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Janeane Garofalo
Janeane Garofalo (born 1964) is an American stand-up comedian and actress, a central figure of early-1990s alternative comedy, known for The Ben Stiller Show, The Larry Sanders Show, Reality Bites, Wet Hot American Summer, and Air America radio.
Janelle James
Janelle James (born 1979, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer known for Principal Ava Coleman on Abbott Elementary, Emmy-nominated 2022–2026, NAACP Image Award winner, and Netflix's Strip Law.
Janet Jackson Japan 2026
Janet Jackson Japan 2026 (ジャネット・ジャクソン来日公演), also billed as Janet Jackson Japan Tour 2026, was her eighth Japan tour: four arena shows in Kobe, Yokohama, and Nagoya in June 2026 with guests Katori Shingo, BE:FIRST, and HANA, whose WOWOW broadcast was later canceled.
Janey Godley
Janey Godley (Jane Godley Currie, 1961–2024) was a Scottish stand-up comedian, actor and writer from Glasgow's East End, known for her 2016 anti-Trump protest sign and viral Covid-era voiceovers of Nicola Sturgeon's briefings ending "Frank, get the door!".
Japanese idol (アイドル)
Japanese idol (アイドル) refers to young entertainers in Japan promoted as approachable adolescent figures, a pop-culture category since the late 1960s. Distinct through fan-contact events, utawari song structures, underground and local idol tiers, and growth-centered fandom.
Jasmine Amy Rogers
Jasmine Amy Rogers (born 1999), also called Jasmine Rogers, is an American musical theater actress and singer who originated Betty Boop in Boop! The Musical on Broadway in 2025, earning a Tony nomination and Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Theatre World Awards.
Jason Manford
Jason Manford (born 1981) is an English stand-up comedian, singer, actor, and presenter from Salford; ex-8 Out of 10 Cats captain, Absolute Radio host, West End musical star, and Big Night of Musicals presenter.
Jason Miller (playwright)
Jason Miller (John Anthony Miller Jr., 1939-2001), American playwright and actor; won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize and Tony for That Championship Season and was Oscar-nominated as Father Karras in The Exorcist.
Jason Robert Brown
Jason Robert Brown is an American composer and lyricist for musical theater whose shows include Parade, The Last Five Years, and The Bridges of Madison County.
Jasper Carrott
Jasper Carrott (Robert Davis, born 1945) is a Birmingham comedian and TV presenter who rose from folk clubs to a 1975 novelty hit, Funky Moped, and shows like Carrott's Lib, The Detectives, and Golden Balls.
Jatra
Jatra, also spelled Yatra, is a Bengali folk drama combining acting, song, music, and dance, thriving in West Bengal and Bangladesh since at least the sixteenth century.
Javier Muñoz (actor)
Javier Muñoz, American Broadway actor, replaced Lin-Manuel Miranda as Usnavi in In the Heights (2009) and as Alexander Hamilton in Hamilton (2016–2018); also Shadowhunters, HIV activism, and 2026's Galileo.
Jay Pharoah
Jay Pharoah (Jared Antonio Farrow, born 1987) is an American comedian and impressionist from Chesapeake, Virginia, an SNL cast member 2010–2016 known for Obama, Jay-Z, and Denzel impressions, later White Famous and the 2024 special JARED.
Jayde Adams
Jayde Adams (Jayde Pricilla Gail Adams, born 1984) is an English comedian, actor, writer and presenter from Bristol. Funny Women 2014 winner, Leanne in Alma's Not Normal, star of ITV's Ruby Speaking, 2022 Strictly Come Dancing contestant.
Jazz dance
Jazz dance: American dance forms from African-American vernacular roots of the 1910s–1940s, spanning Charleston, Lindy Hop, and authentic jazz to Jack Cole's theatrical jazz, Fosse, and modern studio styles.
Jazz Emu
Jazz Emu is a British musical comedy character, a delusional electro-funk pop star created and performed by ex-Cambridge Footlights comedian Archie Henderson. Known for online videos since 2018 and Fringe shows You Shouldn't Have, Knight Fever and The Pleasure Is All Yours.
Jean Butler
Jean Butler, Irish-American dancer and choreographer born in Mineola, New York, co-choreographed and originated the female principal role of Riverdance at Eurovision 1994, later pursued contemporary dance, and founded the Our Steps Irish dance archive.
Jean Genet
Jean Genet (1910–1986), French poet, novelist, playwright, and activist; author of Our Lady of the Flowers, The Maids, The Balcony, The Blacks, and The Screens; ex-convict pardoned in 1949, later Black Panther and Palestinian supporter.
Jean Racine
Jean Racine, also known as Jean-Baptiste Racine, was a French dramatist born at La Ferté-Milon in 1639 whose classical tragedies include Phèdre and Britannicus.
Jedermann
Jedermann, subtitled The Play of the Dying of the Rich Man, is a German verse morality play by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, first staged in Berlin in 1911 and a fixture of the Salzburg Festival since 1920.
Jeff Arcuri
Jeff Arcuri is an American stand-up comedian known for crowd work and viral clips, a Michigan native who came up in Chicago and New York, and star of the 2026 Netflix debut special Nice to Meet You.
Jeff B. Davis
Jeff B. Davis (Jeffrey Bryan Davis, born 1973, Los Angeles) is an American actor, comedian, and singer, a recurring guest on Whose Line Is It Anyway?, star of Drew Carey's Green Screen Show and Improv-A-Ganza, Harmontown podcast comptroller, and Whose Live Anyway? touring improviser, known for Walken and Goldblum impressions.
Jeff Corey
Jeff Corey (1914–2002), born Arthur Zwerling, was an American character actor and acting teacher who was blacklisted in 1951 and became Hollywood's most influential acting coach.
Jeff Dunham
Jeff Dunham, born 1962 in Dallas, is an American ventriloquist and comedian whose puppets Walter, Peanut, and Achmed the Dead Terrorist made him a record-setting arena touring act.
Jeff Dye
Jeff Dye is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and host from Kent, Washington, a third-place finalist on Last Comic Standing Season 6, host of MTV's Money From Strangers and Girl Code, star of NBC's Better Late Than Never, and a recurring Gutfeld! guest.
Jeff Foxworthy
Jeff Foxworthy (Jeffrey Marshall Foxworthy), born 1958 in Atlanta, Georgia, is an American stand-up comedian known for his "You might be a redneck if..." jokes.
Jeff Garlin
Jeff Garlin (born 1962, Chicago) is an American comedian and actor, Jeff Greene on Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000-2024, also executive producer, 11 Emmy nominations), formerly Murray Goldberg on The Goldbergs until his 2021 HR-investigation exit.
Jeff Ross
Jeff Ross (Jeffrey Ross Lifschultz, born 1965), American insult comedian nicknamed the Roastmaster General by Jimmy Kimmel; Comedy Central roast fixture, Roast Battle creator, and 2025 Broadway one-man show Take a Banana for the Ride.
Jeff Weiss
Jeff Weiss, also known as Jeffrey Weiss, was an American playwright and actor central to New York's experimental Off-Off-Broadway theater, best known for And That's How the Rent Gets Paid.
Jeffrey Daniel
Jeffrey Daniel, American dancer, choreographer, and Shalamar founding member; pioneered the backslide, taught Michael Jackson the moonwalk, co-choreographed Smooth Criminal and Bad, and starred in Starlight Express.