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Jack Gleeson
Jack Gleeson (born 1992, Cork, Ireland) is an Irish actor famous as Joffrey Baratheon in Game of Thrones (2011–2014). He stepped back from screen acting in 2014, co-founded Collapsing Horse Theatre, and returned via In the Land of Saints and Sinners, The Sandman, and House of Guinness.
Jack Griffo
Jack Davis Griffo (born 1996, Orlando, Florida) is an American actor, musician, and producer known as Max Thunderman on Nickelodeon's The Thundermans, its 2024 revival film, and the Undercover spin-off, plus Alexa & Katie and Super Sons voice work.
Jack Haley
Jack Haley (John Joseph Haley Jr.) was an American vaudeville, stage, radio, and film actor best known as the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz (1939).
Jack Handey
Jack Handey (born 1949), American humorist, creator of Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey on Saturday Night Live, Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer, and Toonces; New Yorker writer since 1987 and novelist (The Stench of Honolulu).
Jack Hawkins
Jack Hawkins (born John Edward Hawkins) was an English actor, a top British film star of the 1950s known for The Cruel Sea, Ben-Hur, and Lawrence of Arabia.
Jack Holt (actor)
Jack Holt (Charles John Holt, 1888–1951), American film actor and stuntman-turned-star of silent and sound Westerns; Paramount and Columbia leading man in Capra's Submarine, Flight, Dirigible; father of actors Tim and Jennifer Holt.
Jack Huston
Jack Alexander Huston is an English actor and director, grandson of John Huston, best known as Richard Harrow on HBO's Boardwalk Empire and as the star of Ben-Hur (2016).
Jack Innanen
Jack Innanen is a Toronto-born Canadian actor and digital creator. He began with viral TikTok sketches and later starred as Paul Baker in the FX comedy Adults.
Jack Kelly (actor)
Jack Kelly (John Augustus Kelly Jr., 1927–1992), American actor and politician; Bart Maverick opposite James Garner on ABC's Maverick (1957–62), Lt. Jerry Farman in Forbidden Planet, later Huntington Beach councilman and twice mayor.
Jack Kilmer
Jack Kilmer (John Wallace Kilmer), American actor born 1995 in Los Angeles, son of Val Kilmer and Joanne Whalley; debuted as Teddy in Palo Alto (2013), played Dead in Lords of Chaos, narrated the documentary Val.
Jack Klugman
Jack Klugman (Jacob Joachim Klugman, 1922–2012), American actor known as Oscar Madison on The Odd Couple (1970–75) and the title role of Quincy, M.E. (1976–83); three Primetime Emmys, Juror 5 in 12 Angry Men, 1960 Tony nomination for Gypsy.
Jack Larson
Jack Larson (1928-2015), American actor and playwright, played Jimmy Olsen on Adventures of Superman (1952-58), then became a librettist for Virgil Thomson's Lord Byron and partner-producer of James Bridges.
Jack Lemmon
Jack Lemmon, born John Uhler Lemmon III, was an American actor known for Some Like It Hot and The Apartment, and the first actor to win Oscars in both acting categories.
Jack Lord
Jack Lord (John Joseph Patrick Ryan, 1920–1998), American actor, director, and painter; starred as Steve McGarrett on CBS's Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980), the first Felix Leiter in Dr. No, and a builder of Hawaii's film industry.
Jack Lowden
Jack Lowden (born 1990, Chelmsford; raised in Oxton, Scotland) is a Scottish actor known for River Cartwright in Slow Horses, Dunkirk, Calibre, Benediction, Olivier and Scottish BAFTA awards, and producing The Outrun.
Jack MacGowran
Jack MacGowran was an Irish actor, born in Dublin in 1918, best known as one of Samuel Beckett's foremost interpreters and for films including The Exorcist.
Jack Martin (American actor)
Jack Martin (born 1998) is an American actor and comedian from McLean, Virginia, known as Josh Harris on NBC's La Brea, as Josh Teitelbaum in Mindy Kaling's Hulu comedy Not Suitable for Work, and for viral TikTok finance-bro sketches.
Jack McBrayer
Jack McBrayer (born 1973, Macon, Georgia) is an American actor and comedian, Kenneth Parcell on 30 Rock (2006–2013), voice of Fix-It Felix in Wreck-It Ralph, and host of HGTV's Zillow Gone Wild.
Jack Nance
Jack Nance (Marvin John Nance, 1943-1996), American character actor, star of David Lynch's Eraserhead as Henry Spencer and Pete Martell in Twin Peaks; also Dune, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, Lost Highway; died of subdural hematoma after a 1996 doughnut-shop fight.
Jack Nicholson
Jack Nicholson (John Joseph Nicholson, born 1937) is a retired American actor, a three-time Academy Award winner known for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and The Shining.
Jack O'Connell (actor)
Jack O'Connell (born 1990, Derby) is a British actor known for This Is England, Skins, Starred Up, '71, Unbroken, Sinners, and 28 Years Later; BAFTA Rising Star 2015.
Jack Osbourne
Jack Osbourne, youngest child of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, starred on MTV's The Osbournes (2002-2005), became a TV producer and documentarian, disclosed multiple sclerosis in 2012, and now manages his father's legacy.
Jack Paar
Jack Paar (1918–2004), American talk show host and comedian, hosted NBC's The Tonight Show 1957–62, renamed The Jack Paar Show; walked off in 1960 over a censored joke, hosted JFK in 1960, and was succeeded by Johnny Carson.
Jack Palance
Jack Palance (Volodymyr Palahniuk, 1919–2006) was an American actor of Ukrainian descent, a screen villain in Shane and Sudden Fear who won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for City Slickers (1991) and did one-armed push-ups at the 1992 Oscars.
Jack Quaid
Jack Henry Quaid (born 1992), American actor, son of Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid; played Hughie in The Boys (2019-2026), Marvel in The Hunger Games, and voices Boimler and Superman.
Jack Reynor
Jack Reynor (born 1992) is an Irish-American actor from County Wicklow, known for What Richard Did, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Sing Street, Midsommar, and The Perfect Couple, with Seasons and Presumed Innocent season two upcoming.
Jack Riley (actor)
Jack Riley (John Albert Riley Jr., 1935-2016), American comic actor from Cleveland, played Elliot Carlin on The Bob Newhart Show and voiced Stu Pickles in Rugrats and All Grown Up!.
Jack Rosenthal
Jack Rosenthal (1931–2004), English television dramatist from Manchester; wrote Coronation Street, The Evacuees, Bar Mitzvah Boy, The Knowledge, Yentl; BAFTA, Emmy, Prix Italia winner.
Jack Schumacher (actor)
Jack Schumacher (born 1993) is an American actor from Palatine, Illinois, who played Lt. Neil 'Omaha' Vikander in Top Gun: Maverick (2022) and stars as Yancy Grey in Netflix's Ransom Canyon (2025–2026).
Jack Shep
Jack Shep, British comedian, actor, and writer, core cast member of Saturday Night Live UK on Sky, breakout for his viral Princess Diana impression; former toddler football coach, BBC New Comedy Awards 2023 finalist, TikTok comedian.