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Akari Takaishi (髙石あかり)
Akari Takaishi (髙石あかり), born 2002 in Miyazaki, is a Japanese actress with Avex Management known for Baby Assassins (Chisato Sugimoto), the 2023 TAMA Film Awards Best Rising Actress prize, and as heroine of NHK's morning drama Bakebake.
Akhil Akkineni (అఖిల్ అక్కినేని)
Akhil Akkineni (అఖిల్ అక్కినేని) is an Indian actor in Telugu cinema, born in 1994 in San Jose, California, whose 2026 rural drama Lenin became his biggest commercial hit.
Akhila Bhargavan (അഖില ഭാർഗവൻ)
Akhila Bhargavan (അഖില ഭാർഗവൻ), born 1997 in Payyanur, Kerala, is a Malayalam film actress who rose from Instagram reels to Poovan (2023), Premalu (2024) as Karthika, Sookshmadarshini, and her first lead in It's a Medical Miracle.
Akhilendra Mishra (अखिलेन्द्र मिश्रा)
Akhilendra Mishra (अखिलेन्द्र मिश्रा), Indian film and television character actor from Siwan, Bihar; famous as Kroor Singh in Chandrakanta (1994), Mirchi Seth in Sarfarosh (1999), and Arjan in Lagaan (2001).
Akihiko Kondo (近藤顕彦)
Akihiko Kondo (近藤顕彦), Japanese civil servant known for his 2018 non-legally-binding wedding ceremony to virtual singer Hatsune Miku (初音ミク) using Gatebox hologram technology; later founded the Association of Fictosexuality in 2022.
Akiho Yoshizawa (吉沢明歩)
Akiho Yoshizawa (吉沢明歩, "Acky"), born 1984 in Tokyo, is a Japanese actress and former AV performer active 2003–2019 with 351 exclusive titles, over 10 million copies sold, Ebisu Muscats founding member, and 2020 autobiographer.
Akira Kamiya (神谷明)
Akira Kamiya (神谷明, Kamiya Akira), born 1946 in Yokohama, is a Japanese voice actor and singer; original voice of Kenshiro, Kinnikuman, Ryo Saeba, and Kogoro Mouri, with his own agency Saeba Shoji.
Akosua Busia
Akosua Busia (born 1966, Accra, Ghana) is a Ghanaian actress, novelist, and screenwriter; daughter of former Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia; best known as Nettie in The Color Purple (1985) and as Beloved's screenwriter.
Aksel Hennie
Aksel Hennie (born 1975, Oslo) is a Norwegian actor, director, and screenwriter. Known for Max Manus, Headhunters, The Martian, and Sisu; winner of four Amanda Awards, including three for Best Actor.
Akshay Dogra
Akshay (Akkshay) Dogra is an Indian television actor and writer, known as Akash in Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon (2011) and for Punar Vivah, Waaris, Dil Hi Toh Hai; after a 2018 TV break he moved to OTT, appearing in Badass Begum and as Vadh 2's antagonist.
Akshay Khanna (British actor)
Akshay Khanna is a British Indian actor trained at Bristol Old Vic, known for Polite Society (2023), Red, White & Royal Blue (2023), Critical Incident, and Ratthi in Apple TV+'s Murderbot (2025); distinct from Bollywood's Akshaye Khanna.
Akshay Kumar (British actor)
British actor Akshay Kumar (born 1994, East London), distinct from the Bollywood star, trained at Drama Centre London; known for Homeland, Pandora, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Virdee, and Double Blind.
Al Jean
Al Jean (born 1961) is an American television writer and producer, longest-serving showrunner of The Simpsons from season 13 to 2025, and co-creator of The Critic.
Al Molinaro
Al Molinaro (Umberto Francesca Molinaro, 1919-2015) was an American character actor who played Al Delvecchio, owner of Arnold's Drive-In, on Happy Days and Murray the cop on The Odd Couple.
Al Pacino
Al Pacino (Alfredo James Pacino, born 1940), American actor of the Actors Studio and Method tradition; Michael Corleone in The Godfather, Oscar winner for Scent of a Woman, nine-time Oscar nominee, two-time Emmy winner, named 62nd SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement recipient.
Al Weaver
Al Weaver (born 1981, Bolton, England; full name Alex Weaver) is an English actor, writer, and director, known for Leonard Finch in ITV's Grantchester, Coram Boy at the National Theatre, and films including Marie Antoinette and Colette.
Alain Delon
Alain Delon (1935–2024), French actor and producer, star of Plein soleil, Le Samouraï, The Leopard, and Mr. Klein; César winner 1985, Palme d'Honneur 2019, icon of impassive screen cool.
Alain-Fabien Delon
Alain-Fabien Delon, born in 1994 in Gien, France, is a French actor and writer, the youngest son of the actor Alain Delon and model Rosalie van Breemen.
Alaina Reed Hall
Alaina Reed Hall (Bernice Ruth Reed, 1946–2009), American actress and singer; Olivia on Sesame Street 1976–1988 and Rose Lee Holloway on NBC's 227; also Broadway Chicago, Hair, Eubie!; died of breast cancer in Santa Monica.
Alan Alda
Alan Alda (born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo, 1936) is an American actor, director, and science-communication advocate, famous as Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H (1972–1983), later Arnold Vinick on The West Wing, with six Emmys and an Oscar nomination for The Aviator.
Alan Arkin
Alan Wolf Arkin (1934–2023), American character actor; Oscar winner for Little Miss Sunshine, nominated for The Russians Are Coming and Argo; Second City and Tarriers alumnus, Tony winner for Enter Laughing, final major role in The Kominsky Method.
Alan Autry
Alan Autry (Carlos Alan Autry, born 1952) is an American actor, former Green Bay Packers quarterback, and Republican mayor of Fresno, California, 2001–2009, best known as Bubba Skinner on In the Heat of the Night.
Alan Ball (screenwriter)
Alan Erwin Ball (born 1957) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer, Oscar winner for American Beauty and creator of HBO's Six Feet Under and True Blood.
Alan Barinholtz
Alan Barinholtz (born 1951) is an American attorney and actor, also known as Judge Alan Rosen of Jury Duty. A Chicago personal-injury lawyer of about 40 years and father of Ike and Jon Barinholtz, he won the 2023 Freevee role via audition tape.
Alan Bates
Alan Bates: chiefly Sir Alan Arthur Bates (1934–2003), English stage and film actor of Look Back in Anger, Butley, Zorba the Greek and Women in Love; also the subpostmaster knighted in 2024 for exposing the Post Office Horizon scandal, and a Monckton Chambers barrister.
Alan Bleasdale
Alan Bleasdale (born 1946, Liverpool) is the British TV dramatist behind Boys from the Blackstuff (1982), GBH (1991), and The Monocled Mutineer, known for realist, darkly comic Liverpool drama; not to be confused with other Bleasdales.
Alan Clarke
Alan Clarke (1935–1990), British television and film director born in Seacombe, Cheshire, known for Scum, Made in Britain, The Firm, Rita Sue and Bob Too, and Elephant.
Alan Cox (actor)
Alan Cox (born 1970, London) is a British actor, son of Brian Cox; young Watson in Young Sherlock Holmes (1985), RSC and National Theatre stage actor, Broadway's Translations and Frost/Nixon, and Tony Crosland in The Gang of Three. Distinct from the Cleveland radio host of the same name.
Alan Cumming
Alan Cumming, Scottish stage and screen actor; Olivier winner for Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Eli Gold on The Good Wife, Emmy-winning host of The Traitors US, memoirist and cabaret performer.
Alan Ford (actor)
Alan Ford (born 23 February 1938, London) is an English character actor known for Brick Top in Guy Ritchie's Snatch and for narrating Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; also The Long Good Friday, EastEnders, and the Hitchhiker's Guide radio Roosta.