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James Doohan
James Montgomery Doohan (1920-2005), Canadian actor and WWII veteran who played chief engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in Star Trek (1966-69) and seven films; also devised early Klingon and co-wrote the Flight Engineer novels.
James Dreyfus
James Dreyfus (James Louis de Zogheb Dreyfus, born 1968) is an English actor known as P.C. Goody in The Thin Blue Line, Tom in Gimme Gimme Gimme, Notting Hill, and his 1998 Olivier Award for Lady in the Dark.
James Drury
James Drury (James Child Drury Jr., 1934–2020), American actor, star of NBC's first 90-minute color western The Virginian (1962–1971, 249 episodes); also Forbidden Planet, Ride the High Country; Hall of Great Western Performers inductee.
James Dunn (actor)
James Howard Dunn (1901–1967), American film and television actor and vaudeville performer, Fox contract star of Bad Girl and Shirley Temple's first features, won the 1945 Best Supporting Actor Oscar for A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and later starred in TV's It's a Great Life.
James Duval
James Duval (born 1972, Detroit) is an American actor known for Gregg Araki's Teenage Apocalypse trilogy, Frank in Donnie Darko, and roles in Independence Day and Go; namesake of a filmmaker (1962-2023).
James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones (1931–2024), American actor and EGOT winner; voice of Darth Vader and Mufasa; first Black Tony Best Actor winner for The Great White Hope; Cort Theatre renamed in his honor in 2022.
James Farentino
James Farentino (James Ferrantino, 1938-2012), American actor; Emmy-nominated as Simon Peter in Jesus of Nazareth, Golden Globe winner for The Pad and How to Use It; TV roles in Dynasty, The Bold Ones, and ER.
James Fleet
James Fleet (born 1952, Bilston, Staffordshire) is an English actor trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, known for Tom in Four Weddings and a Funeral, Hugo Horton in The Vicar of Dibley, and King George III in Queen Charlotte.
James Fox
James Fox is the name of several figures, chiefly an American documentary filmmaker known for UFO films such as The Phenomenon and The Program, and an English actor born 1939, BAFTA winner for The Servant.
James Franciscus
James Grover Franciscus (1934–1991), American actor of Naked City, Mr. Novak, Longstreet, and Doc Elliot; also Beneath the Planet of the Apes; producer of classic TV adaptations; died of emphysema at 57.
James Franco
James Franco (born 1978) is an American actor known for Freaks and Geeks, the Spider-Man trilogy, 127 Hours, and The Disaster Artist, also a writer and teacher whose career was derailed by Studio 4 sexual-misconduct lawsuits settled for $2.2 million in 2021.
James Frecheville
James Aitken Frecheville (born 1991, Melbourne) is an Australian actor known for his debut as J in Animal Kingdom (2010), Jack Nelson in Peaky Blinders, and Maj. Bill Veal in Masters of the Air.
James Gammon
James Richard Gammon (1940-2010), American character actor known as Lou Brown in Major League and Nick Bridges on Nash Bridges, a Sam Shepard stage regular.
James Gandolfini
James Gandolfini (1961-2013), American actor and Rutgers graduate, played mob boss Tony Soprano on HBO's The Sopranos (1999-2007), winning three Emmys, a Golden Globe, and three SAG Awards; also known for True Romance, God of Carnage, and The Drop.
James Garner
James Garner (James Scott Bumgarner, 1928–2014), American actor known as Bret Maverick and Jim Rockford in The Rockford Files; Emmy and Golden Globe winner, Oscar nominee, and twice a studio-suing contract litigant.
James Hampton (actor)
James Wade Hampton (July 9, 1936 – April 7, 2021), American character actor; not the visionary artist James Hampton. Known as bugler Hannibal Dobbs on F Troop, Caretaker in The Longest Yard (Golden Globe nomination), and Harold Howard in Teen Wolf; also directed sitcom episodes including Evening Shade and Sister, Sister.
James Haven
James Haven (born 1973), American actor and producer, son of Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand and older brother of Angelina Jolie; appeared in Gia and Original Sin, produced Trudell, led the Artivist Film Festival, and came out as gay in 2026. Distinct from assistant director James Andrew Haven.
James Hayter (actor)
James Hayter (Henry James Goodenough Hayter, 1907-1983), British character actor; Friar Tuck in Disney's 1952 Robin Hood and Samuel Pickwick in The Pickwick Papers (BAFTA nomination); voice of Mr Kipling cakes ads.
James Hong
James Hong (born 1929) is an American character actor with about 700 credits, known for Blade Runner, Big Trouble in Little China, and Kung Fu Panda.
James Jordan (actor)
James Jordan (born 1979, Houston, Texas) is an American character actor, Taylor Sheridan's most frequent collaborator, playing Two Cups in Lioness, Dale Bradley in Landman, Steve Hendon in Yellowstone, and Cookie in 1883.
James Jude Courtney
James Jude Courtney is an American actor and stuntman from Columbia, South Carolina, who played Michael Myers in Halloween (2018), Halloween Kills (2021), and Halloween Ends (2022), the only actor to do so in three consecutive films.
James Keach
James Keach (born 1947) is an American actor, director, and producer, the younger brother of actor Stacy Keach, known for The Long Riders and producing Walk the Line.
James Lafferty
James Lafferty (born 1985, Hemet, California) is an American actor, director, writer, and producer, star of One Tree Hill as Nathan Scott and co-creator of Everyone Is Doing Great with Stephen Colletti.
James Lance
James Lance (James Frederick Grenville Lance, born 1975) is an English actor, Emmy-nominated as Trent Crimm in Ted Lasso, known for Teachers, Bronson, Marie Antoinette, and The Famous Five.
James Lesure
James Lesure, American television actor born 1970 in Los Angeles (some sources say 1975), known for Mike Cannon on Las Vegas, Mel Ellis on For Your Love, and Carter Hope on The Rookie: Feds.
James MacArthur
James MacArthur (1937-2010), American actor, adopted son of Helen Hayes, Disney film star, and Danny "Danno" Williams of "Book 'em, Danno" on CBS's Hawaii Five-O for 11 seasons, 1968-1980.
James Mackay (actor)
James Mackay (born 1984) is an Australian actor known as Steven Carrington on the CW's Dynasty (2017-2022) and for The Dressmaker, Hacksaw Ridge, and Battle of the Sexes; WAAPA graduate and 2013 Heath Ledger Scholarship winner.
James Madio
James Madio (born 1975, Bronx, New York) is an American actor best known as Frank Perconte in HBO's Band of Brothers; also Hook, The Basketball Diaries, The Featherweight's Willie Pep, and The Penguin.
James Marsden
James Marsden (born 1973, Stillwater, Oklahoma), full name James Paul Marsden, American actor known as Cyclops in X-Men, Prince Edward in Enchanted, Teddy Flood in Westworld, and Emmy-nominated roles in Jury Duty and Paradise.
James Marshall (actor)
James Marshall (James David Greenblatt, born 1967) is an American actor known for James Hurley in Twin Peaks and its 1992 and 2017 installments, and for Pfc. Louden Downey in A Few Good Men.