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David Paymer
David Paymer (born 1954, Oceanside, New York), American character actor and TV director; Oscar-nominated for Mr. Saturday Night (1992); known for Quiz Show, Nixon, Amistad, The Good Wife, and the 2022 Broadway musical.
David Prowse
David Prowse (1935–2020), British weightlifting champion and actor, played Darth Vader's body in the original Star Wars trilogy (voice by James Earl Jones) and the Green Cross Code Man, earning an MBE.
David Ramsey
David Ramsey (born 1971, Detroit) is an American actor, director, and martial artist known for John Diggle on Arrow, Anton Briggs on Dexter, and Mayor Poole on Blue Bloods.
David Rappaport
David Rappaport (1951-1990), British actor with achondroplasia, 3'11", starred as Randall in Time Bandits, Rinaldo in The Bride, and Simon McKay in The Wizard, the first US TV series starring a dwarf; he refused the R2-D2 role and died by suicide in 1990.
David Rasche
David Rasche (born 1944), American character actor: Second City alumnus who replaced John Belushi, starred as Sledge Hammer! (1986-88), and played Karl Muller on Succession (2018-2023) and Jim Marwood on Veep.
David Rintoul
David Rintoul (born 1948, Aberdeen; birth name David Wilson) is a Scottish actor known for Mr Darcy in the 1980 BBC Pride and Prejudice, ITV's Doctor Finlay, The Crown, Game of Thrones, Joint Stock theatre, and over 300 audiobooks. Distinct from the Slaughter and May lawyer of the same name.
David Schofield (actor)
David Schofield (born 1951, Manchester) is an English character actor known as Falco in Gladiator, McQueen in From Hell, and Mercer in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and At World's End, with RSC and National Theatre stage work.
David Schwimmer
David Lawrence Schwimmer (born 1966) is an American actor and director, Ross Geller on Friends (234 episodes, 1994–2004), co-founder of Chicago's Lookingglass Theatre, director of Run Fatboy Run and Trust, and Robert Kardashian in The People v. O.J. Simpson.
David Selby
David Selby (born 1941, Morgantown, West Virginia) is an American actor and writer known as Quentin Collins on Dark Shadows (1968-71) and Richard Channing on Falcon Crest (1982-90), with Broadway credits and repeated Abraham Lincoln portrayals.
David Shields (actor)
David Shields is a British actor (distinct from the writer of Reality Hunger) known for Masters of the Air (Cpt. Everett Blakely), Black Mirror's Demon 79, The Crown, Doctor Who, and starring as Jacob Dunne in James Graham's Punch, winning a 2024 UK Theatre Award and a 2026 Olivier nomination.
David Soul
David Soul (David Richard Solberg, 1943–2024) was an American-British actor and singer, Hutch in Starsky & Hutch (1975–79) and the voice of "Don't Give Up on Us" and "Silver Lady", later a London stage and TV performer.
David Strathairn
David Strathairn (born 1949, San Francisco) is an American character actor, Oscar-nominated as Edward R. Murrow in Good Night, and Good Luck., an Emmy winner for Temple Grandin, and a longtime John Sayles collaborator.
David Strickland
David Strickland (1969-1999), American actor, also known as Todd Stities on NBC's Suddenly Susan; played Steve Montgomery in Forces of Nature; distinct from voice actor David L. Strickland of Poppy Playtime.
David Suchet
Sir David Suchet (born 1946) is a British actor, LAMDA-trained and an RSC alumnus, famous for playing Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot in 70 ITV episodes from 1989 to 2013, plus stage roles like Iago and Lady Bracknell.
David Sutcliffe
David Sutcliffe (born 1969, Saskatoon) is a Canadian former actor, best known as Christopher Hayden on Gilmore Girls (2001–2007) and in Cracked and Proof; he retired from acting in 2019 to practice somatic psychotherapy.
David Tennant
David Tennant, born David John McDonald in 1971 in Bathgate, Scotland, is a Scottish actor known as the Tenth and Fourteenth Doctor in Doctor Who, DI Alec Hardy in Broadchurch, Kilgrave in Jessica Jones, and Crowley in Good Omens.
David Thewlis
David Thewlis (born David Wheeler, 1963, Blackpool) is an English actor, writer, and director; Cannes best actor winner for Naked (1993), Remus Lupin in the Harry Potter films, Emmy-nominated for Fargo, and author of two novels.
David Threlfall
David Threlfall (born 1953, Burnage, Manchester) is an English actor and director, Olivier and RTS Award winner, famed as Smike in the RSC's Nicholas Nickleby and as Frank Gallagher in Channel 4's Shameless.
David Tom
David Tom (Charles David Tom, born 1978) is an American actor, Emmy-winning Billy Abbott on The Young and the Restless (1999–2002, 2014), twin of Nicholle Tom, brother of Heather Tom, also of Pleasantville and Swing Kids.
David Tomlinson
David Tomlinson (1917-2000), English character actor, George Banks in Disney's Mary Poppins, also The Love Bug and Bedknobs and Broomsticks; RAF veteran, Disney Legend 2002, distinct from the Canadian actor of the same name.
David Troughton
David Troughton (born 1950, London), English RSC actor and son of Second Doctor Patrick Troughton; known for Bob Buzzard in A Very Peculiar Practice, Richard III, and The Archers.
David Walliams
David Walliams (born David Edward Williams, 1971) is an English comedian, actor, and children's author, co-creator of Little Britain with Matt Lucas, a former Britain's Got Talent judge, and author of over 60 million children's books, dropped by HarperCollins in 2025.
David Warner (actor)
David Warner (1941–2022), English stage and screen actor, RSC Hamlet of 1965; known for villains in The Omen, Time Bandits, Tron, and Titanic; Emmy winner for Masada. Not the Australian cricketer of the same name.
David Wayne
David Wayne (Wayne James McMeekan, 1914–1995), American stage, film, and TV character actor; two-time Tony winner for Finian's Rainbow and Teahouse of the August Moon; Mad Hatter on Batman; distinct from the country singer and younger filmmakers of the same name.
David Wenham
David Wenham names a British New Testament scholar (born 1945), Wycliffe Hall and Trinity College Bristol, author of Paul: Follower of Jesus or Founder of Christianity?, and an Australian actor (born 1965) who played Faramir in The Lord of the Rings.
David White (actor)
David White (Daniel David White, 1916–1990) was an American character actor and WWII Marine veteran, trained at the Pasadena Playhouse, famous as Larry Tate on ABC's Bewitched (1964–1972). Distinct from actor-producer David A.R. White.
David Wilmot (actor)
David Wilmot is an Irish actor from Dublin, Tony-nominated as Padraic in The Lieutenant of Inishmore, IFTA winner for Intermission, known for The Guard, Calvary, Ripper Street, Black Sails, Station Eleven, and Hamnet; distinct from the 1929–2022 American actor of the same name.
David Yost
David Harold Yost (born 1969, Council Bluffs, Iowa) is an American actor and producer, the original Blue Ranger Billy Cranston in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, who left citing harassment, later produced TV, and returned for 2023's Once & Always and Cosmic Fury.
Dawn French
Dawn French (Dawn Roma French), British comedian and actress born 1957 in Holyhead, Wales; half of French and Saunders with Jennifer Saunders, star of The Vicar of Dibley, BAFTA Fellow 2009, author and solo touring performer.
Dawn Greenhalgh
Dawn Greenhalgh (born 1934, Shanghai, China) is a Canadian actress, a member of the Stratford Festival's original acting company with roles in Antony and Cleopatra, Love's Labour's Lost, and Pericles, and screen credits from Slings & Arrows to Stealing the Sky (2025).