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Brian McCardie

Brian McCardie (1965–2024), Scottish actor born in Bellshill, played crime boss Tommy Hunter in Line of Duty and Alasdair in Rob Roy; died of an aortic dissection in Glasgow.

Brian McNamara

Brian McNamara (born 1960, Long Island, New York) is an American character actor known for Billionaire Boys Club (1987, Golden Globe nomination), Arachnophobia, Short Circuit, and as Gen. Michael Holden on Army Wives; not to be confused with actor Brian Dewar McNamara.

Brian Michael Smith

Brian Michael Smith (born 1983, Ann Arbor, Michigan) is an American trans actor and advocate, the first Black trans man as a network TV series regular, playing Paul Strickland on 9-1-1: Lone Star and Toine Wilkins on Queen Sugar.

Brian Murphy (actor)

Brian Trevor John Murphy (1932–2025), English comedy actor; played landlord George Roper in Man About the House and George and Mildred, and Alvin Smedley in Last of the Summer Wine; not the journalist or other namesakes.

Brian O'Halloran

Brian O'Halloran (born 1969) is an American actor, producer, and podcaster best known as Dante Hicks in Kevin Smith's Clerks (1994), Clerks II, and Clerks III, and for roles in Vulgar and Brutal Massacre.

Brian Peck

Brian Richard Peck (born 1960) is an American former actor and dialogue coach, Scuz in The Return of the Living Dead, convicted in 2004 of sexually abusing Drake Bell and a registered California sex offender.

Brian Stepanek

Brian Stepanek (born 1971, Cleveland, Ohio) is an American actor, voice actor, director, and producer known for Arwin in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, Tom Harper in Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, Lynn Loud Sr. in The Loud House, and Green Book.

Brian Swardstrom

Brian Swardstrom is an American talent agent and manager known for long-term representation of Tilda Swinton, Edward Norton, Frances McDormand, and Timothée Chalamet; since 2023 he works solely as Chalamet's manager and produces with Peter Spears.

Brian Tee

Brian Tee, born Jae-Beom Takata, is a Japanese-born American actor known for playing D.K. in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) and Dr. Ethan Choi on Chicago Med.

Brian Thomas Smith

Brian Thomas Smith, born 1977 in St. Louis, is an American actor known as Zack Johnson, Penny's ex-boyfriend on The Big Bang Theory (11 episodes), plus Bad Monkey, Shrinking, and over 100 commercials.

Brian Tochi

Brian Tochi (Brian Keith Tochihara), American actor born in Los Angeles; played Takashi in Revenge of the Nerds, Cadet Nogata in Police Academy 3 and 4, and voiced Leonardo in the first three live-action TMNT films.

Brian Turk

Brian Turk (1970–2019), also credited as Brian D. Turk, was an American character actor best known as Gabriel the strongman on HBO's Carnivàle (2003–2005), with film roles in The Lost World: Jurassic Park, American Pie 2, and Big Fat Liar; he died of brain cancer at 49.

Brian Tyree Henry

Brian Tyree Henry, born 1982 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, is an American actor known as Paper Boi on Atlanta, an Oscar nominee for Causeway, a Tony nominee for Lobby Hero, and star of Dope Thief.

Brian Van Holt

Brian Van Holt (born 1969, Waukegan, Illinois) is an American actor and director known for Black Hawk Down, House of Wax, John from Cincinnati, and Bobby Cobb on Cougar Town.

Brian Welsh (filmmaker)

Brian Welsh (born 1981, Falkirk, Scotland) is a Scottish film and TV director and writer known for Black Mirror's "The Entire History of You", the 2019 rave film Beats, In Our Name, and What It Feels Like for a Girl.

Brian Wilde

Brian George Wilde (1927-2008), English comedy actor, best known as prison officer Mr Barrowclough in Porridge (1974-77) and Walter "Foggy" Dewhurst in Last of the Summer Wine (1976-85, 1990-97, 116 episodes).

Briana Cuoco

Briana Cuoco (born 1988, Ventura, California) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and choreographer, younger sister of Kaley Cuoco; known for voicing Batgirl on Harley Quinn and playing Jenny the Butcher on Netflix's Dead Boy Detectives.

Brianna Hildebrand

Brianna Caitlin Hildebrand, born 1996 in College Station, Texas, is an American actress known as Negasonic Teenage Warhead in the Deadpool films, Elodie in Trinkets, and Rory in Lucifer's final season.

Brianne Howey

Brianne Howey (born 1989) is an American actress known as Georgia Miller on Netflix's Ginny & Georgia (2021–), earlier Kat Rance in The Exorcist and Shauna Babcock in The Passage; films include Dear Santa and Kinda Pregnant.

Bridger Zadina

Bridger Zadina (full name Bridger Phillip Zadina) is an American actor and producer born 1994, in Duluth, Minnesota; known for Chad in Terri (2011), Sharkey on Bosch, Harvey on Better Things, Mordis on Inhumans, and voice roles in Spirit Riding Free and Max & Me.

Bridget Fonda

Bridget Fonda (Bridget Jane Fonda, born 1964) is a retired American actress of the Fonda acting family, known for Single White Female, Jackie Brown, and A Simple Plan; she retired after Snow Queen in 2002 and declined a return in 2023.

Bridget Marquardt

Bridget Marquardt (Bridget Christina Sandmeier, born 1973) is an American TV personality and podcast host, star of The Girls Next Door (2005-2010), later host of Ghost Magnet, Ghost Bunny, and Girls Next Level.

Bridget Moynahan

Bridget Moynahan (Kathryn Bridget Moynahan), American actress and model from Binghamton, New York; known as Natasha on Sex and the City, Susan Calvin in I, Robot, Erin Reagan in Blue Bloods, and Helen in John Wick.

Bridget Regan

Bridget Catherine Regan (born 1982, San Diego County, California) is an American actress known for Kahlan Amnell in Legend of the Seeker, Rose in Jane the Virgin, Dottie Underwood in Agent Carter, Poison Ivy in Batwoman, Monica Stevens in The Rookie, and Broadway's Is He Dead?.

Bridgit Mendler

Bridgit Mendler (born 1992), American actress, singer, and entrepreneur; star of Good Luck Charlie and Lemonade Mouth, debut album Hello My Name Is..., now cofounder and CEO of satellite ground station startup Northwood Space.

Brie Larson

Brie Larson (Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers), American actress born 1989 in Sacramento; Oscar winner for Room (2015), Marvel's Captain Marvel, director of Unicorn Store, star of Lessons in Chemistry.

Brighton Sharbino

Brighton Sharbino (Brighton Rose Sharbino), American actress born 2002 in Flower Mound, Texas; known for Lizzie Samuels on The Walking Dead, young Abby Sciuto on NCIS, Miracles from Heaven, and 2.5M+ social followers.

Brigid Brannagh

Brigid Brannagh (born 1972), also credited as Brigid Walsh, is an American actress from San Francisco known for Pamela Moran in Army Wives and Stacey Yorkes in Marvel's Runaways.

Brigit Forsyth

Brigit Forsyth (Brigit Dorothea Connell, 1940-2023), Scottish actress best known as Thelma in Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?; also Sharon and Elsie, Playing the Field, Still Open All Hours, and stage work.

Brigitte Bardot

Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot (1934-2025), French actress and singer, star of Et Dieu... créa la femme (1956) and Le Mépris, retired 1973, founded the Fondation Brigitte Bardot in 1986.