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Whitney Able
Whitney Able (born 1982, Houston, Texas) is an American indie film actress, lead in Gareth Edwards's Monsters (2010) as Sam and Chloe in All the Boys Love Mandy Lane; not the National Able Network.
Whitney Blake
Whitney Blake, born Nancy Ann Whitney (1926–2002), was an American actress who played Dorothy Baxter on Hazel for four seasons and later co-created the sitcom One Day at a Time.
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson, 1955) is an American comedian, actor, and EGOT winner known for The Color Purple, Ghost, Sister Act, hosting the Oscars, and moderating The View since 2007.
Wil Wheaton
Wil Wheaton (Richard William Wheaton III, born 1972) is an American actor and writer known for Gordie in Stand by Me, Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: TNG, his blog, Tabletop, audiobook narration, and mental health advocacy.
Wilbur Fitzgerald
Wilbur Fitzgerald is an American actor and attorney born in 1948. He is known for his supporting roles and for creating Georgia's film tax incentive law.
Wilford Brimley
Wilford Brimley (1934–2020), American character actor of Cocoon, The Natural, The Thing, and The Firm; also Quaker Oats pitchman and Liberty Medical diabetes spokesman famous for "diabeetus."
Wilfrid Brambell
Wilfrid Brambell (1912–1985), Irish actor born Henry Wilfrid Brambell in Dublin, played Albert Steptoe in the BBC sitcom Steptoe and Son and Paul McCartney's grandfather in A Hard Day's Night (1964).
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Wilfrid Hyde-White (1903–1991), English character actor of stage, film, and TV; also billed Hyde White. Best known as Colonel Pickering in My Fair Lady (1964), Crabbin in The Third Man, twice Tony-nominated.
Wilhelm von Homburg
Wilhelm von Homburg, stage name of Norbert Grupe (1940–2004), German boxer, wrestler, and actor; famous for his silent 1969 ZDF Sportstudio interview and as Vigo the Carpathian in Ghostbusters II, with his voice dubbed by Max von Sydow.
Will Arnett
Will Arnett (William Emerson Arnett), Canadian-American actor and comedian born 1970 in Toronto, known as Gob Bluth in Arrested Development, voice of BoJack Horseman and Lego Batman, SmartLess cohost, and star of Is This Thing On? (2025).
Will Chase
Will Chase (born 1970, Frankfort, Kentucky) is an American actor and singer, a Tony nominee for The Mystery of Edwin Drood, known for Broadway roles in Rent, Miss Saigon, and Kiss Me, Kate, and TV roles Luke Wheeler on Nashville and Michael Swift on Smash.
Will Estes
Will Estes (William Estes Nipper, born 1978, Los Angeles) is an American actor known for The New Lassie, U-571, American Dreams, and as Jamie Reagan on CBS's Blue Bloods and its spinoff Boston Blue.
Will Ferrell
Will Ferrell (John William Ferrell, born 1967, Irvine, California), American comedian and actor; Groundlings and SNL 1995-2002, films Old School, Elf, Anchorman; co-founded Funny or Die; Netflix series The Hawk 2026.
Will Forte
Will Forte (Orville Willis Forte IV, born 1970) is an American actor and comedian, an SNL cast member 2002-2010, creator-star of The Last Man on Earth, star of MacGruber, and Emmy-nominated for both comedy and drama work.
Will Friedle
Will Friedle (born 1976, Hartford, Connecticut) is an American actor and voice actor, Eric Matthews on Boy Meets World and the voice of Terry McGinnis in Batman Beyond, Ron Stoppable in Kim Possible, and Star-Lord in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy; also co-hosts Pod Meets World.
Will Geer
Will Geer (William Aughe Ghere, 1902–1978), American actor, folk singer, and activist; Grandpa Zeb Walton on The Waltons, 1975 Emmy winner, HUAC blacklistee, founder of the Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga.
Will Harrison (actor)
Will Harrison (born 1996) is an American actor known for playing Graham Dunne in Daisy Jones & the Six (2023) and for his Tony-nominated Broadway debut in Punch.
Will Hutchins
Will Hutchins (Marshall Lowell Hutchason, 1930–2025), American actor, star of the ABC Western Sugarfoot (1957–1961) as Tom Brewster; also Hey, Landlord, Blondie's Dagwood, Elvis films, Golden Boot Award 2002; distinct from the Australian actor Will Hutchins and cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
Will Keen
Will Keen (William Walter Maurice Keen), British actor born 1970 in Oxford, Olivier Award winner for playing Vladimir Putin in Patriots; known for Wolf Hall, The Crown, His Dark Materials; father of Dafne Keen.
Will McDonald (actor)
Will McDonald (born 1998) is an Australian actor from Tasmania, known as Ca$h in Netflix's Heartbreak High, Jett Palmer in Home and Away, and Gidge in Stan's Thou Shalt Not Steal; distinct from the American producer and Will E. McDonald.
Will Mellor
Will Mellor (born 1976, Stockport) is an English actor known as Jambo in Hollyoaks and Gaz in Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, with drama roles in Line of Duty, Coronation Street, Mr Bates vs the Post Office, and A Woman of Substance, plus factual shows with Ralf Little.
Will Patton
Will Patton (William Rankin Patton, born 1954) is an American character actor and audiobook narrator known for No Way Out, Remember the Titans, Falling Skies, Yellowstone, Silo, and three Obie Awards.
Will Poulter
Will Poulter (William Poulter) is an English actor from Hammersmith, London, known for Son of Rambow, We're the Millers, The Revenant, Midsommar, Dopesick, Adam Warlock in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Bear, Warfare, and the 2026 lead in Union County.
Will Rogers
Will Rogers (William Penn Adair Rogers, 1879–1935), Cherokee-American Cowboy Philosopher: vaudeville trick roper, Ziegfeld Follies star, top Hollywood box-office actor, radio personality, and syndicated columnist; died with Wiley Post in a 1935 Alaska plane crash.
Will Sampson
Will Sampson (William Sampson, 1933–1987), Muscogee (Creek) actor and painter from Okmulgee, Oklahoma; Chief Bromden in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ten Bears in The Outlaw Josey Wales, Genie-nominated for Fish Hawk.
Will Smith
Will Smith (born 1968, Philadelphia) is an American actor and rapper, aka the Fresh Prince of DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince; four Grammys, Oscar winner for King Richard, banned from the Oscars 10 years after the 2022 Chris Rock slap. Distinct from the English comedy writer Will Smith of Veep and Slow Horses.
Will Swenson (actor)
Will Swenson (born 1972, Provo, Utah) is an American actor and singer, grandson of theater founders Ruth and Nathan Hale, Tony-nominated as Berger in Hair's 2009 Broadway revival, and originator of Neil Diamond in A Beautiful Noise.
Willa Fitzgerald
Willa Fitzgerald (born 1991, Nashville) is an American actress known for MTV's Scream: The TV Series, Reacher season 1, The Fall of the House of Usher, and her acclaimed lead role as The Lady in the 2024 thriller Strange Darling.
Willa Holland
Willa Holland (born 1991), American actress, voice actress and model, known as Kaitlin Cooper on The O.C., Agnes Andrews on Gossip Girl, Thea Queen/Speedy on Arrow for eight seasons, voice of Aqua in Kingdom Hearts, and lead of The Mortuary Assistant film.
Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe (born 1955, Appleton, Wisconsin) is an American actor and Wooster Group co-founder; four-time Oscar nominee (Platoon, Shadow of the Vampire, The Florida Project, At Eternity's Gate) and Venice Biennale Theatre artistic director for 2025-2028.