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John Ross Bowie
John Ross Bowie (born 1971) is an American actor and comedian best known for playing Barry Kripke on The Big Bang Theory and Jimmy DiMeo on Speechless.
John Rubinstein
John Rubinstein (born 1946, Los Angeles), American actor, composer, and director, son of pianist Arthur Rubinstein. Created the title role in Pippin (1972), won the 1980 Tony for Children of a Lesser God; TV roles include Family and Crazy Like a Fox.
John Russell (actor)
John Lawrence Russell (1921–1991), American film and TV actor and Marine Guadalcanal veteran; starred as Marshal Dan Troop in ABC's Lawman (1958–1962), Tim Kelly in Soldiers of Fortune, and played heavies in Rio Bravo, The Outlaw Josey Wales, and Pale Rider.
John Savage (actor)
John Savage (born John Youngs, 1949), American actor of The Deer Hunter, Hair, The Onion Field, Salvador, Dark Angel, and SEAL Team, born in Old Bethpage, New York.
John Savident
John Savident (1938–2024), British character actor, played booming butcher Fred Elliott on Coronation Street 1994–2006 with the "I say" verbal tic; also appeared in A Clockwork Orange, Gandhi, Yes Minister, and the original London Phantom of the Opera cast.
John Saxon
John Saxon (Carmine Orrico, 1936–2020), American actor of nearly 200 roles over 60 years; Roper in Enter the Dragon, Lt. Thompson in A Nightmare on Elm Street, Golden Globe winner 1958, nominee 1966.
John Sayles
John Sayles (born 1950) is an American independent filmmaker and novelist, director of Return of the Secaucus Seven, Matewan, and Lone Star, twice Oscar-nominated for original screenplay, known for self-financed political films funded by studio script work.
John Schlesinger
John Schlesinger (1926-2003), English film and stage director of the British New Wave; directed Midnight Cowboy, Darling, Sunday Bloody Sunday, and Marathon Man; won the 1970 Best Director Oscar for Midnight Cowboy, the first X-rated Best Picture winner.
John Schneider (producer)
John Steven Schneider (born 1962, San Francisco) is an American film producer and writer, brother and manager of Rob Schneider, known for The Animal, Big Stan, and Hitchcock; distinct from the Dukes of Hazzard actor of the same name.
John Schneider (screen actor)
John Richard Schneider (born 1960, Mount Kisco, New York), American actor known as Bo Duke on The Dukes of Hazzard (128 episodes, 1979-1985) and Jonathan Kent on Smallville (114 episodes), with four #1 Billboard Country singles and over 20 albums.
John Schuck
John Schuck (Conrad John Schuck Jr., b. Feb 4, 1940, Boston) is an American actor: Sgt. Enright on McMillan & Wife, Herman Munster on The Munsters Today, Klingon ambassador Kamarag in Star Trek IV and VI, and Broadway's most-cast Daddy Warbucks.
John Sessions
John Sessions (John Gibb Marshall, 1953-2020), Scottish actor, comedian and impressionist; star of Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Stella Street and QI, and portrayer of Harold Wilson and Ted Heath.
John Shea
John Shea is an American actor, director, and screenwriter who won a Primetime Emmy for Baby M (1988) and played Lex Luthor on Lois & Clark (1993–1997).
John Shrapnel
John Morley Shrapnel (1942–2020), English character actor of the RSC and National Theatre, known for Gladiator, 101 Dalmatians, Notting Hill, and his narration voice; Cambridge-trained, not RADA.
John Simm
John Simm (born 1970, Leeds) is an English actor known for Sam Tyler in Life on Mars, the Master in Doctor Who, and Roy Grace in ITV's Grace, plus stage Hamlet and Macbeth.
John Singleton
John Singleton (1968-2019), American director of Boyz n the Hood, Poetic Justice, and Snowfall; first African American and youngest Best Director Oscar nominee, and creator of the Hood Trilogy set in South Central Los Angeles.
John Slattery
John Slattery is an American actor and director known for Emmy-nominated roles as Roger Sterling on Mad Men, Howard Stark in the Marvel films, and Ben Bradlee Jr. in Spotlight.
John Smith (actor)
John Smith (actor), born Robert Errol Van Orden (1931-1995), American western TV star; lead of NBC's Cimarron City and Laramie (Slim Sherman); stage name chosen by agent Henry Willson.
John Spencer (actor)
John Spencer (born John Speshock, 1946-2005), American character actor; not the snooker champion or the Princess Diana biopic. Emmy-winning Leo McGarry on The West Wing, Tommy Mullaney on L.A. Law, Obie for Still Life.
John Stagliano
John Stagliano (born 1951, Chicago), known as Buttman, is the American adult-film director and founder of Evil Angel credited with inventing gonzo pornography through The Adventures of Buttman (1989); later Fashionistas and a 2008-2010 federal obscenity case ending in acquittal.
John Stamos
John Stamos (born 1963, Cypress, California) is an American actor and musician, full name John Phillip Stamos, known for Uncle Jesse on Full House (1987–1995), Fuller House, ER, Grandfathered, Big Shot, and touring with the Beach Boys.
John Standing
John Standing (John Ronald Leon, 4th Baronet, born 1934) is an English stage, film, and TV actor from a famous acting dynasty; known for Private Lives with Maggie Smith, Game of Thrones' Jon Arryn, and The Great Escaper (2023).
John Stockwell (actor)
John Stockwell (John Stockwell Samuels IV, born 1961, Galveston, Texas) is an American actor turned director-writer, known for Christine, Losin' It, and Top Gun (Cougar), and for directing Blue Crush, Into the Blue, and Turistas; distinct from the CIA officer of the same name.
John Sturges
John Sturges (John Eliot Sturges, 1910-1992) was an American film director of Westerns and action films, distinct from Preston Sturges, best known for Bad Day at Black Rock, The Magnificent Seven, and The Great Escape.
John Sullivan (writer)
John Sullivan (1946–2011), English TV comedy writer, creator of Only Fools and Horses, Citizen Smith, Just Good Friends, and Dear John; wrote all 64 OFAH episodes alone, OBE 2005.
John Swartzwelder
John Swartzwelder (born 1949, Seattle) is the reclusive American comedy writer who wrote 59 Simpsons episodes, more than any other writer, then self-published thirteen Frank Burly novels; his first major interview appeared in The New Yorker in 2021.
John Terry (actor)
John Terry, American actor born 1950 in Vero Beach, Florida; known as Lt. Lockhart in Full Metal Jacket, Felix Leiter in The Living Daylights, and Christian Shephard on Lost, distinct from the Chelsea footballer of the same name.
John Thomson (comedian)
John Thomson (born 1969, Salford) is an English comedian and actor, star of The Fast Show (Jazz Club Man) and Cold Feet's Pete Gifford, Perrier Award collaborator with Steve Coogan.
John Travolta
John Travolta (born 1954) is an American actor known for Welcome Back Kotter, Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Pulp Fiction, and Get Shorty; two-time Oscar nominee, Golden Globe winner, pilot, and 2026 directorial debut Propeller One-Way Night Coach.
John Tucker Must Die
John Tucker Must Die is a 2006 teen romantic comedy directed by Betty Thomas, starring Jesse Metcalfe, Brittany Snow, Ashanti, and Sophia Bush; three ex-girlfriends plot revenge on a serial-cheating basketball star. It grossed $68.8 million worldwide on an $18 million budget.