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American actors: 2000s onward, Surnames Au to Ba

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Alan Barinholtz

Alan Barinholtz (born 1951) is an American attorney and actor, also known as Judge Alan Rosen of Jury Duty. A Chicago personal-injury lawyer of about 40 years and father of Ike and Jon Barinholtz, he won the 2023 Freevee role via audition tape.

Alimi Ballard

Alimi Ballard (born 1977), American actor from the Bronx; Frankie Hubbard on Loving and The City, Quizmaster on Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Agent David Sinclair on Numb3rs, Fusco in Fast Five, and WSB Agent William Baines on General Hospital from 2026.

Amy Bailey (actress)

Amy Marina Bailey (born 1975, Texas) is a US/UK actress and former ballerina, known as Queen Kwenthrith in Vikings (2014-2016), Clementine in Dominion, Joanna in The Chosen, and Kayla in the VR game Blood & Truth; distinct from the producer Amy Bailey.

Anna Baryshnikov

Anna Katerina Baryshnikov, American actress born 1992 in New York, daughter of Mikhail Baryshnikov and Lisa Rinehart; known for Manchester by the Sea, Dickinson's Lavinia, and her first lead role in Idiotka.

Anna Grace Barlow

Anna Grace Barlow (born 1994) is an American actress known for The Big Leap, Jesus Revolution, and her Broadway debut as Evelyn Nesbit in the 2025 Ragtime revival; sister of Abigail Barlow.

Annalise Basso

Annalise Basso (born 1998, St. Louis, Missouri) is an American actress and producer known for L.J. Folger in Snowpiercer, Captain Fantastic, the horrors Oculus and Ouija: Origin of Evil, and The Life of Chuck.

Ashley Aufderheide

Ashley Aufderheide is an American actress who plays Gwen Runck on Netflix's That '90s Show (2023–2024). Earlier roles: Faith Stuart in Infinitely Polar Bear (2014, Sundance) and Mia Evans on ABC's Emergence; began as a child model at age 3.

Birgundi Baker

Birgundi Angel Baker (born 1992, Raleigh, North Carolina) is an American actress, singer, and dancer, a Howard University musical theatre graduate, known for Kiesha Williams on The Chi and films including Praise This and Block Party.

Blu del Barrio

Blu del Barrio (born 1997) is an American non-binary actor and LAMDA graduate, best known as Adira Tal on Star Trek: Discovery, the franchise's first non-binary character and first non-binary actor, later in Trap House and voice roles.

Bryan Batt

Bryan Batt (born 1963) is an American actor from New Orleans known as Salvatore Romano on Mad Men, Darius in Jeffrey, nine Broadway shows, Hazelnut co-owner, and 2026 London debut as J. Edgar Hoover.

Caitlin Bassett (actress)

Caitlin Bassett, American actress and U.S. Army intelligence veteran (staff sergeant, three combat deployments), played Addison Augustine in NBC's Quantum Leap (2022–2024, 31 episodes), her acting debut after UMGC, Brooklyn Law School, and Stella Adler training.

Chris Bauer

Chris Bauer (Mark Christopher Bauer), American actor born 1966 in Los Angeles; known for Frank Sobotka in The Wire, Andy Bellefleur in True Blood, Fred Yokas in Third Watch, and roles in The Deuce, Heels, and Thunderbolts.

Coco Austin

Coco Austin (Nicole Natalie Marrow, born 1979), also Coco Marie Austin or Coco-T, American model, actress, and reality star, wife of Ice-T, co-star of E!'s Ice Loves Coco (2011–2013), mother of Chanel.

Dan Bakkedahl

Dan Bakkedahl (born 1969, Rochester, Minnesota) is an American comedic actor and improviser. Known for Roger Furlong on Veep, Tim Hughes on Life in Pieces, and as a Daily Show correspondent from 2005.

Darren Barnet

Darren Barnet (Darren Charles Barnet) is an American actor born 1991 in Los Angeles, known for Paxton Hall-Yoshida in Never Have I Ever, Dr. John Frost in Chicago Med, and voice roles in Blue Eye Samurai and Godzilla Minus One's English dub.

Deric Augustine

Deric Augustine (born 1990) is an American actor from New Orleans known as Muhammad Ali in Godfather of Harlem and Officer Miles Penn on The Rookie, promoted to series regular in Season 8; also author of the YA fantasy novel Nawlins.

Diora Baird

Diora Baird, American actress and former model born 1983 in Miami, known for Wedding Crashers, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Playboy August 2005 cover, and Cobra Kai's Shannon.

Eion Bailey

Eion Bailey (Eion Francis Hamilton Bailey, born 1976) is an American actor from Santa Ynez Valley, California, known for Fight Club, Almost Famous, Band of Brothers, Once Upon a Time, and as Jim Matthews in From.

Elizabeth Banks

Elizabeth Banks (born 1974, born Elizabeth Maresal Mitchell) is an American actress, director, and producer known for Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games, directing Pitch Perfect 2 and Cocaine Bear, four Emmy nominations, and Brownstone Productions.

Emily Axford

Emily Axford is an American actress, writer, producer, and musician, co-creator and star of Pop TV's Hot Date with husband Brian Murphy, an Intrepid Heroes player on Dimension 20, and host and composer of Not Another D&D Podcast.

Emily Bader

Emily Bader (born 1996) is an American actress from Temecula, California, known for starring as Lady Jane Grey in Prime Video's My Lady Jane (2024) and as Poppy Wright in Netflix's People We Meet on Vacation (2026).

Eric Balfour

Eric Salter Balfour (born 1977, Los Angeles) is an American actor and singer known for Milo Pressman on 24, Gabe on Six Feet Under, Duke Crocker on Haven, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and the band Born as Ghosts.

Gabriel Basso

Gabriel Basso (Louis Gabriel Basso III, born 1994, St. Louis) is the American actor who plays Peter Sutherland in Netflix's The Night Agent and has appeared in Super 8, The Kings of Summer, Hillbilly Elegy as J.D. Vance, Juror #2, and A House of Dynamite.

Jabari Banks

Jabari Banks (born 1998) is an American actor, singer, and rapper who played Will in all four seasons of Peacock's Bel-Air (2022–2025), his first acting role, and also starred in Bad Genius (2024).

Jacob Batalon

Jacob Batalon (born 1996, Honolulu) is a Filipino-American actor known as Ned Leeds in five MCU Spider-Man films, star of Syfy's Reginald the Vampire, and returning in Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026).

Jake T. Austin

Jake T. Austin (born 1994, Jake Toranzo Austin Szymanski), American actor: Max Russo on Wizards of Waverly Place, voice of Diego on Go, Diego! Go!, Jesus on The Fosters, excluded from the 2026 Wizards revival.

Jason Bateman

Jason Bateman (born 1969, Rye, New York) is an American actor, director, and producer known for Michael Bluth on Arrested Development, Marty Byrde on Ozark, an Emmy for directing Ozark, Black Rabbit, DTF St. Louis, and the SmartLess podcast.

Jon Bass (actor)

Jon Bass (born 1986) is an American actor from Bellaire, Texas, who replaced Josh Gad as Elder Cunningham in The Book of Mormon on Broadway, starred in Miracle Workers, Baywatch, Molly's Game, and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law as Todd Phelps.

Jonathan Banks

Jonathan Ray Banks (born 1947, Washington, D.C.) is an American character actor known as Mike Ehrmantraut in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul and Frank McPike in Wiseguy; six-time Emmy nominee.

Joseph Baena

Joseph Baena, born in 1997, is an American actor, real estate agent, and natural bodybuilder known as the son of Arnold Schwarzenegger, winning his professional bodybuilding card in 2026.