Actor/actress Famous Names Starting with Letter K

Was a German actor, librettist, polar explorer and mineralogist. In his youth he was called Johann G

Was a German actor, librettist, polar explorer and mineralogist. In his youth he was called Johann Georg Metzler, in his later career in Ireland he was Sir Charles Lewis Giesecke. a Protestant who worked as a tailor in Augsburg. His mother was named Sibylla Magdalena Götz.[1] He attended the Gymnasium in Augsburg,[2] and did well academically, as is known from the surviving remarks of his schoolmaster recommending him for university study.[1] He attended the University of Göttingen from 1781 to 1784, studying law. He also developed a side interest in mineralogy, attending the lectures of the naturalist Johann Friedrich Blumenbach.[1]

Is an Emmy Award–winning, Oscar-winning and Golden Globe–nominated American actor of Serbian ori

Is an Emmy Award–winning, Oscar-winning and Golden Globe–nominated American actor of Serbian origin, known for his expansive manner. In a career that spanned over seven decades, he was featured in classic films such as A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront and One-Eyed Jacks, with Marlon Brando, and also starred in the blockbuster movie, Patton. Among other notable film roles are Archie Lee Meighan in Baby Doll and Zebulon Prescott in How the West Was Won both starring Carroll Baker. His best-known role was on television as Lt. Mike Stone on the 1970s crime drama, The Streets of San Francisco.

Was a Danish actor, who appeared in 157 films which makes him the second most used Danish actor, onl

Was a Danish actor, who appeared in 157 films which makes him the second most used Danish actor, only surpassed by Ove Sprogøe.He mostly appeared in comedy, but also had some serious roles e.g. as the vicar in Præsten i Vejlby (based on the Steen Steensen Blicher drama). He became famous in 1955 when he replaced the late Ib Schønberg as the Dad in the popular Far-til-Fire-film series (Daddy of Four). Later he appeared in several Olsen Gang-movies and the TV series Matador as Consul Holm.

Was a Bavarian comedian, cabaret performer, clown, author and film producer who had significant infl

Was a Bavarian comedian, cabaret performer, clown, author and film producer who had significant influence on German Weimar culture. Valentin, as a star of many silent films in the 1920s, was sometimes called the "Charlie Chaplin of Germany".[1] In 1923, Valentin appeared in a half-hour, slapstick film entitled Mysteries of a Barbershop (Mysterien eines Friseursalons).[5]

Is a German actor. He is noted for his voice work on the long-running Fox sitcom The Simpsons since

Is a German actor. He is noted for his voice work on the long-running Fox sitcom The Simpsons since 1998, voicing background characters and some celebrities such as John Travolta and Bill Clinton. Wiedergott has supplied various voices on more than 200 episodes.

Is a German television actor.

Is a German television actor.

An Austrian actor. The son of conductor Karl Böhm, he is best known internationally for his role as

An Austrian actor. The son of conductor Karl Böhm, he is best known internationally for his role as Mark, the psychopathic protagonist of Peeping Tom, directed by Michael Powell. Before that, he had played the young Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria in the three Sissi movies.

Was a Polish actor and theater director.Adwentowicz fought in the Polish Legions in World War I. Dur

Was a Polish actor and theater director.Adwentowicz fought in the Polish Legions in World War I. During Nazi occupation of Poland, imprisoned in Pawiak.He directed several theaters both before and during the war; he founded the Teatr Kameralny in Warsaw.

Was an Austrian-Polish actor who after the German Invasion of Poland decided to co-operate with the

Was an Austrian-Polish actor who after the German Invasion of Poland decided to co-operate with the Nazis.He died on March 7, 1941 in Warsaw, killed by members of the Polish resistance movementSym’s movie debut took place in 1925, in a film “Vampires of Warsaw” (no copy of it has been saved). A handsome and athletic man, he usually played classy gentlemen, aristocrats and army officers. In 1927 he left for Vienna, where he signed a contract with a movie producer "Sascha–Filmstudios AG". In late 1920s Sym worked mainly in Austria and Germany, appearing with such actresses as Marlene Dietrich and Lilian Harvey.

Is a Finnish actress and Thai boxer . She is mostly known for her appearance in Star Wreck: In the P

Is a Finnish actress and Thai boxer . She is mostly known for her appearance in Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning parody scifi fan-film (where she was one of the only three professional actors in cast) but has also had roles in several big-budget Finnish television series. Karoliina served as the host for Finnish reality TV show Suuri Seikkailu in 2005

Is a Polish film actress. She has appeared in 20 films since 1996. She was nominated for an award as

Is a Polish film actress. She has appeared in 20 films since 1996. She was nominated for an award as Best Actress for her role in Kochankowie z Marony at the 2007 Polish Film Awards.

Is a German actress. She is probably most well known to English-speaking audiences for her appearanc

Is a German actress. She is probably most well known to English-speaking audiences for her appearances in the Academy Award Best Picture-nominee The Reader and in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, the 2006 film adaptation of Patrick Suskind's best-selling novel Das Parfum.[1] The feature was directed by Tom Tykwer; Herfurth played the "Plum Girl", the first victim of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. She co-starred with Dustin Hoffman, Ben Whishaw, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood, and Jessica Schwarz, another German actress.[2] It was the famous picture of Herfurth with Whishaw in the background that was heavily used in promotion.

An award-winning Tamil film actor. He is son of veteran actor Sivakumar and younger brother of Surya

An award-winning Tamil film actor. He is son of veteran actor Sivakumar and younger brother of Surya Sivakumar. He rose to fame after he debuted in Paruthiveeran, for which he received a Filmfare Best Actor Award.Karthi has completed his M.S. (industrial engineering) from Binghamton University, State University of New York in the United States, and done a couple of basic courses in film-making. After returning to India, he joined as an assistant to Mani Rathnam in directing Aayitha Ezhuthu and Yuva. Mani Rathnam had wanted him to act in Aayitha Ezhuthu but Karthi rejected the offer, thus the role was given to Siddarth Narayan.

An upcoming comedian in the Kollywood industry. He has acted with many prominent actors and starred

An upcoming comedian in the Kollywood industry. He has acted with many prominent actors and starred in successful films. In 2003, he won Filmfare Best Comedian Award for his role in Thiruda Thirudi.Karunas is a modern day comedian and has done good comic roles. His main comedy style like popular comedian Vivek is satire which he usually diverts in the direction of College romances or stuck up snobbish beauties.

A pop rock singer in Hong Kong. She had made references to her nickname "Lady K" in the album titles

A pop rock singer in Hong Kong. She had made references to her nickname "Lady K" in the album titles "Lady K Live" and "Lady K: Transformation". At age 15, she was one of the nine members and also youngest of the girl band Cookies, signed under record giant Gold Label of EMI Hong Kong. Later at 2004 she joined another rock band - Ping Pung and released the album "Love & Hate". In 2006, She released her solo debut "With A Boy like You". Her song "My Love has turn to Hate" won her first Commercial Radio Hong Kong Top Ten Gold Songs award. She released her second album "In Control" one day before her 21st birthday in June of 2007. In the same month, she and artist Alex Fong became the spokesperson of Reebok Hong Kong

An American actress.Dennings began her career in 2000 on the HBO cable television series Sex and the

An American actress.Dennings began her career in 2000 on the HBO cable television series Sex and the City, in the episode "Hot Child in the City", where she played a 13-year-old girl who hired Samantha to handle publicity for her bat mitzvah.[3] She was then cast as Bob Saget's daughter on the short-lived TV series, Raising Dad. Since then, she has appeared in a number of television shows and movies, including The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), playing Catherine Keener's daughter, and the Hilary Duff film, Raise Your Voice (2004). Dennings also appeared as the character "Zoe" on several episodes of ER in 2005 and 2006

Is a Polish actress.She is best known to the Polish audience as Kinga Zdunska, starring in the serie

Is a Polish actress.She is best known to the Polish audience as Kinga Zdunska, starring in the series "M jak milosc" (L for Love) which is watched by nearly 10 million people. She is the winner of the popular TV show "Taniec z Gwiazdami" - Polish "Dancing with the Stars". She was also the host of "Jak oni spiewaja?" Polish version of Soapstar Superstar.

Is a Polish actress.

Is a Polish actress.

An American actress. She is known for her role as Willie Scott in the film Indiana Jones and the Tem

An American actress. She is known for her role as Willie Scott in the film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and for her marriage to director Steven Spielberg (who directed the film) .Capshaw moved to New York to pursue her dream of acting, landing her first role on the soap opera Love of Life. She met film director Steven Spielberg upon winning the female lead (from a pool of 120 actresses) for the Raiders of the Lost Ark prequel, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. She appeared in the Showtime Cable Network miniseries A Girl Thing with Elle Macpherson as her same-sex lover.

Was a Canadian stage, film and television actress.Her stage roles included Lady Macbeth (Macbeth), K

Was a Canadian stage, film and television actress.Her stage roles included Lady Macbeth (Macbeth), Katharina (The Taming of the Shrew) and Martha (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf). Her more notable film roles included the roles of "Dr. Ruth Leavitt" in The Andromeda Strain, and as the scene-stealing alcoholic "Claire" in the film version of Edward Albee's stage play, A Delicate Balance. She also played the scheming/domineering mother of Natalie Wood in This Property is Condemned, although she was only 8 years older than Ms. Wood.

She is noted for having played a wide range of diverse characters over her career, but is probably b

She is noted for having played a wide range of diverse characters over her career, but is probably best-known for her critically acclaimed performances as Juliet Hulme in Heavenly Creatures (1994), Marianne Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility (1995), Rose DeWitt Bukater in Titanic (1997), and Clementine Kruczynski in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004).At the age of 22, she broke the record for the youngest person to receive two Oscar nominations,[1] and each of her subsequent nominations has broken a further record: the youngest person to receive three, four, and five nominations.

She came to prominence in 2001 after receiving an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe for her role i

She came to prominence in 2001 after receiving an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe for her role in the drama Almost Famous, and has since established herself as a Hollywood lead actress, starring in several films, including How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, The Skeleton Key, You, Me and Dupree and Fool's Gold.Hudson's breakthrough role was as Penny Lane in Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous (2000), for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress.[3] She had previously appeared in the lesser-known films Gossip, a teenage drama, and 200 Cigarettes, a New Year's-set comedy with a large cast of actors

Was a Danish film actress. She appeared in 20 films between 1951 and 1978.

Was a Danish film actress. She appeared in 20 films between 1951 and 1978.

Was a Greek actress and poet. She was born in Athens during the Nazi occupation of the country. Befo

Was a Greek actress and poet. She was born in Athens during the Nazi occupation of the country. Before her suicide in 1993 Gogou was featured in over thirty Greek films.