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Quilombo

Quilombo (1984) is a Brazilian historical drama by Carlos Diegues about the Quilombo dos Palmares, the largest community of escaped slaves in colonial Brazil, led by Ganga Zumba and Zumbi, with music by Gilberto Gil, shown in competition at Cannes 1984.

Quincy (actor)

Quincy (Quincy Taylor Brown, born 1991) is an American actor and singer, biological son of Al B. Sure! and Kim Porter, adopted by Diddy; known for Dope and Fox's Star.

Quincy Isaiah

Quincy Isaiah (born 1996) is an American actor from Muskegon, Michigan, whose breakout first major role was Earvin "Magic" Johnson in HBO's Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty; later credits include Nemesis, The Fix, and John Rambo.

Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E. is an NBC crime drama (October 3, 1976 to 1983) starring Jack Klugman as Dr. Quincy, a Los Angeles County medical examiner. Begun as NBC Sunday Mystery Movie telefilms, it pioneered forensic investigation drama before CSI and later tackled social issues.

Quinn Cummings

Quinn Cummings (born 1967, Los Angeles) is an American former child actress, Oscar-nominated for The Goodbye Girl (1977), a star of TV's Family, later inventor of the Hip Hugger baby carrier and author of Notes From the Underwire.

Quinn Fabray

Quinn Fabray (Lucy Quinn Fabray), fictional character on Fox's musical series Glee, played by Dianna Agron: McKinley cheer captain, Celibacy Club president, teen pregnancy storyline with Puck, daughter Beth, Yale student, Faberry fan pairing.

Quinn Shephard

Quinn Shephard (born 1995) is an American actress, writer, director, producer, and editor. Known for her debut feature Blame (Tribeca 2017), the youngest female filmmaker to screen a feature there, and Not Okay (2022).

Quinta Brunson

Quinta Brunson (born 1989, Philadelphia) is an American comedian, writer, and actor, creator and star of ABC's Abbott Elementary, two-time Emmy winner, former BuzzFeed viral creator, and Peabody-winning showrunner.

Quintessa Swindell

Quintessa Swindell (born 1997) is a nonbinary American actor using they/them pronouns, known for Tabitha Foster in Trinkets, Cyclone in Black Adam (2022), and Prime Target (2025).

Quintet

Quintet (1979) is Robert Altman's science fiction drama starring Paul Newman, set in a post-nuclear ice age where survivors play a deadly board game. Filmed at Montreal's Expo 67 site, it was a critical and financial failure.

Quinton Aaron

Quinton Aaron (born 1984, Bronx) is an American actor known for playing Michael Oher in The Blind Side (2009); credits include Be Kind Rewind and Halfway; he survived congestive heart failure and a 2026 spinal stroke.

Quinton Flynn

Quinton Flynn (born 1964, Cleveland) is an American voice actor known as Raiden in Metal Gear, Axel/Lea in Kingdom Hearts, Iruka in Naruto, Kon in Bleach, and Silver the Hedgehog; several roles were recast after 2020 allegations, later dropped.

Quintuplets

Quintuplets (also Quints) is a 2004-2005 Fox sitcom created by Mark Reisman, starring Andy Richter and Rebecca Creskoff as parents of teenage quintuplets; one season, 22 episodes, 13% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Quiz

Quiz: a game or competition in which players answer questions. Covers radio and TV quiz shows, the 1950s rigging scandal, pub quizzes, quizbowl, and the World Quizzing Championships (since 2003, 240 questions, first Saturday of June).

Quiz (TV series)

Quiz is the 2020 three-part ITV/AMC drama by James Graham, directed by Stephen Frears, dramatizing the 2001 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? coughing scandal and the Ingrams' 2003 conviction; starring Macfadyen, Clifford, and Sheen.

Quiz Show (film)

Quiz Show is Robert Redford's 1994 drama about the rigged NBC quiz show Twenty One, starring John Turturro, Ralph Fiennes, and Rob Morrow; it earned four Oscar nominations and the 1994 New York Film Critics Circle Best Picture award.

Quizmania

Quizmania was a British premium-rate phone-in quiz show (2005–2007) by FremantleMedia, created by Debbie King, Chuck Thomas and Simone Thorogood, aired on Information TV, ITV1 and ITV Play, ended by the 2007 call TV scandal, briefly revived online in 2008.

Quo Vadis (1951 film)

Quo Vadis (1951) is MGM's Roman epic directed by Mervyn LeRoy, adapted from Sienkiewicz's 1895 novel, starring Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, and Peter Ustinov's Nero; eight Oscar nominations, no wins, a runaway production shot at Cinecittà.

Quo vado?

Quo vado? ("Where am I going?") is a 2016 Italian satirical comedy by Gennaro Nunziante starring Checco Zalone as a civil servant fighting to keep his lifetime job; it broke Italian box office records, beating Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Qurban (TV series)

Qurban is a 2017 Pakistani drama serial for ARY Digital, starring Iqra Aziz, Bilal Abbas Khan, and Shehzad Sheikh in a love triangle built around a forced second marriage.

Qurbani (क़ुर्बानी) (film)

Qurbani (क़ुर्बानी) is a 1980 Hindi action thriller produced, directed by, and starring Feroz Khan with Vinod Khanna and Zeenat Aman; the biggest Bollywood hit of 1980, famous for the disco song "Aap Jaisa Koi" by Nazia Hassan.

Quvenzhané Wallis

Quvenzhané Wallis is an American actress, born in 2003 in Houma, Louisiana, and the youngest-ever Best Actress Oscar nominee for Beasts of the Southern Wild.

R. B. Choudary

R. B. Choudary (Ratanlal Bhagatram Choudary, 1949-2026), Indian film producer, founder of Super Good Films, key figure in Tamil and Telugu cinema known for Nattamai, Poove Unakkaga, and Thirupaachi; died in a 2026 car crash in Rajasthan.

R. Balki

R. Balki (R. Balakrishnan), Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, and former Lowe Lintas chairman; directed Cheeni Kum, Paa, Pad Man, Chup; married to Gauri Shinde; Hope Productions co-founder.

R. G. Armstrong

R.G. Armstrong (Robert Golden Armstrong Jr., 1917-2012), American character actor and playwright of the Actors Studio, known for TV Westerns and roles in Sam Peckinpah's Ride the High Country, Major Dundee, and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, and Beatty's Dick Tracy as Pruneface.

R. K. Films

R. K. Films, also written RK Films, is an Indian Hindi film production company founded by Raj Kapoor in Bombay in 1948, known for Awaara and Bobby.

R. K. Selvamani

R. K. Selvamani (ஆர். கே. செல்வமணி), born 1965, is a Tamil film director known for Pulan Visaranai (1990) and Captain Prabhakaran (1991), husband of actress Roja, and president of FEFSI and the Tamil Film Directors Association.

R. K. Suresh

R. K. Suresh (ஆர்.கே.சுரேஷ்), born 1980, is a Tamil film producer and actor who heads Studio 9 Productions; distributor from 2012, producer of Salim (2014), villain debut in Bala's Tharai Thappattai (2016), later lead actor in Visithiran (2022).

R. Keith Harris

R. Keith Harris (Keith Harris) is an American character actor, writer, and producer from North Carolina, known as Dr. Harlan Carson on The Walking Dead and Martin Willis on Dopesick; he wrote, produced, and starred in Shifting Gears (2018) and played Ed's father in Big Fish.

R. Lee Ermey

R. Lee Ermey (Ronald Lee Ermey, 1944–2018), American actor and 11-year Marine Corps staff sergeant and drill instructor; famous as improvised-insult Gunnery Sgt. Hartman in Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, Golden Globe nominee, later History Channel host and Toy Story's Sarge.