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Jab Harry Met Sejal (जब हैरी मेट सेजल)

Jab Harry Met Sejal (जब हैरी मेट सेजल), 2017 Hindi romantic comedy-drama by Imtiaz Ali starring Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma; a Europe-wide ring search, shot in Prague, a box office disappointment with a praised Pritam soundtrack.

Jab Khuli Kitaab

Jab Khuli Kitaab (जब खुली किताब) is a 2024 Hindi romantic comedy-drama written and directed by Saurabh Shukla, adapted from his own play, starring Pankaj Kapur and Dimple Kapadia as an elderly couple seeking divorce after a confession of infidelity; it premiered at IFFI 2024 and streamed on ZEE5 from March 6, 2026.

Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai (जब प्यार किसी से होता है)

Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai (जब प्यार किसी से होता है) is a 1998 Hindi romantic drama directed by Deepak Sareen, starring Salman Khan and Twinkle Khanna.

Jab Tak Hai Jaan (जब तक है जान)

Jab Tak Hai Jaan (जब तक है जान) is Yash Chopra's 2012 Hindi romantic drama, his final film, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif, and Anushka Sharma, with music by A. R. Rahman and lyrics by Gulzar, released 13 November 2012.

Jab We Met (जब वी मेट)

Jab We Met (जब वी मेट), also When We Met, is a 2007 Hindi romantic comedy directed by Imtiaz Ali, starring Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor as Aditya and Geet, with music by Pritam; it won the 2008 Filmfare Best Actress award and became a hit re-release.

Jabari Banks

Jabari Banks (born 1998) is an American actor, singer, and rapper who played Will in all four seasons of Peacock's Bel-Air (2022–2025), his first acting role, and also starred in Bad Genius (2024).

Jabariya Jodi

Jabariya Jodi (जबरिया जोड़ी) is a 2019 Hindi romantic comedy directed by Prashant Singh, starring Sidharth Malhotra and Parineeti Chopra, about groom kidnapping (pakadua shaadi) in Bihar; released 9 August 2019, it flopped with ₹25.24 crore worldwide gross.

Jabba the Hutt

Jabba the Hutt is the fictional slug-like Star Wars crime lord of Tatooine, first mentioned in 1977, appearing as a puppet in Return of the Jedi (1983), father of Rotta, nephew of Ziro, killed by Leia at age 604.

Jabbawockeez

Jabbawockeez, an American hip-hop dance crew founded in San Diego in 2003 by Kevin Brewer and Joe Larot, won the first season of MTV's America's Best Dance Crew in 2008 and became the first dance crew to headline a Las Vegas show.

Jabberjaw

Jabberjaw is a 1976 American animated television series by Hanna-Barbera, airing on ABC, about a talking great white shark who plays drums in the teenage rock band The Neptunes.

Jabberwocky (1977 film)

Jabberwocky (1977), also released in the US as Monty Python's Jabberwocky, is Terry Gilliam's first solo-directed feature, a British medieval comedy fantasy starring Michael Palin as reluctant hero Dennis Cooper, loosely based on Lewis Carroll's poem.

Jaboukie Young-White

Jaboukie Young-White (born 1994), also known mononymously as Jaboukie, is an American comedian, actor, and writer from Harvey, Illinois; Daily Show correspondent 2018-2021, writer on Big Mouth, and Interscope debut album All who can't hear must feel (2023).

Jac Schaeffer

Jac Schaeffer, American screenwriter and showrunner, creator of WandaVision (2021) and Agatha All Along (2024); Princeton 2000, USC MFA; signed Amazon MGM deal 2026 and will showrun Stargate.

Jacaerys Velaryon

Jacaerys Velaryon (Jace), fictional prince of George R. R. Martin's Fire & Blood and HBO's House of the Dragon: eldest son of Rhaenyra Targaryen, Prince of Dragonstone, rider of Vermax, killed at the Battle of the Gullet in 130 AC.

Jace Alexander

Jace Alexander (Jason Edward Alexander, born 1964) is an American former television director and actor, son of Jane Alexander; directed 32 Law & Order episodes, piloted Burn Notice and Warehouse 13, later convicted in 2015-2016 child pornography case.

Jace Norman

Jace Norman (Jace Lee Norman), born 2000 in Corrales, New Mexico, is the American actor who played Henry Hart/Kid Danger on Nickelodeon's Henry Danger (2014-2020, 121 episodes), later a producer on Danger Force and Henry Danger: The Movie (2025).

Jacinda Barrett

Jacinda Barrett (born 1972, Brisbane) is an Australian actress and former model known for The Real World: London (1995), The Human Stain (2003), Ladder 49, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, and Netflix's Bloodline; married to actor Gabriel Macht since 2004. Not Jacinda Ardern or other people named Jacinda.

Jack (1996 film)

Jack is a 1996 American comedy-drama directed by Francis Ford Coppola, in which Robin Williams plays a ten-year-old boy whose body ages four times faster than normal.

Jack (2025 film)

Jack (Konchem Krack, Telugu: జాక్ – కొంచెం క్రాక్) is a 2025 Telugu action comedy directed by Bommarillu Bhaskar, starring Siddhu Jonnalagadda as a wannabe RAW agent; released April 10, 2025, it flopped and streamed on Netflix from May 8, 2025.

Jack & Bobby

Jack & Bobby is a 2004–2005 WB drama, also called Jack and Bobby, about brothers Jack and Bobby McCallister, one of whom becomes US president elected in 2040; Bobby is the future president, Jack dies young.

Jack & Joker: U Steal My Heart! (ทําไมต้องเป็นเธอทุกที)

Jack & Joker: U Steal My Heart! (ทำไมต้องเป็นเธอทุกที) is a 2024 Thai BL action-romance series directed by Bundit Sintanaparadee, starring Anan Wong as debt collector Jack and Wanarat Ratsameerat as the thief Joker; 12 episodes on Channel 3 and iQIYI, September 9 to November 25, 2024.

Jack Abbott (The Young and the Restless)

Jack Abbott is a fictional character on the CBS soap The Young and the Restless, created in 1980 and played by Peter Bergman since November 1989. Eldest Abbott son, Jabot co-CEO, Victor Newman's rival, married ten times including three times to Nikki Newman.

Jack Albertson

Jack Albertson (Harold Bernard Albertson, 1907-1981), American character actor from vaudeville to Oscar, Tony, and two Emmy wins; Grandpa Joe in Willy Wonka and Ed Brown in Chico and the Man.

Jack and Jill (2011 film)

Jack and Jill (2011) is an American comedy directed by Dennis Dugan, starring Adam Sandler as twins Jack and Jill Sadelstein alongside Katie Holmes and Al Pacino as himself. It grossed $150.5 million worldwide but swept all ten Razzie categories, the first film to do so.

Jack Ansett

Jack Ansett is a New Zealand comedian and writer based in Auckland, known for community-group prank comedy, television appearances, and the Sydney Comedy Festival’s 2025 Best Newcomer Award.

Jack Archer (actor)

Jack Archer (born 1998) is a British-Irish actor, RWCMD-trained, known as Provence in Marie Antoinette and Jamie Marshbrook in The Bay; distinct from the Hopscotch Films director and The Archers radio character.

Jack Barton (actor)

Jack Barton (born 1995) is an English actor, Oxford School of Drama graduate, known for David Nelson in Heartstopper, John Tonkin in SAS: Rogue Heroes, Poor Things, and unconfirmed James Bond casting reports; distinct from the 1916-2002 Crossroads producer of the same name.

Jack Bauer

Jack Bauer is the fictional Counter Terrorist Unit agent played by Kiefer Sutherland in Fox's real-time series 24 (2001-2010, plus 24: Redemption and 24: Live Another Day). Known for torture-controversy debates; last seen surrendered to Russian authorities, with a revival unconfirmed under Disney.

Jack Benny

Jack Benny (Benjamin Kubelsky, 1894-1974), American comedian and violinist whose The Jack Benny Program ran on radio 1932-1955 and TV 1950-1965, pioneering the sitcom with his stingy, eternally 39 persona.

Jack Black

Jack Black (Thomas Jacob Black, born 1969, Santa Monica) is an American actor and musician, half of Tenacious D with Kyle Gass, known for High Fidelity, School of Rock, Kung Fu Panda, Jumanji, and voicing Bowser and Minecraft's Steve.