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Ray Harryhausen

Ray Harryhausen (1920-2013), American stop-motion animator and special effects pioneer, creator of Dynamation and creatures for Jason and the Argonauts, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, and Clash of the Titans.

Ray Liotta

Ray Liotta (1954-2022), American actor famous as Henry Hill in Goodfellas and Shoeless Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams; Emmy winner for ER, voice of GTA Vice City's Tommy Vercetti.

Ray McKinnon (actor)

Ray McKinnon (born 1957, Adel, Georgia) is an American actor-writer-director, not to be confused with the soccer manager of the same name. Known for Reverend Smith in Deadwood, Lincoln Potter in Sons of Anarchy/Mayans M.C., the Oscar-winning short The Accountant, and creating Rectify.

Ray Meagher

Ray Meagher (Raymond Francis Meagher), Australian actor born 1944 in Roma, Queensland; Alf Stewart on Home and Away since the 1988 pilot, only original cast member, Guinness record holder, 2010 Gold Logie and 2017 OAM recipient.

Ray Mendoza (director)

Ray Mendoza (Raymond Mendoza), American retired Navy SEAL and filmmaker; co-wrote and co-directed A24's Warfare (2025) with Alex Garland, recreating his November 2006 Ramadi mission; former military advisor on Civil War, Lone Survivor, Jurassic World.

Ray Milland

Ray Milland (Reginald Alfred John Truscott-Jones, 1907–1986), Welsh-born actor and director, Paramount star, Oscar and Cannes winner for The Lost Weekend (1945), later Dial M for Murder and Love Story.

Ray Panthaki

Ray Panthaki (born 1979, London) is a British actor, writer, director, and producer known for EastEnders, Marcella, Away, The Serpent Queen, and his BIFA-nominated role in Boiling Point; he runs Urban Way and directs In Starland.

Ray Park

Ray Park (born 1974, Glasgow) is a Scottish actor, stuntman, and wushu martial artist, the physical portrayer of Darth Maul in The Phantom Menace and Solo, also Toad in X-Men and Snake Eyes in G.I. Joe.

Ray Quinn

Ray Quinn (Raymond Arthur Quinn, born 1988) is an English singer, actor, and dancer from Knowsley, Merseyside: Brookside's Anthony Murray, 2006 X Factor runner-up to Leona Lewis, UK number-one debut album Doing It My Way, and two-time Dancing on Ice champion.

Ray Romano

Ray Romano (born 1957, Queens, New York) is an American stand-up comedian and actor, star of CBS's Everybody Loves Raymond (1996–2005) and voice of Manny in Ice Age, later known for dramatic roles in Men of a Certain Age, The Irishman, and directing Somewhere in Queens.

Ray Sharkey

Ray Sharkey (Raymond Sharkey Jr., 1952–1993), American actor of The Idolmaker and Wiseguy's Sonny Steelgrave; won the 1981 Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy; died of AIDS in Brooklyn.

Ray Stevenson

Ray Stevenson (George Raymond Stevenson, 1964–2023) was a Northern Irish actor known for Titus Pullo in HBO's Rome, the Punisher, Volstagg in Thor, RRR's Governor Buxton, and posthumous Baylan Skoll in Ahsoka.

Ray Teal

Ray Teal (Ray Elgin Teal, 1902–1976), American character actor and former UCLA bandleader, best known as Sheriff Roy Coffee on Bonanza (1960–1972) and for Judgment at Nuremberg, Ace in the Hole, and Inherit the Wind.

Ray Walston

Ray Walston (Herman Walston, 1914–2001), American stage, film, and TV actor; Tony winner as the Devil in Damn Yankees, Uncle Martin on My Favorite Martian, two-time Emmy winner as Judge Henry Bone on Picket Fences.

Ray William Johnson

Ray William Johnson (born 1981, Oklahoma City) is an American YouTuber who created the viral-video commentary series Equals Three (=3), the most-subscribed YouTube channel from 2011 to 2013, and the animated virtual band Your Favorite Martian.

Ray Winstone

Ray Winstone (born 1957, Hackney, London) is an English actor and former Repton boxer known for Scum, Nil by Mouth, Sexy Beast, The Departed, and Bobby Glass in Netflix's The Gentlemen.

Ray Wise

Ray Wise (Raymond Herbert Wise, born 1947, Akron, Ohio) is an American character actor known as Leland Palmer in Twin Peaks and Fire Walk With Me, Leon Nash in RoboCop, and the Devil in Reaper.

Raya and the Last Dragon

Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) is Walt Disney Animation Studios' 59th feature, directed by Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada, starring Kelly Marie Tran as Disney's first Southeast Asian princess and Awkwafina as Sisu, set in Kumandra and inspired by Southeast Asian cultures.

Rayasianboy

Rayasianboy, also known as Chen-Ruei Hsu, is a Taiwanese streamer whose 2023 chance meeting with Kai Cenat in Tokyo led to millions of followers and a 2025 Streamer Award.

Raylene

Raylene, born Stacey Briana Bernstein in 1977, is the stage name of an American adult film actress (1996-2014, Vivid Entertainment, AVN Best Actress 2001, AVN Hall of Fame 2008); the name is also used by singer Raylene Rankin and other performers.

Raymond Ablack

Raymond Ablack is a Canadian actor, comedian, producer, and writer of Indo-Guyanese descent, born 1989 in Toronto, known for Sav Bhandari in Degrassi: The Next Generation, Joe in Netflix's Ginny & Georgia, and Nate in Maid.

Raymond Bailey

Raymond Thomas Bailey (1904–1980), American character actor; played banker Milburn Drysdale in 248 episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971); earlier Broadway and film bit parts.

Raymond Burr

Raymond Burr (1917–1993), Canadian-born actor, played Perry Mason on CBS 1957–66 and Ironside 1967–75, won 1959 and 1961 Emmys, and earlier played film villains in Rear Window and Godzilla.

Raymond Cruz

Raymond Cruz (also Ray Cruz), American character actor born 1964, known as Tuco Salamanca in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul and Detective Julio Sanchez in The Closer and Major Crimes; films include Training Day and Alien: Resurrection.

Raymond J. Barry

Raymond J. Barry (born March 14, 1939, Hempstead, NY) is an American character actor of over 100 screen titles, known for Born on the Fourth of July, Dead Man Walking, and Arlo Givens on Justified, with Obie Awards and a 2007 Independent Spirit nomination for Steel City.

Raymond Lam (林峰)

Raymond Lam (林峯), born 1979, Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer; TVB star of A Step into the Past and Line Walker, Huading and Asian Television Awards winner, and Best Actor nominee for Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2024).

Raymond Massey

Raymond Massey (Raymond Hart Massey, 1896-1983), Canadian-born American actor of Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Santa Fe Trail, East of Eden, and Dr. Kildare's Dr. Gillespie; Oscar-nominated Lincoln portrayer, brother of Governor General Vincent Massey.

Raymond Reddington

Raymond "Red" Reddington, played by James Spader, is the criminal-mastermind protagonist of NBC's The Blacklist (2013–2023), an FBI informant whose true identity, including the Katarina Rostova implication, stays unresolved until his death in the 2023 finale.

Rayna Jaymes

Rayna Jaymes is the fictional country superstar played by Connie Britton in Nashville (2012–2018), created by Callie Khouri; a two-decade queen of country music, Highway 65 founder, killed off in season 5 when Britton left.

Rayveness

Rayveness, also known as Gina-Raye Carter, is an American adult film actress born in 1972 who is in both the AVN and XRCO Halls of Fame.