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Park Overall
Park Overall (born 1957, Greeneville, Tennessee) is an American actress and activist, best known as nurse Laverne Todd on NBC's Empty Nest (1988–1995), a Broadway Biloxi Blues Rowena, and a 2012 Tennessee Senate candidate.
Paula Jai Parker
Paula Jai Parker (Paula Jai Parker-Martin), American actress and comedian from Cleveland, Ohio, known for Friday, Phone Booth, Hustle & Flow, the CableACE-winning Cosmic Slop, and voicing Trudy Proud in Disney's The Proud Family and its revival.
Peter Paul (actor)
Peter Paul (born 1957, Hartford, Connecticut), American actor, producer, and bodybuilder; identical twin of David Paul; together the Barbarian Brothers, known for The Barbarians (1987), Think Big, Double Trouble, and Twin Sitters.
Randi Oakes
Randi Oakes (Betty Lee Oakes, born 1951, Sumner, Iowa) is a retired American actress and former model, best known as Officer Bonnie Clark on CHiPs (1979-1982) and as the wife of actor Gregory Harrison.
Renee O'Connor
Renee O'Connor (born 1971, Houston) is an American actress, producer, and director, best known as Gabrielle in Xena: Warrior Princess (1995-2001, 134 episodes) and for later House of Bards directing work.
Robert Pastorelli
Robert Joseph Pastorelli (1954-2004), American character actor, played house painter Eldin Bernecky on Murphy Brown (1988-1994) and appeared in Dances with Wolves, Eraser, and Michael; died of a heroin overdose in 2004.
Robert Patrick
Robert Patrick (Robert Hammond Patrick, born 1958, Marietta, Georgia) is the American actor who played the T-1000 in Terminator 2: Judgment Day; later known for The X-Files' Agent Doggett, The Sopranos, Peacemaker, 1923, and Tulsa King.
Ron O'Neal
Ron O'Neal (1937-2004), American stage-trained actor, director, and screenwriter, best known as Youngblood Priest in Super Fly (1972); the hit typecast him, and later work included Super Fly T.N.T., Red Dawn, and Original Gangstas.
Ron Palillo
Ron Palillo (Ronald Gabriel Paolillo, 1949–2012), American actor best known as Arnold Horshack on ABC's Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–79); later stage actor, playwright of The Lost Boy, voice actor, and G-Star School acting teacher.
Sachi Parker
Sachi Parker (サチ・パーカー), born 1956, American actress and writer, only child of Shirley MacLaine and Steve Parker; supporting roles in Back to the Future, Peggy Sue Got Married, and Scrooged, and 2013 memoir Lucky Me.
Sarah Jessica Parker
Sarah Jessica Parker, born 1965 in Nelsonville, Ohio, is the American actress who played Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City (1998–2004), winning Golden Globes and Emmys; also a Broadway veteran, shoe designer, and Booker Prize judge.
Stuart Pankin
Stuart Pankin (born 1946, Philadelphia) is an American comic character actor, CableACE winner for HBO's Not Necessarily the News and voice of Earl Sinclair on Dinosaurs.
Timothy Britten Parker
Timothy Britten Parker, also known as Toby Parker (born 1962), American stage, film, and TV actor; brother of Sarah Jessica Parker; original cast of Rent and Doctor Dillamond in Wicked on Broadway, tour, and Los Angeles.
Timothy Omundson
Timothy Omundson (Timothy Michael Omundson, born 1969, St. Joseph, Missouri) is an American actor, Detective Carlton Lassiter on Psych and King Richard on Galavant; he survived a 2017 stroke and returned to acting in This Is Us.
Vincent Pastore
Vincent Pastore (Vincent Dominic Pastore, 1946–2026), American character actor who played Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on HBO's The Sopranos; former New Rochelle nightclub owner who entered acting in his forties, appeared in Goodfellas, The Jerky Boys, and on Broadway.
Vincent Van Patten
Vincent (Vince) Van Patten, born 1957 in Bellerose, New York, is an American actor, former top-25 ATP tennis pro, and the World Poker Tour's commentator since 2003, known for Rock 'n' Roll High School and 7 Days to Vegas.
Will Patton
Will Patton (William Rankin Patton, born 1954) is an American character actor and audiobook narrator known for No Way Out, Remember the Titans, Falling Skies, Yellowstone, Silo, and three Obie Awards.
Yuji Okumoto
Yuji Okumoto (born 1959, Los Angeles) is an American actor and producer, best known as villain Chozen Toguchi in The Karate Kid, Part II and Cobra Kai, and for producing The Paper Tigers (2020); he also runs the Seattle restaurant Kona Kitchen.