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James Cameron

James Cameron (born 1954, Kapuskasing, Ontario) is a Canadian director of The Terminator, Aliens, Titanic, and Avatar, two of the three highest-grossing films ever, and a deep-sea explorer who descended 11 kilometers.

James Cameron filmography

James Cameron filmography: the directed, written, and produced films of Canadian director James Cameron (born 1954), from Piranha II (1982) and The Terminator through Titanic, Avatar, and Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025), with dated sequels for 2029 and 2031.

James Carpinello

James Anthony Carpinello (born 1975, Albany, New York) is an American stage, film, and TV actor and producer: Tony Manero in Broadway's Saturday Night Fever, Stacee Jaxx in Rock of Ages, and lead producer of The Lost Boys musical; married to Amy Acker.

James Cartwright (actor)

James Lewis Cartwright (born 1984) is an English actor, son of playwright Jim Cartwright. Known as PC Harrison Burns in The Archers, Theo Silverton in Coronation Street, RTS Award winner for Johnny Shakespeare, and Fringe First winner for Raz.

James Charles

James Charles, full name James Charles Dickinson, is an American beauty influencer and makeup artist who became CoverGirl's first male ambassador at 17 in 2016.

James Coburn

James Coburn (1928-2002) was an American actor of about 70-80 films and 100+ TV appearances, known for The Magnificent Seven, Our Man Flint, and his 1999 Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Affliction.

James Coco

James Coco (James Emil Coco, 1930-1987), American character actor and New York stage veteran; three Obies, Drama Desk for Next, 1983 Emmy for St. Elsewhere, and Oscar nomination for Only When I Laugh.

James Cook (Skins)

James Cook, called Cook, is a fictional character in the British teen drama Skins, played by Jack O'Connell. A Generation 2 anti-hero in Series 3–4 and protagonist of the 2013 finale Skins: Rise.

James Corden

James Corden (born 1978, Hillingdon, London) is an English actor, writer, and host known for Gavin & Stacey, One Man Two Guvnors (2012 Tony), and CBS's The Late Late Show with Carpool Karaoke, 2015-2023; now The Choir (2027) and Fox's World Cup After Hours.

James Cosmo

James Cosmo (born 1948, Clydebank, Scotland; birth name James Ronald Gordon Copeland) is a Scottish character actor known for Highlander, Braveheart, Troy, and Jeor Mormont in Game of Thrones; MBE 2018.

James Cromwell

James Oliver Cromwell (born January 27, 1940) is an American character actor, son of director John Cromwell, Oscar-nominated for Babe (1995), Emmy winner for American Horror Story: Asylum, and a PETA-affiliated vegan activist.

James D'Arcy

James D'Arcy (born Simon Richard D'Arcy, 1975) is an English actor and director, known as Edwin Jarvis in Agent Carter and Avengers: Endgame, and for Dunkirk and Oppenheimer.

James Daly (actor)

James Daly (James Firman Daly, 1918–1978), American stage, film and television actor; Dr. Paul Lochner on Medical Center (1969–76), Flint in Star Trek, Planet of the Apes; father of Tyne and Tim Daly; distinct from the 1905–1963 cinematographer and the Canadian stage actor of the same name.

James Darren

James Darren (James William Ercolani, 1936-2024), American actor, singer, and TV director; Moondoggie in Gidget and its sequels, hitmaker of "Goodbye Cruel World", Officer Jim Corrigan on T.J. Hooker, and Vic Fontaine on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

James Dean

James Byron Dean (1931–1955), American actor of East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause, and Giant, died at 24 in a Cholame, California crash and remains the only performer with two posthumous lead-acting Oscar nominations.

James DeBello

James DeBello (born 1980, Hartford, Connecticut) is an American actor known as Trip in Detroit Rock City (1999), Bert in Cabin Fever, and roles in American Pie and Scary Movie 2.

James Deen

James Deen (Bryan Matthew Sevilla), American pornographic actor and director named after James Dean; youngest AVN Male Performer of the Year winner at 22; starred in The Canyons; dropped by major studios after 2015 rape allegations he denies.

James Denton

James Denton (James Thomas Denton Jr., born 1963, Nashville) is an American actor known as Mike Delfino on Desperate Housewives (2004-2012) and Dr. Sam Radford on Hallmark's Good Witch, also Mr. Lyle in The Pretender and a University of Tennessee advertising graduate.

James DePaiva

James DePaiva (born 1957, Livermore, California) is an American actor known as Max Holden on One Life to Live (1987-2007) and Dr. David Bensch on General Hospital; husband of actress Kassie DePaiva.

James Doakes

James Doakes is a fictional Miami Metro homicide sergeant in Showtime's Dexter and Jeff Lindsay's novels, played by Erik King. The only character to suspect Dexter Morgan, he is killed by Lila in the Season 2 finale and framed as the Bay Harbor Butcher; the book version, Albert Doakes, survives mutilation by Dr. Danco.

James Donald

James Donald (James Robert MacGeorge Donald, 1917–1993) was a Scottish actor known for Major Clipton in The Bridge on the River Kwai, Group Captain Ramsey in The Great Escape, and Theo van Gogh in Lust for Life; distinct from the American actor James Wayne Donald Jr. (born 1964).

James Doohan

James Montgomery Doohan (1920-2005), Canadian actor and WWII veteran who played chief engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in Star Trek (1966-69) and seven films; also devised early Klingon and co-wrote the Flight Engineer novels.

James Dreyfus

James Dreyfus (James Louis de Zogheb Dreyfus, born 1968) is an English actor known as P.C. Goody in The Thin Blue Line, Tom in Gimme Gimme Gimme, Notting Hill, and his 1998 Olivier Award for Lady in the Dark.

James Drury

James Drury (James Child Drury Jr., 1934–2020), American actor, star of NBC's first 90-minute color western The Virginian (1962–1971, 249 episodes); also Forbidden Planet, Ride the High Country; Hall of Great Western Performers inductee.

James Duff (writer)

James Duff (born 1955, New Orleans) is an American TV writer and producer, creator of The Closer and Major Crimes, playwright of Home Front, and executive producer of Star Trek: Picard and Sherlock & Daughter.

James Dunn (actor)

James Howard Dunn (1901–1967), American film and television actor and vaudeville performer, Fox contract star of Bad Girl and Shirley Temple's first features, won the 1945 Best Supporting Actor Oscar for A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and later starred in TV's It's a Great Life.

James Duval

James Duval (born 1972, Detroit) is an American actor known for Gregg Araki's Teenage Apocalypse trilogy, Frank in Donnie Darko, and roles in Independence Day and Go; namesake of a filmmaker (1962-2023).

James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones (1931–2024), American actor and EGOT winner; voice of Darth Vader and Mufasa; first Black Tony Best Actor winner for The Great White Hope; Cort Theatre renamed in his honor in 2022.

James Farentino

James Farentino (James Ferrantino, 1938-2012), American actor; Emmy-nominated as Simon Peter in Jesus of Nazareth, Golden Globe winner for The Pad and How to Use It; TV roles in Dynasty, The Bold Ones, and ER.

James Fleet

James Fleet (born 1952, Bilston, Staffordshire) is an English actor trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, known for Tom in Four Weddings and a Funeral, Hugo Horton in The Vicar of Dibley, and King George III in Queen Charlotte.