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Alan Hamel

Alan Hamel (born 1936, Toronto) is a Canadian TV host and producer, co-host of CBC's Razzle Dazzle, host of Anniversary Game and CTV's The Alan Hamel Show (1976–80), and Suzanne Somers' husband.

Alan J. Pakula

Alan J. Pakula (1928–1998), American director and producer of To Kill a Mockingbird and the paranoia trilogy Klute, The Parallax View, and All the President's Men, shot by Gordon Willis.

Alan Ladd

Alan Ladd (1913–1964), American film star of the 1940s and 1950s, aka Alan Walbridge Ladd; famous for This Gun for Hire, The Blue Dahlia, and Shane; father of producer Alan Ladd Jr.

Alan Lake

Alan Lake (1940–1984), English RADA-trained character actor and third husband of Diana Dors; played Jack Daniels in Slade In Flame and John Merrick in The Sweeney. Distinct from the Australian film editor Alan Lake (1934–2017).

Alan Lee (voice actor)

Alan Lee (born 1996, Red Bluff, California) is a Korean-American Los Angeles voice actor, also credited as Allen Lee, known for Shang Tsung in Mortal Kombat 1, Makoto Edamura in Great Pretender, Ollie Chen in The Ghost and Molly McGee, and Mystery Saja in KPop Demon Hunters; distinct from the Tolkien illustrator Alan Lee.

Alan Napier

Alan Napier (Alan William Napier-Clavering, 1903–1988), English character actor and Neville Chamberlain's cousin; RADA-trained, Hollywood from 1939, best known as Alfred Pennyworth in all 120 episodes of the 1966–68 Batman TV series.

Alan Oppenheimer

Alan Oppenheimer (born April 23, 1930) is an American actor and voice artist, the voice of Skeletor, Man-at-Arms, and Cringer in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Ming in Flash Gordon, Vanity Smurf, and Falkor in The NeverEnding Story, distinct from the physicist Oppenheimers.

Alan Plater

Alan Plater (1935-2010), British screenwriter and playwright from Jarrow and Hull; wrote Z Cars, the Beiderbecke trilogy, A Very British Coup; architect turned full-time writer in 1961.

Alan Rachins

Alan Rachins (Alan Leonard Rachins, 1942-2024), American actor of L.A. Law's Douglas Brackman Jr. and Dharma & Greg's Larry Finkelstein, 1988 Emmy and Golden Globe nominee, also Showgirls' Tony Moss; died of heart failure November 2, 2024.

Alan Reed

Alan Reed (Herbert Theodore Bergman, 1907–1977), also billed as Teddy Bergman, American radio and film character actor and original voice of Fred Flintstone on The Flintstones (1960–1977), coiner of "Yabba Dabba Doo!"

Alan Rickman

Alan Rickman (1946–2016), British stage and film actor; RSC Valmont in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Hans Gruber in Die Hard, and Severus Snape in all eight Harry Potter films; BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Emmy winner, never Oscar-nominated.

Alan Ritchson

Alan Ritchson (born 1984) is an American actor known as Jack Reacher on Prime Video's Reacher since 2022, Thad Castle on Blue Mountain State, and Aquaman on Smallville; also Raphael in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and star of Fast X, War Machine, and Runner.

Alan Rosenberg

Alan Rosenberg (born 1950, Passaic, New Jersey) is an American actor, known as Eli Levinson on Civil Wars and L.A. Law, and the 24th president of the Screen Actors Guild, 2005–2009.

Alan Ruck

Alan Ruck (born 1956, Cleveland) is an American actor known for Cameron Frye in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Stuart Bondek on Spin City, and Emmy-nominated Connor Roy on HBO's Succession; also Broadway's Biloxi Blues and The Producers.

Alan Thicke

Alan Thicke (Alan Willis Jeffrey), Canadian actor, composer, and talk-show host (1947–2016); played Dr. Jason Seaver on ABC's Growing Pains (1985–1992) and wrote themes for Diff'rent Strokes and Wheel of Fortune.

Alan Tudyk

Alan Tudyk (born 1971) is an American actor from Plano, Texas, known as Wash in Firefly, K-2SO in Rogue One and Andor, Sonny in I, Robot, King Candy in Wreck-It Ralph, and the lead of Resident Alien; 2026 Disney Legend.

Alan Yang

Alan Yang (楊維榕, born 1983) is an American screenwriter, producer, and director, co-creator of Master of None, 2016 Emmy winner for "Parents," director of Tigertail, and EP of Little America and Loot.

Alan Young

Alan Young (Angus Young, 1919-2016) was an English-born, Canadian-raised comedy actor, Emmy winner for The Alan Young Show, star of Mister Ed as Wilbur Post, and Disney voice of Scrooge McDuck.

Alana Cruise

Alana Cruise (Beth Ann Flynn, 1981–2025) was an American adult film performer and cam model active 2014–2023 under the earlier name Savannah Fyre, known for BDSM and girl/girl work, who died in Las Vegas of cancer.

Alana de la Garza

Alana De La Garza (born 1976) is an American actress known as ADA Connie Rubirosa on Law & Order (2006–2010, 85 episodes) and Law & Order: LA, and as FBI Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille on CBS's FBI since 2019.

Alana Stewart

Alana Stewart (born Alana Kaye Collins, 1945) is an American actress, former Ford model, and author, ex-wife of George Hamilton and Rod Stewart, who filmed the Emmy-nominated Farrah's Story and leads the Farrah Fawcett Foundation.

Alanna Ubach

Alanna Ubach (Alanna Noel Ubach, born 1975) is an American character actress from Downey, California, known as Josie on Beakman's World, Serena in Legally Blonde, Mamá Imelda in Coco, Suze in Euphoria, and Susan Bennett in Ted.

Alaqua Cox

Alaqua Cox, born 1997 in Keshena, Wisconsin, is a deaf Menominee and Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican amputee actress who debuted as Maya Lopez/Echo in Hawkeye (2021) and led Echo (2024), Marvel's first deaf, Indigenous female superhero lead.

Alaska Thunderfuck

Alaska Thunderfuck (Justin Andrew Honard, born 1985, Erie, Pennsylvania) is an American drag performer, singer, and actor; Drag Race season 5 runner-up, All Stars 2 winner, recording artist, and Oh, Mary! tour star.

Alastair Duncan (actor, born 1958)

Alastair Duncan (born 1958, Edinburgh) is a Scottish actor, also credited as Alistair Duncan, known as Mimir in God of War, Celebrimbor in Shadow of Mordor, Senator Armstrong in Metal Gear Rising, and Alfred Pennyworth in The Batman; distinct from the documentary director, artist, and author of the same name.

Alastair Sim

Alastair Sim (1900–1976), Scottish character actor of over 50 British films; definitive Scrooge (1951), Miss Fritton in The Belles of St Trinian's, Rector of Edinburgh University, CBE 1953, mentor of George Cole.

Alba August

Alba August (Alba Adéle August, born 1993, Copenhagen) is a Danish-Swedish actress and singer, daughter of Bille and Pernilla August, known for Netflix's The Rain, Becoming Astrid, and the 2021 album I still hide.

Alba Baptista

Alba Baptista (born 1997, Lisbon) is a Portuguese actress, lead of Netflix's Warrior Nun as Ava Silva, star of Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris and A24's Mother Mary, wife of Chris Evans.

Alba Flores

Alba Flores (Alba González Villa), Spanish actress and singer of the Flores dynasty, daughter of Antonio Flores and granddaughter of Lola Flores; known as Saray in Vis a vis and Nairobi in La casa de papel.

Alba Rohrwacher

Alba Rohrwacher, Italian actress born 1979 in Florence, two-time David di Donatello winner and 2014 Coppa Volpi recipient, known for her sister Alice Rohrwacher's Cannes films and My Brilliant Friend.