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James Nesbitt
James Nesbitt (born 1965) is a Northern Irish actor from Ballymena known for Cold Feet, Bloody Sunday, Murphy's Law, Jekyll, Bofur in The Hobbit, The Missing, Bloodlands, and Netflix's Run Away; Wave patron, University of Ulster chancellor.
James Norton (actor)
James Norton (born 1985, London) is an English actor known for Happy Valley, Grantchester, War & Peace, and McMafia, an Olivier- and BAFTA-nominated stage and screen performer, and co-founder of Rabbit Track Pictures.
James Nunn
James Nunn (born 1985, Sutton, Surrey) is a British action and genre film director, distinct from theatre director Trevor Nunn. Known for Tower Block, the One Shot single-take trilogy with Scott Adkins, and the 2026 hippo horror Hungry.
James Patrick Stuart
James Patrick Stuart, American character and voice actor born 1968 in Encino, California; known for Will Cortlandt on All My Children, Keith on Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Private on The Penguins of Madagascar, and Valentin Cassadine on General Hospital since 2016.
James Pickens Jr.
James Pickens Jr. (born 1954, Cleveland) is an American actor, Dr. Richard Webber on Grey's Anatomy since 2005 and Alvin Kersh on The X-Files; SAG and NAACP Image Award winner, prostate cancer awareness advocate.
James Purefoy
James Purefoy (James Brian Mark Purefoy), English actor born 1964 in Taunton, Somerset; RSC-trained; known as Mark Antony in Rome, Joe Carroll in The Following, and King Randor in Masters of the Universe (2026).
James Ransone
James Ransone (James Finley Ransone III, 1979–2025) was an American character actor from Baltimore, known as Ziggy Sobotka in The Wire, Cpl. Josh Ray Person in Generation Kill, and adult Eddie Kaspbrak in It Chapter Two; he died by suicide at 46.
James Read
James Read (James Christopher Read, born 1953) is an American actor known for George Hazard in North and South, Murphy Michaels in Remington Steele, Victor Bennett in Charmed, and Clyde Weston on Days of Our Lives.
James Rebhorn
James Rebhorn (1948-2014), American character actor of stage and screen, appeared in over 100 productions; known for Scent of a Woman, Independence Day, Meet the Parents, Homeland, and the Seinfeld finale.
James Reid (actor)
James Reid (Robert James Reid, born 1993, Sydney) is a Filipino-Australian actor-singer, Big Winner of Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Clash 2010, half of the JaDine love team with Nadine Lustre, founder of Careless Music, and star of Someone, Someday.
James Remar
James Remar (William James Remar, born 1953, Boston) is an American character actor known as Ajax in The Warriors, Albert Ganz in 48 Hrs., Richard Wright in Sex and the City, and Harry Morgan in the Dexter franchise.
James Robertson Justice
James Robertson Justice (1907 or 1905 to 2 July 1975), English-born character actor famous as Sir Lancelot Spratt in the Doctor films; falconer, Edinburgh University rector, self-claimed Scot.
James Roday Rodriguez
James Roday Rodriguez (born James David Rodriguez, 1976) is an American actor, director, and writer known for playing Shawn Spencer on Psych (2006–2014) and Gary Mendez on A Million Little Things; he reclaimed his birth name Rodriguez in 2020.
James Russo
James Vincent Russo (born 1953, Queens, New York) is an American character actor known for villain and gangster roles in Once Upon a Time in America, Beverly Hills Cop, Extremities, Donnie Brasco, and Django Unchained.
James Saito
James Saito (James Tomio Saito, born 1955, Los Angeles) is an American actor of Japanese descent, the original Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), Dr. Chen in Eli Stone, and a 2007 Obie winner for Durango.
James Shigeta
James Shigeta (1929-2014), Honolulu-born Japanese American singer and actor, Hollywood romantic lead in The Crimson Kimono, Flower Drum Song, and Bridge to the Sun, later Joseph Takagi in Die Hard and the voice of General Li in Mulan.
James Spader
James Spader (born 1960, Boston) is an American actor known for sex, lies, and videotape, Alan Shore on Boston Legal (3 Emmys), Reddington on The Blacklist, and Ultron in Age of Ultron and VisionQuest.
James St. James
James St. James (born James Clark, 1966) is an American writer, performer, and original NYC Club Kid; author of Disco Bloodbath (aka Party Monster) and Freak Show, subject of the 2003 Party Monster film, and a World of Wonder personality and Night Fever podcast co-host.
James Stacy
James Stacy (Maurice William Elias, 1936-2016), American actor, starred as Johnny Madrid Lancer in the TV western Lancer (1968-70), lost an arm and leg in a 1973 motorcycle accident, returned in Posse, earned two Emmy nominations, and was later convicted of child molestation.
James Stewart
James Maitland Stewart (1908–1997), American actor and Air Force Reserve brigadier general; star of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, It's a Wonderful Life, and Vertigo; five Oscar nominations, one win, AFI Life Achievement Award 1980.
James Sweeney (filmmaker)
James Sweeney (born 1990, Sacramento) is an American writer-director-producer-actor raised in Alaska, a Chapman University graduate. His features Straight Up (2019) and Twinless (2025, Sundance Audience Award, with Dylan O'Brien) mark him from other namesakes.
James Tolkan
James Stewart Tolkan (June 20, 1931 – March 26, 2026) was an American character actor, Vice Principal Gerald Strickland in Back to the Future and Commander 'Stinger' Jardian in Top Gun, also in Serpico and the original Broadway Glengarry Glen Ross.
James Tupper
James Tupper (James Howard Tupper), Canadian actor born 1965 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia; Concordia BFA 1992 and Rutgers MFA. Known for Jack Slattery in Men in Trees, Dr. Chris Sands in Mercy, David Clarke in Revenge, and Nathan Carlson in Big Little Lies.
James Urbaniak
James Urbaniak (born 1963, Bayonne, New Jersey) is an American character actor known as Simon Grim in Henry Fool, Robert Crumb in American Splendor, and the voice of Dr. Rusty Venture in The Venture Bros., with an Obie Award and a Drama Desk nomination for Thom Pain.
James Van Der Beek
James David Van Der Beek (1977–2026) was an American actor, teen idol as Dawson Leery on Dawson's Creek (The WB, 1998–2003), also of Varsity Blues, Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23, and CSI: Cyber; died at 48 of colorectal cancer.
James Waterston
James Waterston (born 1969, New York City) is an American actor, son of Sam Waterston, known for Dead Poets Society, Little Sweetheart, Live from Baghdad, Red Oaks, the BBC's Oppenheimer, and extensive Off-Broadway and regional stage work.
James Westmoreland (actor)
James Westmoreland (1935–2016), also known as Rad Fulton, American film and TV actor; played Ruel Jaxon on The Monroes and soap roles on General Hospital and The Young and the Restless.
James Whale
James Whale (1889–1957) was an English film and theater director who spent his Hollywood career at Universal, directing Frankenstein (1931), The Invisible Man (1933), and Bride of Frankenstein (1935).
James Whitmore
James Whitmore (1921–2009), American character actor and "King of the One Man Show" for his solo portrayals of Will Rogers, Harry Truman, and Theodore Roosevelt; Tony, Grammy, and Emmy winner with two Oscar nominations.
James Whitmore Jr.
James Whitmore Jr. (James Allen Whitmore III, born 1948) is an American TV actor and director, son of actor James Whitmore. Known for Black Sheep Squadron and Hunter, he later directed NCIS, Quantum Leap, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes.