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Gregg Toland

Gregg Toland (Gregg Wesley Toland, 1904–1948), American cinematographer of Citizen Kane and Wuthering Heights, Oscar winner, pioneer of deep-focus photography, camera blimp, and low-angle chiaroscuro lighting in classic Hollywood.

Gregg Turkington

Gregg Turkington (born 1967, Darwin, Australia), also known as Neil Hamburger, is an Australian-born American anti-comedian, actor, and co-creator with Tim Heidecker of On Cinema at the Cinema, star of Entertainment (2015) and actor in Ant-Man and Fremont.

Gregg Wayans

Gregg Wayans (born 1988) is an American actor and director of the Wayans entertainment family, known for guest roles in Marlon, Kidding, The Unicorn, Sextuplets, and Scary Movie (2026).

Gregor Fisher

Gregor Fisher (born 1953, Glasgow) is a Scottish actor and comedian, born Gregor McKenzie, famous for Rab C Nesbitt and the Baldy Man on Naked Video, and star of BBC's Only Child.

Gregory Alan Williams

Gregory Alan Williams, also credited as GregAlan Williams, is an American actor born 1956 in Des Moines, Iowa, known for Garner Ellerbee on Baywatch, his 1992 LA riots rescue of Takao Hirata, the book A Gathering of Heroes, and roles in Greenleaf and The Righteous Gemstones.

Gregory Charles Rivers

Gregory Charles Rivers, 河國榮 (Ho Kwok-wing), Australian-born Cantonese-speaking actor in Hong Kong; ex-TVB contract player in over 200 dramas; died 2 February 2024 in Sai Kung, aged 58.

Gregory Guevara

Gregory "Jreg" Guevara (born 1997) is a Canadian YouTuber, musician, and performance artist known for political satire, anti-centrism, the Centricide series, post-irony, a 2022 Ottawa mayoral run, and the album Postmodern Love Songs.

Gregory Harrison

Gregory Neale Harrison (born 1950, Avalon, Catalina Island) is an American actor, known as Dr. Gonzo Gates on Trapper John, M.D. and Logan in Logan's Run; later Falcon Crest, Hallmark films, General Hospital.

Gregory Hines

Gregory Hines (1946-2003), American tap dancer, singer, and actor; Tony winner for Jelly's Last Jam (1992); starred in The Cotton Club, White Nights, and Tap; led the 1980s tap revival.

Gregory House

Gregory House is the fictional protagonist of the American medical drama House, M.D., created by David Shore for Fox and portrayed by the actor Hugh Laurie.

Gregory Itzin

Gregory Itzin (Gregory Martin Itzin), 1948-2022, American character actor best known as corrupt President Charles Logan on 24; two Emmy nominations, Tony-nominated for The Kentucky Cycle, frequent Star Trek guest, died at 74.

Gregory Jbara

Gregory Jbara (born 1961, Westland, Michigan), also Greg Jbara, American stage and screen actor; Juilliard BFA 1986; won 2009 Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for originating Jackie Elliot in Billy Elliot; played Garrett Moore on Blue Bloods.

Gregory Kelly (actor)

Gregory Kelly (1891–1927) was an American Broadway and silent film actor, original star of Seventeen and Kaufman's The Butter and Egg Man, first husband of Ruth Gordon; distinct from later actors named Greg or Gregory Kelly.

Gregory Peck

Gregory Peck (Eldred Gregory Peck, 1916-2003), American film star of the 1940s-1970s, Oscar winner as Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird, five-time Best Actor nominee, Academy president 1967-70, AFI Life Achievement 1989.

Gregory Sierra

Gregory Sierra (1937-2021), American character actor of Puerto Rican descent; Julio Fuentes on Sanford and Son and Sgt. Chano Amenguale in the original Barney Miller cast; also Soap, Hill Street Blues, Miami Vice.

Gregory Smith (actor)

Gregory Edward Smith, Canadian-American actor, writer, and director born 1983 in Toronto; played Ephram Brown on Everwood (2002-06) and Dov Epstein on Rookie Blue (2010-15), later a TV director; distinct from other Gregory Smiths.

Gregory's Girl

Gregory's Girl (1980, UK release 1981) is Bill Forsyth's Scottish coming-of-age romantic comedy set in Cumbernauld, starring John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn, and Clare Grogan; it won the BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay.

Gregory's Two Girls

Gregory's Two Girls (1999) is Bill Forsyth's British comedy sequel to Gregory's Girl, with John Gordon Sinclair as Gregory, now a 35-year-old English teacher investigating a factory scandal.

Greig Fraser

Greig Fraser (born 1975) is an Australian cinematographer, ASC ACS, Oscar winner for Dune: Part One and a pioneer of LED-wall virtual production on The Mandalorian, known also for Rogue One, Lion, The Batman, Dune: Part Two, and Project Hail Mary.

Gremlins

Gremlins is a 1984 American comedy-horror film directed by Joe Dante and written by Chris Columbus, about a mogwai named Gizmo whose care rules are broken, unleashing gremlins on a small town.

Gremlins (franchise)

Gremlins franchise: American comedy-horror series from Warner Bros. and Amblin, begun by Joe Dante's 1984 film about Gizmo and the three mogwai rules; includes Gremlins 2 (1990), Secrets of the Mogwai, and Gremlins 3 (October 6, 2028).

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Gremlins 2: The New Batch is Joe Dante's 1990 Warner Bros./Amblin comedy-horror sequel to Gremlins, written by Charlie Haas, set in Daniel Clamp's New York skyscraper, released June 15, 1990, grossing $40.5 million, and followed only by Gremlins 3 in 2027.

Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai

Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai (season 2: Gremlins: The Wild Batch) is a Max animated prequel to the 1984 Gremlins film, set in 1920s Shanghai, following young Sam Wing, Gizmo, and Elle; premiered May 23, 2023, produced by Amblin Television and Warner Bros. Animation.

Grenade (Pluribus)

"Grenade" is the third episode of Pluribus season 1, Vince Gilligan's Apple TV+ sci-fi drama, written and directed by Gordon Smith, aired November 14, 2025. Carol Sturka's sarcastic request for a hand grenade is granted literally; the blast wounds Zosia, and the hive admits it would supply an atom bomb.

Grendizer

UFO Robo Grendizer (UFOロボ グレンダイザー), also Goldorak or Goldrake, is a 1975 Toei anime by Go Nagai, third Mazinger series, starring exiled Prince Duke Fleed; hugely popular in France, Italy, and the Arab Middle East, rebooted as Grendizer U in 2024.

Greta (2018 film)

Greta (2018 film), also released as The Widow, is a Neil Jordan psychological thriller starring Isabelle Huppert and Chloë Grace Moretz, about a lonely widow who stalks the young woman who returned her planted handbag. Premiered at TIFF 2018; released by Focus Features March 1, 2019.

Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo, born Greta Gustafsson (1905-1990), was a Swedish-born Hollywood star of silent and early sound film, discovered by Mauritz Stiller, famous for Anna Christie, Grand Hotel, Queen Christina, and Ninotchka, and for retiring in 1941 at about age thirty-five.

Greta Gerwig

Greta Gerwig, born 1983 in Sacramento, California, is an American film director, screenwriter, and actor who became the first woman to solo-direct a billion-dollar film with Barbie.

Greta Lee

Greta Lee (Greta Jiehan Lee), Korean-American actress; Broadway Spelling Bee, TV roles in Girls and Russian Doll, Stella Bak on The Morning Show; breakthrough as Nora in Past Lives (2023), then Tron: Ares, A House of Dynamite, Late Fame, Toy Story 5.

Greta Scacchi

Greta Scacchi, born 1960 in Milan, is an Italian-Australian actress of Heat and Dust, Presumed Innocent, and The Player, Emmy winner for Rasputin (1996) and AFI winner for Looking for Alibrandi.