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Richard Jenkins

Richard Jenkins (born 1947, DeKalb, Illinois) is an American character actor, Trinity Rep artistic director 1990-1994, Six Feet Under's Nathaniel Fisher, Oscar-nominated for The Visitor and The Shape of Water, Emmy winner for Olive Kitteridge.

Richard Johnson (actor)

Richard Keith Johnson (1927–2015), English stage and screen actor, RSC founding associate artist, star of The Haunting and Khartoum, who declined James Bond in Dr. No; not the American character actors of the same name.

Richard Jordan

Richard Jordan (Robert Anson Jordan Jr., 1937-1993), American Harvard-educated stage and screen actor; Golden Globe winner for Captains and Kings, played Duncan Idaho in Dune and Armistead in Gettysburg; distinct from namesakes Robert Jordan and Michael B. Jordan.

Richard Karn

Richard Karn (Richard Karn Wilson, born 1956, Seattle) is an American actor and host, famous as Al Borland on ABC's Home Improvement (1991–1999) and as host of Family Feud (2002–06) and Bingo America, later reuniting with Tim Allen on Assembly Required and More Power.

Richard Keith (actor)

Richard Keith is the stage name of Keith Thibodeaux (born 1950), American actor and drummer, the last surviving I Love Lucy cast member as Little Ricky, later of The Andy Griffith Show, the band David and the Giants, and Ballet Magnificat.

Richard Kiel

Richard Kiel (1939-2014), American actor, 7 ft 2 in due to acromegaly, played steel-toothed Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979), the only Bond henchman in two films; also Eegah, The Longest Yard, Pale Rider, Happy Gilmore.

Richard Kind

Richard Kind (born 1956) is an American character actor known for Mad About You, Spin City, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Bing Bong in Inside Out, and A Serious Man; Northwestern graduate and Second City-trained, with over 300 screen credits.

Richard Kline

Richard Kline (born Richard Klein, 1944) is an American actor and director known as Larry Dallas on Three's Company (1977-84, 131 episodes) and both spin-offs, plus Broadway work and Blue Bloods.

Richard Lester

Richard Lester (Richard Lester Liebman, born 1932, Philadelphia), US-born British-based film director of the Beatles films A Hard Day's Night (1964) and Help! (1965), also The Three Musketeers, Petulia, and Superman II and III; retired 1991.

Richard Libertini

Richard Libertini (1933–2016), American character actor from Cambridge, Massachusetts, Second City alumnus known for accents; played General Garcia in The In-Laws, Frank Walker in Fletch, and voiced Dijon in DuckTales.

Richard Linklater

Richard Linklater, Austin, Texas-based American director of Slacker, Dazed and Confused, the Before trilogy, School of Rock, and the 12-year Boyhood, known for experiments with cinematic time.

Richard Long (actor)

Richard McCord Long (1927–1974), American actor known as Dick Long; star of ABC's The Big Valley, Nanny and the Professor, Bourbon Street Beat, and 77 Sunset Strip, with film roles from The Egg and I to House on Haunted Hill.

Richard Lumsden

Richard James Lumsden, born 1965 in Lancashire, is an English actor, writer, and composer known for roles in Sense and Sensibility (1995), Darkest Hour (2017), and Sugar Rush.

Richard Madden

Richard Madden (born 1986) is a Scottish actor known as Robb Stark in Game of Thrones, Golden Globe winner for Bodyguard, John Reid in Rocketman, Ikaris in Eternals, and Mason Kane in Citadel.

Richard Madeley

Richard Madeley, English TV presenter, journalist and novelist, one half of 'Richard and Judy' with wife Judy Finnigan; hosted ITV's This Morning (1988-2001), Channel 4's Richard & Judy, and Good Morning Britain; known for Alan Partridge comparisons and novels like Father's Day.

Richard Marquand

Richard Marquand, full name Richard Alfred Marquand, was a Welsh film and television director best known for Return of the Jedi (1983) and Jagged Edge (1985).

Richard McCourt

Richard McCourt (born 1976, Sheffield), known as Dick of Dick and Dom with Dominic Wood, is an English children's TV presenter, host of Dick and Dom in da Bungalow (2002–2006), double BAFTA winner, later actor, DJ, and author.

Richard Moll

Richard Moll (1943-2023) was an American character actor who played bailiff Bull Shannon on NBC's Night Court (1984-1992) and voiced Two-Face in Batman: The Animated Series; he died in Big Bear Lake, California.

Richard Mulligan

Richard Mulligan (1932-2000), American comic character actor, Emmy winner as Burt Campbell in Soap and Dr. Harry Weston in Empty Nest; brother of director Robert Mulligan.

Richard Ney

Richard Ney (1916-2004), American actor and investment adviser; played Vin Miniver in Mrs. Miniver (1942), married Greer Garson 1943-1947, then wrote The Wall Street Jungle and predicted the 1962 crash.

Richard O'Brien

Richard O'Brien (Richard Timothy Smith, born 1942, Cheltenham) is an English-New Zealand actor and writer who created The Rocky Horror Show (1973), played Riff Raff in the 1975 film, and hosted The Crystal Maze.

Richard O'Sullivan

Richard O'Sullivan (1944-2026), British comic actor and former child star, played Robin Tripp in Man About the House and Robin's Nest, Dick Turpin, and Me and My Girl; his sitcom format inspired Three's Company.

Richard Osman

Richard Osman (born 1970, Billericay) is a British TV presenter, producer, and novelist: Creative Director at Endemol UK, accidental co-host of Pointless, host of House of Games, author of The Thursday Murder Club series.

Richard Rankin

Richard Rankin (born 1983, birth name Richard Harris) is a Scottish actor known as Roger Wakefield MacKenzie in Outlander, the lead in BBC's Rebus, Burnistoun, and narrator of the 2026 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.

Richard Ridings

Richard Ridings (born 1958, Henley-on-Thames) is an English actor, the voice of Daddy Pig in Peppa Pig (2004–2025) and Mr. Bumble in Dickensian; also seen in Erik the Viking and The Pianist.

Richard Roundtree

Richard Roundtree (1942-2023), American actor, played Detective John Shaft in Shaft (1971), becoming one of the first Black action heroes; also Roots, Se7en, and the 2000 and 2019 Shaft films.

Richard Roxburgh

Richard Roxburgh (born 1962, Albury, NSW) is an Australian actor, director and co-creator of Rake, known for Cleaver Greene, Blue Murder's Roger Rogerson, Moulin Rouge!, Van Helsing, and directing Romulus, My Father.

Richard S. Castellano

Richard S. Castellano (1933–1988), American character actor, Broadway Tony nominee, Oscar-nominated for Lovers and Other Strangers, played Peter Clemenza in The Godfather; distinct from Richard C. Castellano (1954–2015).

Richard Schiff

Richard Schiff (born 1955, Bethesda, Maryland) is an American character actor, Emmy winner in 2000 as Toby Ziegler on The West Wing, later Dr. Aaron Glassman on The Good Doctor; former off-Broadway director, husband of Sheila Kelley.

Richard Speight Jr.

Richard Speight Jr. (born 1970, Nashville) is an American actor and director known as Sgt. Skip Muck in Band of Brothers and Archangel Gabriel in Supernatural, where he also directed 11 episodes, and for Kings of Con.