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Ravi K. Chandran

Ravi K. Chandran (രവി കെ ചന്ദ്രന്‍), born 1965, is an Indian cinematographer and director working in Malayalam, Tamil, and Hindi cinema, known for Dil Chahta Hai and Black.

Ravi Kishan (रवि किशन शुक्ला)

Ravi Kishan (Ravindra Shukla, रवि किशन शुक्ला), born 1969 in Mumbai, is a Bhojpuri and Hindi film actor and BJP MP from Gorakhpur since 2019, re-elected 2024; known for Saiyaan Hamar, Laapataa Ladies, and a 2022 population-control bill.

Ravi Patel (actor)

Ravi Vasant Patel (born 1978, Freeport, Illinois) is an American actor, writer, and director known for Meet the Patels, Master of None, Grandfathered, and as Amit Patel on Fox's Animal Control; distinct from actor Ravi R. Patel (born 1990).

Ravi Teja (రవి తేజ)

Ravi Teja (Telugu: రవి తేజ), born Bhupatiraju Ravi Shankar Raju, is an Indian Telugu-film actor and producer, born 1968 in Jaggampeta, Andhra Pradesh. Nicknamed Mass Maharaja, he rose from assistant director to stardom with Idiot (2002), won Nandi and Filmfare awards, and his films include Vikramarkudu, Kick, Dhamaka, and Irumudi (2026).

Ravi Varma (Kakinada actor)

Ravi Varma (Kakinada actor): Telugu character actor from Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, debut Vennela (2005), Raakhi with Jr. NTR, Ghazi Attack; distinct from Ravi Varma Adduri.

Ravi Varman

Ravi Varman (S. Ravi Varman), Indian cinematographer from Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu; shot Barfi!, Ram-Leela, Tamasha, Jagga Jasoos, Ponniyin Selvan I & II; won the 70th National Film Award for Best Cinematography and joined the ASC in 2025.

Ravichandran (Kannada actor)

Veeraswamy Ravichandran (ರವಿಚಂದ್ರನ್), the "Crazy Star" of Kannada cinema, is an actor-director-music director born 1961 (some sources say 1960, Tirunelveli). Debut Khadeema Kallaru (1982); directorial debut Premaloka (1987); known for Shanti Kranti's pan-Indian gamble and the AI film I Am God – The Crazy.

Ravichandran (Tamil actor)

Ravichandran, born B. S. Raman and credited as Kalaingnar Thilagham, was a Tamil actor who debuted in the 1964 hit Kadhalikka Neramillai and starred in over 105 films.

Ravindra Mahajani (रवींद्र महाजनी)

Ravindra Mahajani (रवींद्र महाजनी, 1949–2023), Marathi actor-director born in Belgaum, debuted in Zhunj (1975), starred in Mumbaicha Fauzdar and Lakshmi, nicknamed the Vinod Khanna of Marathi films, father of Gashmeer Mahajani.

Raviv Ullman

Raviv Ullman (Ricky Ullman), Israeli-American actor born 1986 in Eilat, lead of Disney Channel's Phil of the Future; later New York theater, Lolawolf drummer, opera director, and co-director of the 2026 SXSW film Drag.

Ravonna

Ravonna (Ravonna Lexus Renslayer) is a Marvel Comics character, a 40th-century princess and Kang the Conqueror's love interest, later the Terminatrix; also the TVA judge played by Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Loki.

Raw (film)

Raw (film) is a 2016 French-Belgian horror drama, directed by Julia Ducournau. It follows Justine, a student who transforms after hazings force her to eat raw meat.

Raw Deal (1986 film)

Raw Deal is a 1986 American action film directed by John Irvin and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as an ex-FBI agent who goes undercover against a Chicago mob family.

Raw Time

Raw Time (rAw TiMe) was Dave Prewitt's Austin, Texas public-access cable music-video and call-in show, airing Saturday midnight–4am from the early 1990s to 2007 alongside CapZeyeZ, featuring underplayed national acts and unpaid rotating co-hosts.

Rawhead Rex

Rawhead Rex (1986/1987) is a folk horror film directed by George Pavlou, adapted by Clive Barker from his Books of Blood story, shot in County Wicklow, Ireland, starring David Dukes; Barker disowned it.

Rawhide (TV series)

Rawhide (1959-1966) is a CBS American Western TV series created by Charles Marquis Warren, 217 black-and-white episodes about a San Antonio-to-Sedalia cattle drive led by Gil Favor (Eric Fleming) and Rowdy Yates (Clint Eastwood), canceled January 1966 by CBS's William Paley.

Rawhide Kid

Rawhide Kid (Johnny Bart) is a Marvel Western gunslinger launched by Atlas in 1955, revived by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in Rawhide Kid #17 (1960), running to #151 (1979), later reconceived as gay in the 2003 MAX miniseries Slap Leather.

Rawson Marshall Thurber

Rawson Marshall Thurber (born 1975) is an American director-screenwriter of Dodgeball, We're the Millers, Central Intelligence, Skyscraper, and Red Notice, known for original action comedies with Dwayne Johnson and for the Terry Tate Reebok shorts.

Ray

Ray is a 2021 Netflix Hindi-language anthology series adapting four Satyajit Ray short stories, directed by Abhishek Chaubey, Srijit Mukherji, and Vasan Bala, starring Manoj Bajpayee, Ali Fazal, Kay Kay Menon, and Harshvarrdhan Kapoor, released June 25, 2021.

Ray (film)

Ray (2004) is Taylor Hackford's biographical drama of Ray Charles, starring Jamie Foxx, released by Universal on Oct 29, 2004; it grossed $75.3M in the US, won two Oscars including Best Actor, and was the first Black biopic nominated for Best Picture.

Ray (Ray Terrill)

Ray (Ray Terrill) is a DC Comics superhero, the second The Ray, created by Jack C. Harris and Joe Quesada, debuting in Ray Vol. 1 #1 (1992); son of Golden Age Ray Happy Terrill, light-powered, member of the Freedom Fighters and the Justice League.

Ray Bolger

Ray Bolger (Raymond Wallace Bolger, 1904-1987) was an American eccentric dancer, singer, and vaudeville comic, the Scarecrow in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and the 1949 Tony-winning star of Where's Charley?, later a 1950s ABC sitcom lead.

Ray Collins (actor)

Ray Collins (1889–1965), American character actor of stage, radio, film, and television; Mercury Theatre regular, Jim Gettys in Citizen Kane, Lt. Tragg on Perry Mason (271 episodes).

Ray Combs

Ray Combs (Raymond Neil Combs Jr., 1956–1996) was an American comedian and game show host from Hamilton, Ohio, who hosted Family Feud on CBS and in syndication from 1988 to 1994 before Richard Dawson replaced him; he died by suicide in 1996.

Ray Danton

Ray Danton (Raymond Caplan, 1931–1992), American radio, film, and TV actor and director, known for title roles as Legs Diamond (1960, 1961) and George Raft (1961), later a TV director.

Ray Dennis Steckler

Ray Dennis Steckler (1938-2009), aka Cash Flagg, American exploitation filmmaker of Wild Guitar, The Incredibly Strange Creatures, The Thrill Killers, and Rat Pfink a Boo Boo; later Las Vegas adult films.

Ray Donovan

Ray Donovan: Showtime crime drama (2013–2019, 7 seasons, 82 episodes) created by Ann Biderman, starring Liev Schreiber as a Hollywood fixer from South Boston, with Jon Voight as his paroled father Mickey; one Emmy win from ten nominations, followed by a 2022 movie.

Ray Fearon

Ray Fearon (Raymond Fearon, born 1973) is a British stage and screen actor, RSC Associate Artist and the first black actor to play Othello on the main RSC stage, also known for Coronation Street, Harry Potter, Barbie, and as President of Rose Bruford College.

Ray Fisher (actor)

Ray Fisher (born 1987, Baltimore) is an American actor known as Cyborg/Victor Stone in the DC Extended Universe's Justice League films, Muhammad Ali in Fetch Clay, Make Man, and Lymon in Broadway and film versions of The Piano Lesson.

Ray Gunn

Ray Gunn is a 2026 American animated neo-noir science fiction mystery film directed by Brad Bird, set in the retro-futuristic city of Metropia and released on Netflix, starring Sam Rockwell as a private detective.