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Geoff Pierson
Geoff Pierson (Geoffrey Pierson), American character actor born 1949 in Chicago; known for Jack Malloy on Unhappily Ever After, Tom Matthews on Dexter, and presidents on 24 and Designated Survivor.
Geoffrey Holder
Geoffrey Lamont Holder (1930–2014), Trinidadian-American dancer, choreographer, painter, and actor; Tony-winning director and costume designer of The Wiz (1975), Baron Samedi in Live and Let Die, Punjab in Annie, and the 7-Up 'Uncola' spokesman.
Geoffrey Lewis (actor)
Geoffrey Bond Lewis (1935-2015), American character actor, father of Juliette Lewis; appeared in seven Clint Eastwood films from High Plains Drifter onward and earned a Golden Globe nomination for the sitcom Flo.
Geoffrey Owens
Geoffrey Owens (born 1961) is an American actor, Elvin Tibideaux on The Cosby Show (1985-1992), Yale graduate, founder of The Brooklyn Shakespeare Company, known for the 2018 Trader Joe's job-shaming incident and roles in The Haves and the Have Nots and The Pitt.
Georg Stanford Brown
Georg Stanford Brown (born 1943, Havana) is a Cuban-American actor and director known as Officer Terry Webster on The Rookies and Tom Harvey in Roots and Roots: The Next Generations, and winner of a 1986 Emmy for directing Cagney & Lacey.
George Clooney
George Clooney (George Timothy Clooney), American actor, director, and philanthropist from Lexington, Kentucky; ER's Dr. Doug Ross; two Oscars (Syriana, Argo), Ocean's Eleven, Good Night and Good Luck, Clooney Foundation for Justice.
George Coe
George Coe (George Julian Cohen, 1929–2015), American character actor and original Saturday Night Live cast member, Oscar-nominated for De Düva: The Dove, voice of Woodhouse on Archer.
George Dzundza
George Dzundza (born 1945, Rosenheim, Germany) is a German-born American actor known as Sgt. Max Greevey on Law & Order season one and for The Deer Hunter, Basic Instinct, and Crimson Tide.
George Loros
George Loros (George Kandiloros), American character actor and Lee Strasberg Institute acting teacher; played Raymond Curto on The Sopranos (1999–2006), Broadway's Thieves (1974), and over 100 TV guest roles.
George Newbern
George Newbern (George Young Newbern), American actor born 1964 in Little Rock, Arkansas; voice of Superman since 2001's Justice League, Sephiroth in Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts, Charlie in Scandal, and Bryan MacKenzie in Father of the Bride.
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.
George Segal
George Segal (1934–2021), American actor and banjo player born in Great Neck, New York; Oscar-nominated for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), Golden Globe winner for A Touch of Class, later star of Just Shoot Me! and The Goldbergs; distinct from the sculptor George Segal (1924–2000).
George Takei
George Takei (born 1937, Los Angeles) is an American actor and activist, Hikaru Sulu in Star Trek, incarcerated as a child in WWII Japanese American camps, later a civil rights, LGBTQ+, and remembrance advocate.
George Wendt
George Wendt (1948–2025), American actor and Second City alumnus, played Norm Peterson on all 11 seasons of Cheers, earning six Emmy nominations, and later performed on Broadway in Art, Hairspray, and Elf.
George Wyner
George Wyner (born 1945) is an American character actor best known for playing ADA Irwin Bernstein on Hill Street Blues and Colonel Sandurz in Spaceballs.
Georgia Engel
Georgia Bright Engel (1948-2019), American comic actress known as Georgette on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Pat MacDougall on Everybody Loves Raymond; five Emmy nominations, distinctive "half angel, half kitten" voice, Broadway and late-career stage roles.
Gerald McRaney
Gerald Lee McRaney (born 1947, Collins, Mississippi) is an American TV and film actor, star of Simon & Simon, Major Dad, and Promised Land, later a character actor in Deadwood and House of Cards, and 2017 Emmy winner for This Is Us.
Geri Jewell
Geri Jewell (Geraldine Ann Jewell, born 1956, Buffalo, NY) is an American comedian and actress with cerebral palsy, the first person with a visible disability in a recurring primetime TV role, as Cousin Geri on The Facts of Life (1980–84), later Jewel on HBO's Deadwood.
Gerry Bamman
Gerry Bamman (born 1941, Independence, Kansas) is an American stage and screen actor best known as Uncle Frank in Home Alone and Home Alone 2, an Obie-winning theater performer, and recurring player on Law & Order.
Giancarlo Esposito
Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito, born 1958 in Copenhagen, is an American actor known for Gus Fring in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, Moff Gideon in The Mandalorian, Stan Edgar in The Boys, and early Spike Lee roles including Buggin' Out.
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.
Gil Gerard
Gil Gerard (1943–2025), American actor, starred as Captain William 'Buck' Rogers in the 1979 film and NBC series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century; former industrial chemist, The Doctors soap star, died of cancer at 82.
Gilda Radner
Gilda Radner (1946–1989), American comedian and original Saturday Night Live cast member, creator of Roseanne Roseannadanna, Baba Wawa, and Emily Litella; Emmy winner, Gene Wilder's wife, died of ovarian cancer at 42.
Gillian Anderson
Gillian Anderson (born 1968, Chicago) is an American-British actress known for Dana Scully in The X-Files, The Fall, The Crown's Thatcher, and Sex Education; based in London since 2002, two-time Emmy winner.
Gina Belafonte
Gina Belafonte (born 1961) is an American actress, producer, director, and activist, daughter of Harry Belafonte; lead producer of Sing Your Song and co-founder of Sankofa.org.
Glenn Close
American stage, film, and television actress (born 1947, Greenwich, Connecticut); eight Oscar nominations, three Tonys, three Emmys; known for Fatal Attraction, Dangerous Liaisons, 101 Dalmatians, Damages, and The Wife.
Glenn Shadix
Glenn Shadix (1952-2010), American character actor born William Glenn Scott in Bessemer, Alabama; played Otho in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice, voiced the Mayor in The Nightmare Before Christmas, and advocated for gay rights in Alabama.
Glenne Headly
Glenne Headly (1955–2017), American actress and Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble member, star of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Dick Tracy, and Mr. Holland's Opus; two Emmy nominations for Lonesome Dove and Bastard Out of Carolina; died of pulmonary embolism complications.
Gloria Foster
Gloria Foster (1933–2001), American actress known as the Oracle in The Matrix and The Matrix Reloaded; three-time Obie winner for stage work including In White America and Having Our Say.
Glynn Turman
Glynn Turman, American stage, TV, and film actor, director, and producer; Broadway debut at 12 as Travis Younger in A Raisin in the Sun (1959); Emmy winner for In Treatment (2008); known for Cooley High, A Different World, The Wire, and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.