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Ron Leibman
Ron Leibman (1937–2019), American stage, film, and television actor; Emmy winner for the CBS series Kaz (1979) and Tony winner as Roy Cohn in Angels in America; also Norma Rae and Friends' Dr. Leonard Green; distinct from lawyer Ron Liebman.
Ron Lester
Ron Lester (1970–2016) was an American actor best known for playing offensive lineman Billy Bob in Varsity Blues (1999) and Sugar Daddy on the WB series Popular.
Ron Livingston
Ron Livingston (born 1967, Cedar Rapids, Iowa) is an American actor known for Office Space, Band of Brothers (Golden Globe-nominated as Lewis Nixon), Sex and the City, and the lead in Loudermilk.
Ron Masak
Ron Masak (1936–2022), American character actor, played Sheriff Mort Metzger in 41 episodes of Murder, She Wrote from 1988, and was nicknamed the King of Commercials for his advertising work, including 15 years as the Vlasic Pickle stork voice.
Ron O'Neal
Ron O'Neal (1937-2004), American stage-trained actor, director, and screenwriter, best known as Youngblood Priest in Super Fly (1972); the hit typecast him, and later work included Super Fly T.N.T., Red Dawn, and Original Gangstas.
Ron Palillo
Ron Palillo (Ronald Gabriel Paolillo, 1949–2012), American actor best known as Arnold Horshack on ABC's Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–79); later stage actor, playwright of The Lost Boy, voice actor, and G-Star School acting teacher.
Ron Perlman
Ron Perlman (born 1950) is an American actor known for Vincent in Beauty and the Beast, Hellboy in Guillermo del Toro's films, Clay Morrow in Sons of Anarchy, and narrating the Fallout games.
Ron Rifkin
Ron Rifkin (Saul M. Rifkin, born October 31, 1938 or 1939, New York) is an American character actor, Tony winner for Cabaret (1998), known as Arvin Sloane on Alias and Saul Holden on Brothers & Sisters.
Ron Silver
Ron Silver (Ronald Arthur Silver, 1946–2009), American Tony-winning actor and activist; won the 1988 Tony for Speed-the-Plow, played Alan Dershowitz in Reversal of Fortune, led Actors' Equity, and became a '9/11 Republican'.
Rondell Sheridan
Rondell Sheridan (born 1958, Chicago) is an American actor, comedian, and director known for Victor Baxter on That's So Raven, Cory in the House, and Raven's Home, plus Minor Adjustments, Cousin Skeeter, and stand-up comedy.
Ronee Blakley
Ronee Blakley (Ronee Sue Blakley, born 1945) is an American actress and singer-songwriter, Oscar-nominated as Barbara Jean in Altman's Nashville (1975), a Bob Dylan collaborator, and Marge in A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Ronnie Claire Edwards
Ronnie Claire Edwards (1933–2016), American character actress, playwright, and memoirist from Oklahoma City, best known as Corabeth Walton Godsey on The Waltons; also Broadway and repertory stage actress, author of The Knife Thrower's Assistant.
Ronny Cox
Ronny Cox (Daniel Ronald Cox, born July 23, 1938, Cloudcroft, New Mexico) is an American character actor and singer-songwriter, known for Deliverance (1972), Beverly Hills Cop, RoboCop, Total Recall, Stargate SG-1, and his folk music career.
RonReaco Lee
RonReaco Lee (born 1976), American actor; played Tyreke Scott on Sister, Sister, Jamal Woodson on Let's Stay Together, Reggie Vaughn on Survivor's Remorse, and Gary Washington on First Wives Club.
Rosalind Chao (赵家玲)
Rosalind Chao (赵家玲), born 1957 in Anaheim, California, is a Chinese American actress known for Keiko O'Brien in Star Trek, The Joy Luck Club, Freaky Friday, Mulan, Sweet Tooth, and as Ye Wenjie in Netflix's 3 Body Problem.
Rosanna Arquette
Rosanna Arquette (born 1959, New York City) is an American actress of the Arquette acting family, BAFTA winner for Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), Jody in Pulp Fiction, a Weinstein accuser, and co-star of The Moment (2026).
Roscoe Born
Roscoe Born (Roscoe Conklin Born, 1950-2020) was an American actor and songwriter known for soap opera villains, especially Mitch Laurence on One Life to Live, and for his Emmy-nominated dual role on Santa Barbara.
Roscoe Lee Browne
Roscoe Lee Browne (1925-2007), American stage, film, and television actor from Woodbury, New Jersey; Obie and Emmy winner, Tony nominee, narrator of Babe, former champion track athlete.
Rose Abdoo
Rose Marie Abdoo (born 1962) is an American actress and comedian, known as Gypsy on Gilmore Girls, Señorita Rodriguez on That's So Raven, and Josefina on Hacks, with Second City improv roots.
Rose McGowan
Rose McGowan, American actress, director, and activist born 1973 in Italy; star of The Doom Generation, Scream, Jawbreaker, and Charmed (Paige Matthews); later a leading Weinstein accuser, 2017 Silence Breaker, and author of the memoir Brave.
Roseanne Barr
Roseanne Barr (born 1952) is an American comedian and actress who starred in the ABC sitcom Roseanne, canceled in 2018 over a racist tweet about Valerie Jarrett.
Rosetta LeNoire
Rosetta LeNoire (1911–2002), American actress and producer, goddaughter of Bojangles Robinson, founder of AMAS Repertory Theatre, Mother Winslow on Family Matters, 1999 National Medal of Arts recipient.
Rosie Perez
Rosie Perez (Rosa Maria Perez, born 1964) is a Brooklyn-born American actress, choreographer, and activist of Puerto Rican descent, Oscar-nominated for Fearless (1993), Fly Girls choreographer on In Living Color, and Emmy-nominated for The Flight Attendant.
Ross Malinger
Ross Malinger (born 1984, Redwood City, California) is an American former child actor, Jonah Baldwin in Sleepless in Seattle (1993) and the voice of T.J. Detweiler in Recess; his last screen role was Without a Trace in 2006, after which he worked in car restoration and dealership finance.
Roxann Dawson
Roxann Dawson, also credited as Roxann Biggs-Dawson, is an American actress, director, and writer known for B'Elanna Torres on Star Trek: Voyager and for directing Breakthrough, Foundation, and many TV series.
Roy Scheider
Roy Scheider (1932–2008), American actor, Police Chief Brody in Jaws, Oscar-nominated for The French Connection and All That Jazz; also Marathon Man, Sorcerer, seaQuest DSV; died of multiple myeloma.
Roz Kelly
Roz Kelly, born Rosalind Schwartz in 1943 in Mount Vernon, New York, is an American actress best known as Pinky Tuscadero on Happy Days and for the horror film New Year's Evil (1980).
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, American actor, playwright and director; Tony winner for Seven Guitars (1996); Tony-winning director of Jitney (2017); wrote, directed and starred in Lackawanna Blues; screenwriter of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
Rue McClanahan
Rue McClanahan (Eddi-Rue McClanahan, 1934–2010), American actress and comedian; Blanche Devereaux on The Golden Girls, Vivian on Maude, Aunt Fran on Mama's Family; 1987 Emmy winner.
Russell Johnson
Russell Johnson (1924–2014), American character actor, played Professor Roy Hinkley on Gilligan's Island (1964–67, 98 episodes); WWII Army Air Forces veteran shot down over the Philippines; distinct from other people named Russell Johnson.