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Screen actors of the Anglosphere and Europe

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Jolie Jenkins

Jolie Jenkins (born 1974), American actress; Jennifer Cooper on Alexa & Katie, Rita Loud on The Really Loud House, FBI Agent Leyla Harrison on The X-Files; began on Broadway in The Who's Tommy.

Jon Bass (actor)

Jon Bass (born 1986) is an American actor from Bellaire, Texas, who replaced Josh Gad as Elder Cunningham in The Book of Mormon on Broadway, starred in Miracle Workers, Baywatch, Molly's Game, and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law as Todd Phelps.

Jon Bernthal

Jon Bernthal (born 1976, Washington, D.C.) is an American actor known for Shane Walsh on The Walking Dead, the Punisher since 2016, and an Emmy-winning role as Mikey in The Bear.

Jon Cryer

Jon Cryer (Jonathan Niven Cryer, born 1965) is an American actor known as Duckie in Pretty in Pink (1986) and Alan Harper on Two and a Half Men (2003–15), for which he won two Emmy Awards; later Lex Luthor in the Arrowverse.

Jon Finch

Jon Finch (John Nicholas Finch, 1942–2012), English actor; played Macbeth for Polanski and the lead in Hitchcock's Frenzy, declined James Bond, and lost the role of Kane in Alien to illness.

Jon Gries

Jon Gries (Jonathan Francis Gries, born 1957, Glendale, California) is an American actor, writer, and director, son of director Tom Gries, known for Uncle Rico in Napoleon Dynamite, Broots in The Pretender, Roger Linus in Lost, and Greg Hunt in The White Lotus.

Jon Hamm

Jon Hamm (Jonathan Daniel Hamm, born 1971, St. Louis) is an American actor famous as Don Draper on Mad Men (2007-2015), winning two Golden Globes and a 2015 Emmy; later roles include Fargo, The Morning Show, and Your Friends & Neighbors.

Jon Heder

Jon Heder (born 1977) is an American actor known for Napoleon Dynamite (2004), Blades of Glory, Just Like Heaven, and Pickle and Peanut; MTV Breakthrough winner.

Jon Huertas

Jon Huertas (born Jon William Scott Hofstedt, 1969) is an American actor, director, and producer, an eight-year Air Force veteran known as Esposito on Castle, Miguel on This Is Us, and Poke in Generation Kill, now directing shows like Tracker.

Jon Michael Hill

Jon Michael Hill (born 1985, Waukegan, Illinois) is an American actor, Steppenwolf ensemble member since 2007, two-time Tony nominee (Superior Donuts 2010, Purpose 2025), and Detective Marcus Bell on CBS's Elementary.

Jon Miyahara

Jon Miyahara (Jonathan Yasushi Miyahara, 1941–2025) was an American actor who played the mostly silent Cloud 9 employee Brett Kobashigawa in 105 episodes of NBC's Superstore (2015–2021) and reprised him on American Auto.

Jon Pertwee

Jon Pertwee (John Devon Roland Pertwee, 1919-1996), English comic actor and third Doctor in Doctor Who (1970-74), Royal Navy veteran of HMS Hood, star of BBC radio's The Navy Lark and ITV's Worzel Gummidge; died in Connecticut.

Jon Rudnitsky

Jon Rudnitsky (Jonathan Rudnitsky, born 1989, Harrington Park, NJ) is an American actor and comedian, a single-season SNL featured player (2015-16) known for his Dirty Dancing Weekend Update bit, later in Home Again, Set It Up, Our Little Secret, Red One, and Super Troopers 3.

Jon Seda

Jon Seda (Jonathan Seda, born 1970) is an American actor, former amateur boxer (21-1), known for Homicide: Life on the Street, Selena, The Pacific, Chicago P.D.'s Antonio Dawson, and La Brea. Distinct from musician John Seda and singer Jon Secada.

Jon Tenney

Jon Tenney (Jonathan Frederick Tenney), American actor born 1961 in Princeton, New Jersey; played FBI Agent Fritz Howard on The Closer and Major Crimes, Sean King in King & Maxwell, and appeared in You Can Count on Me and Tombstone.

Jon Voight

Jon Voight (born 1938, Yonkers, NY) is an American actor, Oscar winner for Coming Home (1978), Oscar-nominated for Midnight Cowboy, Runaway Train, and Ali, later Ray Donovan, and a Trump-appointed Hollywood special ambassador.

Jon Walmsley

Jon Walmsley (born 1956, Lancashire, England) is a British/American musician and actor, Jason Walton on The Waltons (1972-1981), voice of Christopher Robin, guitarist for Richard Marx, and 2017 blues album Goin' To Clarksdale.

Jon-Erik Hexum

Jon-Erik Hexum (1957-1984) was an American actor and model, lead of Voyagers! as Phineas Bogg and Cover Up as Mac Harper, who died after accidentally shooting himself with a blank-loaded prop gun on set.

Jonah Hauer-King

Jonah Andre Hauer-King (born 1995, London) is a British-American actor known as Prince Eric in Disney's 2023 live-action The Little Mermaid, young Lali Sokolov in The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Harry Chase in World on Fire, and Conrad in Doctor Who.

Jonah Hill

Jonah Hill (Jonah Hill Feldstein, born 1983) is an American actor, writer, and director known for Superbad, Oscar-nominated roles in Moneyball and The Wolf of Wall Street, and directing Mid90s, Stutz, and Outcome.

Jonas Armstrong

Jonas Armstrong (born 1981, Dublin) is an Irish-born actor, RADA graduate, and star of BBC One's Robin Hood (2006-2009), also known for Edge of Tomorrow, The Bay, and Boat Story.

Jonas Bloquet

Jonas Bloquet (born 1992, Brussels) is a Belgian-French actor and director known as Frenchie/Maurice in The Nun and The Nun II, Vincent in Elle (César nomination), Theo in Night Call, and roles in 1899 and Germinal.

Jonas Nay

Jonas Nay (born 1990, Lübeck) is a German actor and musician, star of Deutschland 83/86/89 as spy Martin Rauch, award-winning for Homevideo, also composer and member of the band Pudeldame.

Jonathan Adams (American actor)

Jonathan Adams (born 1967, Pittsburgh) is an American actor and voice actor known for Henry Walker on American Dreams, Dr. Daniel Goodman on Bones, Chuck Larabee on Last Man Standing, and voicing Galactus, Darkseid, Atrocitus, and Tyrael.

Jonathan Ajayi

Jonathan Ajayi (born 1996, London) is a British actor of Nigerian heritage, a LAMDA graduate known for Lekan Baako in Noughts + Crosses, Smee in FX's Alien: Earth, and The Brothers Size at the Young Vic.

Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey (born 1988, Oxfordshire) is an English actor, also called Jonny Bailey, known for Anthony in Bridgerton, the Olivier-winning Jamie in Company, Tim Laughlin in Fellow Travelers, and Fiyero in Wicked.

Jonathan Banks

Jonathan Ray Banks (born 1947, Washington, D.C.) is an American character actor known as Mike Ehrmantraut in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul and Frank McPike in Wiseguy; six-time Emmy nominee.

Jonathan Bennett (actor)

Jonathan Bennett (born 1981) is an American actor known as Aaron Samuels in Mean Girls (2004), a Hallmark holiday-movie leading man behind the network's first LGBTQ-led films, host of Halloween Wars, and a General Hospital cast member.

Jonathan Cake

Jonathan Cake (born 1967, Worthing, Sussex) is an English actor known for the 1998 biopic Mosley, Desperate Housewives, and stage roles in Baby Doll and Medea, winning the 2002 Barclays Best Actor Award and a 2003 Theatre World Award.

Jonathan Cherry

Jonathan Cherry (born 1978, Montreal) is a Canadian actor known for Rory Peters in Final Destination 2, Rudy in House of the Dead, Willie in WolfCop, and Coach Pete in The Novice.