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Emilio Rivera
Emilio Rivera, American actor born 1961 in San Antonio, Texas, known as Marcus Alvarez, Mayans club leader, on Sons of Anarchy (2008-2014) and Mayans M.C. (2018-2023), plus Traffic, Con Air, Weeds, and stand-up comedy.
Emmy Raver-Lampman
Emmy Raver-Lampman (born 1988, Norfolk, Virginia) is an American actress and singer, Hamilton original cast member, Allison Hargreeves in The Umbrella Academy (2019–2024), and voice of Molly in Central Park.
Francia Raisa
Francia Raisa (Francia Raisa Almendárez), American actress born 1988 in Los Angeles, of Mexican and Honduran descent; star of The Secret Life of the American Teenager, grown-ish, and How I Met Your Father; donated a kidney to Selena Gomez in 2017.
Haley Lu Richardson
Haley Lu Richardson (born 1995, Phoenix, Arizona) is an American actress and producer known for Columbus, Five Feet Apart, Portia in The White Lotus season two, and Twila in Peacock's Ponies; also author of poetry collection I'm Sad and Horny.
Haley Ramm
Haley Ramm (Haley Michelle Ramm, born 1992, Collin, Texas) is an American actress, Brenna Carver on Chasing Life and Violet Simmons on Light as a Feather, also young Jean Grey in X-Men: The Last Stand.
Iantha Richardson
Iantha Richardson (born 1990, Washington, D.C.) is an American actress, dancer, and director who plays GBI Special Agent Faith Mitchell on ABC's Will Trent; also known as Adult Tess on This Is Us, Tessa Lorraine on American Soul, and director of Will Trent's 2026 'It Was a Meat Cute' episode.
Issa Rae
Issa Rae (Jo-Issa Rae Diop, born 1985) is an American actress, writer, and producer known for the YouTube series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl and the HBO comedy Insecure, and for her media company Hoorae, businesses, and the TikTok micro-drama Screen Time.
Jackson Rathbone
Jackson Rathbone (Monroe Jackson Rathbone V, born 1984, Singapore) is an American actor and musician known as Jasper Hale in the Twilight Saga and Sokka in The Last Airbender, formerly of 100 Monkeys and now of Starmother.
James Ransone
James Ransone (James Finley Ransone III, 1979–2025) was an American character actor from Baltimore, known as Ziggy Sobotka in The Wire, Cpl. Josh Ray Person in Generation Kill, and adult Eddie Kaspbrak in It Chapter Two; he died by suicide at 46.
Jason Ritter
Jason Morgan Ritter (born 1980, Los Angeles) is an American actor, son of John Ritter, known for Joan of Arcadia, Parenthood (Emmy nomination), voicing Dipper Pines in Gravity Falls, Raising Dion, and starring as Julian Markston in CBS's Matlock.
Jay Reeves
Jay Reeves (born 1994, Newark, New Jersey) is an American actor known as Shawn Scott on All American, Ray McElrathbey in Disney's Safety (2020), Private Hugh Bell in The Six Triple Eight, and Jamel Brinkley in Netflix's Nemesis (2026).
Jeremy Renner
Jeremy Renner (born 1971, Modesto, California) is an American actor, Oscar-nominated for The Hurt Locker and The Town, known as Hawkeye in the MCU and star of Mayor of Kingstown, recovering from a 2023 snowplow accident.
Jillian Rose Reed
Jillian Rose Reed (born 1991, Hollywood, Florida) is an American actress known as Tamara Kaplan on MTV's Awkward (2011–2016, 89 episodes) and the voice of Naomi in Disney's Elena of Avalor (2016–2020).
Jim Rash
Jim Rash (born 1971, Charlotte, North Carolina) is an American actor, screenwriter, and director: Dean Pelton on Community, 2012 Oscar winner for The Descendants adapted screenplay, co-director of The Way, Way Back, host of The Writers' Room.
Josh Radnor
Josh Radnor (Joshua Thomas Radnor, born 1974, Columbus, Ohio) is an American actor, writer-director, and musician: Ted Mosby on How I Met Your Mother (2005–2014), Sundance films Happythankyoumoreplease and Liberal Arts, Radnor & Lee, and the solo album Eulogy.
Judy Reyes
Judy Reyes, born 1967 in the Bronx, is a Dominican American actress known as Carla Espinosa on Scrubs, Zoila on Devious Maids, Quiet Ann on Claws, and Selena Soto on High Potential.
Julia Rehwald
Julia Rehwald (born 1995, Sacramento, California) is an American actress known as Kate Schmidt in Netflix's Fear Street trilogy (2021) and Lizzie in 1666, later voicing Celesta Kami in Young Jedi Adventures and playing Tashigi in One Piece season 2.
June Diane Raphael
June Diane Raphael is an American actress, comedian, and writer known for playing Brianna Hanson on Netflix's Grace and Frankie and co-hosting the podcast How Did This Get Made?
Keith William Richards
Keith William Richards (born 1963, New Jersey) is an American actor, not the Rolling Stones guitarist. Known as Phil in Uncut Gems (2019) and Ed Mortanian in Eephus (2024); discovered walking to the L train, with no prior acting experience.
Kevin Rahm
Kevin Rahm (born 1971, Mineral Wells, Texas) is an American actor known as Kyle McCarty on Judging Amy, Lee McDermott on Desperate Housewives, and Ted Chaough on Mad Men, later in Lethal Weapon and Madam Secretary.
Kevin Rankin (actor)
Kevin Rankin (born 1976, Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an American character actor known as Herc in Friday Night Lights, Kenny in Breaking Bad, Devil in Justified, and for Dallas Buyers Club and El Camino.
Kim Raver
Kim Raver (Kimberly Jayne Raver), American actress and director known for Kim Zambrano on Third Watch, Audrey Raines on 24, and Dr. Teddy Altman on Grey's Anatomy (2009-2026); also directed Grey's episodes and Lifetime's Tempting Fate.
Krysten Ritter
Krysten Ritter (born 1981) is an American actress known for Jane Margolis in Breaking Bad, Chloe in Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23, and Marvel's Jessica Jones, returning in Daredevil: Born Again; also author of Bonfire and Retreat.
Kyle Richards
Kyle Richards (born 1969) is an American actress and reality TV personality, a child star on Little House on the Prairie and in Halloween (1978), and an original cast member of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills since 2010.
Lance Reddick
Lance Solomon Reddick, American character actor (The Wire's Cedric Daniels, Fringe's Broyles, John Wick's Charon) and voice of Destiny's Zavala and Horizon's Sylens; born Baltimore, died March 17, 2023, Los Angeles, age 60.
Lauren Ridloff
Lauren Ridloff (born 1978, Chicago) is a deaf American actress, former Miss Deaf America (2000), Tony-nominated for Children of a Lesser God (2018), Connie on The Walking Dead, and Makkari in Eternals (2021), the MCU's first deaf superhero.
Leven Rambin
Leven Alice Rambin is an American actress, born in 1990 in Houston, Texas, known for dual roles on All My Children and as Glimmer in The Hunger Games (2012).
Lili Reinhart
Lili Reinhart (born 1996, Cleveland, Ohio) is an American actress known as Betty Cooper on Riverdale (2017–2023, 137 episodes). Films include Hustlers, Chemical Hearts, Look Both Ways, American Sweatshop, Forbidden Fruits, and The Love Hypothesis; also a producer, poet, and skincare founder.
Lily Rabe
Lily Rabe (born 1982, New York City) is an American stage and screen actress, daughter of David Rabe and Jill Clayburgh, Tony-nominated for The Merchant of Venice and known for Sister Mary Eunice and Misty Day in American Horror Story.
Maia Reficco
Maia Reficco Viqueira, also known as Maia Reficco, born 2000 in Boston, is an Argentine-American actress and singer: Kally Ponce in Kally's Mashup, Noa Olivar in Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, Eurydice in Broadway's Hadestown, and lead of the 2026 Prime Video film The Last Sunrise.