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American actors: 2000s onward, Surnames He to Hs

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Ellen Hollman

Ellen Hollman (born 1983, Detroit) is an American actress, producer, and writer known for Saxa in Spartacus, Echo in The Matrix Resurrections, and Brenner Baker in Army of One, plus NCIS: New Orleans and Visual Impact Now charity work.

Emile Hirsch

Emile Hirsch (born 1985) is an American actor known for Into the Wild (2007), Speed Racer, Milk, and Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood; after a 2015 Sundance assault plea he works mainly in independent and streaming films.

Ethan Herisse

Ethan Herisse is an American actor known for his role as Yusef Salaam in the 2019 miniseries When They See Us. He also played Elwood in the 2024 film Nickel Boys.

Fred Hechinger

Fred Hechinger (born 1999) is an American actor and producer from New York City, known for Quinn Mossbacher in The White Lotus and 2024 roles in Thelma, Gladiator II, Kraven the Hunter, and Nickel Boys.

Gaby Hoffmann

Gaby Hoffmann (born 1982) is an American actress, daughter of Warhol superstar Viva, a child star in Field of Dreams and Now and Then, later Emmy-nominated for Transparent and Girls.

Garrett Hedlund

Garrett Hedlund (Garrett John Hedlund, born 1984) is an American actor from Roseau, Minnesota, known for Troy, Friday Night Lights, Tron: Legacy, Mudbound, and Tulsa King, with a parallel music career.

Glenn Howerton

Glenn Howerton (Glenn Franklin Howerton III, born 1976) is an American actor, Juilliard-trained, co-creator and star of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Dennis Reynolds.

Grace Helbig

Grace Helbig (born 1985) is an American comedian and YouTuber, creator of DailyGrace on My Damn Channel (2008–2013) and the it'sGrace channel, author of Grace's Guide, and co-host of This Might Get Weird.

Hallee Hirsh

Hallee Hirsh (Hallee Leah Hirsh, born 1987, Omaha, Nebraska) is an American actress known as Rachel Greene on ER, Mattie Grace Johnson on JAG, and Daley on Flight 29 Down; UCLA magna cum laude graduate.

Heather Hemmens

Heather Hemmens (born 1988, Waldo, Maine) is an American actress, director, and producer known for Hellcats, If Loving You Is Wrong, Roswell, New Mexico, and Hallmark movies.

Isaiah Hill

Isaiah Rahsaan Hill (born 2002), American actor and former youth basketball guard, star of Apple TV+'s Swagger as Jace Carson (2021–2023); distinct from Purdue basketball recruit Isaiah Hill.

Jamie Hector

Jamie Hector (born 1975, Brooklyn) is a Haitian-American actor known as Marlo Stanfield on The Wire (2004-2008) and Detective Jerry Edgar on Bosch; founder of the Moving Mountains youth arts nonprofit.

Jay Hernandez

Jay Hernandez (Javier Manuel Hernandez Jr., born 1978) is an American actor known for Crazy/Beautiful, Hostel, Suicide Squad's El Diablo, and starring as Thomas Magnum in Magnum P.I. (2018–2024); also a producer, director, and voice of Bonnie's Dad in Toy Story 4 and 5.

Jeff Hephner

Jeff Hephner (Jeffrey Lane Hephner, born 1975) is an American actor known as Jeff Clarke on Chicago Fire and Chicago Med, Ben Zajac on Boss, John Case on Agent X, and host of GSN's Switch; films include Interstellar, Peppermint, and Oppenheimer.

Jerrika Hinton

Jerrika Delayne Hinton (born 1981, Dallas) is an American actress known as Dr. Stephanie Edwards on Grey's Anatomy and Millie Morris in Hunters, with roles in Here and Now, Servant, A Man in Full, and The Piano Lesson.

Jess Hilarious

Jess Hilarious (Jessica Robin Moore) is a Baltimore-born stand-up comedian, actress, and 2024 third co-host of The Breakfast Club, known for the viral "Jess With the Mess" skits, Wild 'N Out, the Fox sitcom Rel, and her memoir 'Til Death Do We Parent.

John Benjamin Hickey

John Benjamin Hickey (born 1963, Plano, Texas) is an American stage, film, and television actor; Tony winner for Felix Turner in The Normal Heart (2011), Emmy-nominated for The Big C, and director of Broadway's Plaza Suite revival.

Jon Heder

Jon Heder (born 1977) is an American actor known for Napoleon Dynamite (2004), Blades of Glory, Just Like Heaven, and Pickle and Peanut; MTV Breakthrough winner.

Jon Michael Hill

Jon Michael Hill (born 1985, Waukegan, Illinois) is an American actor, Steppenwolf ensemble member since 2007, two-time Tony nominee (Superior Donuts 2010, Purpose 2025), and Detective Marcus Bell on CBS's Elementary.

Jonah Hill

Jonah Hill (Jonah Hill Feldstein, born 1983) is an American actor, writer, and director known for Superbad, Oscar-nominated roles in Moneyball and The Wolf of Wall Street, and directing Mid90s, Stutz, and Outcome.

Josh Henderson

Josh Henderson (born 1981, Dallas, Texas) is an American actor and singer from Popstars 2 and Scene 23, known as Austin McCann on Desperate Housewives and John Ross Ewing III on TNT's Dallas (2012–2014).

Josh Holloway

Josh Holloway (born 1969, San Jose, California; birth name Joshua Lee Holloway) is an American actor and former model who played con man Sawyer on Lost (2004–2010), later starring in Intelligence, Colony, Yellowstone, and the 2025 Max series Duster.

Josh Hopkins

Josh Hopkins (William Joshua Hopkins, born 1970, Lexington, Kentucky) is an American actor known for Grayson Ellis on Cougar Town, Liam O'Connor on Quantico, G.I. Jane, The Perfect Storm, and Rust; son of congressman Larry Hopkins.

Julian Horton

Julian Horton (born 1991) is an American actor, musician, and former NFL player, known as Roy Bellarie in Tyler Perry's Netflix series Beauty in Black and as J12 in music.

Julianne Hough

Julianne Hough (born 1988) is an American dancer, choreographer, singer, and actress, two-time Dancing with the Stars champion, 2015 Emmy-winning choreographer, country chart-topper, and star of Footloose and Safe Haven.

Kalani Hilliker

Kalani Brooke Hilliker, American dancer and influencer born 2000 in Mesa, Arizona; Dance Moms and Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition alumna, Kare by Kalani founder, married Nathan Goldman in 2025.

Katherine Heigl

Katherine Heigl (Katherine Marie Heigl), American actress born 1978, Emmy winner as Izzie Stevens on Grey's Anatomy (2005–2010), star of Knocked Up, 27 Dresses, and Netflix's Firefly Lane, now living in Utah.

Kevin Heffernan (actor)

Kevin Heffernan (born 1968, West Haven, Connecticut) is an American actor, writer, director, and Broken Lizard member, known as Farva in Super Troopers, for Beerfest, The Slammin' Salmon, and creating truTV's Tacoma FD; distinct from the film historian of the same name.

Laëtitia Hollard

Laëtitia Hollard, also credited as Laetitia Hollard, is an American actress born in 2003, a Juilliard Group 54 graduate raised in Wisconsin, known for playing Nurse Emma Nolan in The Pitt season 2 and Cassandra in Trauma Or, Monsters All.

Laurel Holloman

Laurel Holloman (born 1971, Chapel Hill, NC) is an American actress and painter, known as Randy Dean in The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love and Tina Kennard on The L Word; since 2010 a full-time abstract painter.