| Lee Aaker (1943 - 2021) | American child actor | |||
| Aaliyah (1979 - 2001) | American recording artist, dancer, actress and model. | |||
| Truus van Aalten (1910 - 1999) | Dutch actress, mainly active in Germany. | |||
| Marta Abba (1900 - 1988) | Italian actress, considered as the muse of the playwright Luigi Pirandello | |||
| Bud Abbott (1895 - 1974) | American actor, producer and comedian. | |||
| George Abbott (1887 - 1995) | American theater producer and director, playwright, screenwriter, and film director. | |||
| John Abbott (1905 - 1996) | English character actor, specialized in eccentric parts. Acive in Hollywood from 1941 onwards. | |||
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1947) | American former professional basketball player | |||
| Alfred Abel (1879 - 1937) | German film actor, director, and producer best known for his performance in Metropolis. | |||
| Earl Abel | American organist | |||
| Walter Abel (1898 - 1987) | American film, stage and radio actor | |||
| Maryam d' Abo (1960) | British actress | |||
| Olivia d' Abo (1969) | British actress and singer | |||
| F. Murray Abraham (1939) | American actor | |||
| Paul Abraham (1892 - 1960) | Composer of operettas | |||
| Jim Abrahams (1944 - 2024) | American movie director and writer, best known as a member of Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker | |||
| Ruth Abramowitsch (1907 - 1974) | German dancer and choreographer. | |||
| J.J. Abrams (1966) | American film and television producer, screenwriter, director, actor, and composer. | |||
| Gilda de Abreu (1904 - 1979) | Brazilian actress, singer, writer and film director | |||
| Victoria Abril (1959) | Spanish film actress and singer | |||
| Ab Abspoel (1925 - 2000) | Dutch actor. | |||
| Tengiz Abuladze (1924 - 1994) | Georgian film director, screenwriter, and theatre teacher | |||
| Thomas Acda (1967) | Dutch singer, actor and comedian | |||
| Goodman Ace (1899 - 1982) | American humorist, radio writer and comedian, television writer, and magazine columnist | |||
| Herbert Achternbusch (1938 - 2022) | German film director, writer and painter | |||
| Eugene Acker (1889 - 1971) | Swedish born actor | |||
| Joss Ackland (1928 - 2023) | English actor | |||
| Rodney Ackland (1908 - 1991) | English playwright, also active as screenwriter. | |||
| Art Acord (1890 - 1931) | American silent film western actor | |||
| Rodolfo Acosta (1920 - 1974) | Mexican-American character actor, frequently playing villains in westerns. | |||
| Acquanetta (1921 - 2004) | B-movie actress known for her exotic beauty | |||
| Birt Acres (1854 - 1918) | British film pioneer and projector manufacturer. | |||
| Janice Adair (1905 - 1996) | British film actress of the early sound era | |||
| Jean Adair (1873 - 1953) | Canadian actress | |||
| Max Adalbert (1874 - 1933) | German stage and movie actor. | |||
| Ken Adam (1921 - 2016) | German-British movie production designer, winner of two Academy Awards | |||
| John Adames (1972) | American actor | |||
| Salvatore Adamo (1943) | Belgian-Italian musician, singer and composer | |||
| Alix Adams (1962) | Dutch actress. | |||
| Amy Adams (1974) | American actress and singer | |||
| Brooke Adams (1949) | American actress | |||
| Claire Adams (1896 - 1978) | Canadian silent film actress | |||
| Don Adams (1923 - 2005) | American actor | |||
| Edie Adams (1927 - 2008) | American comedienne, actress, singer and businesswoman | |||
| Jane Adams (1918 - 2014) | American actress in radio, film, and television in the 1940s and 1950s | |||
| Jill Adams (1930 - 2008) | English actress, artist and fashion model | |||
| Joey Adams (1911 - 1999) | American comedian, vaudevillian, radio host, nightclub performer and author | |||
| Julie Adams (1926 - 2019) | American actress | |||
| Kathryn Adams (1893 - 1959) | American silent film actress | |||
| Mason Adams (1919 - 2005) | American character actor and voiceover artist | |||
| Maud Adams (1945) | Swedish actress and model | |||
| Nick Adams (1931 - 1968) | American film and television actor and screenwriter | |||
| Stella Adams (1883 - 1961) | American actress of the silent and early sound film eras | |||
| Dawn Addams (1930 - 1985) | English actress, particularly in Hollywood motion pictures of the 1950s | |||
| Robert Addie (1960 - 2003) | English film and theatre actor | |||
| Richard Addinsell (1904 - 1977) | English composer | |||
| John Addison (1920 - 1998) | British composer best known for his film scores | |||
| Mark Addy (1964) | English actor | |||
| Isabelle Adjani (1955) | French film actress and singer. | |||
| Buddy Adler (1906 - 1960) | American film producer and production head for 20th Century Fox studios | |||
| Luther Adler (1903 - 1984) | American actor | |||
| Stella Adler (1901 - 1992) | American actress and acting teacher | |||
| Percy Adlon (1935 - 2024) | German director, screenwriter, and producer | |||
| Joop Admiraal (1937 - 2006) | Dutch actor | |||
| John G. Adolfi (1888 - 1933) | American silent film director, actor, and screenwriter who was involved in more than 100 productions throughout his career | |||
| Renee Adoree (1898 - 1933) | French actress who appeared in Hollywood silent movies during the 1920s. | |||
| Mario Adorf (1930) | Leading German film and stage actor | |||
| Adrian (1903 - 1959) | American costume designer | |||
| Iris Adrian (1912 - 1994) | American stage, film actress and dancer | |||
| Louis Adrian (1901 - 1991) | American composer | |||
| Ljubica Adžovic (1924 - 2006) | Romani actress | |||
| Ben Affleck (1972) | American actor, film director, writer, and producer. | |||
| Casey Affleck (1975) | American actor | |||
| Viktor Afritsch (1906 - 1967) | Austrian actor | |||
| John Agar (1921 - 2002) | American actor | |||
| James Agee (1909 - 1955) | American novelist, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic | |||
| Robert Agnew (1899 - 1983) | American movie actor who worked mostly in the silent film era | |||
| Dianna Agron (1986) | American actress, singer, and dancer | |||
| Toon Agterberg (1953) | Dutch actor, made his debut in Spetters. | |||
| Christina Aguilera (1980) | American singer-songwriter, television personality, and actress. | |||
| Jenny Agutter (1952) | British actress | |||
| Brian Aherne (1902 - 1986) | English actor of stage, screen, radio and television | |||
| Anny Ahlers (1907 - 1933) | German actress and singer | |||
| Philip Ahn (1905 - 1978) | American actor and activist of Korean descent | |||
| Marianne Ahrne (1940) | Swedish film director and screenwriter | |||
| Danny Aiello (1933 - 2019) | American actor | |||
| Liam Aiken (1990) | American actor | |||
| Anouk Aimee (1932 - 2024) | French film actress | |||
| Sidney Ainsworth (1872 - 1922) | English screen and stage actor | |||
| Spottiswoode Aitken (1868 - 1933) | Scottish-American actor of the silent era | |||
| Franklyn Ajaye (1949) | American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer | |||
| Chantal Akerman (1950 - 2015) | Belgian film director, screenwriter, artist, and film professor | |||
| Fatih Akin (1973) | German film director, screenwriter and producer | |||
| Claude Akins (1926 - 1994) | American character actor | |||
| Zoe Akins (1886 - 1958) | American playwright, poet, and author | |||
| Yaya Alafi (1982) | American actress and fashion model. | |||
| Alice Alanova | Dancer | |||
| Alicia Alanowa | Dancer | |||
| Jessica Alba (1981) | American actress and businesswoman | |||
| Maria Alba (1910 - 1996) | Spanish-American film actress |