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Screen actors of the Anglosphere and Europe

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Joel McCrea

Joel McCrea (1905-1990), American film actor in 86 pictures, star of Sullivan's Travels, Foreign Correspondent, and Westerns from 1946 onward, ending with Ride the High Country (1962); also a Ventura County rancher.

Joel McHale

Joel McHale (born 1971, Rome, Italy) is an American comedian, actor, and host known for E!'s The Soup (2004–2015) and Jeff Winger on Community, now starring in Fox's Animal Control.

Joel McKinnon Miller

Joel McKinnon Miller, American character actor born 1960 in Rockford, Minnesota; played Detective Norm Scully on Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Don Embry on Big Love, after training in opera at Minnesota Duluth.

Joel Murray

Joel Murray (born 1963, Wilmette, Illinois) is an American actor, director, and writer, youngest brother of Bill and Brian Doyle-Murray; known for Dharma & Greg, Mad Men's Freddy Rumsen, Shameless, and God Bless America.

Joel Perez

Joel Perez is an American actor, writer, and playwright in New York City, an original Fun Home Broadway cast member, Lortel Award winner for Sweet Charity, and the voice of Valentino in Hazbin Hotel.

Joelle Carter

Joelle Carter (Joelle Marie Carter, born 1972, Thomasville, Georgia) is an American actress known as Ava Crowder on FX's Justified (2010-2015, 78 episodes), Penny Hardwick in High Fidelity, and Laura Nagel in Chicago Justice.

Joely Fisher

Joely Fisher (born 1967, Burbank, California) is an American actress, singer, and director, daughter of Eddie Fisher and Connie Stevens, known as Paige Clark on Ellen, Joy Stark on 'Til Death, Broadway turns in Grease and Cabaret, and SAG-AFTRA Secretary-Treasurer since 2021.

Joely Richardson

Joely Richardson (born 1965, Marylebone, London) is an English actress of the Redgrave family, known for Julia McNamara in Nip/Tuck, Catherine Parr in The Tudors, 101 Dalmatians, and stage work including the Theatre World Award-winning Madame Melville.

Joey Batey

Joey Batey, also known for Jaskier in The Witcher and fronting The Amazing Devil, is a British actor and musician born 1989 in Newcastle upon Tyne; Cambridge-trained, RSC stage work, and composer of Jaskier's season 2 songs.

Joey Bishop

Joey Bishop, stage name of Joseph Abraham Gottlieb, was an American comedian and actor best known as the last surviving member of Sinatra's Rat Pack.

Joey Heatherton

Joey Heatherton, born Davenie Johanna Heatherton in 1944, American actress, dancer, and singer of the 1960s and 1970s; daughter of Ray Heatherton, the Merry Mailman; known for Perry Como and Dean Martin TV appearances, Bob Hope USO tours, and the 1972 MGM album.

Joey Kern

Joey Kern (Joseph Daniel Kern), American actor born 1976 in Kentucky; NYU BFA and RADA training. Known for Super Troopers, Cabin Fever, Grind, recurring Rob McDaniels on Good Behavior, and writing/directing Big Bear (2017).

Joey King

Joey King (Joey Lynn King, born 1999) is an American actress from Los Angeles, known for Ramona and Beezus, The Kissing Booth trilogy, and her Emmy-nominated Gypsy Rose Blanchard in The Act; she also produces via All the King's Horses.

Joey Lauren Adams

Joey Lauren Adams (born 1968), Arkansas-born American actress and director, best known as Alyssa in Kevin Smith's Chasing Amy (1997), which earned a 1998 Golden Globe nomination; also Big Daddy and Dazed and Confused, and writer-director of Come Early Morning (2006).

Joey Lawrence

Joey Lawrence (Joseph Lawrence Mignogna III, born 1976) is an American actor and singer from Pennsylvania, known as Joey Russo on Blossom, Joey Donovan on Gimme a Break!, and Joe Longo on Melissa & Joey, with a 1993 pop hit.

Joey Slotnick

Joey Slotnick (Joseph Jay Slotnick, born 1968, Chicago) is an American actor and voice actor, an ensemble member of Lookingglass Theatre, known for The Single Guy, Boston Public, and playing Steve Wozniak in Pirates of Silicon Valley.

Joey Travolta

Joey Travolta (Joseph Allen Travolta, born 1950) is an American actor, singer, director, and older brother of John Travolta, known for founding Inclusion Films in 2007, a California vocational program training adults with developmental disabilities in filmmaking.

Johann Urb

Johann Urb (Johann Urb, born 1977, Tallinn) is an Estonian-American actor, producer, and former model known for Leon S. Kennedy in Resident Evil: Retribution and Vigilante in Arrow.

Johanna Braddy

Johanna Braddy (Johanna Elizabeth Braddy, born 1987, Atlanta) is an American actress known as Anna on UnREAL, Shelby Wyatt on Quantico, Jenny Matrix on Video Game High School, and the voice of Princess Yue in Avatar: The Last Airbender.

John Alderton

John Alderton (born 27 November 1940, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire) is an English retired actor known for Please Sir!, Upstairs, Downstairs, Thomas and Sarah, Wodehouse Playhouse, Little Miss, and voicing Fireman Sam; husband of the late Pauline Collins.

John Allen Nelson

John Allen Nelson (born 1959) is an American actor, screenwriter, and producer: Warren Lockridge on Santa Barbara, John D. Cort on Baywatch, Walt Cummings on 24, and the title role in the film Hunk; also the Wine Guy on Friends.

John Amos

John Amos (John Allen Amos Jr., 1939–2024), American actor known as James Evans Sr. on Good Times and the adult Kunta Kinte in Roots; Emmy-nominated 1977; also The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The West Wing, Coming to America.

John Anderson (actor)

John Robert Anderson (1922–1992), American character actor of Psycho, The Twilight Zone, MacGyver, and Star Trek: TNG; over 500 TV roles, westerns, and Lincoln and Landis portrayals.

John Asher

John Asher (John Mallory Asher, born 1971) is an American actor-director known as Gary Wallace in Weird Science and for directing Kounterfeit, Dirty Love, Somebody Marry Me, and A Boy Called Po.

John Ashton (actor)

John David Ashton (1948–2024), American character actor from Springfield, Massachusetts; played Sergeant John Taggart in Beverly Hills Cop (1984, 1987, 2024) and Marvin Dorfler in Midnight Run; died of cancer in Fort Collins, Colorado.

John Astin

John Astin (born March 30, 1930, Baltimore) is the American actor who played Gomez Addams in The Addams Family (1964-66), an Oscar-nominated short-film maker, adoptive father of Sean Astin, and the series' last surviving cast member.

John Banner

John Banner (Johann Banner, 1910–1973), Austrian-born American actor and Jewish refugee who served in the U.S. Army, best known as bumbling Sergeant Schultz on Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971), famous for "I know nothing!"

John Barrowman

John Barrowman (born 1967, Glasgow) is a Scottish-American actor, singer, and presenter, best known as Captain Jack Harkness in Doctor Who and Torchwood, with West End, Broadway, recording, and book credits with sister Carole.

John Beasley (actor)

John Beasley was an American character actor known for his roles in Everwood and The Soul Man. He was born in Omaha in 1943 and died in 2023.

John Beck (actor)

John Beck (born 1943, Chicago) is an American retired actor, best known as Mark Graison on Dallas and for Rollerball, Sleeper, and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid; distinct from the 1876–1956 actor and writer John D. Beck.