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Joey Zimmerman
Joey Zimmerman, also credited J. Paul Zimmerman, American actor born 1986 in Albuquerque; child star of Earth 2, Bailey Kipper's P.O.V., and Disney's Halloweentown films as Dylan Piper; distinct from Swiss actor Joey Zimmermann.
Jogi (ಜೋಗಿ)
Jogi (ಜೋಗಿ) is a 2005 Kannada action drama directed by Prem, starring Shivarajkumar as Madesha, a village youth drawn into Bangalore's underworld; a record-setting 2005 Kannada box-office hit with Gurukiran's music.
Johan Renck
Johan Renck (Stakka Bo) is a Swedish director born 1966 in Uppsala, known for Bowie's Blackstar and Lazarus videos, all five episodes of HBO's Chernobyl (two Emmys), Spaceman, and Netflix's Assassin's Creed series.
Johann Nestroy
Johann Nestroy (1801–1862) was an Austrian actor, singer, and comic playwright who dominated the Viennese stage for decades; his farce Lumpazivagabundus (1833) is his most performed work.
Johann Urb
Johann Urb (Johann Urb, born 1977, Tallinn) is an Estonian-American actor, producer, and former model known for Leon S. Kennedy in Resident Evil: Retribution and Vigilante in Arrow.
Johanna Braddy
Johanna Braddy (Johanna Elizabeth Braddy, born 1987, Atlanta) is an American actress known as Anna on UnREAL, Shelby Wyatt on Quantico, Jenny Matrix on Video Game High School, and the voice of Princess Yue in Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Johannes Radebe
Johannes Radebe, South African dancer and choreographer from Zamdela, Sasolburg; Strictly Come Dancing professional from 2018, runners-up with John Whaite in 2021; author of Jojo: Finally Home and Lola in Kinky Boots.
John Abraham
John Abraham (जॉन अब्राहम), born 1972, is an Indian Hindi-film actor, producer, and former model; debut Jism (2003), breakthrough Dhoom (2004), producer of Vicky Donor; distinct from the 1937-born Malayalam filmmaker of the same name.
John Adams (miniseries)
John Adams is HBO's 2008 seven-part miniseries, also called John Adams (2008), based on David McCullough's Pulitzer-winning biography, starring Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney, directed by Tom Hooper, and winning a record 13 Emmys.
John Agar
John Agar was an American film and television actor who began in John Ford's 1940s cavalry Westerns before becoming known for 1950s science fiction films.
John Alderton
John Alderton (born 27 November 1940, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire) is an English retired actor known for Please Sir!, Upstairs, Downstairs, Thomas and Sarah, Wodehouse Playhouse, Little Miss, and voicing Fireman Sam; husband of the late Pauline Collins.
John Allen Nelson
John Allen Nelson (born 1959) is an American actor, screenwriter, and producer: Warren Lockridge on Santa Barbara, John D. Cort on Baywatch, Walt Cummings on 24, and the title role in the film Hunk; also the Wine Guy on Friends.
John Altman (actor)
John Altman (born 1952, Reading, Berkshire) is an English actor best known as villain Nick Cotton in BBC's EastEnders (1985–2015, 281 episodes); also Birth of the Beatles, Chicago stage tours, musician Johnny Altman; distinct from the composer John Altman.
John Altschuler
John Altschuler (born 1963, Carbondale, Illinois) is an American TV producer and writer, co-creator of HBO's Silicon Valley with Mike Judge and Dave Krinsky, longtime King of the Hill executive producer, and five-time Emmy nominee.
John Amos
John Amos (John Allen Amos Jr., 1939–2024), American actor known as James Evans Sr. on Good Times and the adult Kunta Kinte in Roots; Emmy-nominated 1977; also The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The West Wing, Coming to America.
John and the Hole
John and the Hole is a 2021 American psychological thriller, Pascual Sisto's directorial debut, written by Nicolás Giacobone from his short story El Pozo, in which 13-year-old John traps his family in a bunker; premiered at Sundance 2021, released by IFC Films.
John Anderson (actor)
John Robert Anderson (1922–1992), American character actor of Psycho, The Twilight Zone, MacGyver, and Star Trek: TNG; over 500 TV roles, westerns, and Lincoln and Landis portrayals.
John Aniston (Γιάννης Αναστασάκης)
John Aniston (Γιάννης Αναστασάκης, born Yannis Anastassakis, 1933–2022) was a Greek-born American actor who played Victor Kiriakis on Days of Our Lives from July 19, 1985 until his death, and was the father of Jennifer Aniston.
John Asher
John Asher (John Mallory Asher, born 1971) is an American actor-director known as Gary Wallace in Weird Science and for directing Kounterfeit, Dirty Love, Somebody Marry Me, and A Boy Called Po.
John Ashton (actor)
John David Ashton (1948–2024), American character actor from Springfield, Massachusetts; played Sergeant John Taggart in Beverly Hills Cop (1984, 1987, 2024) and Marvin Dorfler in Midnight Run; died of cancer in Fort Collins, Colorado.
John Astin
John Astin (born March 30, 1930, Baltimore) is the American actor who played Gomez Addams in The Addams Family (1964-66), an Oscar-nominated short-film maker, adoptive father of Sean Astin, and the series' last surviving cast member.
John Badham
John Badham (born 1939, Luton, England) is the American director of Saturday Night Fever, Dracula, WarGames, Short Circuit, and Stakeout, a two-time Emmy nominee, author of two directing books, and a tenured film professor at Chapman University.
John Banner
John Banner (Johann Banner, 1910–1973), Austrian-born American actor and Jewish refugee who served in the U.S. Army, best known as bumbling Sergeant Schultz on Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971), famous for "I know nothing!"
John Barrowman
John Barrowman (born 1967, Glasgow) is a Scottish-American actor, singer, and presenter, best known as Captain Jack Harkness in Doctor Who and Torchwood, with West End, Broadway, recording, and book credits with sister Carole.
John Barry (composer)
John Barry Prendergast (1933–2011), York-born English film composer; scored 11 James Bond films and won five Oscars for Born Free, The Lion in Winter, Out of Africa, and Dances with Wolves.
John Barrymore
John Barrymore, born John Sidney Blyth, was an American stage and screen actor acclaimed for his Broadway Hamlet of 1922 and films such as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
John Beasley (actor)
John Beasley was an American character actor known for his roles in Everwood and The Soul Man. He was born in Omaha in 1943 and died in 2023.
John Beck (actor)
John Beck (born 1943, Chicago) is an American retired actor, best known as Mark Graison on Dallas and for Rollerball, Sleeper, and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid; distinct from the 1876–1956 actor and writer John D. Beck.
John Bell (Scottish actor)
John Hunter Bell (born 1997, Paisley, Scotland) is a Scottish actor known as Bain in The Hobbit films and Young Ian Murray in Starz's Outlander; distinct from the Australian actor John Bell born 1940.
John Belushi
John Belushi (1949-1982), American comedian and actor, original Saturday Night Live cast member, star of Animal House and The Blues Brothers with Dan Aykroyd; died March 5, 1982, of a cocaine-heroin overdose at the Chateau Marmont.