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David Bradley (English actor)
David John Bradley (born 1942, York) is an English character actor; Argus Filch in Harry Potter and Walder Frey in Game of Thrones, Olivier Award-winning stage veteran and the third actor to play Doctor Who's First Doctor.
David Brenner
David Brenner (1936-2014), American stand-up comedian and former documentary filmmaker, pioneer of observational comedy and record-setting Tonight Show guest who influenced Jerry Seinfeld and Jay Leno.
David Brent
David Brent is the fictional office manager played by Ricky Gervais in the BBC mockumentary The Office (2001–2003), boss of Wernham Hogg's Slough branch, prototype of Michael Scott, and later star of the film Life on the Road.
David Brent: Life on the Road
David Brent: Life on the Road (2016) is a British mockumentary comedy film written, directed by and starring Ricky Gervais, reviving his Office character as a salesman funding a UK tour with his band Foregone Conclusion; Metascore 54, Netflix US release 2017.
David Bromstad
David Bromstad, American artist and HGTV host, won Design Star season 1 in 2006, hosted Color Splash 2007-2012, and has hosted My Lottery Dream Home since 2015.
David Bryan
David Bryan (born David Bryan Rashbaum, 1962) is Bon Jovi's founding keyboardist and a Tony-winning composer; with Joe DiPietro he wrote Memphis (four 2010 Tonys) and The Toxic Avenger.
David Burke (British actor)
David Burke (1934-2026), English character actor, played Dr Watson opposite Jeremy Brett in Granada's The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984-85) and originated Niels Bohr in Frayn's Copenhagen; distinct from the American actor David Burke of The Tick.
David Burliuk
David Burliuk (Давид Бурлюк, 1882–1967) was a Ukrainian-born painter and poet regarded as the father of Russian Futurism; he co-wrote the 1912 manifesto A Slap in the Face of Public Taste.
David Burtka
David Burtka (David Michael Burtka), American actor and Le Cordon Bleu-trained chef, husband of Neil Patrick Harris; known for How I Met Your Mother's Scooter, Gourmet M.D. catering, Life Is a Party (2019), and Drag Me to Dinner (2023).
David Byrne
David Byrne, Scottish-born American musician and artist, frontman and principal songwriter of new wave band Talking Heads (founded 1975), later a nine-album solo artist, Oscar, Grammy, and Tony winner, and author of How Music Works.
David Byron
David Byron (born David Garrick, 1947–1985), English rock singer and original frontman of Uriah Heep 1970–1976; later Rough Diamond, solo albums Take No Prisoners and Baby Faced Killer, and the Byron Band.
David C. Glasser
David C. Glasser (David Clayton Glasser, born 1971) is an American film executive and producer, CEO and co-founder of 101 Studios, producer of Taylor Sheridan's Yellowstone.
David Callaham
David Elias (Dave) Callaham, born 1977, Fresno, California, is an American screenwriter known for Doom, The Expendables, Godzilla, Wonder Woman 1984, Shang-Chi, and Across the Spider-Verse, and creator of Jean-Claude Van Johnson.
David Campbell (composer)
David R. Campbell (born 1948, Toronto) is a Canadian-American arranger, orchestrator, conductor and film composer with arrangements on 425 gold or platinum albums, film credits on Brokeback Mountain and Tarzan, and is Beck's father.
David Canary
David Canary, born David Hoyt Canary, was an American actor recognized for playing the twins Adam and Stuart Chandler on All My Children and for winning five Daytime Emmys.
David Carradine
David Carradine (1936–2009), American actor, eldest son of John Carradine; starred as Kwai Chang Caine in Kung Fu (1972–75) and as Bill in Tarantino's Kill Bill films; died in Bangkok.
David Caruso
David Caruso (born 1956) is a retired American actor known as Det. John Kelly on NYPD Blue and Lt. Horatio Caine on CSI: Miami (2002-2012, 232 episodes); he left NYPD Blue for a failed film career and now works as an art dealer.
David Cassidy
David Cassidy (1950-2017), American singer and actor, Keith Partridge on ABC's The Partridge Family 1970-1974; early-1970s teen idol whose fan club exceeded Elvis's and the Beatles'; died of organ failure in Fort Lauderdale.
David Castañeda
David Castañeda (born 1989, Los Angeles) is a Mexican-American actor known for Diego Hargreeves in Netflix's The Umbrella Academy (2019–2024), Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Most Dangerous Game, and Ballerina.
David Caves
David Caves is a Northern Irish actor from Belfast, best known as forensic scientist Jack Hodgson in BBC's Silent Witness since 2013; trained at St Andrews and LAMDA, with stage roles for the RSC and films Jackie and Ironclad: Battle for Blood.
David Chang
David Chang, Korean-American chef, founded Momofuku (Noodle Bar, NYC, 2004), won James Beard Awards, two Michelin stars for Ko, hosted Ugly Delicious, wrote Eat a Peach.
David Charvet
David Charvet (David Franck Guez), French-born actor and singer born 1972 in Lyon, played Matt Brody on Baywatch and Craig Field on Melrose Place, then recorded three French pop albums including David Charvet (1997), selling over 2.5 million albums.
David Chase
David Chase (born David Henry DeCesare, 1945) is the American writer-producer-director who created HBO's The Sopranos (1999-2007), after a long network career on The Rockford Files, I'll Fly Away, and Northern Exposure.
David Choe
David Choe, also known as Dave Choe, is an American painter and muralist of Korean descent whose Facebook mural stock was reportedly worth about $200 million by 2012.
David Clayton-Thomas
David Clayton-Thomas (David Henry Thomsett, 1941–2026), Canadian singer-songwriter, lead vocalist of Blood, Sweat & Tears 1968–1972 and later; sang "Spinning Wheel"; died Toronto 2026.
David Conrad
David Crawford Conrad, born 1967 in Pittsburgh, is an American actor known as Jim Clancy on Ghost Whisperer (2005-2010), Broadway's The Deep Blue Sea, Wedding Crashers, and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.; he has lived in England since 2018.
David Cook (singer)
David Cook (born 1982) is the American rock singer-songwriter who won American Idol season 7 in May 2008 over David Archuleta; albums Analog Heart, David Cook (platinum), Digital Vein; over 2 million albums sold.
David Copperfield
David Copperfield is Charles Dickens's 1849–50 first-person novel, partly autobiographical, following David from harsh childhood to literary fame; illustrated by Phiz, adapted in 1935 and 2019 films.
David Copperfield (1999 film)
David Copperfield (1999) is a two-episode BBC/WGBH television miniseries of Dickens's novel, directed by Simon Curtis from Adrian Hodges's screenplay, first shown 25 December 1999, starring Daniel Radcliffe as young David, Maggie Smith, and Bob Hoskins.
David Copperfield (illusionist)
David Copperfield, stage name of David Kotkin (born 1956), American illusionist famous for CBS television specials vanishing the Statue of Liberty and a Lear jet, and a 25-year MGM Grand Las Vegas residency ending April 2026.