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American actors: 2000s onward

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Jessica Serfaty

Jessica Serfaty (Jessica Michél Serfaty), American actress, model, and producer born 1991 in Little Rock, Arkansas; ANTM cycle 14 fifth-place finisher, Sloan Petersen on Days of Our Lives 2022–2024, films Ryde and Under the Stars.

Jessica St. Clair

Jessica St. Clair (born 1976, Westfield, New Jersey) is an American actress, comedian, and podcast host, co-creator of Best Friends Forever and Playing House with Lennon Parham, voice of Deb on Royal Crackers, and host of The Deep Dive.

Jessica Stroup

Jessica Leigh Stroup, American actress born 1986 in Anderson, South Carolina, known as Erin Silver on 90210 (2008-13), Max Hardy on The Following, and Joy Meachum in Marvel's Iron Fist.

Jessica Szohr

Jessica Karen Szohr (born 1985), American actress; known as Vanessa Abrams on Gossip Girl (2007-2012) and Lt. Cmdr. Talla Keyali on The Orville; hosts the XOXO Gossip Girl podcast.

Jessica Williams (actress)

Jessica Renee Williams (born 1989) is an American actress and comedian, youngest-ever and first Black female Daily Show correspondent, co-host of 2 Dope Queens, and Emmy-nominated Gaby on Apple TV+'s Shrinking.

Jessie T. Usher

Jessie T. Usher (born 1992, Silver Spring, Maryland) is an American actor known as A-Train in The Boys (2019-2026), Cam Calloway in Survivor's Remorse, and Dylan Hiller in Independence Day: Resurgence.

Jessy Schram

Jessy Schram (Jessica Schram) is an American actress and singer born 1986 in Skokie, Illinois, known for Jane Doe TV movies, Falling Skies, Once Upon a Time's Cinderella, Hallmark romances, and Dr. Hannah Asher on NBC's Chicago Med since 2020.

Jharrel Jerome

Jharrel Jerome (born 1997, Bronx, New York) is an American actor who played teen Kevin in Moonlight, won a 2019 Emmy as Korey Wise in When They See Us, and starred in I'm a Virgo and Unstoppable.

Jill Latiano

Jill Latiano (Jill Latiano Howerton), American actress, model, dancer, and documentary producer; Knicks City Dancer 1999, Sex and the City debut 2004, married to Glenn Howerton, producer of GMO OMG and The Devil We Know.

Jill Marie Jones

Jill Marie Jones, born 1975 in Dallas, Texas, is an American actress known as Toni Childs on Girlfriends (2000–2006) and for Ash vs. Evil Dead, Sleepy Hollow, and Delilah; former Cowboys cheerleader.

Jill Wagner

Jill Wagner (Jill Suzanne Wagner), American actress, host, and producer born 1979 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Known as Wipeout's on-field host, Teen Wolf's Kate Argent, a Hallmark/GAC film lead, and Bobby and executive producer on Taylor Sheridan's Lioness.

Jillian Bell

Jillian Bell (Jillian Leigh Bell, born 1984, Las Vegas) is an American actress, comedian, and screenwriter, an SNL writer, star of Workaholics and 22 Jump Street, and director of Summer of 69.

Jillian Murray

Jillian Murray, American actress born 1984 in Reading, Pennsylvania; played Portlyn on Sonny with a Chance, Olivia on Awkward, Dr. Heather Pinkney on Code Black, and modeled Liara T'Soni for Mass Effect. Distinct from the Australian actress of the same name.

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 Caviezel

Jim Caviezel (James Patrick Caviezel Jr., born 1968) is an American actor known for Jesus in The Passion of the Christ (2004), John Reese in Person of Interest, and Tim Ballard in Sound of Freedom (2023).

Jim O'Heir

Jim O'Heir (born 1962, Chicago) is an American character actor, co-founder of the White Noise sketch troupe, best known as Jerry/Garry/Larry/Terry Gergich on Parks and Recreation (2009-2015) after auditioning for Ron Swanson, and author of Welcome to Pawnee.

Jim Parrack

Jim Parrack, born 1981 in Allen, Texas, is an American actor known as Hoyt Fortenberry on True Blood (2008–2014) and Judd Ryder on 9-1-1: Lone Star (2020–2025), plus Broadway's Of Mice and Men and films Fury and Suicide Squad.

Jim Parsons

Jim Parsons, born 1973 in Houston, Texas, is an American actor famous as Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory, a role that won four Emmys; also a Broadway actor (The Normal Heart, Mother Play, Titanique) and producer of Young Sheldon.

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.

Jimmi Simpson

Jimmi Simpson (James Raymond Simpson, born 1975, Hackettstown, New Jersey) is an American character actor known for Westworld's William, House of Cards' Gavin, Liam McPoyle, and a 2018 Emmy nomination.

Jimmy Bennett

Jimmy Bennett, full name James Michael Bennett, is an American actor and musician born in 1996, a child actor in Hostage, Orphan, and Star Trek.

Jimmy O. Yang

Jimmy O. Yang (歐陽萬成, born 1987, Hong Kong) is a Hong Kongese-American actor and stand-up comedian known as Jian-Yang on Silicon Valley, Bernard Tai in Crazy Rich Asians, and Willis Wu in Interior Chinatown.

Jimmy Tatro

Jimmy Tatro (born 1992), American actor, comedian, and YouTuber behind LifeAccordingToJimmy; known for American Vandal's Dylan Maxwell, The Real Bros of Simi Valley, Home Economics, Theater Camp, and as Gorilla Grodd in DC Crime.

JoAnna Garcia Swisher

JoAnna Garcia Swisher (JoAnna Lynne Garcia, born 1979, Tampa) is an American actress known for Cheyenne on Reba, Maddie Townsend on Sweet Magnolias, Ariel on Once Upon a Time, and marriage to Nick Swisher.

Joanna Going

Joanna Going (Joanna Catherine Going), American actress born 1963 in Washington, D.C., raised in Newport, Rhode Island; known for Another World, Dark Shadows (1991), Wyatt Earp, House of Cards, Kingdom, and The Pitt.

Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix (born 1974, San Juan, Puerto Rico) is an American actor and Oscar winner for Joker (2020), also known for Gladiator, Walk the Line, The Master, and Napoleon.

Jocko Sims

Jocko Sims (born 1981) is an American actor known as Dr. Floyd Reynolds on New Amsterdam, Lt. Carlton Burk on The Last Ship, and Dr. George Tann in Netflix's 2026 Little House on the Prairie.

Joe Keery

Joe Keery (born 1992, Newburyport, Massachusetts) is an American actor and musician, aka Djo. Known for Steve Harrington on Stranger Things (2016–2025, 42 episodes), Post Animal, and solo albums Twenty Twenty, Decide, The Crux.

Joe Lo Truglio

Joe Lo Truglio (Joseph Vincent LoTruglio, born 1970, Ozone Park, Queens) is an American actor and comedian, a founding member of The State, best known as Detective Charles Boyle on Brooklyn Nine-Nine and for Superbad, Wet Hot American Summer, and directing Outpost.

Joe Manganiello

Joe Manganiello (born 1976, Pittsburgh) is an American actor known for True Blood's Alcide, Magic Mike's Big Dick Richie, Deathstroke, and Netflix's One Piece as Crocodile; also D&D chief creative officer and author of the 2026 memoir Bloodlines.