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John Payne (actor)
John Howard Payne (1912–1989), American film actor of Fox musicals and film noir; Fred Gailey in Miracle on 34th Street (1947), star-producer of The Restless Gun (1957–59).
John Powers Middleton
John Powers Middleton (born 1984, Philadelphia) is an American film and TV producer, son of Phillies owner John S. Middleton; known for Bates Motel, The Lego Movie, The Disaster Artist, Good Boys, Nimona, and The Affleck/Middleton Project with Casey Affleck.
John Putch
John Putch (born 1961, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania), son of Jean Stapleton, is an American actor turned director known for One Day at a Time, the Route 30 indie trilogy, and Hallmark's Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story.
John Pyper-Ferguson
John Pyper-Ferguson (born 1964, Mordialloc, Australia) is an Australian-Canadian actor known as Tex on The Last Ship, Jack Soloff on Suits, Bill Cadogan on The 100, and Charley Hecker in Unforgiven.
John Randolph (actor)
John Randolph (Emanuel Hirsch Cohen, 1915–2004), American Tony-winning character actor of stage, film, and TV; blacklisted after the 1955 HUAC hearing, returned via Seconds (1966), known for Prizzi's Honor and You've Got Mail.
John Ratzenberger
John Ratzenberger (born 1947, Bridgeport, Connecticut) is the American actor who created and played Cliff Clavin on Cheers (1982-1993) and voiced a character in every Pixar feature from Toy Story (1995) through Onward (2020), including Hamm, Mack, and P.T. Flea.
John Reardon
John Reardon (John Henry Reardon, born 1975, Halifax) is a Canadian actor known for Charlie Hudson in Hudson & Rex, Blake Laviolette in Arctic Air, and roles in Continuum, White Chicks, and Tron: Legacy.
John Rhys-Davies
John Rhys-Davies (born 1944) is a Welsh actor known as Gimli in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and Sallah in the Indiana Jones films, also voicing Treebeard, with an Emmy nomination for Shogun and a lead role in Sliders.
John Richardson (actor)
John Richardson was an English actor born in Worthing in 1934. He gained fame in Black Sunday (1960) and played the love interest of Ursula Andress in She (1965).
John Ritter
John Ritter (Jonathan Southworth Ritter, 1948–2003), American actor and comedian, Emmy and Golden Globe winner as Jack Tripper on Three's Company (1977–84), later star of 8 Simple Rules; died of aortic dissection in 2003.
John Roberts (actor)
John Roberts (born 1971) is an American actor, comedian, and recording artist, the voice of Linda Belcher on Bob's Burgers since 2011 and a 2015 Emmy nominee; distinct from other John Roberts in entertainment.
John Ross Bowie
John Ross Bowie (born 1971) is an American actor and comedian best known for playing Barry Kripke on The Big Bang Theory and Jimmy DiMeo on Speechless.
John Rubinstein
John Rubinstein (born 1946, Los Angeles), American actor, composer, and director, son of pianist Arthur Rubinstein. Created the title role in Pippin (1972), won the 1980 Tony for Children of a Lesser God; TV roles include Family and Crazy Like a Fox.
John Russell (actor)
John Lawrence Russell (1921–1991), American film and TV actor and Marine Guadalcanal veteran; starred as Marshal Dan Troop in ABC's Lawman (1958–1962), Tim Kelly in Soldiers of Fortune, and played heavies in Rio Bravo, The Outlaw Josey Wales, and Pale Rider.
John Savage (actor)
John Savage (born John Youngs, 1949), American actor of The Deer Hunter, Hair, The Onion Field, Salvador, Dark Angel, and SEAL Team, born in Old Bethpage, New York.
John Sayles
John Sayles (born 1950) is an American independent filmmaker and novelist, director of Return of the Secaucus Seven, Matewan, and Lone Star, twice Oscar-nominated for original screenplay, known for self-financed political films funded by studio script work.
John Schneider (screen actor)
John Richard Schneider (born 1960, Mount Kisco, New York), American actor known as Bo Duke on The Dukes of Hazzard (128 episodes, 1979-1985) and Jonathan Kent on Smallville (114 episodes), with four #1 Billboard Country singles and over 20 albums.
John Schuck
John Schuck (Conrad John Schuck Jr., b. Feb 4, 1940, Boston) is an American actor: Sgt. Enright on McMillan & Wife, Herman Munster on The Munsters Today, Klingon ambassador Kamarag in Star Trek IV and VI, and Broadway's most-cast Daddy Warbucks.
John Shea
John Shea is an American actor, director, and screenwriter who won a Primetime Emmy for Baby M (1988) and played Lex Luthor on Lois & Clark (1993–1997).
John Shrapnel
John Morley Shrapnel (1942–2020), English character actor of the RSC and National Theatre, known for Gladiator, 101 Dalmatians, Notting Hill, and his narration voice; Cambridge-trained, not RADA.
John Simm
John Simm (born 1970, Leeds) is an English actor known for Sam Tyler in Life on Mars, the Master in Doctor Who, and Roy Grace in ITV's Grace, plus stage Hamlet and Macbeth.
John Slattery
John Slattery is an American actor and director known for Emmy-nominated roles as Roger Sterling on Mad Men, Howard Stark in the Marvel films, and Ben Bradlee Jr. in Spotlight.
John Smith (actor)
John Smith (actor), born Robert Errol Van Orden (1931-1995), American western TV star; lead of NBC's Cimarron City and Laramie (Slim Sherman); stage name chosen by agent Henry Willson.
John Spencer (actor)
John Spencer (born John Speshock, 1946-2005), American character actor; not the snooker champion or the Princess Diana biopic. Emmy-winning Leo McGarry on The West Wing, Tommy Mullaney on L.A. Law, Obie for Still Life.
John Stamos
John Stamos (born 1963, Cypress, California) is an American actor and musician, full name John Phillip Stamos, known for Uncle Jesse on Full House (1987–1995), Fuller House, ER, Grandfathered, Big Shot, and touring with the Beach Boys.
John Standing
John Standing (John Ronald Leon, 4th Baronet, born 1934) is an English stage, film, and TV actor from a famous acting dynasty; known for Private Lives with Maggie Smith, Game of Thrones' Jon Arryn, and The Great Escaper (2023).
John Stockwell (actor)
John Stockwell (John Stockwell Samuels IV, born 1961, Galveston, Texas) is an American actor turned director-writer, known for Christine, Losin' It, and Top Gun (Cougar), and for directing Blue Crush, Into the Blue, and Turistas; distinct from the CIA officer of the same name.
John Sullivan (writer)
John Sullivan (1946–2011), English TV comedy writer, creator of Only Fools and Horses, Citizen Smith, Just Good Friends, and Dear John; wrote all 64 OFAH episodes alone, OBE 2005.
John Swartzwelder
John Swartzwelder (born 1949, Seattle) is the reclusive American comedy writer who wrote 59 Simpsons episodes, more than any other writer, then self-published thirteen Frank Burly novels; his first major interview appeared in The New Yorker in 2021.
John Terry (actor)
John Terry, American actor born 1950 in Vero Beach, Florida; known as Lt. Lockhart in Full Metal Jacket, Felix Leiter in The Living Daylights, and Christian Shephard on Lost, distinct from the Chelsea footballer of the same name.