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Roja (ரோஜா) (film)

Roja (ரோஜா), 1992 Tamil drama by Mani Ratnam, produced by K. Balachander, starring Arvind Swamy and Madhoo. A.R. Rahman's debut score; first of his political trilogy; Hindi dub made it a pan-Indian hit.

Roja Ramani (రోజా రమాణి)

Roja Ramani (రోజా రమాణి), also Chemparathy Shobana, Indian actress and dubbing artist; child star of Bhakta Prahlada (1967, National Award for Best Child Artist), lead in Chemparathi (1972), later voice of 400-500+ Telugu films.

Roja Selvamani

Roja Selvamani (Sri Latha Reddy, born 1972) is a South Indian film actress turned Andhra Pradesh politician; YSRCP MLA from Nagari in 2014 and 2019, Tourism Minister 2022-2024, wife of director R.K. Selvamani.

Rojbin Erden

Rojbin Erden is a Turkish actress and model, born August 15 (1996 or 2000 in sources), a conservatory opera graduate. Known as Melek in Gelsin Hayat Bildiği Gibi, Asi in Yabani, and Feride in Sevdiğim Sensin.

Roland Emmerich

Roland Emmerich (born 1955, Stuttgart) is the German director of Independence Day, Godzilla, The Day After Tomorrow, 2012, and Moonfall; HFF Munich graduate, Centropolis founder, Oscar-winning disaster-spectacle pioneer now planning an AI film.

Roland Joffé

Roland Joffé (born 1945, London) is a British director whose debut The Killing Fields (1984) and The Mission (1986) won three Oscars and the Cannes Palme d'Or; his later career included The Scarlet Letter and Vatel.

Roland Møller

Roland Møller, full name Roland Greisen Møller, is a Danish actor born in 1972 who won Bodil Awards for Nordvest and Land of Mine after entering film as a consultant on the prison drama R.

Role Models

Role Models (2008) is a David Wain comedy starring Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott as energy drink salesmen sentenced to 150 hours mentoring kids, released by Universal, grossing $67.3M in the US.

Rolie Polie Olie

Rolie Polie Olie is a CGI-animated preschool TV series created by William Joyce, produced by Nelvana, and aired on Disney Channel from October 4, 1998, about a robot boy, his family, and friend Billy Bevel; the first CGI preschool series, with six seasons and 78 episodes.

Roll Bounce

Roll Bounce is a 2005 American comedy-drama directed by Malcolm D. Lee, starring Bow Wow as a teenager whose skating crew moves to a rival Chicago rink in 1978.

Rollerball (1975 film)

Rollerball (1975), also known from Harrison's story "Roller Ball Murder," is Norman Jewison's dystopian sci-fi film starring James Caan as Jonathan E., a champion of a violent corporate-run sport in 2018 who resists his masters.

Rollerball (2002 film)

Rollerball (2002) is John McTiernan's remake of Norman Jewison's 1975 dystopian sports film, based on William Harrison's "Roller Ball Murder." Set in 2005 Central Asia, it stars Chris Klein, LL Cool J, and Jean Reno, grossed $25.9 million on a $70 million budget, and holds a 3% Rotten Tomatoes score.

Rolling Loud: The Movie

Rolling Loud: The Movie (2026) is a Jeremy Garelick comedy starring Owen Wilson, Matt Rife, and Christine Ko, inspired by Garelick taking his 13-year-old son to the Rolling Loud festival; released October 2, 2026 by Ketchup Entertainment.

Rolling Thunder (film)

Rolling Thunder is a 1977 American revenge thriller, also released as Légitime Violence, directed by John Flynn and written by Paul Schrader and Heywood Gould; William Devane plays a returned Vietnam POW on a revenge mission with Tommy Lee Jones.

Rollo Weeks

Rollo Weeks (Rollo Percival Loring Weeks, born 1987) is a former British actor from Chichester, brother of Honeysuckle and Perdita Weeks. Known for The Little Vampire (2000) and The Thief Lord (2006), he left acting for business.

Roma (2018 film)

Roma (2018) is Alfonso Cuarón's black-and-white drama about Cleo, a domestic worker in 1970s Mexico City, inspired by his housekeeper Libo. Golden Lion winner, 10 Oscar nominations, three wins, Netflix release.

Roma Downey

Roma Downey (born 1960, Derry, Northern Ireland) is an actress, producer, and author, best known as angel Monica on Touched by an Angel (1994–2003) and for producing The Bible and Son of God with husband Mark Burnett.

Roma Elastica

Roma Elastica (also Roma elastica) is a 2026 French-Italian film by Bertrand Mandico, premiering at Cannes Midnight Screenings. Marion Cotillard plays 1982 actress Eddie Mars shooting a sci-fi film in Rome; 107 minutes, released in France December 23, 2026.

Roma Maffia

Roma Maffia is an American actress in theater, film, and television, known as NCIS Special Agent Vera Strickland and for her guest role as Hazel Diaz on Bull.

Romain Duris

Romain Duris is a French actor discovered by Cédric Klapisch in Le Péril jeune, with seven César nominations including Best Actor for The Beat That My Heart Skipped.

Roman Coppola

Roman Coppola (Roman François Coppola, born 1965, Neuilly-sur-Seine) is an American filmmaker, son of Francis Ford Coppola; president of American Zoetrope, founder of The Directors Bureau, co-writer of Moonrise Kingdom, director of CQ.

Roman Empire (TV series)

Roman Empire is a Netflix docudrama anthology (2016–2019, 3 seasons, 15 episodes) by Stephen David Entertainment, narrated by Sean Bean, covering Commodus, Julius Caesar, and Caligula with historian commentary.

Roman Holiday

Roman Holiday (1953) is a William Wyler Paramount romantic comedy starring Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn, shot entirely in Rome. Written secretly by blacklisted Dalton Trumbo behind front Ian McLellan Hunter, it won Hepburn a Best Actress Oscar and ten nominations.

Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Roman J. Israel, Esq. is a 2017 American legal drama written and directed by Dan Gilroy, starring Denzel Washington as an idealistic Los Angeles defense attorney.

Roman Kemp

Roman Kemp (born 1993, Los Angeles) is a British radio and TV presenter, son of Martin Kemp and Shirlie Holliman. He hosted Capital Breakfast 2017-2024, finished third on I'm a Celebrity 2019, and made the mental-health documentary Our Silent Emergency.

Roman Polanski

Roman Polanski (Rajmund Roman Thierry Polański, born 1933) is a French-Polish film director of Knife in the Water, Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, and The Pianist; Holocaust survivor, Manson murder widower, and fugitive since his 1978 flight after a statutory rape plea.

Román Zaragoza

Román Zaragoza (born 1996, New York City) is an American actor, director, and producer of Akimel O'otham, Mexican, Japanese, and Taiwanese descent, known for Sasappis on CBS's Ghosts and as the voice of Sokka in Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender (2026).

Romana (Doctor Who)

Romana (Romanadvoratrelundar) is a Time Lady companion of the Fourth Doctor in Doctor Who, played by Mary Tamm (1978-79) then Lalla Ward (1979-81); assigned by the White Guardian for the Key to Time quest, later President of Gallifrey in Big Finish audios.

Romana Maggiora Vergano

Romana Maggiora Vergano (born 1997, Rome) is an Italian actress trained at the Scuola Volonté, known as Marcella in C'è ancora domani, Nastro d'argento winner for Il tempo che ci vuole, and for Cabrini, Those About to Die, Portobello, and L'estranea.

Romance (1999 film)

Romance (1999) is a French drama by Catherine Breillat starring Caroline Ducey and porn actor Rocco Siffredi, notorious for unsimulated sex, banned then R18+ in Australia, and Breillat's first major commercial success.