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Jim Halpert
Jim Halpert, fictional salesman at Dunder Mifflin Scranton in The Office (US), played by John Krasinski; known for pranks on Dwight, the camera gaze, and marrying Pam Beesly.
Jim Hanks
Jim Hanks (born 1961), American actor and younger brother of Tom Hanks; voice double for Woody in Toy Story toys, games, and shorts, and Tom's running double in Forrest Gump.
Jim Henson
Jim Henson (1936–1990), American puppeteer and filmmaker, creator of the Muppets and Kermit the Frog; drove Sesame Street, The Muppet Show (235 million weekly viewers), Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, and founded the Jim Henson Foundation.
Jim Hopper (Stranger Things)
Jim Hopper (James "Jim" Hopper Jr.) is the Hawkins police chief in Stranger Things, played by David Harbour; Eleven's adoptive father, Joyce's partner, survivor of a Soviet labor camp.
Jim Howick
Jim Howick (James Howick, born 1979) is an English actor and writer, an original Horrible Histories cast member (2009–2014) and co-creator of Yonderland and BBC One's Ghosts, in which he plays Pat.
Jim Hutton
Jim Hutton (Dana James Hutton, 1934–1979), American actor of MGM comedies with Paula Prentiss, Major Dundee, The Green Berets, and NBC's Ellery Queen; father of actor Timothy Hutton. Distinct from Freddie Mercury's partner Jim Hutton.
Jim J. Bullock
Jim J. Bullock (born 1955) is an American actor and comedian known as Monroe Ficus on Too Close for Comfort, a regular on Hollywood Squares, Prince Valium in Spaceballs, and co-host of The Jim J. & Tammy Faye Show.
Jim Jarmusch
Jim Jarmusch (born 1953) is an American independent film director of Stranger Than Paradise, Down by Law, Broken Flowers, and Father Mother Sister Brother, known for deadpan minimalism and Cannes prizes.
Jim Jefferies
Jim Jefferies (born Geoff James Nugent, 1977, Sydney) is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, and writer known for the viral Bare gun-control bit, Legit, The Jim Jefferies Show, and ten specials including Two Limb Policy.
Jim Lahey
Jim Lahey is the alcoholic trailer park supervisor of Sunnyvale in Trailer Park Boys, played by John Dunsworth from 1998's One Last Shot until Dunsworth's 2017 death; the character was not recast.
Jim Meskimen
Jim Meskimen (James Ross Meskimen, born 1959) is an American actor, improviser, and impressionist, son of Marion Ross, known for Apollo 13, The Grinch, Fresh Prince, Ultron in Marvel Rivals, and JibJab's This Land.
Jim Nabors
Jim Nabors (1930–2017), American comic actor and baritone singer, played Gomer Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show and Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964–69), recorded over 38 albums, and sang at the Indy 500.
Jim Norton (comedian)
Jim Norton (born 1968, Bayonne, New Jersey) is an American stand-up comedian, author, and radio host of Opie & Anthony, UFC Unfiltered, and The Anthony and Jim Show, known for explicit self-deprecating comedy.
Jim Norton (Irish actor)
Jim Norton (Irish actor), born James Norton, January 4, 1938, Dublin; stage and screen character actor, Bishop Brennan in Father Ted, Olivier 2007 and Tony 2008 for The Seafarer; distinct from the American comedian and English actor of the same name.
Jim O'Heir
Jim O'Heir (born 1962, Chicago) is an American character actor, co-founder of the White Noise sketch troupe, best known as Jerry/Garry/Larry/Terry Gergich on Parks and Recreation (2009-2015) after auditioning for Ron Swanson, and author of Welcome to Pawnee.
Jim Parrack
Jim Parrack, born 1981 in Allen, Texas, is an American actor known as Hoyt Fortenberry on True Blood (2008–2014) and Judd Ryder on 9-1-1: Lone Star (2020–2025), plus Broadway's Of Mice and Men and films Fury and Suicide Squad.
Jim Parsons
Jim Parsons, born 1973 in Houston, Texas, is an American actor famous as Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory, a role that won four Emmys; also a Broadway actor (The Normal Heart, Mother Play, Titanique) and producer of Young Sheldon.
Jim Queen and the Quest for Chloroqueer
Jim Queen and the Quest for Chloroqueer (Jim Queen à la recherche de la Chloroqueer) is a 2026 French-Belgian adult animated musical comedy by Marco Nguyen and Nicolas Athané, Bobbypills' first feature, about a virus turning gay men straight; it premiered at Cannes 2026 Midnight Screenings.
Jim Rash
Jim Rash (born 1971, Charlotte, North Carolina) is an American actor, screenwriter, and director: Dean Pelton on Community, 2012 Oscar winner for The Descendants adapted screenplay, co-director of The Way, Way Back, host of The Writers' Room.
Jim Sarbh
Jim Sarbh (born 1987, Mumbai) is an Indian film and stage actor, director, and producer known for Neerja, Padmaavat, Sanju, Made in Heaven, and his Emmy-nominated Homi Bhabha in Rocket Boys.
Jim Sheridan
Jim Sheridan (born 1949, Dublin) is an Irish film director, screenwriter, and producer; six-time Oscar nominee behind My Left Foot, In the Name of the Father, The Boxer, In America, Murder at the Cottage, and Re-creation. Distinct from Taylor Sheridan.
Jim Sturgess
Jim Sturgess (James Anthony Sturgess, born 1978, London) is an English actor and musician, breakout star of Across the Universe, lead in 21, One Day, The Way Back, and a six-role player in Cloud Atlas, married to Dina Mousawi.
Jim Varney
Jim Varney (June 15, 1949 - February 2000), American comedic actor from Lexington, Kentucky, played Ernest P. Worrell in hundreds of commercials and five Disney films, plus Jed Clampett in The Beverly Hillbillies.
Jim Wahlberg
Jim (James M.) Wahlberg, born 1965 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, is an American film producer, brother of Mark Wahlberg, executive director of the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation, and maker of addiction-recovery and Catholic documentaries including The Big Hustle and Carlo Acutis: Roadmap to Reality.
Jim'll Fix It
Jim'll Fix It (1975–1994) was a BBC One wish-fulfilment series presented by Jimmy Savile and produced by Roger Ordish, in which viewer requests were 'fixed'; later central to the Savile abuse scandal.
Jimi Mistry
Jimi Mistry (born 1973, Scarborough, England) is a British actor of Indian and Irish descent, known for Tariq in East Is East (stage and 1999 film), Dr. Fred Fonseca in EastEnders, The Guru (2002), and Kal Nazir in Coronation Street; distinct from Jimmy Mistry, the Indian designer.
Jimi ni Sugoi! Kōetsu Girl: Kouno Etsuko (校閲ガール)
Jimi ni Sugoi! Kōetsu Girl: Kouno Etsuko (地味にスゴイ！校閲ガール・河野悦子) is a 2016 NTV Japanese workplace drama starring Satomi Ishihara, adapted from Ayako Miyagi's Kōetsu Girl novels, about a fashion lover assigned to a publisher's proofreading department; it averaged double-digit Kanto ratings.
Jimi: All Is by My Side
Jimi: All Is by My Side (2013) is John Ridley's Hendrix biopic starring André Benjamin, covering 1966-67 London years; it contains no Hendrix songs because the estate refused music rights, and Kathy Etchingham disputed its violence scene.
Jiminy Cricket
Jiminy Cricket, Disney's invented name for the cricket conscience of Pinocchio (1940), voiced by Cliff Edwards and designed by Ward Kimball; Collodi's unnamed Talking Cricket was smashed by Pinocchio in the book.
Jiminy Glick
Jiminy Glick: Martin Short's fat-suited, obnoxious celebrity-interviewer character, created 1999 for The Martin Short Show, star of Comedy Central's Primetime Glick (2001-2003) and the film Jiminy Glick in Lalawood.