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Rick Grimes

Rick Grimes is the sheriff's deputy protagonist of The Walking Dead comic (2003, Robert Kirkman) and the AMC TV series played by Andrew Lincoln; he wakes from a coma into a zombie apocalypse, leads survivors, dies in comic issue #192, exits TV in Season 9, and returns in The Ones Who Live (2024).

Rick Hill (actor)

Rick Hill (Richard Hill, born 1953, Harlan, Kentucky) is an American actor, director, and writer: star of Deathstalker (1983), Al Gordean on Today's F.B.I., and co-author of the Pete Rose best-seller My Prison Without Bars.

Rick Hoffman

Rick Hoffman (born 1970, New York City) is an American actor best known as lawyer Louis Litt on all nine seasons of Suits (2011–2019, 134 episodes), with earlier roles on The $treet, Philly, Jake in Progress, and later Billions and Thanksgiving.

Rick Hurst

Rick Hurst (Richard Douglas Hurst, 1946–2025), American character actor, played dim-witted Deputy Cletus Hogg on CBS's The Dukes of Hazzard (55 episodes, 1979–1982) and its two reunion films; also On the Rocks, Amanda's, Steel Magnolias; father of actor Ryan Hurst.

Rick Moranis

Rick Moranis (Frederick Allan Moranis, born 1953, Toronto) is a Canadian comic actor, SCTV's Bob McKenzie, and star of Ghostbusters, Spaceballs, and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids; he left acting in 1997 to raise his children and returns as Dark Helmet in Spaceballs: The New One (2027).

Rick Potion No. 9

Rick Potion #9 (also styled Rick Potion No. 9) is Rick and Morty season 1 episode 6, aired January 27, 2014, written by Justin Roiland: a love potion mutates Earth into Cronenbergs, forcing Rick and Morty to replace dead alternate selves.

Rick Rossovich

Rick Rossovich (Frederic Enrico Rossovich, born 1957) is a retired American actor known as Slider in Top Gun (1986), Matt Buchanan in The Terminator (1984), Lt. Anthony Palermo on Pacific Blue, and Dr. Tag on ER's first season.

Rick Sanchez

Rick Sanchez (Rick C-137) is the alcoholic, nihilistic genius scientist and co-protagonist of Adult Swim's Rick and Morty (2013–present), created by Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland, voiced by Roiland then Ian Cardoni, traveling the multiverse with Morty via portal gun.

Rick Steves

Rick Steves (born 1955) is an American travel writer and PBS host, founder of Rick Steves' Europe in Edmonds, Washington (1976), author of Europe Through the Back Door (1979), host of the TV series Rick Steves' Europe (2000–) and the radio show Travel with Rick Steves.

Rick Yune

Rick Yune (born 1971, Richard Yun) is a Korean American actor, producer, and former Wharton-trained Wall Street trader and first Asian Versace/Polo male model, known for Kazuo Miyamoto in Snow Falling on Cedars, Johnny Tran in The Fast and the Furious, and Zao in Die Another Day.

Rick Zumwalt

Rick Zumwalt (Richard Lee Zumwalt Jr., 1951-2003) was an American world champion arm wrestler and actor, best known as Bob 'Bull' Hurley in Over the Top (1987) and later Cirque du Soleil's first strongman in Alegria.

Ricki and the Flash

Ricki and the Flash is a 2015 American comedy-drama, also called Ricki Rendazzo's story, directed by Jonathan Demme from a Diablo Cody screenplay, starring Meryl Streep as a bar-band singer who returns to her estranged Indiana family, with live music by Rick Springfield's band.

Ricki Lake

Ricki Lake (born 1968) is an American actress and talk-show host, star of John Waters' Hairspray (1988) and host of the syndicated Ricki Lake show (1993–2004), which peaked at about 14.5 million daily viewers; distinct from the 2012–2013 revival.

Ricki Noel Lander

Ricki Noel Lander, American actress and producer from Salt Lake City, Utah; known for bit roles in Iron Man (2008), Movie 43 (2013), and Ant-Man (2015), and for producing Israel: The Royal Tour (2014).

Ricky (2025 film)

Ricky (2025) is Rashad Frett's feature debut drama, premiering at Sundance January 24, 2025 and winning the US Dramatic Directing Award. Stephan James stars as a 30-year-old ex-offender reentering society in Hartford, Connecticut, with Sheryl Lee Ralph; Blue Harbor released it in April 2026.

Ricky Gervais' Alley Cats

Ricky Gervais' Alley Cats is a British adult animated sitcom created, written, directed by, and starring Ricky Gervais as Gus, a feral London street cat. Six episodes premiered on Netflix 7 August 2026; critically panned but reached number one on Netflix.

Ricky Jay

Ricky Jay (Richard Jay Potash, 1946/1948-2018), American sleight-of-hand magician, card thrower, actor in Mamet films and Tomorrow Never Dies, author of Cards as Weapons, and magic historian.

Ricky Norwood

Ricky Norwood, also known as Ricky James Saggar, is a British actor born in London, famous as Fatboy (Arthur Chubb) in EastEnders and E20, NTA Newcomer winner 2011, Celebrity Big Brother runner-up 2016.

Ricky Schroder

Ricky Schroder is an American actor and director known for The Champ, Silver Spoons, Lonesome Dove, and NYPD Blue. His directing work includes Black Cloud and the music video for Whiskey Lullaby.

Ricky Staffieri

Ricky Staffieri is an American actor and producer, best known as Theodore Fak in FX's The Bear (2022–2026). Guest roles include Better Call Saul, This Is Us, and Chicago P.D.; he co-founded Super Athletic Film Co. with Matty Matheson and directed Midnight Drop (2026).

Ricky Stanicky

Ricky Stanicky is a 2024 Peter Farrelly comedy on Prime Video, starring Zac Efron and John Cena, about friends whose invented alibi friend must be impersonated; developed over 15 years with Franco and Carrey once attached.

Ricky Tomlinson

Ricky Tomlinson (Eric Tomlinson, born 26 September 1939, Bispham, Blackpool) is an English actor and former plasterer jailed in the Shrewsbury builders' strike case, known for Brookside's Bobby Grant, Cracker's DCI Wise, and Jim Royle in The Royle Family.

Ricky Whittle

Ricky Whittle (Richard Whittle), English actor from Oldham; played Calvin Valentine in Hollyoaks, Lincoln in The 100, and Shadow Moon in American Gods; birth year reported as 1979 or 1981 by different sources.

Rico Rodriguez (actor)

Rico Rodriguez (born 1998), American actor of Mexican descent from College Station, Texas; played Manny Delgado on ABC's Modern Family 2009–2020, brother of actress Raini Rodriguez, distinct from the Jamaican trombonist of the same name.

Rico Yan

Rico Yan (Ricardo Carlos Castro Yan, 1975–2002), Filipino matinee idol of Gimik and Mula Sa Puso, ABS-CBN Star Circle Batch 1 actor who died of acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis in Palawan in 2002.

Rictor

Rictor (Julio Esteban Richter) is a Marvel Comics mutant superhero with seismic-vibration powers, debuting in X-Factor #17 (1987). A New Mutant, X-Force member, and gay X-Factor hero, he kissed Shatterstar in X-Factor #45, a Marvel first.

Riddhi Sen (ঋদ্ধি সেন)

Riddhi Sen (ঋদ্ধি সেন), Bengali film and theatre actor, son of Kaushik Sen; youngest winner of India's National Film Award for Best Actor, at 19, for Nagarkirtan (2017).

Riddick (character)

Richard B. Riddick is the antihero of the Chronicles of Riddick franchise, played by Vin Diesel in Pitch Black (2000), The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), Riddick (2013), and the Escape from Butcher Bay video game, created from a Wheat brothers script reworked by David Twohy.

Riddick (film)

Riddick (2013), also marketed as Riddick: Rule the Dark, is David Twohy's third Chronicles of Riddick film, starring Vin Diesel stranded on a deadly planet hunted by mercenaries; $38M budget, $98.3M worldwide, 58% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Riddle of Fire

Riddle of Fire (2023) is Weston Razooli's debut feature, a 16mm neo-fairytale adventure premiering at Cannes Directors' Fortnight, following three Wyoming children hunting a speckled egg for a blueberry pie.