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Aaron Douglas

Shuttle maintenance was his character's responsibility in a notable sci-fi re-imagining. Go »

Aaron Sorkin

He has written for fast-talking, fast-walking presidents Martin Sheen and Michael Douglas, with forays into TV sports, TV news, sketch comedy, and social media. Go »

Abby Lee Miller

She wasn't really a mother but she really did dance, and she really did go to prison for not really being broke. Go »

Abe Vigoda

There's something fishy about this not-quite-dead mobster. Go »

Adam Carolla

He loved lines, showed men, and yanked cranks before becoming a highly downloaded podcaster. Go »

Adam Richman

He started the show as a rich man, but he's going to end it as a fat man. Go »

Adam Savage

This onetime buster of myths is now putting YouTube to the test. Go »

Adam Scott

He used his severance pay after leaving a parks and recreation department to party down. Go »

Adam West

Usually you hear birds fly south for the winter, but oh man this bat flies west when there's danger. Go »

Adrianne Palicki

She's been in TV shows and movies inspired by high school football, '80s war movies, Marvel superheroes, police tactical units, the Bible, military action figures, Star Trek, Wonder Woman, and Aaron Carter. Go »

Al Roker

He'll let you know about the weather today in your neck of the woods. Go »

Alan Alda

I created this g*o*o with the eye of a hawk and the hand of a surgeon. Go »

Alan Alda

His Hawkeye was a wisecracking military surgeon, not a master archer. Go »

Alan Tudyk

He's a leaf on the wind. Go »

Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson

This child beauty pageant contestant briefly became a cable TV ratings hit, until her Mama took up with a child predator. Go »

Alex Kingston

She's not a doctor, but she plays one on TV. Who's the king? Go »

Alex Thorne

Being a voice actor for Zuma, this kid may be a thorn in someone's side, but he may get a real pup anyway and use him as a paw patrol. Go »

Alex Trebek

This game show host expects your answer in the form of a question. Go »

Alexander Siddig

he's an actor, not a doctor Go »

Alexis Bledel

She was the only actual girl in the Gilmore family. Go »

Alfonso Ribeiro

His new career in reality-TV dance competitions, winning Dancing with the Stars and hosting Dance 360, is no doubt influenced by a former character's love of dancing to Tom Jones in front of his fresh cousin in Bel Air. Go »

Alice Ghostley

Do you think this bewitched graduate could teach a class on how to catch a ghost? Go »

Alison Brie

From Mad Men to Community to BoJack Horseman, this actress gravitates toward the cheesiest parts. Go »

Allen Ludden

Ikea... wrench... heavy... are clues this host might have used on his game show. Go »

Allison Janney

Hollywood typecasts actresses her age with Mom roles, but she's been a spokesperson for the Bartlett White House and a friend to sex researcher William Masters. Go »

Allison Mack

The headlines could have read, "Small Town Girl Makes Good Cult Member." Go »

Allison Scagliotti

Her last hacking gig was #13. Go »

Allison Williams

This longtime girl (and boy who wouldn't grow up) has gotten out of the TV business for now. Go »

Alyson Court

To properly romance, you'll need French glasses. Go »

Alyson Hannigan

I heard a secret at band camp: This bewitching goo isn't Tara Reid, but in this game, she stirs up controversy just as well. Go »

Alyson Hannigan

as comforting as Mom, apple pie, and slaying vampires Go »

Alyssa Milano

daughter of a maid, grew up to become sister of witches Go »

Alyssa Milano

She led a charmed life in the 1980s, growing up on a hit sitcom. Go »

Amanda Bynes

This onetime Nickelodeon star had her own show and a sisterly sitcom before mental illness forced her into reclusion. Go »

Amanda Kloots

Her grief led her to Instagram fame, a daytime talk show job, and a published memoir, but she'd give it all up not to have lost her husband to COVID-19. Go »

Amanda Seyfried

She found success in movies as a mean girl and a misérable, but she dropped out and returned to her big first love, television, to win an Emmy. Go »

Amber Ruffin

When this late-night writer found out that she was going to become a late-night host on the same stage, she was like, "What?" Go »

Amber Tamblyn

Hey, who wants to take her husband to the hospital? She's busy accepting missions from God and fending off Japanese ghosts. Go »

America Ferrera

Even ugly Americans still have curves when they travel in certain pants. Go »

Amy Poehler

Live from New York, it's the news from an upright citizen. Go »

Amy Poehler

Playing Gob's blame-y wife on Arrested Development was just another meta-joke, but their real-life separation is not funny. Go »

Andre Braugher

Fans of this recently deceased actor could be excused for wondering if he would receive a police funeral procession, after he played so many memorable TV cops in shows like Homicide: Life on the Street, Hack, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Go »

Andy Breckman

It might take more than seven seconds to solve this mystery. Go »

Andy Richter

His return tipped the scale in late-night television. Go »

Andy Samberg

His best-known roles include a detective in Brooklyn, a hotel guest in Transylvania, an a not-ready-for-primetime-player on a lonely island. Go »

Ann B. Davis

She was TV's most famous center square, even if she was only hired help. Go »

Anson Mount

Prior to his current show about trains, this actor previously starred in a show about a mountain. Go »

Anthony Anderson

He played cops in Law & Order, K-Ville, Scream 4, and The Departed, but you may know him better as a sort-of Black father or as a game show host. I'm telling you the truth! Go »

Antony Starr

Before his starring role as a superhero in The Boys, he starred in Banshee. Go »

Art Carney

After a honeymoon period, he climbed out of the sewer and won an Academy Award. Go »

Art Fleming

Hosting a TV game show is more art than science, but it can be the stuff of dangerous coincidences, as he and his longer-tenured successor both died of the same disease. Go »

Arte Johnson

This actor was very interesting... but stupid. Go »

Arthur Chu

This master shoretegist has given opponents quite a run for the first place tie. Go »

Ashley Olsen

You'd have to go back 22 years into this 22-year-old actress's career to find a time when she wasn't famous, and still she gets second billing. Go »

Ashley Tisdale

She's been in some of Disney's biggest television hits of recent years -- shows about hotel suites, singing high schoolers, and platypus spies -- but her career really popped after she got into music. Go »

Audra Lindley

Finding sitcom success as a landlady named ROPER was a career high for this one-time stuntwoman from a Hollywood family. Go »

Avery Brooks

This actor has spent most of his career singing on a stage or teaching in a classroom, which is why almost half of the credits on his fairly short screen resume are for his two most famous roles, in the Spenser and Star Trek franchises. Go »

B.D. Wong

This San Francisco-born actor has made a career tending to rape victims, death-row inmates, and dinosaurs. Go »

Babe Winkelman

Nobody expects a kid show host to be a serial killer. Go »

Bam Margera

After a show about hurting himself and a show about being himself, it was finally time to do a show about marrying someone else. Go »

Barbara Feldon

Her last job as a secret agent was to stop Nena and Toto from revealing her identity. Go »

Bea Arthur

Neither Blanche nor Rose have anything on Ms. Zbornak! Go »

Bear Grylls

This nature-battling reality TV star is known for shitting in the woods, just like his namesake. Go »

Bebe Neuwirth

She's been a cabinet secretary's chief of staff, a detective upholding law & order, and a Boston psychiatrist turned barfly. Go »

Belita Moreno

This Texan-born actress played the role of a mother of a son who owns a factory, a waitress, a woman in a retirement home, and if you can't remember this then you might remember my name if you find the answer. Go »

Bella Devyatkina

This Russian child was looking for an answer and the only way you're gonna find it is to know how to speak 7 different languages. But if you can't, this child might be able to help you find it if you ask in all 7 languages. Help mich encontrar la 回答 الى هذا липкая. Go »

Ben Bailey

If you saw this comedian in New York, you also would see him as a cab driver. Go »

Ben Gleib

This is a test. Tell him why you're not an idiot. If you can't tell this game show host why then your id!otest begins now. Go »

Ben Levin

His acting legacy is transitioning from a worldly soap opera to a pair of Netflix comedies. Go »

Ben Savage

When this boy met the world, his older brother Fred was already a successful child star. After appearing with him in a monstrous little movie, he went on to sitcom success of his own. Go »

Ben Stein

He wasn't Deep Throat, but he's been everything else: Attorney, economist, author, speechwriter, abortion activist, actor, commercial pitchman, even game show host. Go »

Ben Stein

Known for political speech writing and an iconic movie role, this goo first gained national attention by giving away his own money on TV. Go »

Benny Hill

Nobody did as much to popularize "Yakety Sax" as this British comedian, whose eponymous show mixed burlesque humor with wordplay and slapstick comedy at an accelerated pace. Go »

Beth Dover

She played a mad housemaid in a period comedy and a prison official who became a de-facto inmate. Go »

Beth Schwartz

It must have been strange for this writer and producer to take over showrunning duties on a comic-book superhero show that had already named a fictional doctor after her. Go »

Bethenny Frankel

Her frank depiction of New York life has made her into a household name. Go »

Betty White

golden comeback Go »

Betty White

The first lady of television will be remembered fondly for her many television roles that continued well into her golden years, but she might deserve it even moore for being committed to causes like animal welfare and for being the rare white star in the 1950s to give airtime to a Black co-star. Go »

Beverly Leech

On Monday, this actress will take a leap of faith to get the fastest time. Go »

Bill Cosby

Comin' at 'cha saying the darndest things. Hey hey hey! Go »

Bill Cosby

family doc Go »

Bill Maher

This un-PC comedian prefers to tackle current events in real time. Go »

Bill Mumy

Danger! Danger! Don't get lost searching for this goo. I could babble on for ages about him. Go »

Bill Ratner

This voice actor and narrator from Minnesota is no criminal, so be careful if you think you're going to cheat and not get caught. You might not always get away with it. Go »

Billie Hayes

Oranges, goranges. Who said, there ain't no rhyme for oranges? This ORANGE goo did. Go »

Billy Bush

This about-to-be-unemployed host probably wishes that his cousin Jeb was the GOP nominee for president, instead of the billionaire with whom he was once recorded having a very inappropriate conversation. Go »

Billy Crystal

city slicker and Oscar host Go »

Blair Brown

two British prime ministers Go »

Bob Barker

The longtime host of The Price is Right urges you to spay or neuter your dog. Go »

Bob Barker

This game show host went a long way from his childhood on a Sioux reservation to hosting a long-running show at CBS Television City. Go »

Bob Bell

This actor was a real bozo when in Chicago performing live on TV. Go »

Bob Costas

When Olympic promoters wished for the games to go viral, they didn't mean this sportscaster's eyes. Go »

Bob Costas

This sportscaster (and later, talk-show host) has been embroiled in controversies as significant as gun control and as silly as pinkeye. Go »

Bob Eubanks

This radio personality can be a card shark on the game show The Newlywed Game. Go »

Bob Keeshan

This veteran actor was promoted to captain at the age of 28. Go »

Bob Newhart

His popular sitcom roles include a psychologist, an inn-keeper, a comic-book artist, a bookstore owner, and a children's science show host. Go »

Bob Odenkirk

This actor's career broke bad in his first properly-titled show, but now you better call him successful. Go »

Bob Saget

This stand-up comic has introduced home videos and raised two families on long-running sitcoms, one in San Francisco and another entirely offscreen while he describes meeting someone. Go »

Bob Vila

This old goo is home again, restoring old abodes for public television. Go »

Bonnie Hunt

This comedic Chicagoan has had more luck in movies, such as hits about giant dogs named for classical composers and board games that destroy households, but she keeps launching eponymous TV shows no matter how many fail. Go »

Bradley Whitford

If you think this guy's career suffered from the failure of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, get out: He's been nominated for five Emmys for The West Wing, Transparent, and The Handmaid's Tale. Go »

Brande Roderick

This Baywatch star likes to play games: She's associated with her NFL linebacker husband, an online fantasy gaming site, Donald Trump's game show, and rock paper scissors. Go »

Brandi Passante

This buyer on Storage Wars is half of a pair of young guns. Go »

Brandon Tartikoff

The visionary executive who rescued NBC and spearheaded so many pop-cultural landmarks of the 1980s (The Cosby Show, L.A. Law, Cheers, Miami Vice, Knight Rider, Family Ties, and many more) deserved more of a tribute than having Punky Brewster's dog named after him. Go »

Brenda Song

This Disney Channel regular co-starred in The Social Network. Go »

Brett Somers

This Canadian actress is no match for this goo game but she sure makes a very odd couple with her husband. But there is one more thing you ought to know about her and that is that she is hot in the summer. Go »

Brian Bonsall

Starring in a hit sitcom with Michael J. Fox gave him a blank check in Hollywood, but he opted not to stay. Go »

Brittany Snow

Did this wintery TV star dream of killing her high school boyfriend for a movie role? Go »

Bronson Pinchot

He's been a snobby art gallery worker in Beverly Hills, a villainous high school principal in Greenvale, and a prank enthusiast in Metropolis, but he'll always be best known as the wide-eyed, good-hearted immigrant cousin from Mypos. Go »

Brooke Burke

She's famous for dancing with the wild rock stars. Go »

Brooke Burns

Don't get burned by chasing her around the table, or she will just shoot you in Miami. Go »

Bryan Cranston

The meth business in Albuquerque is nothing compared to raising 5 young boys in suburbia. Go »

Burt Ward

This onetime boy wonder was the ward of a bachelor superhero. Go »

Busy Philipps

Shows about nerds, brooks, and pumas have kept this actress's schedule full. Go »

Butch Patrick

And I thought my parents were monsters. Sheesh. Go »

Butch Patrick

This child actor had monstrous success, but remained less well-known than his on-screen parents. Go »

Caitlin Sanchez

can you point to the reason this is in court? Go »

Camila Mendes

She's from Brazil by way of Virginia, and she works in Hollywood by way of Riverdale. Go »

Candice Bergen

She's played a Bostonian lawyer and an Alabamian mayor, but she's best remembered as a brown TV journalist. Go »

Cara Buono

She's been a lover, a mother, a spy, and a wife, in (not in the same order) Mad Men, Person of Interest, Stranger Things, and The Sopranos. Go »

Carol Burnett

This sketch-comedy legend made a charwoman her signature character. Go »

Caroll Spinney

His most famous characters are a trash-dwelling grouch and an enormous canary. Go »

Caroll Spinney

This cartoonist lived on Sesame Street and played Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch. It put a big spin on things when he wrote the book The Wisdom of Big Bird. Go »

Carolyn Pickles

Her character in a long-running British soap opera died in the 4000th episode, before she could meet great and powerful men like Oz, P.T. Barnum, and Venom. Go »

Carroll O'Connor

Playing a bigoted Queens patriarch and an honorable Mississippi cop made him so popular that he had to build a bunker just to store all of his Emmys. Go »

Carter Williams

This coach ran a good race, but didn't quite survive to the end. Go »

Cat Cora

This world-traveling feline chef is not living with the governor of New York. Go »

Cat Deeley

This British model doesn't think you can dance. Go »

Catherine Hickland

On-screen, she married her husband, who was playing Michael Knight. But off-screen, after their break-up, she married Michael Knight. Go »

Cesar Millan

dogs know the answer, if you listen close enough to hear them Go »

Charles Nelson Reilly

Dr. Honeydew found a match in his experiment Go »

Charlie Day

From fistfighting Ice Cube to suffering horrible boss Jennifer Aniston, his career is as bright as a sunny day (especially in Philadelphia). Go »

Charlie Hunnam

His parents were lawlessness and civil disorder, but he grew up as gay and weird as everyday people. Go »

Charlie Sheen

He used to be a major league hot shot, but in his later career, he can't even manage to stay employed as one of two and a half men. Go »

Charlotte Rae

Girls, girls, girls! This wise housekeeper kept the wisecracks coming in the '70's and '80's. Go »

Chelsea Handler

Recently, she has learned a lot about handling fame from other celebrities. Go »

Chelsea Handler

She thinks she can handle the unprecedented creation of a late-night talk show on Netflix. Go »

Chelsea Peretti

The legend of this American citizen's big mouth scored just shy of 100. Go »

Chelsie Hightower

Being born in Las Vegas didn't make this Latin ballroom specialist a star, but she thinks she can dance with them. Go »

Chevy Chase

He attended community college, and had success in movies as a vacationer, a golfer, and a fletcher, but he'll always be remembered for his first big break, hosting weekend news updates. Go »

Chip and Joanna Gaines

This married couple has fixed up the ailing HGTV with a hit series about renovations. Go »

Christian J. Simon

This actor play Leo Webb, Darwin Watterson, Casey, and Freddy. Go »

Christopher Meloni

His TV roles have been as varied as a summer camp cook, an alcoholic who befriends a unicorn, an inmate in love with his cellmate, a centuries-old vampire, and a former SVU detective now investigating organized crime. Go »

Chuck Lorre

This producer feuded with his stars Roseanne Barr and Charlie Sheen, while making household names out of others like Jim Parsons, Jenna Elfman, and Christine Baranski. Go »

Chuck Woolery

It should take you 2 minutes, 2 seconds to connect with the answer. Go »

Chumlee

He appraises things like tuxedos from Tennessee for a living, but getting too chummy with the men in blue and letting them into the vault was his big dumb downfall. Go »

Cindy Williams

She would never have a normal life again after being cast in a hit show set in Milwaukee, but she continued getting by. Go »

Claire Danes

She's been a CIA operative worried about al Qaeda, a 1990s teenager worried about fitting in at school, a veterinarian worried about Terminators, and a Shakespearean lover worried about a feud between two families. Go »

Claire Foy

She has played a vampire teacher, an astronaut's wife, a tattooed girl, a young queen, a possessed witch, and a quadriplegic's wife. Go »

Claudia Christian

Maybe her son wouldn't have turned out so geeky if his father had been a Ranger. Go »

Cleo King

Deadwood cook (who's the king?) Go »

Clint Howard

He's been making one-off appearances in the other Star-based media franchise since he was a child, as well as in the films made by his famous actor-writer-director brother. One of the latter included a solo appearance in the Star Wars series. Go »

Cloris Leachman

Notorious for frightening horses, this landlady gained fame from a Texas movie theater. Go »

Cole Sprouse

This jug-headed actor used to be half of Zack & Cody. Go »

Conan O'Brien

Tonight, this host may triumph over his predecessor's timeslot, not that his predecessor is going away for long. Go »

Conan O'Brien

He spent thousands of late nights working for NBC, but these days he's on a first-name basis with TBS. Go »

Conrad Bluth

It took Hollywood making a couple of acts of Mercy for this young miscreant to get over being a child actor with Ashton Kutcher and Amanda Peet. Go »

Constance Wu

She has wooed plenty of new fans with a fresh hit sitcom. Go »

Cote de Pablo

This TV actress has no control over what roles are played like a secret agent and co-host. Go »

Courteney Cox

Scream therapy helped her handle the transition from playing a twenty-something friend to a man-hungry cougar. Go »

Crystal McKellar

Having a sister in the cast of The Wonder Years made it easy for this child actress to secure her breakout part in The Wonder Years. Go »

Cybill Shepherd

This model and actress only meant to moonlight on television, but it wound up driving her career. Go »

Cynthia Nixon

Lacking a sense of smell has not hurt the career of this sexy friend, who is such a Miranda. Go »

Dan Blocker

Playing a gentle giant for all but the final year of Bonanza (he died suddenly during the off-season) did not reflect the violence in his real life, such as receiving a Purple Heart for the wounds that he suffered in the Korean War. Go »

Dan Castellaneta

D'oh! 27 years (and counting) is a long time to voice a bumbling yellow patriarch. Go »

Dan Frischman

His AP history student on Head of the Class may have been a genius, but his grocery store manager overseeing Kenan and Kel definitely wasn't. Go »

Dan Harmon

This improv comedian went fishing for something bigger and ended up snagging a college comedy and one hell of a rude multiverse. Go »

Dana Davis

She heroically defies critics who hate her and bash her. Go »

Danai Gurira

This Tony-nominated playwright is better known to audiences for her associations with walking dead and Wakandans. Go »

Daniel Dae Kim

He's been lucky enough to film two long-running shows in Hawaii, one in which he played a husband from 2004 to 2010, and another in which he played a cop from 2010 to 2017. Go »

Daniel Dae Kim

His roles as a plane crash survivor and an expert cop have made him synonymous with Hawaii, even though he's from South Korea. Go »

Danny DeVito

He's best known for managing a cab service in New York, a bar in Philadelphia, a tabloid magazine in Los Angeles, an amusement park in space, and a criminal empire in Gotham City. Go »

Danny McBride

This funnyman has flown in the air to the tropics and taken the express train far eastbound in pursuit of vice. Go »

David Angell

This producer must have had angelic good taste in television to co-create hits like Wings and Frasier. Go »

David Attenborough

Brits understand the natural world much better thanks to this documentarian with two famous brothers. Go »

David Caruso

his cop-show career's so hot.... he's gotta wear shades (YEEAAAAHH) Go »

David Cross

This comedian's most famous role is a cross between an analyst and a therapist, an analrapist. Go »

David Duchovny

The cop that he plays today in Aquarius will never be as popular as the FBI agent that he used to play (and will soon again) in The X Files. Go »

David Fumero

This Cuban actor decided that if he only had one life to live, he wanted to spend it with his co-star. Go »

David Harbour

He's been in four different superhero franchises (Suicide Squad, Hellboy, The Green Hornet, and Black Widow), but he remains most associated with the role that made him a household name, playing a gruff sheriff and devoted father figure in horror-plagued small-town Indiana in the mid-1980s. Go »

David Hasselhoff

One night in November 1989, German music lovers watched this singer's words of freedom come true. Go »

David Hyde Pierce

So far, the new continuation of a long-running TV sitcom (which moved back to the East coast from the West) hasn't seen hide nor hair of the fraternal character played by this theater veteran. Go »

David Letterman

Top Ten Good Things About Becoming a Celebrity Goo:
10. Now you're as famous as Kikawada Masaya.
9. Hey, somebody ought to get some practical use out of your mugshot from thesmokinggun.com.
8. Three words: Lawsuit, lawsuit, lawsuit.
7. You can send this head shot to your agent on April Fools Day.
6. Unlike appearing on Larry King Live, no sexual favors required.
5. Denise Sawicki knows who you are.
4. Mel Gibson won't return your phone calls. Oops, I'm sorry, that's one of the top ten good things about becoming a celebrity Jew.
3. Face it, you still look better than you do in the tabloids.
2. Until that high-concept themed week came along, you had no idea there were six other famous people with your first name.
1. Celebrities deserve more attention. Go »

David Letterman

There are ten top reasons why his impending retirement is a loss for late-night comedy talk shows. Go »

David McCallum

This 83-year old Scotsman became quite popular as a Russian Uncle in the sixties and, in recent years, has gained renewed international recognition and popularity as a Ducky Doctor. Go »

David Schwimmer

In the opening credits to his sitcom, while his co-stars frolicked around water, he submerged himself, in what could have been a play on his last name. Go »

David Spade

It doesn't take long to go from sniping at vapid Hollywood stars on Weekend Update to shooting a sitcom as one yourself. Go »

David Tennant

tenth doc Go »

DeForest Kelley

To paint this actor, who made many appearances across multiple iterations of Star Trek, you would need two shades of green. Go »

Delta Burke

Despite being the only female lead nominated for an Emmy, she was fired after the fifth season of her hit show. Go »

Dennis Franz

This TV actor specialized in playing cops: His story started with one in Chicago, then he moved on to Hill Street in an unknown city, briefly relocated to Beverly Hills, got nasty in Las Vegas, and most famously ended his career feeling blue with the New York Police Department. Go »

Dennis Miller

Did you see this talk show host try sports commentary? It was like watching Albert Schweitzer try to pilot the Mars Rover. Go »

Devery Jacobs

She played a Mohawk girl named after candy and another girl murdered by Joey King, but it's her role as a Res Dog that made her a breakout star, on a show that also let her write and direct. Go »

Diahann Carroll

None of her nominations for five Emmys, three Golden Globes, two Grammys, and one Oscar were for playing a holographic sex fantasy. Go »

Diane Morgan

She's known for playing the worst interviewer on British television and acting opposite Ricky Gervais in a grief-stricken comedy. Go »

Dick Assman

This foreign gas-station owner made a name for himself in late-night television shows before his death last summer. Go »

Dick Clark

This broadcasting super-producer is now America's oldest teenaged goo. Go »

Dick Van Dyke

Long before he got into diagnosing cases of homicide, he was a comedy writer tripping over ottomans and a chimney sweep dancing on London rooftops. Go »

Dick Wolf

This action-show producer with an action-hero name has created a television-show empire out of multiple franchises about law enforcement and the Windy City. Go »

Dominic Purcell

This foxy TV star is tough to guess... Not even he knows who he is! Go »

Don Adams

He's definitely no James Bond, but at least he's funny. Maybe he should wise up. Go »

Don Knotts

Despite some incredible film roles, audiences best remember this lovable goofball in his roles as an overconfident small-town deputy in the 1960s and a farcical Santa Monica landlord in the 1980s. Go »

Don Ohlmeyer

The future ombudsman for ESPN, this TV exec will be forever known as the guy who fired Norm. Go »

Donald Glover

This actor in productions about Southern metropolises and local colleges chose a youthful alias for his rap career because his real name implies that he loves dongs. Go »

Doug E. Doug

He's been in one Cosby-starring show and another Cosby-approved show, but he's best remembered for playing a sentient brand of coffee in Jamaica. Go »

Drake Bell

If you saw him on TV, would he be playing a guitar like ringing a bell? Go »

Drew Carey

If you know the name of this Cleveland sitcom star, come on down! Go »

Ed Begley Jr.

He co-starred in films with Richard Pryor, Roseanne Barr, Macaulay Culkin, Larry David, Anna Faris, and Jane Lynch, but he's best known for playing a doctor elsewhere. Go »

Ed Flanders

Besides practicing medicine on NBC in the 1980s, he also won a Tony for his 1973 performance in a Eugene O'Neill play. Go »

Ed Helms

When not working at his daily office job, he gets hungover on vacation. Go »

Ed McMahon

One of late-night television's greatest sidekicks was also known for talent competitions, practical jokes, and publisher sweepstakes. Go »

Edward Woodward

Was this British actor the equal of Denzel Washington and Queen Latifah? Go »

Elisabeth Hasselbeck

Her viewpoints haven't survived the scrutiny of her co-hosts. Go »

Elisabeth Moss

This actress is as busy as a rolling stone, playing a presidential daughter, a secretary, and a British detective on three highly-acclaimed shows. Go »

Elisabeth Moss

She stars in productions about powerful men, whether they force her to become a handmaiden, manipulate the nation's spending through advertising, run the country from a wing of the White House, or terrorize her with their power of invisibility. Go »

Elisha Cuthbert

Twenty twenty twenty four hours to go... she wants one big happy ending on the ranch. Go »

Elizabeth Montgomery

nasal agility is not normally a prerequisite for sitcom stardom Go »

Ellen Corby

This actress won three Emmy Awards in four years for her role as a beloved grandma. Go »

Ellen Pompeo

A long-running medical series about her character's textbook body has made her one of the top-earning TV stars in the world. Go »

Ellie Kemper

If working in a difficult office didn't break her, nothing can. Go »

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

This horror hostess built her career on wit, charm, and the biggest pumpkins in the business. Go »

Emilia Clarke

Westeros is a long way from her native London. Go »

Emily Wickersham

This TV actress plays a special agent named after a chess piece and may remember me as a P.I. Go »

Emily Wickersham

This actress's special-agent character on TV moves along a diagonal path on the board to help capture the king for checkmate. Go »

Emma Roberts

This famous niece knows a thing or two about screaming in horror. Go »

Emmanuel Lewis

you might need a manual to find this goo in the old school Go »

Erika Eleniak

Watch celebrities stranded on an island or losing weight and you're bound to see this sexy centerfold. Go »

Ernest Borgnine

That Borg, Seven of Nine, couldn't fly a lupus through a naval halestorm. Go »

Estelle Getty

Picture it: Hollywood, 1985. This actress puts on old-age makeup to play Bea Arthur's mother in a sitcom pilot, despite her being younger than Bea Arthur. She's so funny, they make her a regular. The show becomes a hit, but she's typecast as an elderly woman for the rest of her career. Go »

Esther Rolle

I'd have good times moving to Florida if I could just rolle there. Go »

Eva Longoria

Be careful not to let desperation set in if you don't recognize this soap opera star. Go »

Evangeline Lilly

This Canadian flower will be even more lost in Hawaii without her house. Go »

Eve Plumb

taught a thing or two to her older sister, younger sister, and three step-brothers Go »

Finn Jones

He's been a knight of flowers and a protector of K'un-Lun. Go »

Finn Wolfhard

There are stranger ways to become a breakout teen star in Hollywood than starring in a clown movie. Go »

Finola Hughes

This actress plays the character Anna Devane who was the ex police commissioner, and teaches her daughters on the show about the Byrd and the Bees. Go »

Florence Henderson

mom of six Bradys Go »

Fox Mulder

This FBI agent embodied the zeitgeist of the nineties, with his New Age credulity and his distrust of government. The answer is out there. Go »

Fran Allison

Exclusively human, on her show she acted as mentor and voice of reason. Go »

Fran Drescher

This New York actress never had kids of her own, despite famously playing a New York nanny on TV. Go »

Frank Gorshin

Riddle me this: What travels down an alley and has holes in it? Nigma, please. Go »

Frank Oz

This funny-voiced man, named for a fantastical land, was the hand beneath the felt for a self-obsessed pig, a mentoring alien, and a dessert-devouring monster. Go »

Fred "Rerun" Berry

thanks to syndication, he'll be a teenager in the 1970s forever Go »

Fred Rogers

This minister never taught children an unneighborly gesture. Go »

Fred Rogers

In his 50 years on television, only once did this child entertainer, and neighbor to us all, appear as someone other than himself. Go »

Gale Gordon

On no episode was it revealed that Lucy's boss was a follower of Sun Myung Moon. Go »

Gareth Jones

This may be rather heartless of me, but irony has to make you wonder if getting into character is what killed this actor. Go »

Garry Shandling

When this wisecracking drama student took the stage, it was his show. Go »

Gary Coleman

died young, but not as young as his adoptive sister Go »

Gayle King

Oprah can make any woman in America feel like her best friend, but only one woman really is. Who's the king? Go »

Gena Lee Nolin

She showcased products at their suggested retail price before quitting to become a professional lifeguard. Go »

Gene Rayburn

This Illinoisian enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Force and served in World War II, and became known for asking the question, "Dumb Dora was really dumb -- when she knew the answer, she blanked." Go »

Gene Roddenberry

The old great bird finally took a journey into space after he died in 1991. Go »

George Lopez

This American comedian and actor has a show named after him. If he really was the mayor of Reno you may want to call 911. If he was playing Santa Claus, he would have to check and see if you were naughty or nice. Go »

George Takei

Because of advocates like him, gay marriage has come to represent the final frontier of equality in California. Go »

Gerry Turner

After giving out a golden ring, he won't be a bachelor much longer. Go »

Giancarlo Esposito

This African-American actor with an Italian name is originally from Denmark. Go »

Gilda Radner

One of the original not-ready-for-primetime players remains one of the most missed. Go »

Gillian Anderson

She has played Lady Dedlock, Stella Gibson, Meg Fitch, and Bedelia Du Maurier, but she'll always be best known as Dana Scully. Go »

Gina Rodriguez

Her character on a hit series may lack certain experience, but she has had plenty of other experience in her career, starring in everything from a soap opera to an industrial disaster movie to a hip-hop indie drama. Go »

Ginnifer Goodwin

Once known for being the younger wife, she has since gained success with Disney & ABC playing a gray rabbit, an orange fairy, and a white teacher. Go »

Grace Lee Whitney

She appeared in only eight episodes of the television series but her last film appearance was in a movie based on that series. Go »

Graham Norton

This BBC host cultivates a party-like atmosphere among his well-lubricated guests, but the most popular seat in the studio is the big red one. Go »

Gretchen Carlson

it helps to make friends if you play dumb Go »

H. Jon Benjamin

What do a soccer coach, a burger chef, and a secret agent have in common? Go »

H. Jon Benjamin

You might not know his face (or his first name), but you've heard his voice as Sterling Archer, Bob Belcher, Coach McGuirk, and many more roles. Go »

Hana Kimura

Reality TV went too far for this wrestler. Go »

Hank Azaria

This actor has made a lot of television: You might have seen him in the primary casts of Herman's Head, If Not for You, Imagine That, Huff, Free Agents, or Brockmire, or in his acclaimed recurring roles in Friends, Mad About You, or Ray Donovan. But his most notable role by far is off-screen, in the voice cast of The Simpsons. Go »

Hannah Montana

This fictional pop superstar is not from Montana, but she is played by the daughter of an achy-breaky country star. Ya think? Go »

Harry Anderson

This magician pulled a disappearing act after starring in a hit 80s sitcom about a nocturnal judiciary and another 90s sitcom about Dave Barry, but sadly now he's gone for good. Go »

Heidi Montag

reality roommate becomes singing spouse Go »

Helen Hunt

'90s audiences were mad about this TV wife and her movies about tornadoes, charity, OCD, a marooning, and gender-based telepathy. Go »

Henry Ian Cusick

It would have been scandalous if he were to have lost any of the one hundred or so roles he has played. Go »

Henry Winkler

This leather fetishist has two prominent digits. Go »

Howie Mandel

I'll pay you $20 for the guesses you've already made. Agreement or no agreement? Go »

Howie Mandel

This game show host from Canada is a comedian, actor, television host, and voice actor. The voice that is most well known is Bobby, but the banker calls this host to make a deal to tell the contestant how much they will win before getting out. Go »

Hugh Brannum

I always envision this children's show actor staring into his dressing room mirror shouting, "Screw the Captain! I'm the star!" Go »

Hugh Laurie

Is there a doctor in the House? Go »

Hunter King

She's young, restless, and in pieces. Who's the king? Go »

Ian Somerhalder

if you previously guessed the wrong vampire, you lost Go »

Idris Elba

He's been a detective in London, a drug lord in Baltimore, a commandant in West Africa, a gatekeeper in Asgard, a starship captain on LV-223, and Nelson Mandela. Go »

Issa Rae

This black actress is quite successful despite being awkward and insecure. Go »

J. Fred Muggs

If you thought Billy Bush was the least evolved simian among the Today show cast, you weren't watching in the 1950s. Go »

J.B. Smoove

Contrary to the titles of his best-known TV appearances, his comedy is not deaf, his Hollywood marriage isn't real, and he's not particularly enthusiastic. Go »

J.D. Roth

If you look around, would you see this goo having a cherry sundae on top of the hill at his exciting house? Go »

J.R. Ewing

Who shot this goo? Go »

JWoww

Not the Garden State's classiest export. Go »

Jace Norman

This teenaged kid puts himself in danger by playing roles of a sidekick, a dog who changes into a human, and six copies of himself. Go »

Jack Hanna

Does this zoo director and TV star exploit animals for his own fame? Go »

Jack Lord

Goo him, Danno! This TV star kept the peace around the Aloha State. Go »

Jackie Swanson

Her acting career roller coasted from a guitar bearer to falling from a building to marrying a bartender. Go »

Jacques Cousteau

This Frenchman's TV show was a real dive. Go »

Jade Goody

This reality star hasn't been miss goody-two-shoes, but nobody deserves the eviction she's facing. Go »

Jaime Pressly

Her name is unusually spelled, but Emmy voters figured out how to write it down. (Her three kids just call her Mom.) Go »

Jaimie Alexander

She has appeared alongside musclemen like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Chris Hemsworth, but her best-known role requires her to alter her own body through the application of elaborate fake tattoos. Go »

Jake Farrow

This TV writer and actor voices a triumphant puppet and a dangerous invisible guy, and he would shake things up playing this game. Go »

Jake Johnson

He's been in a few movies about dinosaurs and mummies, but his career has been in a slump ever since he parted ways with the new girl in town. Go »

Jaleel White

He spent the 1990s wondering one thing: Did he do that? Go »

Jameela Jamil

If you were to make some kind of official chart of her TV career progress, it would go from good to miserable to legendary. Go »

James Corden

Brits know him as a flabby sitcom star and stage actor. Americans know him as a talk show host who drives around singing karaoke with celebrities. Go »

James Gandolfini

The cella caldaria was too intense for one of Jersey's most infamous sons. Go »

James Garner

This legendary gambler from the Old West lived on jacks and queens as he travelled from Mississippi to Louisiana; luck was the lady that he loved the best. Go »

James Lipton

Arrested Development fans wonder if he treats the actors studio like a prison. Go »

James MacArthur

The Hawaii Five-O reboot, although good, just isn't the same without this actor being told to, "Book 'em." Go »

James Marsters

This actor haunted Angel after spiking Buffy. Go »

James Murray

This Joker was married to another joker's sister, but the name of that joker rhymes with pal. They made a movie that came out on February 21, 2020. Go »

James Patrick Stuart

This actor can be very complicated: The simple life for this guy means playing a factory worker, a prosecutor, a father, a doctor, and a ghost whisperer. Go »

James Van Der Beek

he's a long way from his creek Go »

Jan-Michael Vincent

He may be a "flying lupus" action star, but his name's still Jan. Go »

Jane Kaczmarek

A middling life in middle-class marriage no longer matters to this middle-aged actress. Go »

Jane Lynch

cheerleaders, caterers, and celibates Go »

Jane Seymour

frontier doc Go »

Jared Harris

By George! Don't go mad and have a meltdown trying to outwit a world-famous detective! Go »

Jared Keeso

When he created a hit Canadian comedy, he gave himself plum roles as a produce farmer and hockey player. Go »

Jason 'Wee Man' Acuña

This little guy can be quite the horse's arse. Go »

Jason Alexander

This Seinfeld semi-regular never rode into Prussia. Go »

Jason Alexander

You might know him from his roles in Seinfeld, Pretty Woman, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, or Dream On, not for invading Prussia. Go »

Jason Bateman

Depending on when you first noticed him, you might know him as a young boy on the prairie, a teen mourning his sitcom mom, a basketball-playing werewolf, a stockbroker living with his brother, a real-estate developer in the middle of a dysfunctional family, a hopeful father adopting a teenager's baby, a friend stuck in the body of Ryan Reynolds, the victim of identity theft, or a con-artist fox. Go »

Jason Miller

Don't go have a specific brand of beer in Milwaukee and be a bully, or this goo will beat you up. Go »

Jason Segel

This former freak/geek made his career with an unmet mother and movies about Benjamin, Sarah Marshall, and Jeff. Go »

Jason Sudeikis

This SNL veteran wasn't very familiar with soccer as coach Ted Lasso, but that character was still more competent than his scout trooper who couldn't even guard a baby in The Mandalorian. Go »

Jay Blades

If you live in Britain and you need some furniture or other beloved objects restored, perhaps even a pair of swords or knives, then this shopkeeper is the man to see. Go »

Jay Johnston

His collaborations with Bob Odenkirk, David Cross, Sarah Silverman, and Bob Belcher led to a successful career in TV comedy that may have ended with his collaboration with the January 6th rioters. Go »

Jay Leno

Getting offered a nightly show after ending his nightly show may have given this comedian a swelled head. Go »

Jean-Philippe Susilovic

This Belgian can never catch a break with Satan as a boss. Go »

Jeff Garlin

This standup comic had some enthusiastic success on cable before starring in an 80s family sitcom. Go »

Jeff Hyslop

If you saw this goo in Canada as a mannequin, could he come to life? Would this goo be special in 2 day's world? Go »

Jeff Probst

He went from hosting Rock & Roll Jeopardy! on VH1 to competing in Celebrity Jeopardy! to contributing pre-recorded answers in the "Reality TV Hosts" category of Jeopardy!, now that he's most famous for snuffing torches after the tribe speaks in a different TV competition. Go »

Jenna Fischer

She has since been in shows about the apocalypse and splitting up, but she'll always be best remembered for her notable job in an office. Go »

Jenna Ortega

For someone who has been called one of the best actresses of her young generation, she spends a lot of time revisiting the horror-comedy entertainment of Generation X, from Scream to The Addams Family to Beetlejuice. Go »

Jennette McCurdy

She wasn't Carly, but she was Sam or Cat. Recently, her best-selling memoir has reignited a debate about child abuse in show business. Go »

Jennifer Aniston

This friendly actress's career used to be picture-perfect, but now it's the pitts. Go »

Jennifer Aniston

She went from being one of television's most popular Friends to one of Hollywood's most famous ex-wives, but hit films like Marley & Me and The Break-Up have kept her busy since. Go »

Jennifer Garner

Is "13 Going on 30" the name of her movie or the number of pseudonyms her character has used on her show? Go »

Jennifer Lopez

tells us whether it's raining on the block Go »

Jennifer Love Hewitt

I would love to know what she did at that party last summer with those five siblings. Go »

Jennifer Morrison

After haunting Kevin Bacon and mothering William Shatner, she settled for romancing Hugh Laurie. Go »

Jenny Lee

This CNN regular and native Houstonian perfects her tan while waiting for her big break. Go »

Jeremy Shada

His TV roles include an adventuring boy, a mecha's leg, and a phantom bassist. Go »

Jerry Juhl

This writer was all about letting the music play. Go »

Jerry Orbach

This TV detective had his eyes on predecessors like Peter Falk (and George Dzundza and Paul Sorvino) until he died and donated them to needy patients. Go »

Jerry Springer

This goo's first name! This goo's first name! This goo's first name! Go »

Jesse Frederick

Don't be too shocked when you find this composer who did the songs for several 1980s family show sitcoms. Go »

Jesse G. James

This outlaw done broke so many rules of the road, he was even cited for marrying a bull. Go »

Jessica Alba

Maxing out the guesses on this core goo would be sweeter than... something. Go »

Jessica Brown Findlay

She's best known for period dramas (Harlots and Downton Abbey) and alternate-reality sci-fi (Winter's Tale and Brave New World). Go »

Jim Belushi

He succeeded his deceased brother on Saturday Night Live but found greater success in a 2000s sitcom, according to him. Go »

Jim Cramer

When a comedy talk show host is making fun of you daily, it's best not to accept the invitation for him to do it to your face. Go »

Jim Henson

Spending mornings on public television and evenings in sketch comedy fit this entertainer like a glove, and audiences felt the same way. Go »

Jim J. Bullock

In the 1990s, this gay comedian had an uncomfortably close talk show with a televangelist who used to be married to another television host named Jim, who didn't practice what he preached. Go »

Jim Nabors

From gas station attendant to marine, well golleeee! Go »

Jim Parsons

He has a funny theory about the origin of the universe. Go »

Jimmy Fallon

He did so well live on Saturday night that NBC had him work late every night. Early next year, he'll take on the biggest nightly talk show on television. Go »

Jimmy Fallon

This late night talk show host has musical impressions on a wheel. Cher, David Bowie, Britney Spears, Michael McDonald, and Shakira would be really hard to impersonate. Go »

Jimmy Jean-Louis

Haiti needs every hero it can get. Go »

Jimmy Kimmel

Hosting a game show with Ben Stein and a talk show just for men prepared him to become ABC's late-night host. Go »

Joan Collins

After starring in films about a Lady, a Queen, and Pharaohs, she was more than ready to star in a 1980s TV series about a family dynasty. Go »

Joan Rivers and Melissa Rivers

After two lifetimes of stand-up comedy, fashion criticism, and reality show fame, it's not clear which one knows best. Go »

Jodie Sweetin

Being the middle child in the house is sweet, and so is being the middle adult two decades later, especially when your family is a high-ranking poker hand. Go »

Jodie Whittaker

They cast a broad? Who's idea was that? Go »

Joe Piscopo

He co-starred with Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, and Treat Williams in a series of cinematic flops in the 1980s, but he had a notable small-screen partnership with Eddie Murphy in the same decade. Go »

Joel Hodgson

An early career as a prop comic prepared him for his most famous role, trapped on a satellite with his homemade "robot friends" and riffing bad movies together. Go »

Joel McHale

His starring roles involved adventure reporting, community college attending, and pop-culture soup talking. Go »

John Cleese

He's known for being part of a very funny snake, operating a hotel rudely, missing part of his ghostly body, associating with a fish with a woman's name, and providing a superspy with equipment. Go »

John DiMaggio

This actor often gets mixed up in weird roles like a shapeshifting robot and an alcoholic dog. Go »

John DiMaggio

This actor, voice actor, and comedian is known for his work as Bender from the television show Futurama, Jake the Dog on Adventure Time, and Marcus Fenix in the hit Xbox video game Gears of War. Go »

John Forsythe

In an ironic television twist, this goo may be best remembered for a role in which he never made a screen appearance. Go »

John Goodman

Roseanne's husband ain't afraid of no spiders. Go »

John Goodman

On screen, he's had a red wife and a blue brother. Go »

John Hetlinger

This talented American got a chance to sing in concert with Drowning Pool. Go »

John Krasinski

Playing this game at our place of work is not the way we go. Go »

John Krasinski

Since leaving his office job, this actor has found success as a voice actor in Monsters University and The Wind Rises. Go »

John Larroquette

He's currently back on TV playing the lascivious lawyer who became his most popular and Emmy-winning character. No, not the lawyer he played on The Practice. And no, not the other lawyer that he played on Boston Legal. And definitely not the lawyer that he played in the McBride TV movies. Go »

John Lithgow

He's had a long career in film and theater, but TV viewers know him as an alien living on the 3rd planet from the sun, a serial killer being pursued by another killer after his 3rd victim, and Winston Churchill during his 3rd ministry. Go »

John Oliver

If you like last week's news delivered humorously in a British accent, he's your host. Go »

John Ratzenberger

Long after his most famous job as a Boston mail carrier, he found a second career providing voices in every Pixar film—even Ratatouille, despite his name sounding like a health code violation. Go »

John Ritter

His TV co-stars Suzanne Somers, Jessica Walter, Debrah Farentino, Markie Post, and Katey Segal all considered him good company. Go »

John Slattery

This actor has enjoyed some recent time in the spotlight thanks to performances both sterling and stark. Go »

John Stamos

He starred in two long-running hospital dramas, but despite recently becoming a grandfather, he'll always be best known as an uncle who pleaded for mercy. Go »

John Stamos

Have mercy! If you can get this answer right, you must be riding a motorcycle just to meet this actor. Go »

John Zacherle

After several characters in TV Westerns, this ghoulish host featured severed heads dripping blood made of chocolate syrup. Go »

Johnny Carson

One of America's most popular comedians and talk show hosts has said his final goodnight. Go »

Johnny Galecki

By the time he joined the cast of Roseanne as a socially awkward teen, his career had already been launched by a "big bang" event. Go »

Jon Bernthal

This Harvard educated actor has been known to punish the living and the dead. Go »

Jon Hamm

ainmay admanmay Go »

Jon Hamm

After the World Cup, I've got to get my friend John ham. Go »

Jon Stewart

Being the host of a news Show has its Daily advantages, Mr. J.S. Mills. Go »

Jon Stewart

This stand-up comedian got slammed down on the mat after leaving the daily grind of making fake news. Go »

Jon-Erik Hexum

A short-lived actor with facade and pretense
And a voyage lacking common sense
Even a blank can make one's eyes go blank Go »

Jonathan Banks

If your boss is being a wiseguy and you need a break, you better call this hitman. Go »

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

This actor is Irish, but his roles have included the Transylvanian vampire Dracula, the American entertainer Elvis Presley, the British monarch Henry VIII, a German Nazi officer in Norway, an Israeli spy in Germany, a Macedonian king, and an English warrior bishop. Go »

Jordan Peele

He broke through in comedy as half of a key sketch-comedy duo, but now he's becoming a master of horror with Get Out, Us, and The Twilight Zone. Go »

Jorge Garcia

Rolf lost his piano bench Go »

Joshua Jackson

He's been in movies about ducks, skulls, and intentions, but he's best known for his work in television shows about an affair, a fringe, and a creek. Go »

Joss Whedon

When he had slain enough vampires, this writer-director began setting spaceships on fire. Go »

Jovian

This TV performer from North Carolina by way of Jupiter became a breakout star of Canadian children's television, playing a lemur who had the magical ability to turn into a hand puppet when the show wanted him to talk. Go »

Joy Behar

For some, happiness only comes from voicing your true perspective. Go »

Joyce DeWitt

Starring in a disturbingly popular sitcom despite its insulting premise regarding homosexuality and hammy performances centered on heterosexuality, her greatest acting accomplishment came from not being in the spinoffs' casts. Go »

Judd Hirsch

He helped his sons solve crimes numerically, and helped Earth resist aliens on July 4, but he's best known for driving a cab with co-workers Marilu Henner and Danny DeVito. Go »

Judyann Elder

Do you think this goo would respect the elders in the family? Go »

Julia Anderson

family is the most important thing in the universe Go »

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

live from New York, it's Jerry Seinfeld's ex-girlfriend Go »

Julianna Margulies

She's been the good spouse in a troubled marriage, a nurse in a busy emergency room, and Morgan Le Fay. Go »

Julie Bowen

modern mother Go »

Julie Chen

This TV journalist's career has been shaped by her husband, brother, and Harry Smith. Go »

Julie Newmar

For several years in the 1960s, she was the "purrfect" model for a black leather catsuit. Go »

June Shannon

She's cashing in big on her sweet mistake, or maybe not. Go »

Jung Ho-yeon

She went from runway hit on Korea's Next Top Model to runaway hit on Netflix's Squid Game. Go »

Jurnee Smollett

This actress has been acclaimed for shows about horrors both fictional and real: vampires, H.P. Lovecraft, slavery, and high-school football. Go »

Justine Bateman

What have we always said is the most important thing? No, not breakfast: Family. Jason Bateman is her real-life brother, and Michael J. Fox was her TV brother. Go »

Kaitlin Olson

It's a long journey from Portland to L.A. to Philadelphia. Thank goodness it's sunny there. Go »

Kal Penn

He used to work in the real White House. Now he works in a fictional one. Go »

Kaley Cuoco

What do John Ritter, Alyssa Milano, and Jim Parsons have in common? This co-star. Go »

Kaley Cuoco

Her career has taken off with a bang since joining the cast of a show about nerds. (Note: She does not play a nerd.) Go »

Karen Fukuhara

When she played a heroic supervillain in a movie, she had to be trained in how to wield her nominal weapon, but she already knew how to be female when she was cast as a villainous superhero on TV. Go »

Kat Dennings

A co-starring role in Thor and a hit CBS sitcom haven't left this star broke. Go »

Kat Graham

Her name sounds like a business that lets you send cats to your friends. Instead, this actress and singer delivered criticism to Hollywood, complaining openly about the racism and antisemitism that she experienced over eight years of playing a witch among vampires. Go »

Kat Von D

This artist and model is best known for her association with Los Angeles ink. Go »

Kate Gosselin

Nadya Suleman wasn't the only "octo-mom" who captured the public's attention for better or worse in 2009. Go »

Kate Jackson

She wasn't scared to leave her partners in crime-fighting. Go »

Kate Micucci

She took over the voice roles of a duck who's a girl and a girl who solves mysteries with a dog, but her first starring role in a live-action film was about a woman who dates her cat and dog after they turn into men. Go »

Kate Mulgrew

How many actresses have played an Irish-American daughter, a starship captain, and a prison chef? Go »

Kate Walsh

You'd be a poor judge of character if you thought she got where she is without practicing alone. Go »

Katherine Heigl

The human anatomy is not alien to this star behind two "Isibels." Go »

Kathie Lee Gifford

This live TV host is no longer on the air today, but you may remember her associations with Hoda Kotb, Regis Philbin, and Frank Gifford. Go »

Kathryn Hahn

She appeared with bad moms and a trans parent, but she wanted to be a Marvel super-villain all along. Go »

Katie Holmes

She fell for Tom Cruise and Batman, but her first love was the guy they named Dawson's Creek after. Go »

Katie Nolan

Sports? This TV host doesn't have time for garbage like that. It always makes her late. Go »

Keegan-Michael Key

He didn't play a house in a show about playing house, he made a movie about Keanu without involvement by Keanu Reeves, and he starred in a mad television show despite no clinical insanity. Go »

Keith Carlos

Even ex-NFL players can win ANTM. Go »

Keke Palmer

She's been in two movies about epochs, two TV shows about screaming, and two albums about waking up. Go »

Kelly Reilly

Marrying into the weird relationship between Holmes and Watson may have prepared her for being part of another complex family on an enormous cattle ranch in Montana. Go »

Kelly Ripa

Yes, she's still alive, as the title of her talk show indicates. Go »

Kelsey Grammer

He spent eleven years in Boston hanging out in a bar, eleven years in Seattle dispensing psychiatric advice on the radio, and twenty-five years (so far) in Springfield trying to murder Bart Simpson. Go »

Kelsey Grammer

Getting inebriated at a Boston bar can really make you work up an appetite for tossed salad and scrambled eggs. Go »

Ken Berry

An accomplished dancer, appearing on Broadway, his career is better known for his TV roles as a cavalry captain, a small-town sheriff, comedic relief to Richard Chamberlain, and a hayseed family's youngest son. Go »

Ken Burns

civil arsonist Go »

Ken Jennings

You'll have to play longer than he did to win a million in the goo game. Be sure to answer in the form of a question! Go »

Ken Jeong

He gave up practicing internal medicine to attend community college. Go »

Kenan Thompson

He's come a long way in his career since working at a burger joint: He has now worked every Saturday night for 14 years. Go »

Kennedy McMann

Even a teenaged sleuth could figure out the identity of the latest actress to play the nearly 90-year-old character. Go »

Kenneth Washington

Even Sergeant Kinchloe's replacement had no trouble fooling his Nazi camp guards. Go »

Kent McCord

When you read it, his call sign indicates Division 1, two officer patrol, and his beat in the LAPD. Go »

Kevin Clash

This puppeteer is no longer a part of Elmo's world after resigning amid allegations that he had sex with minors. Go »

Kevin Eubanks

Would this goo be playing the guitar too knight or would this goo be at the bank in the morning? Go »

Kevin James

If this guy loved Raymond so much, he should have married him for the domestic partner benefits. Who's the you-know-what of Queens? Go »

Kevin Sorbo

It doesn't take a Herculean effort to conquer this legendary goo. Go »

Kiefer Sutherland

Unlike this action star, you have more than 24 hours to solve this mysterious goo. Go »

Kiernan Shipka

She had to have practiced a chilling form of black magic to land a role on a show as good as Mad Men while so young. Go »

Kirk Cameron

Who knew this teen star would grow up to be such a pain? Go »

Kirk Cameron

It took some painful personal growth, but this former late-80s sitcom star left behind his teen-heartthrob reputation to pivot into a second career as an Evangelical Christian filmmaker and activist. Go »

Kirsten Storms

If she was at Disneyland, do you think she would watch the Weather Channel to see if a storm was rolling in? Go »

Kirstie Alley

As depicted on her reality show, this former bar manager's gluttony got her more than a beer belly. Go »

Kristen Bell

Solving mysteries comes easy for this Martian. Go »

Kristen Schaal

She specializes in playing excitable girls, whether they're scheming against the family burger business, investigating the paranormal in their great-uncle's weird town, washed-up child stars coping with drug abuse, or just a plastic triceratops. Go »

Kristen Wiig

She has been a bridesmaid and a ghostbuster, but she's still best known for wearing many wigs in her seven-year run on Saturday Night Live. Go »

Kristin Cavallari

The truest thing about this real O.C. star is that she's very herself. Go »

Kristin Davis

Her career took her from coast to coast, first getting attention as an antagonist on Melrose Place and then having a lot of sex in the city. Go »

Krysten Ritter

She's been a drug addict on AMC, a superhero on Netflix, and a b---- on ABC. Go »

Kurtwood Smith

You'd have to be a dumbass not to realize that this Wisconsin TV dad is actually from Wisconsin. Go »

Kurtwood Smith

You'd have to be a dumbass not to recognize a guy who faced off against RoboCop and Rambo. Go »

Kyle MacLachlan

In the 1980s, you might have seen him wearing a certain shade of velvet to cross sand dunes. In the 1990s, he opened new career doors by visiting a two-mountain town. In the 2000s, he enjoyed having urban sex with needy spouses. In the 2010s, he became a Marvel supervillain and watched his daughter turn inside-out. Go »

Larry David

Don't get too enthuiastic for neurotic sitcom writer. Go »

Larry King

They have talk shows on CNN? Who's the king? Go »

Larry Storch

This comedic actor was best known for hitting his co-stars with his cavalry slouch hat. Go »

Lauren Graham

Her best-known roles involve certain girls and the state of being a parent. Go »

Lauren Morelli

She didn't just realize that she was gay when writing love scenes for Netflix. She fell in love with one of the actresses. Go »

Laurie Holden

Surviving scary mist in a grocery store and mining town was no preparation for her most famous role battling scores of walking zombies. Go »

Laurie Metcalf

She's played some very different mothers in movies -- to some screaming teens, a ladylike bird, and a few anecdotal toys -- but her most famous role is a rosy sitcom sister. Go »

Laverne Cox

This promising young woman is the new Dr. Frank-N-Furter. Go »

LeVar Burton

He's best known for playing a blind starship engineer, a defiant slave, and a reading-obsessed host. Go »

Leah Remini

Did her TV marriage make her the queen of Queens? Go »

Leighton Meester

Rumor has it this child actress got her start in prison. Go »

Lena Dunham

The title of her hit series makes it sound like the characters would prefer child-sized chairs. Go »

Leonard Nimoy

If you don't know this actor from Star Trek and Mission: Impossible, then you don't know a Vulcan thing. Go »

Les Stroud

Several people have credited this Canadian man for saving their lives when they were stranded in the wilderness. Go »

Lesley-Anne Down

Constantly going up and down the stairs left this former model down for the count. Go »

Leslie Jordan

Before his 2022 death, he had both the will and the grace to find success in a TV career that spanned shows as diverse as Ally McBeal, American Horror Story, and Hearts Afire. Go »

Lev Gorn

This Russian actor was in an American show, about Russians in America, playing a Russian... Ugh, this clue is not merciful and quick. Go »

Lil Poopy

Rap, like everything else, is just a game (albeit a shitty one) when you haven't yet reached puberty. Go »

Linda Lavin

While married to Kaz, she worked for Mel. Go »

Lindsay Wagner

Thanks to bionic implants, her character in a 1970s sci-fi series learned a few new tricks. Go »

Lisa Bonet

This college dropout from another planet is best known for her associations with Jason Momoa, Bill Cosby, and Lenny Kravitz. Go »

Lisa Kudrow

the child-like female Friend, not the Fox morning show host Go »

Lisa Kudrow

She has been a web-based therapist, a high school reunion attendee, a college dean mediating a neighborly dispute, and a mobster's psychiatrist's wife, but she'll always be best known as a friend to five young single New Yorkers. Go »

Lisa Loring

If she wants a Family reunion, she better have it before Wednesday, because the cast is dropping like flies. Go »

Lisa Rinna

She's better known now for being a housewife than she ever was for acting in soap operas like Days of Our Lives or Melrose Place. Go »

Lisa Vanderpump

If you want to go from being a Beverly Hills restaurateur to a reality TV star, there are certain rules you have to follow. Go »

Loni Anderson

She has been a Cincinnati radio station receptionist, a Miami nurse administrator, a San Francisco P.I. partner, and Mrs. Burt Reynolds. Go »

Lori Greiner

She invented a new kind of jewelry box. Now she's considered the nicest shark on TV. Go »

Lorne Michaels

For more than three decades, this man's sketch comedy empire has been a weekend institution. Go »

Lou Ferrigno

Green makeup and a wig could make this bodybuilder look like a monster on TV, but nothing could make him look like Bill Bixby. Go »

Louie Anderson

feuds with his cartoon family Go »

Louis Theroux

the next two days are going to be weird Go »

Luann de Lesseps

This native New York housewife was for many years a French countess until her husband's affair with an Ethiopian princess. Go »

Lucy Lawless

Really, there's no rule that I have to put her in the Royalty category. Go »

Lucy Lawless

An unstoppable force that follows no man's rules. Go »

Luke Perry

After playing the bad-boy heartthrob of a rich zip code in one teen drama, he played a father with mysterious secrets around a comic-book town in another. Go »

Lynda Carter

She's still identified with her lasso-slinging superhero role, even though she hasn't played the character since the Carter Administration. Go »

Mabel King

She was a sitcom mama and a stage witch. Who's the king? Go »

Mackenzie Phillips

This daughter with a famous papa tried to stay off drugs one day at a time, but they ultimately cost her a plum role in a sitcom. Go »

Maggie Q

She was happy to play action heroes on Nikita and Designated Survivor, as long as she didn't have to call anyone "mon capitan." Go »

Marcia Strassman

As if being married to Woodman's nemesis wasn't enough, pretending his punchlines were funny should have won her an Emmy. Go »

Margarita Levieva

Her training as a gymnast made her flexible enough to fit diverse roles in Revenge, Adventureland, and The Lincoln Lawyer. Go »

Margo Martindale

This esteemed character actress was completely justified in winning three Emmys, according to her American fans. Go »

Maria Menounos

This star of today's news and tonight's entertainment knows how to use her access to Hollywood Go »

Mario Lopez

Being the jock among his high school friends saved him a lot of trouble working out to became an Olympian and star dancer. Go »

Marion Lorne

Her final role brought her widest acclaim as a befuddled witch. Go »

Mariska Hargitay

Somewhere in the 24 years (and counting) of playing a sex crimes investigator for the NYPD, she was moved to start a joyful foundation to help victims of sexual abuse. Go »

Mark Harmon

A surprisingly talented quarterback at UCLA, this actor was not drafted by the NFL. He turned that rejection into an incredibly successful career in television but movies - not so much. Go »

Mark Labbett

This English la bête on quiz game shows pursues other contestants to try to beat him and the clock. Go »

Mark Valley

This star of canceled shows like Human Target and Body of Proof has seen plenty of lows in his career. Go »

Martin Starr

Oh joy! Getting knocked up by this actor could be really bad, but the good thing about this is that he shines and sparkles in the sky. Go »

Marv Albert

Yes! This man offers biting basketball commentary. Go »

Mary Tyler Moore

You can celebrate identifying this workplace-sitcom star by throwing your cap in the air. Go »

Mary-Kate Olsen

When you've worked with your sister since you were both infants, top billing is everything. Go »

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen

As toddlers, they filled their sitcom house with laughter. As adults, they've reaped the financial rewards. Go »

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen

Now very wealthy adults, they have declined invitations back to the overfull sitcom house where they grew up. Go »

Mary-Louise Parker

This actress has been a drug-dealing mom, a First Lady's chief of staff, an AIDs victims traveling with friends, and a chef who makes fried green tomatoes, but she has never been Zooey Deschanel. Go »

Masi Oka

A hero among heroes, this computer programmer proved that natural charisma is no special effect. Go »

Matt Lauer

Thanks to allegations of sexual misconduct, he no longer hosts a news and talk show on this or any other day. Go »

Matt LeBlanc

There's always that one friend who's the last one to leave a gathering, in his case by sticking around two more years for the spin-off Joey. Go »

Matthew Perry

With flops about Sunshine and the Sunset Strip on his resume, he probably throught he had blown the second chance that his work with friends like Sydney had earned him. But now that his career is going on with another odd hit about a couple, he's home free. Go »

Maury Povich

Paternity tests reveal that this famously married daytime talk-show host IS the father of a slew of bottom-feeding imitators that serve up the misery and classlessness of their guests for a rowdy audience. Go »

Max Casella

He's appeared both on the Sopranos and under the sea, but he's best known for crawling in the window. Go »

Maya Erskine

When she went to middle school with friends like Anna Konkle, did she dream of someday being married to someone like Donald Glover or Michael Angarano? Go »

Maya Hawke

Having famous parents didn't make her a mainstream star overnight. A prominent role in Stranger Things did. Go »

Megan Mullally

Her subsequent roles lacked the will and the grace of the breakout hit sitcom that earned her two Emmys for supporting comedic actress. Go »

Melanie Scrofano

She has starred in two TV series set in rural Canada, one a horror series in which she plays a demon-slaying descendant of Wyatt Earp, and the other a comedy series in which she plays the flirtatious, swinging wife of a farmer. Go »

Melissa Benoist

She was quite gleeful upon learning that she had been cast as a very super girl. Go »

Melissa Gilbert

Darlene's sister. Go »

Melissa Joan Hart

know-it-all witch Go »

Meredith Vieira

She went from sharing her view to looking for millionaires to what she does today. Go »

Mia Kirshner

She appeared alongside vampires and werewolves in Dracula: The Series, Wolf Lake, and The Vampire Diaries, but she's better known for roles in 24 and The L Word. Go »

Michael C. Hall

First he buried people for a living, then he murdered them. Go »

Michael Emerson

He's been good at playing an interesting person in Lost, playing a lost person in Evil, and playing good in Person of Interest. Go »

Michael Fishman

Man, this maturing deejay sure can fish. Go »

Michael K. Williams

He rose to fame as the terrifying Omar in The Wire, not as teenaged Jen Lindley in Dawson's Creek. Go »

Michael McKean

He's had a strange career, going from the Shotz Brewery to Studio 8H, and from a musically challenged English heavy metal band to an ethically challenged Albuquerque law firm. Go »

Michael Schur

He went from wanting to fire a former member of the Big Red Machine from his commentary to creating groundbreaking sitcoms. Tremendous. Go »

Michael Weatherly

He weathered a lot of criticism for almost marrying his angelic co-star and retiring from the Navy after 13 years. Go »

Michelle Thomas

This actress had a weird, short life: Her father performed in a cool 1970s R&B group. Her talent won her a title in a Jamaican pageant. She played the girlfriends of two iconic black teenagers on 1980s and 1990s sitcoms. And when she passed away far too young, she was buried per the customs of her Muslim faith. Go »

Michelle Wolf

She stayed up late at night howling at the moon writing for her bosses Seth and Trevor, until at last she caught a break. Go »

Mike Colter

Although he played a boxer determined to find success and a victim of a racist system stacked against him, it was his role as a hard-skinned Marvel fighter that brought him to the attention of mass audiences. But he's probably not who you're thinking. Go »

Mike Judge

The Lone Rangers really thought this caller was childish. Go »

Mike Myers

He's the funnyman behind Shrek and Austin Powers, not the masked murderer from the Halloween movies. Go »

Mike Richards

Being on a game show may not be easy, because according to this beautiful geek, you may have to divide the winnings. Go »

Mike Rowe

Hosting reality shows about ghost hunting and ultimate fighting is a dirty job, and he's the somebody who's gotta do it. Go »

Mikki Padilla

This model's role is a blackjack dealer. The circle of life for this actress is young and restless. Go »

Mila Kunis

No matter how many forgettable movies she stars in about swans or Oz or Jupiter, she remains best known for her shows on Fox about the seventies and a guy with a family. Go »

Mila Kunis

She got so into retro nostalgia from her 1970s sitcom that she went back and married her former co-star. Go »

Miley Cyrus

Some people might think she was destined to become a singer. Go »

Millie Bobby Brown

Starring in eleven more Godzilla movies wouldn't be as strange as her breakthrough role on Netflix. Go »

Milo Ventimiglia

This hero and flashback dad seems to have a thing for dating costars of the opposite sex. Go »

Mimi Faust

If you made a deal with the devil to get famous on reality TV, it would look something like the career of this hip hop producer's wife in Georgia. Go »

Minami Takayama

One truth is sure to surface as this yin continues to sing their way through life. Go »

Mindy Kaling

This actress is known for projecting confidence in her workplace. Go »

Ming-Na Wen

Since joining the showbiz club with her lucky break in 1993, she has been an ER doctor, a Marvel spy, a Star Wars assassin, a Stargate administrator, a Batman detective, a video-game street fighter, and a Disney warrior princess with a talking dragon. Go »

Miranda Cosgrove

iCan't expect you to know every highly-paid Nickelodeon superstar, iGuess. Go »

Miranda Cosgrove

Iwish this goo wasn't so distorted, then sparks wouldn't fly so high, especially on a show with a Drake Bell theme song. Go »

Mischa Barton

Oh, did you see that? What a pretty bear! Go »

Miskel Spillman

You don't have to be famous to host Saturday Night Live, if you know how to mail a postcard. Go »

Mister Rogers

Don't you recognize your neighbor? Go »

Mitsuko Horie

It doesn't matter if you're a tomboy or if you run and hide. This goo will surely catch up with you. Go »

Miyû Sawai

This little bunny brought about the apocalypse. Go »

Molly Shannon

the sweet armpit smell of success Go »

Montel Williams

This former Jarhead Squid earned almost a dozen military medals and capped it with an Emmy. Go »

Morgan Fairchild

After one appearance in the show named after her Texas birthplace, she starred in a series of prime time soap operas throughout the 1980s, like Flamingo Road, Paper Dolls, and Falcon Crest. Go »

Mr. T

I threw that Scott Hardie helluva far. I pity the goo! Go »

Mr. T

Longtime fans of this on-screen boxer and mercenary must have been thrown for a loop when he gave up his signature gold chains. I pity the goo! Go »

Nadya Hutagalung

TV's top trendsetter Go »

Nancy Cartwright

don't have a cow, Xenu Go »

Nancy Kulp

Me, Jethro. You, Jane. Go »

Natanya Ross

This Jersey Shore native grew up as the neighbor of a superhero. Go »

Natasha Lyonne

From a wee age, she's seen it all: from pastries to prison to déjà vécu. Go »

Nate Richert

Raised by a pack of squirrels and lover of monkeys and dinosaurs, this lyrical comedian has been everything from a pregnant teen to a superhero. Go »

Nathan Fielder

He's known for spending a lot of time rehearsing his shows for you, as well as for operating a Starbucks that wasn't a Starbucks. Go »

Nathan Fillion

When you run out of gas, this goo will be filling up your tank. Go »

Neil Patrick Harris

kid doc Go »

Nichelle Nichols

Martin Luther King convinced her to finish her initial space mission. Soon her ashes will visit the final frontier. Go »

Nick Offerman

When this master carpenter goes out to dinner, he orders the "turf and turf." Also, whiskey and a cigar. All of which he will consume at one time, because he is a free American. Go »

Nicolas Cantu

The actor is known for voicing Leonardo, Gumball Watterson, Prince James, Atticus, and Charlie. He portayed Jackson and Raymond. Go »

Nicolas Cantu

This junky janker is an American voice actor and child actor. Go »

Nicole Curtis

Restoring old houses is a profitable compulsion. Go »

Nicole Eggert

Ironically, being a castaway helped put a charge in this goo's recently missing career, at least for one summer. Go »

Nicole de Boer

eepday in the onezay Go »

Niecy Nash

She's been an activist in Selma, a cop in Reno, a wife in St. Louis, a manicurist in Florida, a nurse in California, and the host of a well-cleaned house in an unspecified location. Go »

Nigel Lythgoe

So you think this pop producer is idle? Think again, Superstar. Go »

Nipsey Russell

Don't give this comedian from Georgia your password or else looking for this answer will not match in this game. After you find this picture, you will tell the truth. Go »

Norm Macdonald

Working dirty got this Canadian comedian fired from a weekend news gig. Go »

Norman Reedus

His biggest role was a saint from the boondocks, until AMC cast him in a show about ambulatory corpses that became a smash hit. Go »

Olivia Munn

If this host's program sounds violent, you can rest assured it's just a game. Go »

Omarosa Manigault

Her time spent being apprenticed to a reality TV star didn't prepare her for very different work in a presidential administration. Go »

Oprah Winfrey

The highest-paid TV personality ever now has her own magazine, called O. Go »

Paget Brewster

This Massachusettsan's roles include brewing up as a FBI agent. She married a band member from Whirlwind Heat and Folded Light. And her co-star has an IQ of 187 and can read 20,000 words per minute. Go »

Parker Schnabel

He gets a rush from exploring his Alaskan mine, but he has also gotten a happy-trails feeling by exploring the world. Go »

Pat Sajak

If Celebrity Goo Game was like spinning the wheel and solving puzzles for cash, at the end of 90 goos you could go to the bonus round to win money or a new car. Go »

Pat Weaver

This legendary NBC executive shaped television as a medium in ways still felt today (and tonight), such as networks developing their own shows and selling advertising time to sponsors instead of being at the mercy of sponsors producing their own shows. Go »

Patrick Dempsey

dreamy doc Go »

Patrick Dempsey

doctor mcgooey Go »

Patrick McGoohan

This goo is not a number (1118), it is a free McGoo! Go »

Patti Stanger

a match made on Bravo Go »

Patty Maloney

She helped Ernest save the day, but her most infamous Christmas legacy is playing Chewbacca's son. Go »

Paul Hollywood

He recently traveled to his namesake city to film the American version of his great baking show. Go »

Paul Reubens

The manic star of a children's TV show made a teensy-tiny little mistake at a lusty theater in 1991. Go »

Paul Shaffer

On two networks, this orchestra conductor has enjoyed playing well into the night. Go »

Paul Teutul

Chopping your own son out of your reality TV show is how you have to roll. Go »

Paul Wesley

this vampire's girlfriend probably doesn't write her diary in blood Go »

Paul Zaloom

This science guy had his own world, though his sister never made the jump from paper to screen. Go »

Pauley Perrette

For an actress playing a goth, she brought a lot of color to a long-running law enforcement procedural. Go »

Pedro Pascal

He appeared in three different versions of Law & Order and two different versions of Wonder Woman. Go »

Peggy Lipton and Rashida Jones

What do Parks and Recreation, The Mod Squad, Twin Peaks, and Boston Public have in common? Go »

Perry King

He played a boat-based detective in Riptide and a helpless president in The Day After Tomorrow. Who's the king? Go »

Peter Abbay

Don't bank on him dealing with you clowning around on his show. Pick up your briefcase and offer him something better. Go »

Peter Capaldi

He didn't need a medical degree to get his new job. He just needed to be the twelfth in line. Go »

Peter Dinklage

This actor enjoys his seat of small-screen dominance. Go »

Peter Dinklage

He has played with superheroes as diverse as the X-Men, the Avengers, and Underdog, but he remains best known for playing a very popular game on television about seats (and I don't mean musical chairs). Go »

Peter Falk

While his classmates studied math or science, he had his eye on criminal justice. Go »

Peter Scolari

He's best known for being Tom Hanks's buddy, Bob Newhart's producer, Rick Moranis's substitute, and Lena Dunham's father. Go »

Phil Donahue

This long-serving talk show host and audience-participation pioneer loved television so much that he married one of its stars. Go »

Phil Hartman

Before his shocking 1998 death, he was the glue that held together the SNL cast, the anchor of a news radio program, and a pair of fraudulent phonies (one a lawyer, the other an actor) encountered by the Simpson family. Go »

Phil Hartman

This Canadian actor made people laugh on Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons but is also well known for his work in radio. Go »

Phil Keoghan

It's amazing how fast this New Zealander has raced to success on American game shows. Go »

Phil LaMarr

Sweet diction of the fiction! It's gonna rain a torrent of many cartoon voices. Go »

Phil McGraw

He stopped filling in on Tuesday when America needed his advice five days a week. Go »

Phil Robertson

His frank comments about homosexuality put his Louisiana dynasty in jeopardy. Go »

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Her BBC shows sound like they're about a worthless dog and the night before a murder, and she portrayed one of the most LEET robots in the Star Wars canon. Go »

Prue Leith

She was born in South Africa and educated in France, but this colorful TV judge and restaurateur is a great British chef through and through. Go »

Quinta Brunson

This black lady can get all of the nice dates she wants, now that her sitcom about grade-school teachers has become a big hit. Go »

Rachel Bloom

Her show combines her love of funny songs, her experience with mental illness, and her leaving New York to settle in Los Angeles. Go »

Rachel Dratch

After a downer of a run on SNL, she joined her sisters on a wine-drinking trip into the country. Go »

Rainn Wilson

He starred in a mom show and worked the graveyard shift in another TV role, but he's best known for his role in an office comedy. Go »

Rami Malek

Considering how robotic he is on teleivision, it's strange to think that he'll soon play Freddie Mercury. Go »

Randall Park

You'd have to be fresh off of the boat to fall for a prank in which your office co-worker turned into a completely different person, but he'll always be Dwight's maybe Jim. Go »

Randy Harrison

This boyish TV actor is best known for being as queer as, um, people. Go »

Randy Moss

This analyst knows Nothing But Crap when this colt talks about the three-time winner of the crown. Go »

Randy Quaid

Cousin Eddie is on the lam Go »

Rashida Jones

Being the daughter of a famous music producer sure makes you popular around the office. Go »

Rashida Jones

She has two homonymic projects: An upcoming Christmas movie, and a crime thriller now playing on cable TV. Go »

Raven-Symoné

How many kids do you know who were raised by Bill Cosby, Mark Curry, Eddie Murphy, and Rondell Sheridan? Go »

Ray Combs

We asked you to name something that drives people to insanity. You said hosting a game show. Survey says... Go »

Reginald VelJohnson

He's best known for playing two cops: One in Chicago raising a large family with a loud nerdy neighbor, and another in Los Angeles helping a fellow cop battle terrorists at a high-rise office. Go »

Regis Philbin

Who wants to be a winner? This is the host with the most (hours of television). Go »

Rhona Mitra

Lara Croft is incomplete without these tats. Go »

Rhonda Shear

For most of the nineties, this former Miss Louisiana and Playboy covergirl helped America stay up all night! Go »

Richard Dean Anderson

He spent five years as a doctor in general, then nine years as a secret agent who improvised scientific solutions using mundane materials, then eleven years traveling the stars through a gate-like alien device. Go »

Richard Gadd

Audiences are fawning over this British comedian after a recent hit, but not as much as someone in it does. Go »

Richard Hatch

This sole survivor won a bigger prize than I could ever give out. Go »

Richard Keith

This talented musician is the last surviving cast member of the show he loved. Go »

Richard Riehle

This guy has had minor roles in multiple Scott Bakula projects, but don't jump to conclusions too quickly. Go »

Rick Harrison

Las Vegas reality star Go »

Rick Harrison

This star from North Carolina may not be able to pawn away his queen's silver and gold to his own shop. Go »

Rick Schroder

big-city cop known for his fine silverware Go »

Ricky Gervais

This British comic no longer gets to enjoy the extras since he left his office job. Go »

Rico Rodriguez

Today, his family includes a famous older sister, and many nieces both on-screen and off. Go »

Rip Taylor

This capital comedian had a flamboyant personality and was a great TV actor. When this actor died it said on his tombstone rest in peace. Go »

Rob Lowe

He's had career highs like The West Wing and About Last Night, and career lowes like St. Elmo's Fire and his duet with Snow White. Go »

Robert Singer

Television science fiction shows as divergent as Timecop, Smallville, V, and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman have this man in common, so eventually the writers of another of his shows about supernatural phenomena decided to honor him by naming a character after him. Go »

Robert Stack

The version of Eliot Ness that he played didn't leave many mysteries unsolved. Go »

Robert Wagner

Possibly (probably) involved in his actress wife's mysterious death, this actor took away some insight to crime from working on his hit series. Go »

Robert Young

This actor seems awfully young to have played a medical doctor and wise dad. Go »

Robert and Michelle King

They abandoned their show about a well-behaved missus to make another about brainless politicians. Who's the king? Go »

Robin Leach

You don't envy the famous and rich? You would after you watched his show. Go »

Rod Roddy

Game show contestants came on down and pressed their luck at the instruction of this long-serving announcer. Go »

Rod Serling

a writer known for getting weird after dark Go »

Rod Serling

He wrote about a planet of apes, composed a requiem for a heavyweight, and opened a gallery at night, but he'll forever be best remembered for the zone where things get weird just before nightfall. Go »

Rosalind Chao

Despite plenty of luck in her film career, she remains best known for her TV roles, as a wife in M*A*S*H and Star Trek, and an educator in Diff'rent Strokes and The O.C. Go »

Rose Leslie

This wild housemaid-turned-secretary is well-known for telling a crow that he knows nothing. Go »

Rose McGowan

this flowery TV star is quite a charmer Go »

Roseanne Barr

America made this domestic comedian one of the biggest sitcom stars of the nineties, even if she didn't sing the national anthem very well. Go »

Rosie O'Donnell

O' great, a broad that likes Broadway. Go »

Roy Rogers

As Celebrity Goo Drinking Game rides into the sunset, this TV cowboy sings a fond wish: "Happy trails to you." Go »

RuPaul

This mononymic actor is the queen of reality TV, and another kind of queen entirely. Go »

Rue McClanahan

One of the first mainstream portrayals of older citizens as sexual beings could have been a step forward to respect and dignity. Instead, we got granny porn. Thanks for being a friend. Go »

Russell Johnson

He created a bamboo telescope, a lie detector, a xylophone, a pool table, a roulette wheel and jet pack fuel. Why couldn't he create a boat? Go »

Ryan Dunn

This former jackass is done with stunts that leave him haggard. Go »

Ryan Seacrest

Wannabe hosts idolize this rockin' emcee's ability to land more high-profile gigs on the air every new year. Go »

S. Epatha Merkerson

After seventeen years in law enforcement, she has a colorful new career searching for missing people. Go »

Sally Jessy Raphael

Pregnant teens informing their parents! Battered wives confronting their husbands! Drag queens dressed up like this goo! All this and more, on the next... Go »

Sam Klemmer

This actor saw this girl do the twist before she was gone but then jumped right into a big black cat suit and scared only one person. Go »

Sandra Oh

She wasn't the Grey whose anatomy became a hit, but she is the Eve whose potential killing is attracting critical acclaim. Go »

Sara Gilbert

She learned about the birds and the bees with Johnny Galecki (twice) long before she had The Talk with parents. Go »

Sara Rue

This imperfect but not unpopular actress helps brides shed weight as a Jenny Craig spokesperson. Go »

Sarah Drew

She played the girlfriend of Chris Pratt in a Colorado small town and the wife of Jesse Williams in a Seattle hospital. Go »

Sarah Jessica Parker

Her man took a day off in Chicago, but she still gives him that famous East Coast nookie. You could say she's a square peg in a round gap. Go »

Sarah Michelle Gellar

You don't need a reliable name like Joan to save the world from the undead. Go »

Sarah Paulson

This Tampa native found serenity on the sunset strip. Go »

Scott Bakula

Somewhere in fanfiction, Sam Beckett leapt into Jonathan Archer. (Oh, boy.) Go »

Selena Gomez

Though she has rarely wavered from her corporate steward, some people still see this two-time pop princess and ask, "Who?" Go »

Seth Green

Are you too chicken to watch the cartoon created by this son of evil? Go »

Seth Meyers

After many years writing for Saturday nights and reading the news, he's now on camera (late) nightly. Go »

Shannen Doherty

This recently deceased actress resided in two houses (little and ours), one famous zip code (90210) three separate times, and a fortress. Go »

Shari Lewis

Not everybody on TV can talk to "you," but she could. Go »

Sharon Osbourne

Her marriage to a heavy metal icon led to reality-TV stardom and reality-TV competition judging, and eventually to her decade-long residence in a (the) talk show. Go »

Shemar Moore

How much more do you think this guy can take from criminals? Don't lose your mind trying to figure out who this is. Go »

Sheryl Lee

She had a recurring role in One Tree Hill, but she reached two higher points of fame playing a character who died before the series started. Go »

Shonda Rhimes

After creating hit shows like Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, and How to Get Away with Murder, her name rhymes with success. Go »

Simon Cowell

This TV and music producer is famous for dismissing wannabe singers with a scowell. Go »

Simon King

This Kenya-born naturalist has brought countless wild animals into the living rooms of BBC viewers. Who's the king? Go »

Snooki

From Chile by way of the Jersey Shore, this real-life Thumbelina packs a lot of personality into her tiny 4'8" frame. Go »

Sofía Vergara

Her real family has faced big trouble, and not just recently. Go »

Soleil Moon Frye

she grew out of punk after the 80s Go »

Soleil Moon Frye

She was a punky child star, she roomed with a teenage witch in college, and today she hosts a reality show about making home simple. What does she have to do with the sun and moon lining up? It's all in her name. Go »

Sonequa Martin-Green

She walked away from zombies in order to discover aliens. Go »

Stephen Colbert

After nine years of hosting a late-night talk show, he still has yet to appear on TV as himself, but he'll get the chance starting next summer. Go »

Stephen Moyer

Anna Paquin isn't afraid to date this actor. She knows he doesn't bite. Go »

Steve Burns

You're going to need more than one clue to recognize this television figure, who did not die in an overdose or an accident (or most appropriately, a fire). Go »

Steve Burns

Being on a TV show where having a dog that was blue, and trying to figure out why they thought that he was dead from a heroin overdose and being in a car accident, was pretty strange. He was always up for the early show to figure out what three clues were left for him. Go »

Steve Burns

This mighty little man famously owned a colorful dog, but these days he's becoming better known for his listening skills on TikTok. Go »

Steve Burton

If he can't keep a secret, then there is no way this general could be a bodyguard to save you from going to the hospital. Go »

Steve Cardenas

Roses are red, and violets are blue. This rocky guy loved karate, and was number 2. Go »

Steve Carell

He's been on shows both daily and in the morning, but he's best known for working at an office job. Go »

Steve Irwin

After a career-long collision course with deadly animals, this conservationist leaves behind a legacy of love and understanding for the natural kingdom. Go »

Steve Irwin

The Crocodile Hunter died because of a stingray. In his movie Collision Course, he found some poo and decided to save it for later. Go »

Steven Yeun

This Korean-American actor's career is very much alive even if his show is very much dead. Go »

Summer Glau

She dances like a firefly and stings like an unstoppable android killing machine from the future. Go »

Susan Boyle

Got talent? Go »

Suzanne Somers

American thighs have been sore ever since this woman dropped her roommates to become a sheriff and a stepmom. Go »

Sydney Penny

star of two soaps Go »

Takehito Koyasu

This narcissistic actor has a cross to bear. Go »

Takeshi Kaga

All Japanese chefs, no matter their mettle, fear the chairman of the kitchen. Go »

Tanner Novlan

This bad actor boldly ensures his successful career with more liberty on the set, without medical assistance. Go »

Tavis Smiley

He has hosted shows for such diverse outlets as BET, C-SPAN, and PBS, but his career might have reached its end with the #MeToo movement. :-) Go »

Ted Cassidy

No one played the harpsichord quite like this butler. Go »

Ted Danson

He's been a magazine editor, a crime scene investigator, an afterlife architect, an irritable doctor, a corrupt billionaire, and a North Dakota sheriff, but none of them will ever be as famous as his bar owner and retired pitcher. Go »

Ted Knight

In one sitcom, he played an arrogant yet buffoonish TV news anchorman. In another, he played a work-at-home newspaper cartoonist. Go »

Telma Hopkins

Shut your mouth! She's been such a prolific sitcom cast member that you can't even remember whether her name is Jess, Isabelle, Addy, Rachel, Dolores, Phyllis, Marilyn, or Ruth. Go »

Teresa Giudice

Reality made this Jersey wife a star. Fraud made her a federal inmate. Go »

Teri Hatcher

Maybe she wouldn't be such a desperate housewife if she was still married to Superman. Go »

Terry Crews

football came before family for this father figure Go »

Terry Crews

He's tough to categorize: He's been a sitcom star, playing a Brooklyn cop and Chris Rock's dad, and a game show host. He's also a movie star, having played an idiotic president and an expendable action star. But he's also been a pro-football linebacker. And a commercial pitchman. And a public advocate for sexual abuse victims and women's rights. And an artist. And an interior designer. And an author. With five kids, where does he find the time? Go »

Texas Battle

emboldened by beauty Go »

The Doctor

When you're exploring time and space, it takes eleven lifetimes to get it right. Go »

Thomas Gibson

He's been a promiscuous Chicago doctor, a hippie's lawyer husband, and a mindful law enforcement officer. Go »

Thomas Haden Church

His most famous roles were a mechanic, a thief, a newlywed, and a best friend. Go »

Tia Torres

Who knew that parolees could be saved by pit bulls all due to this woman, who opened a rescue that gave them all a chance at a new life? Go »

Tila Tequila

Think you have a shot at hooking up with the correct answer? Go »

Tila Tequila

This reality show star shot to fame by getting people to dance their pants off. Go »

Tim Allen

His television and movie characters are known by their catch-phrases: "More power!" "To infinity, and beyond!" "Never give up. Never surrender." "What if I fall off the roof?" Go »

Tim Daly

he piloted planes in Nantucket Go »

Tina Fey

It must help to write and star in a rocking sitcom about a sketch comedy show when you have written and starred in a sketch comedy show. Go »

Tina Fey

Except for Sarah Palin, most people like the work of this comedy writer who made a sitcom about the weekly live sketch show where she used to work. Go »

Tina Louise

If you're ever lost on a tropical island, you might pass the time by wondering, this goo or Mary Ann? Go »

Todd Newton

This St. Louisan wants you to hit all the whammies so you lose all your money and put it in to his big bank. Go »

Tom Arnold

This questionably talented Iowan married (briefly) a questionably talented, eponymous sitcom star. Go »

Tom Bergeron

America's Funniest Dancing host is no Square. Go »

Tom Bosley

This genial actor is best remembered for playing a mid-century Milwaukeean father, a mystery-solving priest, and a man who helped people clean up messes left by inferior garbage bags. Go »

Tom Selleck

You may have to travel to Australia to find this stone cold, blue blooded, mustachioed magnum. Go »

Tom Welling

It took ten years for this small-town boy to make good. Go »

Toni DiBuono

This actress ought to go back to square one. Go »

Tony Hale

This actor, who hails from New York, specializes in playing weirdos in the White House, in a riches-to-rags California family, and in a child's toy chest. Go »

Tony Randall

He portrayed one half of a famously odd couple, and eight faces in 7 Faces of Dr. Lao. Go »

Tony Sano

This host makes a living by watching Japanese game show contestants. Go »

Tony Shalhoub

He has played such different roles as a high-flying cabbie, a monastic detective, a vegetative senator, and a marvelous father. Go »

Tony Soprano

Crime is a song to this fictional Jersey mobster. Go »

Tony Warren

This TV writer has been crowned the king of the British soap opera. Go »

Topher Grace

For an actor whose career started in the '70s, he seemed very young when he faced off against Spider-Man and Predators. Go »

Tori Spelling

After years living away her father's famous California zip code, she returned to it in 2009, around the time she wrote a book with a misspelling in the title. Go »

Tracee Ellis Ross

After a supreme childhood, you could forgive her for slacking. But this girlfriend is a major figure in comedy today. Ish. Go »

Tracey Gold

Her harrowing story has become the gold standard for young actresses struggling with anorexia. Go »

Tracy Morgan

left a late-night sketch comedy show to star in a sitcom about a late-night sketch comedy show Go »

Trey Wingo

Oh, if you saw this number 3 co-host, would he take you under his wing? Go »

Tricia Helfer

This Playboy model and lawyer's wife will always be best remembered for her inhuman persona when she became the star of a cable TV series. Go »

Trista Rehn

This isn't Angela. Go »

Ty Pennington

His childhood interests in woodworking, landscaping, and graphic design helped him do extreme makeovers of traded spaces in reality television. Go »

Uzo Aduba

The actress behind the breakout supporting character on Orange is the New Black has a knotty relationship with casting directors. Go »

Valerie Harper

Valerie went on without her character, but her character went on without The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Go »

Valorie Curry

This spicy actress has appeared at dawn, on Mars, and in Detroit. Go »

Vanessa Hudgens

After early success at thirteen as a singing high school student, she was identified by a single letter in her music career. Go »

Vanessa Minnillo

This former all-American teenager totally asked out a divorced newlywed. Go »

Vanna White

She's turned the letters to White for almost three decades now. Go »

Vic Mizzy

This television and movie composer is best remembered for his theme song noted for its fingersnaps and rhymes for "ooky." Go »

Vicki Lawrence

She was in her mid-twenties when she first played the family matriarch that would become a TV icon, lasting from the 1970s to the 2000s. Go »

Victoria Justice

This Hollywood-born actress won't be able to make it in the USA if she didn't have good roles like an MMA fighter, play in a spectacular musical, and also star in her own show. Go »

Vincent Pastore

If you saw this Big Pussy walking the streets, would this goo be singing soprano? Go »

Walter Koenig

Check this short guy off your list. He's better than the best. Go »

Wendy Beckett

What are the highest ratings a South-African virgin art-history expert can get on PBS? (None.) Go »

Wendy Williams

After years of starting celebrity feuds on her radio show, this alliterative host is now a daytime TV queen. Go »

Wentworth Miller

This actor's racial identity has been hard to break both on-screen and off. Go »

Wil Wheaton

Though his childhood role as a young starship pilot was once deeply unpopular, Trekkies have come to accept this blogger, gamer, and writer as a fellow nerd. Go »

Will Arnett

This actor has been a toy Batman, a sitcom-starring horse, a suriphobic chef, an angry squirrel, and an evil banker, and those are just the roles where he didn't show his face. Go »

Will Forte

I wonder if Earth's last man would make time for a visit to Studio 8H in New York. Go »

William Daniels

He starred simultaneously in two of NBC's biggest hits of the 1980s, but you rarely saw his face, in one show because he often wore a surgical mask, and in the other because he was playing a black machine. Go »

William Russ

By the time his sons met the world and became Neo-Nazis, this actor had a long career in TV movies. Go »

William Shatner

Whether it be green alien babes or saving whales, he's done it all. Go »

William Shatner

He's been a cop named Hooker, a lawyer named Crane, and the host of a 911 show, but none of his roles are as iconic as a starship captain named Kirk. Go »

Woody Harrelson

He's been a detective, a pornographer, a bartender, a serial killer, and a Hunger Games tribute. Go »

Yvette Nicole Brown

This undead superfan is the mother of a community executive. Go »

Zac Efron

I wonder if there's a link between his singing and dancing in a high school musical and his being cast in a John Waters musical as a singing and dancing high schooler. Go »

Zach Braff

This scrub made a pretty goo'd movie in New Jersey. Go »

Zachary Levi

His sitcom hero gave NBC viewers no cause to chuck their remotes. Go »

Zachary Quinto

A chance to steal the superpowers of various heroes turned this actor's ear. Go »

Zalman King

This erotic director's creativity spread like wildflowers after asking women to send letters to his shoes. Who's the king? Go »