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John Travolta
John Travolta (born 1954) is an American actor known for Welcome Back Kotter, Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Pulp Fiction, and Get Shorty; two-time Oscar nominee, Golden Globe winner, pilot, and 2026 directorial debut Propeller One-Way Night Coach.
John Turturro
John Turturro (John Michael Turturro, born 1957, Brooklyn) is an American actor and director, a Spike Lee and Coen brothers collaborator, Cannes Best Actor for Barton Fink, Caméra d'Or winner for Mac, Emmy winner for Monk, and Irving in Severance.
John Ventimiglia
John Ventimiglia (born 1963) is an American actor, best known as Artie Bucco on The Sopranos and Dino Arbogast on Blue Bloods; unrelated to Milo Ventimiglia, born in Ridgewood, Queens.
John Vernon
John Vernon (Adolphus Raymondus Vernon Agopsowicz, 1932–2005) was a Canadian character actor, RADA-trained, known for Dean Wormer in Animal House, the mayor in Dirty Harry, and CBC's Wojeck; distinct from Baron Vernon and the novelist.
John Waters (actor)
John Waters (born 1948, London) is an English-born Australian actor, singer and musician, not the Baltimore filmmaker of the same name. Known for Rush, Play School (1972–1991), Offspring, All Saints, the 1988 AFI Award for Boulevard of Broken Dreams, and Lennon: Through a Glass Onion.
John Wayne
John Wayne (Marion Robert Morrison, 1907-1979), American film star nicknamed the Duke, defined the movie Western from Stagecoach to True Grit, won the 1969 Best Actor Oscar, and remains polarizing for his 1971 Playboy remarks.
John Wells (satirist)
John Campbell Wells (1936–1998), English satirist, actor and writer; original Private Eye contributor behind Mrs Wilson's Diary and Dear Bill, performer of Denis Thatcher, and co-author of A Melon For Ecstasy and Bernstein's Candide narration. Distinct from the American TV producer John Wells.
John Wesley Shipp
John Wesley Shipp (born 1955, Norfolk, Virginia) is an American actor known as Barry Allen in The Flash (1990), Mitch Leery on Dawson's Creek, two-time Daytime Emmy winner, and Henry Allen/Jay Garrick on The Flash (2014–2023).
John Williams (actor)
John Williams (1903–1983), English character actor of Dial M for Murder and Sabrina; Broadway debut 1924 in The Fake, 1953 Tony winner, later Hollywood and TV supporting player, died La Jolla, California.
John Witherspoon (actor)
John Witherspoon (John Weatherspoon, 1942-2019), Detroit-born American comedian and actor, Willie Jones in the Friday films, Pops on The Wayans Bros., voice of Granddad on The Boondocks.
John Wood (English actor)
John Lamin Wood (1930–2011) was an English actor known for Shakespearean roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company and for winning a 1976 Tony Award for Tom Stoppard's Travesties.
John-Paul Lavoisier
John-Paul Lavoisier (John Paul Seponski, born 1980) is an American soap opera actor known as Rex Balsom on One Life to Live (2002–2012) and Philip Kiriakis on Days of Our Lives (2015–2026).
Johnathon Schaech
Johnathon Schaech (born 1969, Edgewood, Maryland) is an American actor, writer, producer, and director known for That Thing You Do!, How to Make an American Quilt, Prom Night, Jonah Hex, and starring in Blue Ridge as Sheriff Justin Wise.
Johnny Berchtold
Johnny Berchtold (born 1994) is an American actor and writer from New Jersey, known for Dog Gone, The Passenger, Reacher season 3 as Richard Beck, and Paul Murdaugh in Murdaugh: Death in the Family, plus TikTok movie-trope parodies.
Johnny Brown (actor)
Johnny Brown (1937–2022) was an American actor, comedian, and singer, famed as Nathan Bookman on Good Times and as a Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In regular; distinct from actors John Brown and Johnny Mack Brown.
Johnny Crawford
Johnny Crawford (John Ernest Crawford, 1946-2021), American actor, singer, and Mouseketeer, played Mark McCain on ABC's The Rifleman (1958-1963), earned a 1959 Emmy nomination, recorded Billboard hits like Cindy's Birthday, and later led the Johnny Crawford Dance Orchestra. Not the Mississippi, Texas, Georgia, or other unrelated Johnny Crawfords in obituary records.
Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp (John Christopher Depp II, born 1963) is an American actor and musician, star of Pirates of the Caribbean's Jack Sparrow, with three Oscar nominations, a Golden Globe and SAG Award, known for Tim Burton collaborations and the 2022 Depp v. Heard verdict.
Johnny Flynn
Johnny Flynn is an English singer-songwriter and actor, frontman of the Sussex Wit, whose albums include A Larum and The Moon Also Rises with Robert Macfarlane; acting roles span Lovesick, Emma., Stardust, One Life, and Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter series.
Johnny Galecki
Johnny Galecki (born 1975, Bree, Belgium) is an American actor who played David Healy on Roseanne and Dr. Leonard Hofstadter for all 12 seasons of The Big Bang Theory, earning 2011 Emmy and 2012 Golden Globe nominations, and returning in 2026 to play Tennessee Williams in Kowalski in Chicago.
Johnny Harris (actor)
Johnny Harris (born 1973, Lambeth, London) is an English actor, screenwriter, and producer known for Mick in This Is England '86 and for writing and starring in Jawbone (2017); multiple BAFTA nominations.
Johnny Knoxville
Johnny Knoxville (Philip John Clapp, born 1971) is an American stunt performer, actor, and co-creator and star of MTV's Jackass and its film series, ending with Jackass: Best and Last (2026).
Johnny Lewis
Johnny Lewis (Jonathan Kendrick Lewis, 1983–2012), American actor who played Kip "Half Sack" Epps on Sons of Anarchy; died in 2012 after killing his landlady in Los Feliz and falling from her home.
Johnny Messner (actor)
Johnny Messner is an American actor known for action and thriller films, including a lead role in Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004).
Johnny Simmons
Johnny Simmons (born 1986, Montgomery, Alabama) is an American actor known for Young Neil in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Brad in The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Evan Almighty, Klondike, and Girlboss; distinct from documentarian Johnny Symons.
Johnny Strong
Johnny Strong (born 1974, Los Angeles) is an American actor, musician, and filmmaker known as Leon in The Fast and the Furious, Randy Shughart in Black Hawk Down, and frontman of the project Operator; his 2023 film Warhorse One was his directing debut.
Johnny Wactor
Johnny Wactor (John William Wactor III, 1986–2024), American actor from Summerville, South Carolina; played Brando Corbin on General Hospital (2020–2022, 164 episodes) and led NBC's Siberia; fatally shot in Los Angeles in May 2024.
Johnny Whitworth
Johnny Whitworth (Jonathan Lance Whitworth), American actor born 1975 in Charleston, South Carolina; known for Empire Records, The Rainmaker, Limitless, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, and Cage Wallace on The 100; lifetime Actors Studio member.
Joi Lansing
Joi Lansing (Joyce Renee Brown, 1929–1972), American pin-up model, film and TV actress, and nightclub singer; MGM contract at 14, Zita in Touch of Evil's opening shot, Shirley Swanson on The Bob Cummings Show, Gladys Flatt on The Beverly Hillbillies, died of breast cancer at 43.
Joivan Wade
Joivan Wade (born 1993, London) is a British actor, producer and entrepreneur, known as Victor Stone/Cyborg in Doom Patrol (2019–2023), Isaiah in The First Purge (2018), and co-founder of the Wall of Comedy digital platform.
Jolene Blalock
Jolene Blalock (born 1975, San Diego) is an American actress and former model who played Vulcan Sub-Commander T'Pol in all 98 episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005), won a 2002 Saturn Award, later produced Nimrods, and voiced T'Pol in Lower Decks as "Jolene."