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American actors: 2000s onward, Surnames Hu to Ji

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Jonathan Jackson (actor)

Jonathan Jackson (born 1982, Orlando, Florida) is an American actor, musician, and author, the original Lucky Spencer on General Hospital, a multi-Daytime Emmy winner, Avery Barkley on Nashville, and frontman of the band Enation.

Josh Hutcherson

Josh Hutcherson (Joshua Ryan Hutcherson, born 1992) is an American actor from Union, Kentucky, known as Peeta Mellark in all four Hunger Games films and as Mike in Five Nights at Freddy's, plus Bridge to Terabithia and The Kids Are All Right.

Kate Hudson

Kate Hudson (born 1979, Los Angeles), American actress and daughter of Goldie Hawn; Oscar-nominated for Almost Famous and Song Sung Blue, star of 2000s rom-coms like How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Glass Onion, and Running Point.

Kelley Jakle

Kelley Jakle (Kelley Alice Jakle), American actress and singer-songwriter from Sacramento, California; Jessica in the Pitch Perfect films, two-time ICCA champion with USC's SoCal VoCals, and Sing-Off contestant.

Ken Jenkins

Ken Jenkins (born 1940, Dayton, Ohio) is an American character actor, co-founder of Actors Theatre of Louisville, and playwright, best known as Dr. Bob Kelso on Scrubs (2001–2010); also Homefront, Matewan, The Abyss, and Cougar Town. Not to be confused with Ken Jennings or other namesakes.

Ken Jeong

Ken Jeong (Kendrick Kang-Joh Jeong, born 1969) is an American actor, comedian, and licensed physician known as Leslie Chow in The Hangover, Ben Chang on Community, creator-star of Dr. Ken, and a Masked Singer panelist.

Louisa Jacobson

Louisa Jacobson (Louisa Jacobson Gummer), American actress, youngest child of Meryl Streep and Don Gummer; plays Marian Brook in HBO's The Gilded Age, her 2019 TV debut, with 2025 film Materialists and off-Broadway Trophy Boys.

Lucas Iverson

Lucas Iverson (born 1995) is an American actor from Baltimore, Maryland, based in New York City, known for playing medical student James Ogilvie on HBO Max's The Pitt and for stage work.

Madison Iseman

Madison Iseman (Madison Elizabeth Iseman, born 1997, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina) is an American actress known as Bethany in the Jumanji films, Mary Ellen in Annabelle Comes Home, and Sarah Plankmore in USA's The Rainmaker (2025).

Marin Ireland

Marin Ireland (Marin Yvonne Ireland), American actress born 1979 in Camarillo, California; Tony-nominated for Reasons to Be Pretty, known for Sneaky Pete, Homeland, The Umbrella Academy, The Dark and the Wicked, and her play Pre-Existing Condition.

Mark Indelicato

Mark Indelicato is an American actor and singer, born 1994 in Philadelphia, known as Justin Suarez on Ugly Betty (2006–2010) and as Damien on Hacks (2021–2026), plus With Love and White Bird in a Blizzard.

Melody Hurd

Melody Hurd (born 2011, Prince George's County, Maryland) is an American child actress known for Gracie Emory in Them, Maddy Logelin in Fatherhood, and Janelle Cross in Cross; 2025 NAACP Image Award nominee.

Michael Hyatt

Michael Hyatt (Charlene Hyatt), British-born Jamaican-descent actress (born 1970, Birmingham), known as Brianna Barksdale on The Wire, Cissy Saint on Snowfall (2017-2023), and Dr. Akopian on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend; Howard University and NYU Tisch trained, daughter of actor Charles Hyatt.

Michael Irby

Michael Clinton Irby (born 1972, Palm Springs, California) is an American character actor known as Bishop in Mayans M.C., Cristobal Sifuentes in Barry, and Charles Grey in The Unit.

Michael Jace

Michael Jace (born 1962, Paterson, New Jersey) is an American former actor, Julien Lowe on The Shield (FX, 2002-08), also in Forrest Gump and as Michael Jordan on TV; convicted of second-degree murder of his wife April in 2016, sentenced to 40 years to life.

Michelle Hurd

Michelle Hurd (born 1966, New York City) is an American actress known for Detective Monique Jeffries on Law & Order: SVU and Raffi Musiker on Star Trek: Picard, plus roles in Daredevil, Blindspot, and The Glades; SAG-AFTRA National VP Los Angeles.

Miriam A. Hyman

Miriam A. Hyman, aka Robyn Hood, is an American actress and hip-hop artist, a Philadelphia native and Yale School of Drama MFA graduate known for Stacy Marks on Power Book IV: Force, Dre on The Chi, and classical stage roles.

Morgana Ignis

Morgana Gwendolyn Ignis (born 1989) is an American transgender actress, writer, and puppeteer from Los Angeles, known for creature roles like Teeth in Moon Garden and voicing Sallie May in Helluva Boss.

Moses Ingram

Moses Ingram (Monique Denise Ingram) is an American actress from Baltimore and a Yale School of Drama graduate, known as Jolene in The Queen's Gambit, Reva/Third Sister in Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Cleo Johnson in Lady in the Lake.

Nicholas James (actor)

Nicholas James (Nicholas James Muscarella, also Nick James), American actor born 1982 or 1983 in Greenville, Pennsylvania; known for Officer Justin Lewis on Tyler Perry's The Haves and the Have Nots (2016–2021, 93 episodes), Prom Night (2008), and marriage to Tika Sumpter.

O'Shea Jackson Jr.

O'Shea Jackson Jr. is an American actor and rapper, son of Ice Cube, who portrayed his father in his debut Straight Outta Compton (2015); later films include Den of Thieves, Just Mercy, and Cocaine Bear.

Oscar Isaac

Oscar Isaac (Óscar Isaac Hernández Estrada), born 1979 in Guatemala City, is a Guatemalan-American actor known for Inside Llewyn Davis, Star Wars' Poe Dameron, Dune, and Moon Knight; Juilliard-trained, Golden Globe winner, no Oscar nominations.

Paige Hurd

Paige Hurd (Paige Audrey Marie Hurd), American actress born 1992 in Dallas, Texas; Tasha on Everybody Hates Chris, Gayle Franklin on The Oval, Lauren Baldwin on Power Book II: Ghost, and DMX's goddaughter.

Paz de la Huerta

Paz de la Huerta, born 1984 in New York, is an American actress and painter known for Enter the Void, The Limits of Control, and HBO's Boardwalk Empire, and for her 2017 rape allegations against Harvey Weinstein.

Quincy Isaiah

Quincy Isaiah (born 1996) is an American actor from Muskegon, Michigan, whose breakout first major role was Earvin "Magic" Johnson in HBO's Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty; later credits include Nemesis, The Fix, and John Rambo.

Rob Huebel

Rob Huebel (Robert Anderson Huebel, born 1969, Columbia, South Carolina) is an American comic actor, Human Giant co-creator, Dr. Owen Maestro on Childrens Hospital and Medical Police, and Len Novak on Transparent, with two Emmy nominations.

Robin de Jesús

Robin de Jesús (born 1984, Norwalk, Connecticut) is an American actor and singer, a three-time Tony nominee for In the Heights, La Cage aux Folles, and The Boys in the Band, and screen actor in Camp and tick, tick... Boom!.

Ryan Hurst

Ryan Hurst (born 1976, Santa Monica) is an American actor known as Opie Winston on Sons of Anarchy, Beta on The Walking Dead, Gerry Bertier in Remember the Titans, and the voice of Thor in God of War: Ragnarök.

Sakina Jaffrey

Sakina Jaffrey (born 1962, Manhattan) is an American actress, daughter of Saeed and Madhur Jaffrey, known for Linda Vasquez in House of Cards, Denise Christopher in Timeless, and Mrs. Headwood in Snowpiercer.

Sam Huntington

Sam Huntington (born 1982) is an American actor from Peterborough, New Hampshire, known for Jimmy Olsen in Superman Returns, Josh in Syfy's Being Human, Jungle 2 Jungle, Detroit Rock City, and The Expanse's Solomon Epstein.