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David Oakes
David Oakes (Rowan David Oakes, born 1983) is an English actor trained at Bristol Old Vic, known for Juan Borgia in The Borgias, George Duke of Clarence in The White Queen, Prince Ernest in Victoria, and Earl Godwin in Vikings: Valhalla.
David Ogden Stiers
David Ogden Stiers (1942-2018), American actor and conductor, Major Charles Emerson Winchester III on M*A*S*H (1977-1983), voice of Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast, Jumba in Lilo & Stitch, and Resident Conductor of the Newport Symphony Orchestra.
David Oyelowo
David Oyelowo (born 1976, Oxford) is a British Nigerian actor, director, and producer; RSC Henry VI, Danny Hunter in Spooks, Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, Nightingale Emmy nominee, Yoruba Saxon founder.
David Pasquesi
David Pasquesi (born 1960, Chicago) is an American actor and improviser, half of the duo TJ and Dave, a Second City alumnus trained by Del Close, with roles in Groundhog Day, Veep, The Book of Boba Fett, She-Hulk, and Lodge 49.
David Patrick Kelly
David Patrick Kelly (born 1951, Detroit) is an American character actor known as Luther in The Warriors (1979), Jerry Horne in Twin Peaks, T-Bird in The Crow, and an Obie-winning stage actor.
David Paul (actor)
David Paul (1957–2020) was an American actor and bodybuilder who starred with his identical twin Peter Paul as the Barbarian Brothers, in films such as The Barbarians.
David Paymer
David Paymer (born 1954, Oceanside, New York), American character actor and TV director; Oscar-nominated for Mr. Saturday Night (1992); known for Quiz Show, Nixon, Amistad, The Good Wife, and the 2022 Broadway musical.
David Platt (Coronation Street)
David Platt is a fictional Coronation Street character born on screen on Christmas Day 1990 to Martin Platt and Gail Tilsley, played by Jack P. Shepherd since 2000; known for the Richard Hillman canal ordeal, teenage villainy, the 2018 male rape storyline, and later life with Kylie and Shona.
David Portnoy
David (Dave) Portnoy, "El Presidente", founded Barstool Sports (2003, Boston print weekly) and hosts One Bite Pizza Reviews, scoring pizzerias 1-10; Penn sold Barstool back to him in 2023 amid misconduct allegations.
David Prowse
David Prowse (1935–2020), British weightlifting champion and actor, played Darth Vader's body in the original Star Wars trilogy (voice by James Earl Jones) and the Green Cross Code Man, earning an MBE.
David Quantick
David Quantick (born 1961) is an English novelist, comedy writer and broadcaster, formerly of NME, who wrote for The Day Today, Brass Eye, The Thick of It and the Emmy-winning Veep, and authored novels including The Mule and Night Train.
David Rabe
David Rabe (born 1940, Dubuque, Iowa) is an American playwright and screenwriter, Vietnam veteran, author of the Vietnam trilogy Pavlo Hummel, Sticks and Bones, Streamers, and Hurlyburly.
David Rainey
David "Puck" Rainey (born 1968) is an American reality TV personality from The Real World: San Francisco (1994), a bicycle messenger evicted mid-season after conflicts with Pedro Zamora, later on Battle of the Sexes and the Puck Cooks cooking show.
David Ramsey
David Ramsey (born 1971, Detroit) is an American actor, director, and martial artist known for John Diggle on Arrow, Anton Briggs on Dexter, and Mayor Poole on Blue Bloods.
David Rappaport
David Rappaport (1951-1990), British actor with achondroplasia, 3'11", starred as Randall in Time Bandits, Rinaldo in The Bride, and Simon McKay in The Wizard, the first US TV series starring a dwarf; he refused the R2-D2 role and died by suicide in 1990.
David Rasche
David Rasche (born 1944), American character actor: Second City alumnus who replaced John Belushi, starred as Sledge Hammer! (1986-88), and played Karl Muller on Succession (2018-2023) and Jim Marwood on Veep.
David Renwick
David Peter Renwick (born 1951, Luton) is an English TV comedy writer, creator of One Foot in the Grave (1990-2000) and Jonathan Creek (1997-2016), formerly of the Renwick & Marshall partnership, multi-BAFTA winner.
David Rintoul
David Rintoul (born 1948, Aberdeen; birth name David Wilson) is a Scottish actor known for Mr Darcy in the 1980 BBC Pride and Prejudice, ITV's Doctor Finlay, The Crown, Game of Thrones, Joint Stock theatre, and over 300 audiobooks. Distinct from the Slaughter and May lawyer of the same name.
David Rose (Schitt's Creek)
David Rose is the pansexual eldest Rose child in Schitt's Creek (2015–2020), played by co-creator Dan Levy, famous for the wine analogy, Rose Apothecary with Patrick Brewer, and the show's 2020 Emmy sweep.
David Rossi
David Stephen Rossi, BAU senior profiler on Criminal Minds (2007– ), played by Joe Mantegna, introduced to replace Jason Gideon; named for the real LAPD sergeant of the Simpson trial.
David Ruprecht
David Ruprecht (born 1948, St. Louis) is an American actor, writer, and game show host, best known as host of Supermarket Sweep on Lifetime and PAX; also Dan Ryan on Days of Our Lives and a Small Wonder writer.
David S. Goyer
David S. Goyer (born 1965) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer behind Blade, Batman Begins, Man of Steel, Da Vinci's Demons, and Apple TV+'s Foundation, and founder of Phantom Four Films.
David S. Pumpkins
David S. Pumpkins, Tom Hanks's unexplained pumpkin-suited SNL character with two skeleton sidekicks, debuted in "Haunted Elevator" (October 22, 2016), spawned a 2017 animated NBC special, a 2022 return, and Halloween-costume fame.
David Schofield (actor)
David Schofield (born 1951, Manchester) is an English character actor known as Falco in Gladiator, McQueen in From Hell, and Mercer in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and At World's End, with RSC and National Theatre stage work.
David Schwimmer
David Lawrence Schwimmer (born 1966) is an American actor and director, Ross Geller on Friends (234 episodes, 1994–2004), co-founder of Chicago's Lookingglass Theatre, director of Run Fatboy Run and Trust, and Robert Kardashian in The People v. O.J. Simpson.
David Selby
David Selby (born 1941, Morgantown, West Virginia) is an American actor and writer known as Quentin Collins on Dark Shadows (1968-71) and Richard Channing on Falcon Crest (1982-90), with Broadway credits and repeated Abraham Lincoln portrayals.
David Shields (actor)
David Shields is a British actor (distinct from the writer of Reality Hunger) known for Masters of the Air (Cpt. Everett Blakely), Black Mirror's Demon 79, The Crown, Doctor Who, and starring as Jacob Dunne in James Graham's Punch, winning a 2024 UK Theatre Award and a 2026 Olivier nomination.
David Shire
David Shire (born July 3, 1937, Buffalo, NY) is an American composer, also known as David Lee Shire, who won the 1980 Oscar for "It Goes Like It Goes" from Norma Rae and Grammys for Saturday Night Fever, and with Richard Maltby Jr. wrote Baby, Big, Starting Here Starting Now, and Closer Than Ever.
David Shore
David Shore (born 1959, London, Ontario) is a Canadian television writer, producer, and former lawyer, creator of House (2004-2012) and showrunner of The Good Doctor (2017-2024); Emmy winner for the House episode "Three Stories".
David Simon
David Simon (born 1960) is an American journalist-turned-showrunner, creator of The Wire, Treme, and The Deuce; former Baltimore Sun police reporter, author of Homicide and The Corner, two-time Emmy winner.