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American actors: 2000s onward, Surnames T

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Meagan Tandy

Meagan Tandy (Meagan Yvonne Tandy), American actress and model born 1985 in Fremont, California. Miss California USA 2007, 3rd runner-up at Miss USA 2007. Known for Sophie Moore on Batwoman, Braeden on Teen Wolf, Maya in Unstoppable; founder of Girl Talk and Empire Girls.

Merrell Twins

Merrell Twins: identical twin creators Veronica and Vanessa Merrell (born 1996, Kansas City), YouTube channel with 5.6M+ subscribers and 1B+ views, Jane the Virgin roles, Twin My Heart, Prom Knight.

Michael Trevino

Michael Trevino (born 1985, Montebello, California) is an American actor known as Tyler Lockwood on The Vampire Diaries (2009-17) and Kyle Valenti on Roswell, New Mexico (2019-22); married Bregje Heinen in 2025.

Michael Trucco

Michael Trucco (Edward Michael Trucco, born 1970, San Mateo, California) is an American actor known for Samuel T. Anders on Battlestar Galactica, Justin Patrick on Fairly Legal, and Mike Flanagan roles in Hush, Midnight Mass, House of Usher, and Carrie.

Michelle Trachtenberg

Michelle Trachtenberg (1985-2025), American actress: Harriet the Spy, Dawn Summers on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Georgina Sparks on Gossip Girl; died in New York at 39 from diabetes mellitus complications.

Miles Teller

Miles Teller (born 1987, Downingtown, Pennsylvania) is an American actor known for The Spectacular Now, Whiplash, Divergent, War Dogs, and Rooster in Top Gun: Maverick; NYU Tisch graduate, 2015 BAFTA Rising Star nominee, Cannes 2026 competitor with Paper Tiger.

Molly Tarlov

Molly Tarlov (Molly Elizabeth Tarlov) is an American actress born in Manhattan, best known as mean girl Sadie Saxton on MTV's Awkward. and for G.B.F. (2013), with TV roles in iCarly, Gravity, and Huge.

Nate Torrence

Nate Torrence (Nathan Andrew Torrence), American comic and voice actor born 1977 in Canton, Ohio; played Lloyd in Get Smart, Wade Bailey in Hello Ladies, and voices Benjamin Clawhauser in Disney's Zootopia films and Zootopia+.

Nick E. Tarabay

Nick E. Tarabay (Nick Emad Tarabay, عماد تاراباي), Lebanese-American actor born 1975 in Beirut, known as Ashur in Starz's Spartacus and Spartacus: House of Ashur, Cotyar in The Expanse, Eclipso in Stargirl, Haluk in Anthem.

Nick Thurston

Nick Thurston (born 1987) is an American actor and voice actor from the San Francisco Bay Area, known for White Irish Drinkers (2010) and as Blue Eyes in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes; distinct from the British writer-editor of the same name.

Nico Tortorella

Nico Tortorella (born 1988, Wilmette, Illinois) is an American actor, model, and author; played Josh on Younger (2015-2021), Trevor in Scream 4, Felix in The Walking Dead: World Beyond; nonbinary, they/them, married to Bethany Meyers.

Olivia Thirlby

Olivia Thirlby (born 1986) is an American actress from New York City, trained at American Globe Theatre and RADA, known for Leah in Juno (2007), Stephanie in The Wackness, Judge Anderson in Dredd (2012), Hero in Y: The Last Man, and CJ Ryan in Fire Country.

Owen Teague

Owen Teague is an American actor, born in 1998 in Tampa, Florida, known for Nolan Rayburn on Netflix's Bloodline and starring as Noa in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.

Owen Thiele

Owen Thiele (born 1996, Houston, Texas) is an American actor, writer, and podcaster who plays Anton in FX's Adults and George in Overcompensating, played Gigi in Theater Camp, and hosts the podcast In Your Dreams.

Paul Teal

Paul Joseph Teal (1989–2024) was an American actor from Wilmington, North Carolina, known for Josh Avery in One Tree Hill season 7 and for Wilmington theater; he died at 35 of stage 4 neuroendocrine pancreatic cancer.

Rachel Ticotin

Rachel Ticotin, American actress born 1958 in the Bronx, known as Melina in Total Recall (1990) and for Fort Apache, the Bronx, Con Air, and Law & Order: LA; Columbia BA in English, 2019.

Raoul Trujillo

Raoul Max Trujillo (born 1955, New Mexico) is an American actor, dancer, and choreographer, original choreographer of the American Indian Dance Theatre, known for Apocalypto's Zero Wolf, The New World, Mayans M.C., and Blue Beetle's Carapax.

Robin Lord Taylor

Robin Lord Taylor, American actor born 1978 in Shueyville, Iowa, best known as Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin on Gotham (2014-2019), Abernathy in Accepted, Creation Nation with Billy Eichner, and Tennessee Williams in Kowalski.

Sam Trammell

Sam Trammell (born 1969, New Orleans) is an American actor, Tony nominee for Ah, Wilderness!, best known as shapeshifter Sam Merlotte on HBO's True Blood (2008–2014), later in The Fault in Our Stars, Homeland, and Euphoria season 3.

Scout Taylor-Compton

Scout Taylor-Compton (born Desariee Starr Compton, 1989) is an American actress known for playing Laurie Strode in Rob Zombie's Halloween (2007) and Halloween II (2009).

Sean Patrick Thomas

Sean Patrick Thomas (born 1970) is an American actor known for Save the Last Dance, The District's Detective Temple Page, Barbershop, and Polarity in Gen V; trained at NYU Tisch, Broadway A Raisin in the Sun alumnus.

Shaun Toub

Shaun Toub (شاون توب), Iranian-born American actor born in Tehran to a Persian Jewish family; known for Farhad in Crash, Yinsen in Iron Man and Iron Man 3, Rahim Khan in The Kite Runner, and Faraz Kamali in Apple TV+'s Tehran.

Shayne Topp

Shayne Topp (Shayne Robert Topp, born 1991) is an American actor and comedian, a Smosh cast member since 2015, Matt Bradley on The Goldbergs, Shayne Zabo on So Random!, and host of Smosh Mouth and Reading Reddit Stories.

Sophia Tatum

Sophia Tatum, American actress (born 1999 per IMDb; some databases say 1997), daughter of actors Stacy Haiduk and Bradford Tatum. Known for Sil in Samaritan (2022), Racer Chick in F9: The Fast Saga (2021), Agent Drake on Riverdale, and Jenny Tuffield in I Am Not Okay with This.

Sophie Thatcher

Sophie Thatcher (born 2000, Chicago) is an American actress known as teen Natalie in Yellowjackets and for The Boogeyman, Heretic, Companion, and Refn's Her Private Hell; she also released the album Pivot & Scrape.

Steve Talley

Steve Talley (Steven Douglas Talley, born 1981, Indianapolis) is an American actor and producer from Avon, Indiana, best known as Dwight Stifler in American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile and Beta House, and for TV roles as Kyle Wick on The 100.

Swen Temmel

Swen Temmel (born 1991, Graz, Austria) is an Austrian-American actor and producer in Los Angeles, known for Bandit, The Covenant, and Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, and for executive-producing films he appears in.

Sydney Taylor (actress)

Sydney Taylor is an American actress born in Orlando, Florida. She is known for playing Amelia Taylor in the 2023 Disney+ series American Born Chinese.

T. J. Thyne

T. J. Thyne (Thomas Joseph Thyne, born 1975, Boston) is an American actor known as Dr. Jack Hodgins on Fox's Bones (2005–2017, 245 episodes), Stu Lou Who in How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and producer of Validation and Shuffle.

Tessa Thompson

Tessa Thompson (Tessa Lynne Thompson), American actress born 1983 in Los Angeles; known for Dear White People, Selma, Creed and Thor franchises, Westworld, and Viva Maude productions Hedda and His & Hers.