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Paul Barber (actor)

Paul Barber (born Patrick Barber, 1951, Liverpool) is an English actor known as Denzil in Only Fools and Horses and Horse in The Full Monty (1997), distinct from actor Paul Antony-Barber.

Paul Ben-Victor

Paul Ben-Victor, born Paul Friedman in 1965 in Brooklyn, is an American character actor known as Spiros Vondas on The Wire and Alan Gray on Entourage, also in The Irishman and Nobody Wants This.

Paul Benedict

Paul Benedict (1938-2008), American character actor born in Silver City, New Mexico; played Harry Bentley on The Jeffersons and the Mad Painter on Sesame Street; also a stage director.

Paul Bettany

Paul Bettany (born 1971, London) is an English actor known for A Knight's Tale, Master and Commander, and as J.A.R.V.I.S./Vision in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, now leading Disney+'s VisionQuest.

Paul Blackthorne

Paul Blackthorne (born 1969) is an English actor known as Quentin Lance in Arrow, Harry Dresden in The Dresden Files, Stephen Saunders in 24, and Captain Russell in Lagaan.

Paul Brittain

Paul Brittain (born 1977, Naperville, Illinois) is an American actor and comedian, an SNL cast member 2010–2012 known for Lord Cecil Wyndemere and Sex Ed Vincent, nephew of Bob Newhart, later in Hotel Transylvania and Leo.

Paul Burke (actor)

Paul Burke (1926–2009) was an American actor best known for playing Detective Adam Flint on Naked City and Colonel Joe Gallagher on Twelve O'Clock High in the 1960s.

Paul Calderón

Paul Calderón (also credited Paul Calderone), Puerto Rican-born American character actor in New York theater, film, and TV; Obie winner for Blade to the Heat, known for Pulp Fiction, Out of Sight, Girlfight, and Bosch's Jimmy Robertson.

Paul Campbell (Canadian actor)

Paul Campbell (born 1979, Vancouver) is a Canadian actor and writer, distinct from the Jamaican actor of the same name. Known for Billy Keikeya in Battlestar Galactica, Knight Rider, Spun Out, and Hallmark movies and screenplays.

Paul Castro Jr.

Paul Castro Jr. is an American voice actor and filmmaker from Brooklyn, known as Rindo Kanade in NEO: The World Ends with You, Freminet in Genshin Impact, Vegeta (mini) in Dragon Ball DAIMA, and the male Toads in Mario Kart World.

Paul Christie (voice actor)

Paul Christie (born 1951, Manhattan) is an American voice actor and narrator: voice of Gold Rush's narrator, Moose A. Moose on Noggin, Stick Stickly, Ram #1 in Brother Bear, and the Godfather in Max Payne 2.

Paul Daniels

Paul Daniels (1938–2016) was an English magician and TV presenter, host of The Paul Daniels Magic Show on BBC1 (1979–1994), famous for the catchphrase "You'll like this – not a lot, but you'll like it!" and for performing with his wife and assistant Debbie McGee.

Paul Dano

Paul Dano (born 1984) is an American actor and director known for L.I.E., Little Miss Sunshine, There Will Be Blood's Eli Sunday, Love and Mercy, The Batman, and his directorial debut Wildlife (2018).

Paul Darrow

Paul Darrow (Paul Valentine Birkby, 1941-2019) was an English actor best known as Kerr Avon in all four series of BBC sci-fi show Blake's 7 (1978-81), with over 200 TV credits, Big Finish audio work, and books including Avon: A Terrible Aspect.

Paul Dini

Paul McClaran Dini (b. 1957), American screenwriter and comics creator; co-creator of Harley Quinn and Terry McGinnis; producer-writer of Batman: The Animated Series, Lost, Batman Beyond, and the Arkham game storylines.

Paul Dooley

Paul Dooley (born Paul Lee Brown, 1928, Parkersburg, West Virginia) is an American character actor of seven decades, known as the dad in Breaking Away and Sixteen Candles, Wimpy in Altman's Popeye, co-creator of The Electric Company, and the voice of Sarge in Pixar's Cars.

Paul Douglas (actor)

Paul Douglas (Paul Douglas Fleischer, 1907-1959), American radio announcer and character actor; starred as Harry Brock in Broadway's Born Yesterday, then played gruff leads in A Letter to Three Wives, Angels in the Outfield, and The Mating Game, dying of a heart attack in 1959 before The Apartment filmed.

Paul Eddington

Paul Eddington (1927–1995), English actor and CBE, star of BBC sitcoms The Good Life as Jerry Leadbetter and Yes Minister/Yes, Prime Minister as Jim Hacker; Quaker, conscientious objector, died of mycosis fungoides.

Paul Freeman (actor)

Paul Freeman (born 1943, Barnet, England) is an English stage and screen actor, best known as René Belloq in Raiders of the Lost Ark; also Ivan Ooze, Falcon Crest's Gustav Riebmann, and a Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre stage veteran.

Paul Fusco

Paul Fusco (born 1953 in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American puppeteer and voice actor, co-creator, voice, and principal puppeteer of ALF on the NBC sitcom that ran 1986 to 1990.

Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti (born 1967, New Haven) is an American actor known for American Splendor, Sideways, The Holdovers, John Adams, and Billions; Emmy winner, three Golden Globes, four SAG Awards, two Oscar nominations.

Paul Gilbert (actor)

Paul Gilbert (1918-1976), born Ed McMahon, American film and TV actor, comedian and singer; vaudeville and trapeze background; adoptive father of Melissa and Jonathan Gilbert of Little House on the Prairie.

Paul Gleason

Paul Xavier Gleason (1939-2006), American character actor of Trading Places, The Breakfast Club, and Die Hard; trained with Strasberg, died of mesothelioma; distinct from Jackie Gleason and Paul Gleeson.

Paul Gorton

Paul Gorton (born 1987) is a British business manager and TV personality, an original Traitor on The Traitors UK series 2 (2024). Banished 18 January 2024 after Harry Clark turned on him; known for his exit bow and later podcast and columnist work.

Paul Gross

Paul Gross (born 1959, Calgary) is a Canadian actor, writer, director, and producer best known as Constable Benton Fraser in Due South and for writing, directing, and starring in Passchendaele (2008), the highest-grossing Canadian film of 2008 and a Genie winner. Distinguished from other people named Paul Gross.

Paul Guilfoyle

Paul Guilfoyle (born 1949, Boston) is an American character actor, best known as Captain Jim Brass on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000-2014) and CSI: Vegas (2021), with stage roots at the Theatre Company of Boston and 75+ films including L.A. Confidential and Spotlight. Not related to the 1902-1961 actor of the same name.

Paul Henreid

Paul Henreid (1908–1992), Austrian-American actor and director, born Paul Georg Julius von Hernreid in Trieste; famous as Victor Laszlo in Casablanca and Bette Davis's two-cigarette partner in Now, Voyager; blacklisted in 1947, he became a prolific TV director.

Paul Hogan

Paul Hogan (born 8 October 1939), nicknamed Hoges, is an Australian comedian and actor known as Mick Dundee in Crocodile Dundee (1986), after The Paul Hogan Show and the 'shrimp on the barbie' tourism ads.

Paul Johansson

Paul Joseph Otto Johansson, born 1964, in Spokane, Washington, is a Canadian-American actor, director and writer, known as Dan Scott on One Tree Hill and for directing Atlas Shrugged: Part I.

Paul Kaye

Paul Kaye, English actor and comedian (born 1965, Clapham, London; some sources say 1964), famous as spoof interviewer Dennis Pennis, Mike Strutter, Thoros of Myr in Game of Thrones, and Olivier-nominated Mr Wormwood in Matilda the Musical.