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George Robinson (actor)

George Robinson (George Ross Robinson, born 1997, Nottingham) is a British actor and writer, quadriplegic since a 2015 school rugby accident in South Africa, best known as Isaac Goodwin in Netflix's Sex Education and later in Silo and My Fault: London.

George Sanders

George Sanders (1906–1972), English actor born in Saint Petersburg, Oscar winner as Addison DeWitt in All About Eve, famed for suave cad roles, the Saint and Falcon series, Shere Khan's voice, and Memoirs of a Professional Cad.

George Savalas

George Savalas (George Nicholas Tsavalas, 1924–1985), Greek-American actor, brother of Telly Savalas; played Detective Stavros on Kojak (1973–78), billed as Demosthenes early on, and appeared in Kelly's Heroes.

George Segal

George Segal (1934–2021), American actor and banjo player born in Great Neck, New York; Oscar-nominated for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), Golden Globe winner for A Touch of Class, later star of Just Shoot Me! and The Goldbergs; distinct from the sculptor George Segal (1924–2000).

George Shapiro

George Shapiro (1931–2022) was an American talent manager and TV producer; with Howard West he managed Andy Kaufman, Carl Reiner, and Jerry Seinfeld, got Seinfeld on NBC, and executive produced Seinfeld, winning one of 12 Emmys.

George Stults

George Stults (George Sheehy Stults, born 1975) is an American actor, brother of Geoff Stults, best known as police officer Kevin Kinkirk on 7th Heaven (2002–2007, 114 episodes) and later TV movies.

George Takei

George Takei (born 1937, Los Angeles) is an American actor and activist, Hikaru Sulu in Star Trek, incarcerated as a child in WWII Japanese American camps, later a civil rights, LGBTQ+, and remembrance advocate.

George Tobias

George Tobias (1901-1980), American character actor of Broadway and Hollywood; Warner Bros. films Sergeant York and Yankee Doodle Dandy, and Abner Kravitz on the sitcom Bewitched from 1964 to 1971.

George Webster (presenter)

George Webster (presenter), born 2000 in Rawdon, West Yorkshire, English CBeebies presenter, actor and author; first BBC children's presenter with Down's syndrome (2021), BAFTA Best Children's Presenter winner, Strictly 2022 Christmas contestant.

George Wendt

George Wendt (1948–2025), American actor and Second City alumnus, played Norm Peterson on all 11 seasons of Cheers, earning six Emmy nominations, and later performed on Broadway in Art, Hairspray, and Elf.

George Wyner

George Wyner (born 1945) is an American character actor best known for playing ADA Irwin Bernstein on Hill Street Blues and Colonel Sandurz in Spaceballs.

George Young (actor)

George Young (吴宇卫, born George Ng, 1980, London) is a British actor, writer, and presenter; former lawyer, ELLE award winner, host of Million Dollar Money Drop Singapore, and actor in Containment, Malignant, and Falling for Christmas.

Georges Franju

Georges Franju (1912-1987), French filmmaker, co-founder of the Cinémathèque française, documentarist of Le Sang des bêtes, and director of Les Yeux sans visage, Judex, and Thérèse Desqueyroux.

Georges Méliès

Georges Méliès (Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, 1861–1938), French illusionist and film pioneer, founder of Star Film (1896), creator of about 500 films including A Trip to the Moon (1902), and inventor of early special effects such as the stop trick, multiple exposures, and hand-painted color.

Georgia Engel

Georgia Bright Engel (1948-2019), American comic actress known as Georgette on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Pat MacDougall on Everybody Loves Raymond; five Emmy nominations, distinctive "half angel, half kitten" voice, Broadway and late-career stage roles.

Georgia Flood

Georgia Flood (born 1992, Phillip Island) is an Australian actress and singer-songwriter; known for Wentworth, ANZAC Girls, American Princess, and 2024 leads in Apples Never Fall (Savannah) and Nautilus (Humility Lucas).

Georgia Groome

Georgia Groome (born 1992, Nottingham) is an English actress known for London to Brighton (2006), Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008) as Georgia Nicolson, Tusk Tusk at the Royal Court, Double Date (2017), and her partnership with Rupert Grint since 2011.

Georgia Hirst

Georgia Hirst (Georgia Octavia Hirst), English actress born 1994, best known as shield-maiden Torvi in Vikings (2014–2020, 62 episodes); daughter of creator Michael Hirst, sister of Maude Hirst; also Ravers, Five Dates, To England with Love.

Georgia Jay

Georgia Jay is the stage name of English actress Georgina Philipps (born 1992), who plays Steph Miligan in Emmerdale from November 2024; also the name of a country singer and a New Zealand handbag label.

Georgia King

Georgia King (Georgia May King), Scottish actress born 1986 in Edinburgh, daughter of Jonathan Hyde and Isobel Buchanan; known for Goldie in The New Normal, Amanda Snodgrass in Vice Principals, Wild Child, and her directing and writing work.

Georgia Oakley

Georgia Oakley (born 1988, Basingstoke, England) is a British director and writer, BAFTA-nominated for her debut feature Blue Jean (2022) about Section 28, and director of Sense and Sensibility (2026).

Georgia Tennant

Georgia Tennant (née Moffett, born 1984) is an English actress and producer, daughter of Peter Davison and wife of David Tennant, known for Doctor Who's Jenny and Staged.

Georgia Toffolo

Georgia "Toff" Toffolo (Georgia Valerie Toffolo), English TV personality born 1994 in Devon; Made in Chelsea cast member 2014-2018, winner of I'm a Celebrity 2017, author of Always Smiling and the Meet Me romance series, and co-founder of Social Tip, married to BrewDog co-founder James Watt since 2025.

Georgiana Young

Georgiana Young (born Georgiana Paula Belzer) was an American actress and model, half-sister of Loretta Young, who was married to actor Ricardo Montalbán from 1944 until her death in 2007.

Georgie Glen

Georgie Glen (born 1956, Helensburgh, Scotland) is a Scottish character actress, ex-graphic designer, Bristol Old Vic graduate, known for Miss Higgins in Call the Midwife, Audrey McFall in Waterloo Road, and Lady Fermoy in The Crown.

Georgie Henley

Georgie Henley (Georgina Helen Henley, born 1995) is an English actress known for playing Lucy Pevensie in the three Chronicles of Narnia films (2005–2010), and later Meg Tudor in The Spanish Princess and Pensy in The Diplomat.

Georgina Campbell

Georgina Campbell, British actress (born 1992, Maidstone, Kent), won the 2015 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for Murdered by My Boyfriend as the first Black or mixed-race BAFTA winner, and later starred in Barbarian, Black Mirror's Hang the DJ, Krypton, and The Watchers.

Georgina Haig

Georgina Haig (born Georgina Hagg, 1985, Melbourne) is an Australian actress, writer, and director known for Etta Bishop on Fringe, Queen Elsa on Once Upon a Time, Paula Yates in INXS: Never Tear Us Apart, and her AACTA-nominated short film Ashes.

Georgina Spelvin

Georgina Spelvin, stage name of Shelley Bob Graham (born March 1, 1936, Houston), American actress and former Broadway dancer who starred in The Devil in Miss Jones (1973), appeared in over 70 adult films, then moved to mainstream roles and desktop publishing.

Gerald Anderson

Gerald Anderson (Gerald Randolph Opsima Anderson Jr.) is a Filipino-American actor born 1989 in Subic Bay, Zambales. Rose to fame on Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition 2006 with love team Kimerald; known for Tayong Dalawa, Budoy, and On the Job.