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Vladimir Kulich
Vladimir Kulich (born 1956, Prague) is a Czech-born actor known as Buliwyf in The 13th Warrior (1999), The Beast in Angel, Tiberius in Ironclad, Erik in Vikings, and the voice of Ulfric Stormcloak in Skyrim.
Vojislav Govedarica (Војислав Говедарица)
Vojislav Govedarica (Војислав Говедарица), stage name Voyo Goric, nickname Voja Krstarica; Serbian-American actor and Sylvester Stallone's bodyguard; played Sgt. Yushin in Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985); 1940–2023.
Volker Bruch
Volker Bruch (born 1980, Munich) is a German-Austrian actor, graduate of the Max Reinhardt Seminar Vienna, known for Gereon Rath in Babylon Berlin (Grimme-Preis, Goldene Kamera 2018) and Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter.
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Vondie Curtis-Hall (Vondi Curtis Hall), American actor, screenwriter, and director born in Detroit. Broadway's Dreamgirls and Lena Horne show, Chicago Hope's Dr. Dennis Hancock, Emmy-nominated for ER, and writer-director of Gridlock'd with Tim Roth and Tupac Shakur.
Vonetta McGee
Vonetta McGee (Lawrence Vonetta McGee, 1945-2010), American actress who began in Italian cinema with The Great Silence and Faustina, then starred in 1970s blaxploitation films including Blacula, Shaft in Africa, and Thomasine & Bushrod, later appearing in Repo Man and on television.
Vyacheslav Tikhonov (Вячеслав Васильевич Тихонов)
Vyacheslav Tikhonov (Вячеслав Васильевич Тихонов, 1928–2009), Soviet and Russian actor, People's Artist of the USSR. Played Andrei Bolkonsky in War and Peace and Stierlitz in Seventeen Moments of Spring; distinct from other actors named Tikhonov.
W. Earl Brown
W. Earl Brown (William Earl Brown, born 1963) is an American character actor known as Dan Dority on Deadwood, Warren in There's Something About Mary, the voice of Bill in The Last of Us, and Wes Fox on Sheriff Country.
W. Morgan Sheppard
W. Morgan Sheppard (William Morgan Sheppard, 1932-2019), British character actor, RSC Associate Artist for 12 years, father of Mark Sheppard; known for Blank Reg in Max Headroom, four Star Trek roles, and Old Canton Delaware in Doctor Who.
Waleed Zuaiter
Waleed Zuaiter (born 1971, Sacramento) is a Palestinian-American actor and producer who played Agent Rami in and produced the Oscar-nominated Omar, led Baghdad Central, and played Koba in Gangs of London.
Wallace Beery
Wallace Beery (Wallace Fitzgerald Beery, 1885-1949), American MGM character star, Oscar winner for The Champ (1931, tied with Fredric March), known for Min and Bill, Treasure Island's Long John Silver, and over 250 films.
Wallace Langham
Wallace Langham (James Wallace Langham II), American actor born 1965 in Fort Worth, Texas; known as Phil on The Larry Sanders Show, Josh Blair on Veronica's Closet, and David Hodges on CSI and CSI: Vegas.
Wallace Reid
Wallace Reid (William Wallace Reid, 1891–1923), American silent-film actor called "the screen's most perfect lover"; starred in over 60 Lasky/Paramount films, became addicted to morphine after a 1919 train-crash injury, and died at 31 in a sanitarium.
Wallace Shawn
Wallace Shawn (born 1943), American playwright and character actor, son of New Yorker editor William Shawn; wrote The Fever and My Dinner with André, played Vizzini in The Princess Bride, voices Rex in Toy Story.
Wallis Day
Wallis Day (born 1994) is a British actress known as Holly Cunningham in Hollyoaks, Nyssa-Vex in Krypton, and Kate Kane in Batwoman, replacing Ruby Rose; also Infinite, Sex/Life, and Red Sonja's Annisia.
Wally Cox
Wally Cox (Wallace Maynard Cox, 1924–1973), American actor and comedian, star of NBC's live sitcom Mister Peepers (1952–55), voice of Underdog (1964–73), Hollywood Squares panelist, and lifelong friend of Marlon Brando.
Wally Kurth
Wally Kurth (born 1958, Billings, Montana) is an American soap actor and musician who plays Justin Kiriakis on Days of Our Lives and Ned Quartermaine on General Hospital simultaneously, and who won a 2002 Daytime Emmy for the song Barefoot Ballet with his duo Kurth & Taylor.
Walter Brennan
Walter Brennan (1894-1974), American character actor and singer, three-time Best Supporting Actor Oscar winner (Come and Get It, Kentucky, The Westerner), Western fixture and star of The Real McCoys.
Walter Gotell
Walter Gotell (Walter Jacques Goettel), German-born British character actor (1924-1997) best known as KGB General Gogol in six James Bond films (1977-1987) and as Morzeny in From Russia with Love (1963).
Walter Huston
Walter Huston, born Walter Thomas Huston, was a Canadian-born American actor and singer who won an Oscar for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, directed by his son John Huston.
Walter Koenig
Walter Koenig (Walter Marvin Koenig), American actor born 1936 in Chicago; played Pavel Chekov on Star Trek (1967–69 and seven films) and Alfred Bester on Babylon 5; also a TV writer, teacher, and memoirist.
Walter Matthau
Walter Matthau (born Walter John Matthow, 1920–2000), American actor with the hangdog face; Oscar winner for The Fortune Cookie, two-time Tony winner, and Jack Lemmon's comedy partner from The Odd Couple to Grumpy Old Men.
Walter Pidgeon
Walter Pidgeon (Walter Davis Pidgeon, 1897-1984), Canadian-born Hollywood leading man, MGM star opposite Greer Garson in Mrs. Miniver and Madame Curie, two-time Oscar nominee, and Screen Actors Guild president 1952-1957.
Walter Slezak
Walter Slezak, Austrian-born character actor and bass-baritone (May 3, 1902 Vienna – April 21, 1983 Flower Hill, NY). Father Leo Slezak; Broadway Fanny 1955 Tony; Hitchcock's Lifeboat 1944; daughter Erika Slezak.
Walton Goggins
Walton Goggins (Walton Sanders Goggins Jr.) is an American actor born in 1971, known for playing Shane Vendrell on The Shield and Boyd Crowder on Justified.
Wanda Ventham
Wanda Ventham (born 5 August 1935, Brighton) is an English actress known as Colonel Virginia Lake in UFO, Pamela Parry in Only Fools and Horses, and the mother of Benedict Cumberbatch, with whom she appeared in Sherlock.
Warner Oland
Warner Oland (Johan Verner Ölund, 1879–1938), Swedish-American actor who emigrated in 1892, played the cantor in The Jazz Singer and starred as Charlie Chan in sixteen Fox films from 1931, Hollywood's best-known yellowface casting.
Warren Beatty
Warren Beatty (born 1937), American actor-producer-director-screenwriter, brother of Shirley MacLaine. Star of Splendor in the Grass; producer-star of Bonnie and Clyde; Oscar-winning director of Reds; later Bulworth and Rules Don't Apply.
Warren Brown (actor)
Warren Martin Brown (born 1978, Warrington) is an English actor and former two-time World Thai Boxing champion, known for DS Justin Ripley in Luther, Mac in Strike Back, Ten Pound Poms, and A Taste for Murder.
Warren Christie
Warren Christie (Hans Warren Christie), British-Canadian actor born 1975 in Belfast, raised in Ontario; known for Alphas, Motive, The Village, Batwoman, and John Edwards in Netflix's Little House on the Prairie (2026).
Warren Clarke
Warren Clarke (Alan James Clarke, 1947-2014), English character actor from Oldham; Dim in A Clockwork Orange, Andy Dalziel in Dalziel and Pascoe (1996-2007), Churchill, Bleak House, National Theatre work.