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Robert Romanus
Robert Romanus (Bob Romanus, born 1956) is an American actor and musician known for Mike Damone in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) and Snake on The Facts of Life; brother of actor Richard Romanus, band Poppa's Kitchen.
Robert Rusler
Robert Rusler, American actor born 1965 in Fort Wayne, Indiana; known for Weird Science, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2, Thrashin', Vamp, Shag, and Lieutenant Warren Keffer on Babylon 5.
Robert Sean Leonard
Robert Sean Leonard (born 1969), American actor; Tony winner for The Invention of Love; Neil Perry in Dead Poets Society; Dr. James Wilson on House (2004-12); also The Gilded Age.
Robert Townsend (actor)
Robert Townsend (born 1957, Chicago) is an American actor, director, writer, and producer who self-financed the 1987 satire Hollywood Shuffle with savings and credit cards, then directed The Five Heartbeats, The Meteor Man, Holiday Heart, and numerous TV episodes.
Robert Urich
Robert Urich (1946–2002), American TV actor from Toronto, Ohio; starred in Vega$, Spenser: For Hire, S.W.A.T., and Soap; diagnosed with synovial cell sarcoma in 1996.
Robert Walker (actor, born 1940)
Robert Walker Jr. (April 15, 1940 – December 5, 2019) was an American actor, son of Robert Walker and Jennifer Jones; known for The Ceremony, Ensign Pulver, Easy Rider, and Star Trek's 'Charlie X'.
Robert Wall
Robert Alan "Bob" Wall (1939–2022), American martial artist and actor, played O'Hara in Enter the Dragon (1973) and appeared in The Way of the Dragon and Game of Death; ninth-degree Tang Soo Do black belt under Chuck Norris.
Robert Wuhl
Robert Wuhl (born 1951, Union Township, New Jersey) is an American actor, comedian, and writer, creator and star of HBO's Arli$$ (1996-2002) and two-time Emmy winner for Billy Crystal's Oscar telecasts, known for Bull Durham and Batman.
Roberta Leighton (actress)
Roberta Leighton (birth name Roberta Leighton Weimar), American actress born 1953 in Minneapolis; known for Anita in Stripes (1981), Liza Williams in Barracuda, and soap roles Dr. Casey Reed on The Young and the Restless and Ginger Dawson on Days of Our Lives; married to actor Corey Young.
Roberta Wallach
Roberta Wallach (born 1955, New York) is an American stage and screen actress, daughter of Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson, Drama Desk nominee for The Model Apartment, with film credits from 1973 to 2018.
Robin Dearden
Robin Gale Dearden (born 1953, Los Angeles) is an American actress of Magic Mongo, Magnum, P.I., Generations and Breaking Bad, and wife of Bryan Cranston since 1989.
Robin Givens
Robin Givens (Robin Simone Givens, born 1964) is an American actress, director, and producer known for Darlene Merriman on Head of the Class (1986–1991) and her 1988–1989 marriage to boxer Mike Tyson, with later roles in Boomerang, Riverdale, Batwoman, and television directing credits.
Robin Tunney
Robin Tunney (born 1972, Chicago) is an American actress known for Empire Records, The Craft, Veronica Donovan in Prison Break, and Teresa Lisbon in The Mentalist (2008-15).
Robin Williams
Robin Williams (1951–2014), American actor and comedian, star of Mork & Mindy, Good Morning Vietnam, Mrs. Doubtfire, and Oscar-winning Good Will Hunting; famed for improvisational stand-up.
Robin Wright
Robin Wright (born 1966, Dallas) is the American actress of The Princess Bride, Forrest Gump, and House of Cards; first actress to win a Golden Globe for an online-only series; distinct from journalist Robin Wright.
Robyn Bernard
Robyn Bernard (1959–2024) was an American actress, sister of Crystal Bernard of Wings, who played singer Terry Brock on General Hospital in 145 episodes from 1984 to 1990, and appeared in Diva and Betty Blue.
Robyn Lively
Robyn Lively (born 1972, Powder Springs, Georgia) is an American actress, half-sister of Blake Lively, best known as Louise Miller in Teen Witch (1989), Jessica Andrews in The Karate Kid Part III, and roles in Twin Peaks, Savannah, and Landman.
Rockmond Dunbar
Rockmond Dunbar (born 1973) is an American actor known as Kenny Chadway in Soul Food, C-Note in Prison Break, Eli Roosevelt in Sons of Anarchy, and Michael Grant in 9-1-1, from which he exited in 2021 over a vaccine dispute he later lost in court.
Rocky Carroll
Rocky Carroll (Roscoe Fulton Carroll), born 1963 in Cincinnati, is an American actor and director, Tony-nominated for The Piano Lesson, known as Joey on Roc, Dr. Keith Wilkes on Chicago Hope, and NCIS Director Leon Vance on NCIS from 2008 to 2026, later directing over 25 episodes.
Rodney A. Grant
Rodney A. Grant (Rodney Arnold Grant, born 1959) is an Omaha-tribe American actor, best known as Wind In His Hair in Dances with Wolves, with Western roles such as Crazy Horse and Mangas.
Rodney Dangerfield
Rodney Dangerfield (Jacob Cohen, 1921-2004), American stand-up comedian and actor famous for "I don't get no respect"; opened Dangerfield's club, starred in Caddyshack, Easy Money, and Back to School, won a 1981 Grammy.
Roger Bart
Roger Bart (born 1962, Norwalk, Connecticut) is an American stage and screen actor and singer; Tony winner as Snoopy (1999), Tony nominee for The Producers and Back to the Future, singing voice of young Hercules, and Doc Brown's originator on stage.
Roger Bowen
Roger Wendell Bowen (1932–1996), American comedic actor and novelist, co-founder of the Compass Players and The Second City, best known as Lt. Col. Henry Blake in the 1970 film MASH; author of eleven novels.
Roger Clinton Jr.
Roger Clinton Jr. (born 1956, Hot Springs, Arkansas) is an American actor and musician, younger half-brother of President Bill Clinton; served prison time for cocaine, was pardoned, released the album Nothing Good Comes Easy, and acted in Fred Claus and Spy Hard.
Roger E. Mosley
Roger E. Mosley (1938-2022), American actor who played helicopter pilot Theodore 'T.C.' Calvin in 158 episodes of Magnum, P.I. (1980-1988); also starred as Lead Belly in Gordon Parks's 1976 biopic and coached L.A. track athletes.
Roger Guenveur Smith
Roger Guenveur Smith (born 1959, Berkeley, California) is an American actor and solo performer known for A Huey P. Newton Story, the Smiley role in Do the Right Thing, and Spike Lee collaborations.
Roger Howarth
Roger Howarth is an American soap opera actor born in 1968, best known as Todd Manning on One Life to Live, for which he won a 1994 Daytime Emmy.
Roma Maffia
Roma Maffia is an American actress in theater, film, and television, known as NCIS Special Agent Vera Strickland and for her guest role as Hazel Diaz on Bull.
Ron Canada
Ron Canada (Ronald Ellis Canada, born 1949, New York City) is an American character actor with 40-plus years in film, TV, and theater, formerly an Emmy-winning Washington, D.C. broadcast journalist, known for Lone Star, The Shield, and Network.
Ron Eldard
Ron Eldard (Ronald Jason Eldard), American actor born 1965 in New York, former Golden Gloves boxer; known for ER's Shep, Sleepers, Black Hawk Down, Super 8, and Broadway roles in On the Waterfront, Death of a Salesman, and Doubt.