Actor/actress Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian-American comedian, actor, screenwriter

Is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian-American comedian, actor, screenwriter, musician, and ufologist. He was an original cast member of Saturday Night Live, an originator of the Blues Brothers (with John Belushi), and has had a long career as a film actor and screenwriter.

Was a chief of the Tsleil-Waututh, a Salish First Nations people located in Burrard Inlet, British C

Was a chief of the Tsleil-Waututh, a Salish First Nations people located in Burrard Inlet, British Columbia. He was also an Academy Award-nominated actor and an author.In 1960, when he was already 60 years of age, he got his first job acting in a CBC Television series, Cariboo Country, as the character "Ol' Antoine". He performed the same role in a Walt Disney Studios movie, Smith!, adapted from an episode in this series (based on Breaking Smith's Quarter Horse, a novella by Paul St. Pierre). At the age of 71, George won several awards for his role in the film Little Big Man, including a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He continued to act in other films, such as The Outlaw Josey Wales, Harry and Tonto and Americathon, and on television, including a role in the miniseries Centennial, based on the book by James A. Michener.

An American actor. He often plays sleazy villains or uptight, wisecracking individuals.Alongside a s

An American actor. He often plays sleazy villains or uptight, wisecracking individuals.Alongside a successful career in the movies, Hedaya has held several TV roles, including Carla Tortelli's ex-husband Nick on the sitcom Cheers and its short-lived spinoff The Tortellis. He played the estranged father of Mallory Keaton's boyfriend, Nick, on the sitcom Family Ties. More recently, he played an Italian-American priest in the controversial and quickly cancelled NBC series The Book of Daniel.

Is a German actor who has also performed in Hollywood movies. Dan van Husen was born in Gummersbach.

Is a German actor who has also performed in Hollywood movies. Dan van Husen was born in Gummersbach. He has appeared in twenty Italo Westerns in six or seven years and then he branched out to diverse roles and genres. He participated in the years 1968-1974 in more than 24 Italo Western, among others directed by Sergio Corbucci, Sergio Martino, Enzo G. Castellari etc. Involved in 1977 in the play Courage at the Schauspielhaus Bochum,Germany , directed by Jérôme Savary.

Was an American film actor. He was born Carver Dana Andrews on a farm just outside of Collins, Covin

Was an American film actor. He was born Carver Dana Andrews on a farm just outside of Collins, Covington County, Mississippi, the third of nine children of the Rev. Charles Forrest Andrews, a Baptist minister and his wife Annis. The family subsequently moved to Huntsville, Texas, where his younger siblings (including actor Steve Forrest) were born.

Is an American comedian and comedy writer born and raised in Hopedale, Massachusetts. His upbringing

Is an American comedian and comedy writer born and raised in Hopedale, Massachusetts. His upbringing in the "weird little" factory town and the backward eccentricities of his extended family lent themselves to his stand-up routine, which has been seen on

Snyder is perhaps best known for providing the voice of Master Shake on Adult Swim's Aqua Teen Hunge

Snyder is perhaps best known for providing the voice of Master Shake on Adult Swim's Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and has also provided voices to characters in other Adult Swim shows. He is also the voice of Todd and Benny Lee on the G4TV show Code Monkeys, Gazpacho on the show Chowder, and "Granny" Cuyler on the Adult Swim show Squidbillies. He has also occasionally voiced the Alchemist on Venture Bros.. He has also had supporting roles in the TV series ER and Brothers & Sisters.

Carvey was born in Missoula, Montana, the son of Billie, a schoolteacher, and William Carvey, a high

Carvey was born in Missoula, Montana, the son of Billie, a schoolteacher, and William Carvey, a high school business teacher. Carvey is of Italian and Irish descent. His father is from Rome. Carvey is the brother of Brad Carvey, the engineer/designer of the Video Toaster. The character Garth Algar (from the movie Wayne's World) is a loosely-based portrayal of Brad. Carvey was raised Lutheran. When he was three years old, his family moved to San Carlos, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. He received his first drum kit at an early age. He attended Tierra Linda Junior High in San Carlos, California, Carlmont High School in Belmont, California, College of San Mateo in San Mateo, CA, and received his Bachelor's degree in communications from San Francisco State University.

Was a Czech-German film actress and director.she attended the Prague Conservatory from 1981 to 1985.

Was a Czech-German film actress and director.she attended the Prague Conservatory from 1981 to 1985.[4] After some further roles including the films Amadeus and Pan Tau, she played the main role of Anna Wimschneider in Herbstmilch (English: Autumn Milk) under the directorship of Joseph Vilsmaier, whom she had married in 1986. Together with Werner Stocker, she won the Bayerischer Filmpreis and the Deutscher Filmpreis for this role.

Is an American film, stage, and television actress. Known especially for her two-time Emmy Award win

Is an American film, stage, and television actress. Known especially for her two-time Emmy Award winning performance as Colleen McMurphy on the ABC television show China Beach (1988–91) and for her role as Katherine Mayfair on Desperate Housewives (2007-), Delany has been active in film, television, and stage since the late 1970s.

Is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He has released three comedy albums, Harmful If Swallowe

Is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He has released three comedy albums, Harmful If Swallowed, Retaliation,[1] and Rough around the Edges: Live from Madison Square Garden. Retaliation became the highest charting comedy album in twenty-eight years and went double platinum.[2] Cook performed on his own HBO special in the fall of 2006, Vicious Circle, and has appeared on television. As an actor, Cook has appeared in fifteen films since 1997, including Mystery Men, the 2005

Is the stage name of an American pornographic actress.

Is the stage name of an American pornographic actress.

An American actress and mathematical education advocate. She is best known for her role as Winnie Co

An American actress and mathematical education advocate. She is best known for her role as Winnie Cooper in the television show The Wonder Years, and now as author of the two New York Times bestsellers, "Math Doesn't Suck," and "Kiss My Math" that encourage and empower middle-school girls with mathematics know-how.McKellar had a leading role in The Wonder Years, an Emmy Award winning American television Comedy-drama that ran for six seasons on ABC, from 1988 to 1993. The pilot aired on January 31, 1988 after ABC's coverage of Super Bowl XXII.

His first and best-known role is Danny Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, with Jack Nicholso

His first and best-known role is Danny Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, with Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall. He was selected for the role of Danny Torrance due to his ability to maintain his concentration for extended periods of time. In the DVD commentary by Garrett Brown and John Baxter, they state that Kubrick was able to film all of Danny's parts without the six year old actor realizing he was in a horror movie.

His first role was "Chip" in a stage production of Beauty and the Beast in 1997. Following a number

His first role was "Chip" in a stage production of Beauty and the Beast in 1997. Following a number of appearances on tv series, including Eerie Indiana: The Other Dimension, Goosebumps and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, and featured roles in films like Grizzly Falls and Model Behavior, Clark took a regular role as Sean Cameron on Degrassi: The Next Generation from season 1 through season 7. He took a hiatus in 2004, during season 4, in the episode "Back In Black", but returned during season 6 in 2006 during the episode Here Comes Your Man.[1] He recently made an appearance in the movie Juno.

A French actor.He was born in Algiers, Algeria, to French parents who were both opera singers. His s

A French actor.He was born in Algiers, Algeria, to French parents who were both opera singers. His starring role in Jean de Florette brought him international recognition, and he is now one of the best known and most popular actors in France. He has two daughters; Aurore Auteuil with his former partner, Anne Jousset, and Nelly from a ten-year relationship with actress Emmanuelle Béart, his co-star in films such as the acclaimed Un cœur en hiver (A Heart in Winter). He married Aude Ambroggi, a Corsican sculptor, on 22 July 2006 in Porto-Vecchio, Corsica.

A Brazilian-American actor of television, film and theater.Benzali was a notable theatre actor befor

A Brazilian-American actor of television, film and theater.Benzali was a notable theatre actor before making guest-starring roles on television series such as Star Trek: The Next Generation, The X-Files, NYPD Blue and L.A. Law. L.A. Law creator Steven Bochco was so impressed with Benzali's performance that he cast him in the lead role of his 1995 series Murder One, playing attorney Ted Hoffman. For this role he was nominated for a Golden Globe award. More recently, Benzali starred on the series The Agency, and in films such as By Dawn's Early Light (1990), Murder at 1600 (1997) and The Grey Zone (2001).

A German actor.Br

A German actor.Br

Butler was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the son of Shirley, a homemaker, and Andrew Butler, a pharma

Butler was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the son of Shirley, a homemaker, and Andrew Butler, a pharmacist. Openly gay, he starred in Terrence McNally's 1989 play The Lisbon Traviata and wrote an off-Broadway play about his life, The Only Thing Worse You Could Have Told Me..., which derives its title from a comment Butler's father allegedly made when Dan came out to him.

Was a French actor.He was born in Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, France. The mild-mannered Daniel Ceccaldi i

Was a French actor.He was born in Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, France. The mild-mannered Daniel Ceccaldi is famous as Claude Jade's father Lucien Darbon in François Truffaut's movies Stolen Kisses and Bed & Board. The American critics Bob Wade wrote about Ceccaldi in 'Stolen Kisses': "Claude Jade's parents are memorably played by Daniel Ceccaldi and Claire Duhamel. Ceccaldi’s role may represent the most pleasant and neurosis-free father in any movie of the era. He overflows with Dickensian warmth and geniality."

An American actor who had a starring role in Nickelodeon's Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide,

An American actor who had a starring role in Nickelodeon's Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, in which he played the nerdy Simon Nelson-Cook, known as "Cookie" or "P Cookie". He is currently working on his raps while off the set of Ned's Declassified. His rapper name is Dan-D. Daniel Curtis Lee has also appeared in other television shows such as First Monday and The Shield, and motion pictures such as Friday After Next.Dan Curtis Lee was born in Mississippi, but enjoys traveling to other places around the U.S., such as Los Angeles, California, Houston, Texas, and Florida to present his new music. Dan Curtis Lee loves rapping, acting, and seeing his fans.

Is an American actor, perhaps best known for playing Jin-Soo Kwon on the television series Lost.Prio

Is an American actor, perhaps best known for playing Jin-Soo Kwon on the television series Lost.Prior to his casting as Jin in Lost, he was probably best known for numerous recurring roles in the genres of science fiction and fantasy. Although his charact

Is an American actor who is best known for portraying Niles the Butler on the sitcom The Nanny.Davis

Is an American actor who is best known for portraying Niles the Butler on the sitcom The Nanny.Davis was born in Gurdon, Arkansas and first became interested in acting at a young age, when his parents operated and owned a movie theatre. He specifically enjoyed Tyrone Power movies, stating later that this inspired his desire to act.

Is a British-born actor with dual British and Irish citizenship. Day-Lewis studied at the Bristol Ol

Is a British-born actor with dual British and Irish citizenship. Day-Lewis studied at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He has won two Academy Awards for Best Actor for portraying Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood and Christy Brown for My Left Foot. He is known as one of the most selective actors in the film industry, having starred in only four movies in the last ten years.[1] He is a method actor, known for his constant devotion to and research of his roles.

Was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil on June 19th 1977.He voiced both The Mumble (Happy

Was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil on June 19th 1977.He voiced both The Mumble (Happy Feet) and Chicken Little for Brazilian audiences.He's married to Brazilian actress Vanessa Giácomo.