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American actors: 2000s onward

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Cody Christian

Cody Christian (Cody Allen Christian), American actor born 1995 in Portland, Maine; played Mike Montgomery in Pretty Little Liars, Theo Raeken in Teen Wolf, Asher Adams in All American, and voices Cloud Strife in Final Fantasy VII Remake.

Cody Walker (actor)

Cody Beau Walker (born 1988), American actor and brother of Paul Walker; stood in for Paul in Furious 7, CEO of Reach Out WorldWide, and founder of FuelFest and RevWear.

Cole Escola

Cole Escola is an American comedian, actor, and playwright from Oregon who wrote and stars in the Broadway comedy Oh, Mary!, winning a 2025 Tony Award.

Cole Hauser

Cole Hauser (born 1975, Santa Barbara) is an American actor, son of Wings Hauser and Cass Warner, known for Rip Wheeler in Yellowstone and Dutton Ranch, and films like Dazed and Confused and 2 Fast 2 Furious.

Cole Sprouse

Cole Sprouse (born 1992, Arezzo, Italy) is an American actor and photographer, twin of Dylan Sprouse, known as Cody Martin in Disney's Suite Life series, Ben on Friends, Jughead Jones on Riverdale, and lead of Five Feet Apart and Lisa Frankenstein.

Colin Donnell

Colin Donnell (born 1982, St. Louis) is an American actor and singer known as Tommy Merlyn on Arrow, Dr. Connor Rhodes on Chicago Med, and the lead of Peacock's Irreverent, with Broadway roles in Anything Goes, The Shark Is Broken, and Ragtime.

Colin Egglesfield

Colin Egglesfield (born 1973) is an American actor and coach known as Josh Madden on All My Children, Auggie Kirkpatrick on Melrose Place, Evan Parks on The Client List, and Dex in Something Borrowed; also author of Agile Artist and a three-time cancer survivor.

Colin Ford

Colin Ford (born 1996, Nashville, Tennessee) is an American actor and voice actor, not to be confused with the British actor Colin Firth or the photography curator of the same name; known for Young Sam Winchester in Supernatural, Jake in Jake and the Never Land Pirates, Joe McAlister in Under the Dome, and the lead in Netflix's Daybreak.

Colin Hanks

Colin Hanks (born 1977, Sacramento) is an American actor, son of Tom Hanks, known for Roswell, Orange County, Fargo (Emmy-nominated as Gus Grimly), Life in Pieces, and directing John Candy: I Like Me.

Colman Domingo

Colman Domingo (born 1969, Philadelphia) is an American actor, playwright, and director known for Fear the Walking Dead, Euphoria, the Tony-nominated Scottsboro Boys, and consecutive Oscar nominations for Rustin and Sing Sing.

Colton Haynes

Colton Lee Haynes (born 1988, Wichita, Kansas) is an American actor and model known as Jackson Whittemore on Teen Wolf and Roy Harper/Arsenal on Arrow; came out in 2016 and wrote the 2022 memoir Miss Memory Lane.

Colton Ryan

Colton Ryan (born 1995, Lexington, Kentucky) is an American stage and screen actor, a Baldwin Wallace musical theater graduate, not the Texas country singer of the same name. He originated Gene Laine in Girl From the North Country, won a 2019 Theatre World Award, and earned a 2023 Tony nomination for New York, New York.

Columbus Short

Columbus Short (Columbus Keith Short Jr., born 1982) is an American actor, dancer, and choreographer, the lead of Stomp the Yard (2007) and Harrison Wright on Scandal (2012-2014).

Connie Britton

Connie Britton (born Constance Elaine Womack, 1967) is an American actress, five-time Emmy nominee, known for Tami Taylor in Friday Night Lights, Vivien Harmon in American Horror Story, Rayna Jaymes in Nashville, and Nicole Mossbacher in The White Lotus, plus UNDP advocacy work.

Connor Paolo

Connor Paolo (born 1990, New York City) is an American actor known as Eric van der Woodsen on Gossip Girl and Declan Porter on Revenge, with film roles in Mystic River, Alexander, and Stake Land.

Conor Leslie

Conor Leslie (Conor Marie Leslie, born 1991) is an American actress known for Donna Troy/Wonder Girl on Titans, Trudy Walker in The Man in the High Castle, and Sabine in Klondike.

Conor Sherry

Conor Sherry (born 2000, San Jose, California) is an American actor known for Snack Shack (2024) as AJ, Happy Gilmore 2 (2025) as Terry, The Terminal List, and Fire Country as Tyler Mackenzie.

Conrad Ricamora

Conrad Ricamora (born 1979) is a Filipino-American actor known as Oliver Hampton on How to Get Away with Murder, Will in Fire Island, and Broadway roles in Here Lies Love, The King and I, and Tony-nominated Oh, Mary!.

Constance Wu

Constance Wu is an American film and television actress, born in 1982, who gained prominence for her roles in Fresh Off the Boat and Crazy Rich Asians.

Constance Zimmer

Constance Zimmer (born 1970, Seattle) is an American actress known as Dana Gordon on Entourage, Claire Simms on Boston Legal, Janine Skorsky on House of Cards, and Emmy-nominated Quinn King on UnREAL; recent roles include The Lincoln Lawyer and Love Story.

Cooper Koch

Cooper Koch (born 1996, Los Angeles) is an American actor, Pace University BFA graduate, known for They/Them, Swallowed, and as Erik Menendez in Netflix's Monsters, earning 2025 Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.

Corbin Bleu

Corbin Bleu (Corbin Bleu Reivers), American actor, dancer, and singer born 1989 in Brooklyn; known as Chad Danforth in Disney's High School Musical trilogy and Izzy in Jump In!, later a Broadway performer in In the Heights, Holiday Inn, Kiss Me Kate, and The Great Gatsby.

Corey Hawkins

Corey Hawkins (born 1988, Washington, D.C.) is an American actor, Juilliard Group 40 graduate, known for Dr. Dre in Straight Outta Compton, 24: Legacy, and two Tony-nominated Broadway leads.

Corey Hendrix

Corey Hendrix is an American actor from Chicago's West Side, known as Gary "Sweeps" Woods on The Bear, Omie Sparkman in Fargo season 4, Curtis in The Chi, and Mike in Moses the Black (2026).

Corey Johnson (actor)

Corey Johnson, born John William Johnson in 1961 in New Orleans, is an American character actor working mainly in the UK, known for Hellboy, The Bourne Ultimatum, Captain Phillips, Ex Machina, Doctor Who's "Dalek", and Broadway's Frost/Nixon.

Corey Stoll

Corey Stoll, American stage and screen actor born in New York City; Golden Globe-nominated as Peter Russo in House of Cards, Ernest Hemingway in Midnight in Paris, Darren Cross in Ant-Man, and a 2024 Tony nominee for Appropriate.

Corinne Foxx

Corinne Foxx (born 1994, Los Angeles), also listed as Corinne Marie Bishop, is an American actress, producer, and host, daughter of Jamie Foxx; Miss Golden Globe 2016, star of 47 Meters Down: Uncaged and Safety, co-host/deejay of Beat Shazam.

Cory Michael Smith

Cory Michael Smith (born 1986, Columbus, Ohio) is an American actor known for Edward Nygma/the Riddler in Gotham, Chevy Chase in Saturday Night, and Venis in Mountainhead, plus Carol, May December, and Transatlantic.

Courtney Ford

Courtney Braden Ford, American actress born 1978, known for Christine Hill on Dexter, Portia Bellefleur on True Blood, Kelly Kline on Supernatural, Nora Darhk on DC's Legends of Tomorrow, and voicing Piper Wright in Fallout 4; married to Brandon Routh.

Courtney Henggeler

Courtney Healy Henggeler (born 1978, Phillipsburg, New Jersey) is a former American actress, known as Amanda LaRusso in all six seasons of Cobra Kai and as Missy Cooper in The Big Bang Theory, who retired from acting in April 2025.