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Stephen Dorff

Stephen Dorff (born 1973, Atlanta) is an American actor known as Deacon Frost in Blade (1998), Stuart Sutcliffe in Backbeat, Johnny Marco in Sofia Coppola's Somewhere, and Roland West in True Detective season 3; also an executive producer on Felon, Brake, Zaytoun, and Embattled.

Stephen Flaherty

Stephen Flaherty (born 1960, Pittsburgh) is an American musical theatre composer; with lyricist Lynn Ahrens he wrote Ragtime (1998 Tony), Once on This Island, Seussical, and Anastasia, earning Oscar, Golden Globe, and Grammy nominations.

Stephen Frears

Stephen Frears (Stephen Arthur Frears) is a British film and television director from Leicester, knighted, known for My Beautiful Laundrette, Dangerous Liaisons, The Grifters, The Queen, and Philomena, with two Oscar directing nominations.

Stephen Frost

Stephen Frederick Eustace Frost (born 1955) is an English actor and comedian, AKA Steve Frost, of the Oblivion Boys double act, the Comedy Store Players, and Whose Line Is It Anyway?.

Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry (born 1957, Hampstead, London) is a British actor, comedian, writer, and broadcaster, also known as a QI host and knighted in 2024. Known for Blackadder's Melchett, Jeeves and Wooster, A Bit of Fry and Laurie, the film Wilde, and Emmy-winning mental-health documentaries.

Stephen Fung (冯德伦)

Stephen Fung (冯德伦), born 1974, is a Hong Kong actor and film director whose credits include Enter the Phoenix, Tai Chi Zero, and Netflix's Wu Assassins.

Stephen Furst

Stephen Furst (Stephen Nelson Feuerstein), 1954-2017, American actor best known as Flounder in Animal House, Dr. Elliot Axelrod on St. Elsewhere, and Vir Cotto on Babylon 5; also a director and producer.

Stephen Gaghan

Stephen Gaghan (born 1965, Louisville, Kentucky) is an American screenwriter and director who won the 2001 Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for Traffic, wrote and directed Syriana (2005), and later directed Gold (2016) and Dolittle (2020).

Stephen Geoffreys

Stephen Geoffreys (born Stephen Geoffrey Miller, 1964, Cincinnati) is an American actor, Tony-nominated in 1984, best known as Evil Ed in Fright Night (1985) and Hoax in 976-EVIL; he worked in gay adult film as Sam Ritter and returned to indie horror with Sick Girl (2007).

Stephen Gevedon

Stephen Gevedon (born 1966, New York City) is an American actor and screenwriter, co-writer and co-star of Session 9 (2001); also known for Oz, Show Me a Hero, The Deuce, and Madoff.

Stephen Glover (screenwriter)

Stephen Glover is an American screenwriter and executive producer, younger brother of Donald Glover, known for FX's Atlanta, the 2017 Emmy-nominated episode 'Streets on Lock,' Guava Island, and Mr. & Mrs. Smith; distinct from the British journalist Stephen Glover.

Stephen Graham

Stephen Graham (born 1973, Kirkby, England) is an English actor, producer, and writer known for This Is England's Combo, Al Capone in Boardwalk Empire, Boiling Point, and the Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning Netflix series Adolescence, which he co-created.

Stephen Gyllenhaal

Stephen Roark Gyllenhaal (born 1949, Cleveland, Ohio) is an American film and TV director, producer, writer, and poet, known for Paris Trout, Waterland, Losing Isaiah, and Homegrown, and father of actors Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal.

Stephen Hibbert

Stephen Hibbert (1957 or 1960–2026), English-born actor and writer, played The Gimp in Pulp Fiction, wrote for Late Night with David Letterman, MADtv, and Boy Meets World, and co-wrote It's Pat: The Movie with Julia Sweeney; distinct from an AWS architect, a Huddersfield academic, and a Qatar Rail lawyer of the same name.

Stephen Hill (actor)

Stephen Hill (born 1969) is the American actor who plays Theodore "TC" Calvin in the Magnum P.I. reboot (2018–2024, 96 episodes); distinct from Steven Hill and from BET's Stephen Hill.

Stephen Hillenburg

Stephen McDannell Hillenburg (1961–2018), American animator and marine biologist, creator of Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants (1999); former Orange County Marine Institute teacher, CalArts graduate, Rocko's Modern Life director, died of ALS.

Stephen Hilton

Stephen Hilton, musician and producer known for music programming, keyboards, and additional music on films such as Moulin Rouge, Ocean's Eleven, and Quantum of Solace, with composer credits mainly on independent films and Pati Yang recordings.

Stephen Hopkins (director)

Stephen Hopkins (born 1958, Jamaica) is a British-Australian film and TV director known for Predator 2, Lost in Space, the pilot and first season of 24, and the Emmy-winning The Life and Death of Peter Sellers.

Stephen J. Cannell

Stephen J. Cannell (1941–2010), American TV writer-producer and novelist; created The Rockford Files, The A-Team, 21 Jump Street; founded Stephen J. Cannell Productions in 1979; Emmy winner; overcame dyslexia.

Stephen K. Amos

Stephen K. Amos (Stephen Kehinde Amos, born 1967) is a British stand-up comedian of Nigerian heritage, host of The Stephen K Amos Show and What Does The K Stand For?, RTS-winning documentary maker, and memoirist.

Stephen Lang

Stephen Lang (born 1952, New York) is an American stage and screen actor and playwright, famed as Colonel Quaritch in the Avatar films, the Blind Man in Don't Breathe, and creator of the Medal of Honor solo show Beyond Glory.

Stephen Lewis (actor)

Stephen Lewis (1926–2015), English actor and playwright, played Inspector 'Blakey' Blake in ITV's On the Buses (1969–73) and Clem 'Smiler' Hemmingway in Last of the Summer Wine; also wrote Sparrers Can't Sing. Distinct from the Canadian politician Stephen Lewis.

Stephen Macht

Stephen Macht (born 1942, Philadelphia) is an American film, TV, and stage actor with over 100 credits, known for Cagney & Lacey, Knots Landing, General Hospital, and as Professor Henry Gerard on Suits, acting opposite his son Gabriel Macht; also a PhD and ordained chaplain.

Stephen Mangan

Stephen Mangan (born 1968, Enfield, London) is an English actor known for Green Wing, Episodes, and The Split, a Tony-nominated stage actor, host of Portrait Artist of the Year, and children's author.

Stephen McGann

Stephen McGann (born 1963, Liverpool) is an English actor, the youngest of the acting McGann brothers, best known as Dr. Patrick Turner in Call the Midwife since 2012; married to writer Heidi Thomas, author of Flesh and Blood.

Stephen McHattie

Stephen McHattie (Stephen McHattie Smith, born 1947, Antigonish, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian stage, film, and television actor with 200+ credits since 1970, known for Pontypool, Watchmen, The Fountain, 300, and his Obie-winning stage work.

Stephen McKinley Henderson

Stephen McKinley Henderson (born 1949, Kansas City, Missouri) is an American character actor famed for August Wilson roles, Jim Bono in Fences, Thufir Hawat in Dune, and Pops in Between Riverside and Crazy, with two Tony nominations and 2023 lifetime achievement honors.

Stephen Merchant

Stephen Merchant (born 1974) is an English actor, comedian, writer, and director who co-created The Office and Extras with Ricky Gervais, later directing Fighting With My Family.

Stephen Moore (actor)

Stephen Moore (1937–2019), English actor, voice of Marvin the Paranoid Android in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio and TV series; Olivier-winning stage veteran of the National Theatre and RSC. Distinct from Stephen Campbell Moore, Stephen Conrad Moore, and the economist.

Stephen Moyer

Stephen Moyer (born 1969, born Stephen John Emery) is an English actor and director, best known as vampire Bill Compton in HBO's True Blood (2008-2014) opposite Anna Paquin; LAMDA-trained, RSC alumnus, later director of The Parting Glass and A Bit of Light.