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Jason Priestley

Jason Priestley (born 1969, Vancouver) is a Canadian actor, director, and producer known for Brandon Walsh on Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000), Call Me Fitz, Private Eyes, and directing Cas & Dylan.

Jason Reitman

Jason Reitman (born 1977, Montreal) is a Canadian-American director, son of Ivan Reitman; directed Juno, Up in the Air, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and Saturday Night, with two Oscar directing nominations.

Jason Ritter

Jason Morgan Ritter (born 1980, Los Angeles) is an American actor, son of John Ritter, known for Joan of Arcadia, Parenthood (Emmy nomination), voicing Dipper Pines in Gravity Falls, Raising Dion, and starring as Julian Markston in CBS's Matlock.

Jason Robards

Jason Robards (Jason Nelson Robards Jr., 1922–2000) was an American stage and film actor, famed interpreter of Eugene O'Neill, winner of two consecutive Oscars for All the President's Men and Julia, a Tony, and an Emmy.

Jason Russell

Jason Russell (born 1978) is an American filmmaker from San Diego, co-founder of Invisible Children and director of Kony 2012, the viral 2012 documentary about Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony that drew over 100 million views in under a week, after which Russell suffered a widely publicized breakdown.

Jason Schwartzman

Jason Francesco Schwartzman (born 1980) is an American actor and musician, breakout star of Wes Anderson's Rushmore, member of the Coppola family, Phantom Planet drummer, and solo artist Coconut Records.

Jason Segel

Jason Segel (born 1980, Los Angeles) is an American actor and screenwriter, also credited as Jason Jordan Segel, known for Freaks and Geeks, How I Met Your Mother, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, The Muppets, The End of the Tour, and co-creating Shrinking.

Jason Shah

Jason Shah, British-Indian actor and fitness model, breakout as Inspector Cartwright in Heeramandi (2024); also Thugs of Hindostan, Jigra, Bigg Boss 10 wildcard, Jana Nayagan.

Jason Silva

Jason Silva, a Venezuelan-American filmmaker, futurist, and public speaker, is best known as the Emmy-nominated host of National Geographic's Brain Games and creator of Shots of Awe.

Jason Statham

Jason Statham, English actor and former British national diving-team member (12th, 1992 World Championships), action star discovered by Guy Ritchie for Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998); known for The Transporter, The Expendables, Fast & Furious' Deckard Shaw, and doing his own stunts.

Jason Statham Stole My Bike

Jason Statham Stole My Bike: upcoming 2027 meta action-comedy directed by David Leitch, starring Jason Statham as a fictionalized version of himself; ~$80m Black Bear film shot in London and Malta, releasing August 6, 2027.

Jason Street

Jason Mitchell Street is the fictional Dillon Panthers quarterback in Friday Night Lights, played by Scott Porter, paralyzed in the 2006 pilot; the David Edwards-inspired character later becomes a coach, salesman, and sports agent.

Jason Stryker

Jason Stryker is a fictional character in Marvel Comics' X-Men franchise, the son of anti-mutant villain William Stryker, first mentioned in the 1982 graphic novel God Loves, Man Kills.

Jason Sudeikis

Jason Sudeikis, also Daniel Jason Sudeikis (born 1975), American actor and comedian, SNL cast member 2005-2013, co-creator and star of Ted Lasso on Apple TV with four Emmys, two Golden Globes, and Kansas City roots.

Jason Thompson (actor)

Jason Thompson (Jason Craig Thompson, born 1976) is a Canadian actor from St. Albert, Alberta, who played Dr. Patrick Drake on General Hospital (2005-2016) and Billy Abbott on The Young and the Restless since January 2016, winning the 2020 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor.

Jason Tobin

Jason Tobin (杜俊緯) is a Hong Kong-born British actor known for Virgil Hu in Better Luck Tomorrow, Earl in the Fast & Furious films, and Young Jun in Warrior (2019–2023).

Jason Todd

Jason Todd (Red Hood), DC Comics' second Robin created by Gerry Conway and Don Newton in Batman #357 (1983); killed by the Joker in 1988's A Death in the Family after a 72-vote fan poll, resurrected in 2005 as the gun-toting antihero Red Hood.

Jason Voorhees

Jason Voorhees is the fictional hockey-masked, machete-wielding killer of the Friday the 13th slasher franchise, created by screenwriter Victor Miller for the 1980 film, where his mother Pamela was the original villain.

Jason Watkins

Jason Watkins, English stage, film and TV actor born in Albrighton, Shropshire (birth year reported as 1962 or 1966). BAFTA Best Actor 2015 for The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies; played Harold Wilson in The Crown and DS Dodds in McDonald & Dodds.

Jason Weaver

Jason Michael Weaver (J-Weav), American actor and singer born 1979 in Chicago; young Michael Jackson in The Jacksons: An American Dream, singing voice of young Simba in The Lion King, Marcus Henderson on Smart Guy, and Shaad on The Chi.

Jason Wiles

Jason Wiles (Jason Austin Wiles, born 1970) is an American actor, director, writer, and producer from Lenexa, Kansas, best known as officer Maurice "Bosco" Boscorelli on NBC's Third Watch (1999–2005) and for directing Lenexa, 1 Mile.

Jason Winston George

Jason Winston George (born 1972), American actor known as Dr. Ben Warren on Grey's Anatomy and Station 19, UVA graduate, Sunset Beach alumnus, SAG-AFTRA diversity chair.

Jason X

Jason X (2001, US release 2002) is the tenth Friday the 13th film, directed by James Isaac and written by Todd Farmer, sending Kane Hodder's Jason Voorhees to the year 2455, where he becomes the cyborg Uber Jason aboard the spaceship Grendel.

Jason's Lyric

Jason's Lyric is a 1994 American romantic drama directed by Doug McHenry and starring Allen Payne, Jada Pinkett, and Bokeem Woodbine, set in inner-city Houston.

Jaspal Bhatti (ਜਸਪਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ ਭੱਟੀ)

Jaspal Singh Bhatti (ਜਸਪਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ ਭੱਟੀ, 1955–2012), Indian satirist, comedian, actor, and director known for Doordarshan's Flop Show and Ulta Pulta, the Punjabi film Mahaul Theek Hai, and the posthumous 2013 Padma Bhushan.

Jasper Dolphin

Jasper Dolphin is the stage name of Davon Wilson (born 1990), an American entertainer, Odd Future hype man and DJ, star of Adult Swim's Loiter Squad and Viceland's Jasper & Errol's First Time, and Jackass cast member since 2022.

Jasper Liu (刘以豪)

Jasper Liu (劉以豪, born 1986) is a Taiwanese actor and singer, former Morning Call band leader and guitarist, breakout in In Time with You (2011), known for More Than Blue and Netflix's Triad Princess.

Jasper Pääkkönen

Jasper Pääkkönen (born 1980, Helsinki) is a Finnish actor, entrepreneur, and river-conservation campaigner. Known for Saku Salin in Salatut elämät, Halfdan the Black in Vikings, and Felix Kendrickson in Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman; co-owns Löyly.

Jasper Sitwell

Jasper Sitwell is a Marvel Comics S.H.I.E.L.D. agent created by Stan Lee and Howard Purcell, debuting in Strange Tales #144 (1966), and an MCU HYDRA mole played by Maximiliano Hernández; the comics version later returns as a zombie in S.T.A.K.E.

Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin (जस्सी जैसी कोई नहीं)

Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin (जस्सी जैसी कोई नहीं) is a Sony TV Hindi comedy-drama (2003–2006, 545 episodes) adapted from Colombia's Yo soy Betty, la fea, starring Mona Singh as plain Jassi and Apurva Agnihotri as Armaan Suri.