List of male television actors

This is an alphabetical list of notable male television actors. Actors who only have had minor appearances in television films or series are not considered television actors and are not included in this list.

A certain number of actors of this list are also well-known because of their roles in motion pictures, and are therefore included in both this list and the list of movie actors.

A

*Omid Abtahi (Over There)
*Alan Alda (M*A*S*H)
*Eddie Albert (Green Acres)
*Edward Albert (Black Sheep Squadron)
*Jason Alexander (Seinfeld, Listen Up)
*Tim Allen (Home Improvement)
*Morey Amsterdam (The Dick Van Dyke Show)
*Harry Anderson (Night Court)
*Herbert Anderson (Dennis the Menace)
*Richard Anderson (The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman)
*Richard Dean Anderson (MacGyver, Stargate SG-1)
*Tige Andrews (The Mod Squad)
*James Arness (Gunsmoke, How the West was Won)
*Dana Ashbrook (Twin Peaks)
*Ed Asner (Mary Tyler Moore, Lou Grant, Center of the Universe)
*Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean, Blackadder)
*Rene Auberjonois (Benson, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
*Alan Autry (In the Heat of the Night, Grace Under Fire, Sons of Thunder)
*Hank Azaria (The Simpsons, Herman's Head, Mad About You, Huff)

B

*Steve Bacic (Andromeda)
*Jim Backus (Gilligan's Island)
*Diedrich Bader (The Drew Carey Show)
*Max Baer, Jr. (The Beverly Hillbillies)
*Conrad Bain (Maude, Diff'rent Strokes)
*Colin Baker (Doctor Who)
*Tom Baker (Doctor Who)
*Scott Bakula (Quantum Leap, Star Trek: Enterprise)
*Ronnie Barker (Porridge, Open All Hours)
*Chris Barrie (Red Dwarf, The Brittas Empire)
*Alan Beckwith (CHiPs, Magnum P.I., Miami Vice)
*Robert Beltran (Star Trek: Voyager)
*Dirk Benedict (Battlestar Galactica, The A-Team)
*Gil Bellows (Ally McBeal)
*Jim Belushi (According to Jim)
*Carlos Bernard (24)
*James Best (The Dukes of Hazzard)
*Richard Beymer (Twin Peaks)
*Michael Biehn (The Magnificient Seven, Hawaii)
*John Billingsley (Star Trek: Enterprise)
*Joey Bishop (The Joey Bishop Show)
*Frank Bonner (WKRP in Cincinnati)
*Ward Bond (Wagon Train)
*Brian Bonsall (Family Ties)
*Sorrell Booke (The Dukes of Hazzard)
*Richard Boone (Have Gun Will Travel, Hec Ramsey)
*David Boreanaz (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel)
*Tom Bosley (Happy Days, Murder, She Wrote)
*Wayne Brady (Whose Line Is It Anyway?)
*Zach Braff (Scrubs)
*Benjamin Bratt (Law & Order)
*Andre Braugher (Homicide: Life on the Street)
*Nicholas Brendon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
*Avery Brooks (Spenser: For Hire, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
*Pierce Brosnan (Remington Steele)
*Ben Browder (Farscape, Stargate SG1)
*Zachery Ty Bryan (Home Improvement)
*Colin Buchanan (Dalziel and Pascoe)
*Raymond Burr (Perry Mason, Ironside)
*LeVar Burton (Roots, Star Trek: The Next Generation)

C

*Dean Cain (Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman)
*J.D. Cannon (McCloud)
*Drew Carey (The Drew Carey Show, Whose Line Is It Anyway?)
*David Caruso (NYPD Blue, )
*Dan Castellaneta (The Simpsons, The Tracey Ullman Show)
*David Cassidy (The Partridge Family, David Cassidy: Man Under Cover)
*Shaun Cassidy (The Hardy Boys)
*Phil Cater (The Lance Krall Show)
*Richard Chamberlain (Doctor Kildare, The Thornbirds)
*Dave Chappelle ("The Dave Chappelle Show")
*Craig Charles (Red Dwarf)
*Richard Chevolleau (Earth: Final Conflict)
*Warren Clarke (Dalziel and Pascoe)
*Eric Close (The Magnificent Seven, Now and Again, Without a Trace)
*Martin Clunes (Men Behaving Badly)
*Keith Hamilton Cobb (Andromeda)
*Scott Cohen (Gilmore Girls, Law & Order: Trial by Jury)
*Stephen Collins (7th Heaven)
*Robbie Coltrane (Cracker)
*Jeff Conaway (Taxi)
*Mike Connors (Mannix)
*Robert Conrad (Baa Baa Black Sheep, Centennial)
*William Conrad (Cannon)
*Tim Conway (The Carol Burnett Show)
*Bill Cosby (I Spy, The Bill Cosby Show, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, The Cosby Show, The Cosby Mysteries, Cosby)
*Michel Courtemanche
*Bob Crane (Hogan's Heroes)
*Ken Curtis (Gunsmoke)
*Henry Ian Cusick (Casualty)
*Billy Ray Cyrus (Doc)

D

*James Badge Dale (24)
*Bill Daly (I Dream of Jeannie, The Bob Newhart Show)
*Ted Danson (Cheers, Becker)
*Tony Danza (Taxi, Who's the Boss?, Hudson Street, The Tony Danza Show)
*Eric Da Re (Twin Peaks)
*Jack Davenport (Ultraviolet, Coupling)
*Alan Davies (Jonathan Creek)
*Daniel Davis (The Nanny)
*Don S. Davis (Twin Peaks, Stargate SG-1)
*Jim Davis, (Dallas)
*Peter Davison (Doctor Who)
*Chris Demetral (Dream On, The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne)
*Bob Denver (The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Gilligan's Island)
*Cleavant Derricks (Sliders)
*Michael Dorn (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
*Gary Dourdan ()
*Fred Dryer (Hunter)
*David Duchovny (Twin Peaks, The X-Files, Red Shoe Diaries)
*Pete Duel (Gidget, Love on a Rooftop, Alias Smith and Jones)
*Patrick Duffy (The Man From Atlantis, Dallas, Step By Step)
*Roy Dupuis (La Femme Nikita)
*Dick Van Dyke (The Dick Van Dyke Show, The New Dick Van Dyke Show, Diagnosis: Murder)
*Jerry Van Dyke (Coach)

E

*George Eads ()
*Buddy Ebsen (The Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jones)
*Christopher Eccleston (Our Friends in the North, Doctor Who)
*Paul Eddington (Yes, Minister, Yes, Prime Minister, The Good Life)
*Anthony Edwards (ER)
*Anthony Eisley, (Hawaiian Eye)
*Trevor Eve (Waking the Dead)
*David James Elliott (JAG, Street Legal, Melrose Place)
*Greg Evigan (B.J. and the Bear, My Two Dads)

F

*Donald Faison (Scrubs)
*Peter Falk (Columbo)
*Jamie Farr (M*A*S*H)
*Mike Farrell (M*A*S*H, Providence)
*David Faustino (Married... with Children)
*Wayne Federman (The Larry Sanders Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The X-Files)
*Matthew Ferguson (La Femme Nikita)
*Peter Firth (Spooks)
*Joe Flanigan (Stargate Atlantis)
*Von Flores (Earth: Final Conflict)
*John Forsythe (Bachelor Father, To Rome With Love, Charlie's Angels, Dynasty)
*Neil Flynn (Scrubs)
*Derek Fowlds (Yes, Minister, Yes, Prime Minister)
*Matthew Fox (Party of Five, Lost)
*Michael J. Fox (Family Ties, Spin City)
*Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
*Don Francks (La Femme Nikita)
*Rainbow Sun Francks (Stargate Atlantis)
*Warren Frost (Twin Peaks)
*Drew Fuller (Charmed)
*Robert Fuller (Laramie, Wagon Train, Emergency)

G

*David Gallagher (7th Heaven)
*James Garner (Maverick, Nichols, The Rockford Files, Maverick:The Lazy Ace, 8 Simple Rules)
*George Gaynes (Punky Brewster)
*Clarence Gilyard Jr. (Matlock, Walker, Texas Ranger)
*Eugene Robert Glazer (La Femme Nikita)
*Robert Glenister (Hustle)
*Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Saved by the Bell, NYPD Blue)
*Kelsey Grammer (Cheers, Frasier)
*Harry Goaz (Twin Peaks)
*Fred Grandy (The Love Boat)
*Dorian Gregory (Charmed)
*Andy Griffith (The Andy Griffith Show, Matlock (television series))
*Michael Gross (Family Ties)
*Paul Gross (Due South)
*Christopher Guest (Saturday Night Live)
*Paul Guilfoyle ()

H

*Larry Hagman (I Dream of Jeannie, Dallas)
*Alan Hale, Jr. (Gilligan's Island)
*Kevin Peter Hall (Misfits of Science)
*Robert David Hall ()
*Jonathan Hardy (Farscape)
*Mark Harmon (St. Elsewhere, Chicago Hope, NCIS)
*Gale Harold (Queer as Folk)
*Pat Harrington, Jr. (One Day at a Time)
*Steve Harris (Heist)
*Wood Harris (The Wire)
*Randy Harrison (Queer as Folk)
*Don Harron (Hee Haw), (Red Green Show)
*William Hartnell (Doctor Who)
*Nigel Hawthorne (Yes, Minister, Yes, Prime Minister)
*Sean Hayes (Will & Grace)
*Dennis Haysbert (24)
*Anthony Stewart Head (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
*Howard Hesseman (WKRP in Cincinnati)
*David Hemblen (Earth: Final Conflict)
*Lenny Henry (Chef!)
*Christopher Hewett (Mr. Belvedere)
*David Hewlett (Stargate Atlantis)
*Julio Herzer (Charmed)
*Earl Hindman (Home Improvement)
*David Anthony Higgins (Ellen, Malcolm In The Middle)
*Judd Hirsch (Taxi, Dear John)
*Earl Holliman (Police Woman)
*Michael Horse (Twin Peaks)
*Ron Howard (The Andy Griffith Show, Happy Days)
*Ernie Hudson (Oz, 10-8)
*Rock Hudson (McMillan and Wife)
*Michael Hurst (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys)

I

*Robert Ito (Quincy, M.E.)

J

*Sammy Jackson (No Time for Sergeants)
*David Jason (A Touch of Frost, Only Fools and Horses)
*Ken Jenkins (Scrubs)
*Don Johnson (Miami Vice, Nash Bridges)
*Russell Johnson (Gilligan's Island)
*Danny John-Jules (Red Dwarf)
*Christopher Judge (Stargate SG-1)
*Gordon Jump (WKRP in Cincinnati)

K

*Richard Karn (Home Improvement)
*Andy Kaufman (Taxi)
*Gorden Kaye ('Allo 'Allo!)
*Dominic Keating (Star Trek: Enterprise)
*Kevin Kilner (Earth: Final Conflict)
*Perry King (Riptide)
*Jack Klugman (The Odd Couple, Quincy, M.E.)
*Ted Knight (Mary Tyler Moore, Too Close for Comfort)
*Don Knotts (The Andy Griffith Show, Three's Company)
*Lance Krall (The Lance Krall Show)
*Brian Krause (Charmed)

L

*Michael Landon (Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie, Highway to Heaven)
*Ted Lange (The Love Boat)
*Anthony LaPaglia (Without a Trace)
*Johnathan LaPaglia (Seven Days, The District)
*John Larroquette (Night Court, The John Larroquette Show, Happy Family)
*Hugh Laurie (Blackadder, Jeeves and Wooster, House)
*Nicholas Lea (The X-Files, Once a Thief)
*Matt LeBlanc (Friends, Joey)
*Robert Leeshock (Earth: Final Conflict)
*Adrian Lester (Hustle)
*Hal Linden (Barney Miller)
*Larry Linville (M*A*S*H)
*John Lithgow (3rd Rock from the Sun)
*Robert Llewellyn (Red Dwarf)
*Christopher Lloyd (Taxi)
*George Lopez (The George Lopez Show)
*Mario Lopez(Saved by the Bell,The Bold and the Beautiful)
*Nicholas Lyndhurst (Only Fools and Horses, Goodnight Sweetheart)

M

*Lee Majors (The Six Million Dollar Man, The Fall Guy)
*E.G. Marshall (The Defenders)
*James Marshall (Twin Peaks)
*Dean Paul Martin (Misfits of Science)
*Dick Martin (Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In)
*David McCallum (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.)
*Doug McClure (The Virginian, Barbary Coast)
*Kent McCord (Adam-12)
*Sylvester McCoy (Doctor Who)
*Matthew Macfadyen (Spooks)
*Gavin MacLeod (Mary Tyler Moore, The Love Boat)
*Patrick Macnee (Avengers)
*James Marsters (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
*Paul McCrane (ER)
*Everett McGill (Twin Peaks)
*John C. McGinley (Scrubs)
*Ted McGinley (Happy Days, Married... with Children)
*Derek McGrath (Doc)
*Julian McMahon (Charmed, Nip/Tuck)
*Colm Meaney (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
*Christopher Meloni (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
*Mark Thomas Miller (Misfits of Science)
*Martin Milner (Adam-12)
*Colin Mochrie (Whose Line Is It Anyway?)
*Ricardo Montalban (Fantasy Island)
*Anthony Montgomery (Star Trek: Enterprise)
*Rob Morrow (Numbers)
*Richard Mulligan (Soap, Empty Nest)
*Chad Michael Murray (One Tree Hill)

N

*Jim Nabors (The Andy Griffith Show, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The Jim Nabors Hour)
*Jack Nance (Twin Peaks)
*Corin Nemec (Webster, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Stargate SG-1)
*Craig T. Nelson (Coach, The District)
*Bob Newhart (The Bob Newhart Show, Newhart)
*Leonard Nimoy (Star Trek)
*Chuck Norris (Walker, Texas Ranger)
*Lance Norris (Against The Law'')

O

*Hugh O'Brian (The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp)
*Carroll O'Connor (All in the Family, In the Heat of the Night)
*Jerry O'Connell (Sliders, Crossing Jordan)
*David Olelowo (Spooks)
*Jason O'Mara (The Agency, In Justice, Band of Brothers)
*Ed O'Neill (Married... with Children)

P

*Erik Palladino (Over There, ER)
*Geoffrey Palmer (Butterflies, As Time Goes By)
*Fess Parker (Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone)
*Mandy Patinkin (Chicago Hope, Dead Like Me)
*Scott Patterson (Gilmore Girls)
*Joe Penny (Riptide, Jake and the Fatman)
*George Peppard (Banacek, The A-Team)
*Ron Perlman (Beauty and the Beast, The Magnificent Seven)
*Matthew Perry (Friends)
*Jon Pertwee (Doctor Who, Worzel Gummidge)
*Paul Petersen (The Donna Reed Show)
*William Petersen ()
*Mekhi Phifer (ER)
*Mitch Pileggi (The X-Files)
*Rob Poynter (The Lance Krall Show)
*Michael Praed (Robin of Sherwood)
*Denver Pyle (Grizzly Adams, The Dukes of Hazzard)
*Wayne Pygram (Farscape)

Q

R

*Tony Randall (The Odd Couple, The Tony Randall Show)
*Tim Reid (WKRP in Cincinnati)
*Rob Reiner (All in the Family)
*Erik Rhodes (Perry Mason)
*John Rhys-Davies (Sliders)
*John Ritter (Three's Company, 8 Simple Rules)
*Wayne Rogers (M*A*S*H)
*Carlo Rota (La Femme Nikita)
*Alan Ruck (Spin City)

S

*Bob Saget (Full House, America's Funniest Home Videos)
*Benjamin Salisbury (The Nanny)
*Richard Sanders (WKRP in Cincinnati)
*Gary Sandy (WKRP in Cincinnati)
*Doug Savant (Melrose Place, Desperate Housewives)
*John Schneider (The Dukes of Hazzard, Smallville)
*Rick Schroder (Silver Spoons, NYPD Blue)
*John Schuck (McMillan and Wife)
*Dwight Schultz (The A-Team)
*David Schwimmer (Friends)
*Dougray Scott (Heist, Soldier Soldier)
*Heronimo Sehmi (The Bill, Blake's 7, It An't Half Hot Mum)
*Jerry Seinfeld (Seinfeld)
*Tom Selleck (Magnum, P.I.)
*Ivan Sergei (Once a Thief, Crossing Jordan)
*Michael Shanks (Stargate SG-1)
*William Shatner (Star Trek, T.J. Hooker, Boston Legal)
*Charles Shaughnessy (The Nanny)
*Harry Shearer (The Simpsons, Saturday Night Live)
*Martin Sheen (The West Wing)
*Bobby Sherman (Here Come the Brides)
*Alexander Siddig (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
*Jay Silverheels (The Lone Ranger)
*Anthony Simcoe (Farscape)
*Taran Noah Smith (Home Improvement)
*Kevin Sorbo (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Andromeda)
*David Soul (Here Come the Brides, Starsky and Hutch)
*David Spade (Just Shoot Me, 8 Simple Rules)
*James Spader (The Practice, Boston Legal)
*John Spencer (The West Wing)
*Brent Spiner (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
*Brent Stait (Andromeda)
*Lionel Stander (Hart to Hart)
*Craig Stevens (Peter Gunn)
*Patrick Stewart (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
*David Ogden Stiers (M*A*S*H)
*Ryan Stiles (The Drew Carey Show, Whose Line is it Anyway?)
*Peter Strauss (Rich Man, Poor Man, Masada)
*David Strickland
*Kiefer Sutherland (24)
*Michael Sweeney (The Lance Krall Show)
*Eric Szmanda ()
*Chambers Stevens (Young and the Restless)

T

*Ice T (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
*Mr. T (The A-Team)
*Chief Tahachee (Dragnet)
*Russ Tamblyn (Twin Peaks)
*Loren Tarquinio (The Lance Krall Show)
*John Thaw (Inspector Morse)
*Jonathan Taylor Thomas (Home Improvement)
*Sean Patrick Thomas (The District)
*Connor Trinneer (Star Trek: Enterprise)
*Patrick Troughton (Doctor Who)
*Lani John Tupu (Farscape)

U

*Robert Urich (Vega$, Spencer: For Hire)

V

*Alan Van Sprang (Earth: Final Conflict)
*Robert Vaughn (The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Hustle)

W

*Robert Wagner (It Takes a Thief, Switch, Hart to Hart)
*Clint Walker (Cheyenne)
*Dyland Walsh (Nip/Tuck)
*Malcolm-Jamal Warner (The Cosby Show, Malcolm & Eddie, Jeremiah, Listen Up)
*Marc Warren (Hustle)
*Sam Waterson (Law & Order)
*Barry Watson (7th Heaven)
*Dennis Weaver (Gunsmoke, McCloud)
*Tom Welling (Smallville)
*Wil Wheaton (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
*Noble Willingham (Walker, Texas Ranger)
*Ray Wise (Twin Peaks)
*Gordon Michael Woolvett (Andromeda)
*Tom Wopat (The Dukes of Hazzard)
*Max Wright (Misfits of Science)
*Henry Winkler (Happy Days)
*Adam Wylie (Picket Fences)

X

Y

*Robert Young (Father Knows Best, Marcus Welby, M.D.)
*Welly Yang (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
*Richard Yniguez (Ohara), (Mama Malone)

Z

See also

*Actors
*List of female television actors
*List of male movie actors
*List of female movie actors