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Dino Stamatopoulos

Dino Stamatopoulos (Konstantinos Stamatopoulos, born 1964, Norridge, Illinois) is an American comedy writer and actor, Emmy winner for The Ben Stiller Show, creator of Moral Orel and Mary Shelley's Frankenhole, and Starburns on Community.

Diogo Morgado

Diogo Morgado (born 1981, Lisbon) is a Portuguese actor, director, and writer, the "Hot Jesus" of The Bible and Son of God, known for Laços de Sangue, CSI: Cyber, The Messengers, and directing O Lugar dos Sonhos.

Diona Reasonover

Diona Reasonover (born 1992, Detroit) is an American actor and writer, the Kasie Hines forensic scientist on CBS's NCIS since Season 15, also a WGA-nominated writer and Periodic Talks podcast co-host.

Diora Baird

Diora Baird, American actress and former model born 1983 in Miami, known for Wedding Crashers, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Playboy August 2005 cover, and Cobra Kai's Shannon.

Dipika Kakar

Dipika Kakar Ibrahim (Faiza), born 1986 in Pune, is an Indian TV actress known as Simar in Sasural Simar Ka (2011-2017), winner of Bigg Boss 12 (2018), lead of Kahaan Hum Kahaan Tum, and diagnosed with stage 2 liver cancer in 2025.

Dipo Ola

Dipo Ola (born 1994, Ibadan, Nigeria) is a British actor, writer, and director trained at the Oxford School of Drama, known for DI Russell Carter in Ludwig, Baba in We Hunt Together, and Douglas Hylton in Landscapers.

Dirk Benedict

Dirk Benedict (born Dirk Niewoehner, 1945, Montana) is an American actor known as Lieutenant Starbuck in Battlestar Galactica (1978–79) and Templeton "Faceman" Peck in The A-Team (1983–87), also a stage actor, director, and author.

Dirk Blocker

Dirk Blocker (born 1957, Hollywood) is an American character actor, son of Bonanza star Dan Blocker, best known as Detective Michael Hitchcock on Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013-2021, 153 episodes), with film roles in Poltergeist, Starman, and Short Cuts.

Dirk Bogarde

Dirk Bogarde (Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde, 1921–1999), English actor and writer: 1950s Rank matinee idol, star of Victim, The Servant, Death in Venice; twice BAFTA Best Actor, knighted 1992, memoirist and novelist.

Disha Parmar

Disha Parmar (दिशा परमार), born 1994 in Delhi, is an Indian TV actress known as Pankhuri in Pyaar Ka Dard Hai and Priya in Bade Achhe Lagte Hain 2 and 3; wife of singer Rahul Vaidya, ITA Best Actress 2022.

Disha Patani (दिशा पटानी)

Disha Patani (दिशा पाटनी), Indian actress born in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh; Telugu debut Loafer (2015), Hindi breakthrough as Priyanka Jha in M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016, IIFA Best Female Debut); later Baaghi 2, Kalki 2898 AD, and a 2026 Hollywood debut opposite Kevin Spacey.

Disha Vakani (દિશા વકાની)

Disha Vakani (दिशा वकानी, દિશા વકાની), born 1978 in Ahmedabad, is an Indian actress, daughter of Gujarati theatre figure Bhim Vakani, famous as Dayaben of Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah (2008–2017/2020 cameo).

Disney Legends

Disney Legends is The Walt Disney Company's hall of fame, begun in 1987 with Fred MacMurray; honorees receive the Andrea Favilli bronze award and, since 2009, are named biennially at D23, totaling 329 by 2026.

Divya Agarwal

Divya Agarwal (born 1992) is an Indian actress and dancer, winner of Bigg Boss OTT Season 1 and MTV Ace of Space, runner-up on Splitsvilla 10, with web roles in Ragini MMS: Returns 2, Cartel, Abhay, Tatlubaaz, and Badass Begum.

Divyabharathi

Divyabharathi is an Indian actress and model who works in Tamil and Telugu cinema. She is known for her roles in Bachelor (2021), Maharaja (2024), and Kingston (2025).

Divyanka Tripathi (दिव्यांका त्रिपाठी)

Divyanka Tripathi (दिव्यांका त्रिपाठी), also Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya, Indian TV actress from Bhopal; Vidya in Banoo Main Teri Dulhann, Ishita in Yeh Hai Mohabbatein, Nach Baliye 8 winner.

Dixie Carter

Dixie Virginia Carter (1939–2010), American actress and cabaret singer; starred as Julia Sugarbaker on Designing Women (1986–1993), later Family Law and an Emmy-nominated Desperate Housewives role; married to Hal Holbrook.

Dixie Lee

Dixie Lee, born Wilma Winifred Wyatt, was an American actress, dancer, and singer in early Fox musical films and the first wife of Bing Crosby.

DJ Qualls

DJ Qualls (Donald Joseph Qualls, born 1978) is an American character actor from Manchester, Tennessee, known for Road Trip, The New Guy, Hustle & Flow, and TV roles as Garth on Supernatural, Citizen Z on Z Nation, and Ed McCarthy on The Man in the High Castle.

Djimon Hounsou

Djimon Hounsou (born 1964, Cotonou, Benin) is a Beninese-American actor and former model. Two-time Oscar nominee (In America, Blood Diamond), first Black African man nominated for an acting Oscar; also known for Amistad, Gladiator, and Marvel/DC roles.

Dmitry Sidorov

Dmitry Ivanovich Sidorov (1962–2016) was a Russian documentary film director and professor at the Saint Petersburg State Institute of Film and Television, known for Clean Water (1993) and The Gazes. A Phenomenology (2003).

Doc Shaw

Doc Shaw (Larramie Cortez Shaw, born 1992) is an American actor known as Malik Payne on Tyler Perry's House of Payne, Marcus Little on The Suite Life on Deck, and Boomer on Disney XD's Pair of Kings; screen credits run roughly 2006–2014.

Dody Goodman

Dody Goodman (Dolores Goodman, 1914 or 1915–2008), American comedienne and dancer; Jack Paar Tonight Show regular, Martha Shumway on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Blanche in Grease, and Nunsense star.

Dolly de Leon

Dolly de Leon (Dolly Earnshaw de Leon, born 1969, Manila) is a Filipino actress of theater and film; her Abigail in Triangle of Sadness (2022) made her the first Filipino Golden Globe and BAFTA acting nominee.

Dolores Fonzi

Dolores Fonzi, born 1978 in Buenos Aires, is an Argentine actress, screenwriter, and director. Known for La patota, Truman, her directing debut Blondi, and the Goya-winning Belén (2025), based on Somos Belén.

Dolores Fuller

Dolores Fuller (born Dolores Agnes Eble, 1923–2011), American actress and songwriter, Ed Wood's girlfriend and star of Glen or Glenda, Jail Bait, and Bride of the Monster; later co-wrote Elvis Presley songs including Rock-A-Hula Baby; portrayed by Sarah Jessica Parker in Ed Wood (1994).

Dolph Lundgren

Dolph Lundgren (Hans Lundgren, born 1957) is a Swedish actor and karate champion, chemical engineer (Sydney master's, Fulbright to MIT), famous as Ivan Drago in Rocky IV, He-Man, Universal Soldier, and The Expendables.

Dolph Sweet

Dolph Sweet (Adolphus Jean Sweet, 1920-1985), American character actor, WWII B-24 navigator and POW, Broadway performer in Streamers and Rhinoceros, soap lead on Another World, and Police Chief Carl Kanisky on Gimme a Break! from 1981 to his death.

Domee Shi (石之予)

Domee Shi (石之予), born 1989 in Chongqing, is a Chinese-Canadian Pixar director; first woman to direct a Pixar short (Bao, 2018 Oscar) and a Pixar feature (Turning Red, 2022), later co-directing Elio (2025).

Domhnall Gleeson

Domhnall Gleeson (born 1983) is an Irish actor, son of Brendan Gleeson, known as Bill Weasley in Harry Potter, General Hux in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, and leads of About Time, Ex Machina, The Patient, and The Paper.