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Danielle Spencer (American actress)
Danielle Spencer (1965–2025), American actress and veterinarian, played Dee Thomas on What's Happening!! (1976–79) and What's Happening Now!!; later a Tuskegee-trained veterinarian.
Danitra Vance
Danitra Vance (1954–1994), American comedian and actress; first Black woman in Saturday Night Live's regular cast (1985–86), Obie winner for Spunk, died of breast cancer.
Dann Florek
Dann Florek (born 1950) is an American actor and director best known for playing Captain Donald Cragen on Law & Order and Law & Order: SVU.
Danny Aiello
Danny Aiello (Daniel Louis Aiello Jr., 1933–2019), American character actor of Italian descent; Oscar-nominated as Sal in Do the Right Thing; also Moonstruck, The Godfather Part II; late-blooming stage-to-screen New York tough-guy actor and singer.
Danny DeVito
Danny DeVito (Daniel Michael DeVito Jr., born 1944, Neptune, New Jersey) is an American actor, director, and producer: Emmy-winning Louie De Palma on Taxi, director of Matilda, Jersey Films producer of Pulp Fiction, and Frank Reynolds on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
Danny Glover
Danny Glover (born 1946, San Francisco) is an American actor, producer, and activist, known as Roger Murtaugh in Lethal Weapon, a 2022 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award honoree, UNDP Goodwill Ambassador 1998–2004, and Louverture Films co-founder.
Danny Masterson
Danny Masterson (Daniel Masterson) is an American actor known as Steven Hyde on That '70s Show (194 episodes, 1998–2006). Convicted in May 2023 of two counts of forcible rape, sentenced to 30 years to life; appeals and habeas petition pending.
Danny Nucci
Danny Nucci (born 1968, Klagenfurt, Austria) is an American actor known for Fabrizio in Titanic, Crimson Tide, The Rock, Eraser, and as Mike Foster on The Fosters (2013–2018).
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.
Danny Seagren
Danny Seagren (Daniel Morley Seagren, 1943–2025), American puppeteer and dancer trained by Jim Henson; Sesame Street Ernie/Big Bird performer and the first live-action Spider-Man on The Electric Company, 1974–1977.
Danny Woodburn
Danny Woodburn (born 1964) is an American actor, comedian, and disability rights activist with dwarfism, known as Mickey Abbott on Seinfeld, Zoltan Chivay in The Witcher, and creator of the Woodburn Ratio.
Daphne Zuniga
Daphne Zuniga (Daphne Eurydice Zuniga, born 1962) is an American actress known as Princess Vespa in Spaceballs, Jo Reynolds on Melrose Place (1992-1996), Victoria Davis on One Tree Hill, and as an environmental activist and director.
Darius McCrary
Darius McCrary (Darius Creston McCrary), American actor born 1976 in Walnut, California; played Eddie Winslow on Family Matters (1989–1998), Malcolm Winters on The Young and the Restless, and voiced Jazz in Transformers (2007); later faced repeated child-support arrests.
Darlanne Fluegel
Darlanne Fluegel (1953–2017), American actress and Ford Agency model; played Eve in Once Upon a Time in America, Ruth Lanier in To Live and Die in L.A., and Julie Torello in Crime Story; later taught at the University of Central Florida.
Darleen Carr
Darleen Carr (born 1950, Chicago; birth name Darleen Farnon), American actress and singer; sister of Charmian Carr; voiced the Girl in Disney's 1967 The Jungle Book, played Jeannie Stone on The Streets of San Francisco, and retired in 1999.
Darlene Cates
Darlene Cates (Rita Darlene Guthrie, 1947-2017), American actress cast as Bonnie Grape in What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) after Peter Hedges saw her on Sally Jessy Raphael; died in Forney, Texas, at 69.
Daryl Hannah
Daryl Hannah, American actress born 1960 in Chicago, known as Pris in Blade Runner, the mermaid in Splash, and Elle Driver in Kill Bill; Neil Young's wife, environmental activist, and director.
Daryl Mitchell (actor)
Daryl "Chill" Mitchell (born 1965, The Bronx) is an American actor and former rapper (Groove B Chill) known for Galaxy Quest, Ed, NCIS: New Orleans' Patton Plame, and Stitch on ABC's Shifting Gears; paralyzed in a 2001 motorcycle accident.
David Alan Grier
David Alan Grier (born 1955, Detroit) is an American actor and comedian, Yale School of Drama graduate, In Living Color cast member 1990–1994, and 2020 Tony winner for A Soldier's Play; distinct from the GWU computer historian of the same name.
David Anders
David Anders (David Anders Holt, born 1981, Grants Pass, Oregon) is an American TV and stage actor known for Julian Sark in Alias, Adam Monroe in Heroes, Blaine DeBeers in iZombie, and Dr. Whale in Once Upon a Time.
David Anthony Higgins
David Anthony Higgins (Dave Higgins), American actor and writer born 1961 in Des Moines, Iowa; Craig Feldspar on Malcolm in the Middle, Harry on Mike & Molly, Joe on Ellen, and co-writer of The Wrong Guy.
David Birney
David Birney (1939–2022), American stage and TV actor, starred with Meredith Baxter in Bridget Loves Bernie, played Serpico and St. Elsewhere's Dr. Ben Samuels, and won 1968 Theatre World and Clarence Derwent Awards for Summertree.
David Boreanaz
David Boreanaz, American actor-director (born Buffalo, NY; birth year reported as 1969 or 1971), starred as Angel (Buffy/Angel), Seeley Booth (Bones), Jason Hayes (SEAL Team), and will lead NBC's Rockford Files reboot in 2027.
David Carradine
David Carradine (1936–2009), American actor, eldest son of John Carradine; starred as Kwai Chang Caine in Kung Fu (1972–75) and as Bill in Tarantino's Kill Bill films; died in Bangkok.
David Caruso
David Caruso (born 1956) is a retired American actor known as Det. John Kelly on NYPD Blue and Lt. Horatio Caine on CSI: Miami (2002-2012, 232 episodes); he left NYPD Blue for a failed film career and now works as an art dealer.
David Cassidy
David Cassidy (1950-2017), American singer and actor, Keith Partridge on ABC's The Partridge Family 1970-1974; early-1970s teen idol whose fan club exceeded Elvis's and the Beatles'; died of organ failure in Fort Lauderdale.
David Denman
David Denman (born 1973) is an American actor, a Juilliard-trained character player known as Roy Anderson on The Office, and for Mare of Easttown, Brightburn, Rebel Ridge, and Peacemaker's Keith Smith.
David Duchovny
David William Duchovny (born 1960, New York City) is an American actor, novelist, and singer-songwriter known for Fox Mulder on The X-Files and Hank Moody on Californication, with two Golden Globes, four novels, and four albums.
David Eigenberg
David Eigenberg (born 1964, Manhasset, New York) is an American character actor; played Steve Brady on Sex and the City and firefighter Christopher Herrmann on NBC's Chicago Fire since 2012.
David Faustino
David Faustino (born 1974, Los Angeles) is an American actor best known as Bud Bundy on Married... with Children (1987–97); also a voice actor as Mako in The Legend of Korra and producer of the 2026 cast reunion.