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Jack Torrance
Jack Torrance (John Daniel Edward Torrance) is Stephen King's protagonist in The Shining (1977): an alcoholic ex-teacher and writer, winter caretaker of the Overlook Hotel, famously played by Jack Nicholson in Kubrick's 1980 film.
Jack Wagner (actor)
Jack Wagner (Peter John Wagner II, born 1959) is an American actor and singer known as Frisco Jones on General Hospital, Dr. Peter Burns on Melrose Place, Nick Marone on The Bold and the Beautiful, and Bill Avery on When Calls the Heart; his single "All I Need" hit number 2.
Jack Wallace (actor)
Jack Wallace (1933–2020) was an American character actor from Pekin, Illinois, a Chicago theater mainstay and Drama Desk Award ensemble winner for Glengarry Glen Ross; not the English dialect coach of Never Have I Ever.
Jack Warden
Jack Warden (John Warden Lebzelter Jr., 1920–2006), American character actor and former welterweight boxer and 101st Airborne paratrooper; Oscar-nominated for Shampoo and Heaven Can Wait, Emmy winner for Brian's Song.
Jack Warner (actor)
Jack Warner (1895–1981), born Horace John Waters, English actor; played PC George Dixon in The Blue Lamp and 432 episodes of Dixon of Dock Green (1955–1976), and Joe Huggett in the Huggett films; distinct from the Warner Bros. mogul Jack L. Warner.
Jack Webb
Jack Webb, born John Randolph Webb (1920–1982), was an American actor, producer, and director best known for creating Dragnet and starring as Los Angeles police Sergeant Joe Friday.
Jack Weston
Jack Weston (1924-1996), born Jack Weinstein in Cleveland, was an American character actor of stage, film, and TV, known for Wait Until Dark, Dirty Dancing, The Four Seasons, and a Tony-nominated turn in The Floating Lightbulb.
Jack Whitehall
Jack Whitehall, born in 1988, is an English comedian, actor, and presenter known for Fresh Meat, Bad Education, Netflix's Travels with My Father, and hosting the BRIT Awards.
Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father
Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father is a Netflix British comedy travel documentary (2017–2021, five seasons) in which comedian Jack Whitehall travels with his retired theatrical-agent father Michael; season 1 covered Southeast Asia, season 5 the UK, followed by the 2024 Fatherhood spin-off.
Jack Wild
Jack Wild (1952-2006), English actor and singer, Artful Dodger in the film Oliver! (Oscar-nominated) and Jimmy in H.R. Pufnstuf; died of oral cancer aged 53.
Jackass (franchise)
Jackass: American reality-stunt comedy franchise begun on MTV (2000-2002) by Jeff Tremaine, Spike Jonze, and Johnny Knoxville, spawning six Paramount films, digital releases, and spin-offs, ending with Jackass: Best and Last (2026).
Jackass 2.5
Jackass 2.5 (2007) is a 64-minute direct-to-digital Jackass companion film directed by Jeff Tremaine, compiling unused Jackass Number Two footage with cast interviews, released internet-first by Paramount Digital Entertainment and MTV New Media.
Jackass 3D
Jackass 3D, also known as Jackass Number 3, is a 2010 American 3-D stunt comedy film, the third in the Jackass franchise, directed by Jeff Tremaine.
Jackass Forever
Jackass Forever, also known as Jackass 4, is a 2022 American comedy stunt film directed by Jeff Tremaine, the fourth film in the Jackass series.
Jackass Number Two
Jackass Number Two is a 2006 American reality comedy film directed by Jeff Tremaine, in which the cast of the MTV stunt series Jackass performs stunts and pranks.
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013) is a hidden-camera comedy directed by Jeff Tremaine, starring Johnny Knoxville as Irving Zisman and Jackson Nicoll as Billy; it grossed $160.9 million worldwide and earned an Academy Award makeup nomination.
Jackass: Best and Last
Jackass: Best and Last (2026) is the fifth and final main Jackass film, directed by Jeff Tremaine, mixing new stunts with 25 years of archival footage; released June 26, 2026, streaming on Paramount+ September 24, 2026.
Jackass: The Movie
Jackass: The Movie is a 2002 American reality comedy film directed by Jeff Tremaine, in which Johnny Knoxville and the MTV Jackass cast perform stunts and pranks.
Jackée Harry
Jackée Harry (born 1956), American actress known as Sandra Clark on 227 and Lisa Landry on Sister, Sister; first African-American woman to win the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (1987), now Paulina Price on Days of Our Lives.
Jacki Weaver
Jacki Weaver (Jacqueline Ruth Weaver), born 1947 in Sydney, is an Australian actress, a household name at home for four decades, twice Oscar-nominated for Animal Kingdom (2010) and Silver Linings Playbook (2012).
Jackie (2016 film)
Jackie is a 2016 biographical drama directed by Pablo Larraín and starring Natalie Portman as Jacqueline Kennedy, showing her grief and planning of the state funeral after John F. Kennedy's assassination.
Jackie Brown
Jackie Brown (1997) is Quentin Tarantino's crime film adapting Elmore Leonard's Rum Punch, starring Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, and Oscar-nominated Robert Forster; his only adaptation, set in Los Angeles, released by Miramax.
Jackie Burch
Jackie Burch (1951–2025) was an American casting director for Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Die Hard, Predator, and Hidden Figures; Emmy-nominated for Bessie (2015), she won a 2017 Artios Award and worked from Atlanta.
Jackie Chan (成龙)
Jackie Chan (成龙), born Chan Kong-sang in 1954, is a Hong Kong actor, director, and martial artist who popularized kung fu comedy and received an honorary Oscar in 2016.
Jackie Chan Adventures
Jackie Chan Adventures is an American animated series on Kids' WB, 2000 to 2005, five seasons and 93 episodes, following animated Jackie Chan, Uncle, and Jade hunting the twelve zodiac Talismans of Shendu and other magical artifacts.
Jackie Chan filmography
The Jackie Chan filmography covers the screen work of Hong Kong actor, director, singer, producer, and screenwriter Jackie Chan, who first acted in a film in 1962.
Jackie Chiles
Jackie Chiles is the fictional Seinfeld attorney played by Phil Morris, a parody of Johnnie Cochran introduced in "The Maestro" (1995), featured in the series finale and a proposed 1999 spinoff.
Jackie Chung
Jackie Chung is an American actress known for playing Laurel Park in Prime Video's The Summer I Turned Pretty (2022–2025) and for the film Coming Home Again (2019); distinct from Jackie Chan and Jacky Chung the researcher.
Jackie Coogan
Jackie Coogan (John Leslie Coogan Jr., 1914-1984), American actor and Hollywood's first major child star via Chaplin's The Kid (1921); his 1938 lawsuit over his spent $4 million fortune inspired the 1939 Coogan Act; later Uncle Fester in The Addams Family.
Jackie Cooper
Jackie Cooper (1922–2011), American actor, director, producer, and executive; Our Gang child star, youngest Best Actor Oscar nominee (Skippy, 1931, age 9), Screen Gems TV production VP, two Emmy directing wins, and Perry White in Superman.