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David Alvarez (actor)

David Alvarez (born 1994, Montreal) is a Canadian dancer-actor, one of the three original Billys of Broadway's Billy Elliot and a joint 2009 Tony winner, later Bernardo in Spielberg's West Side Story (2021), Isaac English in American Rust, and Gael Rodriguez in Étoile (2025).

David Anders

David Anders (David Anders Holt, born 1981, Grants Pass, Oregon) is an American TV and stage actor known for Julian Sark in Alias, Adam Monroe in Heroes, Blaine DeBeers in iZombie, and Dr. Whale in Once Upon a Time.

David Andrews (actor)

David Andrews (Stanley David Andrews, born 1952, Baton Rouge) is an American character actor and former Stanford Law-trained lawyer, known for Apollo 13, Terminator 3, Fair Game, JAG, and The Boys.

David Angell

David Lawrence Angell (April 10, 1946 or 1947 – September 11, 2001), American TV writer and producer; co-creator of Cheers, Wings, and Frasier with Peter Casey and David Lee; died aboard Flight 11.

David Anthony Higgins

David Anthony Higgins (Dave Higgins), American actor and writer born 1961 in Des Moines, Iowa; Craig Feldspar on Malcolm in the Middle, Harry on Mike & Molly, Joe on Ellen, and co-writer of The Wrong Guy.

David Arnold

David Arnold (born 1962, Luton, England) is a British film and TV composer, Grammy winner for Independence Day, composer of five James Bond scores from Tomorrow Never Dies to Quantum of Solace, and co-composer of Sherlock with Michael Price.

David Arquette

David Arquette (born 1971, Winchester, Virginia) is an American actor, Dewey Riley in Scream, and briefly the 2000 WCW World Heavyweight Champion, a stunt fans reviled; he later returned to indie wrestling and Scream 7.

David Attenborough

Sir David Attenborough (born 8 May 1926, Leicester) is an English broadcaster and naturalist, BBC controller of BBC2, creator of Zoo Quest and Life on Earth, and record-holding narrator of wildlife documentaries who turned 100 in 2026.

David Attenborough filmography

David Attenborough filmography: the natural history documentaries presented, produced, or narrated by Sir David Attenborough from 1952 to the present, including Zoo Quest (1954), the Life series from Life on Earth (1979), Planet Earth (2006), Blue Planet II (2017), and Ocean (2025).

David Ayer

David Ayer (born 1968, Champaign, Illinois) is an American screenwriter-director of Training Day, End of Watch, Fury, Suicide Squad, and The Beekeeper; produces through Crave Films; next film Heart of the Beast (2026) with Brad Pitt.

David Baddiel

David Baddiel (born 1964, Troy, New York) is a British comedian, author and TV presenter, half of Newman and Baddiel, the first comedy act to sell out Wembley Arena, co-writer of Three Lions, and author of Jews Don't Count.

David Bamber

David Bamber (born 1954, Walkden, Lancashire) is an English RADA-trained actor, Olivier Award winner for My Night with Reg, best known as Mr Collins in the 1995 BBC Pride and Prejudice, Cicero in Rome, and Hitler in Valkyrie.

David Belle

David Belle (born 1973, Fécamp, France) is the French founder of parkour, developed in Lisses with the Yamakasi, and an actor and stunt coordinator known for District B13, Brick Mansions, and Dying Light 2.

David Benioff

David Benioff (born David Friedman) is an American novelist and screenwriter, co-creator with D.B. Weiss of HBO's Game of Thrones (2011–2019) and Netflix's 3 Body Problem (2024), author of The 25th Hour and City of Thieves, with 6 Emmy wins.

David Berry (actor)

David Berry (born 1984, Toronto) is a Canadian-born Australian actor, NIDA 2010 graduate, known for James Bligh in A Place to Call Home and Lord John Grey in Outlander; distinct from other David Berrys.

David Birney

David Birney (1939–2022), American stage and TV actor, starred with Meredith Baxter in Bridget Loves Bernie, played Serpico and St. Elsewhere's Dr. Ben Samuels, and won 1968 Theatre World and Clarence Derwent Awards for Summertree.

David Blaine

David Blaine (born David Blaine White, 1973) is an American magician and endurance performer whose 1997 ABC special Street Magic reinvented televised magic, followed by stunts like Buried Alive, Frozen in Time, and 44 days above the Thames.

David Boreanaz

David Boreanaz, American actor-director (born Buffalo, NY; birth year reported as 1969 or 1971), starred as Angel (Buffy/Angel), Seeley Booth (Bones), Jason Hayes (SEAL Team), and will lead NBC's Rockford Files reboot in 2027.

David Borenstein

David Borenstein, American documentary filmmaker based in Copenhagen, directed Dream Empire (2016), Can't Feel Nothing (2024), and the Oscar- and BAFTA-winning Mr. Nobody Against Putin (2025), co-directed with Pavel Talankin.

David Bowie filmography

David Bowie filmography: the singer's screen career from The Virgin Soldiers (1969) and The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) to Labyrinth, Basquiat, and Bandslam (2009), plus TV, cameos, soundtracks, and posthumous appearances.

David Bradley (English actor)

David John Bradley (born 1942, York) is an English character actor; Argus Filch in Harry Potter and Walder Frey in Game of Thrones, Olivier Award-winning stage veteran and the third actor to play Doctor Who's First Doctor.

David Brenner

David Brenner (1936-2014), American stand-up comedian and former documentary filmmaker, pioneer of observational comedy and record-setting Tonight Show guest who influenced Jerry Seinfeld and Jay Leno.

David Brent

David Brent is the fictional office manager played by Ricky Gervais in the BBC mockumentary The Office (2001–2003), boss of Wernham Hogg's Slough branch, prototype of Michael Scott, and later star of the film Life on the Road.

David Brent: Life on the Road

David Brent: Life on the Road (2016) is a British mockumentary comedy film written, directed by and starring Ricky Gervais, reviving his Office character as a salesman funding a UK tour with his band Foregone Conclusion; Metascore 54, Netflix US release 2017.

David Burke (British actor)

David Burke (1934-2026), English character actor, played Dr Watson opposite Jeremy Brett in Granada's The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984-85) and originated Niels Bohr in Frayn's Copenhagen; distinct from the American actor David Burke of The Tick.

David C. Glasser

David C. Glasser (David Clayton Glasser, born 1971) is an American film executive and producer, CEO and co-founder of 101 Studios, producer of Taylor Sheridan's Yellowstone.

David Callaham

David Elias (Dave) Callaham, born 1977, Fresno, California, is an American screenwriter known for Doom, The Expendables, Godzilla, Wonder Woman 1984, Shang-Chi, and Across the Spider-Verse, and creator of Jean-Claude Van Johnson.

David Campbell (composer)

David R. Campbell (born 1948, Toronto) is a Canadian-American arranger, orchestrator, conductor and film composer with arrangements on 425 gold or platinum albums, film credits on Brokeback Mountain and Tarzan, and is Beck's father.

David Canary

David Canary, born David Hoyt Canary, was an American actor recognized for playing the twins Adam and Stuart Chandler on All My Children and for winning five Daytime Emmys.

David Carradine

David Carradine (1936–2009), American actor, eldest son of John Carradine; starred as Kwai Chang Caine in Kung Fu (1972–75) and as Bill in Tarantino's Kill Bill films; died in Bangkok.