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Vybe

Vybe (Angus Roberts, born 1991) is an Australian drag performer and Sydney scene staple, runner-up on Drag Race Down Under season 4 behind Lazy Susan and fourth placer on Drag Race Down Under vs the World.

W. Earl Brown

W. Earl Brown (William Earl Brown, born 1963) is an American character actor known as Dan Dority on Deadwood, Warren in There's Something About Mary, the voice of Bill in The Last of Us, and Wes Fox on Sheriff Country.

W. Kamau Bell

W. Kamau Bell (Walter Kamau Bell, born 1973) is an American sociopolitical stand-up comedian, TV host, and documentary director, host of Totally Biased and CNN's Emmy-winning United Shades of America, Peabody winner for We Need to Talk About Cosby.

W. Morgan Sheppard

W. Morgan Sheppard (William Morgan Sheppard, 1932-2019), British character actor, RSC Associate Artist for 12 years, father of Mark Sheppard; known for Blank Reg in Max Headroom, four Star Trek roles, and Old Canton Delaware in Doctor Who.

W. Peter Iliff

W. Peter Iliff (born 1957) is an American screenwriter known for Point Break (1991), Patriot Games, and Varsity Blues; sole WGA screenplay credit on Point Break despite James Cameron's 2025 claim; directed Rites of Passage (2012).

W. S. Van Dyke

W. S. Van Dyke (Woodbridge Strong Van Dyke II, 1889–1943), American MGM film director nicknamed One-Take Woody; directed The Thin Man, Tarzan the Ape Man, San Francisco, and Trader Horn; two Best Director Oscar nominations.

Wagner Moura

Wagner Moura (Wagner Maniçoba de Moura), Brazilian actor born 1976 in Salvador, Bahia; star of Tropa de Elite, Narcos (as Pablo Escobar), and O Agente Secreto; first Brazilian nominated for the Best Actor Oscar and winner of the 2026 Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama.

Wahaj Ali (وہاج علی)

Wahaj Ali (وہاج علی), Pakistani TV actor; theater 2007, Geo TV producer 2011, screen debut 2015 in Ishq Ibadat; breakthrough as Murtasim in Tere Bin (2023) opposite Yumna Zaidi; noted for Jo Bichar Gaye, Jin Ki Shadi Un Ki Shadi, Mitti De Bawe.

Waheeda Rehman (वहीदा रहमान)

Waheeda Rehman (वहीदा रहमान), born 3 February 1938 in Chengalpattu, is an Indian actress of Hindi and Telugu cinema, known for Pyaasa, Guide, and Reshma Aur Shera, and the first Muslim woman to receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award (2021).

Waldemar Dalenogare Neto

Waldemar Dalenogare Neto, known as Dalenogare, is a Brazilian film critic, historian, and professor from Porto Alegre; first South American member of the Critics Choice Association (2020) and creator of the YouTube channel Dalenogare Críticas.

Waleed Zuaiter

Waleed Zuaiter (born 1971, Sacramento) is a Palestinian-American actor and producer who played Agent Rami in and produced the Oscar-nominated Omar, led Baghdad Central, and played Koba in Gangs of London.

Wallace Beery

Wallace Beery (Wallace Fitzgerald Beery, 1885-1949), American MGM character star, Oscar winner for The Champ (1931, tied with Fredric March), known for Min and Bill, Treasure Island's Long John Silver, and over 250 films.

Wallace Chung (钟汉良)

Wallace Chung (钟汉良, 鍾漢良, Chung Hon-Leung), born 1974 in Hong Kong, is a Hong Kong actor and singer. TVB dancer turned Taiwanese pop idol with the 1995 album OREA, then a mainland drama star known for My Sunshine, Too Late to Say I Love You, and Three.

Wallace Huo (霍建华)

Wallace Huo (霍建华, Huo Jianhua), Taiwanese actor and singer born 1979 in Taipei; mainland breakthrough roles include Xu Changqing in Chinese Paladin 3, Bai Zihua in The Journey of Flower, and the Qianlong Emperor in Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace; married to Ruby Lin.

Wallace Langham

Wallace Langham (James Wallace Langham II), American actor born 1965 in Fort Worth, Texas; known as Phil on The Larry Sanders Show, Josh Blair on Veronica's Closet, and David Hodges on CSI and CSI: Vegas.

Wallace Reid

Wallace Reid (William Wallace Reid, 1891–1923), American silent-film actor called "the screen's most perfect lover"; starred in over 60 Lasky/Paramount films, became addicted to morphine after a 1919 train-crash injury, and died at 31 in a sanitarium.

Wallace Shawn

Wallace Shawn (born 1943), American playwright and character actor, son of New Yorker editor William Shawn; wrote The Fever and My Dinner with André, played Vizzini in The Princess Bride, voices Rex in Toy Story.

Wallis Day

Wallis Day (born 1994) is a British actress known as Holly Cunningham in Hollyoaks, Nyssa-Vex in Krypton, and Kate Kane in Batwoman, replacing Ruby Rose; also Infinite, Sex/Life, and Red Sonja's Annisia.

Wally Cox

Wally Cox (Wallace Maynard Cox, 1924–1973), American actor and comedian, star of NBC's live sitcom Mister Peepers (1952–55), voice of Underdog (1964–73), Hollywood Squares panelist, and lifelong friend of Marlon Brando.

Wally Kurth

Wally Kurth (born 1958, Billings, Montana) is an American soap actor and musician who plays Justin Kiriakis on Days of Our Lives and Ned Quartermaine on General Hospital simultaneously, and who won a 2002 Daytime Emmy for the song Barefoot Ballet with his duo Kurth & Taylor.

Walter Brennan

Walter Brennan (1894-1974), American character actor and singer, three-time Best Supporting Actor Oscar winner (Come and Get It, Kentucky, The Westerner), Western fixture and star of The Real McCoys.

Walter Gotell

Walter Gotell (Walter Jacques Goettel), German-born British character actor (1924-1997) best known as KGB General Gogol in six James Bond films (1977-1987) and as Morzeny in From Russia with Love (1963).

Walter Huston

Walter Huston, born Walter Thomas Huston, was a Canadian-born American actor and singer who won an Oscar for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, directed by his son John Huston.

Walter Koenig

Walter Koenig (Walter Marvin Koenig), American actor born 1936 in Chicago; played Pavel Chekov on Star Trek (1967–69 and seven films) and Alfred Bester on Babylon 5; also a TV writer, teacher, and memoirist.

Walter Matthau

Walter Matthau (born Walter John Matthow, 1920–2000), American actor with the hangdog face; Oscar winner for The Fortune Cookie, two-time Tony winner, and Jack Lemmon's comedy partner from The Odd Couple to Grumpy Old Men.

Walter Murch

Walter Murch, American film editor and sound designer (born 1943, New York City), known for Apocalypse Now, The Godfather trilogy, The Conversation, and The English Patient, on which he became the only person to win Oscars for both film editing and sound for the same film.

Walter Pidgeon

Walter Pidgeon (Walter Davis Pidgeon, 1897-1984), Canadian-born Hollywood leading man, MGM star opposite Greer Garson in Mrs. Miniver and Madame Curie, two-time Oscar nominee, and Screen Actors Guild president 1952-1957.

Walter Slezak

Walter Slezak, Austrian-born character actor and bass-baritone (May 3, 1902 Vienna – April 21, 1983 Flower Hill, NY). Father Leo Slezak; Broadway Fanny 1955 Tony; Hitchcock's Lifeboat 1944; daughter Erika Slezak.

Walter Thompson-Hernández

Walter Thompson-Hernández, LA-based writer-director and former New York Times multimedia journalist; author of The Compton Cowboys (2020); creator of the Sundance 2022 jury-prize short and 2026 feature If I Go Will They Miss Me and the 2025 favela film Kites.

Walton Goggins

Walton Goggins (Walton Sanders Goggins Jr.) is an American actor born in 1971, known for playing Shane Vendrell on The Shield and Boyd Crowder on Justified.