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Screen actors of the Anglosphere and Europe

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Rarmian Newton

Rarmian Newton (born 1993, Melbourne) is an Australian actor known for Maashous Evers in Rise, Peter Saubers in Mr. Mercedes, and Ethan Davies in Tell Me a Story; a former Billy Elliot stage performer, he played Frodo in the 2025 Lord of the Rings musical tour.

Rashida Jones

Rashida Jones, American actress born 1976 in Los Angeles to Quincy Jones and Peggy Lipton; known for Karen Filippelli on The Office and Ann Perkins on Parks and Recreation; also screenwriter of Celeste & Jesse Forever and co-director of Quincy. Distinct from MSNBC president Rashida Jones.

Rashida Olayiwola

Rashida "Sheedz" Olayiwola, Chicago-born comedian, actress, and writer; played bailiff Officer Nikki Wilder in Emmy-nominated Jury Duty, wrote for South Side and award shows, voices Lashes by Lisa in Good Times, and appears in Marvel's Ironheart.

Raúl Esparza

Raúl Esparza (Raúl Eduardo Esparza, born 1970) is a Cuban-American stage and television actor and singer, a four-time Tony nominee known for Company and as ADA Rafael Barba on Law & Order: SVU.

Raven Bowens

Raven Bowens (born 1990, San Diego) is an American actress known as Chanel Dupree DiMera on Days of Our Lives since 2021, and for The Simone Biles Story, The New Edition Story, and Mr. Student Body President.

Raven Dauda

Raven Dauda (born 1973) is a Canadian actress from Toronto known for Dr. Tracy Pollard on Star Trek: Discovery, Angela McManus in Five Days at Memorial, Dora Award-winning stage work, and voice roles in animation and Resident Evil Outbreak.

Raven Goodwin

Raven Tyshanna Goodwin (born 1992, Washington D.C.) is an American actress, debut Lovely & Amazing, known for Good Luck Charlie, Being Mary Jane, Single Black Female, and FX's Grotesquerie.

Raven-Symoné

Raven-Symoné (Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman-Maday, born 1985, Atlanta) is an American actress and singer, child star of The Cosby Show, first Black woman with her name in a comedy series title via That's So Raven, and star of Raven's Home.

Ravi Patel (actor)

Ravi Vasant Patel (born 1978, Freeport, Illinois) is an American actor, writer, and director known for Meet the Patels, Master of None, Grandfathered, and as Amit Patel on Fox's Animal Control; distinct from actor Ravi R. Patel (born 1990).

Raviv Ullman

Raviv Ullman (Ricky Ullman), Israeli-American actor born 1986 in Eilat, lead of Disney Channel's Phil of the Future; later New York theater, Lolawolf drummer, opera director, and co-director of the 2026 SXSW film Drag.

Ray Bolger

Ray Bolger (Raymond Wallace Bolger, 1904-1987) was an American eccentric dancer, singer, and vaudeville comic, the Scarecrow in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and the 1949 Tony-winning star of Where's Charley?, later a 1950s ABC sitcom lead.

Ray Danton

Ray Danton (Raymond Caplan, 1931–1992), American radio, film, and TV actor and director, known for title roles as Legs Diamond (1960, 1961) and George Raft (1961), later a TV director.

Ray Fearon

Ray Fearon (Raymond Fearon, born 1973) is a British stage and screen actor, RSC Associate Artist and the first black actor to play Othello on the main RSC stage, also known for Coronation Street, Harry Potter, Barbie, and as President of Rose Bruford College.

Ray Fisher (actor)

Ray Fisher (born 1987, Baltimore) is an American actor known as Cyborg/Victor Stone in the DC Extended Universe's Justice League films, Muhammad Ali in Fetch Clay, Make Man, and Lymon in Broadway and film versions of The Piano Lesson.

Ray Liotta

Ray Liotta (1954-2022), American actor famous as Henry Hill in Goodfellas and Shoeless Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams; Emmy winner for ER, voice of GTA Vice City's Tommy Vercetti.

Ray McKinnon (actor)

Ray McKinnon (born 1957, Adel, Georgia) is an American actor-writer-director, not to be confused with the soccer manager of the same name. Known for Reverend Smith in Deadwood, Lincoln Potter in Sons of Anarchy/Mayans M.C., the Oscar-winning short The Accountant, and creating Rectify.

Ray Meagher

Ray Meagher (Raymond Francis Meagher), Australian actor born 1944 in Roma, Queensland; Alf Stewart on Home and Away since the 1988 pilot, only original cast member, Guinness record holder, 2010 Gold Logie and 2017 OAM recipient.

Ray Milland

Ray Milland (Reginald Alfred John Truscott-Jones, 1907–1986), Welsh-born actor and director, Paramount star, Oscar and Cannes winner for The Lost Weekend (1945), later Dial M for Murder and Love Story.

Ray Panthaki

Ray Panthaki (born 1979, London) is a British actor, writer, director, and producer known for EastEnders, Marcella, Away, The Serpent Queen, and his BIFA-nominated role in Boiling Point; he runs Urban Way and directs In Starland.

Ray Romano

Ray Romano (born 1957, Queens, New York) is an American stand-up comedian and actor, star of CBS's Everybody Loves Raymond (1996–2005) and voice of Manny in Ice Age, later known for dramatic roles in Men of a Certain Age, The Irishman, and directing Somewhere in Queens.

Ray Sharkey

Ray Sharkey (Raymond Sharkey Jr., 1952–1993), American actor of The Idolmaker and Wiseguy's Sonny Steelgrave; won the 1981 Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy; died of AIDS in Brooklyn.

Ray Stevenson

Ray Stevenson (George Raymond Stevenson, 1964–2023) was a Northern Irish actor known for Titus Pullo in HBO's Rome, the Punisher, Volstagg in Thor, RRR's Governor Buxton, and posthumous Baylan Skoll in Ahsoka.

Ray Walston

Ray Walston (Herman Walston, 1914–2001), American stage, film, and TV actor; Tony winner as the Devil in Damn Yankees, Uncle Martin on My Favorite Martian, two-time Emmy winner as Judge Henry Bone on Picket Fences.

Ray Winstone

Ray Winstone (born 1957, Hackney, London) is an English actor and former Repton boxer known for Scum, Nil by Mouth, Sexy Beast, The Departed, and Bobby Glass in Netflix's The Gentlemen.

Ray Wise

Ray Wise (Raymond Herbert Wise, born 1947, Akron, Ohio) is an American character actor known as Leland Palmer in Twin Peaks and Fire Walk With Me, Leon Nash in RoboCop, and the Devil in Reaper.

Raymond Ablack

Raymond Ablack is a Canadian actor, comedian, producer, and writer of Indo-Guyanese descent, born 1989 in Toronto, known for Sav Bhandari in Degrassi: The Next Generation, Joe in Netflix's Ginny & Georgia, and Nate in Maid.

Raymond Burr

Raymond Burr (1917–1993), Canadian-born actor, played Perry Mason on CBS 1957–66 and Ironside 1967–75, won 1959 and 1961 Emmys, and earlier played film villains in Rear Window and Godzilla.

Raymond Cruz

Raymond Cruz (also Ray Cruz), American character actor born 1964, known as Tuco Salamanca in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul and Detective Julio Sanchez in The Closer and Major Crimes; films include Training Day and Alien: Resurrection.

Raymond J. Barry

Raymond J. Barry (born March 14, 1939, Hempstead, NY) is an American character actor of over 100 screen titles, known for Born on the Fourth of July, Dead Man Walking, and Arlo Givens on Justified, with Obie Awards and a 2007 Independent Spirit nomination for Steel City.

Raymond Massey

Raymond Massey (Raymond Hart Massey, 1896-1983), Canadian-born American actor of Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Santa Fe Trail, East of Eden, and Dr. Kildare's Dr. Gillespie; Oscar-nominated Lincoln portrayer, brother of Governor General Vincent Massey.