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Jack O'Neill
Jack O'Neill (1923-2017), American surfer and founder of O'Neill, Inc., popularized the neoprene wetsuit via nylon lamination and built the world's leading wetsuit brand; not the wetsuit's inventor, credit usually given to Hugh Bradner.
Jack of Spades (2027 film)
Jack of Spades is Joel Coen's upcoming 2027 gothic mystery set in 1880s Scotland, written with Eleanor Catton, starring Josh O'Connor, Damian Lewis, Lesley Manville, and Frances McDormand; shot in Glasgow and Culross in 2025, delayed from 2026.
Jack Osbourne
Jack Osbourne, youngest child of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, starred on MTV's The Osbournes (2002-2005), became a TV producer and documentarian, disclosed multiple sclerosis in 2012, and now manages his father's legacy.
Jack P. Shepherd
Jack P. Shepherd (born 1988, Pudsey) is an English actor who has played David Platt in ITV's Coronation Street since April 2000; British Soap Best Actor 2018 and Celebrity Big Brother 2025 winner.
Jack Paar
Jack Paar (1918–2004), American talk show host and comedian, hosted NBC's The Tonight Show 1957–62, renamed The Jack Paar Show; walked off in 1960 over a censored joke, hosted JFK in 1960, and was succeeded by Johnny Carson.
Jack Palance
Jack Palance (Volodymyr Palahniuk, 1919–2006) was an American actor of Ukrainian descent, a screen villain in Shane and Sudden Fear who won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for City Slickers (1991) and did one-armed push-ups at the 1992 Oscars.
Jack Quaid
Jack Henry Quaid (born 1992), American actor, son of Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid; played Hughie in The Boys (2019-2026), Marvel in The Hunger Games, and voices Boimler and Superman.
Jack Reacher (film)
Jack Reacher (2012) is a Christopher McQuarrie action thriller adapting Lee Child's One Shot, starring Tom Cruise as the ex-military investigator; it earned $218.3 million worldwide and spawned a 2016 sequel.
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, also known as Jack Reacher 2, is a 2016 American action thriller starring Tom Cruise and Cobie Smulders, adapting Lee Child's novel.
Jack Remmington
Jack Remmington is a British presenter, comedian, and pop culture commentator, co-host of The Jack & Ash Show with Ash Holme and BBC Sounds' Famously…In Love, formerly of X Factor duo Jack & Joel.
Jack Reynor
Jack Reynor (born 1992) is an Irish-American actor from County Wicklow, known for What Richard Did, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Sing Street, Midsommar, and The Perfect Couple, with Seasons and Presumed Innocent season two upcoming.
Jack Riley (actor)
Jack Riley (John Albert Riley Jr., 1935-2016), American comic actor from Cleveland, played Elliot Carlin on The Bob Newhart Show and voiced Stu Pickles in Rugrats and All Grown Up!.
Jack Rosenthal
Jack Rosenthal (1931–2004), English television dramatist from Manchester; wrote Coronation Street, The Evacuees, Bar Mitzvah Boy, The Knowledge, Yentl; BAFTA, Emmy, Prix Italia winner.
Jack Ryan (franchise)
The Jack Ryan franchise is a series of American spy thriller films and television adaptations of Tom Clancy's CIA analyst, beginning with The Hunt for Red October (1990).
Jack Ryan (TV series)
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan is a Prime Video action-thriller series (2018-2023, four seasons, 30 episodes) starring John Krasinski as the CIA analyst, created by Carlton Cuse and Graham Roland, followed by the 2026 film Ghost War.
Jack Ryan: Ghost War
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War is a 2026 Prime Video spy thriller, the sixth Jack Ryan film, directed by Andrew Bernstein and starring John Krasinski, Wendell Pierce, Michael Kelly, and Sienna Miller; it scored 39% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is a 2014 action thriller directed by Kenneth Branagh, starring Chris Pine as Tom Clancy's CIA analyst Jack Ryan; the first original-story reboot of the franchise, released January 17, 2014, grossing over $130 million worldwide.
Jack Ryder (actor)
Jack Seigfried Ryder (born 1981, Woolwich, London) is an English actor, director, writer, and acting coach, known for Jamie Mitchell in EastEnders (1998–2002), Holby City, directing The Band, and children's books including Jack's Secret Summer.
Jack Schumacher (actor)
Jack Schumacher (born 1993) is an American actor from Palatine, Illinois, who played Lt. Neil 'Omaha' Vikander in Top Gun: Maverick (2022) and stars as Yancy Grey in Netflix's Ransom Canyon (2025–2026).
Jack Shep
Jack Shep, British comedian, actor, and writer, core cast member of Saturday Night Live UK on Sky, breakout for his viral Princess Diana impression; former toddler football coach, BBC New Comedy Awards 2023 finalist, TikTok comedian.
Jack Shephard
Jack Shephard is the fictional protagonist of Lost (ABC, 2004–2010), played by Matthew Fox in 121 episodes. A spinal surgeon and de facto leader of the Oceanic 815 survivors, he arcs from man of science to man of faith.
Jack Shepherd (actor)
Jack Shepherd (John Shepherd, 1940–2025), English actor, playwright, and director; star of ITV's Wycliffe and Trevor Griffiths' Bill Brand; won a 1984 Olivier Award for Glengarry Glen Ross.
Jack Skellington
Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King, is the skeleton hero of The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), created by Tim Burton, directed by Henry Selick, voiced by Chris Sarandon and sung by Danny Elfman.
Jack Smethurst
Jack Smethurst (John Smethurst, 1932-2022), English actor, starred as bigot Eddie Booth in ITV's Love Thy Neighbour (1972-76), also For the Love of Ada, Coronation Street, Chariots of Fire.
Jack Soo
Jack Soo (Goro Suzuki, 1917–1979), Japanese American actor and comedian, interned at Topaz, star of Broadway's Flower Drum Song and Detective Nick Yemana on Barney Miller; first Japanese American in the Smithsonian's entertainment collections.
Jack Sparrow
Captain Jack Sparrow, Disney's fictional pirate captain of the Black Pearl in Pirates of the Caribbean, played by Johnny Depp; created by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, inspired by Keith Richards and Pepé Le Pew, star of a $4.5 billion franchise.
Jack Starrett
Jack Starrett (Claude Ennis Starrett Jr., 1936-1989), American actor and director of low-budget exploitation films; directed Cleopatra Jones and Race with the Devil, played Gabby Johnson in Blazing Saddles and Deputy Galt in First Blood.
Jack Taylor (TV series)
Jack Taylor: Irish crime drama TV series (2010-2016) adapted from Ken Bruen's novels, starring Iain Glen as a Galway ex-Garda turned private investigator; three seasons of nine 90-minute films, produced by Telegael with ZDF.
Jack the Giant Slayer
Jack the Giant Slayer is a 2013 American fantasy adventure film directed by Bryan Singer, based on the fairy tales "Jack and the Beanstalk" and "Jack the Giant Killer".
Jack Thompson (actor)
Jack Thompson AM (born 31 August 1940, John Hadley Pain) is an Australian actor of the 1970s film renaissance, star of Spyforce, Wake in Fright, Sunday Too Far Away, and Breaker Morant, winner of AFI and Cannes acting awards, later a UNHCR ambassador and AM.