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Richard Steven Horvitz

Richard Steven Horvitz (born 1966, Los Angeles) is an American actor and voice director known as Zim in Invader Zim, Billy in Billy & Mandy, Daggett, Alpha 5, Raz in Psychonauts, and Moxxie in Helluva Boss.

Richard T. Jones

Richard T. Jones (Richard Timothy Jones, born 1972, Kobe, Japan) is an American actor known for Bruce Van Exel on Judging Amy, Slim in The Wood, Mike in Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? films, and Wade Grey on ABC's The Rookie since 2018.

Richard Thomas (actor)

Richard Thomas (born 1951) is an American actor best known as John-Boy Walton in CBS's The Waltons, for which he won a 1973 Emmy; also It, The Americans, Ozark, and a seven-decade stage career with 2017 and 2026 Tony nominations.

Richard Todd

Richard Todd (1919-2009), Irish-born British actor and D-Day paratrooper; starred in The Hasty Heart, The Dam Busters as Guy Gibson, and The Longest Day as Major John Howard; declined Fleming's Bond role.

Richard Whiteley

Richard Whiteley (John Richard Whiteley, 1943-2005) was the British presenter who hosted Countdown from Channel 4's 2 November 1982 launch, its first face on air, after 27 years on Yorkshire TV's Calendar; OBE 2004, mayor of Wetwang.

Richard Widmark

Richard Weedt Widmark (1914–2008), American actor; Oscar-nominated film debut as villain Tommy Udo in Kiss of Death (1947); noir star who became a Western and drama lead.

Richard Wilson (Scottish actor)

Richard Wilson (born Iain Carmichael Wilson, 9 July 1936, Greenock) is a Scottish actor, theatre director and broadcaster, OBE, best known as Victor Meldrew in One Foot in the Grave (1990-2000) and Gaius in Merlin.

Richie Moriarty

Richie Moriarty (born 1980) is an American actor, writer, and improviser from Rockville, Maryland, who plays ghost Pete Martino with an arrow through his neck on CBS's Ghosts.

Rick Berman

Rick Berman (Richard Keith Berman), American TV producer who ran the Star Trek franchise 1987-2005: executive producer of The Next Generation, co-creator of Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise, and producer of four Star Trek films.

Rick Edwards

Rick Edwards (Richard Philip Edwards), English TV presenter, journalist and author born 1979 in Enfield, London; Cambridge natural sciences graduate; host of BBC One's !mpossible, BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast with Rachel Burden, Fighting Talk, and NBC's The Courtship.

Rick Famuyiwa

Rick Famuyiwa (born 1973) is an American director, writer, and producer known for The Wood, Brown Sugar, the Sundance hit Dope, and three episodes of The Mandalorian.

Rick Genest

Rick Genest (1985-2018), aka Rico the Zombie or Zombie Boy, was a Canadian model and artist from Montreal with near-full-body skeleton tattoos, known for Lady Gaga's Born This Way video, Mugler runways, and an accidental 2018 death.

Rick Gonzalez

Rick Gonzalez (born 1979, New York) is an American actor known as Timo Cruz in Coach Carter, Ben Gonzalez on Reaper, Rene Ramirez/Wild Dog on Arrow (76 episodes), and Detective Bobby Reyes on Law & Order: Organized Crime; distinct from Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez.

Rick Hill (actor)

Rick Hill (Richard Hill, born 1953, Harlan, Kentucky) is an American actor, director, and writer: star of Deathstalker (1983), Al Gordean on Today's F.B.I., and co-author of the Pete Rose best-seller My Prison Without Bars.

Rick Hoffman

Rick Hoffman (born 1970, New York City) is an American actor best known as lawyer Louis Litt on all nine seasons of Suits (2011–2019, 134 episodes), with earlier roles on The $treet, Philly, Jake in Progress, and later Billions and Thanksgiving.

Rick Rossovich

Rick Rossovich (Frederic Enrico Rossovich, born 1957) is a retired American actor known as Slider in Top Gun (1986), Matt Buchanan in The Terminator (1984), Lt. Anthony Palermo on Pacific Blue, and Dr. Tag on ER's first season.

Rick Yune

Rick Yune (born 1971, Richard Yun) is a Korean American actor, producer, and former Wharton-trained Wall Street trader and first Asian Versace/Polo male model, known for Kazuo Miyamoto in Snow Falling on Cedars, Johnny Tran in The Fast and the Furious, and Zao in Die Another Day.

Ricki Lake

Ricki Lake (born 1968) is an American actress and talk-show host, star of John Waters' Hairspray (1988) and host of the syndicated Ricki Lake show (1993–2004), which peaked at about 14.5 million daily viewers; distinct from the 2012–2013 revival.

Ricki Noel Lander

Ricki Noel Lander, American actress and producer from Salt Lake City, Utah; known for bit roles in Iron Man (2008), Movie 43 (2013), and Ant-Man (2015), and for producing Israel: The Royal Tour (2014).

Ricky Jay

Ricky Jay (Richard Jay Potash, 1946/1948-2018), American sleight-of-hand magician, card thrower, actor in Mamet films and Tomorrow Never Dies, author of Cards as Weapons, and magic historian.

Ricky Schroder

Ricky Schroder is an American actor and director known for The Champ, Silver Spoons, Lonesome Dove, and NYPD Blue. His directing work includes Black Cloud and the music video for Whiskey Lullaby.

Ricky Staffieri

Ricky Staffieri is an American actor and producer, best known as Theodore Fak in FX's The Bear (2022–2026). Guest roles include Better Call Saul, This Is Us, and Chicago P.D.; he co-founded Super Athletic Film Co. with Matty Matheson and directed Midnight Drop (2026).

Ricky Whittle

Ricky Whittle (Richard Whittle), English actor from Oldham; played Calvin Valentine in Hollyoaks, Lincoln in The 100, and Shadow Moon in American Gods; birth year reported as 1979 or 1981 by different sources.

Rico Rodriguez (actor)

Rico Rodriguez (born 1998), American actor of Mexican descent from College Station, Texas; played Manny Delgado on ABC's Modern Family 2009–2020, brother of actress Raini Rodriguez, distinct from the Jamaican trombonist of the same name.

Rico Yan

Rico Yan (Ricardo Carlos Castro Yan, 1975–2002), Filipino matinee idol of Gimik and Mula Sa Puso, ABS-CBN Star Circle Batch 1 actor who died of acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis in Palawan in 2002.

Rider Strong

Rider Strong (Rider King Strong, born 1979) is an American actor, director, and writer, best known as Shawn Hunter on Boy Meets World (1993–2000) and Girl Meets World, star of Cabin Fever, and co-host of the podcasts Pod Meets World and Literary Disco.

Ridhima Pandit

Ridhima Pandit, Indian actress, model, and TV host born 1990 in Mumbai, best known as the robot Rajni in Bahu Hamari Rajni Kant (2016-2017), second runner-up on Khatron Ke Khiladi 9, Bigg Boss OTT contestant, and later Netflix and Telugu film actress.

Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott (born 1937, South Shields) is the English director of Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator, and The Martian, founder of RSA and Scott Free with brother Tony, BAFTA Fellowship 2018, and still directing at 88 with The Dog Stars.

Rie Kugimiya (釘宮理恵)

Rie Kugimiya (釘宮理恵, Kugimiya Rie), born 1979, is a Japanese voice actress of I'm Enterprise known as the "Queen of Tsundere"; noted for Alphonse Elric, Kagura, Iori Minase, Shana, and Taiga, and a two-time Seiyu Awards winner.

Rie Takahashi (高橋李依)

Rie Takahashi (高橋李依), born 1994, is a Japanese voice actress and Sony Music singer with 81 Produce, known as Emilia (Re:Zero), Megumin (KonoSuba), Takagi-san, and Ai (Oshi no Ko), a Seiyu Awards winner and Earphones member.