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J. Smith-Cameron
J. Smith-Cameron (Jean Isabel Smith, born 1957, Louisville, Kentucky) is an American stage and screen actress, Obie and Tony-nominated, best known as Gerri Kellman on HBO's Succession, with Emmy nominations in 2022 and 2023 and SAG ensemble wins in 2022 and 2024.
J. T. Walsh
J. T. Walsh, James Thomas Patrick Walsh, was an American character actor known for playing quietly sinister businessmen and villains in films of the late 1980s and 1990s.
Ja'Net DuBois
Ja'Net DuBois (Jeannette Theresa Dubois, died February 17, 2020) was an American actress and singer-songwriter who played Willona Woods on Good Times, sang and co-wrote The Jeffersons theme 'Movin' On Up', and won two Emmys for The PJs.
Jaafar Jackson
Jaafar Jackson (born 1996, Los Angeles), son of Jermaine Jackson and nephew of Michael Jackson, is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Debut single "Got Me Singing" (2019); made his acting debut as Michael Jackson in the 2026 biopic Michael, the highest-grossing biopic ever.
Jaakko Ohtonen
Finnish actor Jaakko Ohtonen, born in 1989, gained international recognition for roles in The Last Kingdom and Vikings: Valhalla, and will star as Jesus in Mel Gibson's upcoming production.
Jaaved Jaaferi (जावेद जाफ़री)
Jaaved Jaaferi (जावेद जाफ़री), Syed Jaaved Ahmed Jaaferi, born 1963, is an Indian actor, dancer, comedian, and Channel V host; son of Jagdeep, debut in Meri Jung (1985), co-founder of Boogie Woogie, Manav in Dhamaal.
Jabari Banks
Jabari Banks (born 1998) is an American actor, singer, and rapper who played Will in all four seasons of Peacock's Bel-Air (2022–2025), his first acting role, and also starred in Bad Genius (2024).
Jac Schaeffer
Jac Schaeffer, American screenwriter and showrunner, creator of WandaVision (2021) and Agatha All Along (2024); Princeton 2000, USC MFA; signed Amazon MGM deal 2026 and will showrun Stargate.
Jace Alexander
Jace Alexander (Jason Edward Alexander, born 1964) is an American former television director and actor, son of Jane Alexander; directed 32 Law & Order episodes, piloted Burn Notice and Warehouse 13, later convicted in 2015-2016 child pornography case.
Jace Norman
Jace Norman (Jace Lee Norman), born 2000 in Corrales, New Mexico, is the American actor who played Henry Hart/Kid Danger on Nickelodeon's Henry Danger (2014-2020, 121 episodes), later a producer on Danger Force and Henry Danger: The Movie (2025).
Jacinda Barrett
Jacinda Barrett (born 1972, Brisbane) is an Australian actress and former model known for The Real World: London (1995), The Human Stain (2003), Ladder 49, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, and Netflix's Bloodline; married to actor Gabriel Macht since 2004. Not Jacinda Ardern or other people named Jacinda.
Jack Albertson
Jack Albertson (Harold Bernard Albertson, 1907-1981), American character actor from vaudeville to Oscar, Tony, and two Emmy wins; Grandpa Joe in Willy Wonka and Ed Brown in Chico and the Man.
Jack Archer (actor)
Jack Archer (born 1998) is a British-Irish actor, RWCMD-trained, known as Provence in Marie Antoinette and Jamie Marshbrook in The Bay; distinct from the Hopscotch Films director and The Archers radio character.
Jack Barton (actor)
Jack Barton (born 1995) is an English actor, Oxford School of Drama graduate, known for David Nelson in Heartstopper, John Tonkin in SAS: Rogue Heroes, Poor Things, and unconfirmed James Bond casting reports; distinct from the 1916-2002 Crossroads producer of the same name.
Jack Black
Jack Black (Thomas Jacob Black, born 1969, Santa Monica) is an American actor and musician, half of Tenacious D with Kyle Gass, known for High Fidelity, School of Rock, Kung Fu Panda, Jumanji, and voicing Bowser and Minecraft's Steve.
Jack Carson
Jack Carson (John Elmer Carson, 1910-1963), Canadian-born American actor and comedian of Warner Bros. films; vaudeville partner of Dave Willock, comedy teammate of Dennis Morgan, known for Mildred Pierce, Arsenic and Old Lace, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
Jack Cassidy
Jack Cassidy (John Joseph Edward Cassidy, 1927–1976), American stage, film, and TV actor and baritone; 1964 Tony winner for She Loves Me, three-time Columbo murderer, husband of Shirley Jones, father of David and Shaun Cassidy; died in a West Hollywood apartment fire.
Jack Champion
Jack Champion (born 2004) is an American actor who plays Spider (Miles 'Javier' Socorro) in James Cameron's Avatar sequels and Ethan Landry in Scream VI (2023), after early roles in The Night Sitter and Avengers: Endgame.
Jack Coleman (actor)
Jack Coleman (John MacDonald Coleman, born 1958) is an American actor known as Steven Carrington on Dynasty (1982-88) and Noah Bennet/HRG on Heroes (2006-10) and Heroes Reborn, with later recurring roles on The Office, Burn Notice, Scandal, and Chicago P.D.
Jack Davenport
Jack Davenport (born 1973) is an English actor, son of Maria Aitken and Nigel Davenport, known for This Life, Coupling, James Norrington in Pirates of the Caribbean, FlashForward, Smash, and The Morning Show.
Jack Deam
Jack Deam (Ian Deam, born 1972, Oldham) is an English actor known as Marty Fisher in Shameless, Inspector Mallory in Father Brown, and DC Ken Blackstone in DCI Banks.
Jack DeSena
Jack DeSena (John Patrick De Sena, born 1987, Boston) is an American actor and comedian, an All That regular and the voice of Sokka in Avatar: The Last Airbender and Prince Callum in The Dragon Prince.
Jack Dodson
Jack Dodson (born John Smeaton Dodson, 1931-1994) was an American character actor known as Howard Sprague on The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry R.F.D., with stage credits in Hughie and over 150 TV guest appearances.
Jack Dolman
Jack Dolman (born 1988, Toronto) is a Canadian music and sound editor, son of Andrea Martin, brother of Joe Dolman; supervising music editor on Wicked and Wicked: For Good, Oscar-nominated for Best Sound for Wicked. Not the actor Jack Doolan.
Jack Donnelly
Jack Donnelly (born 1985) is a British actor, writer, and director from Bournemouth, best known for playing Jason in the BBC fantasy series Atlantis (2013–2015) and for films including Friendsgiving.
Jack Falahee
Jack Falahee (John Ryan Falahee), American actor born 1989 in Ann Arbor, Michigan; NYU Tisch graduate known for Connor Walsh on How to Get Away with Murder (2014–2020), Frank Stringfellow on Mercy Street, and understudy in the 2026 Broadway Death of a Salesman revival.
Jack Fox (actor)
Jack Louis Fox (born 1985, London) is a British actor of the Fox acting dynasty, known as Sir Edward Denham in Sanditon, Nico Eltham in Riviera, and for Dear Lupin with his father James Fox.
Jack Garner
Jack Garner (Jack Edward Bumgarner, 1926-2011), American character actor, older brother of James Garner; appeared in Rockford Files, Bret Maverick; also the name of a Rochester film critic.
Jack Gilford
Jack Gilford, born Jacob Aaron Gellman, was an American comic actor of vaudeville, Broadway, film, and television, Oscar-nominated for Save the Tiger and blacklisted in the 1950s.
Jack Gilpin
Jack Gilpin (John Mitchell Gilpin, born 1951, Boyce, Virginia) is an American actor and Episcopal priest, the butler Mr. Church in HBO's The Gilded Age, father of Betty Gilpin, and grandson of Billy Mitchell.