List of Stateside Puerto Ricans

This is a list of Puerto Ricans in the United States, including people born in the US who are of Puerto Rican descent, and Puerto Ricans who live in the US. Since Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the US, Puerto Ricans can migrate to this country more easily than any other ethnic group. Currently, more than four million Puerto Ricans and their descendants live in the US. The following list contains members of the Puerto Rican community.

Actors and actresses

 * Kirk Acevedo - actor, HBO series Oz, Band of Brothers, Fringe
 * Daniella Alonso - actress
 * Trini Alvarado - actress, flamenco dancer, and flamenco singer
 * Philip Anthony-Rodriguez - actor and singer
 * Victor Argo - actor
 * Yancey Arias - American actor of Colombian and Puerto Rican descent
 * Rick Aviles - stand-up comedian and actor, Ghost
 * Jake T. Austin - actor, Wizards of Waverly Place
 * Charlotte Ayanna - actress and former Miss Teen USA
 * Adrienne Bailon - singer and actress
 * Rosa Blasi - actress
 * Diego Boneta - American actor and singer; father is Mexican, mother was born in the US, to a Puerto Rican father and Spanish mother
 * Paul Calderón - actor
 * Nydia Caro - actress and singer
 * David Castro - actor
 * Raquel Castro - teen actress and singer
 * Míriam Colón - actress and founder and director of the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in New York City
 * Liza Colón-Zayas - actress and playwright
 * Kevin Corrigan - actor
 * Alexis Cruz - actor
 * Wilson Cruz - actor
 * Henry Darrow - actor of stage and film
 * Raúl Dávila - actor, All My Children
 * Rosario Dawson - actress
 * Roxann Dawson - actress, Star Trek: Voyager; producer and director
 * Idalis DeLeón - actress, singer, and television host
 * Michael DeLorenzo - actor
 * Melonie Diaz - actress
 * Sully Diaz - actress and singer, Coralito
 * Shabba Doo - actor, dancer, choreographer, and director
 * Héctor Elizondo - actor
 * Erik Estrada - actor
 * Antonio Fargas - actor, 1970s blaxploitation films
 * José Ferrer - actor
 * Miguel Ferrer - actor, Crossing Jordan; son of José Ferrer
 * Rafael Ferrer - actor; son of José Ferrer
 * Franky G - film and television actor
 * Gloria Garayua - film and television actress
 * Aimee Garcia - father is from San Juan
 * Mayte García - American dancer, actress, singer, and choreographer
 * Marilyn Ghigliotti - character actress, Clerks
 * Ian Gomez - actor, known for his comedic TV work, Felicity, Cougar Town
 * Marga Gomez - comedian, playwright, and humorist
 * Reagan Gomez-Preston - American actress of Puerto Rican and African descent
 * Rick Gonzalez - actor, film Coach Carter, television series Reaper
 * Meagan Good - actress
 * Camille Guaty - actress
 * Luis Guzmán - actor
 * April Lee Hernández - actress
 * Kristin Herrera - actress, Zoey 101
 * Jon Huertas - American actor, Castle; of Puerto Rican and African descent
 * Mark Indelicato - actor and singer, Ugly Betty
 * Vincent Irizarry - actor
 * Shar Jackson - American actress; of African, Puerto Rican and Mexican descent
 * Cherie Johnson - American actress, Punky Brewster, Family Matters; of African American and Puerto Rican descent
 * Raúl Juliá (1940–1994) - Puerto Rican actor and playwright
 * Victoria Justice - American actress, singer, and songwriter; mother is Puerto Rican
 * Eva LaRue - American actress, CSI: Miami; of French, Puerto Rican, Dutch, and Scottish ancestries
 * Adrianne Leon - American actress, singer-songwriter, guitarist; of Puerto Rican, Italian and Canadian descent
 * Sunshine Logroño - actor, radio announcer, television show host, singer, comedy writer, entrepreneur and comedian; American born and of Puerto Rican descent; raised in Puerto Rico
 * Priscilla Lopez - American singer, dancer, and actress; of Puerto Rican descent
 * Gina Lynn - Puerto Rican pornographic actress; raised in New Jersey
 * Justina Machado - actress, Six Feet Under
 * Sonia Manzano - American actress and writer
 * Eddie Marrero - American actor
 * Tony Martinez (1920–2002) - Puerto Rican actor, singer, and bandleader; The Real McCoys TV series; US resident
 * Ricardo Medina, Jr. - American actor, Power Rangers Wild Force; of Puerto Rican descent
 * Jorge Merced - New York-based Puerto Rican actor, theater director, and gay activist
 * Esai Morales - American actor, La Bamba
 * Rita Moreno - Puerto Rican singer, dancer and actress; US resident
 * Frankie Muniz - American actor, Malcolm in the Middle; father is Puerto Rican, mother is of Italian and Irish descent
 * Taylor Negron - American writer, actor, and stand-up comedian; of Puerto Rican descent
 * Micaela Nevárez - Puerto Rican actress; has appeared in independent and European films; family immigrated to the US when she was 10
 * Amaury Nolasco - Puerto Rican actor, television series Prison Break, film Transformers
 * Miguel A. Núñez Jr. - American actor of Puerto Rican and Dominican descent
 * Karen Olivo - American actress; of Dominican, Puerto Rican, Native American, and Chinese descent
 * Ana Ortiz - American actress and singer; of Puerto Rican and Irish descent
 * John Ortiz - American actor and artistic director/co-founder of LAByrinth Theater Company
 * Ronnie Ortiz-Magro - American television personality and actor; Italian-American father and Puerto Rican mother
 * Rosie Perez - American actress; Puerto Rican parents
 * Miguel Piñero (1946–1988) - Puerto Rican playwright, actor, and co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Café; a leading member of the Nuyorican literary movement; died in New York
 * Carlos Ponce - Puerto Rican actor, singer, composer and television personality; lived in Miami, Florida
 * Freddie Prinze (1954–1977) - American actor and comedian of Puerto Rican and German descent
 * Freddie Prinze Jr. - American actor; son of Freddie Prinze
 * Luis Antonio Ramos - Puerto Rican-born American actor, film and television
 * Kamar de los Reyes - Puerto Rican born and American raised
 * Armando Riesco - Puerto Rican film and television actor and voice artist
 * Vanessa del Rio - retired American pornographic actress; of Cuban and Puerto Rican descent
 * Chita Rivera - American actress, dancer, and singer; known for her roles in musical theater; of Puerto Rican and of Scottish and Italian descent
 * José Rivera - Puerto Rican playwright living in Hollywood, California
 * Marquita Rivera (1922–2002) - Puerto Rican actress, singer and dancer; dubbed the "Queen of La Conga," "Queen of Latin Rhythm," and "Latin Hurricane"
 * Naya Rivera - American actress; of Puerto Rican, African American, and German descent
 * Adam Rodriguez - American actor, CSI: Miami; of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent
 * Elizabeth Rodriguez - American actress of Puerto Rican parents
 * Freddy Rodriguez - American actor; of Puerto Rican descent
 * Jai Rodríguez - musician and actor, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy; of Puerto Rican and Italian descent
 * Michelle Rodríguez - American actress, Lost; father is Puerto Rican, mother is Dominican
 * Ramón Rodríguez - American actor of Puerto Rican descent
 * Zoe Saldana - American actress; of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent
 * Olga San Juan (1927–2009) - American actress; of Puerto Rican descent
 * Kiele Sanchez - American actress; of Puerto Rican and French descent
 * Marcelino Sánchez (1957–1986) - Puerto Rican film and television actor
 * Saundra Santiago - American actress; 1980s television series Miami Vice; of Cuban and Puerto Rican descent
 * Ruben Santiago-Hudson - actor and playwright
 * Jon Seda - American actor; Puerto Rican parents
 * Ebonie Smith - Puerto Rican-born American former child actress, The Jeffersons; of African American and Dominican descent
 * Jimmy Smits - American actor; of Puerto Rican and Surinamese descent
 * Talisa Soto - American actress; Canadian father of Puerto Rican descent, Italian mother
 * Rachel Ticotin - American film and television actress; of Jewish and Puerto Rican descent
 * Benicio del Toro - Puerto Rican actor resident of Pennsylvania
 * Liz Torres - actress, singer, and American comedian; of Puerto Rican descent
 * Rose Troche (born 1964) - film and television director, television producer, and screenwriter; Go Fish; Six Feet Under, The L Word; of Puerto Rican descent
 * Alanna Ubach - American actress; of Puerto Rican and Mexican descent
 * Nadine Velazquez - American actress; of Puerto Rican descent
 * Desiree Marie Velez - American actress
 * Lauren Vélez - American actress, Dexter; of Puerto Rican descent
 * Loraine Vélez - American actress; Puerto Rican parents; sister of Lauren Vélez
 * Christina Vidal - American actress; of Puerto Rican parents
 * Lisa Vidal - American actress; of Puerto Rican descent
 * Holly Woodlawn - Puerto Rican-born transgender actress and former Warhol superstar
 * David Zayas - American theatrical, film, and television actor, Dexter; Puerto Rican born and American raised