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Rowdy Rathore
Rowdy Rathore is a 2012 Hindi action comedy directed by Prabhu Deva, starring Akshay Kumar as both a Mumbai thief and a police officer, with Sonakshi Sinha.
Rowell Santiago
Rowell Santiago (Rowell Joseph Legaspi Santiago, born 1963) is a Filipino actor and director, known for Tanging Yaman, Ang Probinsyano, the A Very Special Love films, and directing Paikot-Ikot, Forever, and Luv Text.
Rowlf the Dog
Rowlf the Dog: piano-playing brown dog Muppet built in 1962 by Don Sahlin to Jim Henson's design for Purina Dog Chow commercials; first nationally known Muppet star on The Jimmy Dean Show (1963–1966), later The Muppet Show's resident pianist and Dr. Bob; performed by Henson, then Bill Barretta.
Roxann Dawson
Roxann Dawson, also credited as Roxann Biggs-Dawson, is an American actress, director, and writer known for B'Elanna Torres on Star Trek: Voyager and for directing Breakthrough, Foundation, and many TV series.
Roxanne (film)
Roxanne is a 1987 American romantic comedy directed by Fred Schepisi, starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah, adapted from Edmond Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac.
Roxanne McKee
Roxanne McKee (born 1980) is a British actress and model known as Louise Summers in Hollyoaks and Doreah in Game of Thrones, later lead in Dominion and Strike Back.
Roxanne Pallett
Roxanne Pallett (Roxanne Kaboli-Nejad, born 1982, Carlisle), also Roxanne Carrion, English actress who played Jo Stiles/Sugden in Emmerdale 2005–2008; later Dancing on Ice, horror films, and the 2018 Celebrity Big Brother punch row with Ryan Thomas.
Roxanne Roxanne
Roxanne Roxanne is a 2017 biographical drama directed by Michael Larnell about rapper Roxanne Shanté, the 14-year-old Queensbridge battle rapper behind 1984's "Roxanne's Revenge"; it premiered at Sundance and streamed on Netflix from March 23, 2018.
Roxie Hart
Roxie Hart is the murderous, fame-seeking chorus girl at the center of Maurine Dallas Watkins's 1926 play Chicago and its musical, inspired by Beulah Annan's 1924 trial; played by Gwen Verdon (1975), Ann Reinking (1996 revival), and many celebrity replacements.
Roxxxy Andrews
Roxxxy Andrews (Michael Feliciano) is an American drag performer from Orlando, Florida, runner-up on Drag Race season 5 (2013) to Jinkx Monsoon and on All Stars 9 alongside Vanjie, famed for her double wig reveal and lip syncs.
Roxy Mitchell
Roxy Mitchell (Roxanne Mitchell) is a fictional EastEnders character played by Rita Simons 2007–2017, sister of Ronnie, mother of Amy by Jack Branning, drowned on 1 January 2017, with cameo returns in 2019 and 2023.
Roxy Sternberg
Roxy Sternberg (Roxanne Sternberg), British actress born 1989 in London, lives in Brooklyn; best known as Special Agent Sheryll Barnes on CBS's FBI: Most Wanted (2020–2025), with roles in MARS, Emerald City, Absentia, and BBC's Famalam.
Roy (film)
Roy (रॉय) is a 2015 Hindi romantic drama, Vikramjit Singh's directorial debut, starring Ranbir Kapoor as thief Roy, Arjun Rampal as filmmaker Kabir Grewal, and Jacqueline Fernandez; a T-Series production that flopped despite a strong opening.
Roy Barraclough
Roy Barraclough (1935-2017), English comic actor, played Cissie opposite Les Dawson's Ada and Alec Gilroy, Rovers Return landlord in Coronation Street, 1986-1998; MBE 2006.
Roy Castle
Roy Castle (1932-1994), English entertainer, jazz trumpeter and long-running presenter of BBC's Record Breakers from 1972; broke nine world records, died of lung cancer as a non-smoker, namesake of the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation.
Roy Chubby Brown
Roy Chubby Brown, stage name of Royston Vasey (born 1945, Grangetown, Middlesbrough), English blue stand-up comedian in flying helmet and patchwork suit; huge video sales, no TV series, repeated venue bans.
Roy Clarke
Roy Clarke (born Royston Clarke, 28 January 1930) is an English sitcom writer who wrote all 295 episodes of Last of the Summer Wine and created Open All Hours, Keeping Up Appearances, and Still Open All Hours; OBE 2002, knighted 2026.
Roy Cropper
Roy Cropper (Royston Cropper) is a fictional Coronation Street cafe owner played by David Neilson since 19 July 1995; owner of Roy's Rolls, husband of Hayley Patterson, known for his anorak, honesty, and Humanist values.
Roy Dotrice
Roy Dotrice (1923–2017), British character actor, Tony winner for A Moon for the Misbegotten, record-holder for 1,782 performances of Brief Lives, and narrator of the A Song of Ice and Fire audiobooks with a Guinness-record 224 voices in A Game of Thrones.
Roy Dupuis
Roy Dupuis, Canadian actor born 1963 in New Liskeard, Ontario; star of Les filles de Caleb, La Femme Nikita, The Rocket, and Shake Hands with the Devil as Roméo Dallaire.
Roy E. Disney
Roy E. Disney, born Roy Edward Disney, was an American executive and film producer who led the Disney animation revival and the campaign that ousted Michael Eisner.
Roy Harper (character)
Roy Harper, DC Comics archer created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp, debuted as Speedy in More Fun Comics #73 (1941); later Arsenal and Red Arrow, Teen Titans founder, known for the 1971 heroin-addiction story Snowbirds Don't Fly.
Roy Hudd
Roy Hudd (1936-2020), English comedian, actor and broadcaster; host of BBC Radio 2's The News Huddlines (1975-2001), Coronation Street's Archie Shuttleworth, and president of the British Music Hall Society.
Roy Kinnear
Roy Mitchell Kinnear (1934–1988), English character actor and comedian, star of That Was the Week That Was, Mr. Salt in Willy Wonka, and Planchet in Lester's Musketeers films; died filming the 1989 sequel.
Roy Lee
Roy Lee (born 1969, Brooklyn) is a Korean-American producer, co-founder of Vertigo Entertainment, known for The Ring, The Grudge, The Departed, It, and A Minecraft Movie.
Roy Marsden
Roy Marsden, born Roy Anthony Mould (1941), is a British actor famous as Commander Adam Dalgliesh in the ITV Anglia Television adaptations of P.D. James novels (1983-1998), and as Neil Burnside in The Sandbaggers; he legally adopted the name Marsden in 2005.
Roy O. Disney
Roy O. Disney (1893-1971), Walt Disney's older brother and co-founder of the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio in 1923, was the company's financial manager, president 1945-1968, chairman 1964-1971, and builder of Walt Disney World.
Roy Redgrave
Roy Redgrave (George Ellsworthy Redgrave, 1873-1922), English-born stage and silent film actor in Australia, patriarch of the Redgrave acting dynasty, father of Michael, star of L'Aiglon and Robbery Under Arms (1920).
Roy Scheider
Roy Scheider (1932–2008), American actor, Police Chief Brody in Jaws, Oscar-nominated for The French Connection and All That Jazz; also Marathon Man, Sorcerer, seaQuest DSV; died of multiple myeloma.
Roy Thinnes
Roy Thinnes (born April 6, 1938, Chicago) is an American actor, best known as architect David Vincent in ABC's The Invaders (1967-68) and as Jeremiah Smith on The X-Files; also General Hospital, Falcon Crest, Dark Shadows.