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Adam Sandler
Adam Sandler, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and musician born 1966 in Brooklyn; SNL 1990-1995, Happy Madison founder, star of Billy Madison, Punch-Drunk Love, Uncut Gems, Mark Twain Prize 2023.
Alan Rosenberg
Alan Rosenberg (born 1950, Passaic, New Jersey) is an American actor, known as Eli Levinson on Civil Wars and L.A. Law, and the 24th president of the Screen Actors Guild, 2005–2009.
Alan Ruck
Alan Ruck (born 1956, Cleveland) is an American actor known for Cameron Frye in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Stuart Bondek on Spin City, and Emmy-nominated Connor Roy on HBO's Succession; also Broadway's Biloxi Blues and The Producers.
Alex Rocco
Alex Rocco (Alessandro Federico Petricone Jr., 1936-2015), American character actor; played Moe Greene in The Godfather and Emmy-winning Al Floss in The Famous Teddy Z; former Winter Hill Gang associate from Somerville, Massachusetts.
Alexia Robinson (actress)
Alexia Robinson, American actress from Fort Lauderdale, Florida; played Tiffany in Total Recall (1990), Meg Lawson on General Hospital, Alex Perez on The Young and the Restless; birth year disputed (1960, 1970, or 1980); runs the Alexia Robinson Acting Studio in North Hollywood.
Andrew Robinson (actor)
Andrew Jordt Robinson (born 1942, New York City) is an American stage, film, and television character actor, famed as Scorpio in Dirty Harry, Larry Cotton in Hellraiser, and Elim Garak on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; also a director, USC acting teacher, and author of A Stitch in Time.
Ann Ryerson
Ann Ryerson is an American actress and writer whose career spans five decades. She is known for roles in Caddyshack, Minority Report, and her recurring part on Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Anne De Salvo
Anne De Salvo (Anne DeSalvo), born 1949, Philadelphia, is an American actress, director, and writer known for Arthur (1981), My Favorite Year (1982), Stardust Memories, and writing-directing The Amati Girls (2000); Obie Award winner for Gemini.
Anthony Ruivivar
Anthony Michael Ruivivar (born 1970, Honolulu) is an American actor known as FDNY paramedic Carlos Nieto on NBC's Third Watch (1999-2005), later a frequent law-enforcement character actor, voice of Batman in Beware the Batman, and father of gymnast Levi Jung-Ruivivar.
Ben Savage
Ben Savage (Bennett Joseph Savage, born 1980) is an American actor, brother of Fred Savage, known as Cory Matthews on Boy Meets World (1993–2000) and Girl Meets World, later a Democratic candidate for West Hollywood City Council and California's 30th Congressional District.
Betsy Russell
Betsy Russell (Elizabeth Russell), American actress born 1963 in San Diego, broke out in the 1983 sex comedy Private School, starred in 1980s B-movies such as Tomboy and Avenging Angel, and returned to fame as Jill Tuck, Jigsaw's ex-wife, in five Saw films from 2006 to 2010; she is also a certified life coach.
Bill Sage
Bill Sage (William Sage III, born 1962, New York City) is an American character actor from SUNY Purchase and Hal Hartley's ensemble, known for American Psycho, Mysterious Skin, We Are What We Are, Wrong Turn, and recurring TV roles.
Bing Russell
Bing Russell (Neil Oliver Russell, 1926-2003), American character actor and minor league ballplayer; Deputy Clem Foster on Bonanza, father of Kurt Russell, and owner of the independent Portland Mavericks, 1973-1977.
Casey Sander
Casey Sander (Clinton O. Sander), American character actor born 1956 in Washington, D.C.; ex-California Angels minor leaguer turned actor, known for Wade Swoboda on Grace Under Fire, Rock Lannigan on Home Improvement, and Mike Rostenkowski on The Big Bang Theory.
Charles Rocket
Charles Rocket (Charles Adams Claverie, 1949-2005), American character actor and former Saturday Night Live Weekend Update anchor fired after an on-air obscenity on February 21, 1981; later roles in Moonlighting, Dances with Wolves, and Dumb & Dumber.
Charlie Robinson (actor)
Charlie Robinson (1945-2021), American actor, played court clerk Mac Robinson on NBC's Night Court (1984-1992) and Newdell on Buffalo Bill; Ovation Award-winning stage actor in Fences and Death of a Salesman; died 2021 in Los Angeles.
Chris Sarandon
Chris Sarandon (born 1942, Beckley, West Virginia) is an American actor known for Dog Day Afternoon (Oscar nomination), Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Bride, Jerry Dandridge in Fright Night, and voicing Jack Skellington; ex-husband of Susan Sarandon, husband of Joanna Gleason.
Debra Jo Rupp
Debra Jo Rupp (born 1951) is an American actress known as Kitty Forman on That '70s Show (1998–2006) and That '90s Show, Mrs. Hart in WandaVision, and her Off-Broadway stage work.
Doris Roberts
Doris Roberts (Doris May Green, 1925-2016), American actress, played Marie Barone on CBS's Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005), winning four of her five Emmys, plus one for St. Elsewhere.
Eric Roberts
Eric Roberts (Eric Anthony Roberts), American actor born 1956 in Biloxi, Mississippi; Oscar-nominated for Runaway Train, brother of Julia Roberts, father of Emma Roberts, and one of Hollywood's most prolific screen actors.
Eriq La Salle
Eriq La Salle (Erik Ki La Salle, born 1962) is an American actor, director, producer, and novelist known for Dr. Peter Benton on ER, TV directing on Chicago P.D. and Law & Order, and the Martyr Maker thriller novels.
Esther Rolle
Esther Rolle (1920-1998), American stage and television actress, played Florida Evans on Maude and Good Times, one of TV's first two-parent Black families; Emmy winner who protested stereotyping on Good Times.
Eugene Roche
Eugene Roche (1928-2004), American character actor, original Ajax Man; Edgar Derby in Slaughterhouse Five (1972); recurring roles on Soap, Webster, Magnum P.I., All in the Family.
Fred Savage
Fred Savage is an American actor and television director best known for playing Kevin Arnold on The Wonder Years (1988–1993), and for directing shows including Modern Family.
Gailard Sartain
Gailard Sartain (1943–2025) was a Tulsa-born character actor, comedian, and illustrator, a Hee Haw regular (1972–1990) as Maynard and Orville, the Big Bopper in The Buddy Holly Story, and Chuck in three Ernest films.
George Savalas
George Savalas (George Nicholas Tsavalas, 1924–1985), Greek-American actor, brother of Telly Savalas; played Detective Stavros on Kojak (1973–78), billed as Demosthenes early on, and appeared in Kelly's Heroes.
Gianni Russo
Gianni Russo (born 1943, New York City) is an American actor, singer, and entrepreneur who played Carlo Rizzi in The Godfather (1972) and Part II (1974), his first role, obtained through Paramount's détente with Joe Colombo's Italian-American Civil Rights League; later a 40-film character actor and memoirist.
Howard Rollins
Howard Ellsworth Rollins Jr. (1950–1996), American actor from Baltimore; Oscar-nominated as Coalhouse Walker Jr. in Ragtime (1981), starred as Virgil Tibbs in In the Heat of the Night, and played Captain Davenport in A Soldier's Story.
Isabel Sanford
Isabel Sanford (Eloise Gwendolyn Sanford, 1917–2004), American actress, Louise 'Weezy' Jefferson on All in the Family and The Jeffersons; first Black woman to win the comedy lead actress Emmy, 1981.
James Russo
James Vincent Russo (born 1953, Queens, New York) is an American character actor known for villain and gangster roles in Once Upon a Time in America, Beverly Hills Cop, Extremities, Donnie Brasco, and Django Unchained.