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Paul King (director)
Paul King (born 1978) is a British film director and screenwriter best known for Paddington, Paddington 2, and Wonka, and for directing The Mighty Boosh.
Paul Le Mat
Paul Le Mat, American actor (born Rahway, New Jersey; year disputed, 1945/1946 or 1952), played John Milner in American Graffiti (1973) and Melvin Dummar in Melvin and Howard (1980); two Golden Globe Awards.
Paul Lieberstein
Paul Bevan Lieberstein (born 1967) is an American TV writer, showrunner, director, and actor; showrunner of The Office and portrayer of Toby Flenderson, later of Lucky Hank, Song of Back and Neck, and Space Force.
Paul Lynde
Paul Edward Lynde (1926–1982), American comedian and actor, Uncle Arthur on Bewitched and the campy regular center square of the original Hollywood Squares from 1968 to 1981, with Emmy nominations for the show.
Paul Marcarelli
Paul Marcarelli (born 1970) is an American actor and screenwriter best known as the "Test Man" in Verizon Wireless commercials, later becoming a Sprint spokesman in 2016.
Paul McGann
Paul McGann (born 1959), English actor of film, TV, stage and audio; the 'I' of Withnail and I and the Eighth Doctor in the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie, later 70+ Big Finish audio dramas.
Paul Mercurio
Paul Mercurio (Paul Joseph Mercurio, born 1963) is an Australian dancer, actor, TV presenter, and politician, star of Strictly Ballroom (1992) and since 2022 the Labor member for Hastings in the Victorian Parliament.
Paul Mescal
Paul Mescal (born 1996) is an Irish actor from Maynooth, known for Connell in Normal People, his Oscar-nominated lead in Aftersun, the Olivier-winning Streetcar, Gladiator II, Hamnet, and playing Paul McCartney in Sam Mendes' Beatles films.
Paul Michael Glaser
Paul Michael Glaser (born 1943) is an American actor and director, Detective Dave Starsky on Starsky & Hutch (1975–79), later director of The Running Man and Kazaam, and chairman of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.
Paul Muni
Paul Muni (Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund, 1895-1967), American actor from the Yiddish theater; Oscar winner for The Story of Louis Pasteur, star of Scarface and I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, Tony winner for Inherit the Wind.
Paul Newman
Paul Newman (1925–2008), American actor and philanthropist, won the Best Actor Oscar for The Color of Money and co-founded Newman's Own in 1982, which has donated over $600 million in profits to charity.
Paul Nicholas
Paul Nicholas (born Paul Oscar Beuselinck, 1944) is an English actor, singer and producer: first West End Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar (1972), Rum Tum Tugger in Cats (1981), UK Top 10 pop hits, and Vince Pinner in the BBC sitcom Just Good Friends (1983–1986).
Paul Ready
Paul Ready (born 1977, Birmingham) is a British actor, LAMDA-trained, known for Lee in Utopia, Kevin Brady in Motherland, Henry Goodsir in The Terror, and Rob MacDonald in Bodyguard; married to Michelle Terry.
Paul Reiser
Paul Reiser, American comedian, actor, and author born in New York (sources differ, 1956 or 1957), co-creator and star of Mad About You, Burke in Aliens, 11 Emmy nominations, later roles in Stranger Things and The Kominsky Method.
Paul Reubens
Paul Reubens (born Paul Rubenfeld, 1952-2023) was an American actor and comedian who created Pee-wee Herman with the Groundlings, starred in Pee-wee's Big Adventure and Pee-wee's Playhouse, and came out as gay in the 2025 documentary Pee-wee as Himself.
Paul Rhys
Paul Rhys (born 1963, Neath, Wales) is a Welsh actor trained at RADA, known for Theo van Gogh in Vincent & Theo, Talleyrand in Napoleon (2023), Duncan in Saltburn, and roles in Victoria, Borgia, and A Discovery of Witches.
Paul Ritter
Paul Ritter, stage name of Simon Paul Adams (1966-2021), English character actor; Martin Goodman in Friday Night Dinner, Anatoly Dyatlov in HBO's Chernobyl, Tony-nominated for The Norman Conquests; died of a brain tumour aged 54.
Paul Rodriguez (actor)
Paul Rodriguez is a Mexican American comedian, actor, and director. He is known for his 1984 sitcom a.k.a. Pablo and his over four decades of bilingual work.
Paul Rudd
Paul Rudd (born 1969, Passaic, New Jersey) is an American actor known for Clueless, Anchorman, Knocked Up, Role Models, and as Marvel's Ant-Man, plus TV roles on Friends, Living with Yourself, and Only Murders in the Building.
Paul Rust
Paul Rust (born 1981, Le Mars, Iowa) is an American actor, comedian, and writer, co-creator and star of Netflix's Love as Gus Cruikshank, lead of I Love You, Beth Cooper, co-writer of Pee-wee's Big Holiday, and frequent Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast guest.
Paul Scheer
Paul Scheer (born 1976, Long Island, NY) is an American comedian, actor, and podcaster known for The League, Black Monday, Human Giant, NTSF:SD:SUV::, and co-hosting How Did This Get Made?; his 2024 memoir became a New York Times bestseller.
Paul Schneider (actor)
Paul Andrew Schneider is an American actor from Asheville, North Carolina, known for All the Real Girls, Bright Star, and playing Mark Brendanawicz on Parks and Recreation.
Paul Schrader
Paul Schrader (born 1946, Grand Rapids, Michigan) is an American screenwriter, director, and critic, author of Transcendental Style in Film (1972) and the Taxi Driver screenplay, and director of Blue Collar, Mishima, Affliction, and First Reformed.
Paul Schrier
Paul Schrier (Paul L. Schrier II, born 1970, Las Vegas) is an American actor, director, and comic artist best known as Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier in Power Rangers, 1993–1999 and 2011, and as HyperForce Yellow.
Paul Scofield
Paul Scofield (David Paul Scofield, 1922-2008), English stage and film actor; Oscar winner as Sir Thomas More in A Man for All Seasons (1966); his 1962 King Lear was voted the greatest Shakespearean performance.
Paul Shane
Paul Shane (George Frederick Speight, 1940–2013), English actor and comedian, star of Ted Bovis in Hi-de-Hi!, later Alf Stokes in You Rang, M'Lord? and Jack Skinner in Oh, Doctor Beeching!; former Silverwood Colliery miner turned club entertainer.
Paul Shenar
Paul Shenar (Albert Paul Shenar, 1936-1989), American character actor and ACT co-founder; played Alejandro Sosa in Scarface, voiced Jenner in The Secret of NIMH, and portrayed Orson Welles and Flo Ziegfeld on television.
Paul Sorvino
Paul Sorvino (Paul Anthony Sorvino, 1939-2022) was an American character actor known for Paulie Cicero in Goodfellas, Sgt. Cerretta on Law & Order, a 1973 Tony nomination, and an operatic tenor side career.
Paul Sparks
Paul Sparks (born 1971, Lawton, Oklahoma) is an American character actor, Mickey Doyle on Boardwalk Empire, Emmy-nominated as Thomas Yates on House of Cards, also The Night Of, Physical, and a Drama Desk-nominated stage actor.
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (born 1972, Daejeon) is a Korean-Canadian actor known as Appa in Kim's Convenience (play 2011, CBC 2016–2021), Captain Carson Teva in Star Wars, and Uncle Iroh in Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender.