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Adam Sandler
American actor, comedian, and producer known for broad mainstream comedies and acclaimed dramatic turns later in his career.
Below are actors that contain the letter D anywhere in the name. Each of the 56 actors below opens to a full profile.
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List of Actors That Contain D
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Adrien Brody
American actor known for intense character work, the youngest Best Actor Oscar winner for The Pianist at age 29.
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Alec Baldwin
American actor known for film leads, Saturday Night Live impressions, and a long run on the sitcom 30 Rock.
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Andy Garcia
Cuban-American actor known for leading roles in crime dramas, ensemble heist films, and prestige pictures across four decades.
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Antonio Banderas
Spanish actor who rose with Pedro Almodovar's films and became a Hollywood leading man in action, comedy, and animation.
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Benedict Cumberbatch
English actor known for Sherlock Holmes on BBC, Doctor Strange in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and intense biographical leads.
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Brad Pitt
American actor and producer, Academy Award winner for acting and producing, with leading roles across more than four decades.
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Brendan Fraser
Canadian-American actor who led action-adventure films in the late 1990s and 2000s and won an Academy Award for The Whale.
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Chadwick Boseman
American actor best known as T'Challa in Marvel's Black Panther and for biographical leads as Jackie Robinson, James Brown, and Thurgood Marshall.
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Clint Eastwood
American actor, director, and producer with a career spanning seven decades, four-time Academy Award winner across acting and directing.
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Daniel Craig
English actor who played James Bond across five Eon Productions films and led the Knives Out detective franchise.
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Daniel Day-Lewis
English actor regarded as among the finest of his generation, three-time Academy Award winner for Best Actor across My Left Foot, There Will Be Blood, and Lincoln.
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David Niven
English actor and writer of the classical Hollywood era known for sophisticated comedies, war pictures, and his Academy Award-winning role in Separate Tables.
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Denzel Washington
American actor, director, and producer, two-time Academy Award winner across acting categories and one of the foremost dramatic leads of his generation.
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Don Cheadle
American actor, director, and producer known for ensemble dramas, the Ocean's franchise, and the role of James Rhodes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Dustin Hoffman
American actor of the New Hollywood era, two-time Academy Award winner whose career spans Kramer vs. Kramer, Rain Man, and decades of stage work.
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Dwayne Johnson
American actor, producer, and former professional wrestler known by the ring name The Rock and one of the highest-grossing film leads of the modern era.
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Ed Harris
American actor and director known for steely supporting and lead performances in dramas, thrillers, and biographies across more than four decades.
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Eddie Murphy
American comedian and actor who rose with Saturday Night Live and became one of the most bankable comedy leads of the 1980s and 1990s.
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Eddie Redmayne
English actor known for biographical leads and the title role in the Fantastic Beasts series, Academy Award winner for The Theory of Everything.
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Edward Norton
American actor and filmmaker known for intense character work in Primal Fear, American History X, Fight Club, and Birdman.
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Elijah Wood
American actor best known as Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and for varied indie, voice, and franchise work.
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Fred Astaire
American dancer, choreographer, actor, and singer regarded as one of the most influential dancers in the history of film and television.
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Freddie Highmore
English actor known for child leads in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Finding Neverland, later in TV series Bates Motel and The Good Doctor.
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Gary Oldman
English actor known for villains and historical leads, Academy Award winner for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour.
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Gerard Butler
Scottish actor and producer known for action leads, fantasy epics, and the role of King Leonidas in 300.
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Harrison Ford
American actor whose career-defining roles include Han Solo in Star Wars and Indiana Jones across five films directed by Steven Spielberg.
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Heath Ledger
Australian actor who rose with Brokeback Mountain and won the Academy Award for his portrayal of the Joker in The Dark Knight.
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Henry Fonda
American actor of stage and screen whose six-decade career ranged from John Ford Westerns to On Golden Pond, his final and Oscar-winning role.
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Idris Elba
English actor and producer known for The Wire, Luther, and lead roles in studio franchises across action, drama, and animation.
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Jared Leto
American actor and musician, Academy Award winner for Dallas Buyers Club, and lead singer of the rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars.
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Jeff Bridges
American actor, Academy Award winner for Crazy Heart and the lead of The Big Lebowski, with a six-decade career across drama and Westerns.
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Johnny Depp
American actor and musician known for collaborations with Tim Burton, the Pirates of the Caribbean films, and varied auteur and biographical leads.
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Jude Law
English actor and producer known for leads in Cold Mountain, The Talented Mr. Ripley, and Sherlock Holmes alongside the Fantastic Beasts franchise.
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Kirk Douglas
American actor and producer of the classical Hollywood era known for Spartacus, Paths of Glory, and Lust for Life.
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Leonardo DiCaprio
American actor and producer, Academy Award winner for The Revenant and long-running collaborator of Martin Scorsese.
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Marlon Brando
American actor regarded as among the most influential of the twentieth century, two-time Academy Award winner whose method work reshaped screen acting.
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Matt Damon
American actor, producer, and screenwriter, Academy Award winner for Good Will Hunting and longtime collaborator of Ben Affleck and Steven Soderbergh.
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Michael Douglas
American actor and producer, Academy Award winner for Best Actor for Wall Street and Best Picture as producer for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
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Michael Fassbender
Irish-German actor known for dramatic and franchise leads including 12 Years a Slave, Shame, and the prequel X-Men films.
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Naseeruddin Shah
Indian actor of stage, parallel cinema, and mainstream Hindi film, recipient of the Padma Bhushan and four-time National Film Award winner.
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Norman Reedus
American actor and model best known as Daryl Dixon on AMC's The Walking Dead and as Murphy MacManus in The Boondock Saints.
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Orlando Bloom
English actor known for Legolas in The Lord of the Rings, Will Turner in Pirates of the Caribbean, and Carnival Row.
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Richard Burton
Welsh actor of stage and screen, seven-time Academy Award nominee known for Shakespeare, Cleopatra, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
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Robert De Niro
American actor and producer, two-time Academy Award winner whose collaborations with Martin Scorsese define a major strand of New Hollywood cinema.
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Robert Downey Jr
American actor known as Tony Stark/Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Sherlock Holmes for Guy Ritchie, and Academy Award winner for Oppenheimer.
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Robert Redford
American actor, director, and founder of the Sundance Institute, Academy Award winner for Best Director for Ordinary People.
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Ryan Reynolds
Canadian actor and producer best known as the title character in the Deadpool franchise and for romantic comedies and action films.
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Sidney Poitier
Bahamian-American actor, the first Black recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actor and a defining lead of post-war American film.
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Tom Hardy
English actor known for Bronson, Mad Max Fury Road, the Venom franchise, and collaborations with Christopher Nolan.
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Uday Chopra
Indian actor and producer of Hindi cinema known for the Dhoom action franchise and producing Hollywood and Indian films through Yash Raj Films.
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Vin Diesel
American actor and producer best known as Dominic Toretto in the Fast and Furious franchise, Riddick in Pitch Black, and Groot in Marvel films.
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Willem Dafoe
American actor known for Platoon, The Last Temptation of Christ, Spider-Man, and a four-time Academy Award nominee.
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Woody Harrelson
American actor known for Cheers, Natural Born Killers, No Country for Old Men, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
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Xander Berkeley
American actor known for 24 as George Mason, The Walking Dead as Gregory, Air Force One, and Terminator 2 Judgment Day.
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Xolo Mariduena
American actor known as Miguel Diaz on Cobra Kai and as the title role in DC's Blue Beetle.
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