edgepedia

Screen people and creators

14,937 articles

Roger Michell

Roger Michell (1956-2021), British theatre, TV, and film director; directed Notting Hill, Persuasion, Venus, and The Duke; two BAFTAs; RSC and National Theatre director.

Roger Moore

Roger Moore (1927–2017), English actor who played James Bond in seven films from Live and Let Die (1973) to A View to a Kill (1985), and starred as Simon Templar in The Saint (ITV, 1962–69) and in The Persuaders! with Tony Curtis; UNICEF ambassador from 1991.

Roger Perry

Roger Perry (May 7, 1933 - July 12, 2018) was an American film and television actor, a former U.S. Air Force intelligence officer and Desilu contract player discovered by Lucille Ball, known for Captain John Christopher in Star Trek's 'Tomorrow Is Yesterday' and recurring roles on The Facts of Life and Falcon Crest.

Roger Rees

Roger Rees (1944-2015), Welsh-born stage and screen actor, RSC Nicholas Nickleby star who won Olivier and 1982 Tony Awards, played Robin Colcord on Cheers and Lord John Marbury on The West Wing.

Roger Smith (actor)

Roger Smith (Roger LaVerne Smith, 1932-2017), American actor best known as detective Jeff Spencer on ABC's 77 Sunset Strip and Lt. Roberts on Mister Roberts; later producer, screenwriter, and 50-year husband and manager of Ann-Margret. Distinct from GM executive Roger B. Smith, actor Roger Guenveur Smith, and voice actor Roger Craig Smith.

Roh Jae-won (노재원)

Roh Jae-won (노재원), born 1993 in Incheon, is a South Korean actor known as Nam-gyu (player 124) in Squid Game 2-3, profiler Gu Dae-hong in Doubt, and lead of Tazza: Beelzebub's Song.

Roh Yoon-seo (노윤서)

Roh Yoon-seo (노윤서), also romanized Noh Yoon-seo, is a South Korean actress under MAA, born 2000 in Seoul. Debut 2022 in Our Blues; known for Crash Course in Romance, 20th Century Girl, Hear Me: Our Summer, and Netflix's The East Palace; double Baeksang rookie award winner.

Rohan Shankar

Rohan Shankar (Rohan Ghuge) is an Indian screenwriter in Hindi and Marathi cinema, debuting with Lalbaugchi Rani (2016) and known for Luka Chuppi, Mimi, Saiyaara dialogues, and Priyadarshan's Bhooth Bangla and Haiwaan.

Rohit Chandel

Rohit Chandel (born 1995, Shahada, Maharashtra) is an Indian TV actor known as Bajirao in Kashibai Bajirao Ballal and Dhawal Makwana in Pandya Store; arrested July 2026 in a POCSO case, granted bail September 2026.

Rohit Padaki

Rohit Padaki (ರೋಹಿತ್ ಪದಕಿ), also spelled Rohith Padaki, is an Indian Kannada-language film director, writer, lyricist and actor, known for Rathnan Prapancha (2021), Ekka (2025), and Uttarakaanda.

Rohit Roy (रोहित बोस रॉय)

Rohit Bose Roy (रोहित बोस रॉय), born 1968 in Nagpur, is an Indian actor, director, and producer, younger brother of Ronit Roy, known for Swabhimaan, Shootout at Lokhandwala, and Kaabil.

Roisin Conaty

Roisin Conaty (b. 1979) is an English stand-up comedian and actor, 2010 Edinburgh Best Newcomer winner, Jo in Man Down, creator and star of GameFace, Roxy in After Life, Taskmaster series 1 contestant, and deputy host then contestant on Last One Laughing UK.

Rojbin Erden

Rojbin Erden is a Turkish actress and model, born August 15 (1996 or 2000 in sources), a conservatory opera graduate. Known as Melek in Gelsin Hayat Bildiği Gibi, Asi in Yabani, and Feride in Sevdiğim Sensin.

Roland Emmerich

Roland Emmerich (born 1955, Stuttgart) is the German director of Independence Day, Godzilla, The Day After Tomorrow, 2012, and Moonfall; HFF Munich graduate, Centropolis founder, Oscar-winning disaster-spectacle pioneer now planning an AI film.

Roland Møller

Roland Møller, full name Roland Greisen Møller, is a Danish actor born in 1972 who won Bodil Awards for Nordvest and Land of Mine after entering film as a consultant on the prison drama R.

Rollo Weeks

Rollo Weeks (Rollo Percival Loring Weeks, born 1987) is a former British actor from Chichester, brother of Honeysuckle and Perdita Weeks. Known for The Little Vampire (2000) and The Thief Lord (2006), he left acting for business.

Roma Downey

Roma Downey (born 1960, Derry, Northern Ireland) is an actress, producer, and author, best known as angel Monica on Touched by an Angel (1994–2003) and for producing The Bible and Son of God with husband Mark Burnett.

Roma Maffia

Roma Maffia is an American actress in theater, film, and television, known as NCIS Special Agent Vera Strickland and for her guest role as Hazel Diaz on Bull.

Romain Duris

Romain Duris is a French actor discovered by Cédric Klapisch in Le Péril jeune, with seven César nominations including Best Actor for The Beat That My Heart Skipped.

Roman Kemp

Roman Kemp (born 1993, Los Angeles) is a British radio and TV presenter, son of Martin Kemp and Shirlie Holliman. He hosted Capital Breakfast 2017-2024, finished third on I'm a Celebrity 2019, and made the mental-health documentary Our Silent Emergency.

Roman Polanski

Roman Polanski (Rajmund Roman Thierry Polański, born 1933) is a French-Polish film director of Knife in the Water, Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, and The Pianist; Holocaust survivor, Manson murder widower, and fugitive since his 1978 flight after a statutory rape plea.

Román Zaragoza

Román Zaragoza (born 1996, New York City) is an American actor, director, and producer of Akimel O'otham, Mexican, Japanese, and Taiwanese descent, known for Sasappis on CBS's Ghosts and as the voice of Sokka in Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender (2026).

Romana Maggiora Vergano

Romana Maggiora Vergano (born 1997, Rome) is an Italian actress trained at the Scuola Volonté, known as Marcella in C'è ancora domani, Nastro d'argento winner for Il tempo che ci vuole, and for Cabrini, Those About to Die, Portobello, and L'estranea.

Romany Malco

Romany Malco (born Romany Romanic Malco Jr., 1968) is an American actor, formerly a rapper with College Boyz, known for The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Weeds, Think Like a Man, and Tijuana Jackson.

Rome Flynn

Rome Flynn (Rome Trumain Ceno Flynn, born 1991) is an American actor, model, and musician; Emmy-winning Zende on The Bold and the Beautiful, Gabriel Maddox on How to Get Away with Murder, Frank Lucas in Godfather of Harlem.

Rommel Padilla

Rommel Padilla (Rommel Cariño Padilla, born 1965) is a Filipino actor, producer, farmer and politician, brother of Robin Padilla and BB Gandanghari, father of Daniel Padilla, known for Totoy Golem, Basta't Kasama Kita, and A Soldier's Heart, and a PDP-Laban congressional bidder for Nueva Ecija.

Romola Garai

Romola Garai (born 1982, Hong Kong) is a British actress, writer, and director known for I Capture the Castle, Atonement, The Hour, The Crimson Petal and the White, her 2020 horror film Amulet, and a 2025 Olivier Award for The Years.

Romy Mars

Romy Mars (Romy Croquet Mars, born 2006, Paris) is a French-American singer-songwriter and actress, daughter of Sofia Coppola and Phoenix's Thomas Mars; known for the 2023 helicopter TikTok, EP Stuck Up, and singles A-Lister, Ego, and The Rage.

Romy Rosemont

Romy Rosemont, American character actress born 1964, in New York City; known for Carole Hudson-Hummel on Glee (18 episodes) and Jacqui Franco on CSI (14 episodes), films An American Crime, Kung Fu Panda 2, The Avengers; married to Stephen Root since 2008.

Romy Schneider

Romy Schneider (Rosemarie Magdalena Albach-Retty, 1938-1982), Austrian-born German-French actress; Sissi trilogy star who rebuilt her career in France with Visconti, Welles, and Claude Sautet, winning three Césars.