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John Ortiz
John Ortiz (John Augustin Ortiz) is an American actor, co-founder of LAByrinth Theater Company with Philip Seymour Hoffman, known for Jack Goes Boating, Fast & Furious, Luck, and Broadway's Anna in the Tropics; distinct from the racehorse trainer and other namesakes.
John Osborne
John Osborne (1929–1994), English playwright born in Fulham, London; author of Look Back in Anger, premiered 1956 at the Royal Court Theatre, which launched the Angry Young Man label and kitchen-sink realism. Also wrote The Entertainer and the Oscar-winning Tom Jones screenplay.
John Owen Lowe
John Owen Lowe (born 1995) is an American actor, writer, and producer, son of Rob Lowe and Sheryl Berkoff; co-creator and star of Netflix's Unstable, writer on 9-1-1: Lone Star, and lead of Grace Point.
John Pankow
John Pankow is an American actor born in St. Louis, known as Ira Buchman on Mad About You (1993-1999) and Merc Lapidus on Episodes (2011-2017), with extensive Broadway and Shakespeare in the Park credits.
John Partridge (actor)
John Partridge (born 1971, Radcliffe, Lancashire) is an English actor, dancer, and singer best known as Christian Clarke in EastEnders (2008–2016, 382 episodes), Rum Tum Tugger in Cats, and winner of Celebrity MasterChef.
John Patrick Amedori
John Patrick Amedori (born 1987, Baltimore) is an American actor and musician known for young Evan Treborn in The Butterfly Effect, Gabe Mitchell in Dear White People, and Jack in Three Women, with a music career in the band Ceesau.
John Patrick Jordan
John Patrick Jordan, American actor known for Larnell in the Evil Bong franchise and Stifler in American Pie Presents: The Book of Love; recent roles include The Accountant 2, Landman, Them, and an upcoming Dark Winds arc.
John Patrick Shanley
John Patrick Shanley (born 1950), Bronx-born American playwright, screenwriter, and director; Oscar winner for Moonstruck (1987) and Pulitzer and Tony winner for Doubt, a parable (2005).
John Payne (actor)
John Howard Payne (1912–1989), American film actor of Fox musicals and film noir; Fred Gailey in Miracle on 34th Street (1947), star-producer of The Restless Gun (1957–59).
John Phillip Law
John Phillip Law (1937-2008), American actor, played Pygar in Barbarella, the title role in Danger: Diabolik, and a Soviet submariner in The Russians Are Coming; also Death Rides a Horse and The Love Machine.
John Pinette
John Pinette, American stand-up comedian and actor (1962 or 1964 to 2014), known for food-centered clean comedy, the 'Nay-nay' bit, Frank Sinatra and Hairspray, and the Seinfeld finale.
John Powers Middleton
John Powers Middleton (born 1984, Philadelphia) is an American film and TV producer, son of Phillies owner John S. Middleton; known for Bates Motel, The Lego Movie, The Disaster Artist, Good Boys, Nimona, and The Affleck/Middleton Project with Casey Affleck.
John Proctor Is the Villain
John Proctor Is the Villain is a play by Kimberly Belflower in which Georgia high school girls studying The Crucible question its hero during #MeToo; Broadway 2025, seven Tony nominations, Sadie Sink starring.
John Putch
John Putch (born 1961, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania), son of Jean Stapleton, is an American actor turned director known for One Day at a Time, the Route 30 indie trilogy, and Hallmark's Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story.
John Pyper-Ferguson
John Pyper-Ferguson (born 1964, Mordialloc, Australia) is an Australian-Canadian actor known as Tex on The Last Ship, Jack Soloff on Suits, Bill Cadogan on The 100, and Charley Hecker in Unforgiven.
John Q.
John Q. is a 2002 American drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes, in which Denzel Washington plays a father who takes a hospital emergency room hostage over his son's transplant.
John Quade
John Quade (John William Saunders III, 1938–2009), American character actor and former JPL aerospace engineer, best known as biker-gang leader Cholla in Clint Eastwood's Every Which Way But Loose and Any Which Way You Can.
John Rabe (2009 film)
John Rabe (2009) is a German-French-Chinese historical drama directed by Florian Gallenberger, starring Ulrich Tukur as the Siemens manager and Nazi Party member who led the Nanking Safety Zone; it won four Lolas including Best Film.
John Rambo
John Rambo (John James Rambo) is the fictional Vietnam veteran created by David Morrell in the 1972 novel First Blood and played by Sylvester Stallone in five films (1982-2019), distinct from the 2027 prequel John Rambo starring Noah Centineo.
John Rambo (film)
John Rambo is an upcoming 2027 American war action prequel to First Blood (1982), the sixth Rambo film. Directed by Jalmari Helander, written by Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani, it stars Noah Centineo as young John Rambo and David Harbour as Major Trautman, releasing June 4, 2027 via Lionsgate.
John Randolph (actor)
John Randolph (Emanuel Hirsch Cohen, 1915–2004), American Tony-winning character actor of stage, film, and TV; blacklisted after the 1955 HUAC hearing, returned via Seconds (1966), known for Prizzi's Honor and You've Got Mail.
John Ratzenberger
John Ratzenberger (born 1947, Bridgeport, Connecticut) is the American actor who created and played Cliff Clavin on Cheers (1982-1993) and voiced a character in every Pixar feature from Toy Story (1995) through Onward (2020), including Hamm, Mack, and P.T. Flea.
John Reardon
John Reardon (John Henry Reardon, born 1975, Halifax) is a Canadian actor known for Charlie Hudson in Hudson & Rex, Blake Laviolette in Arctic Air, and roles in Continuum, White Chicks, and Tron: Legacy.
John Redcorn
John Redcorn III is a recurring Native American masseur character in King of the Hill, Nancy Gribble's lover and Joseph's biological father, voiced by Victor Aaron then Jonathan Joss, and studied as a sitcom 'neo-Indian'.
John Rhys-Davies
John Rhys-Davies (born 1944) is a Welsh actor known as Gimli in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and Sallah in the Indiana Jones films, also voicing Treebeard, with an Emmy nomination for Shogun and a lead role in Sliders.
John Richardson (actor)
John Richardson was an English actor born in Worthing in 1934. He gained fame in Black Sunday (1960) and played the love interest of Ursula Andress in She (1965).
John Ridley
John Ridley (John Ridley IV) is an American screenwriter, director, and novelist who won the Academy Award for 12 Years a Slave and created ABC's American Crime.
John Ritter
John Ritter (Jonathan Southworth Ritter, 1948–2003), American actor and comedian, Emmy and Golden Globe winner as Jack Tripper on Three's Company (1977–84), later star of 8 Simple Rules; died of aortic dissection in 2003.
John Roberts (actor)
John Roberts (born 1971) is an American actor, comedian, and recording artist, the voice of Linda Belcher on Bob's Burgers since 2011 and a 2015 Emmy nominee; distinct from other John Roberts in entertainment.
John Robins (comedian)
John Robins (born 1982) is an English stand-up comedian, writer, and BBC Radio 5 Live host with Elis James. He shared the 2017 Edinburgh Comedy Award for The Darkness of Robins, won Taskmaster series 17, and wrote the 2026 sobriety memoir Thirst.