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James Marsters
James Marsters (born 1962, Greenville, California) is an American actor and musician, also James Wesley Marsters, best known as vampire Spike on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel; also Brainiac in Smallville, Captain John Hart in Torchwood, Ghost of the Robot frontman, and Dresden Files audiobook narrator.
James Maslow
James Maslow (James David Maslow, born 1990, New York City) is an American actor-singer, star of Nickelodeon's Big Time Rush as James Diamond, later a Dancing with the Stars finalist, solo artist, and memoirist.
James Mason
James Mason (1909–1984) was an English actor from Huddersfield, Cambridge-trained in architecture, with a 50-year, 100-plus-film career; three Oscar nominations, no win; star of Odd Man Out, A Star Is Born, and Lolita.
James May
James May (born 1963), 'Captain Slow', English TV presenter and motoring journalist, co-hosted Top Gear (2003-2015) and The Grand Tour (2016-2024) with Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond, and hosts Our Man in... and Oh Cook.
James May: Oh Cook
James May: Oh Cook is a British Prime Video cooking series (2020-2023, 14 episodes) in which Top Gear's James May, who says he cannot cook, makes simple recipes with home economist Nikki Morgan, tied to his cookbook.
James May: Our Man in...
James May: Our Man in... is a Prime Video travel documentary series (2020–2024) hosted by James May, covering Japan, Italy, and India, made by Plum Pictures and directed by Tom Whitter.
James McArdle
James McArdle, born 1989 in Glasgow, is a Scottish actor trained at RADA. Known for Louis Ironson in Angels in America (Theatre World Award 2018), Ian Charleson Award for Platonov, and screen roles in Mare of Easttown, Mary Queen of Scots, and Sexy Beast.
James McAvoy
James McAvoy (born 1979, Glasgow) is a Scottish actor and filmmaker, known for Shameless, The Last King of Scotland, Atonement, Filth, Split, and Professor X in the X-Men films; his directorial debut is California Schemin' (2026).
James McTeigue
James McTeigue (born 1967, Sydney) is an Australian director; first AD on The Matrix and Attack of the Clones, directorial debut V for Vendetta (2006), later Ninja Assassin, The Raven, Messiah, Matrix Resurrections producer.
James Michael Tyler
James Michael Tyler (1962–2021), American actor, played Gunther the Central Perk barista on NBC's Friends in 150 episodes; cast as an extra for his cappuccino skills; died of prostate cancer.
James Mitchell (actor)
James Mitchell (1920–2010), American actor and dancer, Palmer Cortlandt on All My Children 1979–2010, leading dancer for Agnes de Mille, Broadway Brigadoon, films The Band Wagon and Oklahoma!.
James Mitchum
James Mitchum (James Robin Spence Mitchum, 1941–2025), American actor, eldest son of Robert Mitchum; debuted in Thunder Road (1958) as Robin Doolin, appeared in over 30 films including In Harm's Way and Two-Lane Blacktop.
James Murdoch
James Rupert Murdoch (born 1972) is a British-born media executive, younger son of Rupert Murdoch; former CEO of STAR, Sky plc, and 21st Century Fox; left the News Corp board in 2020 over editorial content and founded Lupa Systems, which agreed in 2026 to acquire New York magazine and Vox assets.
James Murray (English actor)
James Murray (Jim Murray), born 1975 in Manchester, is an English actor known for Stephen Hart in Primeval, Prince Andrew in The Crown seasons 5-6, Col. Chick Harding in Masters of the Air, the Murray Parish Trust with Sarah Parish, and river conservation work; distinct from Impractical Jokers' Murr.
James Naughton
James Naughton, American actor and director born 1945 in Connecticut, two-time Tony winner for musicals City of Angels (1990) and Chicago (1997), brother of David Naughton, Yale School of Drama graduate.
James Nelson-Joyce
James Nelson-Joyce, also styled James Nelson Joyce, is an English actor born 1989 in Orrell Park, Liverpool, trained at Italia Conti, known for Little Boy Blue, Time, A Thousand Blows, and BAFTA-nominated This City Is Ours.
James Nesbitt
James Nesbitt (born 1965) is a Northern Irish actor from Ballymena known for Cold Feet, Bloody Sunday, Murphy's Law, Jekyll, Bofur in The Hobbit, The Missing, Bloodlands, and Netflix's Run Away; Wave patron, University of Ulster chancellor.
James Norton (actor)
James Norton (born 1985, London) is an English actor known for Happy Valley, Grantchester, War & Peace, and McMafia, an Olivier- and BAFTA-nominated stage and screen performer, and co-founder of Rabbit Track Pictures.
James Nunn
James Nunn (born 1985, Sutton, Surrey) is a British action and genre film director, distinct from theatre director Trevor Nunn. Known for Tower Block, the One Shot single-take trilogy with Scott Adkins, and the 2026 hippo horror Hungry.
James Patrick Stuart
James Patrick Stuart, American character and voice actor born 1968 in Encino, California; known for Will Cortlandt on All My Children, Keith on Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Private on The Penguins of Madagascar, and Valentin Cassadine on General Hospital since 2016.
James Pickens Jr.
James Pickens Jr. (born 1954, Cleveland) is an American actor, Dr. Richard Webber on Grey's Anatomy since 2005 and Alvin Kersh on The X-Files; SAG and NAACP Image Award winner, prostate cancer awareness advocate.
James Purefoy
James Purefoy (James Brian Mark Purefoy), English actor born 1964 in Taunton, Somerset; RSC-trained; known as Mark Antony in Rome, Joe Carroll in The Following, and King Randor in Masters of the Universe (2026).
James Ransone
James Ransone (James Finley Ransone III, 1979–2025) was an American character actor from Baltimore, known as Ziggy Sobotka in The Wire, Cpl. Josh Ray Person in Generation Kill, and adult Eddie Kaspbrak in It Chapter Two; he died by suicide at 46.
James Read
James Read (James Christopher Read, born 1953) is an American actor known for George Hazard in North and South, Murphy Michaels in Remington Steele, Victor Bennett in Charmed, and Clyde Weston on Days of Our Lives.
James Rebhorn
James Rebhorn (1948-2014), American character actor of stage and screen, appeared in over 100 productions; known for Scent of a Woman, Independence Day, Meet the Parents, Homeland, and the Seinfeld finale.
James Redford (filmmaker)
James Redford (1962–2020), also known as Jamie Redford, was an American documentary filmmaker, son of Robert Redford, who co-founded The Redford Center and directed Resilience, Paper Tigers, and Happening.
James Reid (actor)
James Reid (Robert James Reid, born 1993, Sydney) is a Filipino-Australian actor-singer, Big Winner of Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Clash 2010, half of the JaDine love team with Nadine Lustre, founder of Careless Music, and star of Someone, Someday.
James Remar
James Remar (William James Remar, born 1953, Boston) is an American character actor known as Ajax in The Warriors, Albert Ganz in 48 Hrs., Richard Wright in Sex and the City, and Harry Morgan in the Dexter franchise.
James Rhodes (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
James "Rhodey" Rhodes, also War Machine and briefly Iron Patriot, is the MCU's Air Force officer and Tony Stark's best friend, played by Terrence Howard in Iron Man (2008) and Don Cheadle from Iron Man 2 (2010) onward, paralyzed in Civil War and revealed as a Skrull replacement in Secret Invasion.
James Robertson Justice
James Robertson Justice (1907 or 1905 to 2 July 1975), English-born character actor famous as Sir Lancelot Spratt in the Doctor films; falconer, Edinburgh University rector, self-claimed Scot.