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Warren Frost
Warren Frost (Warren Lindsay Frost, 1925–2017), American character actor; Doc Hayward on Twin Peaks (1990–1991 and 2017 revival) and Henry Ross on Seinfeld; father of Twin Peaks co-creator Mark Frost; no Emmy nominations.
Wayne Knight
Wayne Knight (born 1955, raised in Cartersville, Georgia) is an American character actor known as Newman on Seinfeld and Dennis Nedry in Jurassic Park, with voice roles in Toy Story 2, Tarzan, and Hercules.
Wayne Rogers
Wayne Rogers (1933-2015), American actor and investor, born William Wayne McMillan Rogers III in Birmingham, Alabama. Played Captain "Trapper" John McIntyre on M*A*S*H 1972-1975, later led House Calls and became a prominent investor, panelist on Fox's Cashin' In, and head of Wayne Rogers & Co.
Wendell Pierce
Wendell Pierce (born 1963, New Orleans) is an American actor known as Bunk Moreland on The Wire, Antoine Batiste on Treme, and the first Black Broadway Willy Loman, earning a 2023 Tony nomination.
Wendie Jo Sperber
Wendie Jo Sperber (1958-2005), American comedic actress, played Amy Cassidy on Bosom Buddies with Tom Hanks and Linda McFly in Back to the Future I and III; founded weSPARK Cancer Support Center in Sherman Oaks in 2001 after a 1997 breast cancer diagnosis.
Wendie Malick
Wendie Malick (Wendie Diane Malick, born 1950) is an American actress known for Nina Van Horn on Just Shoot Me!, Judith Tupper Stone on Dream On, Victoria Chase on Hot in Cleveland, and voicing Eda Clawthorne in The Owl House.
Wendy Makkena
Wendy Makkena, American actress (born 1958 or 1963 depending on source), best known as Sister Mary Robert in Sister Act and Sister Act 2, Broadway's Side Man, and founder of Ruby's Rockets.
Wendy Moniz
Wendy Moniz (Wendy Moniz-Grillo), born 1969, Kansas City, Missouri, is an American actress known for Dinah Marler on Guiding Light and Governor Lynelle Perry on Yellowstone, plus The Guardian, Nash Bridges, and Law & Order: Organized Crime.
Wendy Raquel Robinson
Wendy Raquel Robinson (born 1967) is an American actress known as Regina "Piggy" Grier on The Steve Harvey Show and Tasha Mack on The Game, and co-founder of Amazing Grace Conservatory in Los Angeles.
Wendy Schaal
Wendy Schaal (born 1954, Chicago) is an American actress known for Joe Dante films Innerspace, The 'Burbs, and Small Soldiers, and as the voice of Francine Smith on American Dad! since 2005; daughter of actor Richard Schaal.
Wes Bentley
Wes Bentley (Wesley Cook Bentley), American actor born 1978 in Jonesboro, Arkansas; broke out as Ricky Fitts in American Beauty (1999), played Seneca Crane in The Hunger Games, and Jamie Dutton in Yellowstone.
Wes Studi
Wes Studi (Wesley Studie), Cherokee Nation actor born 1947 in Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma; Vietnam veteran and activist; broke out in Dances with Wolves, Last of the Mohicans, and Geronimo; first Native American actor to receive an Academy Award, the 2019 Governors Award.
Wesley Snipes
Wesley Snipes, born 1962, is an American actor and martial artist known for New Jack City, the Blade trilogy, and a 2024 return as Blade in Deadpool & Wolverine.
Whip Hubley
Whip Hubley (Grant Shelby Hubley Jr., born 1957) is an American actor known as Hollywood in Top Gun, Mischa in Russkies, roles in Species and Executive Decision, and Tom Hampton in Flipper; brother of actress Season Hubley.
Whitman Mayo
Whitman Blount Mayo (1930–2001), American actor, played Grady Wilson on NBC's Sanford and Son, starred in the 1975 spinoff Grady and Sanford Arms, later taught drama at Clark Atlanta University.
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson, 1955) is an American comedian, actor, and EGOT winner known for The Color Purple, Ghost, Sister Act, hosting the Oscars, and moderating The View since 2007.
Wil Wheaton
Wil Wheaton (Richard William Wheaton III, born 1972) is an American actor and writer known for Gordie in Stand by Me, Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: TNG, his blog, Tabletop, audiobook narration, and mental health advocacy.
Wilford Brimley
Wilford Brimley (1934–2020), American character actor of Cocoon, The Natural, The Thing, and The Firm; also Quaker Oats pitchman and Liberty Medical diabetes spokesman famous for "diabeetus."
Will Friedle
Will Friedle (born 1976, Hartford, Connecticut) is an American actor and voice actor, Eric Matthews on Boy Meets World and the voice of Terry McGinnis in Batman Beyond, Ron Stoppable in Kim Possible, and Star-Lord in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy; also co-hosts Pod Meets World.
Will Patton
Will Patton (William Rankin Patton, born 1954) is an American character actor and audiobook narrator known for No Way Out, Remember the Titans, Falling Skies, Yellowstone, Silo, and three Obie Awards.
Will Sampson
Will Sampson (William Sampson, 1933–1987), Muscogee (Creek) actor and painter from Okmulgee, Oklahoma; Chief Bromden in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ten Bears in The Outlaw Josey Wales, Genie-nominated for Fish Hawk.
Will Smith
Will Smith (born 1968, Philadelphia) is an American actor and rapper, aka the Fresh Prince of DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince; four Grammys, Oscar winner for King Richard, banned from the Oscars 10 years after the 2022 Chris Rock slap. Distinct from the English comedy writer Will Smith of Veep and Slow Horses.
William Atherton
William Atherton (William Atherton Knight, born 1947, Orange, Connecticut) is an American actor known as Walter Peck in Ghostbusters and reporter Dick Thornburg in Die Hard and Die Hard 2, with a Carnegie-Mellon-trained stage career and 1970s leading roles.
William Baldwin
William (Billy) Baldwin, born 1963 in Massapequa, New York, American actor and producer, third Baldwin brother, known for Backdraft, Sliver, The Squid and the Whale, Dirty Sexy Money, and Northern Rescue.
William Christopher
William Christopher (1932–2016) was an American actor, not the journalist or other namesakes, who played Father Francis Mulcahy on M*A*S*H (1972–1983) and AfterMASH, and Private Lester Hummel on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.; born Evanston, Illinois; died Pasadena, California.
William Daniels
William Daniels (born March 31, 1927, Brooklyn) is an American actor, not the singer Billy Daniels: Emmy-winning Dr. Mark Craig on St. Elsewhere, voice of KITT in Knight Rider, and Mr. Feeny in Boy Meets World, married 75 years to Bonnie Bartlett.
William Devane
William Devane (born September 5, 1939, Albany, New York) is an American actor known as Greg Sumner on Knots Landing (1983-93), JFK in The Missiles of October (1974), and James Heller on 24 and 24: Live Another Day.
William H. Macy
William H. Macy, born William Hall Macy Jr. in 1950, is an American actor known for anxious everymen: Jerry Lundegaard in Fargo (1996) and Frank Gallagher on Shameless (2011–2021).
William Hickey (actor)
William Hickey, also known as William Edward Hickey, was an American character actor and acting teacher, Oscar-nominated as the Mafia don in Prizzi's Honor (1985).
William Hurt
William Hurt (1950-2022), American actor, Oscar winner for Kiss of the Spider Woman; starred in Body Heat, Broadcast News, A History of Violence, and five Marvel films as Thaddeus Ross.