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Jim O'Heir
Jim O'Heir (born 1962, Chicago) is an American character actor, co-founder of the White Noise sketch troupe, best known as Jerry/Garry/Larry/Terry Gergich on Parks and Recreation (2009-2015) after auditioning for Ron Swanson, and author of Welcome to Pawnee.
Jim Parrack
Jim Parrack, born 1981 in Allen, Texas, is an American actor known as Hoyt Fortenberry on True Blood (2008–2014) and Judd Ryder on 9-1-1: Lone Star (2020–2025), plus Broadway's Of Mice and Men and films Fury and Suicide Squad.
Jim Parsons
Jim Parsons, born 1973 in Houston, Texas, is an American actor famous as Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory, a role that won four Emmys; also a Broadway actor (The Normal Heart, Mother Play, Titanique) and producer of Young Sheldon.
Jim Rash
Jim Rash (born 1971, Charlotte, North Carolina) is an American actor, screenwriter, and director: Dean Pelton on Community, 2012 Oscar winner for The Descendants adapted screenplay, co-director of The Way, Way Back, host of The Writers' Room.
Jim Sturgess
Jim Sturgess (James Anthony Sturgess, born 1978, London) is an English actor and musician, breakout star of Across the Universe, lead in 21, One Day, The Way Back, and a six-role player in Cloud Atlas, married to Dina Mousawi.
Jimi Mistry
Jimi Mistry (born 1973, Scarborough, England) is a British actor of Indian and Irish descent, known for Tariq in East Is East (stage and 1999 film), Dr. Fred Fonseca in EastEnders, The Guru (2002), and Kal Nazir in Coronation Street; distinct from Jimmy Mistry, the Indian designer.
Jimmi Simpson
Jimmi Simpson (James Raymond Simpson, born 1975, Hackettstown, New Jersey) is an American character actor known for Westworld's William, House of Cards' Gavin, Liam McPoyle, and a 2018 Emmy nomination.
Jimmie Walker
Jimmie Walker (James Carter Walker, born 1947, Bronx) is the American stand-up comedian and actor who played J.J. Evans on CBS's Good Times (1974–79) and coined "Dyn-o-mite!"; Time named him Comedian of the Decade.
Jimmy Akingbola
Jimmy Akingbola (James Olatokunbo Akingbola) is a British-Nigerian actor and producer, born in 1978 in Plaistow, London, best known as Geoffrey in Bel-Air and DC Steve Bradshaw in The Tower.
Jimmy Bennett
Jimmy Bennett, full name James Michael Bennett, is an American actor and musician born in 1996, a child actor in Hostage, Orphan, and Star Trek.
Jimmy McNichol
Jimmy McNichol (James Vincent McNichol, born 1961) is an American actor and singer, 1970s teen idol of The Fitzpatricks, California Fever, and General Hospital, RCA duet albums with sister Kristy, later a Colorado environmentalist and real-estate developer.
Jimmy Nail
Jimmy Nail (James Michael Aloysius Bradford, born 1954, Newcastle) is an English actor, singer and writer known as Oz in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, creator of Spender and Crocodile Shoes, and the 1992 chart-topper 'Ain't No Doubt'.
Jimmy O. Yang
Jimmy O. Yang (歐陽萬成, born 1987, Hong Kong) is a Hong Kongese-American actor and stand-up comedian known as Jian-Yang on Silicon Valley, Bernard Tai in Crazy Rich Asians, and Willis Wu in Interior Chinatown.
Jimmy Smits
Jimmy Smits (born 1955, Brooklyn) is an American actor, Emmy winner for L.A. Law (1990) as Victor Sifuentes, and star of NYPD Blue, The West Wing, Dexter, and Sons of Anarchy; co-founder of the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts.
Jimmy Tatro
Jimmy Tatro (born 1992), American actor, comedian, and YouTuber behind LifeAccordingToJimmy; known for American Vandal's Dylan Maxwell, The Real Bros of Simi Valley, Home Economics, Theater Camp, and as Gorilla Grodd in DC Crime.
Jing Lusi
Jing Lusi (陆思敬, Lu Sijing), born 1985 in Shanghai, is a British actress and writer known for Crazy Rich Asians (2018), Gangs of London, Heart of Stone, and as DC Hana Li, the east Asian lead of ITV's thriller Red Eye (2024– ).
JJ Feild
JJ Feild (John Joseph Feild), British-American actor born 1978 in Boulder, Colorado, raised in London; known for Northanger Abbey, Captain America: The First Avenger, Austenland, Turn: Washington's Spies, and The Peripheral.
Jo Ann Pflug
Jo Ann Pflug (born 1940, Atlanta, Georgia) is a retired American actress; Lt. "Dish" in the 1970 film M*A*S*H, voice of the Invisible Girl in the 1967-1968 Fantastic Four cartoon, and Samantha "Big Jack" Jack on The Fall Guy.
Jo Anne Worley
Jo Anne Worley (born September 6, 1937, Lowell, Indiana) is an American comedienne and actress, a star of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968-1970) and the voice of the Wardrobe in Disney's Beauty and the Beast (1991).
Jo Hartley
Jo Hartley (Joanne Victoria Hartley, born 1972, Oldham) is an English actress known for Cynth in This Is England, June in After Life, Katrina in In My Skin, Sweetheart's BIFA-nominated Tina, and Swede Caroline; distinct from the Halfords CFO of the same name.
Jo Marie Payton
Jo Marie Payton (born 1950), also credited JoMarie Payton, is an American actress and singer who played Harriette Winslow on Perfect Strangers and Family Matters and voices Suga Mama in The Proud Family franchise.
Jo Martin
Jo Martin (born 1969) is a British actress, the first Black actor to play the Doctor as the Fugitive Doctor in Doctor Who from 2020, also known for Holby City and The Crouches.
Jo Van Fleet
Jo Van Fleet (1914–1996), American character actress; won the 1956 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for East of Eden and a 1954 Tony for The Trip to Bountiful; known for tough maternal roles.
Joan Allen
Joan Allen (born 1956, Rochelle, Illinois) is an American actress, Steppenwolf ensemble member and 1988 Tony winner for Burn This, with three Oscar nominations for Nixon, The Crucible, and The Contender, and no Oscar win.
Joan Bennett
Joan Geraldine Bennett (1910–1990), American actress from a stage family; star of Little Women, Fritz Lang noirs The Woman in the Window and Scarlet Street, Father of the Bride, Dark Shadows, and Suspiria.
Joan Blackman
Joan Blackman (Joan May Blackman, 1938-2026) was an American actress best known as Elvis Presley's leading lady in Blue Hawaii (1961, Maile Duval) and Kid Galahad (1962, Rose Grogan), and as Marian Fowler in Peyton Place; born in San Francisco, died in Santa Rosa, California.
Joan Blondell
Joan Blondell (Rose Joan Blondell, 1906–1979), American actress of vaudeville origins and Broadway's Penny Arcade, a Warner Bros. pre-Code staple in 40 films by 1935, later an Oscar- and Tony-nominated character actress.
Joan Collins
Dame Joan Henrietta Collins (born 1933) is a British actress, author, and producer, best known as Alexis Carrington on Dynasty, which made her an international star.
Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford (Lucille Fay LeSueur, born March 23; year disputed, 1904–1908), American film actress with an MGM career from 1925, Oscar winner for Mildred Pierce (1945), star of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, died May 10, 1977.
Joan Cusack
Joan Mary Cusack (born 1962) is an American character actress, sister of John Cusack, twice Oscar-nominated for Working Girl and In & Out, the voice of Jessie in Toy Story, and an Emmy winner for Shameless.