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This is a list of politicians who also worked as actors and vice versa:

North America

United States

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 Party (United States)	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 (in French)	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)	Democrat	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
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
Amanda Shatzko	Actress		Electoral Area Director (Mayor) of Silver Star Mountain Resort and Vice-Chair of Regional District of North Okanagan	[3][4]

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

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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]