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Jefferson in Paris

Jefferson in Paris (1995) is a Merchant Ivory historical drama, directed by James Ivory and written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, starring Nick Nolte as Thomas Jefferson during his 1784-1789 ambassadorship, with Greta Scacchi as Maria Cosway and Thandie Newton as Sally Hemings; it was controversial for depicting a Jefferson-Hemings child.

Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Canadian actor and model (born 1984, Edmonton), known as Jay Carter in UnREAL, judge on Canada's Drag Race season 1, and Charles Zeller in Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.

Jeffrey Combs

Jeffrey Combs (born 1954) is an American character actor, Herbert West in Re-Animator (1985), and a Star Trek fixture as Weyoun, Brunt, Shran, and Agimus, plus voice roles as Ratchet and The Question.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Jeffrey Dean Morgan (born 1966, Seattle) is an American actor known for Denny Duquette on Grey's Anatomy, John Winchester on Supernatural, and Negan on The Walking Dead and Dead City, plus Watchmen and The Boys.

Jeffrey DeMunn

Jeffrey DeMunn (born 1947) is an American character actor, Bristol Old Vic-trained, Tony-nominated for K2, a Frank Darabont regular (Shawshank, The Green Mile), Dale Horvath on The Walking Dead, and Chuck Rhoades Sr. on Billions.

Jeffrey Donovan

Jeffrey Donovan, born 1968 in Amesbury, Massachusetts, is an American actor known for Michael Westen on Burn Notice, Dodd Gerhardt in Fargo, Sicario, and Law & Order's Frank Cosgrove.

Jeffrey Hayden

Jeffrey Hayden (1926-2016), American television and stage director, husband of Eva Marie Saint; directed over 60 series including The Andy Griffith Show, Peyton Place, Quincy M.E., and Knight Rider.

Jeffrey Hunter

Jeffrey Hunter (Henry Herman McKinnies Jr.), 1926-1969, American actor known for The Searchers, King of Kings as Jesus, and Captain Pike in Star Trek's first pilot.

Jeffrey Jones

Jeffrey Jones, born Jeffrey Duncan Jones, is an American character actor known for playing Dean Rooney in Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Emperor Joseph II in Amadeus.

Jeffrey Katzenberg

Jeffrey Katzenberg (born 1950) is the American executive behind the Disney animation revival, DreamWorks SKG co-founder with Spielberg and Geffen, DreamWorks Animation CEO sold to Comcast for $3.8 billion, and Quibi founder; distinct from other Katzenbergs by these studio roles.

Jeffrey Mace

Jeffrey Mace, also Jeffrey Solomon Mace, is a Marvel Comics hero, the powerless Golden Age Patriot (Human Torch Comics #4, 1941) who became the third Captain America in 1946 and later the S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Patriot in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Jeffrey Nordling

Jeffrey Richard Nordling (born 1962, Ridgewood, New Jersey) is an American actor known for Jake Manning in Once and Again, Larry Moss in 24, Gordon Klein in Big Little Lies, and Flight 93.

Jeffrey Pierce

Jeffrey Pierce, born Jeffrey Douglas Plitt, is an American actor born in Denver in 1971, known for Charlie Jade and voicing Tommy in The Last of Us games.

Jeffrey Sinclair

Jeffrey Sinclair is the fictional first commander of the Babylon 5 station in the TV series Babylon 5, played by Michael O'Hare; a Battle of the Line survivor who later becomes the Minbari leader Valen.

Jeffrey Tambor

Jeffrey Tambor (born 1944, San Francisco) is an American actor known as Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show, George and Oscar Bluth on Arrested Development, and Maura Pfefferman on Transparent, for which he won Emmys before his 2018 firing.

Jeffrey Weissman

Jeffrey Weissman (born 1958, Santa Monica, California) is an American character actor known as George McFly in Back to the Future Parts II and III and Teddy Conway in Pale Rider; his casting triggered the Crispin Glover likeness case and a SAG rule change.

Jeffrey Wright

Jeffrey Wright is an American actor known for Angels in America, Basquiat, Westworld, and three James Bond films, earning an Oscar nomination for American Fiction (2023).

Jehanabad - Of Love & War

Jehanabad - Of Love & War is a 2023 SonyLIV Hindi crime drama by Rajeev Barnwal and Satyanshu Singh, showrunner Sudhir Mishra, starring Ritwik Bhowmik, Harshita Gaur, Parambrata Chattopadhyay and Rajat Kapoor, set in 2005 Bihar around the Naxalite Jehanabad jailbreak.

Jehane Noujaim

Jehane Noujaim (born 1974, Cairo) is an Egyptian-American documentary filmmaker known for Startup.com, Control Room, the Oscar-nominated The Square (2013), which won the Sundance Audience Award and three Emmys, and The Great Hack (2019).

Jekyll and Hyde (TV series)

Jekyll and Hyde (2015) is a ten-part ITV drama written by Charlie Higson, set in 1930s London, following Robert Jekyll (Tom Bateman), grandson of the original doctor; cancelled after one season, later streaming on Netflix.

Jellybox (studio)

Jellybox, or Jellybox Studio, is an American independent animation studio in Los Angeles founded in summer 2023 by Gene Goldstein after a layoff. It makes short-form client animation, the series NOXP and Umbert Actually!, and the Animation Workers Ignited shorts.

Jellystone!

Jellystone! is a 2021 HBO Max animated comedy by C.H. Greenblatt reimagining Hanna-Barbera characters (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Jabberjaw) as townsfolk; 3 seasons, 77 episodes, ended March 2025.

Jem (TV series)

Jem, also known as Jem and the Holograms, is a 1985-1988 American animated musical series in first-run syndication, created by Christy Marx for Hasbro, Sunbow, and Marvel Productions, about Jerrica Benton's holographic alter ego Jem and her band's rivalry with the Misfits.

Jem and the Holograms (film)

Jem and the Holograms is a 2015 live-action musical drama directed by Jon M. Chu, adapting the 1985-1988 Hasbro cartoon. Starring Aubrey Peeples, it earned $2.3 million on a $5 million budget and was pulled from theaters after two weeks.

Jemaine Clement

Jemaine Atea Mahana Clement, born 1974 in Masterton, New Zealand, is an actor, comedian, musician, and filmmaker: half of Flight of the Conchords with Bret McKenzie, co-creator of What We Do in the Shadows, voice of Moana's Tamatoa, and Dr. Ian Garvin in the Avatar sequels.

Jemima Goldsmith

Jemima Goldsmith (Jemima Khan), born 1974, is a British screenwriter and producer, founder of Instinct Productions, ex-wife of Imran Khan, writer of What's Love Got to Do With It? and creator of the podcast A Muslim & A Jew Go There.

Jemima Kirke

Jemima Kirke, born 1985 in London, is a British-American actress and painter. Known for Jessa Johansson on HBO's Girls, RISD painting degree, and later roles in Sex Education, Conversations with Friends, and City on Fire, plus solo portrait exhibitions.

Jemima Rooper

Jemima Rooper, British actress born in Hammersmith, London, child star as George in The Famous Five, known for As If, Lost in Austen, Atlantis, Flowers in the Attic: The Origin, Geek Girl, and West End theatre work.

Jemma Moore

Jemma Moore (born 1992) is a Hong Kong-born British actor of mixed Chinese and English heritage, known for Jess Li in ITV's Red Eye, Host (2020), Lockwood & Co, and neurodiversity advocacy.

Jemma Redgrave

Jemma Redgrave (Jemima Rebecca Redgrave, born 1965) is a British actress of the Redgrave acting family, known for Bramwell's Dr Eleanor Bramwell, Kate Stewart in Doctor Who, Howards End, and Silent Witness.