey) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and radio host; SNL cast member 1993-95, Bob Sugar in Jerry Maguire, creator of Last Comic Standing, host of Jay Mohr Sports.
Jeffrey Nordling
Jeffrey Richard Nordling (born 1962, Ridgewood, New Jersey) is an American actor known for Jake Manning in Once and Again, Larry Moss in 24, Gordon Klein in Big Little Lies, and Flight 93.
Joanne Nail
Joanne Nail (Joanne Elizabeth Nail), American former actress born 1947 in Spokane, Washington; known for Switchblade Sisters (1975), The Gumball Rally (1976), The Visitor (1979), and Full Moon High (1981), plus Broadway roles in Scratch and Lysistrata.
Joe Morton
Joe Morton (Joseph Thomas Morton Jr., born 1947, New York) is an American stage, film, and television actor known for The Brother from Another Planet, Terminator 2's Miles Dyson, and Emmy-winning Rowan Pope on Scandal.
Joel Murray
Joel Murray (born 1963, Wilmette, Illinois) is an American actor, director, and writer, youngest brother of Bill and Brian Doyle-Murray; known for Dharma & Greg, Mad Men's Freddy Rumsen, Shameless, and God Bless America.
John Allen Nelson
John Allen Nelson (born 1959) is an American actor, screenwriter, and producer: Warren Lockridge on Santa Barbara, John D. Cort on Baywatch, Walt Cummings on 24, and the title role in the film Hunk; also the Wine Guy on Friends.
Josh Mostel
Josh Mostel (Joshua Elias Mostel, born 1946) is an American character actor, son of Zero Mostel, known for Jesus Christ Superstar, Radio Days, City Slickers, Billy Madison, and Broadway's My Favorite Year.
Judd Nelson
Judd Nelson (born 1959, Portland, Maine) is an American actor, also called a Brat Pack member, known for John Bender in The Breakfast Club (1985), St. Elmo's Fire, New Jack City, and Suddenly Susan.
Kate Mulgrew
Kate Mulgrew (born 1955, Dubuque, Iowa) is an American actress and author, the first woman to lead a Star Trek series as Captain Kathryn Janeway on Voyager (1995-2001), also known as Red on Orange Is the New Black, with memoirs Born With Teeth and How to Forget.
Kathrine Narducci
Kathrine Narducci (born 1965, East Harlem, New York) is an American actress known as Charmaine Bucco on The Sopranos, Rosina Anello in A Bronx Tale, Carrie Bufalino in The Irishman, and Anna Genovese in The Alto Knights (2025).
Kathy Najimy
Kathy Najimy (born 1957, San Diego) is an American actress and activist known as Sister Mary Patrick in Sister Act, Mary Sanderson in Hocus Pocus and Hocus Pocus 2, the voice of Peggy Hill on King of the Hill, and half of the Obie-winning Kathy & Mo Show.
Laraine Newman
Laraine Newman, born 1952, is an American comedian, actress, and voice artist, a founding Groundlings member and original Saturday Night Live cast member (1975–1980) who created Connie Conehead and later built a prolific animation voice career.
Lisa Niemi
Lisa Niemi (Lisa Anne Haapaniemi, born 1956, Houston) is an American dancer, actress, choreographer, writer, and director, widow of Patrick Swayze; she wrote, directed, produced, and starred in One Last Dance (2003) and advocates for pancreatic cancer research.
Louisa Moritz
Louisa Moritz (Luisa Cira Castro Netto), Cuban-American actress and lawyer; played Rose in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Myra in Death Race 2000; birth and death dates disputed across sources.
Lynne Moody
Lynne Moody, American actress from Detroit known for Irene Harvey in Roots (1977, 1979), Tracy Curtis Taylor in That's My Mama, and Patricia Williams in Knots Landing; reunited in 2021 with daughter Lisa Wright after 50 years.
Mark Moses
Mark Moses (born 1958) is an American character actor, Paul Young on Desperate Housewives and Duck Phillips on Mad Men, also Lt. Wolfe in Platoon and President Michener in The Last Ship.
Martin Mull
Martin Mull (1943–2024), American painter, comedian, musician, and actor; star of Fernwood 2 Night, Roseanne, and Clue, RISD-trained painter exhibited at the Whitney, subject of the 2026 Netflix documentary Who Is Martin Mull?.