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Romy and Michele's High School Reunion

Romy and Michele's High School Reunion is a 1997 Touchstone comedy directed by David Mirkin, starring Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow as friends who fake inventing Post-Its for their reunion; also a 2005 prequel, 2025 musical, and 2026 Hulu sequel.

Romy Mars

Romy Mars (Romy Croquet Mars, born 2006, Paris) is a French-American singer-songwriter and actress, daughter of Sofia Coppola and Phoenix's Thomas Mars; known for the 2023 helicopter TikTok, EP Stuck Up, and singles A-Lister, Ego, and The Rage.

Romy Rosemont

Romy Rosemont, American character actress born 1964, in New York City; known for Carole Hudson-Hummel on Glee (18 episodes) and Jacqui Franco on CSI (14 episodes), films An American Crime, Kung Fu Panda 2, The Avengers; married to Stephen Root since 2008.

Romy Schneider

Romy Schneider (Rosemarie Magdalena Albach-Retty, 1938-1982), Austrian-born German-French actress; Sissi trilogy star who rebuilt her career in France with Visconti, Welles, and Claude Sautet, winning three Césars.

Romy Weltman

Romy Weltman (born 2000) is a Canadian actress from Toronto known as DJ Kit Dunn on Backstage and Martha "Em" Cypress in Syfy's Revival (2025), with guest roles in Murdoch Mysteries, Slasher, and Ginny & Georgia.

Ron Canada

Ron Canada (Ronald Ellis Canada, born 1949, New York City) is an American character actor with 40-plus years in film, TV, and theater, formerly an Emmy-winning Washington, D.C. broadcast journalist, known for Lone Star, The Shield, and Network.

Ron Carey (actor)

Ron Carey (Ronald Joseph Cicenia, 1935-2007), American comic actor known as Officer Carl Levitt on ABC's Barney Miller (1976-1982) and as a Mel Brooks stock-company regular in Silent Movie, High Anxiety, and History of the World: Part I; distinct from other actors named Ron Carey.

Ron Cephas Jones

Ron Cephas Jones (1957-2023) was an American stage, film and television actor who played William Hill on This Is Us, winning two Emmys (2018, 2020) among four nominations, and earned a Tony nomination for Clyde's.

Ron Clements

Ron Clements (born 1953, Sioux City, Iowa) is an American Disney animator, director, and screenwriter who, with John Musker, co-directed The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules, Treasure Planet, The Princess and the Frog, and Moana.

Ron Cook

Ron Cook (Ronald Graham Cook, born 1948) is an English character actor active since the 1970s in film, television, and theatre. Known for Hot Fuzz, Chocolat, Thunderbirds, Secrets & Lies, Donmar Shakespeare roles, and two Olivier Award nominations.

Ron Eldard

Ron Eldard (Ronald Jason Eldard), American actor born 1965 in New York, former Golden Gloves boxer; known for ER's Shep, Sleepers, Black Hawk Down, Super 8, and Broadway roles in On the Waterfront, Death of a Salesman, and Doubt.

Ron Ely

Ron Ely (1938–2024), American actor, star of NBC's Tarzan (1966–68, 57 episodes) and Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975); also hosted Miss America 1979–81 and wrote two Jake Sands mystery novels.

Ron Funches

Ron Funches (born 1983) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer known for his soft sing-song delivery and giggle, roles in Undateable and Loot, and voice work as Cooper in Trolls and King Shark in Harley Quinn.

Ron Howard

Ron Howard (born 1954, Duncan, Oklahoma) is an American actor-director: child star as Opie on The Andy Griffith Show, Richie on Happy Days, then Oscar-winning director of A Beautiful Mind and Apollo 13, and Brian Grazer's partner in Imagine Entertainment.

Ron Jeremy

Ron Jeremy (Ronald Jeremy Hyatt, born 1953), also called the Hedgehog, American adult film actor, Guinness record holder with over 2,000 films; indicted on 34 sexual assault counts in 2021; case ended after 2023 dementia incompetency ruling.

Ron Leibman

Ron Leibman (1937–2019), American stage, film, and television actor; Emmy winner for the CBS series Kaz (1979) and Tony winner as Roy Cohn in Angels in America; also Norma Rae and Friends' Dr. Leonard Green; distinct from lawyer Ron Liebman.

Ron Lester

Ron Lester (1970–2016) was an American actor best known for playing offensive lineman Billy Bob in Varsity Blues (1999) and Sugar Daddy on the WB series Popular.

Ron Livingston

Ron Livingston (born 1967, Cedar Rapids, Iowa) is an American actor known for Office Space, Band of Brothers (Golden Globe-nominated as Lewis Nixon), Sex and the City, and the lead in Loudermilk.

Ron Masak

Ron Masak (1936–2022), American character actor, played Sheriff Mort Metzger in 41 episodes of Murder, She Wrote from 1988, and was nicknamed the King of Commercials for his advertising work, including 15 years as the Vlasic Pickle stork voice.

Ron Moody

Ron Moody (Ronald Moodnick, 1924–2015), British actor who originated Fagin in the 1960 West End Oliver! and its 1968 film, earning an Oscar nomination and Golden Globe; also The Twelve Chairs and Broadway revivals.

Ron O'Neal

Ron O'Neal (1937-2004), American stage-trained actor, director, and screenwriter, best known as Youngblood Priest in Super Fly (1972); the hit typecast him, and later work included Super Fly T.N.T., Red Dawn, and Original Gangstas.

Ron Palillo

Ron Palillo (Ronald Gabriel Paolillo, 1949–2012), American actor best known as Arnold Horshack on ABC's Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–79); later stage actor, playwright of The Lost Boy, voice actor, and G-Star School acting teacher.

Ron Perlman

Ron Perlman (born 1950) is an American actor known for Vincent in Beauty and the Beast, Hellboy in Guillermo del Toro's films, Clay Morrow in Sons of Anarchy, and narrating the Fallout games.

Ron Rifkin

Ron Rifkin (Saul M. Rifkin, born October 31, 1938 or 1939, New York) is an American character actor, Tony winner for Cabaret (1998), known as Arvin Sloane on Alias and Saul Holden on Brothers & Sisters.

Ron Shelton

Ron Shelton, American filmmaker and former minor league second baseman (Baltimore Orioles farm system, 1967-1971), writer-director of Bull Durham (1988), White Men Can't Jump, Cobb, and Tin Cup; not the Federal Reserve nominee Judy Shelton or executives named Ron Shelton.

Ron Silver

Ron Silver (Ronald Arthur Silver, 1946–2009), American Tony-winning actor and activist; won the 1988 Tony for Speed-the-Plow, played Alan Dershowitz in Reversal of Fortune, led Actors' Equity, and became a '9/11 Republican'.

Ron Swanson

Ron Swanson (Ronald Ulysses Swanson), played by Nick Offerman, is the libertarian director of Pawnee's Parks Department on NBC's Parks and Recreation, created by Mike Schur from a real government employee and known for his mustache and anti-government quotes.

Ron Yuan

Ron Yuan (袁文忠, Ronald Winston Yuan, born 1973, New York City) is an American actor, martial artist, stunt choreographer, and director known for Fast & Furious, Mulan, Marco Polo, and Blade of the 47 Ronin.

Ron's Gone Wrong

Ron's Gone Wrong is a 2021 computer-animated comedy, the debut feature of London's Locksmith Animation, about a socially awkward boy whose robot best friend malfunctions.

Ronald Colman

Ronald Colman (Ronald Charles Colman, 1891-1958), English-born Hollywood leading man of silents and talkies; Oscar winner for A Double Life (1947), star of Bulldog Drummond, Lost Horizon, The Prisoner of Zenda, and Random Harvest.