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Jon M. Chu
Jon M. Chu (Jonathan Murray Chu, born 1979) is an American film director known for Step Up 2, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Now You See Me 2, Crazy Rich Asians (first all-Asian-cast studio film in 25 years), In the Heights, and the two-part Wicked.
Jon Michael Hill
Jon Michael Hill (born 1985, Waukegan, Illinois) is an American actor, Steppenwolf ensemble member since 2007, two-time Tony nominee (Superior Donuts 2010, Purpose 2025), and Detective Marcus Bell on CBS's Elementary.
Jon Miyahara
Jon Miyahara (Jonathan Yasushi Miyahara, 1941–2025) was an American actor who played the mostly silent Cloud 9 employee Brett Kobashigawa in 105 episodes of NBC's Superstore (2015–2021) and reprised him on American Auto.
Jon Paul Steuer
Jon Paul Steuer (1984–2018), American child actor and punk musician Jonny P. Jewels; first Alexander Rozhenko on Star Trek: TNG, Quentin Kelly on Grace Under Fire, died in Portland at 33.
Jon Pertwee
Jon Pertwee (John Devon Roland Pertwee, 1919-1996), English comic actor and third Doctor in Doctor Who (1970-74), Royal Navy veteran of HMS Hood, star of BBC radio's The Navy Lark and ITV's Worzel Gummidge; died in Connecticut.
Jon Provost
Jon Provost (Jonathan Provost) is an American former child actor, born 1949 or 1950 in California, best known as Timmy Martin on Lassie (1957–1964, 249 episodes), later a realtor in Santa Rosa and memoirist.
Jon Rudnitsky
Jon Rudnitsky (Jonathan Rudnitsky, born 1989, Harrington Park, NJ) is an American actor and comedian, a single-season SNL featured player (2015-16) known for his Dirty Dancing Weekend Update bit, later in Home Again, Set It Up, Our Little Secret, Red One, and Super Troopers 3.
Jon Seda
Jon Seda (Jonathan Seda, born 1970) is an American actor, former amateur boxer (21-1), known for Homicide: Life on the Street, Selena, The Pacific, Chicago P.D.'s Antonio Dawson, and La Brea. Distinct from musician John Seda and singer Jon Secada.
Jon Tenney
Jon Tenney (Jonathan Frederick Tenney), American actor born 1961 in Princeton, New Jersey; played FBI Agent Fritz Howard on The Closer and Major Crimes, Sean King in King & Maxwell, and appeared in You Can Count on Me and Tombstone.
Jon Turteltaub
Jon Turteltaub (Jonathan Charles Turteltaub), American director and producer born 1963 in New York City, known for Cool Runnings, While You Were Sleeping, Phenomenon, National Treasure, and The Meg; son of TV writer Saul Turteltaub.
Jon Voight
Jon Voight (born 1938, Yonkers, NY) is an American actor, Oscar winner for Coming Home (1978), Oscar-nominated for Midnight Cowboy, Runaway Train, and Ali, later Ray Donovan, and a Trump-appointed Hollywood special ambassador.
Jon Walmsley
Jon Walmsley (born 1956, Lancashire, England) is a British/American musician and actor, Jason Walton on The Waltons (1972-1981), voice of Christopher Robin, guitarist for Richard Marx, and 2017 blues album Goin' To Clarksdale.
Jon Watts
Jon Watts (born 1981, Fountain, Colorado) is an American filmmaker, NYU Tisch graduate, who directed Clown, Cop Car, the Tom Holland MCU Spider-Man trilogy, Wolfs, co-created Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, and in 2026 was tapped for a new Star Wars trilogy.
Jon-Erik Hexum
Jon-Erik Hexum (1957-1984) was an American actor and model, lead of Voyagers! as Phineas Bogg and Cover Up as Mac Harper, who died after accidentally shooting himself with a blank-loaded prop gun on set.
Jonah Hauer-King
Jonah Andre Hauer-King (born 1995, London) is a British-American actor known as Prince Eric in Disney's 2023 live-action The Little Mermaid, young Lali Sokolov in The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Harry Chase in World on Fire, and Conrad in Doctor Who.
Jonah Hill
Jonah Hill (Jonah Hill Feldstein, born 1983) is an American actor, writer, and director known for Superbad, Oscar-nominated roles in Moneyball and The Wolf of Wall Street, and directing Mid90s, Stutz, and Outcome.
Jonah Lotan
Jonah Lotan (Yair Lotan, יאיר לוטן; born Yair Zlotogorski, 1973, Jerusalem) is an Israeli actor known for Generation Kill, 24, CSI: NY, Pan Am, and Oslo at the National Theatre.
Jonas Åkerlund
Jonas Åkerlund, born 1965 in Bromma, Stockholm, is a Swedish director of music videos (Madonna, Lady Gaga, The Prodigy), five feature films including Lords of Chaos and Polar, and the Netflix series Clark; a former Bathory drummer and three-time Grammy winner.
Jonas Armstrong
Jonas Armstrong (born 1981, Dublin) is an Irish-born actor, RADA graduate, and star of BBC One's Robin Hood (2006-2009), also known for Edge of Tomorrow, The Bay, and Boat Story.
Jonas Bloquet
Jonas Bloquet (born 1992, Brussels) is a Belgian-French actor and director known as Frenchie/Maurice in The Nun and The Nun II, Vincent in Elle (César nomination), Theo in Night Call, and roles in 1899 and Germinal.
Jonas Mekas
Jonas Mekas (1922–2019) was a Lithuanian-born American poet, filmmaker, and critic often called the godfather of American avant-garde cinema, and a pioneer of the diary film.
Jonas Nay
Jonas Nay (born 1990, Lübeck) is a German actor and musician, star of Deutschland 83/86/89 as spy Martin Rauch, award-winning for Homevideo, also composer and member of the band Pudeldame.
Jonathan Abrams (writer)
Jonathan A. Abrams is an American screenwriter and theatrical book writer from San Francisco, distinct from the NYT sports journalist of the same name. He wrote the screenplay for Clint Eastwood's Juror #2 (2024) and the Broadway musical The Heart of Rock and Roll.
Jonathan Adams (American actor)
Jonathan Adams (born 1967, Pittsburgh) is an American actor and voice actor known for Henry Walker on American Dreams, Dr. Daniel Goodman on Bones, Chuck Larabee on Last Man Standing, and voicing Galactus, Darkseid, Atrocitus, and Tyrael.
Jonathan Ajayi
Jonathan Ajayi (born 1996, London) is a British actor of Nigerian heritage, a LAMDA graduate known for Lekan Baako in Noughts + Crosses, Smee in FX's Alien: Earth, and The Brothers Size at the Young Vic.
Jonathan Alwyn
Jonathan Alwyn (1930-2021) was a British television director and producer, son of composer William Alwyn, known for devising Mystery and Imagination (1966-70) and directing episodes of The Avengers, Doomwatch, and Enemy at the Door.
Jonathan Bailey
Jonathan Bailey (born 1988, Oxfordshire) is an English actor, also called Jonny Bailey, known for Anthony in Bridgerton, the Olivier-winning Jamie in Company, Tim Laughlin in Fellow Travelers, and Fiyero in Wicked.
Jonathan Banks
Jonathan Ray Banks (born 1947, Washington, D.C.) is an American character actor known as Mike Ehrmantraut in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul and Frank McPike in Wiseguy; six-time Emmy nominee.
Jonathan Bennett (actor)
Jonathan Bennett (born 1981) is an American actor known as Aaron Samuels in Mean Girls (2004), a Hallmark holiday-movie leading man behind the network's first LGBTQ-led films, host of Halloween Wars, and a General Hospital cast member.
Jonathan Brandis
Jonathan Brandis (1976-2003), American actor and teen idol, played Lucas Wolenczak on NBC's seaQuest DSV and starred in The NeverEnding Story II, Ladybugs, and Sidekicks; died by suicide at 27.