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Paul Rodriguez (actor)
Paul Rodriguez is a Mexican American comedian, actor, and director. He is known for his 1984 sitcom a.k.a. Pablo and his over four decades of bilingual work.
Ray Romano
Ray Romano (born 1957, Queens, New York) is an American stand-up comedian and actor, star of CBS's Everybody Loves Raymond (1996–2005) and voice of Manny in Ice Age, later known for dramatic roles in Men of a Certain Age, The Irishman, and directing Somewhere in Queens.
Rene Russo
Rene Russo, American actress and former top fashion model born 1954 in Burbank, California; discovered at a 1972 Rolling Stones concert, starred in Lethal Weapon 3, The Thomas Crown Affair, and the Thor films as Frigga.
Reni Santoni
Reni Santoni (Reinaldo Santoni, 1938 or 1939 – August 1, 2020) was an American character actor, Chico Gonzalez in Dirty Harry and Poppie on Seinfeld, active from off-Broadway theater to a final 2012 role.
Renoly Santiago
Renoly Santiago (born 1974, Lajas, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican actor, singer, and writer known for Dangerous Minds, Hackers, Con Air, and Broadway's The Capeman, a Drama Desk-recognized role.
Richard Roundtree
Richard Roundtree (1942-2023), American actor, played Detective John Shaft in Shaft (1971), becoming one of the first Black action heroes; also Roots, Se7en, and the 2000 and 2019 Shaft films.
Rick Rossovich
Rick Rossovich (Frederic Enrico Rossovich, born 1957) is a retired American actor known as Slider in Top Gun (1986), Matt Buchanan in The Terminator (1984), Lt. Anthony Palermo on Pacific Blue, and Dr. Tag on ER's first season.
Robert Romanus
Robert Romanus (Bob Romanus, born 1956) is an American actor and musician known for Mike Damone in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) and Snake on The Facts of Life; brother of actor Richard Romanus, band Poppa's Kitchen.
Robert Rusler
Robert Rusler, American actor born 1965 in Fort Wayne, Indiana; known for Weird Science, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2, Thrashin', Vamp, Shag, and Lieutenant Warren Keffer on Babylon 5.
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, American actor, playwright and director; Tony winner for Seven Guitars (1996); Tony-winning director of Jitney (2017); wrote, directed and starred in Lackawanna Blues; screenwriter of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
Sam Robards
Sam Prideaux Robards (born 1961) is an American actor, son of Jason Robards and Lauren Bacall, known for American Beauty, A.I., The West Wing, and his 2002 Tony-nominated Broadway turn in The Man Who Had All the Luck.
Sam Rockwell
Sam Rockwell, born 1968, in Daly City, California, is an American character actor and Oscar winner for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Emmy-nominated for Fosse/Verdon and The White Lotus, and Tony-nominated for American Buffalo.
Sara Rue
Sara Rue (born 1979, New York City; birth name Sara Schlackman) is an American actress known for Popular, Less Than Perfect, A Series of Unfortunate Events, and The Rookie; career began at age nine in Rocket Gibraltar.
Saundra Santiago
Saundra Santiago (born 1957) is an American actress known as Detective Gina Calabrese on Miami Vice (1984–1989, 111 episodes), Carmen Santos on Guiding Light, and Broadway roles in A View From the Bridge and Nine.
Stephen Root
Stephen Root (born 1951) is an American character actor known for Milton Waddams in Office Space, Jimmy James on NewsRadio, and voicing Bill Dauterive and Buck Strickland on King of the Hill; he won his first Emmy in 2026 for Widow's Bay and voices Brian Heder in Grand Theft Auto VI.
Susan Sarandon
Susan Sarandon (Susan Abigail Tomalin, born 1946) is an American Oscar-winning actress of Joe, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Thelma & Louise, and Dead Man Walking, a five-time Oscar nominee, 2026 International Goya recipient, and longtime progressive activist.
Suzanne Rogers
Suzanne Rogers (born Suzanne Cecelia Crumpler, 1943) is an American actress, former Rockette and Broadway performer, best known as Maggie Horton Kiriakis on Days of Our Lives since 1973, the longest-running actor on an American soap and first Outstanding Supporting Actress Daytime Emmy winner.
Tanya Roberts
Tanya Roberts (Victoria Leigh Blum, 1955-2021), American actress; Julie Rogers in Charlie's Angels' final season, Bond girl Stacey Sutton in A View to a Kill, Midge Pinciotti on That '70s Show; died of sepsis after a premature death announcement.
Ted Ross
Ted Ross (Theodore Ross Roberts, 1934–2002), American actor from Dayton, Ohio, who won the 1975 Tony for Best Featured Actor in a Musical as the Cowardly Lion in the original Broadway The Wiz and reprised the Lion in the 1978 film; later known as Bitterman in the Arthur films.
Telly Savalas
Telly Savalas (Aristotelis Savalas, Αριστοτέλης Σαββάλας), American actor (1922-1994): Emmy-winning star of CBS's Kojak (1973-78) and Blofeld in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Oscar-nominated for Birdman of Alcatraz.
Theo Rossi
Theo Rossi, American actor and producer born 1975 in Staten Island, New York; known as Juice Ortiz in Sons of Anarchy, Shades in Luke Cage, Dr. Julian Rush in The Penguin, and Youcef in Emily the Criminal.
Theresa Russell
Theresa Russell (born 1957, San Diego; born Theresa Lynn Paup) is an American actress of about fifty films, known for Bad Timing, Insignificance, Black Widow, Wild Things, and six Nicolas Roeg collaborations, whom she married in 1982.
Theresa Saldana
Theresa Saldana (1954–2016), American actress of Raging Bull and The Commish, founded Victims for Victims after surviving a 1982 stalker knife attack by Arthur Jackson and advocated anti-stalking laws.
Tim Robbins
Tim Robbins (born 1958, West Covina, California) is an American actor, director, and founder of the Actors' Gang, known for The Shawshank Redemption, Bob Roberts, and his Oscar-winning Mystic River supporting role.
Tim Russ
Tim Russ (Timothy Darrell Russ, born 1956) is an American actor, director, and musician best known as Vulcan security chief Tuvok on Star Trek: Voyager, with earlier Trek roles in TNG, DS9, and Generations, plus Spaceballs and iCarly.
Tony Roberts (actor)
Tony Roberts (David Anthony Roberts, 1939-2025), American stage and screen actor, two-time Tony nominee, 24 Broadway shows, Woody Allen's best-friend foil in Play It Again, Sam and Annie Hall.
Victoria Rowell
Victoria Rowell (Vicki Lynn Rowell), American actress, director, and author born in Portland, Maine, known as Drucilla Winters on The Young and the Restless, Dr. Amanda Bentley on Diagnosis Murder, and for foster care advocacy.
Wayne Rogers
Wayne Rogers (1933-2015), American actor and investor, born William Wayne McMillan Rogers III in Birmingham, Alabama. Played Captain "Trapper" John McIntyre on M*A*S*H 1972-1975, later led House Calls and became a prominent investor, panelist on Fox's Cashin' In, and head of Wayne Rogers & Co.
Wendy Raquel Robinson
Wendy Raquel Robinson (born 1967) is an American actress known as Regina "Piggy" Grier on The Steve Harvey Show and Tasha Mack on The Game, and co-founder of Amazing Grace Conservatory in Los Angeles.
Will Sampson
Will Sampson (William Sampson, 1933–1987), Muscogee (Creek) actor and painter from Okmulgee, Oklahoma; Chief Bromden in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ten Bears in The Outlaw Josey Wales, Genie-nominated for Fish Hawk.