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James Lapine
James Lapine (born 1949), American stage director, playwright, and librettist; wrote and directed Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, and Passion; three Tonys for Best Book, Pulitzer Prize 1985.
James Lesure
James Lesure, American television actor born 1970 in Los Angeles (some sources say 1975), known for Mike Cannon on Las Vegas, Mel Ellis on For Your Love, and Carter Hope on The Rookie: Feds.
James Lipton
James Lipton (1926–2020), American writer, actor, lyricist, and host, creator and host of Inside the Actors Studio on Bravo from 1994 to 2018, interviewing over 300 guests; also a Broadway lyricist and author of An Exaltation of Larks.
James MacArthur
James MacArthur (1937-2010), American actor, adopted son of Helen Hayes, Disney film star, and Danny "Danno" Williams of "Book 'em, Danno" on CBS's Hawaii Five-O for 11 seasons, 1968-1980.
James Mackay (actor)
James Mackay (born 1984) is an Australian actor known as Steven Carrington on the CW's Dynasty (2017-2022) and for The Dressmaker, Hacksaw Ridge, and Battle of the Sexes; WAAPA graduate and 2013 Heath Ledger Scholarship winner.
James Madio
James Madio (born 1975, Bronx, New York) is an American actor best known as Frank Perconte in HBO's Band of Brothers; also Hook, The Basketball Diaries, The Featherweight's Willie Pep, and The Penguin.
James Mangold
James Mangold (born 1964, New York) is an American director, screenwriter, and producer of Cop Land, Walk the Line, Logan, Ford v Ferrari, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, and the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown.
James Marsden
James Marsden (born 1973, Stillwater, Oklahoma), full name James Paul Marsden, American actor known as Cyclops in X-Men, Prince Edward in Enchanted, Teddy Flood in Westworld, and Emmy-nominated roles in Jury Duty and Paradise.
James Marshall (actor)
James Marshall (James David Greenblatt, born 1967) is an American actor known for James Hurley in Twin Peaks and its 1992 and 2017 installments, and for Pfc. Louden Downey in A Few Good Men.
James Marsters
James Marsters (born 1962, Greenville, California) is an American actor and musician, also James Wesley Marsters, best known as vampire Spike on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel; also Brainiac in Smallville, Captain John Hart in Torchwood, Ghost of the Robot frontman, and Dresden Files audiobook narrator.
James Maslow
James Maslow (James David Maslow, born 1990, New York City) is an American actor-singer, star of Nickelodeon's Big Time Rush as James Diamond, later a Dancing with the Stars finalist, solo artist, and memoirist.
James Mason
James Mason (1909–1984) was an English actor from Huddersfield, Cambridge-trained in architecture, with a 50-year, 100-plus-film career; three Oscar nominations, no win; star of Odd Man Out, A Star Is Born, and Lolita.
James May
James May (born 1963), 'Captain Slow', English TV presenter and motoring journalist, co-hosted Top Gear (2003-2015) and The Grand Tour (2016-2024) with Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond, and hosts Our Man in... and Oh Cook.
James May: Oh Cook
James May: Oh Cook is a British Prime Video cooking series (2020-2023, 14 episodes) in which Top Gear's James May, who says he cannot cook, makes simple recipes with home economist Nikki Morgan, tied to his cookbook.
James May: Our Man in...
James May: Our Man in... is a Prime Video travel documentary series (2020–2024) hosted by James May, covering Japan, Italy, and India, made by Plum Pictures and directed by Tom Whitter.
James McArdle
James McArdle, born 1989 in Glasgow, is a Scottish actor trained at RADA. Known for Louis Ironson in Angels in America (Theatre World Award 2018), Ian Charleson Award for Platonov, and screen roles in Mare of Easttown, Mary Queen of Scots, and Sexy Beast.
James McAvoy
James McAvoy (born 1979, Glasgow) is a Scottish actor and filmmaker, known for Shameless, The Last King of Scotland, Atonement, Filth, Split, and Professor X in the X-Men films; his directorial debut is California Schemin' (2026).
James McTeigue
James McTeigue (born 1967, Sydney) is an Australian director; first AD on The Matrix and Attack of the Clones, directorial debut V for Vendetta (2006), later Ninja Assassin, The Raven, Messiah, Matrix Resurrections producer.
James Michael Tyler
James Michael Tyler (1962–2021), American actor, played Gunther the Central Perk barista on NBC's Friends in 150 episodes; cast as an extra for his cappuccino skills; died of prostate cancer.
James Mitchell (actor)
James Mitchell (1920–2010), American actor and dancer, Palmer Cortlandt on All My Children 1979–2010, leading dancer for Agnes de Mille, Broadway Brigadoon, films The Band Wagon and Oklahoma!.
James Mitchum
James Mitchum (James Robin Spence Mitchum, 1941–2025), American actor, eldest son of Robert Mitchum; debuted in Thunder Road (1958) as Robin Doolin, appeared in over 30 films including In Harm's Way and Two-Lane Blacktop.
James Monroe Iglehart
James Monroe Iglehart (born 1974, Hayward, California) is an American actor and singer who won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical as the Genie in Broadway's Aladdin, later appearing in Hamilton, Spamalot, and A Wonderful World.
James Murdoch
James Rupert Murdoch (born 1972) is a British-born media executive, younger son of Rupert Murdoch; former CEO of STAR, Sky plc, and 21st Century Fox; left the News Corp board in 2020 over editorial content and founded Lupa Systems, which agreed in 2026 to acquire New York magazine and Vox assets.
James Murray (comedian)
James "Murr" Murray (born 1976, per IMDb), Staten Island comedian, Tenderloins member, Impractical Jokers star, author of the Awakened trilogy, and president of Impractical Productions.
James Murray (English actor)
James Murray (Jim Murray), born 1975 in Manchester, is an English actor known for Stephen Hart in Primeval, Prince Andrew in The Crown seasons 5-6, Col. Chick Harding in Masters of the Air, the Murray Parish Trust with Sarah Parish, and river conservation work; distinct from Impractical Jokers' Murr.
James Naughton
James Naughton, American actor and director born 1945 in Connecticut, two-time Tony winner for musicals City of Angels (1990) and Chicago (1997), brother of David Naughton, Yale School of Drama graduate.
James Nelson-Joyce
James Nelson-Joyce, also styled James Nelson Joyce, is an English actor born 1989 in Orrell Park, Liverpool, trained at Italia Conti, known for Little Boy Blue, Time, A Thousand Blows, and BAFTA-nominated This City Is Ours.
James Nesbitt
James Nesbitt (born 1965) is a Northern Irish actor from Ballymena known for Cold Feet, Bloody Sunday, Murphy's Law, Jekyll, Bofur in The Hobbit, The Missing, Bloodlands, and Netflix's Run Away; Wave patron, University of Ulster chancellor.
James Norton (actor)
James Norton (born 1985, London) is an English actor known for Happy Valley, Grantchester, War & Peace, and McMafia, an Olivier- and BAFTA-nominated stage and screen performer, and co-founder of Rabbit Track Pictures.
James Nunn
James Nunn (born 1985, Sutton, Surrey) is a British action and genre film director, distinct from theatre director Trevor Nunn. Known for Tower Block, the One Shot single-take trilogy with Scott Adkins, and the 2026 hippo horror Hungry.