List of male television actors
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This is an alphabetical list of notable male television actors. Actors who only have had minor appearances in television films or series are not considered television actors and are not included in this list.
A certain number of actors of this list are also well-known because of their roles in motion pictures, and are therefore included in both this list and the list of movie actors.
Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
[edit] A
- Eddie Albert (Green Acres)
- Edward Albert (Black Sheep Squadron)
- Alan Alda (M*A*S*H)
- Jason Alexander (Seinfeld, Listen Up)
- Tim Allen (Home Improvement)
- Morey Amsterdam (The Dick Van Dyke Show)
- Harry Anderson (Night Court)
- Herbert Anderson (Dennis the Menace)
- Richard Anderson (The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman)
- Richard Dean Anderson (MacGyver, Stargate SG-1)
- Tige Andrews (The Mod Squad)
- James Arness (Gunsmoke, How the West was Won)
- Clive Ashborn (The Bill)
- Dana Ashbrook (Twin Peaks)
- Ed Asner (Mary Tyler Moore, Lou Grant, Center of the Universe)
- Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean, Blackadder)
- Rene Auberjonois (Benson, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
- Alan Autry (In the Heat of the Night, Grace Under Fire, Sons of Thunder)
- Hank Azaria (The Simpsons, Herman's Head, Mad About You, Huff)
[edit] B
- Steve Bacic (Andromeda)
- Jim Backus (Gilligan's Island)
- Diedrich Bader (The Drew Carey Show)
- Max Baer, Jr. (The Beverly Hillbillies)
- Conrad Bain (Maude, Diff'rent Strokes)
- Scott Baio (Happy Days, Charles in Charge)
- Colin Baker (Doctor Who)
- Tom Baker (Doctor Who)
- Scott Bakula (Quantum Leap, Star Trek: Enterprise)
- Ronnie Barker (Porridge, Open All Hours)
- Chris Barrie (Red Dwarf, The Brittas Empire)
- Alan Beckwith (CHiPs, Magnum P.I., Miami Vice)
- Gil Bellows (Ally McBeal)
- Robert Beltran (Star Trek: Voyager)
- Jim Belushi (According to Jim)
- Dirk Benedict (Battlestar Galactica, The A-Team)
- Carlos Bernard (24)
- James Best (The Dukes of Hazzard)
- Richard Beymer (Twin Peaks)
- Michael Biehn (The Magnificient Seven, Hawaii)
- John Billingsley (Star Trek: Enterprise)
- Joey Bishop (The Joey Bishop Show)
- Ward Bond (Wagon Train)
- Frank Bonner (WKRP in Cincinnati)
- Brian Bonsall (Family Ties)
- Sorrell Booke (The Dukes of Hazzard)
- Richard Boone (Have Gun Will Travel, Hec Ramsey)
- David Boreanaz (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel)
- Johnny Yong Bosch (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Power Rangers: Zeo, Power Rangers: Turbo, Fast Max)
- Tom Bosley (Happy Days, Murder, She Wrote)
- Wayne Brady (Whose Line Is It Anyway?)
- Zach Braff (Scrubs)
- Benjamin Bratt (Law & Order)
- Andre Braugher (Homicide: Life on the Street)
- Nicholas Brendon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Avery Brooks (Spenser: For Hire, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
- Pierce Brosnan (Remington Steele)
- Ben Browder (Farscape, Stargate SG1)
- Zachery Ty Bryan (Home Improvement)
- Colin Buchanan (Dalziel and Pascoe)
- Raymond Burr (Perry Mason, Ironside)
- LeVar Burton (Roots, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Reading Rainbow)
- Steve Byers (Falcon Beach)
[edit] C
- Dean Cain (Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman)
- J.D. Cannon (McCloud)
- Steve Cardenas (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Power Rangers: Zeo)
- Drew Carey (The Drew Carey Show, Whose Line Is It Anyway?)
- David Caruso (NYPD Blue, CSI: Miami)
- David Cassidy (The Partridge Family, David Cassidy: Man Under Cover)
- Shaun Cassidy (The Hardy Boys)
- Dan Castellaneta (The Simpsons, The Tracey Ullman Show)
- Phil Cater (The Lance Krall Show)
- Richard Chamberlain (Doctor Kildare, The Thornbirds)
- Dave Chappelle (The Dave Chappelle Show)
- Craig Charles (Red Dwarf)
- Richard Chevolleau (Earth: Final Conflict)
- Warren Clarke (Dalziel and Pascoe)
- Eric Close (The Magnificent Seven, Now and Again, Without a Trace)
- Martin Clunes (Men Behaving Badly)
- Keith Hamilton Cobb (Andromeda)
- Scott Cohen (Gilmore Girls, Law & Order: Trial by Jury)
- Stephen Collins (7th Heaven)
- Robbie Coltrane (Cracker)
- Jeff Conaway (Taxi)
- Mike Connors (Mannix)
- Robert Conrad (Baa Baa Black Sheep, Centennial)
- William Conrad (Cannon)
- Frank Converse (Coronet Blue, N.Y.P.D., Movin' On)
- Tim Conway (The Carol Burnett Show)
- Bill Cosby (I Spy, The Bill Cosby Show, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, The Cosby Show, The Cosby Mysteries, Cosby)
- Michel Courtemanche
- Bob Crane (Hogan's Heroes)
- Ken Curtis (Gunsmoke)
- Henry Ian Cusick (Casualty)
- Billy Ray Cyrus (Doc)
[edit] D
- Bill Daily (I Dream of Jeannie, The Bob Newhart Show)
- James Badge Dale (24)
- Ted Danson (Cheers, Becker)
- Tony Danza (Taxi, Who's the Boss?, Hudson Street, The Tony Danza Show)
- Eric Da Re (Twin Peaks)
- Jack Davenport (Ultraviolet, Coupling)
- Alan Davies (Jonathan Creek)
- Daniel Davis (The Nanny)
- Don S. Davis (Twin Peaks, Stargate SG-1)
- Jim Davis (Dallas)
- Peter Davison (Doctor Who)
- Richard Deacon (The Dick Van Dyke Show)
- Chris Demetral (Dream On, The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne)
- Bob Denver (The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Gilligan's Island)
- Cleavant Derricks (Sliders)
- Micky Dolenz (The Monkees, Circus Boy)
- Michael Dorn (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
- Gary Dourdan (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)
- Fred Dryer (Hunter)
- David Duchovny (Twin Peaks, The X-Files, Red Shoe Diaries)
- Pete Duel (Gidget, Love on a Rooftop, Alias Smith and Jones)
- Patrick Duffy (The Man From Atlantis, Dallas, Step By Step)
- Roy Dupuis (La Femme Nikita)
- Dick Van Dyke (The Dick Van Dyke Show, The New Dick Van Dyke Show, Diagnosis: Murder)
- Jerry Van Dyke (Coach, My Mother, the Car)
[edit] E
- George Eads (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)
- Buddy Ebsen (The Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jones)
- Christopher Eccleston (Our Friends in the North, Doctor Who)
- Paul Eddington (Yes Minister, Yes, Prime Minister, The Good Life)
- Anthony Edwards (ER)
- Anthony Eisley, (Hawaiian Eye)
- David James Elliott (JAG, Street Legal, Melrose Place)
- Trevor Eve (Waking the Dead)
- Greg Evigan (B.J. and the Bear, My Two Dads)
[edit] F
- Donald Faison (Scrubs)
- Peter Falk (Columbo)
- Jamie Farr (M*A*S*H)
- Mike Farrell (M*A*S*H, Providence)
- David Faustino (Married... with Children)
- Wayne Federman (The Larry Sanders Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The X-Files)
- Matthew Ferguson (La Femme Nikita)
- Peter Firth (Spooks)
- Joe Flanigan (Stargate Atlantis)
- Von Flores (Earth: Final Conflict)
- Neil Flynn (Scrubs)
- John Forsythe (Bachelor Father, To Rome With Love, Charlie's Angels, Dynasty)
- Phil Foster (Laverne and Shirley)
- Derek Fowlds (Yes Minister, Yes, Prime Minister)
- Matthew Fox (Party of Five, Lost)
- Michael J. Fox (Family Ties, Spin City)
- Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
- Don Francks (La Femme Nikita)
- Rainbow Sun Francks (Stargate Atlantis)
- Jason David Frank (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Power Rangers: Zeo, Power Rangers: Turbo, Power Rangers: Dino Thunder)
- Warren Frost (Twin Peaks)
- Drew Fuller (Charmed)
- Robert Fuller (Laramie, Wagon Train, Emergency!)
[edit] G
- David Gallagher (7th Heaven)
- James Garner (Maverick, Nichols, The Rockford Files, Maverick:The Lazy Ace, 8 Simple Rules)
- George Gaynes (Punky Brewster)
- Clarence Gilyard Jr. (Matlock, Walker, Texas Ranger)
- Eugene Robert Glazer (La Femme Nikita)
- Robert Glenister (Hustle)
- Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Saved by the Bell, NYPD Blue)
- Harry Goaz (Twin Peaks)
- Kelsey Grammer (Cheers, Frasier)
- Fred Grandy (The Love Boat)
- Bryan Greenberg (One Tree Hill, Unscripted)
- Dorian Gregory (Charmed)
- Andy Griffith (The Andy Griffith Show, Matlock (TV series))
- Michael Gross (Family Ties)
- Paul Gross (Due South)
- Christopher Guest (Saturday Night Live)
- Paul Guilfoyle (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)
[edit] H
- Larry Hagman (I Dream of Jeannie, Dallas)
- Alan Hale, Jr. (Gilligan's Island)
- Kevin Peter Hall (Misfits of Science)
- Robert David Hall (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)
- Neil Hamilton (Batman)
- Steve Hanneman (ER [episode “Mars Attacks,” 2000], Deconstruction: House of the Future)
- Jonathan Hardy (Farscape)
- Mark Harmon (St. Elsewhere, Chicago Hope, NCIS)
- Gale Harold (Queer as Folk)
- Pat Harrington, Jr. (One Day at a Time)
- Steve Harris (Heist)
- Wood Harris (The Wire)
- Randy Harrison (Queer as Folk)
- Don Harron (Hee Haw), (Red Green Show)
- William Hartnell (Doctor Who)
- Nigel Hawthorne (Yes Minister, Yes, Prime Minister)
- Sean Hayes (Will & Grace)
- Dennis Haysbert (24)
- Anthony Stewart Head (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Howard Hesseman (WKRP in Cincinnati)
- David Hemblen (Earth: Final Conflict)
- Lenny Henry (Chef!)
- Julio Herzer (Charmed)
- Christopher Hewett (Mr. Belvedere)
- David Hewlett (Stargate Atlantis)
- David Anthony Higgins (Ellen, Malcolm In The Middle)
- Earl Hindman (Home Improvement)
- Judd Hirsch (Taxi, Dear John)
- Earl Holliman (Police Woman)
- Michael Horse (Twin Peaks)
- Ron Howard (The Andy Griffith Show, Happy Days)
- Ernie Hudson (Oz, 10-8)
- Rock Hudson (McMillan and Wife)
- Michael Hurst (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys)
[edit] I
[edit] J
- Sammy Jackson (No Time for Sergeants)
- Conrad Janis (Mork and Mindy)
- David Jason (A Touch of Frost, Only Fools and Horses)
- Ken Jenkins (Scrubs)
- Paul Johansson (Parker Lewis Can't Lose, One Tree Hill)
- Don Johnson (Miami Vice, Nash Bridges)
- Russell Johnson (Gilligan's Island)
- Danny John-Jules (Red Dwarf)
- David Jones (The Monkees, Coronation Street, Meet the Royals)
- Walter Emanuel Jones (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Space Cases)
- Christopher Judge (Stargate SG-1)
- Gordon Jump (WKRP in Cincinnati)
[edit] K
- Richard Karn (Home Improvement)
- Andy Kaufman (Taxi)
- Gorden Kaye ('Allo 'Allo!)
- Dominic Keating (Star Trek: Enterprise)
- Kevin Kilner (Earth: Final Conflict)
- Perry King (Riptide)
- Jack Klugman (The Odd Couple, Quincy, M.E.)
- Christopher Knight (The Brady Bunch)
- Ted Knight (Mary Tyler Moore, Too Close for Comfort)
- Don Knotts (The Andy Griffith Show, Three's Company)
- Lance Krall (The Lance Krall Show)
- Brian Krause (Charmed)
- Einstein Kristiansen (Right on Top)
[edit] L
- James Lafferty (One Tree Hill)
- David L. Lander (Laverne and Shirley)
- Michael Landon (Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie, Highway to Heaven)
- Ted Lange (The Love Boat)
- Anthony LaPaglia (Without a Trace)
- Johnathan LaPaglia (Seven Days, The District)
- John Larroquette (Night Court, The John Larroquette Show, Happy Family)
- Hugh Laurie (Blackadder, Jeeves and Wooster, House)
- Nicholas Lea (The X-Files, Once a Thief)
- Matt LeBlanc (Friends, Joey)
- Robert Leeshock (Earth: Final Conflict)
- Adrian Lester (Hustle)
- Hal Linden (Barney Miller)
- Larry Linville (M*A*S*H)
- John Lithgow (3rd Rock from the Sun)
- Robert Llewellyn (Red Dwarf)
- Christopher Lloyd (Taxi)
- Mike Lookinland (The Brady Bunch)
- George Lopez (The George Lopez Show)
- Mario Lopez(Saved by the Bell,The Bold and the Beautiful)
- Nicholas Lyndhurst (Only Fools and Horses, Goodnight Sweetheart)
[edit] M
- David McCallum (The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Invisible Man, Sapphire & Steel)
- Doug McClure (The Virginian, Barbary Coast)
- Kent McCord (Adam-12)
- Sylvester McCoy (Doctor Who)
- Paul McCrane (ER)
- Matthew Macfadyen (Spooks)
- Everett McGill (Twin Peaks)
- John C. McGinley (Scrubs)
- Ted McGinley (Happy Days, Married... with Children, Hope and Faith)
- Derek McGrath (Doc)
- Michael McKean (Laverne and Shirley)
- Peter McKenzie (The Legend of William Tell)
- Gavin MacLeod (Mary Tyler Moore, The Love Boat)
- Julian McMahon (Charmed, Nip/Tuck)
- Patrick Macnee (Avengers)
- Lee Majors (The Six Million Dollar Man, The Fall Guy)
- E.G. Marshall (The Defenders)
- James Marshall (Twin Peaks)
- James Marsters (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Dean Paul Martin (Misfits of Science)
- Dick Martin (Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In)
- Christopher Massey (Zoey 101)
- Kyle Massey (That's So Raven)
- Larry Mathews (The Dick Van Dyke Show)
- Colm Meaney (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
- Eddie Mekka - Laverne and Shirley
- Christopher Meloni (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
- Burgess Meredith (Batman)
- Mark Thomas Miller (Misfits of Science)
- Martin Milner (Adam-12)
- Colin Mochrie (Whose Line Is It Anyway?)
- Ricardo Montalban (Fantasy Island)
- Anthony Montgomery (Star Trek: Enterprise)
- Rob Morrow (NUMB3RS)
- Don Most (Happy Days)
- Richard Mulligan (Soap, Empty Nest)
- Chad Michael Murray (One Tree Hill)
[edit] N
- Jim Nabors (The Andy Griffith Show, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The Jim Nabors Hour)
- Jack Nance (Twin Peaks)
- Alan Napier (Batman)
- Jason Narvy (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Power Rangers: Zeo, Power Rangers: Turbo, Power Rangers in Space)
- Craig T. Nelson (Coach, The District)
- Corin Nemec (Webster, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Stargate SG-1)
- Michael Nesmith (The Monkees)
- Bob Newhart (The Bob Newhart Show, Newhart)
- Leonard Nimoy (Star Trek)
- Chuck Norris (Walker, Texas Ranger)
- Lance Norris (Against The Law)
- Lee Norris (Boy Meets World, One Tree Hill)
[edit] O
- Hugh O'Brian (The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp)
- Jerry O'Connell (Sliders, Crossing Jordan)
- Carroll O'Connor (All in the Family, In the Heat of the Night)
- David Olelowo (Spooks)
- Jason O'Mara (The Agency, In Justice, Band of Brothers)
- Ed O'Neill (Married... with Children)
[edit] P
- Erik Palladino (Over There, ER)
- Geoffrey Palmer (Butterflies, As Time Goes By)
- Jerry Paris (The Dick Van Dyke Show)
- Fess Parker (Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone)
- Mandy Patinkin (Chicago Hope, Dead Like Me)
- Scott Patterson (Gilmore Girls)
- Joe Penny (Riptide, Jake and the Fatman)
- George Peppard (Banacek, The A-Team)
- Ron Perlman (Beauty and the Beast, The Magnificent Seven)
- Matthew Perry (Friends)
- Jon Pertwee (Doctor Who, Worzel Gummidge)
- Paul Petersen (The Donna Reed Show)
- William Petersen (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)
- Mekhi Phifer (ER)
- Mitch Pileggi (The X-Files)
- Samuel Gamboa Potter (Action Outdoors TV Show)
- Rob Poynter (The Lance Krall Show)
- Michael Praed (Robin of Sherwood)
- Wayne Pygram (Farscape)
- Denver Pyle (Grizzly Adams, The Dukes of Hazzard)
[edit] Q
[edit] R
- Tony Randall (The Odd Couple, The Tony Randall Show)
- Robert Reed (The Brady Bunch)
- Tim Reid (WKRP in Cincinnati)
- Rob Reiner (All in the Family)
- Erik Rhodes (Perry Mason)
- John Rhys-Davies (Sliders)
- John Ritter (Three's Company, 8 Simple Rules)
- Wayne Rogers (M*A*S*H)
- Cesar Romero (Batman)
- Hayden Rorke (I Dream of Jeannie)
- Carlo Rota (La Femme Nikita)
- Alan Ruck (Spin City)
[edit] S
- Bob Saget (Full House, America's Funniest Home Videos)
- Benjamin Salisbury (The Nanny)
- Richard Sanders (WKRP in Cincinnati)
- Gary Sandy (WKRP in Cincinnati)
- Dick Sargent (Bewitched)
- Doug Savant (Melrose Place, Desperate Housewives)
- John Schneider (The Dukes of Hazzard, Smallville)
- Paul Schrier (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Power Rangers: Zeo, Power Rangers: Turbo, Power Rangers in Space)
- Rick Schroder (Silver Spoons, NYPD Blue)
- John Schuck (McMillan and Wife)
- Dwight Schultz (The A-Team)
- David Schwimmer (Friends)
- Dougray Scott (Heist, Soldier Soldier)
- Heronimo Sehmi (The Bill, Blake's 7, It An't Half Hot Mum)
- Jerry Seinfeld (Seinfeld)
- Tom Selleck (Magnum, P.I.)
- Ivan Sergei (Once a Thief, Crossing Jordan)
- Michael Shanks (Stargate SG-1)
- William Shatner (Star Trek, T.J. Hooker, Boston Legal)
- Charles Shaughnessy (The Nanny)
- Harry Shearer (The Simpsons, Saturday Night Live)
- Martin Sheen (The West Wing)
- Bobby Sherman (Here Come the Brides)
- Alexander Siddig (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
- Jay Silverheels (The Lone Ranger)
- Anthony Simcoe (Farscape)
- Taran Noah Smith (Home Improvement)
- Kevin Sorbo (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Andromeda)
- David Soul (Here Come the Brides, Starsky and Hutch)
- David Spade (Just Shoot Me!, 8 Simple Rules)
- James Spader (The Practice, Boston Legal)
- John Spencer (The West Wing)
- Brent Spiner (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
- Austin St. John (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Power Rangers: Zeo)
- Brent Stait (Andromeda)
- Lionel Stander (Hart to Hart)
- Chambers Stevens (Young and the Restless)
- Craig Stevens (Peter Gunn)
- Patrick Stewart (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
- David Ogden Stiers (M*A*S*H)
- Ryan Stiles (The Drew Carey Show, Whose Line is it Anyway?)
- Peter Strauss (Rich Man, Poor Man, Masada)
- David Strickland
- Kiefer Sutherland (24)
- Michael Sweeney (The Lance Krall Show)
- Eric Szmanda (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)
[edit] T
- Ice T (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
- Mr. T (The A-Team)
- Chief Tahachee (Dragnet)
- Russ Tamblyn (Twin Peaks)
- Loren Tarquinio (The Lance Krall Show)
- John Thaw (Inspector Morse)
- Jonathan Taylor Thomas (Home Improvement)
- Sean Patrick Thomas (The District)
- Peter Tork (The Monkees)
- Connor Trinneer (Star Trek: Enterprise)
- Patrick Troughton (Doctor Who)
- Lani John Tupu (Farscape)
[edit] U
[edit] V
- Alan Van Sprang (Earth: Final Conflict)
- Robert Vaughn (The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Hustle)
[edit] W
- Robert Wagner (It Takes a Thief, Switch, Hart to Hart)
- Clint Walker (Cheyenne)
- Dylan Walsh (Nip/Tuck)
- Burt Ward (Batman)
- Malcolm-Jamal Warner (The Cosby Show, Malcolm & Eddie, Jeremiah, Listen Up)
- Marc Warren (Hustle)
- Sam Waterson (Law & Order)
- Barry Watson (7th Heaven)
- Dennis Weaver (Gunsmoke, McCloud)
- Tom Welling (Smallville)
- Adam West (Batman)
- Wil Wheaton (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
- Anson Williams (Happy Days)
- Barry Williams (The Brady Bunch)
- Robin Williams (Mork and Mindy)
- Noble Willingham (Walker, Texas Ranger)
- Bruce Willis (Moonlighting)
- Henry Winkler ([[Happy Days](Out of Practice)
- Ray Wise (Twin Peaks)
- Gordon Michael Woolvett (Andromeda)
- Tom Wopat (The Dukes of Hazzard)
- Max Wright (Misfits of Science)
- Adam Wylie (Picket Fences)
[edit] X
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[edit] Y
- Welly Yang (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
- Richard Yniguez (Ohara), (Mama Malone)
- Dick York (Bewitched)
- David Yost (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Power Rangers: Zeo)
- Robert Young (Father Knows Best, Marcus Welby, M.D.)
