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Screen actors of the Anglosphere and Europe

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Gregg Wayans

Gregg Wayans (born 1988) is an American actor and director of the Wayans entertainment family, known for guest roles in Marlon, Kidding, The Unicorn, Sextuplets, and Scary Movie (2026).

Gregor Fisher

Gregor Fisher (born 1953, Glasgow) is a Scottish actor and comedian, born Gregor McKenzie, famous for Rab C Nesbitt and the Baldy Man on Naked Video, and star of BBC's Only Child.

Gregory Alan Williams

Gregory Alan Williams, also credited as GregAlan Williams, is an American actor born 1956 in Des Moines, Iowa, known for Garner Ellerbee on Baywatch, his 1992 LA riots rescue of Takao Hirata, the book A Gathering of Heroes, and roles in Greenleaf and The Righteous Gemstones.

Gregory Harrison

Gregory Neale Harrison (born 1950, Avalon, Catalina Island) is an American actor, known as Dr. Gonzo Gates on Trapper John, M.D. and Logan in Logan's Run; later Falcon Crest, Hallmark films, General Hospital.

Gregory Hines

Gregory Hines (1946-2003), American tap dancer, singer, and actor; Tony winner for Jelly's Last Jam (1992); starred in The Cotton Club, White Nights, and Tap; led the 1980s tap revival.

Gregory Itzin

Gregory Itzin (Gregory Martin Itzin), 1948-2022, American character actor best known as corrupt President Charles Logan on 24; two Emmy nominations, Tony-nominated for The Kentucky Cycle, frequent Star Trek guest, died at 74.

Gregory Jbara

Gregory Jbara (born 1961, Westland, Michigan), also Greg Jbara, American stage and screen actor; Juilliard BFA 1986; won 2009 Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for originating Jackie Elliot in Billy Elliot; played Garrett Moore on Blue Bloods.

Gregory Peck

Gregory Peck (Eldred Gregory Peck, 1916-2003), American film star of the 1940s-1970s, Oscar winner as Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird, five-time Best Actor nominee, Academy president 1967-70, AFI Life Achievement 1989.

Gregory Sierra

Gregory Sierra (1937-2021), American character actor of Puerto Rican descent; Julio Fuentes on Sanford and Son and Sgt. Chano Amenguale in the original Barney Miller cast; also Soap, Hill Street Blues, Miami Vice.

Gregory Smith (actor)

Gregory Edward Smith, Canadian-American actor, writer, and director born 1983 in Toronto; played Ephram Brown on Everwood (2002-06) and Dov Epstein on Rookie Blue (2010-15), later a TV director; distinct from other Gregory Smiths.

Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo, born Greta Gustafsson (1905-1990), was a Swedish-born Hollywood star of silent and early sound film, discovered by Mauritz Stiller, famous for Anna Christie, Grand Hotel, Queen Christina, and Ninotchka, and for retiring in 1941 at about age thirty-five.

Greta Lee

Greta Lee (Greta Jiehan Lee), Korean-American actress; Broadway Spelling Bee, TV roles in Girls and Russian Doll, Stella Bak on The Morning Show; breakthrough as Nora in Past Lives (2023), then Tron: Ares, A House of Dynamite, Late Fame, Toy Story 5.

Greta Scacchi

Greta Scacchi, born 1960 in Milan, is an Italian-Australian actress of Heat and Dust, Presumed Innocent, and The Player, Emmy winner for Rasputin (1996) and AFI winner for Looking for Alibrandi.

Gretchen Corbett

Gretchen Corbett (Gretchen Hoyt Corbett), American stage and screen actress born in Oregon, best known as Beth Davenport, Jim Rockford's attorney on The Rockford Files (1974–78), with Broadway credits including Forty Carats and later films Pig and Lorelei.

Gretchen Mol

Gretchen Mol (born 1972, Deep River, Connecticut) is an American actress known for The Notorious Bettie Page (2006) and Gillian Darmody on HBO's Boardwalk Empire (2010-2014), after a 1998 Vanity Fair 'It Girl' cover. Later work includes Manchester by the Sea, American Gigolo, and Horsegirls.

Grey Damon

Grey Damon (born 1987, Bloomington, Indiana) is an American actor known as Lt. Jack Gibson on Station 19, Hastings Ruckle on Friday Night Lights, and Brian Shafe on Aquarius, with film roles in Oldboy and The Possession of Hannah Grace.

Greyston Holt

Greyston Holt (born Greyston Stefancsik, 1985) is a Canadian actor from Salt Spring Island, BC, known for Clay Danvers in Bitten, Durham County, The Night Agent, and Detective Hudson Riley in the 2026 Reacher spinoff Neagley.

Griff Rhys Jones

Griff Rhys Jones (born Cardiff, 1953), Welsh comedian, actor, writer and presenter of Not the Nine O'Clock News and Alas Smith and Jones with Mel Smith; co-founder of Talkback Productions, heritage campaigner, and star of I'm Sorry, Prime Minister (2026).

Griffin Dunne

Griffin Dunne (Thomas Griffin Dunne, born 1955) is an American actor, producer, and director known for An American Werewolf in London, After Hours, Double Play Productions, Practical Magic, This Is Us, and his 2024 memoir The Friday Afternoon Club.

Griffin Gluck

Griffin Alexander Gluck (born 2000) is an American actor known for Sam Ecklund in American Vandal, Gabe in Locke & Key, and films Just Go With It, Middle School, and Big Time Adolescence.

Griffin Newman

Griffin Newman (born 1989, New York City) is an American actor, comedian, and podcaster, fully named Griffin Claude Beresford Dauphin Hunter Newman. Known for Arthur in The Tick, Orko and Pip voice roles, and co-hosting Blank Check with Griffin & David.

Griffin O'Neal

Griffin O'Neal (Griffin Patrick O'Neal), American actor born 1964 in Los Angeles, son of Ryan O'Neal and Joanna Moore, brother of Tatum; starred in The Escape Artist (1982), April Fool's Day and The Wraith (1986); acquitted of manslaughter in the 1986 Gian-Carlo Coppola boating death.

Groucho Marx

Groucho Marx (Julius Henry Marx, 1890–1977), American comedian, front man of the Marx Brothers in vaudeville, Broadway, and film, later host of You Bet Your Life on radio and TV.

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Gugulethu, "our pride") is an English actress born 1983 in Witney; RADA graduate, BIFA-winning star of Belle, San Junipero's Black Mirror episode, and 2026's Sky thriller Possession.

Guillaume Canet

Guillaume Canet, born in 1973 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, is a French actor, screenwriter, and director who won the César Award for Best Director for Tell No One (2006).

Guillaume Depardieu

Guillaume Jean Maxime Antoine Depardieu (1971-2008), French actor, son of Gérard Depardieu; César winner for Les Apprentis (1996), star of Tous les matins du monde and Pola X, died at 37.

Guillermo Díaz (actor)

Guillermo Díaz, American actor of Cuban heritage, Huck on Scandal (2012-2018) and Scarface in Half Baked (1998); also Weeds, Law & Order: Organized Crime, Bros; directed Dear Luke, Love Me (2025). Distinct from Spanish dubbing and Colombian radio namesakes.

Günter Meisner

Günter Meisner (also Günther Meisner, Günter Meissner), 1926–1994, German character actor and Berlin gallery owner; over 100 screen roles, famous as Mr. Slugworth in Willy Wonka and for playing Hitler and SS officers.

Gus Birney

Gus Birney (Augusta Marsh Birney, born 1999) is an American actress, daughter of Reed Birney and Constance Shulman, known for The Mist, Dickinson, Shining Vale, Black Rabbit, and Portia Cunningham in Netflix's Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen.

Gus Halper

Gus Halper, American actor born 1992 in Manhattan, known for Erik Menendez in Law & Order True Crime, Blaze in Holler, Tom in Rustin (2023), and Sing Street on stage.