List of actor-politicians

This is a list of individuals who achieved recognition and success both as actors and as politicians.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

The phenomenon of actors becoming politicians is seen across the world, with many leveraging their public recognition, communication skills, and charisma to influence public policy and achieve electoral success. While most began as actors and transitioned to politics, some started as politicians and later pursued acting careers.

North America

United States

See also: Category:American actor-politicians

Actor-politician	Acting career	Political party	Political career	Source
Clay Aiken	Actor and singer	Democratic	Democratic nominee for the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina's 2nd district. Unsuccessful candidate for Democratic nomination in North Carolina’s 4th district in 2022.
Alan Autry	Actor	Independent	Mayor of Fresno, California (2001–2009)
Rex Bell	Actor	Republican	21st Lieutenant Governor of Nevada (1955-1962)
Frank Bogert	Actor, rodeo announcer	Republican	City councillor in Palm Springs, California (1958-1966), Mayor of Palm Springs, California (1982-1988)
Sonny Bono	Actor and singer-songwriter	Republican	Mayor of Palm Springs, California (1988-1992), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 44th district (1995-1998)
Kimberlin Brown	Actress (The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful)	Republican	Candidate in the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California's 36th district
Marilyn Chambers	Pornographic film actress	Personal Choice Party Boston Tea Party	Vice-presidential running mate in the 2004 United States presidential election Alternate write-in candidate to vice-presidential running mate
Wendell Corey	Actor	Republican	City Councillor in Santa Monica, California Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, California, 1966
Albert Dekker	Actor	Democratic	Member of the California State Assembly for the 57th district
Cherie DeVille	Pornographic film actress	Democratic	Candidate in the 2020 United States presidential election	[1]
Bob Dornan	Actor (Twelve O'Clock High, local television personality)	Republican	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 27th (1977–1983), 38th (1985–1993), and 46th (1993–1997) districts
Helen Gahagan Douglas	Actress in Broadway theatre and film	Democratic	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 14th district (1945-1951) Democratic nominee in the 1950 United States Senate election in California
Clint Eastwood	Actor	Republican	Mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California (1986-1988)
Charles Farrell	Actor		City councillor in Palm Springs, California (1946–?) Mayor of Palm Springs, California (1948–1953)
Joe Flynn	Actor	Republican	Candidate for the Ohio Senate (1950)
Al Franken	Actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live), radio personality (The Al Franken Show)	Democratic	United States Senator from Minnesota (2009–2018)
John Gavin	Actor (Psycho, Spartacus)	Republican	United States Ambassador to Mexico (1981–1986)
Melissa Gilbert	Actress	Democratic	Candidate in the 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan's 8th district
Vic Gilliam	Part-time actor (Screen Actors Guild membership)	Republican	Member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 18th district
Fred Grandy	Actor (The Love Boat), radio personality (The Grandy Group)	Republican	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 6th (1987–1993) and 5th (1993–1997) districts	Candidate for Governor in 1996
Hill Harper	Actor (CSI: NY,The Good Doctor)	Democratic	Candidate in the 2024 United States Senate election in Michigan	[2]
J. G. Hertzler	Actor (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)	Democratic Independent	Ulysses, New York town councillor Candidate in the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New York's 23rd district
Gil Hill	Actor (Beverly Hills Cop)	Democratic	Detroit City Council president
Glenn Jacobs	Actor and professional wrestler	Republican	Mayor of Knox County, Tennessee
Ben Jones	Actor	Democratic	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 4th congressional district (1989-1993)
Jack Kelly	Actor (Maverick)	Republican	Mayor of Huntington Beach, California
Sheila Kuehl	Former child actress	Democratic	Member of the California State Assembly for the 41st district (1994-2000) Member of the California State Senate for the 23rd district (2000-2008) Member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for the 3rd District
Nancy Kulp	Actor (The Beverly Hillbillies)	Democratic	Candidate in the 1984 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania's 9th district
Sonny Landham	Actor (The Warriors, Predator, 48 Hrs., Lock Up and Action Jackson)	Republican (2003) Libertarian (2008)	Candidate in the 2003 Kentucky gubernatorial election Candidate in the 2008 United States Senate election in Kentucky
Al Lewis	Actor (The Munsters, Car 54, Where Are You)	Green Party	1998 Green Party candidate for Governor of New York
John Davis Lodge	Actor (The Scarlet Empress, The Little Colonel)	Republican	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 4th congressional district (1947-1951) 79th Governor of Connecticut (1951-1955)
Bob Mathias	Actor (China Doll, It Happened in Athens)	Republican	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives for California's 18th congressional district (1967-1975)
Christopher Mitchum	Actor	Republican	Candidate for the California State Assembly (1998) Candidate in the 2012 and 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California's 24th congressional district
George Murphy	Actor	Republican	United States Senator from California (1965-1971)
Diane Neal	Actor	Independent	Candidate in the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New York's 19th congressional district
Cynthia Nixon	Actress	Democratic	Candidate in the 2018 New York gubernatorial election
Park Overall	Actress	Democratic	Candidate in the 2008 United States Senate election in Tennessee
Stephen Peace	Actor and producer (Killer Tomatoes franchise)	Democratic	Member of the California State Assembly (1982-1992) and California Senate (1993-2002)
Richard Petty	Actor, professional racecar driver (Cars, Days of Thunder, Stroker Ace)	Republican	Member of the Randolph County, North Carolina Commission, candidate for Secretary of State of North Carolina
Steven Michael Quezada	Actor	Democratic	Member of the Albuquerque, New Mexico school board Member of the Bernalillo County, New Mexico Commission
Trey Radel	Actor (StartUp)	Republican	Former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 19th congressional district (2013-2014)
Ronald Reagan	Actor	Republican	Governor of California (1967-1975), President of the United States (1981-1989)
Tex Ritter	Actor and country music singer	Republican	Candidate in the 1970 United States Senate election in Tennessee
Will Rogers	Actor	Democratic	Mayor of Beverly Hills, California (1928)
Will Rogers Jr.	Actor	Democratic	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 16th congressional district (1943-1944)
Antonio Sabàto Jr.	Model and actor (General Hospital)	Republican	Candidate in the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California's 26th congressional district
Arnold Schwarzenegger	Actor and retired bodybuilder	Republican	38th Governor of California (2003-2011)
Jerry Springer	Actor (Ringmaster) and talk show host (The Jerry Springer Show)	Democratic	Candidate in the 1970 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio's 2nd congressional district Cincinnati City Councilor (1971-1974) 56th Mayor of Cincinnati (1977-1978)
George Takei	Actor (Star Trek)	Democratic	Alternate delegate to 1972 Democratic National Convention Candidate for the Los Angeles City Council (1973) Candidate for the California State Assembly (1980)
Shirley Temple Black	Former child actor	Republican	1967 United States House of Representatives elections for California's 11th district, U.S. Ambassador
Fred Thompson	Actor	Republican	United States Senator from Tennessee (1994-2003), 2008 Republican candidate for U.S. President
Jesse Ventura	Actor and professional wrestler	Reform Independence Party of Minnesota	Mayor of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota (1991-1995) 38th Governor of Minnesota (1999-2003)
Ralph Waite	Actor (The Waltons)	Democratic	Candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1990 and twice in 1998 (See electoral history here)
Noble Willingham	Actor (Walker, Texas Ranger)	Republican	Candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives

Canada

Actor-politician	Acting career	Political party	Political career	Source
Jeremy Akerman	Film actor	Nova Scotia New Democratic Party	Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Cape Breton East (1970–1980)
			Leader of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party (1968–1980)
Elizabeth Ball	Shakespeare theater actor		Vancouver City Councillor
Tyrone Benskin	Actor and theatre director	New Democratic Party	Member of the Canadian House of Commons for Jeanne-Le Ber
Sonya Biddle	Stage actress	Vision Montreal	Montreal City Councillor
Andrée Champagne	Actress (Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut)	Conservative	Minister of State for Youth (1984–1986)
			Member of the Canadian House of Commons for Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot (1984–1993)
			Member of the Senate of Canada for Grandville (2005–2014)
Pierre Curzi	Genie-and-Jutra-winning actor	Parti Québécois	Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Borduas
Sébastien Dhavernas	Actor and dub actor	Liberal	Candidate in the 2008 Canadian federal election in Outremont
		Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal	Candidate in the 2013 Montreal municipal election in Desmarchais-Crawford
Tina Keeper	Gemini-winning actress and filmmaker	Liberal	Member of the Canadian House of Commons for Churchill (2006–2008)
Maka Kotto	Actor	Bloc Québécois	Candidate in the 2003 Quebec general election in Viau
			Member of the Canadian House of Commons for Saint-Lambert (2004–2008)
		Parti Québécois	Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Bourget (2008–2018)
Jean Lapointe	Genie-winning actor, comedian	Liberal	Member of the Senate of Canada for Saurel (2005–2014)
Alexandrine Latendresse	Actress	New Democratic Party	Member of the Canadian House of Commons for Louis-Saint-Laurent (2011–2015)
Susan Leblanc	Actress	New Democratic Party	Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Dartmouth North (2017–present)
Viola Léger	Actress	Liberal	Member of the Senate of Canada for L'Acadie (2001–2005)
Greg Malone	Actor, impressionist (CODCO)	New Democratic Party	Candidate in the 2000 St. John's West by-election
		Green Party of Canada	Candidate in the 2019 Canadian federal election in Avalon
Jean-Louis Roux	Actor, playwright (La famille Plouffe)	Liberal	Member of the Senate of Canada for Mille Isles (1994–1996) Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (1996–1997)
Amanda Shatzko	Actress		Electoral Area Director (Mayor) of Silver Star Mountain Resort and Vice-Chair of Regional District of North Okanagan	[3][4]
Lenore Zann	Actor	Independent (since 2019; provincial only)	Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River (2009-2019)[a]
		Nova Scotia New Democratic Party (2009-2019; provincial only)
		Liberal Party of Canada	Member of the House of Commons of Canada for Cumberland—Colchester (since 2019)

Mexico

Actor-politician	Acting career	Political party	Political career	Source
Irma Serrano			Member of the Senate of the Republic
Carmen Salinas		Institutional Revolutionary Party	Member of the Chamber of Deputies

Central and South America

Brazil

Actor-politician	Acting career	Political party	Political career	Source
Alexandre Frota	Pornographic film actor	Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) (2019–present)	Federal Deputy for São Paulo (2019–present)	[5]
		Social Liberal Party (PSL) (2018-2019)
Ana de Hollanda	Singer and actress	None	Minister of Culture (2011-2012)	[6]
Bete Mendes	Actress	Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB) (1985-1999)	State Secretary of Culture of São Paulo (1987-1988)	[7]
		Workers' Party (PT) (1980-1985)	Federal Deputy for São Paulo (1983-1991)
Celso Frateschi	Actor	Workers' Party (PT)	Municipal Secretary of Culture of São Paulo (1997-1998)	[8]
Daisy Lúcidi	Actress	Reform Progressive Party (PPR)	State Deputy of Rio de Janeiro	[9]
		Liberal Front Party (PFL)
		Democratic Social Party (PDS)	Alderwoman of Rio de Janeiro
Gretchen	Singer and actress	Citizenship (CIDADANIA)	Unsuccessful candidate for Mayor of Ilha de Itamaracá	[10]
Kito Junqueira	Actor	Progressives (PP) (-2019)	State Deputy of São Paulo (1995-1999)	[11][12]
		Green Party (PV)
Manoel Gomes	Singer	Partido Liberal (PL) (2022)	Unsuccessful candidate for State Deputy of Maranhão	[13]
Mário Frias	Actor	None	Special Secretary of Culture (2020–present)	[14]
Regina Duarte	Actress	None	Special Secretary of Culture (2020)	[15]
Rita Cadillac	Singer, dancer and pornographic film actress	Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB)	Unsuccessful candidate for Alderwoman of Praia Grande	[16]
Stepan Nercessian	Actor	Citizenship (CIDADANIA) (1992–present)	Federal Deputy for Rio de Janeiro (2011-2015)	[17]
		Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) (1964-1992)	Alderman of Rio de Janeiro (2005-2010)
Tiririca	Actor, clown and Humorist	Liberal Party (PL) (2010–present)	Federal Deputy for São Paulo (2019–present)	[18]
Toninho do Diabo	Actor and singer	Solidarity (SD)	Unsuccessful candidate for Federal Deputy for São Paulo	[19]

Argentina

Actor-politician	Acting career	Political party	Political career	Source
Eva Perón		Justicialist Party and Female Peronist Party	President of the Female Peronist Party

Guatemala

Actor-politician	Acting career	Political party	Political career	Source
Jimmy Morales	Actor and comedian	National Convergence Front	50th President of Guatemala	[20]

Panama

Actor-politician	Acting career	Political party	Political career	Source
Rubén Blades		Mother Earth Movement (MPE)	Unsuccessful candidate for President of Panama

Europe

Country	Actor-politician	Acting career	Political party	Political career	Source
Armenia	Hayk Marutyan	Producer, comedian, filmmaker, actor		Political activist, Mayor of Yerevan (2018-2021)
Germany	Peter Sodann		Left Party	Unsuccessful presidential candidate
Iceland	Jón Gnarr		The Best Party	Mayor of Reykjavík
Italy	Beppe Grillo		Five Star Movement	Leader and Guarantor of the Five Star Movement
Italy	Gina Lollobrigida		I Democratici	Unsuccessful MEP candidate
Italy	Alessandra Mussolini		Movimento Sociale Italiano & Azione Sociale	Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies & Member of the European Parliament
Italy	Ilona Staller		Lista del Sole, Partito Radicale & Partito dell'Amore	Member of the Parliament of Italy
Netherlands	Boris van der Ham
Norway	Ellen Horn		Labour Party	Minister of Culture
Poland	Lech Kaczyński		formerly Law and Justice; later Independent	President of Poland
Poland	Jarosław Kaczyński		Law and Justice	Prime Minister of Poland
Poland	Paweł Kukiz		Independent; leader of the Kukiz'15 alliance	Unsuccessful presidential candidate
Serbia	Ljubiša Preletačević		Independent	unsuccessful presidential candidate
Slovenia	Marjan Šarec		List of Marjan Šarec	Prime Minister of Slovenia
Ukraine	Volodymyr Zelenskyy	Comedian and film actor and director	Servant of the People	President of Ukraine
Ukraine	Roman Hryshchuk	Comedian and film actor	Servant of the People	People's Deputy of Ukraine

Russia

Actor-politician	Acting career	Political party	Political career	Source
Vladimir Bortko	Actor and film director	Communist Party	Member of the State Duma (2011–2021)
Rolan Bykov	Stage and film actor	Common Deed	People's Deputy of the Soviet Union (1989–1991), unsuccessful 1995 parliamentary candidate
Yury Solomin	Stage and film actor, director	Independent	Russian Minister of Culture (1990–1991)
Vitaly Churkin	Former child actor	Independent	Ambassador to Belgium (1994–1998), Ambassador to Canada (1998–2003), Ambassador to the United Nations (2006–2017)
Yevgeni Gerasimov	Actor and film director	United Russia	Member of the Moscow City Duma (2001–present)
Stanislav Govorukhin	Actor and film director	Independent, later United Russia	Member of the State Duma (1994–2003 and 2005–2018), unsuccessful 2000 presidential candidate
Nikolai Gubenko	Stage and film actor and director	Communist Party	USSR Minister of Culture (1989–1991), member of the State Duma (1995–2003), member of the Moscow City Duma (2005–2020)
Natalya Gundareva	Stage and film actress	Women of Russia	Member of the State Duma (1994–1996)
Yuli Gusman	Actor, TV presenter, director	Choice of Russia	Member of the State Duma (1994–1996)
Yelena Drapeko	Stage and film actress	Communist Party, later A Just Russia	Member of the State Duma (1999–present)
Mikhail Yevdokimov	Actor, comedian and TV presenter	Independent	Governor of Altai Krai (2004–2005), unsuccessful 1995 and 2003 parliamentary candidate
Maria Kozhevnikova	Actress	United Russia	Member of the State Duma (2011–2016)
Alexey Sevastyanov	Actor	United Russia	Member of the Pskov Oblast Assembly of Deputies (2007–present)
Ksenia Sobchak	Actress and TV presenter	Civic Initiative	Unsuccessful 2018 presidential candidate
Dmitry Pevtsov	Actor	Independent (caucused with New People)	Member of the State Duma (2021–present)
Nikolai Burlyayev	Actor and film director	A Just Russia — For Truth	Member of the State Duma (2021–present)

United Kingdom

Actor-politician	Acting career	Political party	Political career	Source
George Alexander	Stage actor	Municipal Reform Party	London County Councillor for South St Pancras (1907-1913)
Marina Baker	Actor and Playboy Playmate	Liberal Democrats	Lewes District Councillor (?-2007) Candidate in the 2005 United Kingdom general election at Brighton Kemptown
Bruce Belfrage	Stage actor	Liberal	Candidate in the 1950 United Kingdom general election at South Buckinghamshire
Louise Bours		UKIP (-2018) Independent (2018-)	MEP for North West England (2014-2019)
Tracy Brabin	Actress and television writer	Labour	MP for Batley and Spen (2016-2021) Mayor of West Yorkshire (2021-)
Derwent Hall Caine	Stage actor	Labour	MP for Liverpool Everton (1929-1931)
Michael Cashman	Actor (EastEnders)	Labour	MEP for West Midlands (1999-2014) Member of the House of Lords (2014-)
Alfred Denville	Actor and theatre impresario	Conservative	MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central (1931-1945)
Jimmy Edwards	Actor	Conservative	Candidate in the 1964 United Kingdom general election at Paddington North
Meredith Edwards	Character actor	Plaid Cymru	Candidate in the 1966 United Kingdom general election at Denbigh
David Ensor	Television actor	Labour	MP for Bury and Radcliffe (1964-1970)
Andrew Faulds	Actor	Labour	MP for Smethwick (1966-1974) and Warley East (1974-1997)
Richard Franklin	Actor (Doctor Who)		Perennial candidate in general elections (see Political activities)
James Gaddas	Actor	Conservative	Candidate in the 2005 United Kingdom general election at Stockton South
Helen Griffin	Actress (Doctor Who)	RESPECT The Unity Coalition	Candidate in the 2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom
Cheryl Hall	Actress	Labour	Candidate in the 1997 United Kingdom general election at Canterbury Kent County Councillor (?-?)
Glenda Jackson	Oscar winning Actress	Labour	MP for Hampstead and Highgate (1992-2010) and Hampstead and Kilburn (2010-2015)
Edwin James	Stage actor (The London Merchant)	Liberal	MP for Marylebone (1859-?)
Debi Jones	Actor	Conservative	Crosby Councillor for Manor ward (?-?) Candidate in the 2010 United Kingdom general election at Sefton Central
Rustie Lee	Actress and TV personality	UKIP	Candidate in the 2005 United Kingdom general election at Wyre Forest
Liz Lynne	Actress	Liberal Democrat	MP for Rochdale (1992-1997) MEP for West Midlands (1999-2012)
Bill Maynard	Film and television actor	Independent	Candidate in the 1984 Chesterfield by-election
Al Murray	Actor and comedian	Free United Kingdom Party	Candidate in the 2015 United Kingdom general election at South Thanet
Cecil Ramage	Stage actor	Liberal	MP for Newcastle upon Tyne West (1923-1924)
James Robertson Justice	Character actor	Labour	Candidate in the 1950 United Kingdom general election at North Angus and Mearns
Willie Rushton	Actor and comedian	Independent	Candidate in the 1963 Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election
Giles Watling	Actor	Conservative	Tendring District Councillor for Frinton ward (2007-2016) MP for Clacton (2017-2014)

Asia

Country	Actor-politician	Acting career	Political party	Political career	Source
Bangladesh	Kabori Sarwar		Bangladesh Awami League
Bangladesh	Asaduzzaman Noor		Bangladesh Awami League
Bangladesh	Farooque		Bangladesh Awami League
China	Jiang Qing		Chinese Communist Party
Indonesia	Rhoma Irama			Founder and chairperson of Partai Islam Damai Aman
Indonesia	Zumi Zola		National Mandate Party
Israel	Yair Lapid
Pakistan	Atiqa Odho
Pakistan	Fauzia Wahab
Pakistan	Abrar Ul Haq

India

Actor-Politician	Acting career	Political Party	Political Career	Source
Mithun Chakraborty		Bharatiya Janata Party (2021–present)	Nominated Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha
Ushasie Chakraborty
Mukhyamantri Chandru
Locket Chatterjee		Bharatiya Janata Party	Member of Parliament, Hooghly, West Bengal
Harindranath Chattopadhyay
Deepika Chikhalia	Played Sita in Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan	Bharatiya Janata Party	Former Member of Parliament Lok Sabha
Sunny Deol	Hindi Film Actor	Bharatiya Janata Party	Member of Parliament Lok Sabha
Dev		All India Trinamool Congress	Member of Parliament Lok Sabha	[21]
Devan
Dharmendra		Bharatiya Janata Party	Former Member of Parliament Lok Sabha
Sanjay Dutt		Samajwadi Party	Former General Secretary of the party
Sunil Dutt		Indian National Congress	Former Member of Parliament Lok Sabha
K. B. Ganesh Kumar		Left Democratic Front	Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly
Roopa Ganguly		Bharatiya Janata Party	Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Suresh Gopi		Bharatiya Janata Party	Member of Parliament of Rajya Sabha, Kerala
Arun Govil	played Ram in Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan	Bharatiya Janata Party	Candidate in 1980 Lok Sabha election
Govinda		Indian National Congress	Former Member of Parliament Lok Sabha. Left politics in 2008.
Innocent
Smriti Irani	Acted in Hindi serials and films	Bharatiya Janata Party	Member of Parliament, Cabinet Minister of Women & Child Development and Textiles
F. G. Natesa Iyer
Javed Jaffrey		Aam Aadmi Party	Candidate in 2014 Lok Sabha election
Jagadish
Jaggayya			First Indian actor to be elected as a Member of Parliament
Jaggesh		Bharatiya Janata Party	Member of the party
Nusrat Jahan		All India Trinamool Congress	Member of Parliament Lok Sabha	[21]
Jamuna	played as Sathya Bhama in Sri Krishna Tulabharam	Indian National Congress	Elected as member of the Lok Sabha
Jaya Prada	played as Hema Pradhan in Sargam	Bharatiya Janata Party	Former Member of Parliament Lok Sabha
B. Jayashree
Jayasudha		Bharatiya Janata Party	Former MLA of Andhra Pradesh
Beena Kak
Pawan Kalyan		Jana Sena Party	Founder of the Party
Mahesh Kumar Kanodia
Naresh Kanodia
Vaishali Kasaravalli
Navaneet Kaur		Bharatiya Janata Party	Member of Parliament Lok Sabha
Kavitha
Arshi Khan		Indian National Congress	Candidate in 2019 Lok Sabha election	[21]
Rajesh Khanna		Indian National Congress	Former Member of Parliament Lok Sabha
Vinod Khanna		Bharatiya Janata Party	Former Member of Parliament
Kirron Kher	played as Sumitra in Devdas	Bharatiya Janata Party	Member of Parliament Lok Sabha
Ravi Kishan		Bharatiya Janata Party	Member of ParliamentLok Sabha
Amol Kolhe	Marathi serial and movie actor	Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)	Member of Parliament Lok Sabha	[22]
Dilip Kumar
Shashi Kumar
Bappi Lahiri	Famous music director	Bharatiya Janata Party	Candidate in 2014 Lok Sabha election
Paidi Lakshmayya
Chindodi Leela
O. Madhavan
Harihara Mahapatra
Siddhanta Mahapatra
Hema Malini	Indian film actress	Bharatiya Janata Party	Member of Parliament Lok Sabha
Mahesh Manjrekar		Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	Candidate in 2014 Lok Sabha election
Bhagwant Mann
Urmila Matondkar	Indian film actress	Shiv Sena	Member of the party
Mohanlal
Anubhav Mohanty
Aparajita Mohanty
Mukesh
Murali
Anant Nag		Janata Dal (Secular)	Candidate in 2004 Lok Sabha election
Nagma	Indian film actress	Indian National Congress	Vocal supporter of the party
B. T. Lalitha Naik
Prashanta Nanda
Naresh
Nargis
Kajal Nishad
Gul Panag		Aam Aadmi Party	Candidate in 2014 Lok Sabha election
Pandiyan
Chirag Paswan
B. C. Patil
Jaya Prada
Bullet Prakash
Prakash Raj		Independent	Candidate in 2019 Lok Sabha Election	[21]
Krishnam Raju
Rakshita
Paresh Rawal		Bharatiya Janata Party	Former Member of Parliament Lok Sabha
Rekha		Independent	Nominated Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha
J. K. Rithesh
Sandhya Roy
Satabdi Roy
Kaikala Satyanarayana
Rakhi Sawant		Republican Party of India (A)	Candidate in 2014 Lok Sabha elections
Moon Moon Sen		All India Trinamool Congress	Former Member of Parliament Lok Sabha
Shabana Azmi		Communist Party of India	Star campaigner of the party
Sharada
Shilpa Shinde		Indian National Congress	Candidate in the 2019 Indian general election	[21]
Shruti		Bharatiya Janata Party	Ex-chairperson of the Women's Development Corporation and Chief Secretary of Mahila Morcha
Dara Singh		All India Jat Mahasabha	President of the party and Nominated Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha

Andhra Pradesh
Name	Political Party		Party Position	Political Career
Dasari Narayana Rao	Indian National Congress			Former Minister of State for Coal and Mines of the Republic of India
K. Chiranjeevi	Indian National Congress			Former Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Tourism of the Republic of India
Konidala Pawan Kalyan	Jana Sena Party		Founder of the party	Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Kota Srinivasa Rao	Bharatiya Janata Party			Former Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
M. Mohan Babu	Telugu Desam Party			Former Member of Parliament of the Republic of India
Murali Mohan Maganti	Telugu Desam Party			Former Member of Parliament of the Republic of India
N. T. Rama Rao	Telugu Desam Party		Founder of the party	Former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Nandamuri Balakrishna	Telugu Desam Party			Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Nandamuri Harikrishna	Telugu Desam Party			Former Member of Parliament of the Republic of India
R. K. Roja	Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party			Former Minister for Tourism, Culture and Youth Advancement of Andhra Pradesh
Rao Gopala Rao	Telugu Desam Party			Former Member of Parliament of the Republic of India
Bihar
Name	Political Party		Party Position	Political Career
Nitish Bharadwaj	Bharatiya Janata Party			Former Member of Parliament of the Republic of India
Gujarat
Name	Political Party		Party Position	Political Career
Arvind Trivedi	Bharatiya Janata Party			Former Member of Parliament of the Republic of India
Upendra Trivedi	Independent			Former Deputy Speaker of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Karnataka
Name	Political Party		Party Position	Political Career
Kumar Bangarappa	Bharatiya Janata Party			Former Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
M. H. Ambareesh	Indian National Congress			Former Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting of the Republic of India
Madhu Bangarappa	Indian National Congress			Minister for Primary and Secondary Education of Karnataka
Malavika Avinash	Bharatiya Janata Party		State Spokesperson of the party
Ramya Divya Spandana	Indian National Congress			Former Member of Parliament of the Republic of India
Umashree	Indian National Congress			Former Minister for Women and Child Development of Karnataka
B. M. Upendra Kumar	Uttama Prajaakeeya Party		Founder of the party
Kerala
Name	Political Party		Party Position	Political Career
Suresh Gopi	Bharatiya Janata Party			Minister of State for Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Tourism of the Republic of India
National Capital Territory of Delhi
Name	Political Party		Party Position	Political Career
Manoj Tiwari	Bharatiya Janata Party		Former State President of the party	Member of Parliament of the Republic of India
Vani Tripathi	Bharatiya Janata Party		Former National Secretary of the party
Tamil Nadu
Name	Political Party		Party Position	Political Career
A. Mansoorali Khan	India Jananayaha Pulikal		Founder of the party
Arun Pandian	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam			Former Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
C. R. Saraswathi	Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam		Propaganda Secretary of the party
D. Napoleon	Bharatiya Janata Party		Former State Vice President of the party	Former Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment
Gautami	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		Deputy Propaganda Secretary of the party
Gayathri Raguramm	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		Women's Wing Deputy Secretary of the party
J. Jayalalithaa	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		Former General Secretary of the party	Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
K. Bhagyaraj	M.G.R. Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam		Founder of the party
Kamal Haasan	Makkal Needhi Maiam		Founder of the party	Former Member of Parliament of the Republic of India
Karthik	Manitha Urimaigal Kaakkum Katchi		Founder of the party
Karunaas	Mukkulathor Pulipadai Katchi		Founder of the party	Former Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Kavingnar Snekan	Makkal Needhi Maiam		Youth Wing Secretary of the party
Khushbu Sundar	Bharatiya Janata Party		National Executive Committee Member of the party
Kovai Sarala	Makkal Needhi Maiam		Former Core Committee Member of the party
Kutty Padmini	Bharatiya Janata Party		Former State Executive Committee Member of the party
M. G. Ramachandran	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		Founder of the party	Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
M. K. Stalin	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		President of the party	Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
M. Karunanidhi	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		Former President of the party	Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
Madhuvanti Arun	Bharatiya Janata Party		State Executive Committee Member of the party
Namitha	Bharatiya Janata Party		State Executive Committee Member of the party
Pala. Karuppiah	Tamil Nadu Thannurimai Kazhagam		Founder of the party	Former Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
R. Sarathkumar	Bharatiya Janata Party		Member of the party	Former Member of Parliament of the Republic of India
Radha Ravi	Bharatiya Janata Party		State Executive Committee Member of the party	Former Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Radikaa Sarathkumar	Bharatiya Janata Party		Member of the party
Ramarajan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam			Former Member of Parliament of the Republic of India
Ranjana Natchiyaar	Bharatiya Janata Party		Art & Cultural Wing State Secretary of the party
S. S. Chandran	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam			Former Member of Parliament of the Republic of India
S. S. Rajendran	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam			Former Member of Parliament of the Republic of India
S. Ve. Shekher	Bharatiya Janata Party			Former Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Seeman	Naam Tamilar Katchi		Chief Coordinator of the party
Sivaji Ganesan	Thamizhaga Munnetra Munnani		Founder of the party	Former Member of Parliament of the Republic of India
Sripriya Sethupathi	Makkal Needhi Maiam		Central Governing Body Member of the party
T. Rajendar	All India Latchiya Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		Founder of the party	Former Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Thol. Thirumavalavan	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi		President of the party	Member of Parliament of the Republic of India
Udhayanidhi Stalin	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		Youth Wing Secretary of the party	Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
V. N. Janaki Ramachandran	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam			Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
Vagai Chanderasekar	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam			Former Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Vijay	Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam		Founder of the party
Vijayakant	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam		Founder of the party	Former Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Vijayakumar (Alias) Vijay Vasanth	Indian National Congress		State General Secretary of the party	Member of Parliament of the Republic of India
Vindhyaa	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		Joint Propaganda Secretary of the party
Vyjayantimala Bali	Bharatiya Janata Party			Former Member of Parliament of the Republic of India
Telangana
Name	Political Party		Party Position	Political Career
Vijayashanthi	Indian National Congress		State Campaign Committee Chief Coordinator of the party	Former Member of Parliament of the Republic of India
Uttar Pradesh
Name	Political Party		Party Position	Political Career
Amitabh Bachchan	Indian National Congress			Former Member of Parliament of the Republic of India
Jaya Bachchan	Samajwadi Party			Member of Parliament of the Republic of India
Raj Babbar	Indian National Congress		Former State President of the party	Former Member of Parliament of the Republic of India
Rajpal Naurang Yadav	Sarva Sambhav Party		Founder of the party
West Bengal
Name	Political Party		Party Position	Political Career
George Baker	Bharatiya Janata Party			Former Member of Parliament of the Republic of India
Mimi Chakraborty	All India Trinamool Congress			Member of Parliament of the Republic of India
Shatrughan Prasad Sinha	All India Trinamool Congress			Former Minister of Shipping of the Republic of India

Japan

Actor-politician	Acting career	Political party	Political career	Source
Yukio Aoshima	Shabondama Holiday [ja], Iji-waru Baasan [ja]	Independent Dainiin Club	Member of the House of Councillors (1968-1995) Governor of Tokyo (1995–1999)
Nobuo Asaoka [ja]			Member of the House of Councilors (1947-?) Deputy Secretary of Health Administration
Hideo Higashikokubaru	Takeshi Castle	Independent (2007–2012) Japan Restoration (2012-2013)	Governor of Miyazaki (2007–2011) Member of the House of Representatives (2012–2013)
Hiroki Hōjō [ja]	Actress (Takarazuka Revue)		Member of Takarazuka City Council (2007-?)
Shintaro Ishihara	Actor and director (Crazed Fruit, The Hole)	Liberal Democratic (1968–1995) Independent (1995–2012) Sunrise (2012) Japan Restoration (2012–2014) Future Generations (2014)	Member of the House of Councillors (1968–1972) Member of the House of Representatives (1972–1995, 2012–2014) Governor of Tokyo (1999–2012)
Shigeru Kanai [ja]	Actor		Member of Edogawa Ward Council [ja] (2011–present)
Keiichi Kurokawa [ja]	Actor and tarento		Member of Nagoya City Council (2011-2015)
Akira Matsu	Actor (Takarazuka Revue)	New Komeito	Member of the House of Councillors (1995–2007, 2007–2013)
Junko Mihara	Actor	Liberal Democratic	Member of the House of Councillors (2010–present)
Kensaku Morita			Member of the House of Councillors (1992–1998) Member of the House of Representatives (1998–2003) Governor of Chiba (2009–present)
Kaori Nakajima [ja]	Actress (Takarazuka Revue)		Member of Ashiya City Council (2007-2019) Member of Hyogo Prefectural Assembly (2019–present)
Chikage Oogi	Actor (Takarazuka Revue)	New Conservative	Member of the House of Councilors (1977–2007) Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (2001–2003) Minister of Construction (2000–2001) Secretary of the National Land Agency (2000–2001) Minister of Transport (2000–2001) Secretary of the Hokkaido Development Agency (2000–2001) President of the House of Councillors (2004–2007)
Akiko Santō	Actress	Liberal Democratic	Member of the House of Councillors (1974-1992, 1995-1996, 2001-present) Director General of Science and Technology Agency (1990–1991) Vice-President of the House of Councilors (2007–2010) President of the House of Councilors (2019–Present)
Tamaki Sawa [ja]	Actress	New Frontier Komeito	Member of the House of Councillors (1998-2003)
Junya Takaki [ja]	Actor	Liberal Democratic	Mayor of Ashiya, Fukuoka
Yoshiko Yamaguchi	Actor (Manchukuo propaganda films)	Liberal Democratic	Member of the House of Councillors (1974-1992)
Tarō Yamamoto	Actor	Independent (2011-2014) People's Life (and later Liberal 2016)	Member of the House of Councillors (2013–present)
Katsuhiko Yokomitsu	Actor	Constitutional Democratic	Member of the House of Representatives (1993-2012, 2017–present)

Philippines

Actor-politician	Acting career	Political party	Political career	Source
Aga Muhlach	Actor	Liberal	Candidate in the 2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections in Camarines Sur's 4th congressional district	[23][24]
Angelu de Leon	Actress	Aksyon Demokratiko	Councilor, Pasig City (2022–present)
Aiko Melendez	Actress	Nacionalista Party Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (2009–10)	Member of the Quezon City Council (2001-2010; 2022–present)
Alfred Vargas	Actor and model	PDP–Laban Liberal (2012-2017) Lakas Kampi CMD (2009-2010)	Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Quezon City's 5th congressional district Member of the Quezon City Council (2010-2013; 2022–present)
Alma Moreno	Actress	United Nationalist Alliance (2014-2016) Liberal (2013)	Candidate in the 2016 Philippine Senate election Member of the Parañaque City Council (2007-2016)
Andrea del Rosario	Actress and model	Nacionalista	Vice mayor of Calatagan, Batangas (2016-2019)
Angelica Jones	Actress and singer	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas Liberal (2015-2016) United Nationalist Alliance (2013-2015) Nacionalista (2010-2013)	Member of the Laguna Provincial Board (2010-2016, 2019–present)
Anjo Yllana	Actor and comedian	Liberal (2015-2019) United Nationalist Alliance (2012-2015) Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (1998-2015)	Member of the Quezon City Council (2013-2019) Vice mayor of Parañaque (2004-2007) Member of the Parañaque City Council (1998-2004)
Cesar Montano	Actor and film director	Liberal (2010) Lakas–CMD (2007)	Candidate in the 2010 Bohol gubernatorial election Candidate in the 2007 Philippine Senate election
Charee Pineda	Actress	Nationalist People's Coalition	Member of the Valenzuela City Council Sangguniang Kabataan chairman of Parada, Valenzuela City (2007-2010)
Christopher de Leon	Actor	Liberal Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (2007)	Member of the Batangas Provincial Board (2010-2013)
Cita Astals	Actress		Member of the Manila City Council (1998-2007)
Cristina Gonzales	Actress		Mayor of Tacloban Member of the Tacloban City Council (2007-2016)
Danilo Fernandez	Actor	National Unity Party	Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Laguna's 1st congressional district (2007-2016, 2019–present) Mayor of Santa Rosa, Laguna (2016-2019) Vice governor of Laguna (2001-2004) Member of the Laguna Provincial Board (1998-2001)
Daniel Fernando	Actor	National Unity Party	Governor of Bulacan Vice governor of Bulacan (2010-2019) Member of the Bulacan Provincial Board (1998-2007)
Dennis Roldan	Actor and basketball player	Nationalist People's Coalition	Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Quezon City's 3rd congressional district (1992-1995)
Edu Manzano	Actor, television presenter, and comedian	Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino Independent (1998-2009, 2011-?) Lakas-Kampi-CMD (2010)	Vice mayor of Makati (1998-2001) Candidate in the 2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections in San Juan's at-large congressional district Candidate in the 2016 Philippine Senate election Candidate in the 2010 Philippine vice presidential election
Ejay Falcon	Actor and model	PDP–Laban	Candidate in the 2022 Oriental Mindoro vice gubernatorial election	[25]
Fernando Poe Jr.	Actor	Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino	Candidate in the 2004 Philippine presidential election
Freddie Webb	Actor, broadcaster, and basketball player		Senator of the Philippines (1992-1998) Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Parañaque's lone congressional district (1987-1992) Member of the Pasay City Council (1971-1978)
Gary Estrada	Actor	Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino	Member of the Quezon Provincial Board (2010-2016)
George Estregan, Jr.	Actor	PDP–Laban United Nationalist Alliance (2012-2016) Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (2001-2012)	Governor of Laguna (2010-2014) Mayor of Pagsanjan, Laguna (2001-2010)
Gian Sotto	Actor	Hugpong ng Pagbabago	Vice mayor of Quezon City Member of the Quezon City Council (2010-2019)
Guia Gomez	Actress	Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (2010-2013, 2016-2019) United Nationalist Alliance (2013-2016)	Mayor of San Juan (2010-2019)
Girlie "Maita" Javier-Ejercito	Actress	Partido Federal ng Pilipinas United Nationalist Alliance (2012-2018) Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (2009-2018)	Vice mayor of Pagsanjan, Laguna Mayor of Pagsanjan, Laguna (2010-2012)
Herbert Bautista	Actor	Nationalist People's Coalition (1992-1994, 2017–present) PDP-Laban (2017) Liberal (2009-2017) Lakas CMD (?-2009) Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (1995-1998)	Mayor of Quezon City (2010-2019) Vice mayor of Quezon City (1995-1998, 2001-2010) Member of the Quezon City Council (1986-1989, 1992-1995)
Imelda Papin	Singer	PDP-Laban Liberal (2015-2018) Lakas (1997-2000, 2013) Bangon Pilipinas (2010) Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (2000-2004)	Vice governor of Camarines Sur (1998-2004, 2019–present) Candidate in the 2004 and 2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections in Camarines Sur's 4th congressional district Candidate in the 2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections in San Jose del Monte's at-large congressional district Candidate in the 2010 Philippine Senate election	[26][27][28]
Isko Moreno	Actor	Aksyon Demokratiko Asenso Manileño (local party) National Unity Party (2016-2021) Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (2014-2016) United Nationalist Alliance (2010-2014) Nacionalista (2006-2010)	Mayor of Manila (2019-2022) Vice mayor of Manila (2007-2016) Member of the Manila City Council (1998-2007) Candidate in the 2016 Philippine Senate Elections Candidate in the 2022 Philippine Presidential Elections
Jason Abalos	Actor	PDP-Laban	Member of the Nueva Ecija Provincial Board (2022–present)
Jestoni Alarcon	Actor	Nationalist People's Coalition	Member of the Rizal Provincial Board Vice governor of Rizal (2004-2007) Member of the Antipolo City Council (2001-2004)
Jhong Hilario	Actor and dancer	United Nationalist Alliance	Member of the Makati City Council (2016–present)
Jinggoy Estrada	Actor and film producer	Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino	Senator of the Philippines (2004-2016, 2022–present) Mayor of San Juan (1992-2001) Vice Mayor of San Juan (1988-1992)
Joey Marquez	Actor and comedian		Mayor of Parañaque (1995-2004) Vice mayor of Parañaque (1992-1995)
Jomari Yllana	Actor, model, and race car driver	PDP-Laban Independent (2015-2018)	Member of the Parañaque City Council
Jolo Revilla	Actor and comedian	PDP-Laban Lakas-CMD United Nationalist Alliance (2014-2016)	Vice Governor of Cavite Barangay captain of Panapan VII, Bacoor, Cavite (2010-2013)
Joseph Estrada	Actor	Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino	President of the Philippines (1998-2001) Vice president of the Philippines (1992-1998) Senator of the Philippines (1987-1992) Mayor of Manila (2013-2019) Mayor of San Juan (1969-1986)
Julian Trono	Actor and dancer		Sangguniang Kabataan chairman of San Martin de Porres, Quezon City
Lani Mercado-Revilla	Actress	PDP-Laban	Mayor of Bacoor (2016-2022), Cavite Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Cavite's 2nd congressional district (2010-2016, 2022–present)
Lito Lapid	Actor	Nationalist People's Coalition (1991-1998, 2018–present) Independent (2012-2018) Lakas-CMD (1998-2012) Koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan sa Kinabukasan (2004)	Senator of the Philippines (2004-2016, 2019–present) Governor of Pampanga (1995-2004) Vice governor of Pampanga (1992-1995)
Lou Veloso	Actor, comedian, and director	Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino	Member of the Manila City Council (1995-2004, 2007-2013, 2019-present)
Lucy Torres-Gomez	Actress	PDP-Laban Liberal (2010-2016)	Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Leyte's 4th congressional district (2010-2013, 2013–present)
Manny Pacquiao	Professional boxer and actor	PDP-Laban (2012-2014, 2016–present) People's Champ Movement (local party) United Nationalist Alliance (2012-2016) Liberal (before 2007, 2010-2012) Nacionalista (2009-2010) Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (2007-2008) PROMDI (2022)	Senator of the Philippines (2016-2022) Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Sarangani's at-large congressional district (2010-2016) Candidate in the 2007 Philippine House of Representatives elections in South Cotabato's 1st congressional district Candidate in the 2022 Philippine Presidential Elections
Maricel Morales	Actress and beauty queen		Member of the Angeles City Council (2007-2016)
Marjorie Barretto	Actress		Member of the Caloocan City Council (2007-2013)
Monsour del Rosario	Actor and film producer	Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma PDP-Laban (2018-2021) United Nationalist Alliance (2012-2018) Nacionalista (2010-2012)	Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Makati's 1st congressional district (2016-2019) Member of the Makati City Council (2010-2016) Candidate in the 2022 Philippine Senate Elections
Nash Aguas	Actor, businessman/entrepreneur, real-estate investor	Lakas-CMD	Councilor, Cavite City (2022–present)
Nora Aunor	Actress	Aksyon Demokratiko (2001)	Candidate in the 2001 Camarines Sur gubernatorial election
Ramon Revilla Sr.	Actor	Lakas	Senator of the Philippines (1992-2004)
Bong Revilla Jr.	Actor and television presenter	Lakas-CMD	Senator of the Philippines (2004-2016, 2019–present) Governor of Cavite (1998-2001) Vice governor of Cavite (1995-1998)
Rey Malonzo	Actor and film director		Mayor of Caloocan (1995-2004)
Richard Gomez	Actor, television presenter, and film director	PDP-Laban	Mayor of Ormoc (2016-2022) Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Leyte's 4th congressional district (2022–present)
Rico J. Puno	Singer, actor, and television host	United Nationalist Alliance Una ang Makati (local party) PDP-Laban (before 2015)	Member of the Makati City Council (1998-2007, 2016-2018)
Robin Padilla	Actor, television host	PDP-Laban	Senator (2022–present)
Roderick Paulate	Actor, television host, and comedian	Nationalist People's Coalition	Member of the Quezon City Council (2010-2016, 2016-2019)
Rogelio de la Rosa	Actor	Liberal	Senator of the Philippines (1957-1963)
Rommel Padilla	Actor, model, and film producer		Member of the Nueva Ecija Provincial Board (2007-2010, 2016-2019)
Roselle Nava	Actress and singer	Liberal (2010-2012, 2015-2019) United Nationalist Alliance (2012-2015)	Member of the Parañaque City Council (2010-2019)
Rudy Fernandez	Actor and film producer	Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino	Candidate in the 2001 Quezon City mayoral election
Sonny Parsons	Actor, singer, and film director		Member of the Marikina City Council (1992-1995)
Tito Sotto	Actor, singer, comedian, and television presenter	Nationalist People's Coalition United Nationalist Alliance (2013-2015) Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (1987-2007)	Senator of the Philippines (1992-2004, 2010-2022) Vice mayor of Quezon City (1988-1992)
Vandolph Quizon	Actor and comedian	PDP-Laban Liberal (2015-2018)	Member of the Parañaque City Council
Vilma Santos	Actress	Nacionalista Liberal (2009-2018) Lakas-CMD (1998-2009)	Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Batangas's 6th congressional district (2016-2022) Governor of Batangas (2007-2016) Mayor of Lipa, Batangas (1998-2007)
Yoyong Martirez	Actor, basketball player, and comedian	Nacionalista	Member of the Pasig City Council (1995-2004, 2013–2022) Vice Mayor of Pasig (2004-2013)

Sri Lanka

Actor-politician	Acting career	Political party	Political career	Source
Vijaya Kumaratunga		Sri Lanka Mahajana Party	Founder
Rohitha Abeygunawardena			MP, Cabinet Minister
Anarkali Akarsha			Provincial Councillor
Gerald Camilo III			MP, Deputy Speaker
T. B. Ekanayake			MP, Cabinet Minister
Gamini Fonseka	Actor, filmmaker		Governor of North Eastern Province
Malini Fonseka			MP
TB Ilangaratne			MP, Cabinet Minister
Jeewan Kumaranatunga			MP, Cabinet Minister
Geetha Kumarasinghe			Provincial Councillor
N. M. Perera	Sri Lanka's first star		MP, Cabinet Minister
Mahinda Rajapaksa			President
Ranjan Ramanayake			MP
Upeksha Swarnamali			MP
Uddika Premarathna			MP

Thailand

Actor-politician	Acting career	Political party	Political career	Source
Kukrit Pramoj	National Artist, actor	None	President of the National Legislative Assembly [th] (1973–1974)
		Social Action Party	Prime Minister (1975–1976)
Suthep Wongkamhaeng	National artist, actor, singer, film director	New Force Party	Member of the House of Representatives (1979–1983)
		Palang Dharma Party	Member of the House of Representatives (1988–1991)
Seri Wongmontha [th]	Actor, musician, journalist, film director	Independent	Deputy-governor candidate in the 1990 Bangkok gubernatorial election [th]
Arisman Pongruangrong	Singer, actor	Palang Dharma Party	Member of the House of Representatives (1995–1996)
			Candidate in the 1996 Thai general election in Bangkok
		Thai Rak Thai Party	Member of the House of Representatives (2005–2006)
Danuporn Punnakant [th]	Actor, television presenter	Thai Rak Thai Party	Candidate in the 2005 Thai general election in Bangkok
			Deputy government spokesperson (2005–2006)
			Candidate in the 2006 Thai general election in Bangkok
		People's Power Party	Member of the House of Representatives (2007–2011)
		Pheu Thai Party
Nattaya Benjasiriwan [th]	Actress	Democrat Party	Candidate in the 2005 Thai general election in Bangkok
			Member of the House of Representatives (2007–2014)
Yuranunt Pamornmontri	Actor, singer, television presenter	Thai Rak Thai Party	Member of the House of Representatives (2005–2006)
		People's Power Party	Candidate in the 2007 Thai general election in Bangkok
		Pheu Thai Party	Candidate in the 2009 Bangkok gubernatorial election
			Member of the House of Representatives (2011–2013)
Leelavadee Vajropala [th]	1st Runner-Up Miss Thailand 1985, Thai representative at Miss Asia Pacific International 1985, Actress, Singer	Thai Citizen Party	Candidate in the 2006 Thai general election in Bangkok
		People's Power Party	Candidate in the 2007 Thai general election in Bangkok
		Pheu Thai Party	Member of the House of Representatives (2011–2013)
			Candidate in the 2019 Thai general election in Bangkok
Sombat Metanee	National artist, actor, film director	None	Member of the Senate (2006)
			Member of the National Legislative Assembly (2006–2007)
Krungsriwilai Sutinpeuk [th]	Actor	People's Power Party	Member of the House of Representatives (2007–2011)
		Pheu Thai Party
		Bhumjaithai Party
			Candidate in the 2011 Thai general election in Samut Prakan
		Palang Pracharath Party	Member of the House of Representatives (2019–2020)
Nattakorn Devakula	Journalist, television presenter, actor, singer	Independent	Candidate in the 2009 Bangkok gubernatorial election
Songkran Tejanarong [th]	Actor, model	None	Spokesman of the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (2011–2014)
Tanwarin Sukkhapisit	Actor, film director	Future Forward Party	Member of the House of Representatives (2019–2020)
		Move Forward Party
Wayo Assawarungruang [th]	Actor, singer, television presenter	Future Forward Party	Member of the House of Representatives (2019–)
		Move Forward Party
Wanchana Sawatdee [th]	Actor	None	Deputy Spokesman of the Ministry of Defence (2020–)
Karoonpon Tieansuwan [th]	Actor, television presenter	Move Forward Party	Candidate in the 2022 Thai special general election in Bangkok [th]
Tankhun Jitt-itsara	Actor, television presenter	Democrat Party	Member of the House of Representatives (2013)
Sakaojai Poonsawat	Actress, television presenter	Pheu Thai Party	Candidate in the 2023 Thai general election in Bangkok

Africa

Nigeria

Actor-politician	Acting career	Political party	Political career	Source
Olusegun Obasanjo	Military officer, author, and former actor	People's Democratic Party	President of Nigeria (1999–2007)	[29]
Richard Mofe-Damijo	Actor (Wedding Party, The Meeting)	People's Democratic Party	Commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Delta State (2009–2015)	[30]
Desmond Elliot	Actor (The Wedding Party, Falling)	All Progressives Congress	Member of the Lagos State House of Assembly (2015–present)	[31]
Funke Akindele	Actress (Jenifa, Omo Ghetto)	People's Democratic Party	Deputy governorship candidate in Lagos State (2023 elections)	[32]
Kanayo O. Kanayo	Actor (Living in Bondage, Rituals)	People's Democratic Party	Aspirant for Member of the National Assembly (2019)	[33]
Yul Edochie	Actor (The Billionaire, Royal Castle)	Democratic People’s Congress	Governorship candidate in Anambra State (2017 election)	[34]

Ghana

Actor-politician	Acting career	Political party	Political career	Source
John Dumelo	Actor (The King's Bride, A Private Storm)	National Democratic Congress	Member of Parliament candidate for Ayawaso West Wuogon (2020)	[35]
Kofi Annan	Diplomat, actor, author	N/A	United Nations Secretary-General (1997–2006)	[36]

Uganda

Actor-politician	Acting career	Political party	Political career	Source
Bobi Wine	Musician and actor (Situka, Mukyamu)	National Unity Platform	Member of Parliament (2017–present), Presidential candidate (2021)	[37]

South Africa

Actor-politician	Acting career	Political party	Political career	Source
Ronnie Kasrils	Actor (A Dry White Season)	South African Communist Party	Minister of Intelligence (2004–2008)	[38]

Oceania

Australia

Actor-politician	Acting career	Political party	Political career	Source
Angry Anderson	Musician and actor (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Jesus Christ Superstar 1992)	National Party of Australia, Australian Liberty Alliance	Candidate for Throsby in 2013 and a New South Wales Senate seat in 2016	[39]
Liddy Clarke	Actress (Prisoner, Home and Away, Fire)	Australian Labor Party	Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Clayfield (2001-2006)	[40]
Derryn Hinch	Journalist and actor (The Rocky Horror Show 2008, The Colour of Darkness)	Derryn Hinch's Justice Party	Member of the Australian Senate for Victoria (2016-2019)	[41]
Scott Morrison	Child actor (Vicks TV advertisements)	Liberal Party of Australia	Prime Minister of Australia (2018–2022) and member for Cook (2007–present)	[42]
Terry Norris	Actor (Cop Shop, Innocence, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader)	Australian Labor Party	Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Noble Park (1982-1985) and Dandenong (1985-1992)	[43]
Di Smith	Actor and drama coach (A Country Practice, Puberty Blues)	Australian Labor Party	Candidate for Wentworth in 2013	[44]
Bryan Wiseman	Actor (Home and Away)	United Australia Party	Withdrawn candidate for Cook in 2019	[45]

New Zealand

Actor-politician	Acting career	Political party	Political career	Source
Rawiri Paratene	Actor (Whale Rider, The Insatiable Moon)	Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand	Candidate for Maungakiekie in 2008	[46]

See also

• List of sportsperson-politicians

Notes

1. It was known as Truro-Bible Hill at the time of Zann's election, but it was renamed in the 2012 electoral boundary review.