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Giancarlo Esposito

Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito, born 1958 in Copenhagen, is an American actor known for Gus Fring in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, Moff Gideon in The Mandalorian, Stan Edgar in The Boys, and early Spike Lee roles including Buggin' Out.

Giancarlo Giannini

Giancarlo Giannini (born 1942, La Spezia) is an Italian actor, director, and dubber famous for Wertmüller films, the 1977 Oscar nomination for Pasqualino Settebellezze, Cannes 1973, and dubbing Al Pacino.

Gianni Russo

Gianni Russo (born 1943, New York City) is an American actor, singer, and entrepreneur who played Carlo Rizzi in The Godfather (1972) and Part II (1974), his first role, obtained through Paramount's détente with Joe Colombo's Italian-American Civil Rights League; later a 40-film character actor and memoirist.

Gideon Adlon

Gideon Adlon (born 1997, Los Angeles) is an American actress, daughter of Pamela Adlon and sister of Odessa A'zion, known for Blockers, The Mustang, The Society, The Thing About Pam, and voicing Devon Izara in Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord.

Gideon Emery

Gideon Emery (born 1972, Windsor, England) is a British-born South African actor and voice artist, known as Deucalion in Teen Wolf, Balthier in Final Fantasy XII, Fenris in Dragon Age II, and Gideon in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.

Gideon Glick

Gideon Glick (born 1988), American actor and writer. Broadway debut as Ernst in Spring Awakening; Tony-nominated for Dill in To Kill a Mockingbird; later Alfie in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Tommy Cothran in Maestro, and writer-star of Étoile.

Gig Young

Gig Young (Byron Elsworth Barr, 1913-1978), American character actor and Oscar winner for They Shoot Horses, Don't They?; named after his The Gay Sisters role; Coast Guard veteran; died in a 1978 murder-suicide.

Gigi Edgley

Gigi Edgley (born 1977, Perth) is an Australian actress best known as Chiana on Farscape (1999–2003) and Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars; also Lara Knight in Rescue Special Ops and host of Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge.

Gigi Zumbado

Gigi Zumbado, also credited as Gigi Zumbado actress, is a Cuban American actress from Miami, youngest of the acting Zumbado sisters. Known for Monica in Heart Eyes (2025), Tammy Ocampo in Bridge and Tunnel, and Ceci in CBS's DMV.

Gil Bellows

Gil Bellows (born 1967) is a Canadian actor, producer, and director from Vancouver, known as Tommy Williams in The Shawshank Redemption and Billy Thomas in Ally McBeal, Emmy- and Peabody-winning producer of Temple Grandin.

Gil Birmingham

Gil Birmingham (born 1953, San Antonio, Texas) is an American actor of Comanche ancestry, known as Billy Black in the Twilight Saga and Tribal Chairman Thomas Rainwater in Yellowstone and its 2026 CBS spinoff Marshals.

Gil Gerard

Gil Gerard (1943–2025), American actor, starred as Captain William 'Buck' Rogers in the 1979 film and NBC series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century; former industrial chemist, The Doctors soap star, died of cancer at 82.

Gilbert Roland

Gilbert Roland (Luis Antonio Dámaso de Alonso, 1905-1994), Mexican-born Hollywood actor from silent films to Barbarosa (1982), famous as the Cisco Kid and for Golden Globe-nominated roles in The Bad and the Beautiful and Cheyenne Autumn.

Gilda Radner

Gilda Radner (1946–1989), American comedian and original Saturday Night Live cast member, creator of Roseanne Roseannadanna, Baba Wawa, and Emily Litella; Emmy winner, Gene Wilder's wife, died of ovarian cancer at 42.

Gildart Jackson

Gildart Jackson is an English actor, writer, and audiobook narrator (over 400 books, Audie winner) known for Gideon in Charmed, Giles the Butler on Whodunnit?, and voicing Alfred Pennyworth in Gotham Knights.

Gilles Marini

Gilles Marini, French-American actor and former model born 1976 in Grasse, France; broke out as Dante in Sex and the City: The Movie (2008), Dancing with the Stars season 8 runner-up, and star of Brothers & Sisters and Switched at Birth.

Gilli Nata

Gilli Nata (Kannada: ಗಿಲ್ಲಿ ನಟ), real name Malavalli Nataraj, is a Kannada comedian and TV personality, first runner-up on Comedy Khiladigalu 4 and winner of Bigg Boss Kannada Season 12 (January 2026), now debuting as a film lead in Chandramohan's Palaar.

Gillian Anderson

Gillian Anderson (born 1968, Chicago) is an American-British actress known for Dana Scully in The X-Files, The Fall, The Crown's Thatcher, and Sex Education; based in London since 2002, two-time Emmy winner.

Gillian Chung (钟狄珊)

Gillian Chung (鍾欣潼, birth name Chung Tik-shan 鍾狄珊), born 1981, is a Hong Kong singer and actress, half of Cantopop duo Twins with Charlene Choi; she survived the 2008 Edison Chen photo scandal and later won Huading and Macau festival acting awards.

Gillian Jacobs

Gillian Jacobs (born 1982, Pittsburgh; birth name Gillian McLaren or Maclaren Jacobs) is an American actress and director, a Juilliard graduate, known as Britta Perry on Community, Mickey Dobbs on Netflix's Love, and the voice of Atom Eve in Invincible.

Gillian McKeith

Gillian McKeith is a Scottish television presenter and diet author best known for Channel 4's You Are What You Eat; she agreed in 2007 to stop using the title Dr in advertising after an ASA complaint over her non-accredited PhD, and appeared on I'm a Celebrity in 2010 and South Africa.

Gillian Vigman

Gillian Vigman (Gillian Sally Vigman), born 1972 in New Jersey, is an American actress, comedian, and screenwriter known as the "Commercial Queen", Jack Box's Wife, MADtv cast member, Stephanie in The Hangover, and Dr. T'Ana on Star Trek: Lower Decks.

Gina Belafonte

Gina Belafonte (born 1961) is an American actress, producer, director, and activist, daughter of Harry Belafonte; lead producer of Sing Your Song and co-founder of Sankofa.org.

Gina Bellman

Gina Bellman, born 1966 in Auckland, New Zealand, is a British actress known for Jane in Coupling, Sophie Devereaux in Leverage and Leverage: Redemption, and Dennis Potter's Blackeyes.

Gina Lollobrigida

Gina Lollobrigida (Luigia Lollobrigida), known as "La Lollo," was an Italian actress, photojournalist, and sculptor who became a leading film star of the 1950s and 1960s.

Gina McKee

Gina McKee (Georgina McKee, born 1964, Sunderland) is an English actress known for Our Friends in the North (BAFTA-winning Mary Cox), Notting Hill's Bella, The Forsyte Saga, The Borgias, Bodyguard, and Olivier-nominated stage work.

Gina Philips

Gina Philips (Gina Consolo), American actress and producer born 1970 in Miami Beach, Florida; known for Trish Jenner in Jeepers Creepers (2001) and Jeepers Creepers 3 (2017), Ally McBeal, Boston Public, and producing Love and Debate.

Gina Riley

Gina Riley (born 1961, Melbourne) is an Australian actress, comedian, writer, and singer who co-created, wrote, and starred as Kim Craig in Kath & Kim, winning the 2002 AFI Award and multiple Logies, and later played Matron Mama Morton in Chicago.

Gina Rodriguez

Gina Rodriguez (Gina Alexis Rodriguez, born 1984, Chicago) is an American actress, producer, and director, Golden Globe winner for Jane the Virgin (2015), founder of I Can and I Will Productions, and star of Carmen Sandiego, Miss Bala, and Not Dead Yet.

Gina Torres

Gina Torres, Cuban-American actress born 1969 in Manhattan, known for Zoë Washburne in Firefly and Serenity, Jessica Pearson in Suits and Pearson, Tommy Vega in 9-1-1: Lone Star, and 2026 Broadway return in Buena Vista Social Club.