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Mike Myers

Mike Myers (born 1963, Scarborough, Ontario) is a Canadian comedian and actor, a Second City and SNL alumnus, creator of Wayne's World and the Austin Powers films, and the voice of Shrek.

Mike Newell (director)

Mike Newell (Michael Cormac Newell, born 1942, St Albans) is an English director of Four Weddings and a Funeral and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the first British director of the franchise.

Mike Nichols

Mike Nichols (Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky, 1931–2014), German-born American EGOT-winning director of The Graduate and Angels in America, and half of the improv comedy duo Nichols and May with Elaine May.

Mike O'Malley

Mike O'Malley (born 1966, Boston) is an American actor and writer, host of Nickelodeon's GUTS, star of Yes, Dear, Emmy-nominated as Burt Hummel on Glee, and creator/showrunner of Survivor's Remorse, Heels, and Extended Family.

Mike P. Nelson

Mike P. Nelson (Michael Paul Nelson, born 1982, Saint Paul, Minnesota) is an American horror filmmaker who directed The Domestics, Wrong Turn (2021), V/H/S/85, Silent Night Deadly Night (2025), Beware Boiúna, and the next Saw film; distinct from the Oregon State professor Michael Paul Nelson.

Mike Pratt (actor)

Mike Pratt (Michael John Pratt, 1931-1976) was an English actor, musician and screenwriter; Jeff Randall in Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) 1969-70; not Lord Michael Pratt the writer or the namesake cricketer.

Mike Richards (television personality)

Mike Richards (Michael G. Richards, born 1975, Burbank, California), American game show producer and host; EP of The Price Is Right, Let's Make a Deal, Jeopardy!, and Wheel of Fortune; briefly Jeopardy! host in 2021 before firing; later Daily Wire executive.

Mike Rowe

Mike Rowe (born 1962, Baltimore) is the American TV host and narrator who created and hosts Discovery's Dirty Jobs, performing about 300 jobs in all 50 states, and founder of the mikeroweWORKS Foundation advocating skilled trades.

Mike Smith (actor)

Canadian actor, writer, sound engineer, and musician Mike Smith (born 1972, Nova Scotia), creator of Bubbles on Trailer Park Boys and former guitarist of the Juno-nominated band Sandbox.

Mike Vogel

Mike Vogel (Michael James Vogel, born 1979) is an American actor and former model known for Grind, Cloverfield, The Help, Under the Dome, The Brave, and Sex/Life.

Mike White (filmmaker)

Mike White (Michael Christopher White, born 1970, Pasadena) is an American writer, director, producer, and actor, creator of HBO's The White Lotus, writer of School of Rock and Chuck & Buck, and a Survivor runner-up.

Miku Martineau

Miku Martineau (Miku Patricia Martineau) is a Japanese-Canadian actress from Toronto, born 2004, known as Ani in Kate (2021), Young Georgiou in Star Trek: Section 31, Yumeko in Netflix's Bet, and Teagan Tao in Crew Girl.

Mila Kunis

Mila Kunis (Milena Markovna Kunis), Ukrainian-born American actress born 1983 in Chernivtsi; star of That '70s Show, Family Guy voice of Meg Griffin, Black Swan, Ted, Bad Moms, and Luckiest Girl Alive.

Milana Nagaraj

Milana Nagaraj (ಮಿಲನಾ ನಾಗರಾಜ್), born 1989 in Hassan, Karnataka, is a Kannada film actress and producer, debut 2013 Nam Duniya Nam Style, known for co-producing and starring in the Love Mocktail series with husband Darling Krishna.

Milana Vayntrub

Milana Vayntrub, Uzbekistan-born American actress, comedian, and director, plays Lily Adams in AT&T commercials and voices Marvel's Squirrel Girl; also refugee activist and Project Hail Mary (2026) cast member.

Mildred Natwick

Mildred Natwick was an American character actress born in Baltimore in 1905, reaching Broadway in 1932 and earning an Oscar nomination for the 1967 film Barefoot in the Park.

Milena Govich

Milena Govich (Милена Гович), born 1976 in Norman, Oklahoma, is an American actress and director. She played Detective Nina Cassady, Law & Order's first female detective, and directs Wolf Entertainment dramas including FBI and Chicago Med.

Miles Brown (actor)

Miles Brown, aka Baby Boogaloo, American actor, dancer, and rapper born 2004 in Oxnard, California; plays Jack Johnson on ABC's black-ish (2014–2022), son of rapper Wildchild, released the 2020 album We the Future.

Miles Caton

Miles Caton (born 2005, New York City) is an American actor and R&B singer who debuted as Sammie 'Preacher Boy' Moore in Ryan Coogler's Sinners (2025), winning the Critics' Choice Best Young Actor award after a career as H.E.R.'s background vocalist.

Miles Fisher

Miles Fisher (James Leslie Miles Fisher), American actor, musician, and entrepreneur born 1983 in Dallas; known for viral Tom Cruise and American Psycho videos, Final Destination 5, and Mad Men.

Miles Heizer

Miles Heizer, American actor born 1994 in Greenville, Kentucky, played Drew Holt on Parenthood and Alex Standall on 13 Reasons Why; he stars as Cameron Cope in Netflix's Boots (2025).

Miles Jupp

Miles Jupp (Miles Hugh Barrett Jupp, born 1979) is an English actor, comedian, and writer, known as Archie in Balamory, Nigel in Rev., John Duggan in The Thick of It, and host of Radio 4's The News Quiz 2015–2019; his 2024 show On I Bang recounts surviving a benign brain tumour.

Miles Teller

Miles Teller (born 1987, Downingtown, Pennsylvania) is an American actor known for The Spectacular Now, Whiplash, Divergent, War Dogs, and Rooster in Top Gun: Maverick; NYU Tisch graduate, 2015 BAFTA Rising Star nominee, Cannes 2026 competitor with Paper Tiger.

Mili Avital (מילי אביטל)

Mili Avital (מילי אביטל; born 1972 in Jerusalem) is an Israeli film and television actress who built a Hollywood career, beginning as Sha'uri in Stargate (1994).

Milin Watinthanakit (มิลิน วาฒนธนากิจ)

Milin Watinthanakit (มิลิน วาฒนธนากิจ), known as Namneung, is a Thai singer and actress who debuted in BNK48 in 2017 and later starred in The Cheese Sisters and Somewhere Somehow.

Milla Jovovich (Милица Богдановна Јововић)

Milla Jovovich (Милица Јововић), born 1975 in Kyiv, is an American actress, model, and singer. Known for Leeloo in The Fifth Element, Alice in six Resident Evil films, and The Divine Comedy album.

Millicent Martin

Millicent Martin (born 8 June 1934, Romford, Essex) is an English actress, singer, and comedian, the topical-song singer on BBC's That Was The Week That Was, a two-time Tony nominee, and Gertrude Moon in Frasier.

Millicent Simmonds

Millicent Simmonds (born 2003) is a deaf American actress from Bountiful, Utah, known as Rose in Wonderstruck and Regan Abbott in A Quiet Place; first deaf BAFTA EE Rising Star nominee, Broadway's Grey House star, and deaf-representation advocate.

Millie Bobby Brown

Millie Bobby Brown (born 2004, Marbella, Spain) is an English actress and producer known as Eleven in Stranger Things (two Emmy nominations), star of the Enola Holmes and Godzilla films, Damsel, and The Electric State, and founder of Florence by Mills beauty and fashion.

Millie Brady

Millie Brady (Camilla Eve Brady, born 1993) is a British actress and model known for Aethelflaed in The Last Kingdom (2017–2022), Mary Bennet in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Eliza in Surface, and modeling for Miu Miu.