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American actors: 2000s onward

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Tembi Locke

Tembi Locke (born 1970, Houston) is an American actress and author; her 2019 memoir From Scratch about her late husband Saro Gullo became a NYT bestseller and the 2022 Netflix series she co-created with Attica Locke.

Teo Briones

Teo Briones (born 2005, Oxford, England) is an actor, son of Jon Jon and Megan Briones and brother of Isa Briones. Known as Junior Wheeler in Chucky season 1 and a lead in Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025), with credits including Wind River, Ratched, and Five Nights at Freddy's 2.

Tequan Richmond

Tequan Richmond (born 1992, Burlington, North Carolina) is an American actor and rapper, T-Rich, known as Drew Rock on Everybody Hates Chris, T.J. Ashford on General Hospital (2012–2018), and young Ray Charles in Ray.

Teri Polo

Teri Polo (Theresa Elizabeth Polo, born 1969, Dover, Delaware) is an American actress who played Pam Byrnes in the Meet the Parents films, Helen Santos on The West Wing, and Stef Foster on The Fosters.

Terrence Howard

Terrence Dashon Howard (born 1969, Chicago) is an American actor and singer, Oscar-nominated for Hustle & Flow, the original Rhodey in Iron Man, and star of Fox's Empire as Lucious Lyon.

Terry Crews

Terry Alan Crews (born 1968, Flint, Michigan) is an American actor, host, and former NFL linebacker (Rams, 1991 draft) known for Everybody Hates Chris, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and hosting America's Got Talent.

Terry O'Quinn

Terry O'Quinn (Terrance Quinn, born 1952) is an American character actor known for John Locke on Lost, The Stepfather, and Millennium's Peter Watts; Emmy winner 2007.

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.

Teyonah Parris

Teyonah Parris is an American film and television actress and Juilliard graduate. She is widely known for roles in Mad Men, Dear White People, and The Marvel.

Thomas Dekker (actor)

Thomas Dekker (actor), born 1987 in Las Vegas, is an American actor and musician known for John Connor in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Zach in Heroes, Adam Conant in The Secret Circle, and Littlefoot voice work; distinct from the Dutch cyclist and the Elizabethan dramatist of the same name.

Thomas Gibson

Thomas Ellis Gibson (born 1962, Charleston, SC) is an American actor known for Dr. Daniel Nyland in Chicago Hope, Greg Montgomery in Dharma & Greg, and Aaron Hotchner in Criminal Minds, from which he was fired in 2016.

Thomas Jane

Thomas Jane is an American actor from Baltimore known as Frank Castle in The Punisher (2004), Joe Miller in The Expanse, and Ray Drecker in Hung; he also directed Dark Country and founded RAW Studios.

Thomas Mann (actor)

Thomas Randall Mann Jr., born 1991, is an American actor known for Project X (2012) and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015), with roles in Kong: Skull Island and Fargo.

Thomas Sadoski

Thomas Sadoski, born 1976 in Connecticut, is an American actor and producer known for Broadway's Reasons to Be Pretty (Tony nomination), Don Keefer on The Newsroom, Life in Pieces, John Wick, and War Child USA activism.

Thora Birch

Thora Birch, American film and television actress born 1982 in Los Angeles, child star of Hocus Pocus, known for American Beauty and Ghost World, later a director with The Gabby Petito Story.

Tiffany Espensen

Tiffany Espensen (Tiffany Bates), Chinese-American actress born 1999 in Lianjiang, China; played Piper in Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures, Belinda in Kirby Buckets, and Cindy in Spider-Man: Homecoming and Avengers: Infinity War.

Tiffany Thornton

Tiffany Thornton (Tiffany Dawn Thornton), American actress born 1986 in College Station, Texas, known for Tawni Hart on Disney Channel's Sonny with a Chance and So Random!, Hatching Pete, later KLAZ radio host.

Tika Sumpter

Tika Sumpter (Euphemia LatiQue Sumpter, born 1980) is an American actress and producer known for One Life to Live, playing Michelle Obama in Southside with You, and Maddie Wachowski in the Sonic the Hedgehog films.

Tim Blake Nelson

Tim Blake Nelson (born 1964, Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American actor, playwright, director, and novelist, known as Delmar in O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Looking Glass in Watchmen, and Samuel Sterns in the Marvel films, and for directing The Grey Zone, Leaves of Grass, and Anesthesia.

Tim DeKay

Tim DeKay (Timothy Robert DeKay, born 1963) is an American actor known as FBI agent Peter Burke on USA's White Collar (2009-14), Bizarro Jerry on Seinfeld, and Clayton Jones on HBO's Carnivàle.

Tim Guinee

Tim Guinee (Timothy S. Guinee, born 1962) is an American actor, director, and producer known for Iron Man, Sweet Land, 99 Homes, Homeland, and Hell on Wheels, and for founding Climate Actors.

Timon Kyle Durrett

Timon Kyle Durrett (born 1973, Chicago) is an American actor known as Davis West on Queen Sugar (2016–2021) and Bill Hamilton on CBS's Beyond the Gates since 2025, with a Daytime Emmy nomination; also Like Mike and Cheaper by the Dozen.

Timothée Chalamet

Timothée Chalamet (born 1995) is a French-American actor from New York known for Call Me by Your Name, the Dune franchise, Wonka, and A Complete Unknown.

Timothy Granaderos

Timothy Granaderos Jr. (Tim Granaderos), American actor born 1986 in Michigan, known as Montgomery de la Cruz in Netflix's 13 Reasons Why (2017–2020, 43 episodes) and Ash Franklin in T@gged; later roles include Walker: Independence and S.W.A.T.

Timothy Olyphant

Timothy Olyphant (born 1968) is an American actor known for Seth Bullock in HBO's Deadwood, Marshal Raylan Givens in FX's Justified, films like Live Free or Die Hard, and recent roles in Alien: Earth and Lucky.

Tina Ivlev

Tina Ivlev (Тина Ивлева), born 1989 in Moscow, is a Russian-born American actress best known as Nightsister Merrin in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Survivor, and Emmy-nominated for The Pitt.

Titus Makin Jr.

Titus Makin Jr., also known as Butterfly Ali, is an American actor and singer born 1989 in Honolulu, known for David on Glee and Officer Jackson West on The Rookie (2018-2021), later focusing on R&B music.

Titus Welliver

Titus Welliver (born 1962, New Haven, Connecticut) is an American actor, son of painter Neil Welliver, known for Deadwood's Silas Adams, Lost's Man in Black, and as Harry Bosch in Bosch, Bosch: Legacy, and Ballard.

Tituss Burgess

Tituss Burgess (born 1979, Athens, Georgia) is an American actor and tenor, Broadway's original Sebastian in The Little Mermaid and Emmy-nominated as Titus Andromedon on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, with a nearly four-octave range.

Tiya Sircar

Tiya Sircar (born 1982) is an American actress from Arlington, Texas, known as the voice of Sabine Wren in Star Wars Rebels, Vicky on The Good Place, and Rooni Schuman on Alex, Inc., with film roles in The Internship and Miss India America.