edgepedia

Screen actors of the Anglosphere and Europe

9,970 articles

Paul Schrier

Paul Schrier (Paul L. Schrier II, born 1970, Las Vegas) is an American actor, director, and comic artist best known as Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier in Power Rangers, 1993–1999 and 2011, and as HyperForce Yellow.

Paul Scofield

Paul Scofield (David Paul Scofield, 1922-2008), English stage and film actor; Oscar winner as Sir Thomas More in A Man for All Seasons (1966); his 1962 King Lear was voted the greatest Shakespearean performance.

Paul Shane

Paul Shane (George Frederick Speight, 1940–2013), English actor and comedian, star of Ted Bovis in Hi-de-Hi!, later Alf Stokes in You Rang, M'Lord? and Jack Skinner in Oh, Doctor Beeching!; former Silverwood Colliery miner turned club entertainer.

Paul Shenar

Paul Shenar (Albert Paul Shenar, 1936-1989), American character actor and ACT co-founder; played Alejandro Sosa in Scarface, voiced Jenner in The Secret of NIMH, and portrayed Orson Welles and Flo Ziegfeld on television.

Paul Sorvino

Paul Sorvino (Paul Anthony Sorvino, 1939-2022) was an American character actor known for Paulie Cicero in Goodfellas, Sgt. Cerretta on Law & Order, a 1973 Tony nomination, and an operatic tenor side career.

Paul Sparks

Paul Sparks (born 1971, Lawton, Oklahoma) is an American character actor, Mickey Doyle on Boardwalk Empire, Emmy-nominated as Thomas Yates on House of Cards, also The Night Of, Physical, and a Drama Desk-nominated stage actor.

Paul Teal

Paul Joseph Teal (1989–2024) was an American actor from Wilmington, North Carolina, known for Josh Avery in One Tree Hill season 7 and for Wilmington theater; he died at 35 of stage 4 neuroendocrine pancreatic cancer.

Paul Walker

Paul Walker (1973–2013), American actor, played undercover cop Brian O'Conner in The Fast and the Furious franchise; known for Varsity Blues, Running Scared, Hours, Reach Out Worldwide, and death in a 2013 Porsche crash.

Paul Walter Hauser

Paul Walter Hauser (born 1986, Grand Rapids, Michigan) is an American actor and professional wrestler. Known as Larry Hall in Black Bird (2023 Emmy, Golden Globe, Critics Choice), Richard Jewell, Cobra Kai's Stingray, and MLW competitor.

Paul Wesley

Paul Wesley (Paweł Tomasz Wasilewski, born 1982) is an American actor, director, and producer known for Stefan Salvatore on The Vampire Diaries (2009–17), James T. Kirk on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Citizen Media, and Brother's Bond Bourbon.

Paul Whitehouse

Paul Whitehouse (born 1958, Rhondda, Wales) is a Welsh comedian, actor and writer, co-creator of The Fast Show with Charlie Higson, five-time BAFTA winner, star of Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, and cast as Argus Filch in HBO's Harry Potter series.

Paul Winfield

Paul Winfield (1941-2004), American actor, Oscar-nominated for Sounder (1972) as sharecropper Nathan Lee Morgan, played MLK in King (1978), won a 1995 Emmy for Picket Fences.

Paul Zaloom

Paul Zaloom (born 1951, Brooklyn) is an American puppeteer, political satirist, and performance artist, best known as Beakman on Beakman's World (1992–1997) and as a pioneer of object theater.

Paula Andrea Placido

Paula Andrea Placido (born 1994, San Francisco de Macorís) is an American actress and visual artist known for recurring roles as Calista on Shameless, Roxy on The L Word: Generation Q, Charlie on Sugar, and Gina Solis on Apples Never Fall.

Paula Garcés

Paula Garcés (born 1974, Medellín, Colombia) is a Colombian-American actress, director, and producer known as Tina Hanlon on The Shield, Maria in Harold & Kumar, Geny Martinez on On My Block and Freeridge, and creator of the Aluna superhero franchise.

Paula Jai Parker

Paula Jai Parker (Paula Jai Parker-Martin), American actress and comedian from Cleveland, Ohio, known for Friday, Phone Booth, Hustle & Flow, the CableACE-winning Cosmic Slop, and voicing Trudy Proud in Disney's The Proud Family and its revival.

Paula Kelly (actress)

Paula Kelly (Paula Alma Kelly, 1942–2020), American actress, singer, dancer, and choreographer; Juilliard-trained, danced with Martha Graham and Alvin Ailey, starred as Helene in Sweet Charity on stage and film, Emmy-nominated for Night Court and The Women of Brewster Place.

Paula Marshall

Paula Marshall (born 1964, Rockville, Maryland) is an American actress known for Cupid, Gary Unmarried, Californication, Euphoria, and 9-1-1; distinct from the 1926–1956 British actress Paula Marshall and novelist Paule Marshall.

Paula Newsome

Paula Newsome (born 1961) is an American actress from Chicago; Broadway's 1994 Carousel revival, lead roles as Dr. Claire Washburn in Women's Murder Club and Maxine Roby in CSI: Vegas, plus film credits including Little Miss Sunshine.

Paula Patton

Paula Patton (born 1975) is an American actress known for Déjà Vu, Precious, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol as Jane Carter, and Warcraft as Garona; former documentary producer and ex-wife of Robin Thicke.

Paula Prentiss

Paula Prentiss (Paula Ragusa, born March 4, 1938, San Antonio) is an American actress discovered at Northwestern by MGM, paired with Jim Hutton in 1960s comedies, Emmy-nominated for He & She, known for The Stepford Wives and Catch-22.

Paula Sheppard

Paula E. Sheppard (born 1957, West Orange, New Jersey) is an American former actress known only for two cult films: Alice Spages in Alice, Sweet Alice (1976) and Adrian in Liquid Sky (1982).

Paulette Goddard

Paulette Goddard, American actress (1911–1990), starred in Chaplin's Modern Times and The Great Dictator and was his third wife; Oscar-nominated for So Proudly We Hail!, later married Remarque.

Pauley Perrette

Pauley Perrette (born 1969) is an American retired actress best known for playing forensic scientist Abby Sciuto on CBS's NCIS from 2003 through 15 seasons.

Pauline Chalamet

Pauline Chalamet (born 1992, New York City) is a French-American actress, producer, and director, older sister of Timothée Chalamet. Known for Kimberly Finkle in The Sex Lives of College Girls (2021–2025), The King of Staten Island, Split, and The Devil Wears Prada 2.

Pauline Collins

Pauline Collins (1940–2025), English actress known as Sarah in Upstairs, Downstairs and for Shirley Valentine on stage and film; Olivier, Tony, BAFTA, Golden Globe, Oscar nomination; OBE 2001; married to John Alderton.

Pauline McLynn

Pauline McLynn (born 1962, Sligo) is an Irish actress and novelist, best known as Mrs Doyle in Channel 4's Father Ted (1995-1998). Also a Scrap Saturday radio satirist and author of eight novels including Something for the Weekend.

Pauline Quirke

Pauline Perpetua Quirke (born 1959) is an English actress known for Sharon Theodopolopodous in Birds of a Feather, BAFTA-nominated role in The Sculptress, and founder of PQA; retired in 2025 after a 2021 dementia diagnosis.

Paz de la Huerta

Paz de la Huerta, born 1984 in New York, is an American actress and painter known for Enter the Void, The Limits of Control, and HBO's Boardwalk Empire, and for her 2017 rape allegations against Harvey Weinstein.

Paz Vega

Paz Vega (Paz Campos Trigo), Spanish actress and director born 1976 in Seville; star of Sex and Lucía (Goya, Chopard Trophy), Spanglish, Kaleidoscope; directed Rita (2024).