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Ian McKellen
Sir Ian McKellen (born 25 May 1939, Burnley) is an English actor, knighted in 1991, known for Shakespearean stage roles, Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings, Magneto in X-Men, two Oscar nominations, a Tony, six Olivier Awards, and co-founding Stonewall UK.
Ian McNeice
Ian McNeice (born 1950, Basingstoke) is an English character actor, RSC-trained, known as Baron Harkonnen in the Dune miniseries, Bert Large in Doc Martin, the Rome Newsreader, and Doctor Who's Winston Churchill.
Ian McShane
Ian McShane (born 1942, Blackburn, England) is a British actor famous for Lovejoy, Al Swearengen in HBO's Deadwood (Golden Globe winner), Mr. Wednesday in American Gods, and Winston in the John Wick films.
Ian Mune
Sir Ian Barry Mune (born 1941) is a New Zealand actor, screenwriter, and director, OBE and 2024 KNZM, known for co-writing Sleeping Dogs and Goodbye Pork Pie and directing Came a Hot Friday and What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?.
Ian Nelson (actor, born 1995)
Ian Nelson, full name Ian Michael Nelson, is an American actor born in 1995, known for The Hunger Games (2012) and his recurring role on Teen Wolf.
Ian Ogilvy
Ian Ogilvy (born 1943, Woking, Surrey) is an English actor, playwright, and novelist, best known as Simon Templar in Return of the Saint (1978–1979), taking the role from Roger Moore; also author of the Measle Stubbs children's books.
Ian Ousley
Ian Ousley (born 2002, College Station, Texas) is an American actor and former Taekwondo competitor who plays Sokka in Netflix's live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender; earlier roles include 13 Reasons Why, Physical, and Big Shot, amid a 2022 heritage controversy.
Ian Richardson
Ian Richardson (1934–2007), Scottish classical actor and founding Royal Shakespeare Company member, best known as Francis Urquhart in the BBC's House of Cards trilogy, winning a 1991 BAFTA; also Marat/Sade, Brazil, Dark City.
Ian Shaw (actor)
Ian Shaw (born 1969) is a British actor and writer, son of Robert Shaw and Mary Ure, known for The Shark Is Broken, the Jaws backstage play he co-wrote with Joseph Nixon and in which he plays his own father; distinct from the jazz singer Ian Shaw born 1962.
Ian Somerhalder
Ian Somerhalder, American actor born 1978 in Covington, Louisiana; played Boone Carlyle on Lost and Damon Salvatore on The Vampire Diaries (2009-2017); retired from acting after Netflix's V Wars (2019) to run Brother's Bond Bourbon and advocate regenerative agriculture.
Ian Tracey
Ian Tracey (born 1964) is a Canadian actor and director from British Columbia, best known as Detective Mick Leary on CBC's Da Vinci's Inquest and as Jimmy Reardon in Intelligence; Gemini Award winner for Milgaard.
Ian Tuason
Ian Tuason is a Filipino-Canadian filmmaker, born in Montreal and based in Toronto, director of A24's sound-driven horror debut Undertone (Fantasia 2025, Best Canadian Feature) and the upcoming Paranormal Activity 8.
Ian Veneracion
Ian Veneracion (Stephen Ian López Veneración, born 1975, Manila) is a Filipino actor and singer: child star of Joey and Son (1982), 1990s action lead, Pangako Sa'yo (2015) and A Love to Last (2017) leading man, 2022 MMFF Best Actor winner for Nanahimik ang Gabi.
Ian Whyte (actor)
Ian Whyte (Ian Stuart Whyte) is a Welsh actor and stuntman, born 1971, and a 7'1" former professional basketball player. Known for playing the Predator in Alien vs. Predator (2004), the Last Engineer in Prometheus, and giants and White Walkers in Game of Thrones.
Ian Ziering
Ian Ziering (born 1964, Newark, New Jersey) is an American actor known as Steve Sanders on all ten seasons of Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990-2000) and as Fin Shepard in the Syfy Sharknado film series (2013-2018), plus Dancing with the Stars and Chippendales Las Vegas.
Iantha Richardson
Iantha Richardson (born 1990, Washington, D.C.) is an American actress, dancer, and director who plays GBI Special Agent Faith Mitchell on ABC's Will Trent; also known as Adult Tess on This Is Us, Tessa Lorraine on American Soul, and director of Will Trent's 2026 'It Was a Meat Cute' episode.
Iben Hjejle
Iben Hjejle (born 1971) is a Danish actress known for Langt fra Las Vegas, Klovn, and Dicte, and internationally for High Fidelity with John Cusack; Reumert and Teaterpokalen winner 2024.
Ibrahim Ali Khan (actor)
Ibrahim Ali Khan, Bollywood actor, son of Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh; debuted in Netflix's Nadaaniyan (2025), followed by Sarzameen; upcoming film Diler.
Ibrahim Chatta
Ibrahim Chatta (born Ibrahim Abiodun Chatta, 1970) is a Nigerian actor, singer, producer, and director of Yoruba-language cinema; began acting in 1985, famous for Aiyekooto (2012), founder of Africhatta Film Village.
Idara Victor
Idara Victor is an American actress and trained operatic soprano who played Nina Holiday on Rizzoli & Isles and Abigail on all four seasons of AMC's Turn: Washington's Spies.
Iddo Goldberg
Iddo Goldberg (born 1975) is an Israeli-born British actor known for Ben in Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Freddie Thorne in Peaky Blinders, Isaac Walton in Salem, and Bennett Knox in Snowpiercer.
Idris Elba
Idris Elba, English actor, DJ, producer, and director born 1972 in Hackney, London, known as Stringer Bell on The Wire and DCI John Luther on Luther; Golden Globe and SAG winner, DJ Big Driis, UN IFAD goodwill ambassador, OBE 2016, knighted 2026.
Ignacia Allamand
María Ignacia Allamand Lyon, Chilean actress born 1981 in Santiago, daughter of politician Andrés Allamand. Known for Vivir con 10, the Qué pena trilogy, The Green Inferno, Knock Knock, and her acting career in Mexico City since 2017.
Ignacio Diaz-Silverio
Ignacio Diaz-Silverio is an American actor from Tampa, Florida, known for starring as Rafa in Primo (2023) and for roles in A Good Person, Departing Seniors, Nimrods, and Zero Day.
Ignacy Liss
Ignacy Liss, full name Ignacy Jan Liss, is a Polish film, television, and theater actor, born in 1998, known for leading roles in Znachor (2023) and the series Proud (2026).
Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff
Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff (Bogdanov), French identical twins born 1949, hosted the first French science-fiction TV show Temps X on TF1 from 1979, wrote science best-sellers, and died of Covid-19 six days apart, 28 December 2021 and 3 January 2022, unvaccinated, aged 72.
Ikue Ōtani (大谷 育江)
Ikue Ōtani (大谷育江, born 1965) is a Japanese voice actress of Mausu Promotion, the worldwide voice of Pikachu since the Pokémon anime's first episode, also Tony Tony Chopper, Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya, Zatch Bell, and twice Seiyu Awards Kids Family Award winner.
Ila Arun
Ila Arun (born 1954, Jaipur) is an Indian Rajasthani folk-pop singer, actress, and theatre director. Known for "Morni baagha ma bole" (Lamhe, 1991), "Choli Ke Peeche" (Khalnayak, 1993), "Ringa Ringa" (Slumdog Millionaire), her album Vote For Ghagra, Surnai Theatre foundation (1982), and her 2024 autobiography Parde ke Peechhey.
Ilan Mitchell-Smith
Ilan Mitchell-Smith (born 1969) is an American academic and former actor, known as Wyatt Donnelly in Weird Science (1985) and for The Chocolate War, Superboy, and his CSULB medieval literature professorship.
Ilana Glazer
Ilana Glazer (they/she) is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and activist best known as co-creator and co-star of Comedy Central's Broad City, which ran from 2014 to 2019.