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Jack Ryan (TV series)
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan is a Prime Video action-thriller series (2018-2023, four seasons, 30 episodes) starring John Krasinski as the CIA analyst, created by Carlton Cuse and Graham Roland, followed by the 2026 film Ghost War.
Jack Ryan: Ghost War
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War is a 2026 Prime Video spy thriller, the sixth Jack Ryan film, directed by Andrew Bernstein and starring John Krasinski, Wendell Pierce, Michael Kelly, and Sienna Miller; it scored 39% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is a 2014 action thriller directed by Kenneth Branagh, starring Chris Pine as Tom Clancy's CIA analyst Jack Ryan; the first original-story reboot of the franchise, released January 17, 2014, grossing over $130 million worldwide.
Jack Ryder (actor)
Jack Seigfried Ryder (born 1981, Woolwich, London) is an English actor, director, writer, and acting coach, known for Jamie Mitchell in EastEnders (1998–2002), Holby City, directing The Band, and children's books including Jack's Secret Summer.
Jack Schumacher (actor)
Jack Schumacher (born 1993) is an American actor from Palatine, Illinois, who played Lt. Neil 'Omaha' Vikander in Top Gun: Maverick (2022) and stars as Yancy Grey in Netflix's Ransom Canyon (2025–2026).
Jack Shep
Jack Shep, British comedian, actor, and writer, core cast member of Saturday Night Live UK on Sky, breakout for his viral Princess Diana impression; former toddler football coach, BBC New Comedy Awards 2023 finalist, TikTok comedian.
Jack Shephard
Jack Shephard is the fictional protagonist of Lost (ABC, 2004–2010), played by Matthew Fox in 121 episodes. A spinal surgeon and de facto leader of the Oceanic 815 survivors, he arcs from man of science to man of faith.
Jack Shepherd (actor)
Jack Shepherd (John Shepherd, 1940–2025), English actor, playwright, and director; star of ITV's Wycliffe and Trevor Griffiths' Bill Brand; won a 1984 Olivier Award for Glengarry Glen Ross.
Jack Skellington
Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King, is the skeleton hero of The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), created by Tim Burton, directed by Henry Selick, voiced by Chris Sarandon and sung by Danny Elfman.
Jack Smethurst
Jack Smethurst (John Smethurst, 1932-2022), English actor, starred as bigot Eddie Booth in ITV's Love Thy Neighbour (1972-76), also For the Love of Ada, Coronation Street, Chariots of Fire.
Jack Soo
Jack Soo (Goro Suzuki, 1917–1979), Japanese American actor and comedian, interned at Topaz, star of Broadway's Flower Drum Song and Detective Nick Yemana on Barney Miller; first Japanese American in the Smithsonian's entertainment collections.
Jack Sparrow
Captain Jack Sparrow, Disney's fictional pirate captain of the Black Pearl in Pirates of the Caribbean, played by Johnny Depp; created by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, inspired by Keith Richards and Pepé Le Pew, star of a $4.5 billion franchise.
Jack Starrett
Jack Starrett (Claude Ennis Starrett Jr., 1936-1989), American actor and director of low-budget exploitation films; directed Cleopatra Jones and Race with the Devil, played Gabby Johnson in Blazing Saddles and Deputy Galt in First Blood.
Jack Taylor (TV series)
Jack Taylor: Irish crime drama TV series (2010-2016) adapted from Ken Bruen's novels, starring Iain Glen as a Galway ex-Garda turned private investigator; three seasons of nine 90-minute films, produced by Telegael with ZDF.
Jack the Giant Slayer
Jack the Giant Slayer is a 2013 American fantasy adventure film directed by Bryan Singer, based on the fairy tales "Jack and the Beanstalk" and "Jack the Giant Killer".
Jack Thompson (actor)
Jack Thompson AM (born 31 August 1940, John Hadley Pain) is an Australian actor of the 1970s film renaissance, star of Spyforce, Wake in Fright, Sunday Too Far Away, and Breaker Morant, winner of AFI and Cannes acting awards, later a UNHCR ambassador and AM.
Jack Torrance
Jack Torrance (John Daniel Edward Torrance) is Stephen King's protagonist in The Shining (1977): an alcoholic ex-teacher and writer, winter caretaker of the Overlook Hotel, famously played by Jack Nicholson in Kubrick's 1980 film.
Jack Wagner (actor)
Jack Wagner (Peter John Wagner II, born 1959) is an American actor and singer known as Frisco Jones on General Hospital, Dr. Peter Burns on Melrose Place, Nick Marone on The Bold and the Beautiful, and Bill Avery on When Calls the Heart; his single "All I Need" hit number 2.
Jack Wallace (actor)
Jack Wallace (1933–2020) was an American character actor from Pekin, Illinois, a Chicago theater mainstay and Drama Desk Award ensemble winner for Glengarry Glen Ross; not the English dialect coach of Never Have I Ever.
Jack Warden
Jack Warden (John Warden Lebzelter Jr., 1920–2006), American character actor and former welterweight boxer and 101st Airborne paratrooper; Oscar-nominated for Shampoo and Heaven Can Wait, Emmy winner for Brian's Song.
Jack Warner (actor)
Jack Warner (1895–1981), born Horace John Waters, English actor; played PC George Dixon in The Blue Lamp and 432 episodes of Dixon of Dock Green (1955–1976), and Joe Huggett in the Huggett films; distinct from the Warner Bros. mogul Jack L. Warner.
Jack Webb
Jack Webb, born John Randolph Webb (1920–1982), was an American actor, producer, and director best known for creating Dragnet and starring as Los Angeles police Sergeant Joe Friday.
Jack Weston
Jack Weston (1924-1996), born Jack Weinstein in Cleveland, was an American character actor of stage, film, and TV, known for Wait Until Dark, Dirty Dancing, The Four Seasons, and a Tony-nominated turn in The Floating Lightbulb.
Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father
Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father is a Netflix British comedy travel documentary (2017–2021, five seasons) in which comedian Jack Whitehall travels with his retired theatrical-agent father Michael; season 1 covered Southeast Asia, season 5 the UK, followed by the 2024 Fatherhood spin-off.
Jack Wild
Jack Wild (1952-2006), English actor and singer, Artful Dodger in the film Oliver! (Oscar-nominated) and Jimmy in H.R. Pufnstuf; died of oral cancer aged 53.
Jackass (franchise)
Jackass: American reality-stunt comedy franchise begun on MTV (2000-2002) by Jeff Tremaine, Spike Jonze, and Johnny Knoxville, spawning six Paramount films, digital releases, and spin-offs, ending with Jackass: Best and Last (2026).
Jackass 2.5
Jackass 2.5 (2007) is a 64-minute direct-to-digital Jackass companion film directed by Jeff Tremaine, compiling unused Jackass Number Two footage with cast interviews, released internet-first by Paramount Digital Entertainment and MTV New Media.
Jackass 3D
Jackass 3D, also known as Jackass Number 3, is a 2010 American 3-D stunt comedy film, the third in the Jackass franchise, directed by Jeff Tremaine.
Jackass Forever
Jackass Forever, also known as Jackass 4, is a 2022 American comedy stunt film directed by Jeff Tremaine, the fourth film in the Jackass series.
Jackass Number Two
Jackass Number Two is a 2006 American reality comedy film directed by Jeff Tremaine, in which the cast of the MTV stunt series Jackass performs stunts and pranks.