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Danica McKellar

Danica McKellar (born 1975) is an American actress and mathematician, Winnie Cooper on The Wonder Years, UCLA math graduate 1998, co-author of the Chayes-McKellar-Winn theorem, and bestselling math-book author.

Daniel Auteuil

Daniel Auteuil, French stage and screen actor born 1950 in Algiers; two Césars, 1988 BAFTA, 1996 Cannes Best Actor for Le Huitième Jour; breakthrough Jean de Florette; five films as director including Le Fil.

Daniel Balaji

Daniel Balaji (டேனியல் பாலாஜி), born Balaji, Indian character actor in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films; villain roles Amudhan in Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu, Ravi in Polladhavan; died 29 March 2024, age 48.

Daniel Baldwin

Daniel Baldwin (Daniel Leroy Baldwin, born 1960, Massapequa, New York) is an American actor, producer, and director, one of the four Baldwin brothers; known for Detective Beau Felton on Homicide: Life on the Street, films like Vampires, and public addiction-recovery advocacy.

Daniel Bernhardt

Daniel Bernhardt (born 1965, Worblaufen, Switzerland) is a Swiss actor, stuntman, and martial artist; star of Bloodsport II and III, Agent Johnson in The Matrix Reloaded and Resurrections, Kirill in John Wick, and lead of Deathstalker (2025).

Daniel Boone (1964 TV series)

Daniel Boone (1964 TV series): NBC action-adventure western starring Fess Parker, 165 episodes over six seasons (1964–1970), produced by 20th Century-Fox, with Ed Ames as Mingo; noted for historical inaccuracies condemned by Kentucky's legislature.

Daniel Brocklebank

Daniel Brocklebank (born 1979) is an English actor known for playing Ivan Jones in Emmerdale and vicar Billy Mayhew in Coronation Street from 2014 to 2025.

Daniel Brühl

Daniel Brühl (Daniel César Martín Brühl González Domingo), German-Spanish actor, director, and producer born 1978 in Barcelona, raised in Cologne; known for Good Bye, Lenin!, Rush as Niki Lauda, Zemo, and All Quiet on the Western Front.

Daniel Cosgrove

Daniel Thomas Cosgrove (born 1970, New Haven, Connecticut) is an American actor known for Scott Chandler on All My Children, Matt Durning on Beverly Hills 90210, Emmy-nominated Bill Lewis on Guiding Light, and roles on Days of Our Lives and General Hospital.

Daniel Craig

Daniel Craig (born 1968, Chester, England) is a British actor who played James Bond in five films from Casino Royale (2006) to No Time to Die (2021) and stars as Benoit Blanc in the Knives Out series.

Daniel Cudmore

Daniel Cudmore (born 1980) is a Canadian actor and stuntman who played Colossus in three X-Men films, Felix in the Twilight Saga, and Master Chief in Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn; he declined Deadpool (2016).

Daniel Curtis Lee

Daniel Curtis Lee (born 1991, Jackson, Mississippi) is an American actor and rapper, known as Cookie on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide and Kojo on Zeke and Luther; records as Saint Maurice.

Daniel Dae Kim

Daniel Dae Kim, Korean-American actor born 1968 in Busan, South Korea; known for Jin-Soo Kwon on Lost, Chin Ho Kelly on Hawaii Five-0, 3AD's The Good Doctor, and his 2025 Tony nomination for Yellow Face.

Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis (born 1957, London) is a British knighted actor and the only performer with three Best Actor Oscars, for My Left Foot, There Will Be Blood, and Lincoln; known for immersive method preparation, he retired in 2017 after Phantom Thread and returned in 2025's Anemone, directed by his son Ronan.

Daniel Ezra

Daniel Ezra, born in 1991 in Birmingham, England, is an English actor best known for the lead role of Spencer James in The CW's All American.

Daniel Franzese

Daniel Franzese (born 1978) is an American actor and comedian known as Damian in Mean Girls (2004) and Eddie in HBO's Looking; he came out in 2014 via a viral letter to Damian and works with the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation.

Daniel Gillies

Daniel Gillies (born 1976, Winnipeg) is a Canadian-born New Zealand actor known as Elijah Mikaelson in The Vampire Diaries and The Originals, Dr. Joel Goran in Saving Hope, and the villain Mandrake in Coming Home in the Dark (2021).

Daniel Henney

Daniel Henney (다니엘 헤니), born 1979 in Carson City, Michigan, is a Korean American actor and model who broke out in Korea's My Lovely Sam Soon, played Agent Zero in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Matt Simmons in Criminal Minds, and Lan Mandragoran in The Wheel of Time.

Daniel Henshall

Daniel Edwin Henshall (born 1982, Sydney) is an Australian actor known for his award-winning film debut as John Bunting in Snowtown, The Babadook, TURN: Washington's Spies, Okja and Mickey 17.

Daniel Hong (洪瑜鸿)

Daniel Hong (洪瑜鸿), stage name Chunfeng (春风), born 1986, is a Taiwanese rapper-actor, leader and lyricist of Nine One One (玖壹壹), and a Golden Horse-nominated actor in Miss Shampoo and Mongrel.

Daniel Hugh Kelly

Daniel Hugh Kelly (Daniel Hugh-Kelly), American actor born in Elizabeth, New Jersey; starred as Mark "Skid" McCormick in Hardcastle and McCormick (1983-1986) and Frank Ryan in Ryan's Hope; Broadway revivals of Born Yesterday and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; films Cujo and Star Trek: Insurrection.

Daniel Huttlestone

Daniel Huttlestone (Daniel Richard Huttlestone), English actor born 1999 in Havering, Essex; West End child performer in Oliver! and Les Misérables, best known as Gavroche in the 2012 film and Jack in Into the Woods (2014).

Daniel Ibáñez (actor)

Daniel Ibáñez (born 1995, Madrid) is a Spanish actor known for Segundo premio (Goya Best New Actor nominee 2025), El Caracas in the Carmen Mola thrillers, Terminator: Dark Fate, and the Miguel Hernández musical Para la libertad.

Daniel Ings

Daniel Ings (born 1985) is a British actor known as Luke in Lovesick, Mike Parker in The Crown, Freddy Horniman in The Gentlemen, and Ser Lyonel Baratheon in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms; not the footballer Danny Ings.

Daniel Isn't Real

Daniel Isn't Real is a 2019 psychological horror film by Adam Egypt Mortimer and Brian DeLeeuw, adapted from DeLeeuw's novel In This Way I Was Saved, starring Miles Robbins and Patrick Schwarzenegger as a student and his malevolent imaginary friend; SpectreVision production released December 6, 2019.

Daniel J. Travanti

Daniel J. Travanti (Daniel Giovanni Travanti, born March 7, 1940, Kenosha, Wisconsin) is an American actor, two-time Emmy winner as Capt. Frank Furillo on Hill Street Blues (1981-1987), later in Adam, Murrow, and Missing Persons.

Daniel Jackson (Stargate)

Daniel Jackson is the fictional archaeologist and linguist of the Stargate franchise, played by James Spader in the 1994 film and Michael Shanks in Stargate SG-1; he opens the Stargate, joins SG-1, and ascends in "Meridian."

Daniel Kaluuya

Daniel Kaluuya (born 1989) is a British actor from Camden, London, of Ugandan descent, known for Skins, Get Out, and his Oscar-winning Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah; also a director of The Kitchen.

Daniel Lapaine

Daniel Lapaine (born 1971, Sydney) is an Australian actor, writer, and director based in London, known for Muriel's Wedding, Catastrophe, Black Mirror, Zero Dark Thirty, and The 10th Kingdom.

Daniel LaRusso

Daniel LaRusso, also Daniel-san, is the fictional Karate Kid protagonist played by Ralph Macchio in the 1984 film trilogy, Cobra Kai, and Karate Kid: Legends, trained by Mr. Miyagi.