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William Katt
William Katt (William Theodore Katt), American actor born 1951 in Los Angeles, son of Barbara Hale and Bill Williams; star of The Greatest American Hero (1981–83) and Tommy Ross in Carrie (1976).
William Lucking
William Lucking (Frederick William Lucking Jr., 1941–2021), American character actor from Vicksburg, Michigan; played Piney Winston on Sons of Anarchy and Colonel Lynch on The A-Team; over 150 screen credits; co-founded Santa Paula Theater Center.
William Mapother
William Mapother (William Reibert Mapother Jr., born 1965, Louisville) is an American character actor, Ethan Rom on Lost, Richard Strout in In the Bedroom, John Burroughs in Another Earth, and Tom Cruise's first cousin.
William McNamara
William McNamara, full name William West McNamara, is an American actor born in 1965, known for Stealing Home (1988) and the serial killer Peter Foley in Copycat (1995).
William R. Moses
William R. Moses (William Remington Moses, born 1959, Los Angeles) is an American actor known for Cole Gioberti on Falcon Crest, Ken Malansky in the Perry Mason TV movies, Jack Davis in the Jane Doe films, and Jeff Webber on General Hospital.
William Ragsdale
William Ragsdale (Robert William Ragsdale, born 1961, El Dorado, Arkansas) is an American actor best known as Charley Brewster in Fright Night (1985) and Part 2 (1988), Herman Brooks on Herman's Head, Eugene Jerome on Broadway, and Gary Hawkins on Justified.
William Russ
William Russ (William Hardy Russ IV, born 1950) is an American character actor from Portsmouth, Virginia, known as Alan Matthews on Boy Meets World, Roger LoCocco on Wiseguy, and for Pastime and American History X; distinct from the silent-film and Doctor Who William Russells.
William Sadler (actor)
William Thomas Sadler (born 1950, Buffalo, New York) is an American character actor known as the Grim Reaper in Bill & Ted, Heywood in The Shawshank Redemption, Colonel Stuart in Die Hard 2, and Sheriff Valenti in Roswell.
William Sanderson
William Sanderson (born 1944, Memphis) is an American character actor known as Larry on Newhart, J.F. Sebastian in Blade Runner, and E.B. Farnum in Deadwood; not the British actor of AI-generated profiles.
William Zabka
William Zabka (William Michael Zabka), known as Billy Zabka, is an American actor best known as Johnny Lawrence in The Karate Kid (1984) and Cobra Kai.
Willie Aames
Willie Aames (born 1960, Albert William Upton) is an American actor known as Tommy Bradford on Eight Is Enough, Buddy Lembeck on Charles in Charge, and the Christian superhero Bibleman (1995–2003).
Willie Garson
Willie Garson (William Garson Paszamant, 1964-2021), American character actor; Stanford Blatch on Sex and the City and Mozzie on White Collar; died of pancreatic cancer at 57.
Wings Hauser
Wings Hauser (Gerald Dwight Hauser, 1947–2025), American character actor and musician; father of Cole Hauser; famous as Ramrod in Vice Squad, Greg Foster on The Young and the Restless, and Independent Spirit nominee for Tough Guys Don't Dance.
Winona Ryder
Winona Ryder (Winona Laura Horowitz, born 1971) is an American actress of Beetlejuice, Heathers, Edward Scissorhands, Girl, Interrupted, and Stranger Things, with Oscar nominations for The Age of Innocence and Little Women, a 2001 shoplifting conviction, and a comeback via Black Swan.
Winter Ave Zoli
Winter Ave Zoli, also credited Winter Uhlarik, is an American actress born 1980 in New Hope, Pennsylvania, raised in Prague, best known as Lyla Winston on Sons of Anarchy (2009–2014) and for Hellboy, The Pagan Queen, Bosch, and Father Stu.
Wolfgang Bodison
Wolfgang Bodison, American actor and Playhouse West acting teacher, made his debut as Lance Cpl. Harold Dawson in A Few Good Men (1992) with zero prior acting experience; Rob Reiner cast him while he worked as the film's location manager.
Woody Harrelson
Woody Harrelson (born 1961) is an American actor, Emmy winner for Cheers (Woody Boyd) and True Detective star; three Oscar nominations (The People vs. Larry Flynt, The Messenger, Three Billboards), Hunger Games' Haymitch, activist and Maui resident.
Xander Berkeley
Xander Berkeley (Alexander Harper Berkeley, born 1955, Brooklyn) is an American character actor with 240+ credits, known as George Mason in 24, Percy in Nikita, Red John in The Mentalist, and Gregory in The Walking Dead.
Yancy Butler
Yancy Butler (born 1970, New York City) is an American actress known for Witchblade (2000–2002), Hard Target (1993), Drop Zone (1994), and the Kick-Ass films; daughter of Lovin' Spoonful drummer Joe Butler.
Yaphet Kotto
Yaphet Kotto (Yaphet Frederick Kotto, 1939-2021), American actor known as Bond villain Kananga/Mr. Big in Live and Let Die, Parker in Alien, and Lt. Al Giardello on Homicide: Life on the Street; Emmy-nominated for Raid on Entebbe.
Yasmine Bleeth
Yasmine Bleeth, full name Yasmine Amanda Bleeth, American actress and model born 1968 in New York City, known for Caroline Holden on Baywatch (1994–1997), Ryan Fenelli on Ryan's Hope, Caitlin Cross on Nash Bridges, and the film BASEketball.
Yuji Okumoto
Yuji Okumoto (born 1959, Los Angeles) is an American actor and producer, best known as villain Chozen Toguchi in The Karate Kid, Part II and Cobra Kai, and for producing The Paper Tigers (2020); he also runs the Seattle restaurant Kona Kitchen.
Yul Vazquez
Yul Vazquez (born 1965, Havana) is a Cuban-American character actor and former rock guitarist for Urgent and Diving For Pearls, known for Seinfeld's Bob, a Tony-nominated Cousin Julio, Traffic's SAG-winning cast, and Severance.
Yvette Wilson
Yvette Renee Wilson (1964–2012) was an American comedian and actress who played Andell Wilkerson on the UPN sitcoms Moesha and The Parkers, after stand-up comedy, Thea, Def Comedy Jam, and film roles in Friday and Poetic Justice.
Zach Grenier
Zach Grenier, American character actor born 1954 in Englewood, New Jersey; Tony-nominated as Beethoven in 33 Variations, known as David Lee on The Good Wife and in Fight Club, Zodiac, and Devs.
Zara Cully
Zara Cully, also known as Zara Frances Cully, was an American actress. She is best known for playing Olivia "Mother" Jefferson on The Jeffersons from 1974 to 1978.
Zelda Rubinstein
Zelda Rubinstein (1933-2010), American 4'3" character actress, the psychic Tangina in Poltergeist (1982) and sequels, Ginny Weedon on Picket Fences, and early HIV/AIDS and little-people rights activist.
Željko Ivanek
Željko Ivanek (Željko Šimić-Ivanek), born 1957 in Ljubljana, is a Slovenian-American character actor of Croatian origin; Emmy winner (2008) as Ray Fiske on Damages, three-time Tony nominee, known for Oz, Homicide, 24, Argo, and The Walking Dead: Dead City.