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Johnny (ஜானி)
Johnny (ஜானி) is a 1980 Tamil film directed by J. Mahendran, starring Rajinikanth in a dual role as con artist Johnny and barber Vidyasagar, with Sridevi as singer Archana and music by Ilaiyaraaja; released 15 August 1980, 140 minutes, also shot in Telugu as Aakali Rajyam.
Johnny Ball
Johnny Ball is an English television presenter and comedy writer who created 23 factual children's series, including Think of a Number, and was born in Bristol in 1938.
Johnny Be Good
Johnny Be Good is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Bud Smith, starring Anthony Michael Hall as a high school quarterback courted by corrupt recruiters.
Johnny Belinda
Johnny Belinda is a 1948 Warner Bros. drama directed by Jean Negulesco, starring Jane Wyman as a deaf-mute woman on Cape Breton Island taught sign language by Lew Ayres's doctor; it earned 12 Oscar nominations and won Wyman Best Actress.
Johnny Berchtold
Johnny Berchtold (born 1994) is an American actor and writer from New Jersey, known for Dog Gone, The Passenger, Reacher season 3 as Richard Beck, and Paul Murdaugh in Murdaugh: Death in the Family, plus TikTok movie-trope parodies.
Johnny Bravo
Johnny Bravo: American Cartoon Network animated series (1997–2004) created by Van Partible, about an Elvis-voiced, muscle-bound mama's boy whose womanizing pick-up attempts always fail; one of the original Cartoon Cartoons.
Johnny Briggs (actor)
Johnny Briggs (John Ernest Briggs, 1935-2021), English actor, played factory owner Mike Baldwin in Coronation Street from 1976 to 2006; MBE 2007, fame from the 1982-83 Deirdre Barlow storyline.
Johnny Brown (actor)
Johnny Brown (1937–2022) was an American actor, comedian, and singer, famed as Nathan Bookman on Good Times and as a Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In regular; distinct from actors John Brown and Johnny Mack Brown.
Johnny Carson
Johnny Carson (John William Carson, 1925–2005) hosted The Tonight Show on NBC from October 1, 1962 to May 22, 1992, won six Emmys and the 1992 Presidential Medal of Freedom, and shaped the late-night format.
Johnny Carter (EastEnders)
Johnny Carter is a fictional EastEnders character, son of Mick and Linda Carter, first seen 26 December 2013, played by Sam Strike, Ted Reilly, and Charlie Suff, known for his 2014 coming out storyline and 2027 exit.
Johnny Crawford
Johnny Crawford (John Ernest Crawford, 1946-2021), American actor, singer, and Mouseketeer, played Mark McCain on ABC's The Rifleman (1958-1963), earned a 1959 Emmy nomination, recorded Billboard hits like Cindy's Birthday, and later led the Johnny Crawford Dance Orchestra. Not the Mississippi, Texas, Georgia, or other unrelated Johnny Crawfords in obituary records.
Johnny Dangerously
Johnny Dangerously is a 1984 American gangster-spoof comedy directed by Amy Heckerling, starring Michael Keaton as a criminal hiding his double life from his DA brother; released by Fox December 21, 1984, PG-13, 93 minutes.
Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp (John Christopher Depp II, born 1963) is an American actor and musician, star of Pirates of the Caribbean's Jack Sparrow, with three Oscar nominations, a Golden Globe and SAG Award, known for Tim Burton collaborations and the 2022 Depp v. Heard verdict.
Johnny Depp filmography
Johnny Depp filmography: credited roles of the American actor John Christopher Depp II (born 1963), from A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) and 21 Jump Street through Tim Burton films, Pirates of the Caribbean, Jeanne du Barry, Ebenezer (2026), and Day Drinker (2027).
Johnny Eck
Johnny Eck (John Eckhardt Jr., 1911–1991) was a Baltimore sideshow performer and film actor born with sacral agenesis; billed "The Amazing Half-Boy", he performed on his hands, played the Half Boy in Freaks (1932) and bird creatures in three Tarzan films, and became Baltimore's best-known screen painter.
Johnny English
Johnny English (2003) is a British spy comedy starring Rowan Atkinson as a bumbling MI7 agent recovering stolen Crown Jewels from John Malkovich's Pascal Sauvage; directed by Peter Howitt, it grossed about $160 million worldwide and spawned two sequels.
Johnny English Reborn
Johnny English Reborn (2011) is a British spy comedy sequel directed by Oliver Parker, starring Rowan Atkinson as MI-7 agent Johnny English recalled to stop an assassination plot against the Chinese premier; it grossed about $160 million worldwide.
Johnny English Strikes Again
Johnny English Strikes Again, also known as Johnny English 3, is a 2018 action-comedy in which Rowan Atkinson returns as bumbling agent Johnny English, the third film in the series.
Johnny Flynn
Johnny Flynn is an English singer-songwriter and actor, frontman of the Sussex Wit, whose albums include A Larum and The Moon Also Rises with Robert Macfarlane; acting roles span Lovesick, Emma., Stardust, One Life, and Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter series.
Johnny Gaddaar (जॉनी गद्दार)
Johnny Gaddaar (जॉनी गद्दार) is a 2007 Hindi neo-noir crime thriller written and directed by Sriram Raghavan, starring Neil Nitin Mukesh in his debut, Dharmendra, Rimi Sen, and Zakir Hussain; five Mumbai gamblers lose their pooled drug-deal money to a double-cross. Box office flop, later critically praised.
Johnny Galecki
Johnny Galecki (born 1975, Bree, Belgium) is an American actor who played David Healy on Roseanne and Dr. Leonard Hofstadter for all 12 seasons of The Big Bang Theory, earning 2011 Emmy and 2012 Golden Globe nominations, and returning in 2026 to play Tennessee Williams in Kowalski in Chicago.
Johnny Gilbert
Johnny Gilbert (John Lewis Gilbert III, born 1928) is the American announcer of the syndicated game show Jeopardy! since 1984, famed for "This is Jeopardy!", over 8,000 Alex Trebek introductions, and a Guinness longevity record.
Johnny Got His Gun (film)
Johnny Got His Gun (1971) is Dalton Trumbo's only film as director, adapted from his 1939 anti-war novel about WWI soldier Joe Bonham, who loses limbs and face but remains conscious. It won Cannes' Jury Special Grand Prix and FIPRESCI in 1971 and gained fame through Metallica's "One" video.
Johnny Guitar
Johnny Guitar (1954) is a Nicholas Ray Western starring Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, and Mercedes McCambridge, made by Republic Pictures in Trucolor; a cult, feminist, anti-McCarthyism reading of the genre.
Johnny Hardwick
Johnny Hardwick (John Michael Hardwick, 1958–2023), American voice actor, comedian, writer, and producer; voice of Dale Gribble on King of the Hill (1997–2010), also staff writer, story editor and producer; 1999 Emmy winner; died in Austin, Texas.
Johnny Harris (actor)
Johnny Harris (born 1973, Lambeth, London) is an English actor, screenwriter, and producer known for Mick in This Is England '86 and for writing and starring in Jawbone (2017); multiple BAFTA nominations.
Johnny Knoxville
Johnny Knoxville (Philip John Clapp, born 1971) is an American stunt performer, actor, and co-creator and star of MTV's Jackass and its film series, ending with Jackass: Best and Last (2026).
Johnny Lawrence (character)
Johnny Lawrence is the fictional Karate Kid character played by William Zabka: the 1984 All Valley loser to Daniel LaRusso and later protagonist of Cobra Kai, whose redemption arc ends with him winning the Sekai Taikai and co-running a dojo with LaRusso.
Johnny Lever
Johnny Lever, born John Prakash Rao Janumala (1957), Indian Hindi-film comedian and stand-up pioneer with 300-350+ films, two Filmfare Best Comedian awards, peak in 1990s-2000s.
Johnny Lewis
Johnny Lewis (Jonathan Kendrick Lewis, 1983–2012), American actor who played Kip "Half Sack" Epps on Sons of Anarchy; died in 2012 after killing his landlady in Los Feliz and falling from her home.