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Jack Innanen
Jack Innanen is a Toronto-born Canadian actor and digital creator. He began with viral TikTok sketches and later starred as Paul Baker in the FX comedy Adults.
Jack Kelly (actor)
Jack Kelly (John Augustus Kelly Jr., 1927–1992), American actor and politician; Bart Maverick opposite James Garner on ABC's Maverick (1957–62), Lt. Jerry Farman in Forbidden Planet, later Huntington Beach councilman and twice mayor.
Jack Kilmer
Jack Kilmer (John Wallace Kilmer), American actor born 1995 in Los Angeles, son of Val Kilmer and Joanne Whalley; debuted as Teddy in Palo Alto (2013), played Dead in Lords of Chaos, narrated the documentary Val.
Jack Klugman
Jack Klugman (Jacob Joachim Klugman, 1922–2012), American actor known as Oscar Madison on The Odd Couple (1970–75) and the title role of Quincy, M.E. (1976–83); three Primetime Emmys, Juror 5 in 12 Angry Men, 1960 Tony nomination for Gypsy.
Jack Larson
Jack Larson (1928-2015), American actor and playwright, played Jimmy Olsen on Adventures of Superman (1952-58), then became a librettist for Virgil Thomson's Lord Byron and partner-producer of James Bridges.
Jack Lemmon
Jack Lemmon, born John Uhler Lemmon III, was an American actor known for Some Like It Hot and The Apartment, and the first actor to win Oscars in both acting categories.
Jack Lord
Jack Lord (John Joseph Patrick Ryan, 1920–1998), American actor, director, and painter; starred as Steve McGarrett on CBS's Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980), the first Felix Leiter in Dr. No, and a builder of Hawaii's film industry.
Jack Lowden
Jack Lowden (born 1990, Chelmsford; raised in Oxton, Scotland) is a Scottish actor known for River Cartwright in Slow Horses, Dunkirk, Calibre, Benediction, Olivier and Scottish BAFTA awards, and producing The Outrun.
Jack MacGowran
Jack MacGowran was an Irish actor, born in Dublin in 1918, best known as one of Samuel Beckett's foremost interpreters and for films including The Exorcist.
Jack Martin (American actor)
Jack Martin (born 1998) is an American actor and comedian from McLean, Virginia, known as Josh Harris on NBC's La Brea, as Josh Teitelbaum in Mindy Kaling's Hulu comedy Not Suitable for Work, and for viral TikTok finance-bro sketches.
Jack McBrayer
Jack McBrayer (born 1973, Macon, Georgia) is an American actor and comedian, Kenneth Parcell on 30 Rock (2006–2013), voice of Fix-It Felix in Wreck-It Ralph, and host of HGTV's Zillow Gone Wild.
Jack Nance
Jack Nance (Marvin John Nance, 1943-1996), American character actor, star of David Lynch's Eraserhead as Henry Spencer and Pete Martell in Twin Peaks; also Dune, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, Lost Highway; died of subdural hematoma after a 1996 doughnut-shop fight.
Jack Nicholson
Jack Nicholson (John Joseph Nicholson, born 1937) is a retired American actor, a three-time Academy Award winner known for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and The Shining.
Jack O'Connell (actor)
Jack O'Connell (born 1990, Derby) is a British actor known for This Is England, Skins, Starred Up, '71, Unbroken, Sinners, and 28 Years Later; BAFTA Rising Star 2015.
Jack Palance
Jack Palance (Volodymyr Palahniuk, 1919–2006) was an American actor of Ukrainian descent, a screen villain in Shane and Sudden Fear who won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for City Slickers (1991) and did one-armed push-ups at the 1992 Oscars.
Jack Quaid
Jack Henry Quaid (born 1992), American actor, son of Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid; played Hughie in The Boys (2019-2026), Marvel in The Hunger Games, and voices Boimler and Superman.
Jack Reynor
Jack Reynor (born 1992) is an Irish-American actor from County Wicklow, known for What Richard Did, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Sing Street, Midsommar, and The Perfect Couple, with Seasons and Presumed Innocent season two upcoming.
Jack Riley (actor)
Jack Riley (John Albert Riley Jr., 1935-2016), American comic actor from Cleveland, played Elliot Carlin on The Bob Newhart Show and voiced Stu Pickles in Rugrats and All Grown Up!.
Jack Schumacher (actor)
Jack Schumacher (born 1993) is an American actor from Palatine, Illinois, who played Lt. Neil 'Omaha' Vikander in Top Gun: Maverick (2022) and stars as Yancy Grey in Netflix's Ransom Canyon (2025–2026).
Jack Shep
Jack Shep, British comedian, actor, and writer, core cast member of Saturday Night Live UK on Sky, breakout for his viral Princess Diana impression; former toddler football coach, BBC New Comedy Awards 2023 finalist, TikTok comedian.
Jack Shepherd (actor)
Jack Shepherd (John Shepherd, 1940–2025), English actor, playwright, and director; star of ITV's Wycliffe and Trevor Griffiths' Bill Brand; won a 1984 Olivier Award for Glengarry Glen Ross.
Jack Smethurst
Jack Smethurst (John Smethurst, 1932-2022), English actor, starred as bigot Eddie Booth in ITV's Love Thy Neighbour (1972-76), also For the Love of Ada, Coronation Street, Chariots of Fire.
Jack Soo
Jack Soo (Goro Suzuki, 1917–1979), Japanese American actor and comedian, interned at Topaz, star of Broadway's Flower Drum Song and Detective Nick Yemana on Barney Miller; first Japanese American in the Smithsonian's entertainment collections.
Jack Thompson (actor)
Jack Thompson AM (born 31 August 1940, John Hadley Pain) is an Australian actor of the 1970s film renaissance, star of Spyforce, Wake in Fright, Sunday Too Far Away, and Breaker Morant, winner of AFI and Cannes acting awards, later a UNHCR ambassador and AM.
Jack Wagner (actor)
Jack Wagner (Peter John Wagner II, born 1959) is an American actor and singer known as Frisco Jones on General Hospital, Dr. Peter Burns on Melrose Place, Nick Marone on The Bold and the Beautiful, and Bill Avery on When Calls the Heart; his single "All I Need" hit number 2.
Jack Wallace (actor)
Jack Wallace (1933–2020) was an American character actor from Pekin, Illinois, a Chicago theater mainstay and Drama Desk Award ensemble winner for Glengarry Glen Ross; not the English dialect coach of Never Have I Ever.
Jack Warden
Jack Warden (John Warden Lebzelter Jr., 1920–2006), American character actor and former welterweight boxer and 101st Airborne paratrooper; Oscar-nominated for Shampoo and Heaven Can Wait, Emmy winner for Brian's Song.
Jack Warner (actor)
Jack Warner (1895–1981), born Horace John Waters, English actor; played PC George Dixon in The Blue Lamp and 432 episodes of Dixon of Dock Green (1955–1976), and Joe Huggett in the Huggett films; distinct from the Warner Bros. mogul Jack L. Warner.
Jack Weston
Jack Weston (1924-1996), born Jack Weinstein in Cleveland, was an American character actor of stage, film, and TV, known for Wait Until Dark, Dirty Dancing, The Four Seasons, and a Tony-nominated turn in The Floating Lightbulb.
Jack Wild
Jack Wild (1952-2006), English actor and singer, Artful Dodger in the film Oliver! (Oscar-nominated) and Jimmy in H.R. Pufnstuf; died of oral cancer aged 53.