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Gene Barry

Gene Barry, born Eugene Klass, was an American actor best known for the TV series Bat Masterson and Burke's Law and for the film The War of the Worlds (1953).

Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman (Eugene Alden Hackman, 1930-2025), American actor, two-time Oscar winner for The French Connection and Unforgiven; also known for The Conversation, Superman, Hoosiers; died in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Gene Lockhart

Gene Lockhart (Edwin Eugene Lockhart, 1891–1957), Canadian-born Hollywood character actor in over 125 films, Oscar-nominated for Algiers (1938), Judge Harper in Miracle on 34th Street, and co-writer of "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise"; father of June Lockhart.

Gene Tierney

Gene Tierney (1920–1991), American actress and 20th Century-Fox star of Laura (1944) and Oscar-nominated Leave Her to Heaven (1945); married Oleg Cassini, treated for depression, memoir Self-Portrait.

Gene Wilder

Gene Wilder (Jerome Silberman, 1933-2016), American comic actor of Willy Wonka, The Producers, Blazing Saddles, and Young Frankenstein; Mel Brooks and Richard Pryor collaborator, two-time Oscar nominee, later memoirist and novelist.

Genesis Rodriguez

Genesis Rodriguez (born 1987, Miami), daughter of Venezuelan singer El Puma, is an American actress known for telenovela Doña Bárbara, Sloane Hargreeves in The Umbrella Academy, Captain Josephina Carrillo in Lioness, and Isabel in The Night Agent.

Genevieve Angelson

Genevieve Angelson (Genevieve Rose Angelson), American actress and writer born 1987 in New York City, known for Patti Robinson in Good Girls Revolt, Alanis Wheeler in The Handmaid's Tale, and Mae in Hallmark's The Chicken Sisters.

Geneviève Bujold

Geneviève Bujold (born 1942) is a Canadian actress, star of La Guerre est finie and Anne of the Thousand Days (Oscar nomination), also known for Coma, Dead Ringers, and leaving Star Trek: Voyager's Captain Janeway role in 1994.

Genevieve O'Reilly

Genevieve O'Reilly (born 1977) is an Irish actress in London, known as Mon Mothma in Star Wars from Revenge of the Sith (2005) through Rogue One, Rebels, Andor, and Ahsoka, and for Tin Star, Glitch, The Dry, and Overwatch's Moira.

Genie Francis

Genie Francis (born 1962) is an American actress, Laura of Luke and Laura on ABC's General Hospital since 1977; her 1981 soap wedding drew 30 million viewers, and she won a 2007 Daytime Emmy.

Geno Segers

Geno Segers (Lonnie G. Segers Jr.), American actor born 1976 in Winston-Salem, NC; former football, rugby, and wrestling athlete; Mufasa in The Lion King stage productions; known for Chayton Littlestone in Banshee, Mason in Pair of Kings, and voice roles as Galactus in Fortnite and Hekarro in Horizon Forbidden West.

Geoff Bell (actor)

Geoff Bell (born 1963, London) is an English character actor known for hard-man roles in Green Street Hooligans, RocknRolla, War Horse, Kingsman, and as Richie Stevenson in MobLand (2025); not the New Zealand TV presenter of the same name.

Geoff Morrell (actor)

Geoff Morrell (born 1958, Sydney) is an Australian actor and visual artist, AACTA-winning lead actor for Grass Roots, known for Murder Call, Changi, and Waldreg in The Rings of Power; distinct from the American Pentagon spokesman of the same name.

Geoff Pierson

Geoff Pierson (Geoffrey Pierson), American character actor born 1949 in Chicago; known for Jack Malloy on Unhappily Ever After, Tom Matthews on Dexter, and presidents on 24 and Designated Survivor.

Geoff Stults

Geoff Stults, full name Geoffrey Manton Stults, is an American actor and producer born 1977 in Detroit, known for 7th Heaven, October Road, The Finder, Enlisted, and films like 12 Strong and Unforgettable.

Geoffrey Arend

Geoffrey Arend (born 1978, Manhattan) is an American actor known for (500) Days of Summer, Body of Proof, and Madam Secretary, and for voicing Upchuck on Daria; distinct from the aviation author of the same name.

Geoffrey Bayldon

Geoffrey Bayldon (1924–2017), English actor; starred as Catweazle (1970–71) and the Crowman in Worzel Gummidge, played 'Q' in Casino Royale (1967), and twice declined the role of Doctor Who before voicing the Doctor in Big Finish audio plays.

Geoffrey Holder

Geoffrey Lamont Holder (1930–2014), Trinidadian-American dancer, choreographer, painter, and actor; Tony-winning director and costume designer of The Wiz (1975), Baron Samedi in Live and Let Die, Punjab in Annie, and the 7-Up 'Uncola' spokesman.

Geoffrey Hughes (actor)

Geoffrey Hughes (1944–2012), English actor; Eddie Yeats in Coronation Street, Onslow in Keeping Up Appearances, Twiggy in The Royle Family, Vernon Scripps in Heartbeat, and the voice of Paul McCartney in Yellow Submarine (1968).

Geoffrey Hutchings

Geoffrey Albert Hutchings (1939-2010) was an English character actor, RSC associate artist who played Shakespearean clowns, won the 1982 Olivier Award for Poppy, played Sid James in Cleo Camping Emmanuelle and Dick, and Mel Harvey in Benidorm.

Geoffrey Lewis (actor)

Geoffrey Bond Lewis (1935-2015), American character actor, father of Juliette Lewis; appeared in seven Clint Eastwood films from High Plains Drifter onward and earned a Golden Globe nomination for the sitcom Flo.

Geoffrey Owens

Geoffrey Owens (born 1961) is an American actor, Elvin Tibideaux on The Cosby Show (1985-1992), Yale graduate, founder of The Brooklyn Shakespeare Company, known for the 2018 Trader Joe's job-shaming incident and roles in The Haves and the Have Nots and The Pitt.

Geoffrey Palmer (actor)

Geoffrey Dyson Palmer (1927-2020), English character actor known for sitcom roles as Jimmy in Reginald Perrin, Ben in Butterflies, and Lionel opposite Judi Dench in As Time Goes By, plus Admiral Roebuck in Tomorrow Never Dies.

Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush (born 1951, Toowoomba, Queensland) is an Australian actor and producer, Oscar winner for Shine (1996), Triple Crown of Acting winner, Barbossa in Pirates of the Caribbean, and 2012 Australian of the Year.

Geoffrey Streatfeild

Geoffrey Streatfeild (born 1975, England) is an English stage, TV, and film actor and RADA graduate. Known for Prince Hal/Henry V in the RSC Histories, Calum Reed in Spooks, Fergus Williams in The Thick of It, and films Match Point, Kinky Boots, Rush.

Georg Stanford Brown

Georg Stanford Brown (born 1943, Havana) is a Cuban-American actor and director known as Officer Terry Webster on The Rookies and Tom Harvey in Roots and Roots: The Next Generations, and winner of a 1986 Emmy for directing Cagney & Lacey.

George "Gabby" Hayes

George "Gabby" Hayes (George Francis Hayes, 1885–1969), American character actor, the best-known B-western sidekick of the 1930s–40s: Windy Halliday opposite Hopalong Cassidy, then Gabby Whitaker in over 30 Roy Rogers films, later host of The Gabby Hayes Show.

George Bancroft (actor)

George Bancroft (1882-1956), American film actor from Philadelphia, Paramount silent-era star of von Sternberg's Underworld and Thunderbolt (Oscar-nominated), later Marshal Curly Wilcox in Stagecoach; retired 1942 as a rancher.

George Blagden

George Blagden, also known by his roles as Athelstan in Vikings and Louis XIV in Versailles, is a British actor (born 1989, London) and Guildhall graduate who debuted as Grantaire in Tom Hooper's Les Misérables and later starred in the West End.

George Brent

George Brent (George Brendan Nolan, 1904–1979), Irish-born Hollywood leading man at Warner Brothers (1930–53), frequent partner of Bette Davis in films like Dark Victory and Jezebel; birth details disputed.