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Richard Curtis
Richard Curtis (born 1956, Wellington, New Zealand) is a British screenwriter and director of Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, Bridget Jones's Diary, and Love Actually, co-creator of Blackadder and Mr. Bean, and co-founder of Comic Relief.
Richard Dawson
Richard Dawson (Colin Lionel Emm, 1932–2012), English-born actor and game show host; Corporal Newkirk on Hogan's Heroes and original host of Family Feud (1976–85, 1994–95), Emmy winner 1978, famous for kissing contestants.
Richard Deacon (actor)
Richard Lewis Deacon (1922–1984), American character actor known as Mel Cooley on The Dick Van Dyke Show and Fred Rutherford on Leave It to Beaver; over 100 films, Broadway Hello Dolly, gourmet chef.
Richard Dean Anderson
Richard Dean Anderson (born 1950, Minneapolis) is an American actor, star of MacGyver (ABC, 1985–1992) and Colonel Jack O'Neill on Stargate SG-1 (from 1997, also executive producer), founder of Gekko Film Corp, later a fan-convention regular.
Richard Dormer
Richard Dormer (born 1969, Portadown, Northern Ireland) is an RADA-trained actor and playwright known for Beric Dondarrion in Game of Thrones, Sheriff Dan Anderssen in Fortitude, Terri Hooley in Good Vibrations, and IFTA-winning Gerry Cliff in Blue Lights.
Richard Dreyfuss
Richard Dreyfuss, American actor born 1947 in Brooklyn, star of Jaws, Close Encounters, American Graffiti; won the 1978 Best Actor Oscar for The Goodbye Girl as its youngest male recipient.
Richard Dysart
Richard Dysart (1929–2015), American character actor; Emmy-winning Leland McKenzie on L.A. Law (1986–94, 171 episodes), Drama Desk-winning Coach in That Championship Season, founding member of American Conservatory Theater.
Richard E. Grant
Richard E. Grant (Richard Grant Esterhuysen, born 1957, Mbabane, Eswatini) is a Swazi-born British actor, writer, and director known for Withnail and I, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Gosford Park, and his Oscar-nominated role in Can You Ever Forgive Me?.
Richard Edson
Richard Edson (born 1954, New Rochelle, New York) is an American actor and musician, Sonic Youth's original drummer 1981-82 and a Konk trumpet player, best known as Eddie in Stranger Than Paradise and Vito in Do the Right Thing.
Richard Egan (actor)
Richard Egan (1921-1987), sometimes credited Richard Eagan, American film and television leading man; starred in A Summer Place, Pollyanna, The 300 Spartans, Love Me Tender with Elvis Presley, and the TV Western Empire; died of cancer in 1987.
Richard Elfman
Richard Elfman (born 1949, Los Angeles) is an American filmmaker and musician, older brother of composer Danny Elfman; founder of the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo and director of the 1980 cult musical Forbidden Zone and later films including Shrunken Heads, Modern Vampires, and Bloody Bridget.
Richard Epcar
Richard Epcar (born 1955) is an American voice actor and ADR director known as Batou in Ghost in the Shell, Raiden in Mortal Kombat, the Joker in Injustice, and Ansem in Kingdom Hearts.
Richard Farnsworth
Richard Farnsworth (1920-2000), American actor and stuntman from Los Angeles; over 300 films as a stunt double, then Oscar-nominated for Comes a Horseman (1978) and The Straight Story (1999), the oldest Best Actor nominee at the time.
Richard Fleeshman
Richard Jonathan Fleeshman (born 1989, Manchester) is an English actor and singer-songwriter. Known for Craig Harris in Coronation Street, Sam Wheat in Ghost the Musical, Andy in Company (Olivier nominee), and Lt. James Brice in Syfy's The Ark.
Richard Gere
Richard Gere (Richard Tiffany Gere, born 1949, Philadelphia) is an American actor and Tibetan Buddhist activist, star of American Gigolo, An Officer and a Gentleman, Pretty Woman, and Chicago, with a Golden Globe and no Oscar nomination.
Richard Gibson
Richard Gibson (born 1954, Kampala, Uganda) is the British actor who played Gestapo officer Herr Otto Flick in BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992, series 1–8), later a voice artist and podcaster; distinct from other people named Richard Gibson.
Richard Gilliland
Richard Gilliland (1950-2021), American character actor from Fort Worth, Texas; played J.D. Shackelford on Designing Women, where he met wife Jean Smart; also Operation Petticoat, The Waltons, Just Our Luck.
Richard Gomez
Richard Gomez (Richard Frank Icasiano Gomez, born 1966, Manila) is a Filipino actor, épée fencer, and politician, Leyte 4th district representative since 2022 and former Ormoc City mayor, known for Hihintayin Kita sa Langit and The Janitor.
Richard Greene
Richard Greene (Richard Marius Joseph Greene, 1918-1985), English actor born in Plymouth, star of 143 episodes of The Adventures of Robin Hood (ITV 1955-59) and over 40 films including The Hound of the Baskervilles; 27th Lancers officer in World War II.
Richard Grieco
Richard Grieco (born 1965, Watertown, New York) is an American actor known as Officer Dennis Booker on 21 Jump Street and its spin-off Booker, later an indie film actor, director, and musician.
Richard Griffiths
Richard Thomas Griffiths (1947–2013) was an English actor of stage, film, and television, known for Hector in The History Boys (Tony and Olivier Awards), Uncle Monty in Withnail & I, and Vernon Dursley in five Harry Potter films.
Richard Gutierrez
Richard Gutierrez (Richard Kristian Rama Gutierrez), born 1984 in Los Angeles, is a Filipino-American actor and son of Eddie Gutierrez and Annabelle Rama; GMA fantasy-era star of Mulawin and Captain Barbell, later ABS-CBN action leads The Iron Heart, Incognito, and Blood vs Duty.
Richard Hammond
Richard Hammond, born 1969 in Solihull, is an English TV presenter nicknamed "the Hamster", co-host of Top Gear (2002-2015) and The Grand Tour (2016-2024) with Clarkson and May, survivor of a 2006 jet-dragster crash at Elvington and a 2017 Rimac crash, and founder of Chimp Productions.
Richard Harrington (actor)
Richard Harrington (born 1975, Merthyr Tydfil) is a Welsh actor, BAFTA Cymru winner for DCI Tom Mathias in Y Gwyll/Hinterland, also known for Poldark, Bleak House, Gangs of London, and Havoc.
Richard Harris
Richard Harris (1930–2002), Irish actor from Limerick; Cannes Best Actor and Oscar nominee for This Sporting Life and The Field, King Arthur in Camelot, singer of "MacArthur Park", Marcus Aurelius in Gladiator, and the first Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films.
Richard Hatch (actor)
Richard Hatch (1945-2017), American actor; Captain Apollo in original Battlestar Galactica (1978-79) and Tom Zarek in the Syfy reboot (2004-2009); also All My Children and The Streets of San Francisco.
Richard Hatch (Survivor contestant)
Richard Holman Hatch Jr. (born 1961) is the winner of Survivor: Borneo, the first US Survivor season, known for inventing the voting-alliance strategy and for a 51-month tax evasion sentence over his $1,000,000 prize.
Richard Haydn
Richard Haydn (George Richard Haydon, 1905-1985), British character actor noted for a nasal, pompous manner; played Max Detweiler in The Sound of Music, voiced the Caterpillar in Alice in Wonderland (1951), and appeared in Ball of Fire and Young Frankenstein.
Richard Herd
Richard Herd (1932-2020), American character actor from Boston; played Mr. Wilhelm on Seinfeld, Supreme Commander John in V, Captain Sheridan on T.J. Hooker, and Admiral Owen Paris in Star Trek: Voyager.
Richard Jaeckel
Richard Hanley Jaeckel (1926–1997), American character actor of war films and westerns; Oscar-nominated for Sometimes a Great Notion; played Sgt. Bowren in The Dirty Dozen and Lt. Ben Edwards on Baywatch.