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American actors: 2000s onward

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Paul Adelstein

Paul Adelstein (born 1969, Chicago) is an American actor, writer, director, and musician known for Agent Kellerman on Prison Break, Dr. Cooper Freedman on Private Practice, Leo Bergen on Scandal, and The Menu (2022); he also fronts the band Doris.

Paul Ben-Victor

Paul Ben-Victor, born Paul Friedman in 1965 in Brooklyn, is an American character actor known as Spiros Vondas on The Wire and Alan Gray on Entourage, also in The Irishman and Nobody Wants This.

Paul Brittain

Paul Brittain (born 1977, Naperville, Illinois) is an American actor and comedian, an SNL cast member 2010–2012 known for Lord Cecil Wyndemere and Sex Ed Vincent, nephew of Bob Newhart, later in Hotel Transylvania and Leo.

Paul Dano

Paul Dano (born 1984) is an American actor and director known for L.I.E., Little Miss Sunshine, There Will Be Blood's Eli Sunday, Love and Mercy, The Batman, and his directorial debut Wildlife (2018).

Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti (born 1967, New Haven) is an American actor known for American Splendor, Sideways, The Holdovers, John Adams, and Billions; Emmy winner, three Golden Globes, four SAG Awards, two Oscar nominations.

Paul Guilfoyle

Paul Guilfoyle (born 1949, Boston) is an American character actor, best known as Captain Jim Brass on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000-2014) and CSI: Vegas (2021), with stage roots at the Theatre Company of Boston and 75+ films including L.A. Confidential and Spotlight. Not related to the 1902-1961 actor of the same name.

Paul Marcarelli

Paul Marcarelli (born 1970) is an American actor and screenwriter best known as the "Test Man" in Verizon Wireless commercials, later becoming a Sprint spokesman in 2016.

Paul Rudd

Paul Rudd (born 1969, Passaic, New Jersey) is an American actor known for Clueless, Anchorman, Knocked Up, Role Models, and as Marvel's Ant-Man, plus TV roles on Friends, Living with Yourself, and Only Murders in the Building.

Paul Rust

Paul Rust (born 1981, Le Mars, Iowa) is an American actor, comedian, and writer, co-creator and star of Netflix's Love as Gus Cruikshank, lead of I Love You, Beth Cooper, co-writer of Pee-wee's Big Holiday, and frequent Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast guest.

Paul Scheer

Paul Scheer (born 1976, Long Island, NY) is an American comedian, actor, and podcaster known for The League, Black Monday, Human Giant, NTSF:SD:SUV::, and co-hosting How Did This Get Made?; his 2024 memoir became a New York Times bestseller.

Paul Schneider (actor)

Paul Andrew Schneider is an American actor from Asheville, North Carolina, known for All the Real Girls, Bright Star, and playing Mark Brendanawicz on Parks and Recreation.

Paul Sparks

Paul Sparks (born 1971, Lawton, Oklahoma) is an American character actor, Mickey Doyle on Boardwalk Empire, Emmy-nominated as Thomas Yates on House of Cards, also The Night Of, Physical, and a Drama Desk-nominated stage actor.

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.

Paul Walter Hauser

Paul Walter Hauser (born 1986, Grand Rapids, Michigan) is an American actor and professional wrestler. Known as Larry Hall in Black Bird (2023 Emmy, Golden Globe, Critics Choice), Richard Jewell, Cobra Kai's Stingray, and MLW competitor.

Paul Wesley

Paul Wesley (Paweł Tomasz Wasilewski, born 1982) is an American actor, director, and producer known for Stefan Salvatore on The Vampire Diaries (2009–17), James T. Kirk on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Citizen Media, and Brother's Bond Bourbon.

Paula Andrea Placido

Paula Andrea Placido (born 1994, San Francisco de Macorís) is an American actress and visual artist known for recurring roles as Calista on Shameless, Roxy on The L Word: Generation Q, Charlie on Sugar, and Gina Solis on Apples Never Fall.

Paula Garcés

Paula Garcés (born 1974, Medellín, Colombia) is a Colombian-American actress, director, and producer known as Tina Hanlon on The Shield, Maria in Harold & Kumar, Geny Martinez on On My Block and Freeridge, and creator of the Aluna superhero franchise.

Paula Newsome

Paula Newsome (born 1961) is an American actress from Chicago; Broadway's 1994 Carousel revival, lead roles as Dr. Claire Washburn in Women's Murder Club and Maxine Roby in CSI: Vegas, plus film credits including Little Miss Sunshine.

Paula Patton

Paula Patton (born 1975) is an American actress known for Déjà Vu, Precious, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol as Jane Carter, and Warcraft as Garona; former documentary producer and ex-wife of Robin Thicke.

Pauley Perrette

Pauley Perrette (born 1969) is an American retired actress best known for playing forensic scientist Abby Sciuto on CBS's NCIS from 2003 through 15 seasons.

Pauline Chalamet

Pauline Chalamet (born 1992, New York City) is a French-American actress, producer, and director, older sister of Timothée Chalamet. Known for Kimberly Finkle in The Sex Lives of College Girls (2021–2025), The King of Staten Island, Split, and The Devil Wears Prada 2.

Paz de la Huerta

Paz de la Huerta, born 1984 in New York, is an American actress and painter known for Enter the Void, The Limits of Control, and HBO's Boardwalk Empire, and for her 2017 rape allegations against Harvey Weinstein.

Penn Badgley

Penn Dayton Badgley (born 1986, Baltimore) is an American actor known as Dan Humphrey in Gossip Girl (2007–2012) and Joe Goldberg in Netflix's You (2018–2025), also Mothxr vocalist and Podcrushed cohost.

Perrey Reeves

Perrey Reeves (born 1970, New York City) is an American actress known as Mrs. Ari Gold on HBO's Entourage (2004–2011) and its 2015 film, Marissa in Old School (2003), and Nina Devon in Famous in Love.

Perry Mattfeld

Perry Mattfeld, born 1994 in California, is an American actress known for Murphy Mason in The CW's In the Dark (2019–2022), Mel in Shameless, and Ricky in Hulu's Chad Powers; former ballet dancer and USC Song Girl.

Persia White

Persia White is an American actress, musician, and animal-rights activist, best known as Lynn Searcy on Girlfriends (2000–2008) and Abby Bennett Wilson on The Vampire Diaries; co-producer of Earthlings, PETA ad subject, married to Joseph Morgan.

Peter Cambor

Peter Cambor (born 1978, Houston, Texas) is an American actor, writer, producer, and director known for Nate Getz on NCIS: Los Angeles, Barry on Grace and Frankie, Milo on Roadies, and the Emmy-nominated documentary As We Speak.

Peter Dinklage

Peter Dinklage (born 1969, Morristown, New Jersey) is an American actor with achondroplasia, 4 ft 5 in, famous as Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones, winner of four Emmys and a Golden Globe, breakthrough in The Station Agent (2003).

Peter Dinklage on screen and stage

Peter Dinklage, American actor born in Morristown, New Jersey, known as Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones, record four Emmy winner, star of The Station Agent, Cyrano on stage and film, and Twelfth Night.

Peter Facinelli

Peter Facinelli (born 1973) is an American actor, director, and producer from Queens, New York, known for Dr. Carlisle Cullen in the Twilight saga, Dr. Fitch Cooper on Nurse Jackie, and films like Can't Hardly Wait.