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Jim Sheridan

Jim Sheridan (born 1949, Dublin) is an Irish film director, screenwriter, and producer; six-time Oscar nominee behind My Left Foot, In the Name of the Father, The Boxer, In America, Murder at the Cottage, and Re-creation. Distinct from Taylor Sheridan.

Jim Sturgess

Jim Sturgess (James Anthony Sturgess, born 1978, London) is an English actor and musician, breakout star of Across the Universe, lead in 21, One Day, The Way Back, and a six-role player in Cloud Atlas, married to Dina Mousawi.

Jimi Mistry

Jimi Mistry (born 1973, Scarborough, England) is a British actor of Indian and Irish descent, known for Tariq in East Is East (stage and 1999 film), Dr. Fred Fonseca in EastEnders, The Guru (2002), and Kal Nazir in Coronation Street; distinct from Jimmy Mistry, the Indian designer.

Jimmi Simpson

Jimmi Simpson (James Raymond Simpson, born 1975, Hackettstown, New Jersey) is an American character actor known for Westworld's William, House of Cards' Gavin, Liam McPoyle, and a 2018 Emmy nomination.

Jimmie Walker

Jimmie Walker (James Carter Walker, born 1947, Bronx) is the American stand-up comedian and actor who played J.J. Evans on CBS's Good Times (1974–79) and coined "Dyn-o-mite!"; Time named him Comedian of the Decade.

Jimmy Akingbola

Jimmy Akingbola (James Olatokunbo Akingbola) is a British-Nigerian actor and producer, born in 1978 in Plaistow, London, best known as Geoffrey in Bel-Air and DC Steve Bradshaw in The Tower.

Jimmy Bennett

Jimmy Bennett, full name James Michael Bennett, is an American actor and musician born in 1996, a child actor in Hostage, Orphan, and Star Trek.

Jimmy Fallon

Jimmy Fallon (James Thomas Fallon Jr., born 1974, Brooklyn) is an American comedian and host, an SNL cast member 1998-2004 and host of NBC's The Tonight Show since 2014, known for viral musical segments and a ratings slide after his 2016 Trump interview.

Jimmy Jean-Louis

Jimmy Jean-Louis, born 1968 in Pétion-Ville, Haiti, is a Haitian actor and humanitarian known as The Haitian on NBC's Heroes, for Toussaint Louverture, The Goat Life, and founding Hollywood Unites for Haiti.

Jimmy Kimmel

Jimmy Kimmel (James Christian Kimmel, born 1967, Brooklyn) is an American late-night host of ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live! since 2003, a four-time Oscars host, Emmy winner, suspended and reinstated by ABC in 2025.

Jimmy McGovern

Jimmy McGovern (born 1949, Liverpool) is the British screenwriter behind Cracker, Hillsborough, The Street, Accused, Broken, and Time, known for working-class, Catholic-tinged dramas about law and justice.

Jimmy McNichol

Jimmy McNichol (James Vincent McNichol, born 1961) is an American actor and singer, 1970s teen idol of The Fitzpatricks, California Fever, and General Hospital, RCA duet albums with sister Kristy, later a Colorado environmentalist and real-estate developer.

Jimmy Nail

Jimmy Nail (James Michael Aloysius Bradford, born 1954, Newcastle) is an English actor, singer and writer known as Oz in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, creator of Spender and Crocodile Shoes, and the 1992 chart-topper 'Ain't No Doubt'.

Jimmy O. Yang

Jimmy O. Yang (歐陽萬成, born 1987, Hong Kong) is a Hong Kongese-American actor and stand-up comedian known as Jian-Yang on Silicon Valley, Bernard Tai in Crazy Rich Asians, and Willis Wu in Interior Chinatown.

Jimmy Perry

Jimmy Perry (1923–2016), English sitcom writer and actor, co-created Dad's Army, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Hi-de-Hi! and You Rang, M'Lord? with David Croft, drawing on his Home Guard, army concert party and Butlin's experiences.

Jimmy Savile

Jimmy Savile (1926–2011), British DJ and host of Top of the Pops and Jim'll Fix It, revealed after his October 2011 death as a serial sexual abuser; inquiries found hundreds of victims across the BBC, NHS hospitals, schools and children's homes.

Jimmy Sheirgill (ਜਸਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਗਿੱਲ)

Jimmy Sheirgill (ਜਸਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਗਿੱਲ), born Jasjit Singh Gill in 1970, is an Indian actor and producer in Hindi and Punjabi cinema, known for Maachis, Mohabbatein, A Wednesday!, and Mel Karade Rabba.

Jimmy Smits

Jimmy Smits (born 1955, Brooklyn) is an American actor, Emmy winner for L.A. Law (1990) as Victor Sifuentes, and star of NYPD Blue, The West Wing, Dexter, and Sons of Anarchy; co-founder of the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts.

Jimmy Tatro

Jimmy Tatro (born 1992), American actor, comedian, and YouTuber behind LifeAccordingToJimmy; known for American Vandal's Dylan Maxwell, The Real Bros of Simi Valley, Home Economics, Theater Camp, and as Gorilla Grodd in DC Crime.

Jimmy Wong

Jimmy Wong (James Franklin Wong, 黄谷悦), born 1987, is a Chinese American actor known for Video Game High School, Mulan (2020), and voicing Din in Wish Dragon (2021).

Jin Goo (진구)

Jin Goo (진구) is a South Korean actor, born 1980 in Seoul, who debuted as Lee Byung-hun's younger self in All In (2003), won Grand Bell and Blue Dragon Best Supporting Actor for Mother (2009), and starred in Descendants of the Sun (2016).

Jin Ha

Jin Ha, South Korean-born American actor born 1990 in Seoul; Broadway's M. Butterfly (Song Liling) and Aaron Burr in Hamilton; Solomon Baek in Pachinko; 2023 Spirit and Peabody awards.

Jin Se-yeon

Jin Se-yeon (진세연, real name Kim Yun-jeong, born 1994) is a South Korean actress who debuted in 2010 with SBS's It's Okay, Daddy's Daughter and led dramas including Bridal Mask, Flowers of the Prison, Selection: War of Women, and the 2026 KBS series Recipe for Love.

Jing Boran (井柏然)

Jing Boran (井柏然), Chinese actor and singer born 1989 in Shenyang; 2007 My Hero champion, BoBo duo member, star of Monster Hunt, Us and Them, Regeneration, and the 2026 drama The Early Spring.

Jing Lusi

Jing Lusi (陆思敬, Lu Sijing), born 1985 in Shanghai, is a British actress and writer known for Crazy Rich Asians (2018), Gangs of London, Heart of Stone, and as DC Hana Li, the east Asian lead of ITV's thriller Red Eye (2024– ).

Jing Tian (景甜)

Jing Tian (景甜), also known as Sally Jing, born 1988 in Xi'an, is a Chinese actress and former singer who debuted with the 2006 EP Who Are You, starred in The Warring States, The Great Wall, Kong: Skull Island and Pacific Rim Uprising, and won acclaim in The Glory of Tang Dynasty and Si Teng.

Jinger Vuolo

Jinger Vuolo (née Duggar, born 1993), sixth Duggar child of TLC's 19 Kids and Counting and Counting On, married Jeremy Vuolo in 2016, lives in Los Angeles, and authored the bestseller Becoming Free Indeed rejecting IBLP teachings.

JingJing Yu (จิงจิง ยู)

JingJing Yu (จิงจิง ยู), born Prariyapit Yu, formerly Varitsara Yu, 1997, Thai-Chinese actress, model, singer under GMMTV; won Thai Supermodel Contest 2012, first foreign ESteem model in Korea, App War (2018), Hide & Sis, Enemies with Benefits.

Jiratchapong Srisang (จิรัชพงศ์ ศรีแสง)

Jiratchapong Srisang (จิรัชพงศ์ ศรีแสง), nicknamed Force, is a Thai actor and model under GMMTV, born 1997. Known for lead BL roles as Akk in Enchanté, Gun in A Boss and a Babe, Top in Only Friends, and Arc in Perfect 10 Liners, paired with childhood friend Book Kasidet Plookphol.

Jiruntanin Trairattanayon

Jiruntanin Trairattanayon (มาร์ค จิรันธนิน ตรัยรัตนยนต์), nicknamed Mark, is a Thai GMMTV actor born 1997, known for Star and Sky: Sky in Your Heart, Perfect 10 Liners, and My Romance Scammer.