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Dennis Christopher
Dennis Christopher (Dennis Carelli) is an American character actor from Philadelphia, known for Breaking Away (1979, BAFTA winner), Fade to Black, Chariots of Fire, It (1990), Deadwood, and Tarantino's Django Unchained.
Dennis Cole
Dennis Lee Cole (1940-2009), American TV actor known for Felony Squad, Bearcats!, and The Young and the Restless; married Jaclyn Smith 1978-1981; anti-violence activist after son Joe's 1991 murder.
Dennis Farina
Dennis Farina (February 29, 1944 – July 22, 2013) was an American character actor and former Chicago police detective of 18 years, known for Lt. Mike Torello in Crime Story, Joe Fontana on Law & Order, and roles in Midnight Run, Get Shorty, Saving Private Ryan, and Snatch.
Dennis Franz
Dennis Franz (Dennis Franz Schlachta), American actor born 1944 in Chicago; Organic Theater Company alumnus; played Norman Buntz on Hill Street Blues and Detective Andy Sipowicz on NYPD Blue (1993-2005), winning four Emmys; retired from acting in 2005.
Dennis Haskins
Dennis Haskins (1950-2026), American actor, played Principal Richard Belding across Good Morning, Miss Bliss, Saved by the Bell, and The New Class (1988-2000); also character roles in film and TV.
Dennis Hopper
Dennis Hopper (1936–2010), American actor, director, and photographer; directed and starred in Easy Rider (1969), a Cannes-winning landmark of New Hollywood, and played Frank Booth in Blue Velvet (1986).
Dennis Quaid
Dennis Quaid, American actor born 1954 in Houston, Texas, brother of Randy Quaid; star of Breaking Away, The Right Stuff, The Big Easy, Far from Heaven, and the 2024 films Reagan and The Substance.
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.
Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington (Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr., born 1954, Mount Vernon, NY) is an American actor, director, and producer; two-time Oscar winner for Glory and Training Day, Tony winner for Fences, star of Gladiator II and 2025 Broadway Othello.
Dermot Mulroney
Dermot Mulroney, American actor and cellist from Alexandria, Virginia, known for My Best Friend's Wedding, Young Guns, Longtime Companion, and Chicago Fire's Chief Dom Pascal.
Desi Arnaz Jr.
Desi Arnaz Jr. (Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV, born 1953), American actor and musician, son of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz; Dino, Desi & Billy member, Here's Lucy co-star, played his father in The Mambo Kings.
DeVaughn Nixon
DeVaughn Nixon, born 1983, is an American actor from Los Angeles, son of Norm Nixon and stepson of Debbie Allen. Known for Fletcher in The Bodyguard, Danny Dyson in Terminator 2, and playing his father in Winning Time (2022–2023).
Devin Ratray
Devin Ratray (born 1977, New York City) is an American actor known as Buzz McCallister in Home Alone and its sequel, and for roles in Blue Ruin, Nebraska, Mosaic, The Tick, and Home Sweet Home Alone.
Devon Gummersall
Devon Ryan Gummersall (born 1978, Durango, Colorado), American actor best known as Brian Krakow on My So-Called Life (1994-95); later Relativity, Roswell, The L Word, independent films, and directing Low Fidelity (2013).
Diana Canova
Diana Canova (Diana Rivero, born 1953) is an American actress, daughter of Judy Canova, known as Corinne Tate on Soap, Broadway's They're Playing Our Song and Company, Throb, and later Connecticut theatre directing and voice teaching.
Diana Muldaur
Diana Muldaur (born August 19, 1938) is an American actress known as Rosalind Shays on L.A. Law, Dr. Katherine Pulaski on Star Trek: The Next Generation season 2, and two original Star Trek roles; twice Emmy-nominated and a former Television Academy president.
Diane Venora
Diane Venora (Diana Venora), born 1952, Hartford, Connecticut, American Juilliard-trained actress; first American woman to play Hamlet for Joseph Papp; known for Bird (1988, NYFCC Award), Heat (1995), and The Insider (1999).
Dianne Wiest
Dianne Wiest, American actress born 1948 in Kansas City, Missouri; two-time Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner (Hannah and Her Sisters, Bullets Over Broadway), two-time Emmy winner (In Treatment, Avonlea), longtime Woody Allen collaborator and New York stage veteran.
Dick Van Patten
Dick Van Patten (Richard Vincent Van Patten, 1928-2015), American actor famous as dad Tom Bradford on ABC's Eight Is Enough (1977-1981); child Broadway performer, star of CBS's Mama, Mel Brooks film actor, Natural Balance pet food co-founder.
Didi Conn
Didi Conn (Edith Bernstein, born 1951, Brooklyn) is the American actress who played Frenchy in Grease (1978) and Grease 2, also known for Benson, Shining Time Station, and Grease: Live!.
Diedrich Bader
Diedrich Bader (Karl Diedrich Bader, born 1966) is an American actor and voice actor, known as Oswald on The Drew Carey Show, Lawrence in Office Space, Rex in Napoleon Dynamite, and Batman in Batman: The Brave and the Bold and Harley Quinn.
Dina Meyer
Dina Meyer (born 1968) is an American film and television actress from Queens, New York, known for Dizzy Flores in Starship Troopers, Barbara Gordon in Birds of Prey, Detective Allison Kerry in the Saw films, and roles in Johnny Mnemonic, Dragonheart, and Star Trek: Nemesis.
Dinah Manoff
Dinah Manoff, American actress and director (born 1956 or 1958), Tony winner for I Ought to Be in Pictures; played Marty in Grease and Carol Weston on Empty Nest (1988–1995).
Dirk Benedict
Dirk Benedict (born Dirk Niewoehner, 1945, Montana) is an American actor known as Lieutenant Starbuck in Battlestar Galactica (1978–79) and Templeton "Faceman" Peck in The A-Team (1983–87), also a stage actor, director, and author.
Dirk Blocker
Dirk Blocker (born 1957, Hollywood) is an American character actor, son of Bonanza star Dan Blocker, best known as Detective Michael Hitchcock on Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013-2021, 153 episodes), with film roles in Poltergeist, Starman, and Short Cuts.
Dixie Carter
Dixie Virginia Carter (1939–2010), American actress and cabaret singer; starred as Julia Sugarbaker on Designing Women (1986–1993), later Family Law and an Emmy-nominated Desperate Housewives role; married to Hal Holbrook.
Dolph Sweet
Dolph Sweet (Adolphus Jean Sweet, 1920-1985), American character actor, WWII B-24 navigator and POW, Broadway performer in Streamers and Rhinoceros, soap lead on Another World, and Police Chief Carl Kanisky on Gimme a Break! from 1981 to his death.
Dominic Chianese
Dominic Chianese (born February 24, 1931) is a Bronx-born American actor, singer, and musician known as Johnny Ola in The Godfather Part II and Corrado "Uncle Junior" Soprano on HBO's The Sopranos, with two Emmy nominations.
Dominique Dunne
Dominique Ellen Dunne (1959-1982), American actress, sister of Griffin Dunne and daughter of Dominick Dunne; played Dana Freeling in Poltergeist (1982) and was strangled by ex-boyfriend John Sweeney.
Dominique Swain
Dominique Swain (born 1980, Malibu, California) is an American actress, full name Dominique Ariane Swain, cast at 15 as Lolita in Adrian Lyne's 1997 film from over 2,500 candidates, also known for Face/Off, Girl, and Alpha Dog.