Famous Johns

101. Jon Bernthal

Jon Bernthal was born and raised in Washington D.C., the son of Joan (Marx) and Eric Bernthal, a lawyer. His grandfather was musician Murray Bernthal. Jon went to study at The Moscow Art Theatre School, in Moscow, Russia, where he also played professional baseball in the European professional ...

102. Jon Hamm

Actor | Mad Men

Jon Hamm is an American actor and producer from St. Louis, Missouri who is known for playing Don Draper in Mad Men. He also played Mister Sinister in a deleted scene of The New Mutants and Legion, Brogan from Shrek Forever After, and other films and shows including Sucker Punch, Million Dollar Arm,...

103. Jon Heder

Actor | Napoleon Dynamite

Jonathan Joseph Heder is an American actor and producer who is known for portraying Napoleon Dynamite in 2004. He returned to play the role in an animated series and a 2005 MTV Movie Awards skit. He also acted in the Pororo the Penguin films including Pororo's Racing Adventure, Pororo's Dinosaur ...

104. Jon Gries

Actor | Napoleon Dynamite

Jon Gries was born on June 17, 1957 in Glendale, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Napoleon Dynamite (2004), Men in Black (1997) and Get Shorty (1995).

105. Jonny Lee Miller

Actor | Æon Flux

Jonny (sometimes credited as Johnny) Lee Miller was born on November 15, 1972, in Kingston, England, UK. He is the son of actors Anna Lee and Alan Miller and the grandson of actor Bernard Lee. After appearing in many high school plays at his selective state grammar school, Jonny dropped out at 17 ...

106. Jonny Greenwood

Soundtrack | The Master

Jonny Greenwood was born on November 5, 1971 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK. He is a composer and actor, known for The Master (2012), There Will Be Blood (2007) and Phantom Thread (2017). He has been married to Sharona Katan since 1995. They have three children.

107. John Guleserian

Cinematographer | Cocaine Bear

John Guleserian was born on April 7, 1976 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. John is a cinematographer, known for Cocaine Bear (2023), About Time (2013) and Candyman (2021). John has been married to Theresa Guleserian since December 31, 2010.

108. John Thompson

Producer | Brooklyn's Finest

John Thompson was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a producer and assistant director, known for Brooklyn's Finest (2009), Criminal (2016) and The Expendables (2010). He was married to Tatiana Thompson. He died on January 9, 2018 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

109. John Rothman

Actor | One Mississippi

John Rothman was born on June 3, 1949 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for One Mississippi (2015) and Prime (2005).

110. John Bedford Lloyd

Actor | Trading Places

John Bedford Lloyd's interest in acting began accidentally, while he was a pre-med student at Williams College. A friend convinced him to take a part in a production of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," and the experience changed his life. He switched his curriculum to English and began regularly ...

111. John Webster

Director | The happy worker

Born in Finland of British parents, John Webster has been directing and producing documentary films for over 30 years. His films are visually creative social issue stories with strong central characters, told with humour and empathy. He is the recipient of two Finnish Jussi awards and Docpoint's ...

112. John Bailey

Cinematographer | In the Line of Fire

John Bailey was born on August 10, 1942 in Moberly, Missouri, USA. He was a cinematographer and director, known for In the Line of Fire (1993), American Gigolo (1980) and The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (1991). He was married to Carol Littleton. He died on November 10, 2023...

113. Jon Polito

Actor | The Crow

A veteran of nearly 100 films, Jon Polito is most recognized for his work with The Coen brothers, as well as his many television appearances as a series regular and guest star. Notable motion picture roles include: Millers Crossing, Barton Fink, The Man Who Wasn't There, The Crow, Blankman, and The...

114. Jon Lovitz

Actor | Happiness

Jonathan Michael Lovitz is a American comedian and actor from Tarzana who is known for voicing Jay Sherman from The Critic and for being a Saturday Night Live cast member in the 1990s. He acted in a lot of Adam Sandler films such as The Wedding Singer, Little Nicky, Hotel Transylvania, Grown Ups 2 ...

115. Jonathan Kaplan

Director | The Accused

Jonathan Kaplan was born in Paris, France, to film composer Sol Kaplan and actress Frances Heflin (the sister of actor Van Heflin and a regular on ABC's soap opera All My Children (1970). He started his career as a child actor in the Broadway production of "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs," ...

116. Jonathan Groff

Actor | Frozen

Jonathan Drew Groff is an American actor and singer. Known for his performances on screen, stage and television, Groff is the recipient of such accolades as a Grammy Award and has been nominated for two Tony Awards, two Drama League Awards, a Drama Desk Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.

117. Jonathan Hyde

Actor | Titanic

Jonathan Hyde was born on May 21, 1948 in Brisbane, Australia. He is an actor, known for Titanic (1997), Anaconda (1997) and Jumanji (1995). He is married to Isobel Buchanan. They have two children.

118. Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Actor | Den 12. mann

Jonathan Rhys Meyers was born Jonathan Michael Meyers on July 27, 1977, in Dublin, Ireland, to Mary Geraldine (Meyers) and John O'Keeffe, a musician. He and his family moved to County Cork, Ireland, when the actor was nearly a year old, and then, at the age of 3, his father left the family, leaving...

119. Jonathan Pryce

Actor | The Two Popes

Jonathan Pryce was born on June 1, 1947 in Holywell, Flintshire, Wales, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for The Two Popes (2019), The Wife (2017) and Tomorrow Never Dies (1997). He has been married to Kate Fahy since April 2015. They have three children.

120. Jonathan Banks

Actor | Mudbound

Versatile veteran character actor Jonathan Banks was born in Washington, D.C. in 1947. While growing up he always had an interest in acting and stage work, so decided to pursue a career in entertainment. To this day he is a very accomplished stage actor. While acting in film, he usually plays ...

121. Jonathan Lipnicki

Actor | The Resident

Jonathan was born in Westlake Village, CA to Rhonda and Joe Lipnicki. At the age of five Jonathan Lipnicki received global acclaim as he carried his own with Tom Cruise and Renee Zellweger in the Academy Award-winning film Jerry Maguire. After this breakout role, Jonathan had become a ...

122. Jonathan Taylor Thomas

Actor | The Lion King

Jonathan Taylor Thomas was born Jonathan Taylor Weiss on September 8, 1981 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to Claudine (Gonsalves) and Stephen Weiss. He has an older brother, Joel, and has Pennsylvania Dutch (German) and Portuguese ancestry. Growing up, he liked the music group Boyz II Men, and his ...

123. Jonathan Harris

Actor | Lost in Space

An eloquent character actor who would become a celebrated TV camp icon of the late 1960s, Jonathan Harris was born Jonathan Daniel Charasuchin on November 6, 1914, in the Bronx borough of New York City. The son of impoverished Russian-Jewish émigrés, his father worked in the garment industry and ...

124. Jonathan Demme

Director | The Silence of the Lambs

Jonathan Demme was born on February 22, 1944 in Baldwin, Long Island, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Rachel Getting Married (2008) and Philadelphia (1993). He was married to Joanne Howard and Evelyn Purcell. He died on April 26, 2017 in ...

125. Jonathan Goldstein

Writer | Spider-Man: Homecoming

Jonathan Goldstein was born on September 2, 1968 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Horrible Bosses (2011) and Game Night (2018). He has been married to Adena Halpern since August 26, 2007. They have one child.

126. John 'Dusty' King

Actor | Haunted Ranch

Band singer and light leading man who graduated to leads in a series of B-Westerns. John King was born Miller McLeod Everson to Ernest and Ruth Brumfield Everson on 11 July 1909 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended the University of Cincinnati. Following his schooling, he held many jobs for short ...

127. John Berkes

Actor | Ace in the Hole

John Berkes was born on June 13, 1895 in Trenton, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Ace in the Hole (1951), The Egg and I (1947) and Bowery at Midnight (1942). He died on July 5, 1951 in Hollywood, California, USA.

128. John Capodice

Actor | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Italian-American character actor John Capodice was born on December 25, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois. Capodice began acting on stage in mostly Off-Broadway plays in New York City in the late 1970s. John acted on his first TV show in 1978 and appeared in his first movie in 1982. Often cast as menacing ...

129. John Gielgud

Actor | Arthur

Born in London, England, John Gielgud trained at Lady Benson's Acting School and RADA, London. Best known for his Shakespearean roles in the theater, he first played Hamlet at the age of 26. He worked under the tutelage of Lilian Bayliss with friend and fellow performer Laurence Olivier and other ...

130. John Serret

Actor | The Adventures of Peter Simple

John Serret was born in 1917 in France. He was an actor, known for The Adventures of Peter Simple (1957), Department S (1969) and Dark of the Sun (1968). He died in 1997.

131. John Glen

Director | The Living Daylights

He started on the Shepperton Studios cutting rooms in 1948 working on such as 'The Wooden Horse' and 'The Third Man' before moving to Nettlefold Studios where his stay was interrupted by two years National Service after which he joined Group 3 at Beaconsfield . His next move was becoming sound ...

132. John Moore

Director | Max Payne

John Moore was born in Dundalk, Ireland in 1970, a small town situated about 60 miles from the country's capital Dublin. Moore attended a technical college in Dublin where he studied filmmaking and after completing the school he went on to direct and write a series of short films all produced in ...

133. John Stafford

Director | Interrupting a Robbery

John Stafford is an American actor who grew up in Danville, Arkansas. A law Enforcement Officer for over 20 years he decided to seek after his lifetime dream of acting and writing movie scripts. John's first opportunity came as an extra in the film Gods Not Dead 3 "A light in The Darkness". Since ...

134. John Huston

Director | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

An eccentric rebel of epic proportions, this Hollywood titan reigned supreme as director, screenwriter and character actor in a career that endured over five decades. The ten-time Oscar-nominated legend was born John Marcellus Huston in Nevada, Missouri, on August 5, 1906. His ancestry was English,...

135. John Hamilton

Actor | The Maltese Falcon

Burly, stentorian-voiced John Hamilton, worked on Broadway and in touring theatrical companies for many years prior to his 1930 film debut. He was in the original Broadway company of "Seventh Heaven" and would appear in the film remake (Seventh Heaven (1937)) in 1937. For Warner Bros, he starred ...

136. John Hodiak

Actor | Lifeboat

Pittsburgh-born John Hodiak was one of several up-and-coming male talents who managed to take advantage of the dearth of WWII-era superstars (MGM's Clark Gable, Van Johnson, Robert Taylor and James Stewart, among others) who were off serving their country. John's early death at age 41, however, ...

137. John Dunning

Producer | My Bloody Valentine

John Dunning was born on April 27, 1927 in Verdun, Québec, Canada. He was a producer and writer, known for My Bloody Valentine (2009), Buffalo '66 (1998) and Meatballs (1979). He was married to Jean Myzner. He died on September 19, 2011 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

138. John Mackenzie

Director | The Long Good Friday

A solid and reliable filmmaker with frequent flairs of brilliance, Mackenzie gave up a career in acting because of a desire to control what he was doing. He assisted Ken Loach on his classic early TV plays such as The Wednesday Play: Cathy Come Home (1966), which inspired him and gave him the best ...

139. John McTiernan

Director | Die Hard

John McTiernan was born on January 8, 1951 in Albany, New York, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Die Hard (1988), Rollerball (2002) and Last Action Hero (1993). He has been married to Gail Sistrunk since 2012. He was previously married to Kate Harrington, Donna Dubrow and Carol Land.

140. John Howard Lawson

Writer | Blockade

John Howard Lawson is not the most famous member of the Hollywood 10, those filmmakers who defied the House Committee on Un-American Activities' inquiry into alleged "Communist subversion" in the Hollywood movie industry in 1947, but he was the central figure of the group--the mind if not the heart...

141. Johnathon Schaech

Actor | Blue Ridge

Johnathon Schaech exploded onto the scene as one of Hollywood's most handsome leading men in Jocelyn Moorhouse's How to Make an American Quilt (1995) and Tom Hanks' directorial debut That Thing You Do! (1996) Since then, Johnathon has shown incredible versatility as an actor. Over the last twenty ...

142. John Axelrad

Editor | Ad Astra

John Axelrad was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is known for Ad Astra (2019), The Lost City of Z (2016) and Krampus (2015).

143. John Finn

Actor | Glory

John Finn was born on September 30, 1952 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Glory (1989), Catch Me If You Can (2002) and Cold Case (2003).

144. John Franklin

Actor | Children of the Corn

John Franklin was born on June 16, 1959 in Blue Island, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Children of the Corn (1984), The Addams Family (1991) and Addams Family Values (1993). He has been married to David White since September 2008.

145. John Toll

Cinematographer | Braveheart

John Toll is an American cinematographer. His filmography spans a wide variety of genres, including epic period drama, comedy, science fiction, and contemporary drama. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography in both 1994 and 1995 for Legends of the Fall and Braveheart respectively.

He has ...

146. John Viscount

Producer | Admissions

John Viscount is known for Admissions (2011), The Principle and Choke (2001).

147. John Qualen

Actor | Casablanca

One of the best and most familiar character actors of the first four decades of sound films, although few who knew his face also knew his name, John Qualen was born in Canada to Norwegian parents. His father was a minister. The family moved to the United States and Qualen (whose real name was ...

148. John Le Mesurier

Actor | The Italian Job

The son of a solicitor, British character actor John Le Mesurier attended public school in Dorset, England, before embarking on a career in law. However, acting was his true calling, and at age 20, with his parents' approval, he began his acting career by studying drama at the Fay Compton School of...

149. John Laurie

Actor | The 39 Steps

John Laurie was a Scotsman who would play many character roles in his long career - a lot of Scotsmen to be sure - but an enthusiastic and skilled actor in nearly 120 screen roles. He was the son of a mill worker, and studied for a career in architecture which he indeed began. But with World War I ...

150. John Davis Chandler

Actor | Adventures in Babysitting

Character actor John Davis Chandler was born on January 28, 1935, in Hinton, West Virginia. He was raised in Charleston, West Virginia. Tall and thin, with fair hair, piercing blue eyes, a pale complexion and a nasal, whiny voice, Chandler specialized in portraying mean, neurotic and dangerous ...

151. Jonathan Ford

Cinematographer | Offensive

Jonathan Ford, also known as Jon Ford, is a multi-award winning Director, Writer and Cinematographer. He is known for Offensive (2016), The Dead (2010) and The Dead 2 (2013). He has directed and filmed many television commercials internationally. Jon Ford is known for shooting in extreme conditions...

152. John Ford Noonan

Actor | Adventures in Babysitting

John Ford Noonan was born on October 7, 1943 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Adventures in Babysitting (1987), St. Elsewhere (1982) and American Playhouse (1980). He was married to Marcia Lunt. He died on December 16, 2018 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.

153. John Schultz

Director | Bandwagon

John Schultz is known for Bandwagon (1996), Like Mike (2002) and When Zachary Beaver Came to Town (2003).

154. John Neville

Actor | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

When John Neville was in his early sixties, Terry Gilliam cast him in the title role of The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988). Although the film was a financial failure, Neville's starring role in this major production, as well as his fine performance, led to an explosion in his career. He ...

155. Jonathan Hardy

Actor | Mad Max

Bushy-browed, New Zealand-born actor and writer Jonathan Hardy became most familiar to television audiences as the commanding voice of the Jim Henson Creature Shop muppet, Dominar Rygel XVI, the pint-sized , egocentric ruler-in-exile of a galactic empire, in TV's cult series Farscape (1999). His ...

156. John Joyce

Actor | Doctor Who

John Joyce was born on June 4, 1939 in the UK. He was an actor, known for Doctor Who (1963), The Merchant of Venice (1973) and The Protectors (1972). He died on September 15, 2009 in the UK.

157. John Clarke

Actor | Days of Our Lives

John Clarke was born on April 14, 1931 in South Bend, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Days of Our Lives (1965), The Satan Bug (1965) and Death Valley Days (1952). He was married to Patricia Clarke. He died on October 16, 2019 in Laguna Beach, California, USA.

158. John English

Actor | The Well

John English is known for The Well (2018).

159. John Baldecchi

Producer | The Mexican

Mr. Baldecchi is the CEO of Digital Riot Media (DRM), a media strategist and content producer. DRM has built a slate of movies and episodic shows focused on new forms of distribution. Digital Riot's current feature productions include the Netflix feature 'Sandkings' based on the George RR Martin ...

160. John McLeish

Writer | Fantasia

John McLeish was born on May 10, 1916 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was an actor and writer, known for Fantasia (1940), The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) and Carnival Courage (1945). He was married to Lila Dorothea Wead. He died on October 30, 1968 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

161. John O. Young

Sound_department | The Prisoner of Second Avenue

John O. Young is known for The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975), The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) and The Bill Cosby Show (1969).

162. Jonathan Winters

Actor | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Jonathan Harshman Winters III was born on November 11, 1925 in Dayton, Ohio. His father, Jonathan Harshman Winters II, was a banker who became an alcoholic after being crushed in the Great Depression. His parents divorced in 1932. Jonathan and his mother then moved to Springfield to live with his ...

163. John Brandon

Actor | Scarface

John Brandon was born on June 21, 1929 in Rego Park, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Scarface (1983), Racing with the Moon (1984) and The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000). He died on August 25, 2014.

164. John Woolf

Producer | Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled

John Woolf is known for Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled (2014), Walking Victorian Britain (2021) and Dwarfs in Art: A New Perspective (2018).

165. John Collier

Writer | The Twilight Zone

British novelist, poet and occasional screenwriter, John Henry Noyes Collier was best known as the author of macabre or bizarre short stories with trick endings, akin to those of Roald Dahl. The most widely read of these were published under the title "Fancies and Goodnights" in 1951, winning ...

166. John Bryan

Production_designer | Great Expectations

John Bryan was born on August 12, 1911 in Kensington, London, England, UK. He was an art director and producer, known for Great Expectations (1946), Oliver Twist (1948) and Becket (1964). He was married to Ivy Kathleen Swan. He died on June 10, 1969 in Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, UK.

167. John Scagliotti

Producer | After Stonewall

John Scagliotti is known for After Stonewall (1999), Before Homosexuals (2017) and Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World (2003).

168. John Christopher Terry

Actor | Against the Ropes

John Christopher Terry is known for Against the Ropes (2004).

169. John Slater

Actor | Othello

John Slater was born on August 22, 1916 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Othello (1946), Man with a Million (1954) and Violent Playground (1958). He was married to Betty Levy (actress). He died on January 9, 1975 in London, England, UK.

170. John Halliday

Actor | The Philadelphia Story

In his earlier days, Halliday seems to have relished the life of an adventurer. At one time he fought with the British Army during the Boer War. As a mining engineer he then dug for gold nuggets in Nevada, rapidly made a fortune and lost it as quickly. He eventually switched to the more peaceful ...

171. John Boles

Actor | Frankenstein

John Boles was an American actor who worked prolifically in both leading and supporting roles for 28 years. He was born in Greenville, Texas and graduated from the University of Texas, where he had studied medicine, in 1917. Boles' parents wanted their son to continue with a career in the medical ...

172. John Stacy

Actor | L'età di Cosimo de Medici

John Stacy was born on January 3, 1914 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was an actor, known for The Age of the Medici (1972), The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) and Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century (1977). He died on August 20, 1988 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

173. John Pielmeier

Writer | The Pillars of the Earth

John Pielmeier was born on February 23, 1949 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for The Pillars of the Earth (2010), Living with the Dead (2002) and Agnes of God (1985).

174. John Eskow

Writer | Air America

John Eskow is known for Air America (1990), The Mask of Zorro (1998) and Pink Cadillac (1989). He is married to Allison Eskow. They have two children.

175. John Bloom

Actor | The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs

John Bloom is an investigative reporter, essayist and actor who was born in Dallas, raised in Little Rock, Arkansas, and attended Vanderbilt University on a sports-writing scholarship. Bloom began his writing career in Texas, earning two National Magazine Award nominations for his work with Texas ...

176. Jon Shestack

Producer | Air Force One

He and his wife, Portia Iversen, founded Cure Autism Now in 1995. They have 3 children together, and one of whom is affected by Autism. Was critical in getting both the Children's Health Act of 2000 and Combating Autism Act of 2006 passed.

Shestack serves on the Independent Citizens Oversight ...

177. John Brotherton

Actor | Fuller House

John Brotherton was born on August 21, 1980 in Ellensburg, Washington, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Fuller House (2016), Furious 7 (2015) and The Conjuring (2013). He has been married to Alison Raimondi since June 7, 2008. They have two children.

178. John Schwartzman

Cinematographer | Seabiscuit

John Schwartzman was born on October 18, 1960 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Seabiscuit (2003), Pearl Harbor (2001) and Armageddon (1998).

179. John Mellencamp

Soundtrack | The Perfect Storm

John Mellencamp was born on October 7, 1951 in Seymour, Indiana, USA. He is a music artist and actor, known for The Perfect Storm (2000), Colors (1988) and Footloose (1984). He was previously married to Elaine Irwin, Victoria Granucci and Priscilla Diane Esterline.

180. Jon Davison

Producer | RoboCop

Jon Davison was born on July 21, 1949 in Haddonfield, New Jersey. Davison studied at New York University's Film Institute, where one of his instructors was director Martin Scorsese. While attending NYU Jon staged film retrospectives at the Fillmore East in the East Village. Davison began his career...

181. John Dehner

Actor | The Boys from Brazil

He had one of Hollywood's most distinctive faces and a stentorian baritone voice to match. Character actor John Dehner, was born John Forkum in Staten Island, New York, the son of a globe-trotting artist. He attended school in France and Norway, in the process learning to speak four languages ...

182. John Vernon

Actor | National Lampoon's Animal House

John Vernon was a prolific stage-trained Canadian character player who made a career out of convincingly playing crafty villains, morally-bankrupt officials and heartless authority figures in American films and television since the 1960s. Vernon was directed by some stellar filmmakers, including ...

183. John Larch

Actor | Dirty Harry

Instantly recognizable American character actor with bulbous nose and heavily lined face, who could convey integrity or menace to equal effect. He first came to prominence on radio as (Captain) Starr of Space (1953), using ray guns to combat Martians and alien queens. Beginning in 1953, Larch ...

184. John Larroquette

Actor | Night Court

John Bernard Larroquette, is an all-around American actor known for his roles in both drama and comedy. He became well-known as Deputy District Attorney Dan Fielding in the NBC sitcom "Night Court" (1984-1992; 2023-present), a role that earned him four straight Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actor...

185. John O'Hurley

Actor | Seinfeld

John George O'Hurley Jr. is an American actor, comedian, author, game show host and television personality. He is known for his portrayal of J. Peterman on the NBC sitcom Seinfeld, and was the sixth host of the game show Family Feud from 2006 to 2010. He also hosted To Tell the Truth from 2000 to ...

186. John Findlater

Actor | Airport

John Findlater was born on August 28, 1943 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Airport (1970), With Six You Get Eggroll (1968) and Meteor (1979). He was married to Vicki DeBenedictis and Catherine Mary Stewart. He died on February 21, 2019.

187. John Cacavas

Soundtrack | X-Men: Days of Future Past

Composer, songwriter ("Autumn Once Again"), conductor and arranger, educated at Northwestern University (Bachelor of Music degree) and through music studies with Robert Delaney. He served in the U.S. Army and while there, arranged for the Army Band in Washington, DC. He served as an assistant to ...

188. Jon Pertwee

Actor | Doctor Who

Jon Pertwee is best known for his portrayal of the Third Doctor on the BBC's science-fiction television series Doctor Who (1963) from 1970 to 1974. He was also the first to play the role following the transition of BBC One from black and white to colour. His 60-year entertainment career included ...

189. Jonathan Freeman

Actor | Aladdin

Jonathan Freeman is an American actor, puppeteer and singer who is known for voicing Jafar from Disney's Aladdin franchise. He portrayed Jafar in four animated films, five video games including Kingdom Hearts, an animated series, a 2011 Broadway musical and other Aladdin media. He also did the ...

190. John Schlesinger

Director | Midnight Cowboy

Oscar-winning director John Schlesinger, who was born in London, on February 16, 1926, was the eldest child in a solidly middle-class Jewish family. Berbard Schlesinger, his father, was a pediatrician, and his mother, Winifred, was a musician. He served in the Army in the Far East during World War ...

191. Jonathan Togo

Actor | CSI: Miami

Jonathan Togo was born on August 25, 1977, to Michael and Sheila Togo. He was raised in Rockland, Massachusetts, attending Hebrew school as a child and graduating from Rockland High School in 1995. He went on to attend Vassar College, graduating with a BA in Theater. While at Vassar, he performed ...

192. Jonathan Eirich

Producer | The Two Popes

Jonathan is President of Film for Rideback. In his three-plus years at the company, he has overseen production for live-action films such as ALADDIN directed by Guy Ritchie, DEATH NOTE directed by Adam Wingard and THE POPE, directed by Fernando Meirelles. Before joining the Rideback team in 2015, ...

193. John August

Writer | Big Fish

John August's screenwriting credits include Go (1999), Big Fish (2003), Titan A.E. (2000), Charlie's Angels (2000), and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003).

Born and raised in Boulder, Colorado, John earned a degree in journalism from Drake University in Iowa and an MFA in film from the Peter ...

194. John Lee Hancock

Writer | The Blind Side

John Lee Hancock was born on December 15, 1956 in Longview, Texas, USA. He is a writer and director, known for The Blind Side (2009), Saving Mr. Banks (2013) and The Highwaymen (2019).

195. John Wayne

Actor | True Grit

John Wayne was born Marion Robert Morrison in Iowa, to Mary Alberta (Brown) and Clyde Leonard Morrison, a pharmacist. He was of English, Scottish, Ulster-Scots, and Irish ancestry.

Clyde developed a lung condition that required him to move his family from Iowa to the warmer climate of southern ...

196. Big John Hamilton

Actor | Tough Enough

Big John Hamilton was born on October 29, 1916 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for Tough Enough (1983), Bandolero! (1968) and Hellfighters (1968). He died on December 5, 1984 in San Antonio, Texas, USA.

197. John Furlong

Actor | Wyatt Earp

John Furlong was born on April 14, 1933 in Albany, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Wyatt Earp (1994), Vampires (1998) and The Front Page (1974). He was married to Linda M. Del Santo. He died on June 23, 2008 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

198. John Fiedler

Actor | 12 Angry Men

Typical of busy character actors, Fiedler made his face (and voice) recognizable to millions. Many know the bald-pated Fiedler as therapy patient "Mr. Peterson" on The Bob Newhart Show (1972); others might first recognize him for the 1968 movie, The Odd Couple (1968), and spin-off TV show, The Odd ...

199. Jon Lindstrom

Actor | Bosch

Emmy nominee, award-winning actor, director and screenwriter, Jon Lindstrom, was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. He was introduced early to acting and filmmaking when his father, Robert, a TV advertising executive, cast the young boy in several local TV commercials. His mother, Sue, was a...

200. John Elsenbach

Cinematographer | Murder, She Wrote

John Elsenbach was born on March 1, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for Murder, She Wrote (1984), Code Name: Foxfire (1985) and Otherworld (1985). He died on November 13, 2004 in Newbury Park, California, USA.