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Jerry Nelson

Jerry Nelson (1934–2012), American Muppet performer, voiced Count von Count, Floyd Pepper, Robin, and Gobo Fraggle across Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, and Fraggle Rock; Emmy-winning Jimmy Dean Show recruit.

Jerry O'Connell

Jerry O'Connell (Michael Jeremiah O'Connell, born 1974) is an American actor and TV host, the Vern Tessio of Stand by Me (1986), star of Sliders, voice of Jack Ransom and Superman, and host of CBS's The Talk.

Jerry Paris

Jerry Paris (born William Gerald Paris, 1925-1986), American actor and director; played dentist-neighbor Jerry Helper on The Dick Van Dyke Show, won a 1964 Emmy directing it, then became Happy Days' sole director and helmed Police Academy sequels.

Jerry Trainor

Jerry Trainor (Gerald William Trainor, born 1977, San Diego) is an American actor known as Crazy Steve on Drake & Josh, Spencer Shay on iCarly and its Paramount+ revival, and the voice of Dudley Puppy on T.U.F.F. Puppy.

Jerry Van Dyke

Jerry Van Dyke (1931-2018), American comedian and actor, younger brother of Dick Van Dyke; starred in My Mother the Car (1965-66) and played Luther Van Dam on Coach (1989-97), earning four Emmy nominations.

Jerry Yan (言承旭)

Jerry Yan (言承旭, birth name Liao Yangzhen, born 1977) is a Taiwanese actor, model and singer, F4 member who played Dao Ming Si in Meteor Garden (2001) and starred in the NHK-broadcast The Hospital.

Jess Bush

Jess Bush (Jessica Bush, born 1992, Brisbane) is an Australian actor, model, and visual artist who plays Nurse Christine Chapel in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, earning a 2022 Saturn Award nomination, and creates the Bee Totem bee-resin art series.

Jess Chanliau

Jess Chanliau, American-French non-binary actor, movement artist, and singer; RCS graduate; played Ronnie Buckhurst in Netflix's The Diplomat (2023–2024) and Stone in Inmate Zero/Patients of a Saint.

Jess Harnell

Jess Harnell (born 1963, Teaneck, New Jersey) is an American voice actor and singer: Wakko Warner in Animaniacs, announcer of America's Funniest Home Videos since 1998, Ironhide in Transformers, Crash Bandicoot, and Rock Sugar frontman.

Jess Hilarious

Jess Hilarious (Jessica Robin Moore) is a Baltimore-born stand-up comedian, actress, and 2024 third co-host of The Breakfast Club, known for the viral "Jess With the Mess" skits, Wild 'N Out, the Fox sitcom Rel, and her memoir 'Til Death Do We Parent.

Jess Lapid

Jess Lapid was a Filipino action film star of the 1960s, famous for Kardong Kidlat (1964), who began as a stuntman and was fatally shot in a nightclub on July 13, 1968.

Jess McLeod

Jess McLeod (born 1997, Victoria, British Columbia), also credited as Jessica McLeod, is a Canadian trans nonbinary actor and filmmaker known for Janae Matthews in One of Us Is Lying, It's a Wonderful Knife, Normal, and the short She's Nonbinary; distinct from the New York theatre director of the same name.

Jess Weixler

Jess Weixler (Jessica Weixler) is an American actress from Louisville, Kentucky, a Juilliard classmate of Jessica Chastain, who won the 2007 Sundance Special Jury Prize for Teeth and works mainly in independent film and television.

Jess Wright

Jess Wright (Jessica Sophia Wright, born 1985) is the English TOWIE original cast member (2010-2016), distinct from the psychiatrist and the folk singer of the same name; later author, beauty entrepreneur, and podcaster.

Jessalyn Gilsig

Jessalyn Gilsig, Canadian actress born 1971 in Montreal, trained at Harvard's American Repertory Theatre; known for Lauren Davis in Boston Public, Gina Russo in Nip/Tuck, Terri Schuester in Glee, and Siggy in Vikings.

Jesse Armstrong

Jesse Armstrong (born 1970) is a British screenwriter and producer, co-creator of Peep Show, co-writer of In the Loop and Four Lions, creator-showrunner of HBO's Succession (four Emmy writing wins), and writer-director of the 2025 HBO film Mountainhead.

Jesse Baird

Jesse Alan Baird (1997-2024) was an Australian Network 10 TV presenter (Totally Wild, Gamify, Studio 10) and AFL goal umpire, Heritage No. 350; killed with Luke Davies in February 2024, with former officer Beau Lamarre-Condon charged.

Jesse Birdsall

Jesse Birdsall (born 1963, Highbury, London) is an English actor known for Nick Beckett in Bugs, Roger Webb in Footballers' Wives, Fraser Black in Hollyoaks, and Marcus Tandy in Eldorado.

Jesse Borrego

Jesse Borrego (born 1962) is a Mexican-American and Native American actor from San Antonio, Texas, known for Jesse V. Valesquez in Fame, Cruz in Blood In, Blood Out, Gael Ortega in 24, and George King in Dexter, plus stage work and San Antonio film advocacy.

Jesse Bradford

Jesse Bradford (Jesse Bradford Watrouse, born 1979) is an American actor known for King of the Hill (1993), Bring It On (2000), Swimfan, and Flags of Our Fathers, plus TV roles on The West Wing, Shooter, and High Potential.

Jesse Dylan

Jesse Dylan (Jesse Byron Dylan), American director and producer born 1966 in New York, son of Bob Dylan; directed How High, American Wedding, Kicking & Screaming, the Emmy-winning Yes We Can video, and Soros, and founded Wondros and Lybba.

Jesse Eisenberg

Jesse Eisenberg (born 1983, New York) is an American actor, playwright, and filmmaker, Oscar-nominated as Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network (2010), later a Razzie-winning Lex Luthor, and the writer-director of A Real Pain and The Debut.

Jesse James (actor)

Jesse James (actor) refers chiefly to the American actor born 1989 in Palm Springs, a former child star of As Good as It Gets, Pearl Harbor, Blow, The Butterfly Effect, and The Amityville Horror; the name is also used by actors Jesse James Keitel and a Texas-based performer.

Jesse James (television personality)

Jesse James (Jesse Gregory James, born 1969, Long Beach, California), founder of West Coast Choppers and host of Discovery's Monster Garage; distinct from the outlaw, Jesse James Decker, and actors named Jesse James.

Jesse James Keitel

Jesse James Keitel is an American actor and artist from eastern Long Island, known for the role of Jerrie Kennedy on the ABC drama Big Sky.

Jesse Johnson (actor)

Jesse Wayne Johnson (born 1982), American actor, son of Don Johnson and Patti D'Arbanville; known for Killing Lincoln, ¿Para qué sirve un oso?, Chapman, and TV guest roles.

Jesse Kove

Jesse Kove (born 1990) is an American actor, producer, and director, son of Martin Kove, known as Varsity Captain David in Cobra Kai and for On Wings of Eagles, D-Day, and A Gunfighter's Deal.

Jesse L. Martin

Jesse L. Martin, born Jesse Lamont Watkins in 1969, is an American actor known for originating Tom Collins in Broadway's Rent, Detective Ed Green on Law & Order (1999–2008), Joe West on The Flash, and Alec Mercer on NBC's The Irrational.

Jesse Metcalfe

Jesse Metcalfe (born 1978) is an American actor known as gardener John Rowland on Desperate Housewives, the title character of John Tucker Must Die (2006), Christopher Ewing on Dallas, and Trace on Hallmark's Chesapeake Shores.

Jesse Plemons

Jesse Plemons (born 1988, Dallas) is an American actor known for Friday Night Lights' Landry Clarke, Breaking Bad's Todd, Fargo's Ed Blumquist, and films by Scorsese, Spielberg, and Lanthimos; Cannes Best Actor 2024.