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Joe Duttine

Joe Duttine (born 1970) is an English actor, nephew of John Duttine, trained at Drama Centre London; Coronation Street's Tim Metcalfe since 2013, previously DS Max Carr in 2010 and Steve Turner in Pie in the Sky.

Joe Millionaire

Joe Millionaire: Fox reality dating show (2003) in which 20 women courted Evan Marriott, believing he inherited $50 million; he was a construction worker earning $19,000. Finale drew 40 million viewers; rebooted 2022 as For Richer or Poorer.

Joe Pera Talks with You

Joe Pera Talks with You is an Adult Swim live-action comedy (2018-2021, three seasons) starring Joe Pera as a Michigan Upper Peninsula choir teacher discussing mundane topics; canceled 2022.

Joe Pickett (TV series)

Joe Pickett is a Western crime drama based on C.J. Box's novels, starring Michael Dorman as a Wyoming game warden in Saddlestring. Two seasons, 20 episodes, aired 2021-2023 on Spectrum then Paramount+, canceled October 2023.

Joe Swash

Joe Swash (Joseph Adam Swash, born 1982) is an English actor and presenter, Mickey Miller in EastEnders, winner of I'm a Celebrity 2008 and Dancing on Ice 2020, husband of Stacey Solomon and host of Stacey & Joe.

Joe Tracini

Joe Tracini (born 1988, London), son of Joe Pasquale, is an English actor, presenter, and writer known for Dennis Savage in Hollyoaks, DK in Coming of Age, The Dengineers, and his BPD advocacy and documentary Me and the Voice in My Head.

Joe vs. Carole

Joe vs. Carole is a 2022 Peacock eight-episode limited drama, created by Etan Frankel from the Wondery podcast Joe Exotic: Tiger King, starring Kate McKinnon as Carole Baskin and John Cameron Mitchell as Joe Exotic, filmed in Queensland.

Joey (TV series)

Joey (NBC, 2004-2006) is the only Friends spin-off, starring Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani in Hollywood with sister Gina and nephew Michael. 46 episodes, canceled mid-season 2, eight unaired until a 2025 YouTube release.

Joey Potter

Joey Potter, full name Josephine "Joey" Potter, is the Katie Holmes-played lead female character of Dawson's Creek (WB, 1998-2003), a Capeside teen defined by her dead mother, imprisoned father, and the Dawson-Pacey love triangle.

Joey Quinn

Joey Quinn is a fictional character in the TV series Dexter, played by Desmond Harrington, a Miami Metro detective introduced in season 3 as Debra Morgan's partner.

Joey Tribbiani

Joey Tribbiani (Joseph Francis Tribbiani Jr.) is the Friends character played by Matt LeBlanc, an Italian-American aspiring actor and Dr. Drake Ramoray soap star, later title character of the NBC spin-off Joey (2004-2006).

Johannes Radebe

Johannes Radebe, South African dancer and choreographer from Zamdela, Sasolburg; Strictly Come Dancing professional from 2018, runners-up with John Whaite in 2021; author of Jojo: Finally Home and Lola in Kinky Boots.

John Adams (miniseries)

John Adams is HBO's 2008 seven-part miniseries, also called John Adams (2008), based on David McCullough's Pulitzer-winning biography, starring Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney, directed by Tom Hooper, and winning a record 13 Emmys.

John Altman (actor)

John Altman (born 1952, Reading, Berkshire) is an English actor best known as villain Nick Cotton in BBC's EastEnders (1985–2015, 281 episodes); also Birth of the Beatles, Chicago stage tours, musician Johnny Altman; distinct from the composer John Altman.

John Aniston (Γιάννης Αναστασάκης)

John Aniston (Γιάννης Αναστασάκης, born Yannis Anastassakis, 1933–2022) was a Greek-born American actor who played Victor Kiriakis on Days of Our Lives from July 19, 1985 until his death, and was the father of Jennifer Aniston.

John Callahan (actor)

John Kevin Callahan (1953–2020), American soap opera actor born in Brooklyn, best known as Edmund Grey on All My Children (1992–2005); also Falcon Crest, Santa Barbara, Days of Our Lives; ex-husband of Eva LaRue; distinct from the cartoonist John Callahan.

John Carpenter (game show contestant)

John Carpenter, IRS agent from Hamden, Connecticut, first $1 million winner on the U.S. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (November 19, 1999), answered Richard Nixon on Laugh-In question, used no lifelines except a call to his father.

John Carter (ER)

Noah Wyle portrayed John Truman Carter III, a fictional doctor in the NBC series ER. He grew from a third-year student into a confident and skilled attending physician.

John Cochran (Survivor contestant)

John Martin Cochran is an American TV writer and two-time Survivor contestant, winner of Survivor: Caramoan (2013) by unanimous 8-0-0 vote with zero votes against, after finishing 8th on South Pacific (2011); later a CBS sitcom writer.

John Locke (Lost)

John Locke is a fictional character on ABC's Lost (2004-2010), played by Terry O'Quinn; a paralyzed man healed on the island, the show's man of faith opposite Jack Shephard, later impersonated by the Man in Black.

John McCook

John McCook (born 1944, per IMDb; some sources say 1945), American actor from Ventura, California; Eric Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful since its 1987 debut, formerly Lance Prentiss on The Young and the Restless, 2022 Daytime Emmy winner.

John Michie

John Michie (born 1956, Burma) is a Scottish actor known as DI Robbie Ross in Taggart (1998–2010), Karl Munro in Coronation Street, Guy Self in Holby City, and Fergus Sinclair in Karen Pirie.

John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in LA

John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in LA, also called Everybody's in L.A., is a six-night live Netflix talk series hosted by John Mulaney during the 2024 Netflix Is a Joke Fest, May 3-10, with Richard Kind as announcer and themed episodes on Los Angeles topics.

John Munch

John Munch is a fictional detective played by Richard Belzer, debuting on Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) and later Law & Order: SVU, based on Baltimore detective Jay Landsman and played across 10 TV series until 2016.

John Partridge (actor)

John Partridge (born 1971, Radcliffe, Lancashire) is an English actor, dancer, and singer best known as Christian Clarke in EastEnders (2008–2016, 382 episodes), Rum Tum Tugger in Cats, and winner of Celebrity MasterChef.

John Redcorn

John Redcorn III is a recurring Native American masseur character in King of the Hill, Nancy Gribble's lover and Joseph's biological father, voiced by Victor Aaron then Jonathan Joss, and studied as a sitcom 'neo-Indian'.

John Savident

John Savident (1938–2024), British character actor, played booming butcher Fred Elliott on Coronation Street 1994–2006 with the "I say" verbal tic; also appeared in A Clockwork Orange, Gandhi, Yes Minister, and the original London Phantom of the Opera cast.

John Winchester (Supernatural)

John Eric Winchester is the father of Sam and Dean in Supernatural (2005–2020), played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan; a Marine-turned-hunter who trades his soul to Azazel, distinct from The Winchesters prequel version.

Johnlock

Johnlock is the fandom ship name (John + Sherlock) for a romantic pairing of John Watson and Sherlock Holmes in BBC's Sherlock; the fandom's most popular ship, center of the TJLC theory and queerbaiting debate.

Johnny Bravo

Johnny Bravo: American Cartoon Network animated series (1997–2004) created by Van Partible, about an Elvis-voiced, muscle-bound mama's boy whose womanizing pick-up attempts always fail; one of the original Cartoon Cartoons.