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Kristian Nairn

Kristian Nairn, also known as Hodor, is a Lisburn-born Northern Irish actor, DJ, and author who played Hodor in Game of Thrones (2011-2016) and Wee John Feeney in Our Flag Means Death, and runs the Rave of Thrones DJ tour; his memoir Beyond the Throne appeared in 2024.

Kristin Bauer van Straten

Kristin Bauer van Straten, born Kristin Neubauer in 1966 in Racine, Wisconsin, is an American actress known for vampire Pam on True Blood (2008–2014), Maleficent on Once Upon a Time, Seinfeld's Gillian, and animal welfare advocacy.

Kristin Chenoweth

Kristin Chenoweth (born Kristi Dawn Chenoweth, 1968, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma) is an American actress and singer, Tony winner for You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, original Glinda in Wicked, and 2009 Emmy winner for Pushing Daisies.

Kristin Davis

Kristin Davis (Kristin Landen Davis, born 1965) is an American actress known for Charlotte York in Sex and the City (1998–2004), its films, and And Just Like That...; earlier Brooke Armstrong on Melrose Place.

Kristin Kreuk

Kristin Kreuk (born 1982, Vancouver) is a Canadian actress known as Lana Lang on Smallville (2001–2011), Catherine Chandler in Beauty and the Beast, and lead of Burden of Truth and Murder in a Small Town.

Kristin Lehman

Kristin Lehman (born 1972) is a Canadian actress, producer, and TV director from New Westminster, British Columbia. Known for Detective Angie Flynn on Motive, Gwen Eaton on The Killing, Altered Carbon, Midnight Mass, and directing Heartland and When Calls the Heart episodes.

Kristin Nelson

Kristin Nelson (Sharon Kristin Harmon, 1945–2018) was an American actress and painter, wife of Ricky Nelson, regular on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Jean Reed on Adam-12, and an American primitive painter; distinct from Kirsten Nelson of Psych.

Kristin Scott Thomas

Kristin Scott Thomas (born 1960, Redruth, Cornwall) is an English actress with French nationality, a BAFTA winner and Oscar nominee for The English Patient, also Diana Taverner in Slow Horses and director of My Mother's Wedding.

Kristina Wayborn

Kristina Wayborn, born Britt-Inger Johansson (1950, Nybro, Sweden), is a Swedish actress and former Miss Sweden known as Magda in Octopussy (1983) and for US TV guest roles.

Kristine Froseth

Kristine Froseth (Frøseth), Norwegian-American actress and model born in Summit, New Jersey; scouted in Oslo at 16, known for Looking for Alaska, The Society, and The Buccaneers.

Kristine Sutherland

Kristine Sutherland (born 1955, Boise, Idaho; birth name Kristine Young) is an American actress known as Joyce Summers in 58 episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2002) and as Mae Thompson in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989); married to John Pankow since 1986.

Kristofer Hivju

Kristofer Hivju (born 1978, Oslo) is a Norwegian actor, producer, and screenwriter, GITIS-trained, famous as Tormund Giantsbane in Game of Thrones (2013–2019); also Force Majeure (Guldbagge), TWIN, The Witcher's Nivellen, and Krampus in Red One.

Kristoff St. John

Kristoff St. John (born Christoff St. John, 1966-2019) was an American actor who played Neil Winters on The Young and the Restless for 28 years, won two Daytime Emmys and ten NAACP Image Awards, and starred earlier in Generations and Roots: The Next Generations.

Kristoffer Polaha

Kristoffer Polaha (Kristoffer Jon Polaha), American actor born 1977 in Reno, Nevada; known for North Shore, Life Unexpected, 20-plus Hallmark movies, Wonder Woman 1984, Jurassic World Dominion, directing debut Mimics, and MGM+'s American Hostage.

Kristy McNichol

Kristy McNichol (Christina Ann McNichol, born 1962) is a retired American actress, two-time Emmy winner as Buddy Lawrence on Family, star of Little Darlings and Only When I Laugh, who left acting in the late 1990s.

Kristy Swanson

Kristy Swanson (Kristen Noel Swanson, born 1969, Mission Viejo, California) is an American actress, original Buffy Summers in the 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer, with credits from Pretty in Pink to Big Daddy.

Krsy Fox

Krsy Fox (born Christine Danielle, 1984) is a Canadian actress, filmmaker, and songwriter from Campbell River, BC, known for Terrifier 3, Little Bites, her features Frank and I Live Alone, and fronting the band Knee High Fox; distinct from Krys Fox and Kerry Fox.

Krysta Rodriguez

Krysta Rodriguez (born 1984, Orange, California) is an American stage and screen actress who originated Wednesday Addams on Broadway and Ilse in the Deaf West Spring Awakening revival, played Ana Vargas on Smash and Liza Minnelli in Netflix's Halston, and runs a dressing-room design business.

Krysten Ritter

Krysten Ritter (born 1981) is an American actress known for Jane Margolis in Breaking Bad, Chloe in Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23, and Marvel's Jessica Jones, returning in Daredevil: Born Again; also author of Bonfire and Retreat.

Ksenia Daniela Kharlamova (Ксения Даниэла Харламова)

Ksenia Daniela Kharlamova (Ксения Даниэла Харламова), Canadian actress and model born 2002 in Toronto; plays Svetlana Vetrova in Heated Rivalry and Much in Robyn Hood; two Canadian Screen Award nominations.

Ksenia Solo

Ksenia Solo (born 1987, Riga, Latvia) is a Latvian-Canadian actress known as Kenzi in Lost Girl, Veronica in Black Swan, Peggy Shippen in Turn, and Shay in Orphan Black; three-time Gemini Award winner.

Kuhoo Verma

Kuhoo Verma (born 1996), American actress and singer. Known for Sunny in Hulu's Plan B (2021), The Big Sick, Murder Mystery 2, and the Lucille Lortel Award-winning role in Octet; played Veronica Sawyer in Heathers Off-Broadway from 2025.

Kulap Vilaysack

Kulap Vilaysack is an American comedy writer, director, actor, and podcaster, creator and showrunner of Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ on Seeso, director of the documentary Origin Story, and co-host of the podcast Add to Cart with SuChin Pak.

Kurt Egyiawan

Kurt Egyiawan (born 1984) is a British actor known for Skyfall, Beasts of No Nation, A Real Pain, and Grand Maester Orwyle in House of the Dragon.

Kurt McKinney

Kurt McKinney (Kurt Robin McKinney), American actor and taekwondo black belt born 1962 in Louisville, Kentucky; starred in No Retreat, No Surrender opposite Van Damme, played Ned Ashton on General Hospital and Matt Reardon on Guiding Light.

Kurt Russell

Kurt Russell (born 1951, Springfield, Massachusetts) is an American actor, a Disney child star under a 10-year contract, Emmy-nominated as Elvis in 1979, known for John Carpenter's Snake Plissken, The Thing, Tombstone, and his partnership with Goldie Hawn.

Kurtwood Smith

Kurtwood Smith (Kurtwood Larson Smith, born 1943) is an American character actor known as Clarence Boddicker in RoboCop (1987) and Red Forman on That '70s Show (1998–2006), also seen in Star Trek, Patriot, and Netflix's That '90s Show.

Kyle Bornheimer

Kyle Edward Bornheimer (born 1975, Mishawaka, Indiana) is an American comedic actor, breakout lead of CBS's Worst Week (2008), later leads in Perfect Couples, Family Tools, and Angel from Hell, recurring roles on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Casual, and Avenue 5, and films including Bachelorette and Marriage Story.

Kyle Chandler

Kyle Chandler (Kyle Martin Chandler, born 1966, Buffalo, NY) is an American actor; Emmy winner as Coach Eric Taylor on Friday Night Lights, star of Early Edition and Bloodline, and Hal Jordan in HBO's Lanterns.

Kyle Gallner

Kyle Gallner (born 1986) is an American actor known for Cassidy "Beaver" Casablancas on Veronica Mars, Bart Allen on Smallville, and horror-indie films such as The Haunting in Connecticut, Smile, Dinner in America, and Strange Darling.