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Paul Dini
Paul McClaran Dini (b. 1957), American screenwriter and comics creator; co-creator of Harley Quinn and Terry McGinnis; producer-writer of Batman: The Animated Series, Lost, Batman Beyond, and the Arkham game storylines.
Paul Dooley
Paul Dooley (born Paul Lee Brown, 1928, Parkersburg, West Virginia) is an American character actor of seven decades, known as the dad in Breaking Away and Sixteen Candles, Wimpy in Altman's Popeye, co-creator of The Electric Company, and the voice of Sarge in Pixar's Cars.
Paul Douglas (actor)
Paul Douglas (Paul Douglas Fleischer, 1907-1959), American radio announcer and character actor; starred as Harry Brock in Broadway's Born Yesterday, then played gruff leads in A Letter to Three Wives, Angels in the Outfield, and The Mating Game, dying of a heart attack in 1959 before The Apartment filmed.
Paul Eddington
Paul Eddington (1927–1995), English actor and CBE, star of BBC sitcoms The Good Life as Jerry Leadbetter and Yes Minister/Yes, Prime Minister as Jim Hacker; Quaker, conscientious objector, died of mycosis fungoides.
Paul Feig
Paul Feig (born 1962, Royal Oak, Michigan) is an American director, producer, and writer, creator of Freaks and Geeks and director of Bridesmaids, Spy, A Simple Favor, and The Housemaid.
Paul Fix
Paul Fix, born Peter Paul Fix, was an American film and television character actor known for Westerns and for playing Marshal Micah Torrance on The Rifleman from 1958 to 1963.
Paul Freeman (actor)
Paul Freeman (born 1943, Barnet, England) is an English stage and screen actor, best known as René Belloq in Raiders of the Lost Ark; also Ivan Ooze, Falcon Crest's Gustav Riebmann, and a Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre stage veteran.
Paul Frees
Paul Frees (Solomon Hersh Frees, 1920–1986), American voice actor called "The Man of a Thousand Voices"; Boris Badenov, Ludwig Von Drake, Disney's Haunted Mansion Ghost Host, Disney Legend 2006.
Paul Fusco
Paul Fusco (born 1953 in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American puppeteer and voice actor, co-creator, voice, and principal puppeteer of ALF on the NBC sitcom that ran 1986 to 1990.
Paul Giamatti
Paul Giamatti (born 1967, New Haven) is an American actor known for American Splendor, Sideways, The Holdovers, John Adams, and Billions; Emmy winner, three Golden Globes, four SAG Awards, two Oscar nominations.
Paul Gilbert (actor)
Paul Gilbert (1918-1976), born Ed McMahon, American film and TV actor, comedian and singer; vaudeville and trapeze background; adoptive father of Melissa and Jonathan Gilbert of Little House on the Prairie.
Paul Gleason
Paul Xavier Gleason (1939-2006), American character actor of Trading Places, The Breakfast Club, and Die Hard; trained with Strasberg, died of mesothelioma; distinct from Jackie Gleason and Paul Gleeson.
Paul Gorton
Paul Gorton (born 1987) is a British business manager and TV personality, an original Traitor on The Traitors UK series 2 (2024). Banished 18 January 2024 after Harry Clark turned on him; known for his exit bow and later podcast and columnist work.
Paul Greengrass
Paul Greengrass (born 1955) is a British director of Bloody Sunday, United 93, the Bourne sequels, Captain Phillips, 22 July, The Lost Bus, and The Uprising, known for handheld docudrama style.
Paul Gross
Paul Gross (born 1959, Calgary) is a Canadian actor, writer, director, and producer best known as Constable Benton Fraser in Due South and for writing, directing, and starring in Passchendaele (2008), the highest-grossing Canadian film of 2008 and a Genie winner. Distinguished from other people named Paul Gross.
Paul Guilfoyle
Paul Guilfoyle (born 1949, Boston) is an American character actor, best known as Captain Jim Brass on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000-2014) and CSI: Vegas (2021), with stage roots at the Theatre Company of Boston and 75+ films including L.A. Confidential and Spotlight. Not related to the 1902-1961 actor of the same name.
Paul Haggis
Paul Edward Haggis, Canadian screenwriter and director born 1953 in London, Ontario; creator of Due South, writer of Million Dollar Baby and Casino Royale, Oscar-winning director of Crash.
Paul Henreid
Paul Henreid (1908–1992), Austrian-American actor and director, born Paul Georg Julius von Hernreid in Trieste; famous as Victor Laszlo in Casablanca and Bette Davis's two-cigarette partner in Now, Voyager; blacklisted in 1947, he became a prolific TV director.
Paul Henry (actor)
Paul Henry is an English actor and presenter known for New Zealand breakfast television and various hosting duties, who launched a political career as an Act Party candidate in 2026.
Paul Hogan
Paul Hogan (born 8 October 1939), nicknamed Hoges, is an Australian comedian and actor known as Mick Dundee in Crocodile Dundee (1986), after The Paul Hogan Show and the 'shrimp on the barbie' tourism ads.
Paul Johansson
Paul Joseph Otto Johansson, born 1964, in Spokane, Washington, is a Canadian-American actor, director and writer, known as Dan Scott on One Tree Hill and for directing Atlas Shrugged: Part I.
Paul Kaye
Paul Kaye, English actor and comedian (born 1965, Clapham, London; some sources say 1964), famous as spoof interviewer Dennis Pennis, Mike Strutter, Thoros of Myr in Game of Thrones, and Olivier-nominated Mr Wormwood in Matilda the Musical.
Paul Kellerman
Paul Kellerman is a Prison Break character played by Paul Adelstein: a Secret Service agent for Vice President Reynolds, alias Owen Kravecki, who turns against the conspiracy, becomes a congressman, and dies in the 2017 revival.
Paul King (director)
Paul King (born 1978) is a British film director and screenwriter best known for Paddington, Paddington 2, and Wonka, and for directing The Mighty Boosh.
Paul Le Mat
Paul Le Mat, American actor (born Rahway, New Jersey; year disputed, 1945/1946 or 1952), played John Milner in American Graffiti (1973) and Melvin Dummar in Melvin and Howard (1980); two Golden Globe Awards.
Paul Lieberstein
Paul Bevan Lieberstein (born 1967) is an American TV writer, showrunner, director, and actor; showrunner of The Office and portrayer of Toby Flenderson, later of Lucky Hank, Song of Back and Neck, and Space Force.
Paul Lynde
Paul Edward Lynde (1926–1982), American comedian and actor, Uncle Arthur on Bewitched and the campy regular center square of the original Hollywood Squares from 1968 to 1981, with Emmy nominations for the show.
Paul Marcarelli
Paul Marcarelli (born 1970) is an American actor and screenwriter best known as the "Test Man" in Verizon Wireless commercials, later becoming a Sprint spokesman in 2016.
Paul Martin (TV presenter)
Paul Martin (born 1959, Teddington), British antiques dealer and TV presenter, main presenter of BBC's Flog It! for 18 years; also Trust Me, I'm a Dealer and Make Me A Dealer; oak furniture specialist, distinct from the Japanese sword expert of the same name.
Paul Mazursky
Paul Mazursky (Irwin Mazursky, 1930-2014), American writer-director-actor of Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, An Unmarried Woman, and Enemies, A Love Story; five Oscar nominations, two WGA Awards, Brooklyn College graduate.