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American actors: 2000s onward

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Denise Richards

Denise Richards (Denise Lee Richards), American actress and reality TV personality born 1971 in Downers Grove, Illinois, known for Starship Troopers, Wild Things, Bond's The World Is Not Enough, and Shauna Fulton on The Bold and the Beautiful; divorced from Aaron Phypers since 2025.

Dennis Cockrum

Dennis Cockrum is an American actor whose screen career began in 1980s Chicago films like Code of Silence and Uncle Buck, and who played Terry Milkovich on Shameless.

Dennis Haysbert

Dennis Haysbert (Dennis Dexter Haysbert, born 1954, San Mateo, California) is an American actor known for Pedro Cerrano in Major League, President David Palmer on 24, Jonas Blane on The Unit, and the Allstate spokesman.

Denyce Lawton

Denyce Lawton (Denise-Marie Lawton, born 1978, Seoul) is a Korean-American actress, producer, and author known as Dana Carter on House of Payne, Sheila Willis on The Hot Zone: Anthrax, and The R&B Memoirs novels.

Denzel Whitaker

Denzel Whitaker (Denzel Dominique Whitaker, born 1990) is an American actor and director from Torrance, California, named after Denzel Washington; known for The Great Debaters (NAACP Image Award, 2008), young Zuri in Black Panther, and the award-winning short Brand New.

Deon Cole

Deon Cole (born 1972, Chicago) is an American stand-up comedian, Emmy-nominated writer, and actor known for Conan O'Brien's shows, Charlie Telphy on black-ish, Average Joe, and Netflix specials Cole Hearted, Charleen's Boy, and Ok, Mister.

Derek Luke

Derek Luke, American actor born 1974 in Jersey City, New Jersey; film debut as Antwone Fisher (2002) won him an Independent Spirit Award; known for Friday Night Lights, Glory Road, Catch a Fire, 13 Reasons Why.

Derek Mears

Derek Mears (born 1972, Bakersfield, California) is an American actor and stuntman known for Jason Voorhees in Friday the 13th (2009), Swamp Thing (2019), Predators, and Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters.

Derek Theler

Derek Theler, American actor and model, best known as Danny Wheeler on Baby Daddy (2012-2017, 100 episodes); also 68 Whiskey, American Gods, and the unaired Marvel New Warriors pilot as Mister Immortal.

Deric Augustine

Deric Augustine (born 1990) is an American actor from New Orleans known as Muhammad Ali in Godfather of Harlem and Officer Miles Penn on The Rookie, promoted to series regular in Season 8; also author of the YA fantasy novel Nawlins.

Derk Cheetwood

Derk Cheetwood (born 1973, Bowling Green, Ohio) is an American actor, Max Giambetti on General Hospital from 2002, brother of Drew Cheetwood, films The Postman, U-571, Frailty.

Desi Lydic

Desi Lydic is an American actress and comedian from Louisville, Kentucky, a Daily Show correspondent and rotating host since 2015 who also played Valerie Marks on MTV's Awkward.

Devale Ellis

Devale Ellis (born 1984, Brooklyn) is an American actor, producer, and former NFL wide receiver, known as Zac Taylor on Tyler Perry's Sistas and Zatima, star of Meet Me Next Christmas, and co-host with wife Khadeen of the podcast Dead Ass, now Ellis Ever After.

Devan Chandler Long

Devan Chandler Long (born 1983) is an American actor, also credited as Devan Long, known for Thorfinn on CBS's Ghosts, Flex Mentallo on Doom Patrol, Hart on Bosch, and Michael Bay's Ambulance (2022).

Devin Way

Devin Way (Devin Jacole Way) is an American actor and model from Lufkin, Texas, known for playing Brodie Beaumont in Peacock's 2022 Queer as Folk reboot, Jordan on Sistas, Blake Simms on Grey's Anatomy, and competing on Survivor 51.

Devon Werkheiser

Devon Werkheiser (born 1991) is an American actor and musician from Atlanta, known for playing Ned Bigby in Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (2004–2007), with later film roles in Crown Vic and Rust, the 2016 album Prologue, and the reunion podcast with Lindsey Shaw and Daniel Curtis Lee.

DeWanda Wise

DeWanda Wise (born 1984, Jessup, Maryland) is an American actress known as Nola Darling in Spike Lee's She's Gotta Have It and Kayla Watts in Jurassic World: Dominion, plus Three Women, Imaginary, and Love, Brooklyn.

Diana Lee Inosanto

Diana Lee Inosanto (born 1966) is an American actress, stuntwoman, director, and martial artist, daughter of Dan Inosanto and goddaughter of Bruce Lee, known for Magistrate Morgan Elsbeth in The Mandalorian, Ahsoka, and Tales of the Empire and for The Sensei (2008).

Diana-Maria Riva

Diana-Maria Riva (born Diana-Maria Uhlenbrock, 1969, Cincinnati) is a Dominican-American actress known for Dead to Me (Detective Ana Perez, Imagen Award), Gordita Chronicles, Telenovela, Philly, and McFarland, USA; co-founder of Latinas Acting Up during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike.

Diane Farr

Diane Farr (born 1969, Manhattan) is an American actress, writer, and director known for Megan Reeves in Numb3rs, Laura Miles in Rescue Me, Sharon Leone in Fire Country, MTV's Loveline, and the books The Girl Code and Kissing Outside the Lines.

Diane Guerrero

Diane Guerrero (born 1986, Passaic, New Jersey) is a Colombian American actress, author, and immigration advocate known for Maritza Ramos in Orange Is the New Black, Lina in Jane the Virgin, Crazy Jane in Doom Patrol, and voicing Isabela in Encanto.

Diane Lane

Diane Lane, also known as Diane Colleen Lane, is an American actress born in 1965 who earned an Academy Award nomination for Unfaithful and plays Martha Kent in DC films.

Diane Neal

Diane Neal (born 1975, Alexandria, Virginia) is an American actress who played ADA Casey Novak on Law & Order: SVU and agent Abigail Borin on NCIS, later earned a Harvard Extension School degree and ran for Congress in NY-19 as an Independent.

Dianna Agron

Dianna Agron (born 1986, Savannah, Georgia) is an American actress and singer, best known as Quinn Fabray on Glee (2009–2015); later indie films Shiva Baby, Acidman, Clock, and Industry season 5.

Dileep Rao

Dileep Rao (born 1973) is an American actor known as Rham Jas in Drag Me to Hell, Yusuf in Inception, and Dr. Max Patel in the Avatar films, with stage and TV credits.

Diona Reasonover

Diona Reasonover (born 1992, Detroit) is an American actor and writer, the Kasie Hines forensic scientist on CBS's NCIS since Season 15, also a WGA-nominated writer and Periodic Talks podcast co-host.

Diora Baird

Diora Baird, American actress and former model born 1983 in Miami, known for Wedding Crashers, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Playboy August 2005 cover, and Cobra Kai's Shannon.

DJ Qualls

DJ Qualls (Donald Joseph Qualls, born 1978) is an American character actor from Manchester, Tennessee, known for Road Trip, The New Guy, Hustle & Flow, and TV roles as Garth on Supernatural, Citizen Z on Z Nation, and Ed McCarthy on The Man in the High Castle.

Doc Shaw

Doc Shaw (Larramie Cortez Shaw, born 1992) is an American actor known as Malik Payne on Tyler Perry's House of Payne, Marcus Little on The Suite Life on Deck, and Boomer on Disney XD's Pair of Kings; screen credits run roughly 2006–2014.

Dominic Rains (امین ناظم‌زاده)

Dominic Rains (امین ناظم‌زاده), born Amin Nazemzadeh, is an Iranian-American actor known for The Taqwacores, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Kasius in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Dr. Crockett Marcel on Chicago Med.