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Dan Levy (Canadian actor)

Dan Levy (Daniel Joseph Levy, born 1983, Toronto) is a Canadian actor-writer-director, son of Eugene Levy, MTV Canada host, co-creator and David Rose of Schitt's Creek, and 2020 four-discipline Emmy winner.

Dan Lin

Dan Lin (林暐, born 1973, Taipei) is a Taiwanese-American film producer, founder of Rideback (formerly Lin Pictures), producer of The Lego Movie, It, Aladdin, and The Two Popes, and Netflix's film chief from 2024 to 2026.

Dan O'Bannon

Dan O'Bannon (Daniel Thomas O'Bannon, 1946-2009), American screenwriter and director; wrote Alien with Ronald Shusett, co-wrote Dark Star with John Carpenter, directed The Return of the Living Dead, wrote Total Recall, and authored Guide to Screenplay Structure.

Dan O'Herlihy

Dan O'Herlihy (Daniel Peter O'Herlihy, 1919–2005) was an Irish actor, Oscar-nominated for Buñuel's Robinson Crusoe (1954), Macduff in Welles's Macbeth, later General Black in Fail Safe and the Old Man in RoboCop.

Dan Osborne

Dan Osborne (Daniel James Osborne, born 1991, Dagenham) is an English TV personality, TOWIE cast member 2013–2015, Splash! contestant, and third-place Celebrity Big Brother 22 housemate; married to Jacqueline Jossa 2017, separated 2025.

Dan Perlman

Dan Perlman is an American comedian, writer, and director from New York City, co-creator and star of Showtime's Flatbush Misdemeanors (2021-2022). Also known for the shorts Cramming and Being Bublé and the album Emergency Contact.

Dan Povenmire

Dan Povenmire (Daniel Kingsley Povenmire) is an American animator and writer, recognized as the co-creator of Disney's Phineas and Ferb and its series voice of Dr. Doofenshmirtz.

Dan Rowan

Dan Rowan (Daniel Hale David, 1922–1987), American comedian, co-host and straight man of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (NBC, 1968–1973); WWII P-40 pilot, 1969 Emmy winner, executive producer 1972–73.

Dan Schneider

Dan Schneider (Daniel James Schneider) is an American TV producer and writer behind Nickelodeon hits like iCarly, Victorious, Drake & Josh, and Henry Danger; he left Nickelodeon in 2018 and lost his 2026 defamation appeal over the documentary Quiet on Set.

Dan Stevens

Dan Stevens (Daniel Jonathan Stevens, born 1982, Croydon, Surrey) is an English actor known as Matthew Crawley in Downton Abbey (2010-2012), then Legion's David Haller, the Beast in Disney's 2017 Beauty and the Beast, and roles in The Guest, Gaslit, and The Terror: Devil in Silver.

Dan Trachtenberg

Dan Trachtenberg (Daniel Trachtenberg, born 1981, Philadelphia) is an American director of 10 Cloverfield Lane, Prey, Predator: Killer of Killers, and Predator: Badlands, with a Paramount first-look deal and Freddy the 13th due 2028.

Dan Vs.

Dan Vs., also known as Dan Versus, is an American animated comedy series about a short-tempered man who drags his best friend and his wife into elaborate revenge schemes.

Dana Andrews

Dana Andrews (Carver Dana Andrews, 1909-1992), American film actor and 1940s leading man, star of the film noir Laura and The Best Years of Our Lives; later Screen Actors Guild president 1963-1965.

Dana Ashbrook

Dana Ashbrook (born 1967, San Diego) is an American actor known for playing Bobby Briggs in Twin Peaks (1990), Fire Walk with Me (1992), and The Return (2017), plus Dawson's Creek and Crisis Center.

Dana Barron

Dana Barron (born 1966, New York City) is an American actress, the original Audrey Griswold in National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), reprised in Christmas Vacation 2 (2003); Daytime Emmy winner, distinct from Dana Lyn Baron and Ina Barrón.

Dana DeArmond

Dana DeArmond, "The Internet's Girlfriend," American adult film performer and director born 1979 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina; known for MySpace-era fan interaction, fetish work, directing, and AVN, XRCO, and Urban X Hall of Fame inductions.

Dana Delany

Dana Welles Delany, American actress born 1956 in New York City; two-time Emmy winner as Colleen McMurphy on China Beach (1988–1991), later Katherine Mayfair on Desperate Housewives, Megan Hunt on Body of Proof, and the DCAU voice of Lois Lane.

Dana Eden

Dana Eden (דנה עדן), Israeli TV producer and co-creator of the Emmy-winning Apple TV+ spy thriller Tehran, co-founder of Donna & Shula Productions; died 15 February 2026 in Athens during season four filming.

Dana Elcar

Dana Elcar (Ibson Dana Elcar, 1927-2005), American character actor and director, best known as Peter Thornton on MacGyver (1985-1992); his real glaucoma blindness was written into the show; over 150 screen credits including The Sting and 2010.

Dana Evans (The Pitt)

Dana Evans is a fictional charge nurse in the HBO Max medical drama The Pitt, played by Katherine LaNasa. Based on nurse Kathy Garvin, she runs the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center ER, survives a patient assault in Season 1, and won LaNasa an Emmy.

Dana Goldberg (producer)

Dana Goldberg (born 1979) is an American film producer and studio executive, Chief Creative Officer of Skydance Media; not the comedian Dana Goldberg. She joined Skydance in 2010 as President of Production and executive produced the Mission: Impossible films and Top Gun: Maverick.

Dana Hill

Dana Hill (Dana Lynne Goetz, 1964-1996) was an American film and voice actress: Audrey Griswold in National Lampoon's European Vacation, Sherry in Shoot the Moon, and the voice of Max Goof; she died of diabetes complications at 32.

Dana Ivey

Dana Ivey (born 1941, Atlanta) is an American character actress, five-time Tony nominee, three-time Obie winner, creator of Daisy Werthan in Driving Miss Daisy, and film supporting player from The Color Purple to The Leisure Seeker.

Dana Plato

Dana Plato (Dana Michelle Strain, 1964-1999), American actress who played Kimberly Drummond on Diff'rent Strokes 1978-1984; later legal troubles, low-budget films, and a 1999 overdose ruled suicide.

Dana Reeve

Dana Reeve, born Dana Charles Morosini, was an American actress and caregiver advocate, widow of Christopher Reeve, who chaired his paralysis foundation until her death in 2006.

Dana Scully

Dana Katherine Scully is the fictional FBI agent and medical doctor, played by Gillian Anderson, who serves as the scientific skeptic to Fox Mulder on The X-Files (1993-2002, revived 2016); known for the Scully Effect on women in STEM.

Dana Snyder

Dana Snyder (born 1973) is an American voice actor and comedian from Easton, Pennsylvania, known as Master Shake in Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Granny in Squidbillies, The Alchemist in The Venture Bros, Scratch in The Ghost and Molly McGee, and Dr. Colosso in The Thundermans.

Dana Terrace

Dana Terrace, American animator and creator of Disney's The Owl House; formerly storyboard revisionist on Gravity Falls and director on DuckTales; now makes Knights of Guinevere with Glitch Productions.

Dana Vespoli

Dana Vespoli (Christa Nikom Walker), born 1972 in Portland, Oregon, is an American adult film performer, director, and writer active since 2003, directing from 2006 for Sweetheart Video, Evil Angel, and TransSensual, an AVN Hall of Fame inductee (2015) and XBIZ award winner.

Dana Wheeler-Nicholson

Dana Wheeler-Nicholson (born 1960, New York City) is an American actress known for Fletch, Tombstone, The Night We Never Met, Friday Night Lights, and Nashville; granddaughter of DC Comics founder Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, based in Austin, Texas since 2005.