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Brian Keith
Brian Keith (Robert Alba Keith, 1921-1997), American film, television, and stage actor; Marine veteran 1941-45; Uncle Bill on Family Affair with three Emmy nominations, Judge Hardcastle, The Parent Trap, and Theodore Roosevelt in The Wind and the Lion.
Brian Kerwin
Brian Kerwin, born in 1949 in Chicago, is an American actor known for playing Ed in Torch Song Trilogy on Broadway and film, and Steve Heidebrecht in August: Osage County.
Brian Koppelman
Brian Koppelman, American screenwriter and showrunner, co-creator of Showtime's Billions and Super Pumped with David Levien, and co-writer of Rounders and Ocean's Thirteen.
Brian Krause
Brian Jeffrey Krause (born 1969, El Toro, California) is an American actor known as Leo Wyatt on Charmed (1998–2006, 150+ episodes), Return to the Blue Lagoon, and Sleepwalkers; also producer, director, and Charmed rewatch podcast host.
Brian McCardie
Brian McCardie (1965–2024), Scottish actor born in Bellshill, played crime boss Tommy Hunter in Line of Duty and Alasdair in Rob Roy; died of an aortic dissection in Glasgow.
Brian McNamara
Brian McNamara (born 1960, Long Island, New York) is an American character actor known for Billionaire Boys Club (1987, Golden Globe nomination), Arachnophobia, Short Circuit, and as Gen. Michael Holden on Army Wives; not to be confused with actor Brian Dewar McNamara.
Brian Michael Smith
Brian Michael Smith (born 1983, Ann Arbor, Michigan) is an American trans actor and advocate, the first Black trans man as a network TV series regular, playing Paul Strickland on 9-1-1: Lone Star and Toine Wilkins on Queen Sugar.
Brian Moser (Dexter)
Brian Moser, aka the Ice Truck Killer and Rudy Cooper, is Dexter Morgan's biological brother and the secondary antagonist of Showtime's Dexter franchise, created by Jeff Lindsay, played by Christian Camargo, and killed by Dexter in the season 1 finale.
Brian Murphy (actor)
Brian Trevor John Murphy (1932–2025), English comedy actor; played landlord George Roper in Man About the House and George and Mildred, and Alvin Smedley in Last of the Summer Wine; not the journalist or other namesakes.
Brian O'Conner
Brian O'Conner is the fictional Fast & Furious character played by Paul Walker, an undercover LAPD officer who joins Dominic Toretto's crew and is retired alive, not killed, in Furious 7.
Brian O'Halloran
Brian O'Halloran (born 1969) is an American actor, producer, and podcaster best known as Dante Hicks in Kevin Smith's Clerks (1994), Clerks II, and Clerks III, and for roles in Vulgar and Brutal Massacre.
Brian Peck
Brian Richard Peck (born 1960) is an American former actor and dialogue coach, Scuz in The Return of the Living Dead, convicted in 2004 of sexually abusing Drake Bell and a registered California sex offender.
Brian Robbins
Brian Robbins (born 1963, Brian Levine) is an American producer-director turned executive: co-creator of All That and Kenan & Kel, founder of AwesomenessTV, and head of Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures, and Paramount Global co-CEO.
Brian Stepanek
Brian Stepanek (born 1971, Cleveland, Ohio) is an American actor, voice actor, director, and producer known for Arwin in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, Tom Harper in Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, Lynn Loud Sr. in The Loud House, and Green Book.
Brian Swardstrom
Brian Swardstrom is an American talent agent and manager known for long-term representation of Tilda Swinton, Edward Norton, Frances McDormand, and Timothée Chalamet; since 2023 he works solely as Chalamet's manager and produces with Peter Spears.
Brian Tarantina
Brian Tarantina (1959–2019) was an American character actor from New York City, a Theatre World and Drama Desk Award winner on Broadway, known for Bootsy on Gilmore Girls, Jackie on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and films like Uncle Buck and BlacKkKlansman.
Brian Tee
Brian Tee, born Jae-Beom Takata, is a Japanese-born American actor known for playing D.K. in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) and Dr. Ethan Choi on Chicago Med.
Brian Thomas Smith
Brian Thomas Smith, born 1977 in St. Louis, is an American actor known as Zack Johnson, Penny's ex-boyfriend on The Big Bang Theory (11 episodes), plus Bad Monkey, Shrinking, and over 100 commercials.
Brian Tochi
Brian Tochi (Brian Keith Tochihara), American actor born in Los Angeles; played Takashi in Revenge of the Nerds, Cadet Nogata in Police Academy 3 and 4, and voiced Leonardo in the first three live-action TMNT films.
Brian Turk
Brian Turk (1970–2019), also credited as Brian D. Turk, was an American character actor best known as Gabriel the strongman on HBO's Carnivàle (2003–2005), with film roles in The Lost World: Jurassic Park, American Pie 2, and Big Fat Liar; he died of brain cancer at 49.
Brian Tyler
Brian Tyler (born 1972) is an American film, TV, and video game composer behind Fast & Furious, Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Crazy Rich Asians, Yellowstone, and the Formula 1 theme; BMI Icon 2022.
Brian Tyree Henry
Brian Tyree Henry, born 1982 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, is an American actor known as Paper Boi on Atlanta, an Oscar nominee for Causeway, a Tony nominee for Lobby Hero, and star of Dope Thief.
Brian Van Holt
Brian Van Holt (born 1969, Waukegan, Illinois) is an American actor and director known for Black Hawk Down, House of Wax, John from Cincinnati, and Bobby Cobb on Cougar Town.
Brian Welsh (filmmaker)
Brian Welsh (born 1981, Falkirk, Scotland) is a Scottish film and TV director and writer known for Black Mirror's "The Entire History of You", the 2019 rave film Beats, In Our Name, and What It Feels Like for a Girl.
Brian Wilde
Brian George Wilde (1927-2008), English comedy actor, best known as prison officer Mr Barrowclough in Porridge (1974-77) and Walter "Foggy" Dewhurst in Last of the Summer Wine (1976-85, 1990-97, 116 episodes).
Brian's Song
Brian's Song is a 1971 ABC Movie of the Week docudrama, directed by Buzz Kulik and written by William Blinn from Gale Sayers's book I Am Third, about Bears teammates Sayers (Billy Dee Williams) and Brian Piccolo (James Caan), who died of cancer in 1970; it won five Emmys, a Peabody, and a DGA Award, and was remade on ABC in 2001.
Briana Banks
Briana Banks, stage name of Briana Bany (born in Munich, birth year reported as 1978 or 1979), is a German-American adult film performer who debuted in 1999 as Mirage, became a Vivid Entertainment contract star in 2001, was Penthouse Pet of the Month June 2001, and entered the AVN (2009) and XRCO (2016) Halls of Fame.
Briana Cuoco
Briana Cuoco (born 1988, Ventura, California) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and choreographer, younger sister of Kaley Cuoco; known for voicing Batgirl on Harley Quinn and playing Jenny the Butcher on Netflix's Dead Boy Detectives.
Briana Evigan
Briana Evigan (born 1986, Los Angeles), American actress and dancer; star of Step Up 2: The Streets and Step Up: All In as Andie West, also known for Sorority Row, Burning Bright, and horror "scream queen" roles; later conservationist with Abundant Village.
Brianna Brown
Brianna Brown (Brianna Lynn Brown, born 1979, Saint Paul, Minnesota) is an American actress known for Dr. Lisa Niles on General Hospital, Devious Maids, Dynasty, Homeland, and Outer Banks, and founder of The New Hollywood.