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James and Oliver Phelps
James and Oliver Phelps, English identical twin actors born 1986 in Sutton Coldfield, played Fred and George Weasley respectively in all eight Harry Potter films, and later hosted the podcast Normal Not Normal and Food Network's Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking.
James Arness
James Arness (James King Aurness, 1923–2011), American actor, Marshal Matt Dillon on CBS's Gunsmoke 1955–1975, ~635 episodes over 20 seasons; WWII Anzio wounded, The Thing (1951), brother of Peter Graves.
James Avery
James La Rue Avery (1945 or 1948-2013), American actor known as Uncle Phil (Philip Banks) on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (140+ episodes, NBC 1990-1996) and the voice of Shredder in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Shakespeare-trained stage actor, Navy veteran, died of open-heart surgery complications.
James Badge Dale
James Badge Dale (James Badgett Dale, born 1978, New York City) is an American actor, son of Anita Morris and Grover Dale, known for 24, The Pacific, Rubicon, The Departed, 13 Hours, Iron Man 3, and Hightown.
James Baskett
James Baskett (1904-1948), American actor and Amos 'n' Andy radio performer, played Uncle Remus in Disney's Song of the South and in 1948 became the first Black male actor to receive an Oscar, an honorary Academy Award.
James Beck
James Beck (Stanley James Carroll Beck, 1929-1973), English actor who played Cockney spiv Private Joe Walker in 60 episodes of BBC's Dad's Army (1968-1973) and Bert Jones in Romany Jones; died aged 44 of pancreatitis during series six.
James Best
James Best (Jewel Franklin Guy, 1926–2015) was an American character actor and acting teacher, famous as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on The Dukes of Hazzard (1979–1985); over 80 films and 600 TV shows.
James Bolam
James Bolam (born 16 June 1935, Sunderland) is an English actor known as Terry Collier in The Likely Lads and its 1973–74 sequel, Jack Ford in When the Boat Comes In, Trevor Chaplin in The Beiderbecke trilogy, and Jack Halford in New Tricks (2003–2011).
James Bond III
James Bond III (born 1969) is an American actor, producer, director, and writer, a 1970s child actor on The Red Hand Gang who wrote, directed, produced, and starred in the 1990 horror film Def by Temptation.
James Booth
James Booth, born David Noel Geeves (1927 to 2005), was an English actor and screenwriter best known for Private Henry Hook in Zulu (1964) and Ernie Niles in Twin Peaks.
James Broderick
James Broderick (1927–1982), American actor, father on TV's Family and in Alice's Restaurant, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, and Dog Day Afternoon; father of Matthew Broderick.
James Brolin
James Brolin (born Craig Kenneth Bruderlin, 1940) is an American actor known for Marcus Welby, M.D., Hotel, Westworld, The Amityville Horror, Lightyear, and Ransom Canyon, husband of Barbra Streisand and father of actor Josh Brolin.
James Buckley (actor)
James Patrick Buckley (born 1987, Croydon) is an English actor known as Jay Cartwright in The Inbetweeners (2008-2010) and its films; also a prolific Cameo creator and Twitch, YouTube personality.
James Caan
James Edmund Caan (1940–2022), American actor known as Jimmy Caan; Sonny Corleone in The Godfather (Oscar nomination), Brian's Song, Misery, Elf; Meisner-trained, Bronx-born, five-decade career with a 1982–1987 hiatus.
James Cagney
James Cagney (1899-1986), American actor and dancer, screen gangster of The Public Enemy (1931) and White Heat (1950), Oscar winner for Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), independent producer with brother William.
James Callis
James Callis (born 1971, London) is an English actor known as Gaius Baltar in Battlestar Galactica, Tom in Bridget Jones, the voice of Alucard in Castlevania, and Claude Whelan in Slow Horses.
James Carpinello
James Anthony Carpinello (born 1975, Albany, New York) is an American stage, film, and TV actor and producer: Tony Manero in Broadway's Saturday Night Fever, Stacee Jaxx in Rock of Ages, and lead producer of The Lost Boys musical; married to Amy Acker.
James Cartwright (actor)
James Lewis Cartwright (born 1984) is an English actor, son of playwright Jim Cartwright. Known as PC Harrison Burns in The Archers, Theo Silverton in Coronation Street, RTS Award winner for Johnny Shakespeare, and Fringe First winner for Raz.
James Coburn
James Coburn (1928-2002) was an American actor of about 70-80 films and 100+ TV appearances, known for The Magnificent Seven, Our Man Flint, and his 1999 Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Affliction.
James Coco
James Coco (James Emil Coco, 1930-1987), American character actor and New York stage veteran; three Obies, Drama Desk for Next, 1983 Emmy for St. Elsewhere, and Oscar nomination for Only When I Laugh.
James Cosmo
James Cosmo (born 1948, Clydebank, Scotland; birth name James Ronald Gordon Copeland) is a Scottish character actor known for Highlander, Braveheart, Troy, and Jeor Mormont in Game of Thrones; MBE 2018.
James Cromwell
James Oliver Cromwell (born January 27, 1940) is an American character actor, son of director John Cromwell, Oscar-nominated for Babe (1995), Emmy winner for American Horror Story: Asylum, and a PETA-affiliated vegan activist.
James D'Arcy
James D'Arcy (born Simon Richard D'Arcy, 1975) is an English actor and director, known as Edwin Jarvis in Agent Carter and Avengers: Endgame, and for Dunkirk and Oppenheimer.
James Daly (actor)
James Daly (James Firman Daly, 1918–1978), American stage, film and television actor; Dr. Paul Lochner on Medical Center (1969–76), Flint in Star Trek, Planet of the Apes; father of Tyne and Tim Daly; distinct from the 1905–1963 cinematographer and the Canadian stage actor of the same name.
James Darren
James Darren (James William Ercolani, 1936-2024), American actor, singer, and TV director; Moondoggie in Gidget and its sequels, hitmaker of "Goodbye Cruel World", Officer Jim Corrigan on T.J. Hooker, and Vic Fontaine on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
James Dean
James Byron Dean (1931–1955), American actor of East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause, and Giant, died at 24 in a Cholame, California crash and remains the only performer with two posthumous lead-acting Oscar nominations.
James DeBello
James DeBello (born 1980, Hartford, Connecticut) is an American actor known as Trip in Detroit Rock City (1999), Bert in Cabin Fever, and roles in American Pie and Scary Movie 2.
James Denton
James Denton (James Thomas Denton Jr., born 1963, Nashville) is an American actor known as Mike Delfino on Desperate Housewives (2004-2012) and Dr. Sam Radford on Hallmark's Good Witch, also Mr. Lyle in The Pretender and a University of Tennessee advertising graduate.
James DePaiva
James DePaiva (born 1957, Livermore, California) is an American actor known as Max Holden on One Life to Live (1987-2007) and Dr. David Bensch on General Hospital; husband of actress Kassie DePaiva.
James Donald
James Donald (James Robert MacGeorge Donald, 1917–1993) was a Scottish actor known for Major Clipton in The Bridge on the River Kwai, Group Captain Ramsey in The Great Escape, and Theo van Gogh in Lust for Life; distinct from the American actor James Wayne Donald Jr. (born 1964).