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Jack McCoy
Jack McCoy (John James McCoy) is the fictional Manhattan prosecutor on NBC's Law & Order, played by Sam Waterston 1994-2010 and 2022-2024; Executive ADA, later District Attorney, over 400 episodes, final episode February 22, 2024.
Jack O'Neill
Jack O'Neill (1923-2017), American surfer and founder of O'Neill, Inc., popularized the neoprene wetsuit via nylon lamination and built the world's leading wetsuit brand; not the wetsuit's inventor, credit usually given to Hugh Bradner.
Jack Shephard
Jack Shephard is the fictional protagonist of Lost (ABC, 2004–2010), played by Matthew Fox in 121 episodes. A spinal surgeon and de facto leader of the Oceanic 815 survivors, he arcs from man of science to man of faith.
Jackson Avery
Jackson Avery is a fictional plastic surgeon on Grey's Anatomy, played by Jesse Williams from season 6 to 17, grandson of Harper Avery, husband of April Kepner, board chairman at Grey Sloan, later Boston foundation head.
Jacob (Lost)
Jacob (Lost): fictional character on ABC's Lost, the ageless protector of the Island, played by Mark Pellegrino. Twin brother of the Man in Black, born of Claudia per "Across the Sea", killed by Ben in The Incident, succeeded by Jack and Hurley.
Jadis (The Walking Dead)
Jadis, later Anne and Warrant Officer Jadis Stokes, is a Walking Dead universe character played by Pollyanna McIntosh: Scavengers junkyard leader, CRM people-trader who rescued Rick Grimes, and antagonist in World Beyond and The Ones Who Live.
Jadzia Dax
Jadzia Dax is a fictional Trill science officer in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, played by Terry Farrell for six seasons; eighth host of the Dax symbiont, killed in 'Tears of the Prophets', succeeded by Ezri Dax.
Jake the Dog
Jake the Dog is the shapeshifting yellow magical dog of Cartoon Network's Adventure Time (2010), voiced by John DiMaggio, Finn's adoptive brother and best friend, biological son of Warren Ampersand, with stretchy powers limited by his body thinning out.
Jamal Lyon
Jamal Lyon is the openly gay middle son of Lucious and Cookie Lyon on Fox's Empire, played by Jussie Smollett; named Lucious's successor in season 1, married Kai in primetime's first gay Black wedding, and was written out after Smollett's 2019 arrest.
James "Sawyer" Ford
James "Sawyer" Ford is a fictional con man on ABC's Lost (2004-2010), played by Josh Holloway. Real name James Ford, he took his alias from the con man who destroyed his family, became DHARMA head LaFleur in 1974, and evolved from audience-testing liability to fan favorite.
James Bond Jr.
James Bond Jr.: 1991 American animated series of 65 daily episodes by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson, sanctioned by Danjaq, about Bond's teenage nephew fighting SCUM at Warfield Academy; never released on DVD.
James Cook (Skins)
James Cook, called Cook, is a fictional character in the British teen drama Skins, played by Jack O'Connell. A Generation 2 anti-hero in Series 3–4 and protagonist of the 2013 finale Skins: Rise.
James Doakes
James Doakes is a fictional Miami Metro homicide sergeant in Showtime's Dexter and Jeff Lindsay's novels, played by Erik King. The only character to suspect Dexter Morgan, he is killed by Lila in the Season 2 finale and framed as the Bay Harbor Butcher; the book version, Albert Doakes, survives mutilation by Dr. Danco.
James T. Kirk
James Tiberius Kirk, fictional Starfleet captain in Star Trek, played by William Shatner in the original 1966-1969 series commanding the USS Enterprise; later Chris Pine and Paul Wesley. Created by Gene Roddenberry, modeled on Horatio Hornblower.
Janice Rand
Janice Rand is a Star Trek character, Yeoman to Captain Kirk in eight first-season episodes of The Original Series, played by Grace Lee Whitney; later a transporter operator and, ultimately, communications officer of the USS Excelsior.
Janice Soprano
Janice Soprano, also called Parvati, is Tony Soprano's manipulative older sister on HBO's The Sopranos, played by Aida Turturro from season 2; she kills Richie Aprile and marries Bobby Baccalieri.
Jason Lee Scott
Jason Lee Scott is the original Red Ranger and first leader of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993), portrayed by Austin St. John (Jason Lawrence Geiger). He later became the Gold Zeo Ranger and returned in Forever Red, Beast Morphers, and Once & Always.
Jax Teller
Jax Teller (Jackson Teller), played by Charlie Hunnam, is the protagonist of FX's Sons of Anarchy (2008-2014): vice president then president of SAMCRO in Charming, California, a Hamlet-inspired antihero shaped by his father John Teller's manuscript, who dies in the series finale.
Jean-Luc Picard
Jean-Luc Picard is the fictional Starfleet captain played by Patrick Stewart, lead of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994) commanding the USS Enterprise-D, later the Enterprise-E, and the series Star Trek: Picard.
Jeffrey Mace
Jeffrey Mace, also Jeffrey Solomon Mace, is a Marvel Comics hero, the powerless Golden Age Patriot (Human Torch Comics #4, 1941) who became the third Captain America in 1946 and later the S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Patriot in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Jennifer Melfi
Dr. Jennifer Melfi, also Dr. Melfi, is the fictional psychiatrist played by Lorraine Bracco in all six seasons of The Sopranos, treating mob boss Tony Soprano after his panic attacks and serving as the series' moral center.
Jenny (Doctor Who)
Jenny is a Doctor Who character introduced in the 2008 episode "The Doctor's Daughter", created from the Tenth Doctor's DNA on Messaline and played by Georgia Tennant; she returned in Big Finish audio series (2018, 2021) and comics, but not on television.
Jenny Schecter
Jenny Schecter (Jennifer Diane Schecter) is the Mia Kirshner-played writer character of Showtime's The L Word, present in all 70 episodes, whose unexplained pool death opens season six and was later ruled a suicide in Generation Q.
Jenny Sparks
Jenny Sparks (Jennifer Elizabeth Sparks) is a WildStorm/DC Comics superheroine created by Warren Ellis and Tom Raney in 1996; the Spirit of the 20th Century, an electricity-wielding Century Baby who led the Authority, died in 2000, and returned in Tom King's 2024 Black Label series.
Jesse Pinkman
Jesse Pinkman is the fictional meth cook and Walter White's former student in AMC's Breaking Bad, played by Aaron Paul, who won three Emmys; he survives the series and stars in El Camino (2019).
Jessica Fletcher
Jessica Fletcher (J.B. Fletcher) is the fictional mystery writer and amateur sleuth of Murder, She Wrote, played by Angela Lansbury for 12 CBS seasons from 1984 to 1996 in Cabot Cove, Maine.
Jim Gordon (Gotham)
Jim Gordon (Gotham) is the Ben McKenzie portrayal of James Gordon in Fox's Gotham (2014–2019), a rookie detective turned commissioner in a Batman-free prequel, first case the Wayne murders, partner Harvey Bullock, fiancée Barbara Kean, later wife Leslie Thompkins.
Jim Hopper (Stranger Things)
Jim Hopper (James "Jim" Hopper Jr.) is the Hawkins police chief in Stranger Things, played by David Harbour; Eleven's adoptive father, Joyce's partner, survivor of a Soviet labor camp.
Jimmy Darmody
Jimmy Darmody (James Edison Darmody) is the fictional Boardwalk Empire character played by Michael Pitt in seasons 1 and 2: a Princeton-educated World War I veteran, son of Gillian and the Commodore, protégé turned adversary of Nucky Thompson, killed by Nucky in the season 2 finale.
Jimmy Kalinowski
Jimmy "Cicero" Kalinowski, also known as Uncle Jimmy, is a fictional businessman in FX's The Bear, played by Oliver Platt. He loaned Mikey $300,000 for the Original Beef, invests in Carmy's restaurant, and earned a 2023 Emmy nomination.