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American actors: 1970s to 1990s

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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.

Ernest Harden Jr.

Ernest Harden Jr., also credited as Ernest Harden, is an American actor and producer born 1952 in Detroit, known for The Jeffersons, White Mama, and his 2026 Emmy-winning guest role as Louie Cloverfield on The Pitt.

Ernest Lee Thomas

Ernest Lee Thomas (born 1950 or 1949, Gary, Indiana) is an American actor, Roger "Raj" Thomas on What's Happening!! and What's Happening Now!!, and Mr. Omar on Everybody Hates Chris; also Malcolm X and Funny People.

Ernie Hudson

Ernie Hudson (Earnest Lee Hudson, born 1945, Benton Harbor, Michigan) is an American actor known as Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters films, Warden Leo Glynn on HBO's Oz, and star of Quantum Leap and Boston Blue.

Ernie Lively

Ernie Lively (Ernest Wilson Brown Jr., 1947–2021), American character actor, acting coach, and director; father of Blake Lively; known for Passenger 57, Turner & Hooch, and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.

Esai Morales

Esai Morales (Esaí Manuel Morales D'Clet, born 1962), American actor of Puerto Rican descent from Brooklyn: Bob Morales in La Bamba (1987), Lt. Tony Rodriguez on NYPD Blue, Gabriel in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning and The Final Reckoning, NHFA co-founder.

Estelle Getty

Estelle Getty (Estelle Scher-Gettleman, 1923–2008), American actress and comedian; Broadway's Mrs. Beckoff in Torch Song Trilogy, Emmy-winning Sophia Petrillo on The Golden Girls, Disney Legend 2009.

Estelle Harris

Estelle Harris (born Estelle Nussbaum, 1928-2022), American actress and comedian, played Estelle Costanza on Seinfeld (27 episodes, 1992-1998) and voiced Mrs. Potato Head in Toy Story 2, 3, and 4.

Estelle Parsons

Estelle Parsons (born November 20, 1927), American actress and stage director; Oscar winner for Bonnie and Clyde, first female network TV political reporter on Today, Bev Harris on Roseanne, Actors Studio artistic director.

Estelle Reiner

Estelle Reiner (Estelle Lebost, 1914-2008), American jazz singer, painter, and actress, wife of Carl Reiner and mother of Rob Reiner; delivered "I'll have what she's having" in When Harry Met Sally and began singing professionally at 65.

Estevez family

The Estevez family, also called the Sheen family, is an American acting dynasty of Spanish-Irish descent: Martin Sheen (born Ramón Estévez, never legally renamed), brother Joe, and children Emilio, Ramon, Charlie Sheen, and Renée Estevez.

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.

Ethan Embry

Ethan Embry (born Ethan Philan Randall, 1978, Huntington Beach, California) is an American actor known for Empire Records, That Thing You Do!, Vegas Vacation, Can't Hardly Wait, Brotherhood, and Grace and Frankie's Coyote Bergstein.

Ethan Hawke

Ethan Hawke (Ethan Green Hawke, born 1970, Austin, Texas), American actor, writer, director: Dead Poets Society breakthrough, six Richard Linklater films including the Before trilogy and Boyhood, four Oscar nominations, First Reformed critics' wins, novels and Broadway work.

Ethan Phillips

Ethan Phillips (John Ethan Phillips, born 1955) is an American character actor known as Neelix on Star Trek: Voyager (1995-2001) and Pete Downey on Benson; also a Broadway actor and playwright of Penguin Blues.

Ethan Suplee

Ethan Suplee, born 1976 in Manhattan, is an American actor known for Frankie on Boy Meets World, Mallrats, Louie Lastik in Remember the Titans, and Randy Hickey on My Name Is Earl; he lost about 300 pounds after peaking at 536 pounds in 2001.

Ethan Wayne

Ethan Wayne (John Ethan Wayne), born 1962 in Los Angeles, is John Wayne's youngest son; former actor and stuntman known for Big Jake, The Bold and the Beautiful, and Adam-12, and president of John Wayne Enterprises since 2003.

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.

Evan Ellingson

Evan Ellingson (also Evan Taylor Ellingson) was an American child and teen actor of Titus, Complete Savages, 24, CSI: Miami, and My Sister's Keeper; died November 5, 2023, age 35.

Evan Handler

Evan Handler (born 1961), American actor and author; Harry Goldenblatt in Sex and the City and And Just Like That..., Charlie Runkle in Californication; acute myeloid leukemia survivor and memoirist of Time on Fire.

Ever Carradine

Ever Carradine (born 1974) is an American actress and third-generation member of the Carradine acting family, known for The Handmaid's Tale, Marvel's Runaways, and Commander in Chief.

Everett McGill

Everett McGill (Charles Everett McGill III), American retired actor born 1945 in Miami Beach; played Naoh in Quest for Fire, Stilgar in Dune, and Big Ed Hurley in Twin Peaks and its 2017 Showtime revival, after a Broadway career and a 1999 retirement.

F. Murray Abraham

F. Murray Abraham (Fahrid Murray Abraham, born 1939) is an American actor who won the 1985 Best Actor Oscar as Salieri in Amadeus, with a five-decade stage and screen career including Homeland, Mythic Quest, and The White Lotus.

Fairuza Balk

Fairuza Balk (Fairuza Alejandra Feldthouse), American actress born 1974 in Point Reyes, California; child star as Dorothy in Return to Oz (1985), Independent Spirit honoree for Gas Food Lodging, and cult icon as Nancy Downs in The Craft (1996), later an indie-film actress and musician.

Faith Ford

Faith Ford (Faith Alexis Ford, born 1964, Alexandria, Louisiana) is an American actress known as Corky Sherwood on Murphy Brown (1988-1998, 2018 revival), five Emmy nominations, and as Hope in Hope & Faith with Kelly Ripa.

Faizon Love

Faizon Love (Langston Faizon Santisima, born 1968, Santiago de Cuba) is a Cuban-American actor and comedian known for Big Worm in Friday, Elf, Couples Retreat, and voicing Sweet in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Fannie Flagg

Fannie Flagg, born Patricia Neal in 1944, is an American actress, comedian, and novelist from Birmingham, Alabama, best known for Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (1987) and its Oscar-nominated 1991 film adaptation, plus later bestsellers and the 2025 story collection Something to Look Forward To.

Farrah Fawcett

Farrah Fawcett (Ferrah Leni Fawcett, 1947-2009), American actress and 1970s icon; Jill Munroe on Charlie's Angels and star of the best-selling 12-million-copy red swimsuit poster; later earned Emmy nominations for The Burning Bed and Small Sacrifices.

Farrah Forke

Farrah Forke (1968–2022) was an American actress known as Alex Lambert on NBC's Wings, Mayson Drake on Lois & Clark season 2, and the voice of Big Barda in Batman Beyond and Justice League Unlimited; she died of cancer in Texas.

Faye Grant

Faye Grant (Faye Elizabeth Yoe, born 1957) is an American actress known as Dr. Julie Parrish in the NBC miniseries V (1983), V: The Final Battle, and V: The Series, and for Rhonda Blake on The Greatest American Hero.