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Jacqueline Obradors
Jacqueline Obradors (Jacqueline Danell Obradors), American actress born 1966 in San Fernando Valley, California, to Argentine parents; known for Angelica in Six Days Seven Nights, Carmen in Tortilla Soup, the voice of Audrey in Atlantis, Detective Rita Ortiz on NYPD Blue, and Detective Christina Vega on Bosch.
Jada Pinkett Smith
Jada Pinkett Smith (Jada Koren Pinkett), American actress and talk show host born 1971 in Baltimore; star of A Different World, The Matrix sequels, Madagascar; creator of Red Table Talk; wife of Will Smith; memoir Worthy (2023).
Jake Busey
Jake Busey (William Jacob Busey, born 1971, Los Angeles), American actor, son of Gary Busey; known for Ace Levy in Starship Troopers, The Frighteners, Contact, From Dusk Till Dawn, and Stranger Things.
Jaleel White
Jaleel White (born 1976, Culver City, California) is an American actor who played Steve Urkel on Family Matters (1989–1998) and voiced Sonic the Hedgehog in three 1990s cartoon series; later host of Flip Side and Totally '90s House.
James Avery
James La Rue Avery (1945 or 1948-2013), American actor known as Uncle Phil (Philip Banks) on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (140+ episodes, NBC 1990-1996) and the voice of Shredder in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Shakespeare-trained stage actor, Navy veteran, died of open-heart surgery complications.
James Best
James Best (Jewel Franklin Guy, 1926–2015) was an American character actor and acting teacher, famous as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on The Dukes of Hazzard (1979–1985); over 80 films and 600 TV shows.
James Bond III
James Bond III (born 1969) is an American actor, producer, director, and writer, a 1970s child actor on The Red Hand Gang who wrote, directed, produced, and starred in the 1990 horror film Def by Temptation.
James Brolin
James Brolin (born Craig Kenneth Bruderlin, 1940) is an American actor known for Marcus Welby, M.D., Hotel, Westworld, The Amityville Horror, Lightyear, and Ransom Canyon, husband of Barbra Streisand and father of actor Josh Brolin.
James Caan
James Edmund Caan (1940–2022), American actor known as Jimmy Caan; Sonny Corleone in The Godfather (Oscar nomination), Brian's Song, Misery, Elf; Meisner-trained, Bronx-born, five-decade career with a 1982–1987 hiatus.
James Cromwell
James Oliver Cromwell (born January 27, 1940) is an American character actor, son of director John Cromwell, Oscar-nominated for Babe (1995), Emmy winner for American Horror Story: Asylum, and a PETA-affiliated vegan activist.
James DePaiva
James DePaiva (born 1957, Livermore, California) is an American actor known as Max Holden on One Life to Live (1987-2007) and Dr. David Bensch on General Hospital; husband of actress Kassie DePaiva.
James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones (1931–2024), American actor and EGOT winner; voice of Darth Vader and Mufasa; first Black Tony Best Actor winner for The Great White Hope; Cort Theatre renamed in his honor in 2022.
James Farentino
James Farentino (James Ferrantino, 1938-2012), American actor; Emmy-nominated as Simon Peter in Jesus of Nazareth, Golden Globe winner for The Pad and How to Use It; TV roles in Dynasty, The Bold Ones, and ER.
James Gammon
James Richard Gammon (1940-2010), American character actor known as Lou Brown in Major League and Nick Bridges on Nash Bridges, a Sam Shepard stage regular.
James Gandolfini
James Gandolfini (1961-2013), American actor and Rutgers graduate, played mob boss Tony Soprano on HBO's The Sopranos (1999-2007), winning three Emmys, a Golden Globe, and three SAG Awards; also known for True Romance, God of Carnage, and The Drop.
James Hampton (actor)
James Wade Hampton (July 9, 1936 – April 7, 2021), American character actor; not the visionary artist James Hampton. Known as bugler Hannibal Dobbs on F Troop, Caretaker in The Longest Yard (Golden Globe nomination), and Harold Howard in Teen Wolf; also directed sitcom episodes including Evening Shade and Sister, Sister.
James Hong
James Hong (born 1929) is an American character actor with about 700 credits, known for Blade Runner, Big Trouble in Little China, and Kung Fu Panda.
James Jude Courtney
James Jude Courtney is an American actor and stuntman from Columbia, South Carolina, who played Michael Myers in Halloween (2018), Halloween Kills (2021), and Halloween Ends (2022), the only actor to do so in three consecutive films.
James Keach
James Keach (born 1947) is an American actor, director, and producer, the younger brother of actor Stacy Keach, known for The Long Riders and producing Walk the Line.
James Lesure
James Lesure, American television actor born 1970 in Los Angeles (some sources say 1975), known for Mike Cannon on Las Vegas, Mel Ellis on For Your Love, and Carter Hope on The Rookie: Feds.
James Marshall (actor)
James Marshall (James David Greenblatt, born 1967) is an American actor known for James Hurley in Twin Peaks and its 1992 and 2017 installments, and for Pfc. Louden Downey in A Few Good Men.
James Marsters
James Marsters (born 1962, Greenville, California) is an American actor and musician, also James Wesley Marsters, best known as vampire Spike on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel; also Brainiac in Smallville, Captain John Hart in Torchwood, Ghost of the Robot frontman, and Dresden Files audiobook narrator.
James Michael Tyler
James Michael Tyler (1962–2021), American actor, played Gunther the Central Perk barista on NBC's Friends in 150 episodes; cast as an extra for his cappuccino skills; died of prostate cancer.
James Mitchum
James Mitchum (James Robin Spence Mitchum, 1941–2025), American actor, eldest son of Robert Mitchum; debuted in Thunder Road (1958) as Robin Doolin, appeared in over 30 films including In Harm's Way and Two-Lane Blacktop.
James Naughton
James Naughton, American actor and director born 1945 in Connecticut, two-time Tony winner for musicals City of Angels (1990) and Chicago (1997), brother of David Naughton, Yale School of Drama graduate.
James Pickens Jr.
James Pickens Jr. (born 1954, Cleveland) is an American actor, Dr. Richard Webber on Grey's Anatomy since 2005 and Alvin Kersh on The X-Files; SAG and NAACP Image Award winner, prostate cancer awareness advocate.
James Read
James Read (James Christopher Read, born 1953) is an American actor known for George Hazard in North and South, Murphy Michaels in Remington Steele, Victor Bennett in Charmed, and Clyde Weston on Days of Our Lives.
James Rebhorn
James Rebhorn (1948-2014), American character actor of stage and screen, appeared in over 100 productions; known for Scent of a Woman, Independence Day, Meet the Parents, Homeland, and the Seinfeld finale.
James Remar
James Remar (William James Remar, born 1953, Boston) is an American character actor known as Ajax in The Warriors, Albert Ganz in 48 Hrs., Richard Wright in Sex and the City, and Harry Morgan in the Dexter franchise.
James Russo
James Vincent Russo (born 1953, Queens, New York) is an American character actor known for villain and gangster roles in Once Upon a Time in America, Beverly Hills Cop, Extremities, Donnie Brasco, and Django Unchained.