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Niall Matter

Niall Matter, born 1980 in Edmonton, Alberta, is a Canadian actor best known as Zane Donovan on Eureka, lead Evan Cross in Primeval: New World, Mothman in Watchmen, and as a Hallmark movie regular.

Niamh Algar

Niamh Algar (born 1992), Irish actress from Mullingar, Westmeath; known as The Virtues, Raised by Wolves, Calm with Horses, Malpractice, and The Iris Affair; two-time IFTA winner and BAFTA nominee.

Niamh Cusack

Niamh Cusack (born 1959, Dublin) is an Irish actress, daughter of Cyril Cusack, trained as a flautist, known for Dr Kate Rowan in ITV's Heartbeat (1992–1995) and RSC and National Theatre roles.

Nic Pizzolatto

Nic Pizzolatto, American novelist and TV writer, creator of HBO's True Detective and author of Galveston; former literature professor at DePauw, UNC, and Chicago; later The Guilty screenwriter and Night Country executive producer.

Nicco Annan

Nicco Annan (born 1976, Detroit) is an American actor, dancer, and choreographer known for Uncle Clifford on Starz's P-Valley, a role he originated on stage in Pussy Valley, winning the 2023 NAACP Image Award.

Nichakoon Khajornborirak (นิชคุณ ขจรบุรีรักษ์)

Nichakoon Khajornborirak (นิชคุณ ขจรบุรีรักษ์), stage name Meen, Thai actor and model born 1999, 188 cm; debuted in A Chance to Love (2020), starred in Ai Long Nhai (2022), and is a competitive basketball player for Bangkok University and Hitech Basketball Club.

Nichelle Nichols

Nichelle Nichols (1932-2022), American actress and singer, played Lieutenant Nyota Uhura on Star Trek (1966-69) and six films, one of the first Black women in a lead non-stereotypical TV role, and ran NASA's 1977 Women in Motion astronaut recruiting campaign.

Nicholas Ball (actor)

Nicholas Ball (John Nicholas Ball, 1946–2024) was an English actor, star of ITV's Hazell as private eye Jim Hazell, later Terry Bates in EastEnders and Garry Ryan in Footballers' Wives; distinct from American actor Nicholas Ballas.

Nicholas Boulton (actor)

Nicholas Boulton (born 1968, Gibraltar), also credited as Nick Boulton, is a British actor trained at Guildhall; RSC stage veteran, Hawke in Dragon Age II, Reyes Vidal in Mass Effect, and a prolific audiobook narrator.

Nicholas Braun

Nicholas Braun (born 1988, Long Island, New York) is an American actor and musician, three-time Emmy-nominated as Cousin Greg on HBO's Succession; films include Zola, Cat Person, and Saturday Night.

Nicholas Brendon

Nicholas Brendon (Nicholas Brendon Schultz), American actor (1971–2026), Xander Harris on Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1997–2003, also Kevin Lynch on Criminal Minds, died of cardiovascular disease at 54.

Nicholas Campbell

Nicholas Campbell names several people, chiefly a Canadian actor born 1952, star of Da Vinci's Inquest and three-time Gemini winner; also a South African casting director, a Toronto rockabilly musician, and a New York painter born 1995.

Nicholas Cartwright

Nicholas Cartwright (born 1988) is an Australian actor, not the UK company director or other namesakes, who plays Senior Constable Cash Newman on Home and Away from 2021, after six years as an Australian Army rifleman in East Timor and Afghanistan and NIDA graduation in 2019.

Nicholas Chavez

Nicholas Alexander Chavez (born 1999, Houston) is an American actor who played Spencer Cassadine on General Hospital (2021-2024), won a 2022 Daytime Emmy, and broke out as Lyle Menendez in Netflix's Monsters and in FX's Grotesquerie.

Nicholas Cirillo

Nicholas Vincent Cirillo (born 1997, Wilkesboro, North Carolina) is an American actor known as Barry in Outer Banks, Cousin Ched in She-Hulk, Gavin in Poker Face, and Shane in Black Mirror season 7; he co-founded Enzo Entertainment.

Nicholas Clay

Nicholas Clay (1946–2000) was an English actor, Lancelot in John Boorman's Excalibur (1981), also in Lady Chatterley's Lover and Evil Under the Sun, and a principal player in Laurence Olivier's 1970s Old Vic company.

Nicholas Colasanto

Nicholas Colasanto (1924–1985), American actor and TV director; played Coach Ernie Pantusso on Cheers (68 episodes, three Emmy nominations); directed 100+ episodes; film roles in Fat City and Raging Bull.

Nicholas D'Agosto

Nicholas D'Agosto, American actor born 1980 in Omaha, Nebraska; known for Heroes (West Rosen), Masters of Sex (Dr. Ethan Haas), Gotham (Harvey Dent), Trial & Error (Josh Segal), and Final Destination 5.

Nicholas Farrell

Nicholas Farrell (Nicholas Charles Frost, born 1955, Brentwood, Essex) is an English stage, film, and television actor known for Aubrey Montague in Chariots of Fire, Horatio in Branagh's Hamlet, Airey Neave in The Iron Lady, and TV roles in The Crown and White House Farm.

Nicholas Galitzine

Nicholas Galitzine (born 1994) is an English actor known for Purple Hearts, Red, White & Royal Blue, and The Idea of You, and as He-Man in Masters of the Universe (2026).

Nicholas Gleaves

Nicholas Gleaves (born 1969, Bolton) is an English actor and writer. Known for Playing the Field, Scott & Bailey, The Crown, Bodyguard, After the Flood (Sergeant Phil Mackie), Macbeth at the Royal Exchange, and marriage to Lesley Sharp.

Nicholas Gonzalez

Nicholas Edward Gonzalez (born 1976, San Antonio) is an American actor known for Alex Santiago in Resurrection Blvd., Dr. Neil Melendez in The Good Doctor, and Levi Delgado in La Brea.

Nicholas Guest

Nicholas Guest (Nicholas Haden-Guest, born 1951, New York City) is an English-American actor, primarily a voice actor in Frozen, Tangled, Big Hero 6, and Rio, brother of Christopher Guest, and Todd Chester in Christmas Vacation.

Nicholas Hamilton

Nicholas Hamilton (born 2000, Lismore, NSW) is an Australian actor and musician known as Henry Bowers in It and It: Chapter Two, Rellian in Captain Fantastic, and for the EP Pretty Young.

Nicholas Hammond

Nicholas Hammond (b. 1950, Washington, D.C.), American-Australian actor: Friedrich von Trapp in The Sound of Music (1965), Peter Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man (1977–79), later Sydney-based actor, screenwriter, and stage director.

Nicholas Hoult

Nicholas Hoult (Nicholas Caradoc Hoult, born 1989) is an English actor known for About a Boy, Skins, the X-Men Beast, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Great, and Lex Luthor in Superman (2025).

Nicholas James (actor)

Nicholas James (Nicholas James Muscarella, also Nick James), American actor born 1982 or 1983 in Greenville, Pennsylvania; known for Officer Justin Lewis on Tyler Perry's The Haves and the Have Nots (2016–2021, 93 episodes), Prom Night (2008), and marriage to Tika Sumpter.

Nicholas Lea

Nicholas Lea (Nick Lea, born Nicholas Christopher Schroeder/Herbert, 1962) is a Canadian actor from New Westminster, BC, known for Alex Krycek on The X-Files (1993–2002), Victor Mansfield in John Woo's Once a Thief, and Ricky Caruso on The Commish.

Nicholas Lyndhurst

Nicholas Lyndhurst (born 1961, Emsworth, England) is an English actor famed as Rodney Trotter in Only Fools and Horses (1981), also Goodnight Sweetheart's Gary Sparrow, Rock & Chips, and Alan Cornwall in Frasier (2023).

Nicholas Meyer

Nicholas Meyer (born 1945) is an American screenwriter, director, and novelist known for The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek IV and VI, and directing The Day After, the highest-rated television movie in broadcast history.