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Jon Gries
Jon Gries (Jonathan Francis Gries, born 1957, Glendale, California) is an American actor, writer, and director, son of director Tom Gries, known for Uncle Rico in Napoleon Dynamite, Broots in The Pretender, Roger Linus in Lost, and Greg Hunt in The White Lotus.
Jon Seda
Jon Seda (Jonathan Seda, born 1970) is an American actor, former amateur boxer (21-1), known for Homicide: Life on the Street, Selena, The Pacific, Chicago P.D.'s Antonio Dawson, and La Brea. Distinct from musician John Seda and singer Jon Secada.
Jon Tenney
Jon Tenney (Jonathan Frederick Tenney), American actor born 1961 in Princeton, New Jersey; played FBI Agent Fritz Howard on The Closer and Major Crimes, Sean King in King & Maxwell, and appeared in You Can Count on Me and Tombstone.
Jon Voight
Jon Voight (born 1938, Yonkers, NY) is an American actor, Oscar winner for Coming Home (1978), Oscar-nominated for Midnight Cowboy, Runaway Train, and Ali, later Ray Donovan, and a Trump-appointed Hollywood special ambassador.
Jon-Erik Hexum
Jon-Erik Hexum (1957-1984) was an American actor and model, lead of Voyagers! as Phineas Bogg and Cover Up as Mac Harper, who died after accidentally shooting himself with a blank-loaded prop gun on set.
Jonathan Gilbert
Jonathan Gilbert, American former child actor (born 1967 per IMDb; other sources say 1968), played Willie Oleson on Little House on the Prairie (1974-1983), brother of Melissa Gilbert, later a New York stockbroker; distinct from the British screenwriter Jon Gilbert and other namesakes.
Jonathan Goldsmith
Jonathan Goldsmith (born 1938, New York) is the American actor who played the Most Interesting Man in the World in Dos Equis commercials from 2006 to 2016; also a veteran character actor with 350+ TV roles and author of Stay Interesting.
Jonathan Penner
Jonathan Penner (born 1962, New York City) is an American actor, screenwriter, and producer, Oscar-nominated for Down on the Waterfront, screenwriter of The Bye Bye Man, and a three-time Survivor contestant; distinct from the novelist Jonathan Penner born 1940.
Jonathan Silverman
Jonathan Elihu Silverman, American actor born 1966 in Los Angeles, known for Weekend at Bernie's, Neil Simon's Eugene Trilogy on Broadway, and NBC's The Single Guy; married to Jennifer Finnigan.
Jordan Ladd
Jordan Ladd (Jordan Elizabeth Ladd), American actress born 1975 in Hollywood, daughter of Cheryl Ladd and David Ladd, granddaughter of Alan Ladd; known for Cabin Fever, Death Proof, Hostel: Part II, Grace, and Never Been Kissed.
Josef Sommer
Josef Sommer (Maximilian Josef Sommer, born 1934, Greifswald, Germany) is a German-American retired stage, film, and television actor, an Obie winner known for Witness, Dirty Harry, Close Encounters, Silkwood, and portraying Ford, FDR, and Joseph Kennedy on TV.
Joseph Bologna
Joseph Bologna (1934-2017), American actor and playwright; Oscar-nominated co-writer of Lovers and Other Strangers and King Kaiser in My Favorite Year; longtime creative partner of wife Renée Taylor.
Joseph Mascolo
Joseph Mascolo (Joseph Peter Mascolo, 1929-2016), American actor famed as villain Stefano DiMera on Days of Our Lives (1982-2016, 1,623 episodes); also Metropolitan Opera clarinetist, Broadway actor, and Massimo Marone on The Bold and the Beautiful.
Josh Charles
Josh Charles, also known as Joshua Aaron Charles, is an American film, television, and stage actor from Baltimore, known for Dead Poets Society, Sports Night, and The Good Wife.
Josh Mostel
Josh Mostel (Joshua Elias Mostel, born 1946) is an American character actor, son of Zero Mostel, known for Jesus Christ Superstar, Radio Days, City Slickers, Billy Madison, and Broadway's My Favorite Year.
Josh Pais
Josh Pais (born 1964) is an American character actor of film, TV, and stage. Known as Raphael in the 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film (costume and voice), Law & Order's ME Borak, Joker, The Dropout, and founder of the Committed Impulse acting method.
Josh Server
Josh Server (Joshua Aaron Server), born 1979 in Highland Park, Illinois, is an American actor and comedian, the longest-running original cast member of Nickelodeon's sketch comedy series All That.
Josh Stewart
Josh Stewart (Joshua Regnall Stewart, born 1977) is an American actor from Diana, West Virginia, known for Holt McLaren in Dirt, Detective William LaMontagne Jr. on Criminal Minds, Arkin in The Collector films, and Sheriff Handy Wade in Dutton Ranch (2026).
Joshua Malina
Joshua Charles Malina (born 1966, New York City) is an American film, stage, and TV actor known for Jeremy Goodwin in Sports Night, Will Bailey in The West Wing, David Rosen in Scandal, and Caltech President Siebert in The Big Bang Theory.
Josie Bissett
Josie Bissett, born Josie Christine Heutmaker (per TV Guide; TVSA says Jolyn), is an American actress known as Jane Mancini on Melrose Place (1992-1999), Kathleen Bowman on The Secret Life of the American Teenager, and Olivia Pershing in Hallmark's Wedding March films.
Josie Davis
Josie Rebecca Davis (born 1973) is an American actress known as Sarah Powell on Charles in Charge, later Camille Desmond on Beverly Hills, 90210 and Lifetime movie leads.
Joyce DeWitt
Joyce DeWitt (born 1949, Wheeling, West Virginia) is the American actress who played Janet Wood on ABC's Three's Company (1977–1984), later a 15-year hiatus and a stage-centered career, with 2026 John Ritter Foundation appearances.
Joyce Hyser
Joyce Hyser (Joyce Hyser Robinson), born 1957, New York, is an American actress best known as Terry Griffith in Just One of the Guys (1985), with early roles in This Is Spinal Tap and Staying Alive, later TV guest parts and writing.
Judd Hirsch
Judd Hirsch, born 1935 in the Bronx, is an American actor famous as Alex Reiger on Taxi (two Emmys), a two-time Tony winner, and an Oscar nominee for Ordinary People and The Fabelmans, 42 years apart.
Judd Nelson
Judd Nelson (born 1959, Portland, Maine) is an American actor, also called a Brat Pack member, known for John Bender in The Breakfast Club (1985), St. Elmo's Fire, New Jack City, and Suddenly Susan.
Judge Reinhold
Judge Reinhold (Edward Ernest Reinhold Jr., born 1957, Wilmington, Delaware) is an American actor known for Fast Times at Ridgemont High, the Beverly Hills Cop films as Billy Rosewood, Ruthless People, and The Santa Clause trilogy.
Judi Evans
Judi Evans Luciano (born 1964) is an American soap opera actress: Beth Raines on Guiding Light (1984 Daytime Emmy), Adrienne and Bonnie on Days of Our Lives, Paulina on Another World, and a funeral-home sales director.
Judith Chapman
Judith Chapman (born Judith Shepard) is an American soap opera actress, best known as Gloria Bardwell on The Young and the Restless since 2005, with earlier roles on General Hospital, Days of Our Lives, Ryan's Hope, As the World Turns, and One Life to Live.
Judith Hoag
Judith Hoag (Judith Woodward Hoag), American actress from Newburyport, Massachusetts; played April O'Neil in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), Gwen Cromwell Piper in the Halloweentown films, and Tandy Hampton on Nashville.
Judith Ivey
Judith Ivey (Judith Lee Ivey), American actress and theater director born 1951 in El Paso, Texas; two-time Tony winner for Steaming and Hurlyburly, known for Designing Women's B.J. Poteet and Women Talking.