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James Foley (director)

James Foley (director) (1953–2025), American film and TV director, not the journalist James Foley nor the Australian author. Directed Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), Madonna's music videos, House of Cards episodes, and the two Fifty Shades sequels.

James Fox

James Fox is the name of several figures, chiefly an American documentary filmmaker known for UFO films such as The Phenomenon and The Program, and an English actor born 1939, BAFTA winner for The Servant.

James Fox (filmmaker)

James Fox is a documentary filmmaker specializing in UFO/UAP films: UFOs: 50 Years of Denial, Out of the Blue, I Know What I Saw, The Phenomenon (2020), Moment of Contact (2022), and The Program (2024). Not the British actor or art historian of the same name.

James Franciscus

James Grover Franciscus (1934–1991), American actor of Naked City, Mr. Novak, Longstreet, and Doc Elliot; also Beneath the Planet of the Apes; producer of classic TV adaptations; died of emphysema at 57.

James Franco

James Franco (born 1978) is an American actor known for Freaks and Geeks, the Spider-Man trilogy, 127 Hours, and The Disaster Artist, also a writer and teacher whose career was derailed by Studio 4 sexual-misconduct lawsuits settled for $2.2 million in 2021.

James Franco filmography

The James Franco filmography covers the screen credits of American actor and filmmaker James Franco, known for Freaks and Geeks, the Spider-Man films, and 127 Hours.

James Frecheville

James Aitken Frecheville (born 1991, Melbourne) is an Australian actor known for his debut as J in Animal Kingdom (2010), Jack Nelson in Peaky Blinders, and Maj. Bill Veal in Masters of the Air.

James Gammon

James Richard Gammon (1940-2010), American character actor known as Lou Brown in Major League and Nick Bridges on Nash Bridges, a Sam Shepard stage regular.

James Gandolfini

James Gandolfini (1961-2013), American actor and Rutgers graduate, played mob boss Tony Soprano on HBO's The Sopranos (1999-2007), winning three Emmys, a Golden Globe, and three SAG Awards; also known for True Romance, God of Carnage, and The Drop.

James Garner

James Garner (James Scott Bumgarner, 1928–2014), American actor known as Bret Maverick and Jim Rockford in The Rockford Files; Emmy and Golden Globe winner, Oscar nominee, and twice a studio-suing contract litigant.

James Garner filmography

James Garner filmography: screen credits of American actor James Garner (James Scott Bumgarner, 1928-2014), star of Maverick and The Rockford Files, Oscar-nominated for Murphy's Romance, spanning 1950s westerns to The Notebook.

James Gray (director)

James Gray (born 1969) is an American writer-director of New York-set dramas including Little Odessa (1994, Venice Silver Lion), The Immigrant, Ad Astra, and Armageddon Time; a Cannes regular appreciated especially in France.

James Gregory (actor)

James Gregory (1911–2002) was an American character actor with a deep, gravelly voice, known for Inspector Luger on Barney Miller and roles in The Manchurian Candidate.

James Gunn

James Gunn, American filmmaker and Co-Chairman/CEO of DC Studios with Peter Safran; rose from Troma's Tromeo & Juliet to Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy, The Suicide Squad, Peacemaker, and the 2025 DCU launch film Superman.

James Gunn's PG Porn

James Gunn's PG Porn is a 2008-2009 Spike.com comedy web series by James, Brian, and Sean Gunn: porn-film spoofs with no sex, tagline "For people who love everything about Porn...except the sex."

James Hampton (actor)

James Wade Hampton (July 9, 1936 – April 7, 2021), American character actor; not the visionary artist James Hampton. Known as bugler Hannibal Dobbs on F Troop, Caretaker in The Longest Yard (Golden Globe nomination), and Harold Howard in Teen Wolf; also directed sitcom episodes including Evening Shade and Sister, Sister.

James Haven

James Haven (born 1973), American actor and producer, son of Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand and older brother of Angelina Jolie; appeared in Gia and Original Sin, produced Trudell, led the Artivist Film Festival, and came out as gay in 2026. Distinct from assistant director James Andrew Haven.

James Hayter (actor)

James Hayter (Henry James Goodenough Hayter, 1907-1983), British character actor; Friar Tuck in Disney's 1952 Robin Hood and Samuel Pickwick in The Pickwick Papers (BAFTA nomination); voice of Mr Kipling cakes ads.

James Hong

James Hong (born 1929) is an American character actor with about 700 credits, known for Blade Runner, Big Trouble in Little China, and Kung Fu Panda.

James Horner

James Horner (1953-2015), American film composer trained with Ligeti, wrote over 100 scores; won two Oscars for Titanic, whose soundtrack sold over 27 million copies.

James Ivory

James Ivory (born June 7, 1928) is the American director of Merchant Ivory Productions, founded with Ismail Merchant in 1961, known for Forster and James adaptations including Howards End, and an Oscar winner for Call Me by Your Name.

James Jordan (actor)

James Jordan (born 1979, Houston, Texas) is an American character actor, Taylor Sheridan's most frequent collaborator, playing Two Cups in Lioness, Dale Bradley in Landman, Steve Hendon in Yellowstone, and Cookie in 1883.

James Jordan (dancer)

James Jordan (born 1978) is an English ballroom and Latin dancer best known as a professional dancer on Strictly Come Dancing from 2006 to 2013.

James Jude Courtney

James Jude Courtney is an American actor and stuntman from Columbia, South Carolina, who played Michael Myers in Halloween (2018), Halloween Kills (2021), and Halloween Ends (2022), the only actor to do so in three consecutive films.

James Karen

James Karen (Jacob Karnofsky, 1923-2018), American character actor of Broadway, film, and TV; Mr. Teague in Poltergeist, Frank in The Return of the Living Dead, and Pathmark's 'Mr. Pathmark' pitchman.

James Keach

James Keach (born 1947) is an American actor, director, and producer, the younger brother of actor Stacy Keach, known for The Long Riders and producing Walk the Line.

James L. Brooks

James L. Brooks (born 1940, Brooklyn) is an American director, producer, and screenwriter who co-created The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, and The Simpsons and won three Oscars for Terms of Endearment.

James L. Dolan

James L. Dolan, American media executive, son of Charles Dolan; leads MSG Entertainment, Sphere Entertainment, MSG Sports, and chairs AMC Networks; former Cablevision CEO 1995-2016.

James Lafferty

James Lafferty (born 1985, Hemet, California) is an American actor, director, writer, and producer, star of One Tree Hill as Nathan Scott and co-creator of Everyone Is Doing Great with Stephen Colletti.

James Lance

James Lance (James Frederick Grenville Lance, born 1975) is an English actor, Emmy-nominated as Trent Crimm in Ted Lasso, known for Teachers, Bronson, Marie Antoinette, and The Famous Five.