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James Stewart (Australian actor)
James Stewart (born 1975) is an Australian actor, not the Hollywood star James Stewart, known for Justin Morgan on Home and Away since 2016, Jake Barton in Packed to the Rafters, the band George, and a Matilda Award for The Glass Menagerie.
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.
James Wilson (House)
Dr. James Evan Wilson, played by Robert Sean Leonard, is the fictional head of oncology at Princeton-Plainsboro and Gregory House's only consistent friend across all eight seasons of House (2004–2012), ending with a thymoma diagnosis and the finale motorcycle ride.
Jamestown (TV series)
Jamestown (2017-2019) is a three-series Sky1 historical drama from Carnival Films, written by Bill Gallagher, about Alice, Verity, and Jocelyn, women sent in 1619 to marry Virginia colonists, with mixed reviews over historical accuracy.
Jamie Borthwick
Jamie Simon Borthwick (born 1994) is an English actor who played Jay Brown in EastEnders from December 2006 until his 2025 departure, won the Strictly 2023 Christmas special, and was axed in September 2025 after an ableist slur video.
Jamie Johnson (TV series)
Jamie Johnson is a British children's television drama about an eleven-year-old aspiring footballer, inspired by Dan Freedman's books, broadcast on CBBC in seven seasons from 2016 to 2022.
Jamie Lomas
Jamie Lomas (born 1975, Manchester) is an English actor known for Warren Fox in Hollyoaks since 2006 and Jake Stone in EastEnders 2013-2014; ex-husband of Kym Marsh, 2017 I'm a Celebrity runner-up.
Jamnapaar (जमनापार)
Jamnapaar (जमनापार) is a Hindi drama web series on Amazon miniTV/MX Player about CA student Shanky Bansal of East Delhi, starring Ritvik Sahore, Varun Badola, and Vijay Raaz; two seasons, 2024 and 2025.
Jamtara – Sabka Number Ayega
Jamtara – Sabka Number Ayega is an Indian Hindi Netflix crime drama (2020, season 2 in 2022) by Soumendra Padhi, dramatizing the real voice-phishing scams run from Jamtara, Jharkhand, India's phishing hub.
Jan Levinson
Jan Levinson (Janet Levinson, née Levinson-Gould) is a fictional Dunder Mifflin Vice President of Northeast Sales in the U.S. series The Office, played by Melora Hardin, whose relationship with Michael Scott and later firing define her arc.
Jana: Marked for Life
Jana: Marked for Life (Jana – Märkta för livet) is a 2024 Swedish six-part Nordic noir thriller on Viaplay and Prime Video, adapted from Emelie Schepp's Jana Berzelius novels, starring Madeleine Martin as a prosecutor and former child soldier.
Janaawar – The Beast Within
Janaawar – The Beast Within is a 2025 Hindi ZEE5 Original crime thriller web series directed by Shachindra Vats, starring Bhuvan Arora as SI Hemant Kumar investigating a headless corpse in Chhand, Chhattisgarh; seven episodes premiered 26 September 2025.
Jane (2023 TV series)
Jane (2023 TV series), Apple TV+ children's show created by J.J. Johnson with the Jane Goodall Institute; live-action/CGI series about 9-year-old Jane Garcia saving endangered animals, three seasons 2023-2025.
Jane Beale
Jane Beale (Lesley Jane Beale, née Clarke) is a fictional character in the BBC soap EastEnders, played by Laurie Brett in 1,112 episodes from 2004–2012, 2014–2017 and 2024; Ian Beale's ex-wife, Bobby's adoptive mother, and the cover-up figure in the Who Killed Lucy Beale storyline.
Jane Danson
Jane Danson (Jane Elizabeth Dawson, born 1978, Bury) is an English actress who has played Leanne Battersby on Coronation Street since 1997, won the 2011 British Soap Award for Best Dramatic Performance, and married actor Robert Beck in 2005.
Jane Harris (Neighbours)
Jane Harris is a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Annie Jones on and off from 1986 to 2025 and nicknamed "Plain Jane Superbrain".
Jane the Virgin
Jane the Virgin: CW comedy-drama (2014-2019, 100 episodes) adapted from the Venezuelan telenovela Juana la Virgen; Gina Rodriguez stars as Jane Villanueva, accidentally inseminated, in a noted Latinx representation landmark.
Jane Turner
Jane Turner (born 1960) is the Australian actress, comedian, and writer who co-created and starred as Kath Day-Knight in Kath & Kim (2002-2007) with Gina Riley; OAM recipient 2020, West End debut in Holding the Man.
Janet King (TV series)
Janet King: Australian ABC legal thriller (2014-2017), spin-off of Crownies, starring Marta Dusseldorp as the senior Crown prosecutor; 24 episodes across three seasons, produced by Screentime, AACTA-winning lead actress.
Janette Manrara
Janette Manrara, Cuban-American dancer from Miami, SYTYCD US season 5 top-eight finalist, Strictly Come Dancing professional 2013–2020 (fifth with Jake Wood, 2020 final with HRVY), co-host of It Takes Two and Morning Live, wife of Aljaž Škorjanec.
Jang Ok-jung, Living by Love
Jang Ok-jung, Living by Love (장옥정, 사랑에 살다) is a 2013 SBS 24-episode fusion sageuk starring Kim Tae-hee and Yoo Ah-in, based on Choi Jung-Mi's novel, reimagining Jang Hui-bin as a Joseon fashion designer rather than a villain.
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.
Janine Butcher
Janine Butcher, also Janine Evans, Malloy, Moon, or Carter, is a fictional character and leading villain in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played since 1999 by Charlie Brooks.
Japanese cyberpunk
Japanese cyberpunk: cyberpunk film, anime, and manga from Japan, exemplified by Akira (1988), Ghost in the Shell (1995), and Tsukamoto's Tetsuo (1989), marked by body horror, state-controlled post-human bodies, and underground live-action cinema.
Japanese television drama
Japanese television drama, also known as dorama, is scripted live-action fiction produced for Japanese television, usually serialized over a three-month season of about ten episodes.
Jash
Jash (JASH) is an American comedy production company and YouTube-native network founded in 2013 by Daniel Kellison with Sarah Silverman, Michael Cera, Reggie Watts, and Tim & Eric; a profit-sharing co-op acquired by Group Nine in 2017, now based at Sunset Gower Studios.
Jasmine Fisher
Jasmine Fisher (Jas) is a fictional EastEnders character played by Indeyarna Donaldson-Holness since 22 September 2025; the long-lost twin daughter of Zoe Slater and Anthony Trueman, imprisoned in 2026 for killing Anthony in defence.
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.
Jason Morgan (General Hospital)
Jason Morgan, also known as Jason Quartermaine, is a fictional mob enforcer on the ABC soap opera General Hospital, played most prominently by Steve Burton since 1991.