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Max Perlich
Max Perlich, American character actor born 1968 in Cleveland, Ohio; won the 1990 Independent Spirit Award for Drugstore Cowboy, played J.H. Brodie on Homicide: Life on the Street, and appeared in Rush, Cliffhanger, and Beautiful Girls.
Michelle Pfeiffer
Michelle Pfeiffer (Michelle Marie Pfeiffer) is an American actress and producer whose career runs from Grease 2 and Scarface to three Oscar nominations and Catwoman in Batman Returns (1992).
Mitch Pileggi
Mitch Pileggi (Mitchell Craig Pileggi, born 1952) is an American actor best known as FBI Assistant Director Walter Skinner on The X-Files (1994–2018, both films, 2016 revival), with roles in Stargate Atlantis, Supernatural, Sons of Anarchy, Dallas, and Walker.
Nia Peeples
Nia Peeples (Virenia Gwendolyn Peeples, born 1961) is an American actress, singer, and dancer known for Fame, Walker Texas Ranger, Pretty Little Liars, the 1988 dance hit Trouble, and hosting Top of the Pops and The Party Machine.
Nicholas Pryor
Nicholas Pryor (Nicholas David Probst, 1935–2024), American character actor of soap operas and film, known for The Nurses, Port Charles, Beverly Hills 90210, and Risky Business.
Oliver Platt
Oliver Platt (born 1960, Windsor, Ontario) is a Canadian-born American character actor of stage, film, and TV, known for The Three Musketeers, The West Wing, Huff, Chicago Med's Dr. Charles, and The Bear, with five Emmy nominations and a Tony nomination.
Parker Posey
Parker Posey is an American film, television, and stage actress born in Baltimore, best known for 1990s independent cinema roles that earned her the nickname "Queen of the Indies".
Priscilla Pointer
Priscilla Pointer (1924–2025), American character actress; Rebecca Barnes Wentworth on Dallas, Mrs. Snell in Carrie; co-founded San Francisco Actors' Workshop; mother of Amy Irving.
Priscilla Presley
Priscilla Presley (Priscilla Ann Beaulieu Presley, born 1945), American actress and businesswoman, Elvis Presley's ex-wife (1967–1973) and Lisa Marie's mother; ran Graceland, starred in Dallas and the Naked Gun films.
Rain Phoenix
Rain Phoenix (born Rain Joan of Arc Bottom, 1972) is an American actress and singer, sister of River and Joaquin Phoenix, vocalist in Aleka's Attic, papercranes founder, and solo artist behind the 2019 album River.
Rain Pryor
Rain Pryor, American actress, comedian, and writer (born 1969), daughter of Richard Pryor and Shelley Bonus; known for Head of the Class, the solo show Fried Chicken & Latkes, and her memoir about her father.
Rebecca Pidgeon
Rebecca Pidgeon is a British-American actress and singer-songwriter known for the films The Spanish Prisoner, The Winslow Boy, State and Main, and RED, and for a dozen albums.
Rhea Perlman
Rhea Perlman (born 1948, Brooklyn) is an American actress, four-time Emmy winner as Carla Tortelli on Cheers (1982–1993), wife of Danny DeVito, later in Matilda, Barbie, Poker Face, and Too Much.
River Phoenix
River Phoenix (River Jude Bottom, 1970-1993) was an American actor known for Stand by Me, Running on Empty (Oscar-nominated), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and My Own Private Idaho (Volpi Cup, Independent Spirit Award); died of an overdose at 23.
Robert Picardo
Robert Picardo (born 1953) is an American character actor known as the holographic Doctor (EMH) on Star Trek: Voyager, Coach Cutlip on The Wonder Years, Dr. Richard on China Beach, and Richard Woolsey in the Stargate franchise.
Robert Pine
Robert Pine (Granville Whitelaw Pine, born 1941) is an American character actor, best known as Sgt. Getraer on CHiPs (1977-83), a five-decade TV guest-star veteran, and father of actor Chris Pine.
Robert Prosky
Robert Prosky (Robert Joseph Porzuczek, 1930–2008), American character actor; Arena Stage resident for 23 seasons, Sgt. Jablonski on Hill Street Blues, films Thief, Broadcast News, Mrs. Doubtfire; two Tony nominations.
Ron Perlman
Ron Perlman (born 1950) is an American actor known for Vincent in Beauty and the Beast, Hellboy in Guillermo del Toro's films, Clay Morrow in Sons of Anarchy, and narrating the Fallout games.
Rosie Perez
Rosie Perez (Rosa Maria Perez, born 1964) is a Brooklyn-born American actress, choreographer, and activist of Puerto Rican descent, Oscar-nominated for Fearless (1993), Fly Girls choreographer on In Living Color, and Emmy-nominated for The Flight Attendant.
Ryan Phillippe
Ryan Phillippe (Matthew Ryan Phillippe, born 1974) is an American actor known for I Know What You Did Last Summer, Cruel Intentions, Crash, Flags of Our Fathers, and Shooter; first gay teen on daytime TV.
Sean Penn
Sean Penn, American actor and filmmaker born 1960 in Santa Monica, California; three-time Oscar winner (Mystic River, Milk, One Battle After Another), director of Into the Wild, and CORE co-founder.
Stefanie Powers
Stefanie Powers (Stefania Zofia Federkiewicz, born 1942, Hollywood) is an American actress known as April Dancer in The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. and Jennifer Hart in Hart to Hart, and founder-president of the William Holden Wildlife Foundation in Kenya.
Sydney Penny
Sydney Penny (born 1971) is an American actress from Nashville, Tennessee, known for Young Meggie in The Thorn Birds, Megan Wheeler in Pale Rider, and soap roles on Santa Barbara and All My Children.
Tom Pelphrey
Tom Pelphrey (Thomas J. Pelphrey, born 1982, Howell, New Jersey) is an American actor, Rutgers-trained, a two-time Daytime Emmy winner for Guiding Light, known for Ozark's Ben Davis, Banshee, Iron Fist, Outer Range, and HBO's Task, for which he won the 2026 Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
Tom Poston
Tom Poston (Thomas Gordon Poston, 1921–2007), American comic actor and 1959 Emmy winner as Steve Allen's man-on-the-street amnesiac; played George Utley on Newhart and Bickley on Mork & Mindy; married Suzanne Pleshette in 2001; died April 30, 2007, in Los Angeles.
Valerie Perrine
Valerie Ritchie Perrine, American actress and former Las Vegas showgirl; Cannes Best Actress and Oscar nominee for Lenny (1974); Eve Teschmacher in Superman and Superman II; died 2026.
Victoria Principal
Victoria Principal (Victoria Ree Principal, born 1950, Fukuoka, Japan) is an American actress and entrepreneur who played Pamela Barnes Ewing on Dallas (1978–1987), then founded Principal Secret skincare, wrote best-selling books, and runs environmental and animal philanthropy.
Wendell Pierce
Wendell Pierce (born 1963, New Orleans) is an American actor known as Bunk Moreland on The Wire, Antoine Batiste on Treme, and the first Black Broadway Willy Loman, earning a 2023 Tony nomination.