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Denver Pyle

Denver Pyle (Denver Dell Pyle, 1920-1997), American character actor, played Uncle Jesse on The Dukes of Hazzard, Briscoe Darling on The Andy Griffith Show, and Frank Hamer in Bonnie and Clyde; over 200 TV appearances, mostly Westerns.

Denyce Lawton

Denyce Lawton (Denise-Marie Lawton, born 1978, Seoul) is a Korean-American actress, producer, and author known as Dana Carter on House of Payne, Sheila Willis on The Hot Zone: Anthrax, and The R&B Memoirs novels.

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington (Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr., born 1954, Mount Vernon, NY) is an American actor, director, and producer; two-time Oscar winner for Glory and Training Day, Tony winner for Fences, star of Gladiator II and 2025 Broadway Othello.

Denzel Whitaker

Denzel Whitaker (Denzel Dominique Whitaker, born 1990) is an American actor and director from Torrance, California, named after Denzel Washington; known for The Great Debaters (NAACP Image Award, 2008), young Zuri in Black Panther, and the award-winning short Brand New.

Denzil Smith

Denzil Smith (Denzil Leonard Smith), Indian film and stage actor and producer born 1960 in Mumbai to Anglo-Indian parents; played Muhammad Ali Jinnah in Viceroy's House (2017), won an Indian Television Academy Award for P.O.W. Bandi Yuddh Ke, and appeared in The Lunchbox and Tenet.

DeObia Oparei

DeObia Oparei (born 1971, Hackney, London) is a British actor and playwright known for Areo Hotah in Game of Thrones, the Gunner in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Rongo in Dumbo, and Boastful Loki in Loki; also a Royal Court playwright and filmmaker.

Deon Cole

Deon Cole (born 1972, Chicago) is an American stand-up comedian, Emmy-nominated writer, and actor known for Conan O'Brien's shows, Charlie Telphy on black-ish, Average Joe, and Netflix specials Cole Hearted, Charleen's Boy, and Ok, Mister.

Deon Richmond

Deon Richmond (born 1978, New York City) is an American actor and producer, Kenny on The Cosby Show (1986-1992), later Tyson Fox in Scream 3, Malik in Not Another Teen Movie, and Mini Cochran in Van Wilder.

Deool Band 2

Deool Band 2 (देऊळ बंद 2) is a 2026 Marathi devotional drama sequel written and directed by Pravin Tarde, starring Mohan Joshi and Snehal Tarde, released 21 May 2026 by Vatavruksha Entertainment and streaming on Prime Video.

Departures (2025 film)

Departures (2025) is a British LGBTQ+ comedy-drama, 82 minutes, co-directed by Neil Ely and Lloyd Eyre-Morgan, about Benji and Jake's secret Amsterdam trips that turn toxic; premiered at BFI Flare 2025.

Departures (おくりびと) (2008 film)

Departures (おくりびと, Okuribito) is a 2008 Japanese drama directed by Yojiro Takita, starring Masahiro Motoki as a cellist who becomes a nōkanshi encoffiner; first Japanese film to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Depeche Mode: M

Depeche Mode: M is a 2025 documentary-concert film by Mexican director Fernando Frías, built on Depeche Mode's three sold-out 2023 Foro Sol, Mexico City shows of the Memento Mori Tour, exploring Mexican death culture; Tribeca premiere, October 2025 IMAX release, Netflix January 2026.

Depravity (film)

Depravity (formerly Sic) is a 2024 American crime thriller, Paul Tamasy's directorial debut, starring Victoria Justice, Devon Ross, Taylor John Smith, and Dermot Mulroney; Paramount released it digitally October 15, 2024.

Dept. Q

Dept. Q is a Netflix British crime drama created by Scott Frank, adapted from Jussi Adler-Olsen's Department Q novels. Matthew Goode stars as DCI Carl Morck in an Edinburgh cold case unit; Season 1 premiered May 29, 2025, renewed for Season 2.

Deputy (TV series)

Deputy is an American police procedural drama series that aired on Fox from 2020. It follows Bill Hollister, a deputy who becomes acting sheriff under an arcane county charter rule.

Der Bewegte Mann

Der bewegte Mann: 1987 Ralf König comic novel (Rowohlt) about heterosexual Axel and gay Norbert, and Sönke Wortmann's 1994 film with Til Schweiger, over 6.5 million German admissions, Goldene Leinwand and Bundesfilmpreis winner.

Der Bockerer

Der Bockerer is a 1981 Austrian-German tragic-grotesque comedy by Franz Antel, based on the Becher and Preses play, starring Karl Merkatz as a Viennese butcher surviving the Nazi era; it won the 1982 Deutscher Filmpreis and spawned two sequels.

Der Fuehrer's Face

Der Fuehrer's Face is Disney's 1943 Oscar-winning anti-Nazi Donald Duck propaganda short, directed by Jack Kinney, originally titled Donald Duck in Nutziland, renamed after Oliver Wallace's Spike Jones hit song became a novelty-chart sensation.

Der Hauptmann von Köpenick

Der Hauptmann von Köpenick: 1956 West German tragicomedy by Helmut Käutner, adapted from Carl Zuckmayer's play, starring Heinz Rühmann as impostor shoemaker Wilhelm Voigt; Oscar-nominated 1957, shot in Hamburg, premiered 16 August 1956 in Cologne.

Der Knochenmann

Der Knochenmann (The Bone Man) is a 2009 Austrian black-comedy crime thriller by Wolfgang Murnberger, the third Wolf Haas Brenner adaptation, starring Josef Hader as a debt collector investigating a Styrian fried-chicken inn.

Der Nachtmahr

Der Nachtmahr (The Nightmare) is a 2015 German horror-tinged coming-of-age film by Akiz (Achim Bornhak), starring Carolyn Genzkow as a teen haunted by a creature only she first sees; made for about 80,000-100,000 euros without public funding.

Der Pass

Der Pass (Pagan Peak) is a German-Austrian Sky crime thriller, 2019-2023, three seasons, adapted from The Bridge premise: a body found on the German-Austrian Alps border, detectives Ellie Stocker (Julia Jentsch) and Gedeon Winter (Nicholas Ofczarek).

Der Schatz im Silbersee

Der Schatz im Silbersee (The Treasure of Silver Lake; Blago u srebrnom jezeru) is Harald Reinl's 1962 Karl May Western with Lex Barker as Old Shatterhand and Pierre Brice as Winnetou, the first and most successful Karl-May film, grossing 6.4 million DM.

Der Schuh des Manitu

Der Schuh des Manitu (Manitou's Shoe) is Michael Bully Herbig's 2001 German comedy western parodying the 1960s Karl May Winnetou films; with about 11.7 million admissions it is the most successful German film, followed by the 2025 sequel Das Kanu des Manitu.

Der Stand der Dinge

Der Stand der Dinge (The State of Things) is Wim Wenders' 1982 black-and-white film about a stranded film crew in Portugal, made during the troubled Hammett shoot; it won the 1982 Venice Golden Lion and the 1983 German Film Award.

Der Untergang der Pamir

Der Untergang der Pamir is a 2005/2006 German two-part TV drama by Kaspar Heidelbach dramatizing the 1957 sinking of the training barque Pamir in hurricane Carrie near the Azores, in which 80 of 86 aboard died and six survived.

Derailed (2005 film)

Derailed (2005) is a psychological thriller directed by Mikael Håfström, starring Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston as executives blackmailed after a failed affair; adapted from James Siegel's novel, released by The Weinstein Company.

Derailment (脱轨)

Derailment (脱轨, also 离心力) is a 2023 Chinese Youku urban romance-suspense drama adapted from Priest's novel, starring Liu Haocun and Lin Yi, about a rich heiress swapped into a poor worker's life after a car accident; 30 episodes, directed by Shen Yang.

Derek (TV series)

Derek is a British mockumentary-style comedy-drama (2012–2014) created by and starring Ricky Gervais as care home worker Derek Noakes, with Karl Pilkington, Kerry Godliman, and David Earl, on Channel 4 and Netflix.

Derek Cianfrance

Derek Cianfrance (born 1974, Lakewood, Colorado) is an American director and screenwriter of Blue Valentine, The Place Beyond the Pines, The Light Between Oceans, I Know This Much Is True, and Roofman, distinct from other Dereks by his Sundance Grand Jury Prize and immersive filmmaking methods.