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David Hornsby

David Hornsby (born 1975) is an American actor, writer, and producer: Rickety Cricket on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, David Brittlesbee on Mythic Quest, and Tony-nominated co-book-writer of Broadway's The Lost Boys.

David Horsley

David Horsley (1873-1933), English-born American film producer, founded Centaur Film in Bayonne, New Jersey, and the Nestor Film Company, which opened Hollywood's first permanent studio at Sunset and Gower in 1911; later a Universal founder, he died bankrupt.

David Howard Thornton

David Howard Thornton (born 1979, Huntsville, Alabama) is an American actor who plays the silent serial killer Art the Clown in Terrifier, Terrifier 2, Terrifier 3, and the planned Terrifier 4; also a musical theater performer and voice actor.

David Huddleston

David Huddleston (1930–2016), American character actor from Vinton, Virginia, played the title millionaire in The Big Lebowski (1998), Mayor Olson Johnson in Blazing Saddles, and Santa Claus in Santa Claus: The Movie.

David Hungate

David Hungate (born 1948) is an American session bassist, founding bassist of Toto, and player of the "Lowdown" bass line on Boz Scaggs' Silk Degrees; he played on Toto's first four albums including Toto IV, then built a Nashville session career and rejoined Toto in 2014.

David Hunt (actor)

David Hunt (born 1953, Covent Garden, London) is an English actor, director, and producer; Harlan Rook in The Dead Pool (1988), husband of Patricia Heaton, and co-founder of FourBoys Entertainment; distinct from West End musical actor David Hunter.

David Hyde Pierce

David Hyde Pierce (born 1959) is an American actor and director, Emmy winner as Dr. Niles Crane on Frasier and Tony winner for Curtains, with Broadway roles in Spamalot, Hello, Dolly!, Here We Are, and Pirates! The Penzance Musical.

David James Elliott

David James Elliott (born David William Smith, 1960, Toronto) is a Canadian actor best known as Harmon Rabb Jr. on JAG (1995–2005, 227 episodes), later in Trumbo, Heels, and Revival.

David Janssen

David Janssen, born David Harold Meyer (1931–1980), American actor famous as Dr. Richard Kimble in The Fugitive (1963–67); also starred in Richard Diamond, Harry O, and O'Hara, U.S. Treasury; died of a heart attack in Malibu in 1980.

David Jason

Sir David Jason (born David John White, 1940) is the English actor behind Del Boy in Only Fools and Horses, Granville in Open All Hours, Pop Larkin, and Jack Frost in A Touch of Frost; BAFTA Fellowship 2003, knighted 2005.

David Johansen

David Johansen (1950-2025), American singer and actor, frontman of glam/proto-punk band the New York Dolls, later the lounge persona Buster Poindexter with the hit "Hot Hot Hot"; died of cancer at 75.

David Jonsson

David Jonsson (born 1993), British actor known as Gus in Industry, Dom in Rye Lane, Andy in Alien: Romulus, BAFTA EE Rising Star 2025, and Marvel's new Black Panther in Black Panther 3.

David Kakabadze

David Kakabadze (დავით კაკაბაძე, 1889–1952) was a Georgian avant-garde painter, set designer, and inventor, a leading figure of Georgian modernism who patented a glassless 3D film projector.

David Kaye (voice actor)

David Kaye (David V. Hope, born 1964, Peterborough, Ontario) is a Canadian voice actor in Los Angeles, known as Megatron (Beast Wars through Cybertron) and Optimus Prime in Transformers, Clank in Ratchet & Clank, and Sesshomaru in InuYasha.

David Keighley

David Keighley (1948-2025), Canadian IMAX executive and first Chief Quality Officer, oversaw post-production of 500+ IMAX films, founded DKP/IMAX Post with wife Patricia, and partnered with Christopher Nolan on The Odyssey.

David Keith (actor)

David Keith (David Lemuel Keith, born 1954, Knoxville, Tennessee) is an American actor and director, not the scientist or Keith David. Known for An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), Firestarter, Daredevil, and directing The Curse.

David Kelly (actor)

David Kelly (1929–2012) was an Irish character actor known for Rashers Tierney in Strumpet City, Mr O'Reilly in Fawlty Towers, Waking Ned Devine, and Grandpa Joe in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005); distinct from David E. Kelley and Dr David Kelly.

David Knopfler

David Knopfler, British singer-guitarist, co-founded Dire Straits in 1977, played rhythm guitar on its first two albums, left in 1980, and has released solo albums from Release (1983) to Skating on the Lake (2022).

David Koechner

David Koechner, also known as Dave Koechner, is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer born 1962 in Tipton, Missouri, known for Todd Packer on The Office, Champ Kind in Anchorman, one SNL season, and over 200 screen credits.

David Koepp

David Koepp (born 1963, Pewaukee, Wisconsin) is an American screenwriter and director of Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible, Spider-Man, and Spielberg's Disclosure Day; third-ranked screenwriter by box office.

David Koloane

David Nthubu Koloane (1938–2019) was a South African painter, curator, and educator whose expressive works depicted Johannesburg's urban life under apartheid; he co-founded the FUBA Gallery, the Thupelo workshops, and the Bag Factory Artists' Studios.

David Kross

David Kross (born 1990, Bargteheide, Germany; originally spelled Kroß) is a German actor known for Knallhart (2006), Krabat (2008), and as young Michael Berg in The Reader (2008), which won him the Cannes Trophée Chopard; later roles include War Horse, Simpel (Bavarian Film Award 2018), and Kafka.

David Krumholtz

David Krumholtz, American character actor (born 1978, Queens), known as Charlie Eppes on Numb3rs, Bernard in The Santa Clause, and Isidor Isaac Rabi in Oppenheimer; briefly paused acting in 2026.

David Kushner (singer-songwriter)

David Kushner (David Alan Kushner II, born 2000, Chicago) is an American alt/indie singer-songwriter known for TikTok hits "Miserable Man", "Mr. Forgettable", and "Daylight"; EP Footprints I Found (2022), album The Dichotomy (2024), album Devotion (2026).

David Labrava

David M. Labrava, born 1962 in Miami, is an American actor, writer, tattoo artist, glass artist, and former Hells Angels member, known as Happy Lowman on Sons of Anarchy and Mayans M.C.

David LaChapelle

David LaChapelle (born 1963, Connecticut) is an American photographer and director of kitsch pop surrealism, hired by Andy Warhol's Interview at 17, known for hand-painted negatives, celebrity portraits, Rize (2005), and fine art since 2006.

David Ladd

David Ladd (David Alan Ladd, born 1947) is an American actor turned producer, son of Alan Ladd and Sue Carol; Golden Globe winner for The Proud Rebel, MGM production executive, producer of Hart's War and A Guy Thing.

David Lambert (actor)

David Lambert (born 1993, Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an American actor known as Jason Landers on Disney XD's Aaron Stone and Brandon Foster on The Fosters (104 episodes, 2013-2018), with film credits including The Lifeguard and As Certain as Death.

David Lander

David Lander (David Leonard Landau, 1947–2020), American actor who played Squiggy on Laverne & Shirley with Michael McKean; also a voice actor, baseball scout, and MS advocate.

David Lang (composer)

David Lang (born 1957, Los Angeles) is an American composer, co-founder of Bang on a Can, and 2008 Pulitzer Prize winner for the little match girl passion; also Oscar-nominated for Simple Song #3 from Youth and a Yale professor.