List of actor-politicians

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	Candidate in the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina's 2nd district
Alan Autry	Actor	Republican	Mayor of Fresno, California
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 (in French)	Pornographic film actress	Democratic	Candidate in the 2020 United States presidential election	[1]
Bob Dornan	Actor (Twelve O'Clock High, local 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	Independent	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
J. G. Hertzler	Actor (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)	Democratic Independent	Town councillor at Ulysses, New York Candidate in the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New York's 23rd district
Gil Hill	Actor (Beverly Hills Cop)		Detroit City Council president
Glen 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 (Killler 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	Candidate for Secretary of State of North Carolina
Steven Michael Quezada	Actor	Democratic	Member of the school board in Albuquerque, New Mexico County commissioner at Bernalillo County, New Mexico
Ronald Reagan	Actor (Kings Row, Bedtime for Bonzo, Death Valley Days)	Republican	33rd Governor of California (1967-1975) 40th President of the United States (1981-1989)
Trey Radel	Actor (StartUp)	Republican	Former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 19th congressional district (2013-2014)
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)
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
Jeremy Akerman	Film actor	Nova Scotia New Democratic Party	Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Cape Breton East (1970–1980)
Jeremy Akerman	Film actor	Nova Scotia New Democratic Party	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
Sébastien Dhavernas	Actor and dub actor	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
		Bloc Québécois	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
Greg Malone	Actor, impressionist (CODCO)	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)
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)[lower-alpha 1]
		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)	[2]
Alexandre Frota	Pornographic film Actor	Social Liberal Party (PSL) (2018-2019)	Federal Deputy for São Paulo (2019–present)	[2]
Ana de Hollanda	Singer and Actress	None	Minister of Culture (2011-2012)	[3]
Bete Mendes	Actress	Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB) (1985-1999)	State Secretary of Culture of São Paulo (1987-1988)	[4]
Bete Mendes	Actress	Workers' Party (PT) (1980-1985)	Federal Deputy for São Paulo (1983-1991)	[4]
Celso Frateschi	Actor	Workers' Party (PT)	Municipal Secretary of Culture of São Paulo (1997-1998)	[5]
Daisy Lúcidi	Actress	Reform Progressive Party (PPR)	State Deputy of Rio de Janeiro	[6]
		Liberal Front Party (PFL)	State Deputy of Rio de Janeiro
		Democratic Social Party (PDS)	Alderwoman of Rio de Janeiro
Gretchen	Singer and Actress	Citizenship (CIDADANIA)	Unsuccessful candidate for Mayor of Ilha de Itamaracá	[7]
Kito Junqueira	Actor	Progressives (PP) (-2019)	State Deputy of São Paulo (1995-1999)	[8][9]
Kito Junqueira	Actor	Green Party (PV)	State Deputy of São Paulo (1995-1999)	[8][9]
Mário Frias	Actor	None	Special Secretary of Culture (2020–present)	[10]
Regina Duarte	Actress	None	Special Secretary of Culture (2020)	[11]
Rita Cadillac	Singer, Dancer and Pornographic film Actress	Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB)	Unsuccessful candidate for Alderwoman of Praia Grande	[12]
Stepan Nercessian	Actor	Citizenship (CIDADANIA) (1992–present)	Federal Deputy for Rio de Janeiro (2011-2015)	[13]
Stepan Nercessian	Actor	Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) (1964-1992)	Alderman of Rio de Janeiro (2005-2010)	[13]
Tiririca	Actor, Clown and Humorist	Liberal Party (PL) (2010–present)	Federal Deputy for São Paulo (2019–present)	[14]
Toninho do Diabo	Actor and Singer	Solidarity (SD)	Unsuccessful candidate for Federal Deputy for São Paulo	[15]

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	[16]

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	Political party	Political career
Germany	Peter Sodann	Left Party	Unsuccessful presidential candidate
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
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
Ukraine	Volodymyr Zelensky	Servant of the People	President of Ukraine

Russia

Actor-politician	Acting career	Political party	Political career
Vladimir Bortko	Actor and film director	Communist Party	Member of the State Duma (2011–present day)
Rolan Bykov	Stage and film actor	Common Deed	People's Deputy of the Soviet Union (1989–91), unsuccessful 1995 parliamentary candidate
Yury Solomin	Stage and film actor, director	Independent	Russian Minister of Culture (1990–91)
Vitaly Churkin	Former child actor	Independent	Ambassador to Belgium (1994–98), Ambassador to Canada (1998–2003), Ambassador to the United Nations (2006–17)
Yevgeni Gerasimov	Actor and film director	United Russia	Member of the Moscow City Duma (2001–present day)
Stanislav Govorukhin	Actor and film director	Independent, later United Russia	Member of the State Duma (1994–2003 and 2005–18), 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 (1994–96)
Yuli Gusman	Actor, TV presenter, director	Choice of Russia	Member of the State Duma (1994–96)
Yelena Drapeko	Stage and film actress	Communist Party, later A Just Russia	Member of the State Duma (1999–present day)
Mikhail Yevdokimov	Actor, comedian and TV presenter	Independent	Governor of Altai Krai (2004–05), unsuccessful 1995 and 2003 parliamentary candidate
Maria Kozhevnikova	Actress	United Russia	Member of the State Duma (2011–16)
Alexey Sevastyanov	Actor	United Russia	Member of the Pskov Oblast Assembly of Deputies (2007–present day)
Ksenia Sobchak	Actress and TV presenter	Civic Initiative	Unsuccessful 2018 presidential candidate

United Kingdom

Actor-politician	Acting career	Political party	Political career
George Alexander	Stage actor	?	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-)
Derwent Hall Caine	Stage actor	Labour	MP for Liverpool Everton (1929-1931)
Michael Cashman	Actor (EastEnders)		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	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-?) MP for Clacton (2017-)

Asia

Country	Actor-politician	Political party	Political career
Bangladesh	Kabori Sarwar	Bangladesh Awami League
Bangladesh	Asaduzzaman Noor	Bangladesh Awami League
Bangladesh	Farooque	Bangladesh Awami League
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
Nafisa Ali	Actress (Junoon, Major Saab, Bewafaa, Life In A... Metro, Yamla Pagla Deewana)	Indian National Congress	Candidate in the 2004 and 2009 Indian general elections
Ambareesh	Award-winning actor	Indian National Congress	MP for Mandya (1998–2009) Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting (2006–2008) Karnataka MLA	[17]
Malavika Avinash	Actor and personality (K.G.F: Chapter 1 and Baduku Jataka Bandi)	Bharatiya Janata Party	Co-spokesperson for Karnataka	[18]
Raj Babbar	Hindi and Punjabi film actor	Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee	Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh (1994–1999) and Uttarakhand (2015–) Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (2016–)
Mohan Babu	Telegu film actor and director	YSR Congress Party	Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh (1995–2000)
Amitabh Bachchan	Actor (Anand, Zanjeer, Sholay, Deewaar, Don, Coolie, Agneepath, Black, Paa, Piku)	Indian National Congress	MP for Allahabad (1984-1988)	[19]
Jaya Bachchan	Film actress (Mahanagar, Guddi, Uphaar, Koshish, Kora Kagaz, Zanjeer, Abhimaan, Chupke Chupke, Mili, Sholay, Silsila, Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa, Fiza, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham..., and Kal Ho Naa Ho)	Samajwadi Party	Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh (2004-)
George Baker		Bharatiya Janata Party	Member of parliament (Anglo-Indian Community)
Nandamuri Balakrishna		Telugu Desam Party	Member of Parliament Lok Sabha
Vyjayanthimala Bali		Indian National Congress (1984-1989) Bharatiya Janata Party (1999–present)
Kumar Bangarappa
K. Bhagyaraj	played Chellai Durai in Thooral Ninnu Pochu	MGR Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam	Founder of the party
Nitish Bharadwaj	played Lord Krishna in B.R.Chopra's Mahabharat	Bharatiya Janata Party	Former Member of Parliament Lok Sabha
Mimi Chakraborty		All India Trinamool Congress	Member of Parliament Lok Sabha	[20]
Mithun Chakraborty		All India Trinamool Congress	Member of ParliamentRajya Sabha candidate in 2014
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
Chiranjeevi		Praja Rajyam (2008–11) Indian National Congress (2011-present)	Founder of the Praja Rajyam and Former Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) & Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly as Congress candidate
Sunny Deol		Bharatiya Janata Party	Member of Parliament Lok Sabha
Dev		All India Trinamool Congress	Member of Parliament Lok Sabha	[20]
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
Sivaji Ganesan	played Karnan in Karnan	Thamizhaga Munnetra Munnani	Founder of the party
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	Indian National Congress	Candidate in 1980 Lok Sabha election
Govinda	Bollywood Film Actor	Indian National Congress	Former Member of Parliament Lok Sabha and left politics in 2008
Kamal Haasan	played Sakthivel in Thevar Magan	Makkal Needhi Maiam	Founder of the party
Nandamuri Harikrishna	played as Krishnamma naidu in Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo	Telugu Desam Party	Former Member of parliament Rajya Sabha
Innocent
Smriti Irani		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
Jaggesh		Bharatiya Janata Party	Member of the party
Nusrat Jahan		All India Trinamool Congress	Member of Parliament Lok Sabha	[20]
Jamuna	played as Sathya Bhama in Sri Krishna Tulabharam	Indian National Congress	Elected as parliament member Loksabha
V. N. Janaki Ramachandran	played Queen Mrinalini in Raja Mukthi	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and First actress to become Chief Minister
J. Jayalalithaa	played Ammu in Nam Naadu	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, First actress to become Chief Minister by winning election, Former General Secretary of the party and Former Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) from Tamil Nadu
Jayaprada	played as Hema Pradhan in Sargam	Bharatiya Janata Party	Former Member of Parliament Lok Sabha
B. Jayashree
Jayasudha	Indian film actress and Producer	Indian National Congress & YSRCP	Former MLAAndhra Pradesh Assembly
Beena Kak
Pawan Kalyan	Indian Film actor & Producer	Jana Sena Party	Founder of the Party
Mahesh Kumar Kanodia
Naresh Kanodia
Karthik	played Kannan in Varusham Padhinaaru	Ahila India Naadalum Makkal Katchi	Founder of the party
Karunas	played Sarathy in Dindigul Sarathy	Mukkulathor Pulipadai	Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly and Founder of the party
Vaishali Kasaravalli
Navaneet Kaur		Independent	Member of Parliament Lok Sabha
Kavitha
Arshi Khan		Indian National Congress	Candidate in 2019 Lok Sabha election	[20]
Mansoor Ali Khan	played Nambi in Gulaebaghavali	Naam Tamilar Katchi	Candidate in 2019 Lok Sabha election
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 inDevdas	Bharatiya Janata Party	Member of Parliament Lok Sabha
Ravi Kishan	Famous Bhojpuri Actor	Bharatiya Janata Party	Member of ParliamentLok Sabha
Amol Kolhe	Marathi serial and movie actor	Nationalist Congress Party	Member of Parliament Lok Sabha	[21]
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
Babu Mohan	Famous Comedian in Telugu Cinema	Bharatiya Janata Party	Member of the party
Murali Mohan	Actor in Telugu Cinema	Telugu Desam Party	Former Member of Parliament Lok Sabha
Mohanlal
Anubhav Mohanty
Aparajita Mohanty
Mukesh
Murali
M. K. Muthu
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
Namitha	played Anjali in Aai	Bharatiya Janata Party	Member of the party
Prashanta Nanda
Napoleon	played Dass in Thenkasi Pattanam	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vice President of the Party, Tamil Nadu
Naresh
Nargis
Kajal Nishad
Gul Panag		Aam Aadmi Party	Candidate in 2014 Lok Sabha election
Arun Pandian
Pandiyan
Chirag Paswan
B. C. Patil
Jaya Prada
Bullet Prakash
Prakash Raj		Independent	Candidate in 2019 Lok Sabha Election	[20]
T. Rajendar	played Veerasamy in Veerasamy	All India Latchiya Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Founder of the party
S. S. Rajendran	played Kovalan in Poompuhar	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Former Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly and former Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha and First actor elected to Legislative Assembly
Krishnam Raju
Rakshita
N. T. Rama Rao		Telugu Desam Party	Former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and Founder of the party
M. G. Ramachandran	played Ramu in Ragasiya Police 115	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, First actor to become Chief Minister, Founder of the party, Former Treasurer of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and Bharat Ratna awardee
Dasari Narayana Rao
Kota Srinivasa Rao		Bharatiya Janata Party	Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Rao Gopal Rao
Paresh Rawal		Bharatiya Janata Party	Former Member of Parliament Lok Sabha
Rekha		Independent	Nominated Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha
J. K. Rithesh
Roja	played Devika in Kaavalan	YSR Congress Party	Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and Women President of the party
Sandhya Roy
Satabdi Roy
Kovai Sarala	played Palaniammal in Sathi Leelavathi	Makkal Needhi Maiam	Core Committee Member of the party
R. Sarathkumar	played Manimaran in Moovendhar	All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi	Founder of the party
Kaikala Satyanarayana
Rakhi Sawant		Independent	Candidate in 2014 Lok Sabha elections
Seeman	played Muthu in Pallikoodam	Naam Tamilar Katchi	Leader of the party
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
S. Ve. Shekher
Shilpa Shinde		Indian National Congress	Candidate in the 2019 Indian general election	[20]
Shruti		Bharatiya Janata Party	Ex. Chairperson, 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
Shatrughan Sinha		Indian National Congress	Member of the party
Soundarya	played Vasundhara in Padayappa	Bharatiya Janata Party	Member and Star Campaigner of the party
Divya Spandana		Indian National Congress	Former Member of Parliament Lok Sabha
Powerstar Srinivasan	played Power Kumar in Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya	Republican Party Of India	Candidate in 2019 Lok Sabha election
Sripriya	played Radha in Billa	Makkal Needhi Maiam	Core Committee Member of the party
M. K. Stalin	played Nandhakumar in Ore Raththam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Leader of the party , Leader of Opposition in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly and Former Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
Udhayanidhi Stalin	played Saravanan in Oru Kal Oru Kannadi	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Youth Wing Secretary of the party
Shekhar Suman		Indian National Congress	Candidate in Lok Sabha election 2009
Khushbu Sundar	played Nandhini in Chinna Thambi	Bharatiya Janata Party
Manoj Tiwari
Vani Tripathi
Arvind Trivedi	played Ravan in Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan	Bharatiya Janata Party	Former Member of Parliament Lok Sabha
Upendra Rao	Actor, Director, Film Producer, Lyricist, Screenwriter, Singer in Kannada Cinema	Uttama Prajakeeya Party	Founder of the party
Upendra Trivedi
Umashree
Vijayakanth	played Captain Prabhakaran IFS in Captain Prabhakaran	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam	Founder of the party
Vijayashanti	played Shanthi Devi in Mannan	Bharatiya Janata Party	Member of the party
Vindhya	played Abirami in Sangamam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Star Campaigner of the party
Rajpal Yadav		Sarva Sambhav Party	Founder of the party

Japan

Actor-politician	Acting career	Political party	Political career
Yukio Aoshima	Shabondama Holiday, Iji-waru Baasan	Independent Dainiin Club	Member of the House of Councillors (1968-1995) Governor of Tokyo (1995–1999)
Nobuo Asaoka			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	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	Actor		Member of Edogawa Ward Council (2011–present)
Keiichi Kurokawa	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	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)
Tamaki Sawa	Actress	New Frontier Komeito	Member of the House of Councillors (1998-2003)
Junya Takaki	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			Unsuccessful congressional candidate 4th dist. Cam Sur
Aiko Melendez			Former Councilor of Quezon City
Alfred Vargas			incumbent Representative for the 5th District of Quezon City; Former Councilor for the 2nd District of Quezon City
Alma Moreno			Former Councilor, 1st District of Parañaque; Unsuccessful Senatorial candidate
Andrea del Rosario			Incumbent Vice Mayor, Calatagan, Batangas
Angelica Jones			incumbent Board Member 3rd district of Laguna
Anjo Yllana			Former Vice Mayor of Paranaque
Cesar Montano			Unsuccessful senatorial candidate
Christopher de Leon			Former Board Member, 2nd District of Batangas
Cita Astals			Former Councilor of Manila
Cristina Gonzales Romualdez			Incumbent Mayor, Tacloban, Leyte
Dan Fernandez			Former Representative 1st District of Laguna
Daniel Fernando			incumbent Governor of Bulacan
Dennis Roldan			Former Representative of Quezon City
Edu Manzano			Unsuccessful congressional and senatorial candidate, Former Vice-Mayor of Makati City
Fernando Poe Jr.			Unsuccessful presidential candidate
Freddie Webb			former Senator
Gary Estrada			former Board Member, 2nd District of Quezon City
George Estregan, Jr.			former Governor of Laguna; former Mayor of Pagsanjan, Laguna
Guia Gomez			former Mayor, San Juan
Girlie "Maita" Javier-Ejercito			incumbent Mayor of Pagsanjan, Laguna
Herbert Bautista			former Mayor of Quezon City; former Vice Mayor of Quezon City
Imelda Papin			Former Vice-Governor of Camarines Sur, Bicol
Isko Moreno			incumbent Mayor of Manila, Former Vice Mayor of Manila
Jestoni Alarcon			Board Member 1st District of Rizal; former Councilor, Antipolo; Former Vice Governor, Rizal
Jhong Hilario			Councilor, Makati
Jinggoy Estrada			Former Senator
Joey Marquez			Former Mayor of Paranaque
Jolo Revilla			incumbent Vice Governor of Cavite
Joseph Estrada			13th President; former Mayor of Manila; former Mayor of San Juan
Julian Trono			One of the Sk Chairmans in Quezon City
Lani Mercado-Revilla			incumbent Representatives, 2nd District of Cavite; former Mayor Bacoor, Cavite
Lito Lapid			Former Senator and former Governor of Pampangga
Lou Veloso			former Councillor for the 6th District of Manila
Lucy Torres-Gomez			incumbent Representative Leyte 4th District
Manny Pacquiao			Former Representative Sarangani District; Incumbent Senator
Maricel Morales			former Councilor, Angeles City
Marjorie Barretto			former Councilor, 2nd District of Caloocan
Monsour del Rosario			incumbent Representatives, 1st District of Makati
Nora Aunor			Unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate for Camarines Sur
Ramon Revilla Sr.			Senator and former Governor & Vice-Governor of Cavite
Bong Revilla Jr.			Senator and former Governor of Cavite
Rey Malonzo			former Mayor, Caloocan City
Richard Gomez			incumbent Mayor in Ormoc City and Unsuccessful senatorial candidate
Rico J. Puno			former Councilor, 1st District of Makati
Robin Padilla			Unsuccessful Vice Gubernatorial candidate of Nueva Ecija
Roderick Paulate			incumbent Councilor 2nd District QC
Rogelio de la Rosa			Former Senator
Rommel Padilla			incumbent Board Member in Nueva Ecija's 1st district
Roselle Nava			Councilor 1st District of Paranaque
Rudy Fernandez			Unsuccessful mayoral candidate for Quezon City
Sonny Parsons			Former Councilor of Marikina City
Tito Sotto			Current Senate President, Incumbent Senator and former Vice Mayor of Quezon City
Vandolph Quizon			incumbent Councilor, 1st District of Parañaque
Vilma Santos			Former Governor of Batangas; Incumbent Representative Batangas 6th District
Yoyong Martirez			former Vice Mayor, Pasig

Sri Lanka

Actor-politician	Acting career	Political party	Political career
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
Vijaya Kumaratunga		Sri Lanka Mahajana Party	Founder
N. M. Perera	Sri Lanka's first star		MP, Cabinet Minister
Mahinda Rajapaksa			President
Ranjan Ramanayake			MP
Upeksha Swarnamali			MP

Thailand

Actor-politician	Acting career	Political party	Political career
Nattaya Dangbunga	Award-winning actress		Member of the House of Representatives (2007-?)
Nattakorn Devakula	Television presenter	Independent	Candidate in the 2009 Bangkok gubernatorial election
Sombat Metanee	Actor and film director		Member of the Senate (2006-?)
Yuranunt Pamornmontri	Actor	Thai Rak Thai Party, People's Power Party, Pheu Thai Party	Member of the House of Representatives (2011-2014)
Danuporn Punnakant	Actor		Member of the House of Representatives (2008-2014)
Songkran Tejanarong	Music video actor, model		Spokesman of the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (2011-2014)
Leelavadee Vajropala	Actress, Thai representative at Miss Asia Pacific International 1985		Member of the House of Representatives
Seri Wongmontha	Actor, musician, journalist		Deputy-governor candidate in the 1990 Bangkok gubernatorial election

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	[22]
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)	[23]
Scott Morrison	Child actor (Vicks TV advertisements)	Liberal Party of Australia	Prime Minister of Australia (2018–present) and member for Cook (2007–present)	[24]
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)	[25]
Di Smith	Actor and drama coach (A Country Practice, Puberty Blues)	Australian Labor Party	Candidate for Wentworth in 2013	[26]
Bryan Wiseman	Actor (Home and Away)	United Australia Party	Withdrawn candidate for Cook in 2019	[27]

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	[28]

Notes

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

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

[1] Mikelionis, Lukas (January 31, 2019). "Porn star ends 2020 presidential bid after 17 months, endorses 'my love, Bernie'". Fox News.

[3] Minas, Estado de (2018-10-07). "Alexandre Frota é eleito deputado federal por São Paulo". Estado de Minas (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-28.

[4] "Ana de Hollanda - Cantora, compositora, ex-Ministra da Cultura". ana-de-hollanda (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-28.

[5] "Biografia do(a) Deputado(a) Federal BETE MENDES". Portal da Câmara dos Deputados (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-28.

[6] Cultural, Instituto Itaú. "Celso Frateschi". Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-28.

[7] "Morre a atriz Daisy Lúcidi, aos 90 anos, vítima da covid-19". Terra (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-28.

[8] "G1 > Política - NOTÍCIAS - No PPS, Gretchen terá aulas para ser prefeita". g1.globo.com. Retrieved 2020-06-28.

[9] "Eleições 2018 | Kito Junqueira Deputado Federal 1133". Estadão (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-28.

[10] "Ator Kito Junqueira morre aos 71 anos, em Curitiba". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-28.

[11] "Ator Mário Frias é nomeado e sucederá Regina Duarte como secretário de Cultura". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-28.

[12] OSullivan, Dermot (2020-03-07). "Amid Jokes and Memes, Regina Duarte Assumes Role as Secretary of Culture". The Rio Times. Retrieved 2020-06-28.

[13] "Gretchen, Rita Cadillac e ex-BBBs fracassam nas urnas; cantores se destacam - 06/10/2008 - UOL Eleições 2008". eleicoes.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2020-06-28.

[14] "Biografia do(a) Deputado(a) Federal STEPAN NERCESSIAN". Portal da Câmara dos Deputados (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-28.

[15] "Deputado(a) Federal Tiririca". Portal da Câmara dos Deputados (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-28.

[16] Paulo, iG São (2014-10-06). "De Mulher Maravilha a Toninho do Diabo: candidatos bizarros que não se elegeram - Política - iG". Último Segundo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-28.

[17] Beauchamp, Zack (26 October 2015). "Guatemala just elected a comedian with zero political experience to be president". Vox.

[18] "Karnataka cabinet reshuffle: Ambareesh resigns as MLA after being dropped as Housing Minister". Daily News and Analysis. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2018.

[19] "Karnataka BJP gets 4 women co-spokespersons". The Hindu. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.

[20] "Amitabh Bachchan: Stint in Politics". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 9 January 2006. Retrieved 5 December 2005.

[news18-21] "Lok Sabha Election 2019: Meet the Actors Who have Taken the Political Plunge". News18. May 6, 2019.

[22] "Shirur Lok Sabha Results 2019: Amol Kolhe defeats Shivajirao Adhalrao Patil". Pune Mirror. Retrieved 2019-06-26.

[23] "Angry Anderson, b. 1947". National Portrait Gallery people.

[24] "Derryn Hinch interview with Mark Copolov on Purple Haze – Podcast (3 hours exactly) – includes music".

[25] "From child actor to prime minister: Who is Scott Morrison?". SBS News.

[26] "Terry Norris: "I've had such a bloody, charmed life"". TV Tonight. July 29, 2018.

[27] "Wentworth - Australia Votes | Federal Election 2013 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC News.

[28] "Clive Palmer's star candidate quits because its tshirts are made in China". The New Daily. March 13, 2019.

[29] "Rawiri Paratene stands as Green candidate | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz.