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Brooke Burns

Brooke Burns (Brooke Elizabeth Burns, born 1978, Dallas) is an American actress, model, and game show host, known as Jessie Owens on Baywatch (1998–2001), host of Dog Eat Dog, The Chase, Master Minds, and the 2025 Tic Tac Dough revival, Emmy-nominated, married to Gavin O'Connor.

Brooke D'Orsay

Brooke D'Orsay (born 1982) is a Canadian actress known as Paige Collins on Royal Pains, the voice of Caitlin Cooke on 6teen, and a Hallmark Channel movie lead.

Brooke Elliott

Brooke Elliott (Brooke Kathleen Elliott), American actress born 1974 in Fridley, Minnesota; Broadway musicals Taboo, The Pirate Queen, Wicked; starred as Jane Bingum in Drop Dead Diva (2009-14) and Dana Sue Sullivan in Netflix's Sweet Magnolias (2020-26).

Brooke Hayward

Brooke Hayward (born July 5, 1937, Los Angeles) is an American actress, model, and writer, daughter of Leland Hayward and Margaret Sullavan, author of the 1977 bestseller Haywire, and former wife of Dennis Hopper.

Brooke Kinsella

Brooke Kinsella (born 1983) is an English actress, Kelly Taylor in EastEnders 2001-2004, MBE knife-crime campaigner who founded the Ben Kinsella Trust after her brother Ben's 2008 murder, now a senior talent agent at InterTalent.

Brooke Langton

Brooke Langton, born 1970, is an American actress known for Samantha Reilly on Melrose Place, Nikki in Swingers, and The Replacements, with 2025 film Thieves Highway.

Brooke Lyons

Brooke Lyons (born 1980, Washington, D.C.) is an American actress and writer, also known as Brooke Ashley Lyons, known for Peach in 2 Broke Girls, Eden Ellery in The Affair, and series-regular roles in Life Sentence and Lincoln Rhyme; former ballet dancer and author of Scoliosis: Ascending the Curve.

Brooke McCarter

Brooke McCarter (1963–2015), American actor and model, played the vampire Paul in The Lost Boys (1987); Ford agency model, Thrashin' and Wired actor, left acting in 1998, returned in The Uh-Oh Show (2009); died of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.

Brooke Mueller

Brooke Jaye Mueller, American media personality and former actress born 1977 in Palm Beach, Florida; ex-wife of Charlie Sheen (2008-2011), mother of twins Bob and Max, known for Witchouse, Strictly Sexual, The World According to Paris, and her public addiction recovery.

Brooke Shields

Brooke Shields (Brooke Christa Shields, born 1965) is an American actor and model famous for Pretty Baby, The Blue Lagoon, Calvin Klein ads, Suddenly Susan, memoirs, and Actors' Equity presidency.

Brooke Smith (actress)

Brooke Smith (born 1967, New York City) is the American actress who played Catherine Martin in The Silence of the Lambs and Dr. Erica Hahn on Grey's Anatomy, distinct from Brooke Anne Smith and Rachele Brooke Smith.

Brooke Williams

Brooke Williams (born 1984, Christchurch) is a New Zealand actress known for Eva in The Almighty Johnsons, Lana Jacobs in Shortland Street, Hannah Jones in 12 Monkeys, and Snowflake in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.; distinct from the songwriter and other namesakes.

Brooklyn Sudano

Brooklyn Sudano (born 1981, Los Angeles) is an American actress and director, daughter of Donna Summer and Bruce Sudano. Known for Vanessa Scott on My Wife and Kids, Asha in NBC's Taken, and co-directing HBO's Love to Love You, Donna Summer (2023).

Bruce Abbott

Bruce Paul Abbott (born 1954, Portland, Oregon) is an American actor, distinct from the software designer and businessman of the same name. Known for Dan Cain in Re-Animator (1985) and Bride of Re-Animator (1990) and as Judge Nicholas Marshall in Dark Justice.

Bruce Bennett

Bruce Bennett (born Harold Herman Brix, 1906-2007) was an American Olympic shot put silver medalist (1928) who became a Hollywood actor, playing Tarzan in The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935) before reinventing himself for Mildred Pierce and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.

Bruce Boxleitner

Bruce Boxleitner (born 1950, Elgin, Illinois) is an American actor known as Tron/Alan Bradley in Tron and Tron: Legacy, Lee Stetson in Scarecrow and Mrs. King, and Captain John Sheridan on Babylon 5; also a Western TV star and author of two science fiction novels.

Bruce Davison

Bruce Davison (born 1946, Philadelphia) is an American character actor with over 300 credits, known for Willard (1971), his Oscar-nominated Longtime Companion role, and Senator Kelly in X-Men.

Bruce Dern

Bruce MacLeish Dern (born June 4, 1936, Chicago) is an American character actor of over 80 films, known for villains in Marnie, The Cowboys, and Coming Home, with two Oscar nominations and Cannes Best Actor wins for Coming Home and Nebraska.

Bruce Greenwood

Bruce Greenwood (Stuart Bruce Greenwood, born 1956) is a Canadian actor known for JFK in Thirteen Days, Captain Pike in Star Trek, Dr. Randolph Bell in The Resident, and Roderick Usher in The Fall of the House of Usher.

Bruce McCulloch

Bruce McCulloch (Bruce Ian McCulloch, born 1961) is a Canadian comedian, actor, writer, and director, a member of the Kids in the Hall sketch troupe, director of Dog Park, Superstar, and Stealing Harvard, and creator of Carpoolers and Young Drunk Punk.

Bruce McGill

Bruce McGill (born 1950, San Antonio, Texas) is an American character actor; also known as Bruce Travis McGill. Known for D-Day in Animal House, Jack Dalton in MacGyver, Det. Vince Korsak in Rizzoli & Isles, Ron Motley in The Insider, and Edwin Stanton in Lincoln.

Bruce Payne

Bruce Payne (Bruce Martyn Payne, born 1958) is an English actor and producer known for villain roles: Charles Rane in Passenger 57, Jacob Kell in Highlander: Endgame, and Damodar in Dungeons & Dragons.

Bruce Spence

Bruce Spence (born 1945, Auckland) is a New Zealand-born Australian actor, 2.01 m tall, famous as the Gyro Captain in Mad Max 2, and the only actor to appear in the Matrix, Star Wars and Lord of the Rings film series.

Bruce Weitz

Bruce Weitz (born 1943, Norwalk, Connecticut) is an American actor, also credited as Bruce Peter Weitz, who won a 1984 Emmy for playing Sgt. Mick Belker on Hill Street Blues (1981–1987) and later played Anthony Zacchara on General Hospital.

Bruce Willis

Bruce Willis (born 1955) is the American actor known as David Addison on Moonlighting and John McClane in Die Hard; over $5 billion box office; retired in 2022 with aphasia, later diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia.

Bruno Ganz

Bruno Ganz (1941–2019) was a Swiss actor of the Berlin Schaubühne and New German Cinema, Iffland Ring holder, known as the angel Damiel in Wings of Desire and as Hitler in Downfall.

Bruno Gerussi

Bruno Gerussi, also known as Bruno Santos Gerussi, was a Canadian actor and host. He was best known for The Beachcombers and his work at the Stratford Festival.

Bruno Kirby

Bruno Kirby (born Bruno Giovanni Quidaciolu Jr., 1949–2006) was an American character actor, son of actor Bruce Kirby, known for The Godfather Part II, Good Morning, Vietnam, When Harry Met Sally..., and City Slickers.

Bruno Lawrence

Bruno Lawrence, born David Charles Gilbert Lawrence (1941–1995), was an English-born New Zealand drummer, composer, and screen actor known for Smash Palace, Utu, The Quiet Earth, and BLERTA.

Bryan Batt

Bryan Batt (born 1963) is an American actor from New Orleans known as Salvatore Romano on Mad Men, Darius in Jeffrey, nine Broadway shows, Hazelnut co-owner, and 2026 London debut as J. Edgar Hoover.