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Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013) is a hidden-camera comedy directed by Jeff Tremaine, starring Johnny Knoxville as Irving Zisman and Jackson Nicoll as Billy; it grossed $160.9 million worldwide and earned an Academy Award makeup nomination.

Jackass: Best and Last

Jackass: Best and Last (2026) is the fifth and final main Jackass film, directed by Jeff Tremaine, mixing new stunts with 25 years of archival footage; released June 26, 2026, streaming on Paramount+ September 24, 2026.

Jackass: The Movie

Jackass: The Movie is a 2002 American reality comedy film directed by Jeff Tremaine, in which Johnny Knoxville and the MTV Jackass cast perform stunts and pranks.

Jackée Harry

Jackée Harry (born 1956), American actress known as Sandra Clark on 227 and Lisa Landry on Sister, Sister; first African-American woman to win the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (1987), now Paulina Price on Days of Our Lives.

Jacki Weaver

Jacki Weaver (Jacqueline Ruth Weaver), born 1947 in Sydney, is an Australian actress, a household name at home for four decades, twice Oscar-nominated for Animal Kingdom (2010) and Silver Linings Playbook (2012).

Jackie (2016 film)

Jackie is a 2016 biographical drama directed by Pablo Larraín and starring Natalie Portman as Jacqueline Kennedy, showing her grief and planning of the state funeral after John F. Kennedy's assassination.

Jackie Brown

Jackie Brown (1997) is Quentin Tarantino's crime film adapting Elmore Leonard's Rum Punch, starring Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, and Oscar-nominated Robert Forster; his only adaptation, set in Los Angeles, released by Miramax.

Jackie Burch

Jackie Burch (1951–2025) was an American casting director for Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Die Hard, Predator, and Hidden Figures; Emmy-nominated for Bessie (2015), she won a 2017 Artios Award and worked from Atlanta.

Jackie Chan (成龙)

Jackie Chan (成龙), born Chan Kong-sang in 1954, is a Hong Kong actor, director, and martial artist who popularized kung fu comedy and received an honorary Oscar in 2016.

Jackie Chan Adventures

Jackie Chan Adventures is an American animated series on Kids' WB, 2000 to 2005, five seasons and 93 episodes, following animated Jackie Chan, Uncle, and Jade hunting the twelve zodiac Talismans of Shendu and other magical artifacts.

Jackie Chan filmography

The Jackie Chan filmography covers the screen work of Hong Kong actor, director, singer, producer, and screenwriter Jackie Chan, who first acted in a film in 1962.

Jackie Chiles

Jackie Chiles is the fictional Seinfeld attorney played by Phil Morris, a parody of Johnnie Cochran introduced in "The Maestro" (1995), featured in the series finale and a proposed 1999 spinoff.

Jackie Chung

Jackie Chung is an American actress known for playing Laurel Park in Prime Video's The Summer I Turned Pretty (2022–2025) and for the film Coming Home Again (2019); distinct from Jackie Chan and Jacky Chung the researcher.

Jackie Coogan

Jackie Coogan (John Leslie Coogan Jr., 1914-1984), American actor and Hollywood's first major child star via Chaplin's The Kid (1921); his 1938 lawsuit over his spent $4 million fortune inspired the 1939 Coogan Act; later Uncle Fester in The Addams Family.

Jackie Cooper

Jackie Cooper (1922–2011), American actor, director, producer, and executive; Our Gang child star, youngest Best Actor Oscar nominee (Skippy, 1931, age 9), Screen Gems TV production VP, two Emmy directing wins, and Perry White in Superman.

Jackie Cruz

Jackie Cruz, also known by her legal surname Chavez, is a Dominican-American actress, singer, and former model, best known as Marisol "Flaca" Gonzales on Orange Is the New Black, with albums Hollywood Gypsy and Hija de Chavez.

Jackie Earle Haley

Jackie Earle Haley (born 1961) is an American actor and director, the child star of The Bad News Bears who left acting, then returned in 2006 to an Oscar-nominated turn in Little Children and Rorschach in Watchmen.

Jackie Gleason

Jackie Gleason (Herbert John Gleason, 1916-1987), American comedian, actor, and mood-music recording artist; star of The Jackie Gleason Show and The Honeymooners' Ralph Kramden; $11 million CBS contract, 42.4 Nielsen rating, Oscar-nominated in The Hustler.

Jackie Joseph

Jackie Joseph (Sammie Jacqueline Joseph), American character actress, voice artist, and writer born in Los Angeles; Audrey in The Little Shop of Horrors, Sheila Futterman in the Gremlins films, Melody in Josie and the Pussycats, Jackie Parker on The Doris Day Show.

Jackie Shroff (जैकी श्रॉफ)

Jackie Shroff, born Jaikishan Kakubhai Shroff in 1957, is an Indian actor with over four decades in Hindi cinema, who broke through with Hero (1983) and won a Filmfare Award for Parinda.

Jackie Swanson

Jackie Swanson (born 1963, Grand Rapids, Michigan) is an American actress, not the Gartner consultant or photographer of the same name, known as Kelly Gaines on Cheers (1989–1993) and for her film debut in Lethal Weapon (1987).

Jackie Tohn

Jackie Tohn (Jaclyn Tohn), American actress, comedian, and musician born 1980 in Oceanside, New York; plays Melrose on GLOW and Esther Roklov on Netflix's Nobody Wants This, promoted to series regular for Season 2; also American Idol season 8 Top 36 contestant and Do, Re & Mi co-creator.

Jackky Bhagnani

Jackky Bhagnani, born 1984 in Kolkata, is an Indian actor-producer, son of producer Vashu Bhagnani, lead debut in Kal Kissne Dekha (2009), CEO of Puja Films, founder of Jjust Music, and husband of Rakul Preet Singh.

Jacklyn Zeman

Jacklyn Zeman (1953-2023), American actress, played Nurse Bobbie Spencer on ABC's General Hospital for 45 years from 1977, after Lana McClain on One Life to Live; four Daytime Emmy nominations, later The Bay.

Jackpot (2013 film)

Jackpot is a 2013 Hindi con thriller directed by Kaizad Gustad, starring Naseeruddin Shah, Sunny Leone, and Sachiin Joshi in a Goa casino-boat heist for Rs 5 crore; released 13 December 2013, it flopped critically and commercially.

Jackpot (2019 film)

Jackpot (ஜாக்பாட்) is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language black comedy action film written and directed by Kalyaan, starring Jyothika and Revathy as con women chasing a treasure, and produced by Suriya.

Jackson Avery

Jackson Avery is a fictional plastic surgeon on Grey's Anatomy, played by Jesse Williams from season 6 to 17, grandson of Harper Avery, husband of April Kepner, board chairman at Grey Sloan, later Boston foundation head.

Jackson Beck

Jackson Beck (1912–2004), American radio announcer and voice actor, narrator of The Adventures of Superman and voice of Bluto in over 300 Popeye cartoons, also The March of Time and G.I. Joe.

Jackson Galaxy

Jackson Galaxy, American cat behaviorist, host of Animal Planet's My Cat from Hell (2011-2020), two-time NYT bestselling author, founder of the Jackson Galaxy Project and jacksongalaxy.com cat product store.

Jackson Heywood

Jackson Heywood, Australian actor born 1988 in Canberra, trained at NIDA; best known as Brody Morgan on Home and Away (2016–2019), later Bloom, Mr Inbetween, and Critical Incident.