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Sword Gai (ソードガイ)

Sword Gai (ソードガイ, ソードガイ 装刀凱) is a dark fantasy manga by Toshiki Inoue, Keita Amemiya, and Osamu Kine, serialized in Monthly Hero's 2012–2015 (6 volumes) with sequel Evolve (7 volumes, 2019), adapted as the 2018 Netflix anime SWORDGAI The Animation about cursed weapons turning hosts into Busoma.

Sword in the Moon (청풍명월)

Sword in the Moon (청풍명월, Cheongpungmyeongwol) is a 2003 Korean muhyeop period action film by Kim Ui-seok, starring Choi Min-soo and Cho Jae-hyun as sworn friends split by the 1623 Injo coup; Cannes 2004, 536,258 admissions.

Sword of the Stranger

Sword of the Stranger (ストレンヂア 無皇刃譚, Stranger: Mukou Hadan) is a 2007 Bones anime film directed by Masahiro Ando: a Sengoku-era ronin, Nanashi, guards the boy Kotaro and his dog from Ming Dynasty assassins led by Luo-Lang.

Sword Rose (利刃玫瑰)

Sword Rose (利剑·玫瑰) is a 2025 Chinese CCTV-8 crime drama starring Dilraba Dilmurat as anti-trafficking officer Deng Yan, adapted from 37 real Ministry of Public Security trafficking cases (2018–2023), with missing-children notices after each episode.

Swordfish (film)

Swordfish is a 2001 American action thriller directed by Dominic Sena, in which John Travolta recruits hacker Hugh Jackman to steal billions from a secret government fund.

Swords Into Plowshares (太平年) (TV series)

Swords Into Plowshares (太平年) is a 2026 Chinese 48-episode historical drama by Huace Group, directed by Yang Lei, starring Bai Yu as Wuyue king Qian Hongchu; it premiered January 23, 2026 on CCTV-1 and won the Magnolia Best Chinese TV Series award.

Swords of Legends (古剑奇谭)

Swords of Legends (古剑奇谭, Gujian Qitan) is a Chinese xianxia RPG series and its 2014 52-episode Hunan TV drama adaptation starring Yang Mi and Li Yifeng, a ratings hit that popularized game-to-drama IP adaptation.

Swordsman (笑傲江湖)

Swordsman (笑傲江湖, Xiao Ao Jiang Hu) is the 1990 Hong Kong wuxia film adapted from Jin Yong's novel The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, begun by King Hu, completed under Tsui Hark, starring Sam Hui, and spawning the Swordsman trilogy.

Swordsman II (笑傲江湖II东方不败)

Swordsman II (笑傲江湖II東方不敗), aka The Legend of the Swordsman, is a 1992 Hong Kong wuxia film by Ching Siu-tung and Tsui Hark, starring Jet Li and Brigitte Lin as Dongfang Bubai, adapted from Jin Yong's novel.

Sybil (1976 film)

Sybil (1976 film), also known as Sybil Dorsett story, NBC two-part TV drama starring Sally Field and Joanne Woodward, based on Schreiber's book; Emmy and Peabody winner, later discredited.

Sybil Christopher

Sybil Christopher (born Sybil Williams, 1929–2013), Welsh actress, first wife of Richard Burton, founder of the New York disco Arthur and co-founder and artistic director of Bay Street Theatre, Sag Harbor.

Sybil Danning

Sybil Danning (Sybille Johanna Danninger), Austrian-American actress, model, and producer nicknamed the Queen of the B movies; star of Battle Beyond the Stars (1980), Chained Heat, Howling II, and Rob Zombie's Halloween (2007); birth year disputed.

Syd Field

Syd Field (1935–2013), American screenwriting teacher and author of Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting (1979), creator of the three-act paradigm with plot points, midpoint, and pinches, used in hundreds of colleges worldwide.

Sydnee Steele

Sydnee Steele (Amy Jaynes, born 1968, Dallas) is an American sex therapist, author, and former pornographic actress; over 300 films, Wicked Pictures contract 2001, AVN Best Actress 2002, Hall of Fame 2007.

Sydney Adamu

Sydney "Syd" Adamu, fictional chef on FX's The Bear, created by Christopher Storer, played by Ayo Edebiri; formally trained sous chef at the Original Beef of Chicagoland who becomes Chef de Cuisine at The Bear.

Sydney Chaplin

Sydney Chaplin names two actors in the Chaplin family: Sydney Chaplin (1885–1965), Charlie Chaplin's elder half-brother, a Karno and Keystone comedian who managed Charlie's contracts, and Sydney Earle Chaplin (1926–2009), his nephew, a Tony-winning Broadway star of Bells Are Ringing and Funny Girl.

Sydney Chaplin (American actor)

Sydney Earl Chaplin (1926–2009), American stage and screen actor, second son of Charlie Chaplin and Lita Grey; Tony winner for Bells Are Ringing, starred in Funny Girl and Limelight; distinct from his half-uncle Syd Chaplin (1885–1965).

Sydney Cole Alexander

Sydney Cole Alexander is an American actress and producer from New York, a Purchase College BFA graduate known for playing Natalie Kalen on Severance, Lt. Cmdr. Bennet in Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, and Zoe in Psycho Therapy.

Sydney Craven

Sydney Craven (born 1994, London) is an English actress and former Commonwealth taekwondo champion, known for Alexandra D'Costa in EastEnders (2017) and the horror films Jeepers Creepers: Reborn and Slotherhouse.

Sydney Fox

Sydney Fox is the fictional professor and relic hunter played by Tia Carrere in Relic Hunter (1999–2002), a 66-episode series created by Gil Grant, alongside assistant Nigel Bailey.

Sydney Greenstreet

Sydney Greenstreet (1879–1954), English-born stage actor, debuted on film at about 61 as Kasper Gutman in The Maltese Falcon (1941), earned one Oscar nomination, made 24 Warner Bros. films, and partnered with Peter Lorre in nine.

Sydney James Harcourt

Sydney James Harcourt (born 1979, Detroit) is an American Broadway actor, singer, and dancer, an original Hamilton cast member and first replacement Aaron Burr (700+ performances), 2016 Grammy winner, and originator of Rum Tum Tugger in Cats: The Jellicle Ball.

Sydney Martin (actress)

English actress Sydney-Leigh Martin (born 2001, Bury), distinct from an American model of the same name, has played Betsy Swain, daughter of DS Lisa Swain, on ITV's Coronation Street since June 2024 in her first TV role.

Sydney Park (actress)

Sydney Park (born 1997) is an American actress and comedian, also known as Syd the Kid, from Philadelphia. Known for Caitlin in Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, Cyndie on The Walking Dead, and lead Makani Young in Netflix's There's Someone Inside Your House (2021).

Sydney Penny

Sydney Penny (born 1971) is an American actress from Nashville, Tennessee, known for Young Meggie in The Thorn Birds, Megan Wheeler in Pale Rider, and soap roles on Santa Barbara and All My Children.

Sydney Pollack

Sydney Pollack (1934-2008), American director, producer, and actor; two-time Oscar winner for Out of Africa; known for Tootsie, They Shoot Horses, and seven films with Robert Redford.

Sydney Sweeney

Sydney Sweeney (Sydney Bernice Sweeney), American actress born 1997 in Spokane, Washington; Emmy-nominated for Euphoria (Cassie Howard) and The White Lotus; producer of Anyone But You and The Housemaid; star of Christy.

Sydney Tamiia Poitier

Sydney Tamiia Poitier (born 1973) is a Bahamian-American actress, daughter of Sidney Poitier and Joanna Shimkus, known for Jungle Julia in Death Proof, Veronica Mars, Knight Rider, Carter, and Common Side Effects.

Sydney Taylor (actress)

Sydney Taylor is an American actress born in Orlando, Florida. She is known for playing Amelia Taylor in the 2023 Disney+ series American Born Chinese.

Sydney Theatre Company

Sydney Theatre Company is a not-for-profit theater company founded in 1978, based at The Wharf on Sydney Harbour and resident at the Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre.