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Screen actors of the Anglosphere and Europe

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Dale Robertson

Dale Robertson (born Dayle Lymoine Robertson) was an American actor known for playing special agent Jim Hardie in the NBC Western Tales of Wells Fargo from 1957 to 1962.

Dale Whibley

Dale Whibley (Dale Austin Whibley, born 1997, Brampton, Ontario) is a Canadian actor known for Caleb Davis on Nickelodeon's Make It Pop, Zach Sandford in Netflix's There's Someone Inside Your House (2021), Big Shot, The Way Home, and Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.

Dallas Roberts

Dallas Mark Roberts, American actor born 1970 in Houston, Texas; Juilliard-trained stage and screen character actor known for Milton Mamet on The Walking Dead, Eliot Delson on Unforgettable, Owen Cavanaugh on The Good Wife, and films like 3:10 to Yuma.

Damian Hardung

Damian Hardung (born 1998, Cologne) is a German actor known as Daniel Riffert in How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) and James Beaufort in Maxton Hall, also a medical student and 2024 German Television Award nominee.

Damian Hurley

Damian Hurley (born 2002, London) is a British writer, director, model and actor, son of Elizabeth Hurley and Steve Bing. Acting debut in The Royals at 14; wrote and directed Strictly Confidential (2024) at 20, filmed on Nevis, 17% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Damian Lewis

Damian Lewis, British actor born 1971 in London, Emmy and Golden Globe winner for Homeland as Nicholas Brody; also Band of Brothers' Richard Winters, Wolf Hall's Henry VIII, and Billions' Bobby Axelrod.

Damien Molony

Damien Molony (born 1984, Johnstown Bridge, Kildare) is an Irish actor known as Hal in Being Human, Dylan in Brassic, and Jim Bergerac in the 2025 Bergerac reboot, plus stage roles with Ian McKellen.

Damon Herriman

Damon Herriman (born 1970, Adelaide) is an Australian actor known as Dewey Crowe in Justified, Charles Manson in both Mindhunter and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and Punch in Judy & Punch, for which he won the 2019 AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor.

Damon Wayans Jr.

Damon Wayans Jr. (born 1982), American actor and comedian, son of Damon Wayans Sr.; known for Brad on Happy Endings, Coach on New Girl, Big Hero 6, and Poppa's House.

Damson Idris

Damson Idris (Adamson Alade-Bo Idris, born 1991) is a British-Nigerian actor, the breakout Franklin Saint of FX's Snowfall (2017–2023) and co-star of F1 The Movie (2025), later an F1 Global Brand Ambassador.

Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd (born 1952, Ottawa) is a Canadian-American comedian, actor, and screenwriter, an original Saturday Night Live cast member (1975–79), co-creator of the Blues Brothers with John Belushi, co-writer of Ghostbusters, Oscar-nominated for Driving Miss Daisy, and co-founder of House of Blues.

Dan Bakkedahl

Dan Bakkedahl (born 1969, Rochester, Minnesota) is an American comedic actor and improviser. Known for Roger Furlong on Veep, Tim Hughes on Life in Pieces, and as a Daily Show correspondent from 2005.

Dan Blocker

Dan Blocker (Bobby Dan Davis Blocker, 1928-1972), American actor, played Eric "Hoss" Cartwright for 13 seasons of NBC's Bonanza; Korean War veteran, teacher, steakhouse chain co-owner; died at 43 of pulmonary embolism.

Dan Bucatinsky

Dan Bucatinsky (born 1965) is an American actor, writer, and producer, Emmy winner as James Novak on Scandal, co-founder with Lisa Kudrow of Is Or Isn't Entertainment (The Comeback, Web Therapy), husband of Don Roos.

Dan Butler

Dan Butler (born 1954, Indiana) is an American actor known as Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe on Frasier (1993–2004) and for his Drama Desk-nominated one-man play The Only Thing Worse You Could Have Told Me...; Broadway credits include Travesties and Twentieth Century.

Dan Byrd

Dan Byrd (Daniel Byrd, born 1985) is an American actor known for Travis Cobb on Cougar Town (2009–2015), Brandon in Easy A, The Hills Have Eyes (2006), A Cinderella Story, Aliens in America, Utopia, and Young Sheldon; distinct from the 1985 actor of the same name.

Dan Cortese

Dan Cortese (Daniel James Cortese, born 1967, Sewickley, Pennsylvania) is an American actor and host, Emmy-winning host of MTV Sports (1992), Seinfeld's 'mimbo' Tony, and Perry Rollins on Veronica's Closet.

Dan Dailey

Dan Dailey (Daniel James Dailey, 1915-1978), American actor, singer, and dancer of vaudeville and Broadway origin; Fox movie musicals with Betty Grable, Oscar nomination for When My Baby Smiles at Me, Golden Globe for The Governor & J.J.; distinct from the glass artist and the Sergeant Major of the Army of the same name.

Dan Feuerriegel

Dan Feuerriegel (Daniel Gregory Feuerriegel, born 1981) is an Australian actor in Los Angeles, known as Agron in Starz's Spartacus (2010–2013) and as EJ DiMera on Days of Our Lives since 2021, with a 2023 Daytime Emmy nomination.

Dan Fogler

Dan Fogler (Daniel Kevin Fogler, born 1976 or 1977, Brooklyn) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and director; Tony winner for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, known as Jacob Kowalski in Fantastic Beasts.

Dan Futterman

Dan Futterman (Daniel Paul Futterman, born 1967) is an American actor and screenwriter, Oscar-nominated for Capote and Foxcatcher, known for The Birdcage, Judging Amy, and A Mighty Heart.

Dan Haggerty

Dan Haggerty (Daniel Francis Haggerty, 1942-2016) was an American actor and animal trainer famous as the bearded Grizzly Adams in the 1974 film and the 37-episode NBC series, later a restaurant owner and infomercial pitchman.

Dan Lauria

Dan Lauria (Daniel Joseph Lauria), American actor born 1947 in Brooklyn, played Jack Arnold on The Wonder Years (1988–1993), Vince Lombardi on Broadway, Jack Sullivan on Sullivan & Son, and Tip O'Neill in Reagan; former Marine Corps captain.

Dan Levy (Canadian actor)

Dan Levy (Daniel Joseph Levy, born 1983, Toronto) is a Canadian actor-writer-director, son of Eugene Levy, MTV Canada host, co-creator and David Rose of Schitt's Creek, and 2020 four-discipline Emmy winner.

Dan O'Herlihy

Dan O'Herlihy (Daniel Peter O'Herlihy, 1919–2005) was an Irish actor, Oscar-nominated for Buñuel's Robinson Crusoe (1954), Macduff in Welles's Macbeth, later General Black in Fail Safe and the Old Man in RoboCop.

Dan Stevens

Dan Stevens (Daniel Jonathan Stevens, born 1982, Croydon, Surrey) is an English actor known as Matthew Crawley in Downton Abbey (2010-2012), then Legion's David Haller, the Beast in Disney's 2017 Beauty and the Beast, and roles in The Guest, Gaslit, and The Terror: Devil in Silver.

Dana Andrews

Dana Andrews (Carver Dana Andrews, 1909-1992), American film actor and 1940s leading man, star of the film noir Laura and The Best Years of Our Lives; later Screen Actors Guild president 1963-1965.

Dana Ashbrook

Dana Ashbrook (born 1967, San Diego) is an American actor known for playing Bobby Briggs in Twin Peaks (1990), Fire Walk with Me (1992), and The Return (2017), plus Dawson's Creek and Crisis Center.

Dana Barron

Dana Barron (born 1966, New York City) is an American actress, the original Audrey Griswold in National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), reprised in Christmas Vacation 2 (2003); Daytime Emmy winner, distinct from Dana Lyn Baron and Ina Barrón.

Dana Delany

Dana Welles Delany, American actress born 1956 in New York City; two-time Emmy winner as Colleen McMurphy on China Beach (1988–1991), later Katherine Mayfair on Desperate Housewives, Megan Hunt on Body of Proof, and the DCAU voice of Lois Lane.