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Amanda Peet
Amanda Peet, American actress (born 1972, New York), known for The Whole Nine Yards, Studio 60, Togetherness, Brockmire, Dirty John, and Apple TV+'s Your Friends & Neighbors; also a playwright married to David Benioff.
Amanda Peterson
Amanda Peterson (1971-2015), American actress known as Cindy Mancini in Can't Buy Me Love (1987), also in Explorers and A Year in the Life; retired at 23; died 2015 in Greeley, Colorado.
Amanda Plummer
Amanda Plummer (Amanda Michael Plummer, born 1957) is an American actress, daughter of Christopher Plummer and Tammy Grimes; Tony winner for Agnes of God, three-time Emmy winner, and Honey Bunny in Pulp Fiction (1994).
Amy Pietz
Amy Pietz (born 1969, Milwaukee) is an American actress known as Annie on Caroline in the City, Charlie on Rodney, Donna on The Office, and Donna Miller in the 2026 Legally Blonde prequel Elle.
Austin Peck
Austin Peck (born 1971, Honolulu) is an American actor and director, best known as Austin Reed on Days of Our Lives (1995–2017) and Brad Snyder on As the World Turns, and for starring in The Blue Tooth Virgin (2008).
Austin Pendleton
Austin Pendleton (born 1940, Warren, Ohio) is an American actor, director, playwright, and HB Studio teacher; originated Motel in Fiddler on the Roof, Tony-nominated for directing The Little Foxes, Steppenwolf ensemble member since 1986.
Ben Powers
Ben Powers (Alton Adelbert Powers, 1950-2015) was an American actor and comedian, best known as Keith Anderson, Thelma's husband, on the final season of Good Times, and as Moochie on The New Mike Hammer.
Bijou Phillips
Bijou Lilly Phillips (born 1980) is an American actress, model, and singer, daughter of Mamas and the Papas founder John Phillips; known for Almost Famous, Bully, and two kidney transplants, 2017 and 2026.
Bill Pullman
Bill Pullman (William James Pullman), American actor from Hornell, New York; stage career from 1983, films including Spaceballs, Independence Day (President Whitmore), Lost Highway, and The Sinner; RSC debut and Spaceballs: The New One upcoming.
Brian Peck
Brian Richard Peck (born 1960) is an American former actor and dialogue coach, Scuz in The Return of the Living Dead, convicted in 2004 of sexually abusing Drake Bell and a registered California sex offender.
Bronson Pinchot
Bronson Pinchot (born 1959) is an American actor, Balki Bartokomous on Perfect Strangers (1986–93) and Serge in Beverly Hills Cop; Emmy-nominated in 1987, also a 400-plus audiobook narrator and star of Netflix's The Residence (2025).
Cecilia Peck
Cecilia Peck (born 1958, Los Angeles), daughter of Gregory Peck, is an American documentary director and producer behind Shut Up & Sing, Brave Miss World, Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult, and Netflix's Escaping Twin Flames.
Christopher Pettiet
Christopher Lee Pettiet (1976-2000), American TV and film actor; played Jesse James in The Young Riders and Zach Crandell in Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991); also in Point Break; died of accidental overdose at 24.
Cindy Pickett
Cindy Pickett (born 1947, Sand Springs, Oklahoma) is an American actress, also Cindy Lou Pickett, known as Katie Bueller in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Jackie Marler-Spaulding on Guiding Light, and Dr. Carol Novino on St. Elsewhere.
Clifton Powell
Clifton Powell, American character actor born 1956 in Washington, D.C., Emerson College graduate, known as Chauncey in Menace II Society, Cutty in Dead Presidents, Pinky in the Friday films, Jeff Brown in Ray, and MLK in Selma, Lord, Selma.
Dana Plato
Dana Plato (Dana Michelle Strain, 1964-1999), American actress who played Kimberly Drummond on Diff'rent Strokes 1978-1984; later legal troubles, low-budget films, and a 1999 overdose ruled suicide.
Danny Pintauro
Danny Pintauro (born 1976, Milltown, New Jersey) is an American actor, Jonathan Bower on ABC's Who's the Boss? (1984–1992) and Tad in Cujo (1983); outed in 1997, disclosed HIV-positive status in 2015, now works multiple gig jobs including Amazon delivery.
David Hyde Pierce
David Hyde Pierce (born 1959) is an American actor and director, Emmy winner as Dr. Niles Crane on Frasier and Tony winner for Curtains, with Broadway roles in Spamalot, Hello, Dolly!, Here We Are, and Pirates! The Penzance Musical.
Dedee Pfeiffer
Dedee Pfeiffer (Dorothy Diane Pfeiffer), American actress born 1964 in Midway City, California, younger sister of Michelle Pfeiffer; known for Cybill, For Your Love, Vamp, and Big Sky's Denise Brisbane.
Denver Pyle
Denver Pyle (Denver Dell Pyle, 1920-1997), American character actor, played Uncle Jesse on The Dukes of Hazzard, Briscoe Darling on The Andy Griffith Show, and Frank Hamer in Bonnie and Clyde; over 200 TV appearances, mostly Westerns.
Donna Pescow
Donna Pescow (born 1954, Brooklyn; birth name Pescovitz) is an American actress who debuted as Annette in Saturday Night Fever (1977), won the New York Film Critics Circle supporting-actress award, and starred in Angie, Out of This World, and Even Stevens.
Elizabeth Peña
Elizabeth Peña (1959-2014) was a Cuban American actress of Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Lone Star, La Bamba, Rush Hour, and the voice of Mirage in The Incredibles; Independent Spirit Award winner, distinct from the speech-language researcher Elizabeth D. Peña.
Elizabeth Perkins
Elizabeth Perkins (Elizabeth Ann Perkins), American actress born 1960 in Queens, New York; known for Big (1988), The Flintstones, and her Emmy-nominated Celia Hodes on Weeds; now in Netflix's Big Mistakes.
Emily Procter
Emily Procter (Emily Mallory Procter) is an American actress born 1968 in Raleigh, North Carolina, known for Ainsley Hayes on The West Wing and Detective Calleigh Duquesne on CSI: Miami (2002-2012, 232 episodes), and for founding The Ground nonprofit in 2019.
Eric Pierpoint
Eric Pierpoint (born 1950) is an American actor, known as Detective George Francisco in Alien Nation and its TV movies, for five roles across all four modern Star Trek series, films like Liar Liar, and the award-winning children's novel The Last Ride of Caleb O'Toole.
Ethan Phillips
Ethan Phillips (John Ethan Phillips, born 1955) is an American character actor known as Neelix on Star Trek: Voyager (1995-2001) and Pete Downey on Benson; also a Broadway actor and playwright of Penguin Blues.
Frank Potenza
Frank Potenza, born Francis Michael Potenza, was an American retired New York City police officer known as "Uncle Frank" on Jimmy Kimmel Live! from 2003 until his death in 2011.
Freddie Prinze
Freddie Prinze (Frederick Karl Pruetzel, 1954–1977), American stand-up comedian and actor, star of NBC's Chico and the Man (1974–77) as Chico Rodriguez; self-styled "Hungarican"; died of a self-inflicted gunshot at 22; father of actor Freddie Prinze Jr.
Freddie Prinze Jr.
Freddie Prinze Jr. (born 1976, Los Angeles) is an American actor known for I Know What You Did Last Summer, She's All That, Scooby-Doo, and voicing Kanan Jarrus in Star Wars Rebels; married Sarah Michelle Gellar since 2002.
Geoff Pierson
Geoff Pierson (Geoffrey Pierson), American character actor born 1949 in Chicago; known for Jack Malloy on Unhappily Ever After, Tom Matthews on Dexter, and presidents on 24 and Designated Survivor.