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Jack Nicholson
American actor of the New Hollywood era, three-time Academy Award winner across acting categories and a defining figure of 1970s American cinema.
If you've been searching for actors that start with J, you'll find 14 detailed actors below. We're not interested in giving you only a list of names — every entry on this page links to a full profile with the kind of detail you'd actually want to know.
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List of Actors That Start With J
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Jackie Chan
Hong Kong martial artist, actor, and filmmaker known for action-comedy and elaborate stunt work, with a career spanning more than five decades.
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James Stewart
American actor of the classical Hollywood era, Academy Award winner for The Philadelphia Story and a long Frank Capra and Alfred Hitchcock collaborator.
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Jamie Foxx
American actor, singer, and comedian, Academy Award winner for Best Actor for his portrayal of Ray Charles in Ray.
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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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Jason Statham
English actor and former competitive diver known as an action lead in the Transporter, Crank, and Fast and Furious franchises.
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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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Jeremy Irons
English actor known for stage classics, prestige film leads, and his Academy Award-winning portrayal of Claus von Bulow in Reversal of Fortune.
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Jet Li
Chinese martial artist and actor, multiple-time national wushu champion who became a star of Hong Kong and Hollywood action cinema.
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Joaquin Phoenix
American actor and producer, Academy Award winner for Best Actor for his portrayal of Arthur Fleck in Joker.
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Joe Pesci
American actor known for collaborations with Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, Academy Award winner for Goodfellas.
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John Travolta
American actor, singer, and dancer who rose with Saturday Night Fever and revived his career with Pulp Fiction.
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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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