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Jake McDorman
Jake McDorman (John Allen McDorman IV, born 1986, Dallas) is an American actor known for Greek, Limitless, American Sniper, Lady Bird, Murphy Brown, The Right Stuff as Alan Shepard, and the Aquamarine sequel series.
Jake McLaughlin
Jake McLaughlin (born 1982, Paradise, California) is an American actor and Iraq War veteran of the 3rd Infantry Division; he debuted in In the Valley of Elah, played Ryan Booth on Quantico, and plays Michael Ormewood on Will Trent.
Jake Pavelka
Jake Pavelka (Jacob Lynn Pavelka), American airline pilot and reality TV personality, Bachelor season 14 lead (2010) who proposed to Vienna Girardi; also Bachelorette season 5 contestant, DWTS season 10, later married Aimee in 2026.
Jake Picking
Jake Picking, also credited as Jake Picking (actor), is an American actor born 1991 in Erlangen, Germany, raised near Boston; known for Rock Hudson in Hollywood (2020), Lt. Harvard Lennox in Top Gun: Maverick, and Tommy White in Running Point season 2.
Jake Quickenden
Jake Quickenden (Jacob Quickenden, born 1988, Scunthorpe) is an English singer and TV personality: X Factor 2012 and 2014, runner-up on I'm a Celebrity 2014, and Dancing on Ice 2018 champion.
Jake Schreier
Jake Schreier, American director (born Oakland, CA; NYU Tisch; Waverly Films), directed Robot & Frank (2012), Paper Towns (2015), Beef, Thunderbolts (2025), and the MCU X-Men reboot.
Jake Shane
Jake Shane (@octopusslover8) is an American comedian and podcast host who went viral on TikTok in 2023 with improvised historical reenactments, then built the celebrity advice-comedy podcast Therapuss, a sold-out tour, the album Puss & Poems, and acting roles on Hacks and Broadway.
Jake Smollett
Jake Smollett (born 1989) is an American actor, editor, and chef, one of six Smollett siblings; known for Eve's Bayou, On Our Own, Smollett Eats, and The Family Table cookbook.
Jake Sully
Jake Sully (Na'vi: Tsyeyk Suli) is the protagonist of James Cameron's Avatar films, played by Sam Worthington: a paraplegic ex-Marine who takes his dead twin's place in the RDA Avatar program on Pandora, joins the Na'vi, becomes Toruk Makto, and permanently transfers into his avatar body.
Jake T. Austin
Jake T. Austin (born 1994, Jake Toranzo Austin Szymanski), American actor: Max Russo on Wizards of Waverly Place, voice of Diego on Go, Diego! Go!, Jesus on The Fosters, excluded from the 2026 Wizards revival.
Jake the Dog
Jake the Dog is the shapeshifting yellow magical dog of Cartoon Network's Adventure Time (2010), voiced by John DiMaggio, Finn's adoptive brother and best friend, biological son of Warren Ampersand, with stretchy powers limited by his body thinning out.
Jake Weary
Jake Weary (born 1990) is an American actor and musician from New Jersey, son of Kim Zimmer; known for Deran Cody on Animal Kingdom (2016-2022), Hugh in It Follows, and Cane Buckley in The Waterfront (2025).
Jake Weber
Jake Weber (Jake T. Weber), English actor born in London, trained at Juilliard and the Moscow Art Theatre; best known as Joe DuBois on Medium (130 episodes, 2005-2011) and for Dawn of the Dead, Meet Joe Black, U-571; birth date disputed (1963 vs March 19, 1964).
Jake Wood
Jake Dylan Wood (born 1972), British actor; Max Branning in EastEnders 2006-2021, reprised 2025; GEICO gecko voice; 2:22 A Ghost Story WhatsOnStage winner; Pound For Pound podcast.
Jakeem Thunder
Jakeem Thunder (Jakeem Johnny Williams, J.J. Thunder) is a DC Comics legacy superhero and JSA member who commands the Fifth-Dimensional djinn Yz via a pink pen with the magic word "so cool," debuting in Flash Vol. 2 #134 (1998).
Jakkrasin Atsavatanachai (จักราสินธุ์ อัศวธนะชัย)
Jakkrasin Atsavatanachai (จักราสินธุ์ อัศวธนะชัย), nicknamed Inn, Thai actor born 1997; debut The Wicked Game (2025), then Phra Ekathotsarot in The Last Duel and lead role Phob in the BL series The Edge of Horizon (2026).
Jalal Agha
Jalal Agha (11 July 1945 – 5 March 1995) was an Indian Hindi-film actor and director, son of comedian Agha; child actor in Mughal-e-Azam, famous as the banjo player in Sholay's "Mehbooba Mehbooba", and director of Goonj (1989).
Jalebi (जलेबी) (film)
Jalebi (जलेबी) is a 2018 Hindi romantic drama directed by Pushpdeep Bhardwaj, a remake of the Bengali film Praktan, starring Rhea Chakraborty, Varun Mitra, and Digangana Suryavanshi; released 12 October 2018 by Vishesh Films.
Jaleel White
Jaleel White (born 1976, Culver City, California) is an American actor who played Steve Urkel on Family Matters (1989–1998) and voiced Sonic the Hedgehog in three 1990s cartoon series; later host of Flip Side and Totally '90s House.
Jalinan Terlarang
Jalinan Terlarang is a 2025 Indonesian Vidio Original drama series, 10 episodes, starring Marshanda, Dimas Anggara, and Maria Theodore, about a wife whose marriage unravels after taking in her brother's pregnant girlfriend; produced by Screenplay Films, premiered 2 October 2025.
Jallikattu (2019 film)
Jallikattu is a 2019 Malayalam-language film directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery, adapted from S. Hareesh's short story Maoist, in which an escaped buffalo sends a Kerala village's men into a frenzied hunt; it was India's entry to the 93rd Oscars.
Jalsa (2008 film)
Jalsa (జల్సా) is a 2008 Telugu action comedy directed by Trivikram Srinivas, starring Pawan Kalyan as ex-Naxalite Sanjay Sahu with Ileana D'Cruz. It was the highest-grossing Telugu film of 2008 and the first South Indian film with an official video game.
Jalsa (जलसा) (2022 film)
Jalsa (जलसा) is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language drama thriller directed by Suresh Triveni, starring Vidya Balan and Shefali Shah, released directly on Amazon Prime Video on 18 March 2022.
Jama (film)
Jama (ஜமா) is a 2024 Tamil drama about Therukoothu street artists, the debut film written, directed by, and starring Pari Elavazhagan, with music by Ilaiyaraaja, released 2 August 2024 and streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
Jamai No. 1 (जमाई नंबर 1)
Jamai No. 1 (जमाई नंबर 1) is an Indian television series that premiered on Zee TV on 9 December 2024, starring Abhishek Malik and Simaran Kaur.
Jamaica Inn (1939 film)
Jamaica Inn (1939) is Alfred Hitchcock's last British film, an adventure adapted from Daphne du Maurier's 1936 novel about Cornish wreckers, produced by Charles Laughton and Erich Pommer's Mayflower Pictures, a box-office hit despite poor reviews.
Jamal Lyon
Jamal Lyon is the openly gay middle son of Lucious and Cookie Lyon on Fox's Empire, played by Jussie Smollett; named Lucious's successor in season 1, married Kai in primetime's first gay Black wedding, and was written out after Smollett's 2019 arrest.
Jameela Jamil
Jameela Jamil (born 1986) is a British actress, presenter, podcaster, and activist; T4 and BBC Radio 1 host, Tahani on The Good Place, Titania in She-Hulk, and founder of the I Weigh movement.
Jamel Debbouze
Jamel Debbouze (born 1975, Paris) is a French-Moroccan actor, comedian, and producer from Trappes, star of the sitcom H, Amélie, and Astérix, Cannes best-actor winner for Indigènes, and founder of the Jamel Comedy Club.
James "Sawyer" Ford
James "Sawyer" Ford is a fictional con man on ABC's Lost (2004-2010), played by Josh Holloway. Real name James Ford, he took his alias from the con man who destroyed his family, became DHARMA head LaFleur in 1974, and evolved from audience-testing liability to fan favorite.