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Robin Dunne

Robin Dunne (born 1976, Toronto) is a Canadian actor, writer, and director known for Dr. Will Zimmerman in Syfy's Sanctuary (2008-2011), Sebastian Valmont in Cruel Intentions 2, and numerous Hallmark and Lifetime Christmas movies.

Robin Givens

Robin Givens (Robin Simone Givens, born 1964) is an American actress, director, and producer known for Darlene Merriman on Head of the Class (1986–1991) and her 1988–1989 marriage to boxer Mike Tyson, with later roles in Boomerang, Riverdale, Batwoman, and television directing credits.

Robin Leach

Robin Leach (1941–2018), British-born entertainment journalist, hosted and co-created Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (1984–1995), famous for "champagne wishes and caviar dreams" and later Las Vegas columns.

Robin Lord Taylor

Robin Lord Taylor, American actor born 1978 in Shueyville, Iowa, best known as Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin on Gotham (2014-2019), Abernathy in Accepted, Creation Nation with Billy Eichner, and Tennessee Williams in Kowalski.

Robin McLeavy

Robin McLeavy (born 1981, Sydney) is an Australian actress and NIDA graduate known for Lola in The Loved Ones, Eva on Hell on Wheels, and Stella in Liv Ullmann's A Streetcar Named Desire.

Robin Padilla

Robin Padilla (Robinhood Ferdinand Cariño Padilla, born 1969) is a Filipino action film star, the "Bad Boy of Philippine Cinema," who topped the 2022 Philippine Senate race and serves as senator; also known for his 1994 firearms conviction, Islam conversion, and 2026 obstruction complaint.

Robin Sachs

Robin Sachs (1951–2013), British actor known as Ethan Rayne in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and General Sarris in Galaxy Quest; also voiced Zaeed Massani in Mass Effect and Harrowmont in Dragon Age: Origins.

Robin Shou

Robin Shou (Shou Wan Por, 仇雲波), Hong Kong-born American martial artist and actor born 1960, known as Liu Kang in Mortal Kombat (1995) and Annihilation (1997) and director of Red Trousers (2003).

Robin Thede

Robin Thede (born 1979) is an American comedian, writer, and producer, first Black woman head writer in late-night TV, host of BET's The Rundown, and creator-star of HBO's A Black Lady Sketch Show (2019-2023), an Emmy-nominated series written and performed entirely by Black women.

Robin Tunney

Robin Tunney (born 1972, Chicago) is an American actress known for Empire Records, The Craft, Veronica Donovan in Prison Break, and Teresa Lisbon in The Mentalist (2008-15).

Robin Weigert

Robin Weigert (born 1969) is an American actress known for Calamity Jane in HBO's Deadwood and its 2019 movie, Dr. Amanda Reisman in Big Little Lies, Concussion, Sons of Anarchy, Tracker, and We Were the Lucky Ones.

Robin Williams

Robin Williams (1951–2014), American actor and comedian, star of Mork & Mindy, Good Morning Vietnam, Mrs. Doubtfire, and Oscar-winning Good Will Hunting; famed for improvisational stand-up.

Robin Wright

Robin Wright (born 1966, Dallas) is the American actress of The Princess Bride, Forrest Gump, and House of Cards; first actress to win a Golden Globe for an online-only series; distinct from journalist Robin Wright.

Robinne Lee

Robinne Lee (born 1974) is a Jamaican-Chinese American author, actor, and producer; debut novel The Idea of You (2017) and its 2024 Anne Hathaway film; second novel Crash Into Me (2026).

Robson Green

Robson Green (Robson Golightly Green) is an English actor, singer, and presenter born 1964 in Hexham, Northumberland. Known for Soldier Soldier, Reckless, Wire in the Blood, and as DI Geordie Keating in ITV's Grantchester; half of Robson & Jerome, whose 1995 "Unchained Melody" topped the UK chart for seven weeks; runs the production companies Coastal Productions and Rivers Meet in north-east England.

Robyn Bernard

Robyn Bernard (1959–2024) was an American actress, sister of Crystal Bernard of Wings, who played singer Terry Brock on General Hospital in 145 episodes from 1984 to 1990, and appeared in Diva and Betty Blue.

Robyn Cara

Robyn Cara is an English actress born in 1995, known for Emmy Sizergh in Netflix's Bodkin (2024), Jen in Apple TV+'s Trying, Kayla Afzal in Ackley Bridge, and Kelly Riker in USA Network's The Rainmaker (2025), after training at the Birmingham School of Acting.

Robyn Lively

Robyn Lively (born 1972, Powder Springs, Georgia) is an American actress, half-sister of Blake Lively, best known as Louise Miller in Teen Witch (1989), Jessica Andrews in The Karate Kid Part III, and roles in Twin Peaks, Savannah, and Landman.

Robyn Malcolm

Robyn Malcolm (born 1965, Ashburton, NZ) is a New Zealand actress known for Cheryl West in Outrageous Fortune, Ellen Crozier in Shortland Street, and co-creating and starring in After the Party (2023), winner of Series Mania and NZ Television Best Actress awards.

Rocco Haynes

Rocco Haynes (born 2013) is a British child actor known for Gentleman Jack, 28 Years Later as Young Jimmy, Giant as Mikey, Starve Acre, and Small Prophets.

Rocco Steele

Rocco Steele is an American gay adult film performer and director. He began his career in 2014 and won the XBIZ Gay Performer of the Year award in 2016.

Rochelle Aytes

Rochelle Aytes (born 1976) is an American actress and model from New York City, known for April Malloy on Mistresses, the voice of Rochelle in Left 4 Dead 2, Nichelle on S.W.A.T., and Dr. Mary Morstan on CBS's Watson.

Rochelle Humes

Rochelle Humes (née Wiseman, born 1989) is an English singer and TV presenter from S Club 8 and The Saturdays, now hosting Ninja Warrior UK and The Hit List and founding My Little Coco.

Rochelle Neil

Rochelle Neil is an English actress trained at Italia Conti Academy, known for Leah Whittaker in Three Little Birds (ITV, 2023), Annie Carbey in The Nevers (HBO), Cassandra Lloyd in Das Boot, and Yvonne in Guilt.

Rock Hudson

Rock Hudson (Roy Harold Scherer Jr., 1925-1985) was an American actor, star of Giant and the Doris Day comedies and McMillan & Wife, and the first major celebrity to die of AIDS after a 1985 public disclosure.

Rockmond Dunbar

Rockmond Dunbar (born 1973) is an American actor known as Kenny Chadway in Soul Food, C-Note in Prison Break, Eli Roosevelt in Sons of Anarchy, and Michael Grant in 9-1-1, from which he exited in 2021 over a vaccine dispute he later lost in court.

Rocky Carroll

Rocky Carroll (Roscoe Fulton Carroll), born 1963 in Cincinnati, is an American actor and director, Tony-nominated for The Piano Lesson, known as Joey on Roc, Dr. Keith Wilkes on Chicago Hope, and NCIS Director Leon Vance on NCIS from 2008 to 2026, later directing over 25 episodes.

Rocsi Diaz

Rocsi Diaz (Raquel Roxanne Diaz), Honduran-born American TV and radio host, born 1983 in Tegucigalpa. Co-hosted BET's 106 & Park (2006–2012) with Terrence J, was an Entertainment Tonight correspondent (2013–2021) on a Daytime Emmy-winning show, and hosts Tubi's We Got Time Today with Deion Sanders and the 2026 Prime Video American Gladiators reboot.

Rod Hallett

Rod Hallett is a British actor known for Constantin in The Last Kingdom and Seven Kings Must Die, Dr. Malcolm Wallace in Terra Nova, and Sir Richard Rich in The Tudors, with film roles in Ant-Man and 5000 Blankets.

Rod Roddenberry

Rod Roddenberry (Eugene Wesley Roddenberry Jr., born 1974) is an American producer, son of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and Majel Barrett, CEO of Roddenberry Entertainment, executive producer of recent Star Trek series, and founder of the Roddenberry Foundation.