Actor Trivia Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican

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List Rules Must have shown or mentioned in interviews public support for Republican candidates or conservative causes at some point in career

This list of conservative actors includes well known righties as well as a few surprises. It includes photos & biographical info - and contains current and historic famous actors who are Republicans. What actors are Republicans? More than you might think, considering Hollywood's reputation for being liberal. Obvious Republican actors, like Clint Eastwood, are on this list, but there are also a few surprises– like Vince Vaughn and Adam Sandler. Republican actors are, of course, entitled to their own beliefs like anyone else, but many fans may be surprised that their favorite funny actors are also involved in politics.

This list of Republican actors in Hollywood are listed alphabetically by first name, but you can sort by any column. This list includes both right wing movie stars who have declared themselves to be full-fledged conservatives, as well as actors who have at one point publicly supported a Republican candidate or candidates. All conservative movie stars and actors who have donated to the Republican party are also included here.

For a full list of all Republican celebrities, including singers, writers, and TV personalities, see this list of Republican celebrities, and for a full list of all conservative Hollywood personalities, see Conservatives in Hollywood .

Ronald Reagan is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Ronald Reagan General Electric Theater, Kings Row, Knute Rockne All American - Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States. Before his presidency he served as the 33rd Governor of California and was also an actor from 1937–1964. Born and raised in ...more

John Wayne is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
John Wayne The Searchers, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Rio Bravo - Marion Mitchell Morrison, better known by his stage name John Wayne, was an American film actor, director, and producer. An Academy Award-winner, Wayne was among the top box office draws for ...more

Arnold Schwarzenegger is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Arnold Schwarzenegger The Terminator, Predator, Total Recall - A governor and an actor. Take a look at Arnold Schwarzenegger movies list. It's pretty impressive to see that he knows politics and film.

Charlton Heston is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Charlton Heston Ben-Hur, Planet of the Apes, Touch of Evil - Charlton Heston was an American actor and political activist. As a Hollywood star he appeared in 100 films over the course of 60 years. He played the leading role in The Ten Commandments; Touch ...more

Clint Eastwood is listed (or ranked) 5 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Clint Eastwood Million Dollar Baby, Gran Torino, Unforgiven - Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American actor, film director, producer, musician, and politician. He rose to international fame with his role as the Man with No Name in Sergio ...more

Vince Vaughn is listed (or ranked) 6 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Vince Vaughn Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Wedding Crashers, The Break-Up - Vincent Anthony "Vince" Vaughn is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, and activist. Vaughn began acting in the late 1980s, appearing in minor television roles before attaining ...more

Gary Cooper is listed (or ranked) 7 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Gary Cooper High Noon, Meet John Doe, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town - Gary Cooper was an American film actor known for his natural, authentic, and understated acting style and screen performances. His career spanned thirty-six years, from 1925 to 1961, and ...more

Fred Thompson is listed (or ranked) 8 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Fred Thompson Cape Fear, Die Hard 2, Law & Order - Freddie Dalton "Fred" Thompson is an American politician, actor, attorney, lobbyist, columnist, and radio host. Thompson, a Republican, served in the United States Senate representing ...more

Jon Voight is listed (or ranked) 9 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Jon Voight Mission: Impossible, Heat, Transformers - Jonathan Vincent "Jon" Voight is an American actor. He has won one Academy Award, out of four nominations, and four Golden Globe Awards, out of ten nominations. He is the father of ...more

Bob Hope is listed (or ranked) 10 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Bob Hope The Bob Hope Show, The 50th Annual Academy Awards, Bob Hope: The First 90 Years - Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope, KBE, KC*SG, KSS, was an English-born American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer, dancer, athlete, and author. With a career spanning nearly 80 years, Hope ...more

Frank Sinatra is listed (or ranked) 11 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Frank Sinatra From Here to Eternity, Ocean's 11, The Manchurian Candidate - Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer, actor, director, and producer. Beginning his musical career in the swing era as a boy singer with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, ...more

Chuck Norris is listed (or ranked) 12 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Chuck Norris The Way of the Dragon, Missing in Action, The Delta Force - Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris is an American martial artist, actor, film producer and screenwriter. After serving in the United States Air Force, he began his rise to fame as a martial ...more

Adam Sandler is listed (or ranked) 13 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Adam Sandler Grown Ups 2, Grown Ups, Big Daddy - Adam Richard Sandler is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, entrepreneur, film producer, and musician. After becoming a Saturday Night Live cast member, Sandler went on to star in many ...more

Vincent Gallo is listed (or ranked) 14 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Vincent Gallo Buffalo '66, The Brown Bunny, Tetro - Vincent Vito Gallo, Jr. is an American actor, director, model, musician and painter. Though he has had minor roles in mainstream films such as Goodfellas, Arizona Dream, The Funeral and ...more

Gene Autry is listed (or ranked) 15 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Gene Autry The Gene Autry Show, The Singing Cowboy, In Old Santa Fe - Orvon Grover Autry, better known as Gene Autry, was an American performer who gained fame as a singing cowboy on the radio, in movies, and on television for more than three decades beginning in ...more

Kelsey Grammer is listed (or ranked) 16 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Kelsey Grammer Cheers, Toy Story 2, Anastasia - Allen Kelsey Grammer is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, producer, director, writer, singer and activist. Grammer is known for his two-decade portrayal of psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane ...more

Gary Sinise is listed (or ranked) 17 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Gary Sinise CSI: NY, Apollo 13, The Green Mile - Gary Alan Sinise is an American actor, director, and musician. Among other awards, he has won an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and has been nominated for an Academy Award. Sinise is known ...more

Tom Selleck is listed (or ranked) 18 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Tom Selleck Magnum, P.I., 3 Men and a Baby - Thomas William "Tom" Selleck is an American actor and film producer. He is best known for his starring role as the private investigator Thomas Magnum in the television series Magnum, ...more

James Caan is listed (or ranked) 19 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
James Caan The Godfather, Misery, Las Vegas - James Edmund Caan is an American actor. He is best known for his starring roles in The Godfather, Thief, The Gambler, Misery, A Bridge Too Far, Brian's Song, Rollerball, Kiss Me Goodbye, El ...more

Cary Grant is listed (or ranked) 20 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Cary Grant His Girl Friday, Notorious, North by Northwest - Cary Grant was an English stage and Hollywood film actor who became an American citizen in 1942. Known for his transatlantic accent, debonair demeanor and "dashing good looks", Grant ...more

Jimmy Stewart is listed (or ranked) 21 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Jimmy Stewart James Robert Stewart was a British racing driver from Scotland who participated in a single Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, driving for Ecurie Ecosse. He was born in Milton, West ...more

Dennis Hopper is listed (or ranked) 22 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Dennis Hopper Speed, Apocalypse Now, Easy Rider - A great actor that has recently passed on. Take a look at the complete Dennis Hopper movies list, which illustrates his diverse talent.

Dennis Miller is listed (or ranked) 23 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Dennis Miller Dennis Miller Live, Dennis Miller, Dennis Miller: The Raw Feed - Dennis Miller is an American stand-up comedian, talk show host, political commentator, sports commentator, actor, television personality, and radio personality. He is known for his critical ...more

Patricia Heaton is listed (or ranked) 24 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Patricia Heaton Everybody Loves Raymond, The Middle, Space Jam - Patricia Helen Heaton is an American actress and producer. She is known for portraying Debra Barone on the CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond from 1996 to 2005, for which she won two Primetime ...more

Sylvester Stallone is listed (or ranked) 25 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Sylvester Stallone Rocky, The Expendables, Rambo - Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone, nicknamed Sly Stallone, is an American actor, screenwriter and film director. Stallone is well known for his Hollywood action roles. Two notable characters he has ...more

Laura Prepon is listed (or ranked) 26 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Laura Prepon That '70s Show, Orange Is the New Black, Karla - Laura Prepon is an American actress, known for her role as Donna Pinciotti in all eight seasons of the Fox sitcom That '70s Show. She is also known for the role of Hannah Daniels on the ABC ...more

Janine Turner is listed (or ranked) 27 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Janine Turner Steel Magnolias, Northern Exposure, Cliffhanger - Janine Turner is an American actress best known for her roles as Maggie O'Connell in the television series Northern Exposure and as Dr. Dana Stowe on the Lifetime original series Strong

Jim Belushi is listed (or ranked) 28 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Jim Belushi According to Jim, The Ghost Writer, Curly Sue - James Adam "Jim" Belushi is an American actor, comedian and musician. He is best known for playing the role of James "Jim" Orenthal on the long-running sitcom According to ...more

Larry Miller is listed (or ranked) 29 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Larry Miller Pretty Woman, 10 Things I Hate About You, The Princess Diaries - Lawrence J. "Larry" Miller is an American actor, voice artist, comedian, podcaster, and columnist.

David Lynch is listed (or ranked) 30 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
David Lynch Mulholland Drive, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), The Elephant Man - David Keith Lynch is an American film director, television director, visual artist, musician, actor, and author. Known for his surrealist films, he has developed a unique cinematic style. The ...more

Yakov Smirnoff is listed (or ranked) 31 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Yakov Smirnoff The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, The Money Pit, Brewster's Millions - Yakov Naumovich Pokhis, better known as Yakov Smirnoff, is a Soviet-born American comedian, actor and writer. After emigrating to the United States in 1977, Smirnoff began performing as a ...more

Angie Harmon is listed (or ranked) 32 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Angie Harmon Rizzoli & Isles, Fun with Dick and Jane, Law & Order - Angela Michelle "Angie" Harmon is an American television and film actress and fashion model. She became a well-known model before gaining international fame for her roles in Baywatch ...more

George Hamilton is listed (or ranked) 33 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
George Hamilton The Godfather Part III, Bulworth, Zorro - George Stevens Hamilton is an American film and television actor. He has been nominated for a Golden Globe for his performances in Love at First Bite and Zorro, The Gay Blade.

Mickey Rooney is listed (or ranked) 34 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Mickey Rooney The Fox and the Hound, Night at the Museum, Breakfast at Tiffany's - Mickey Rooney was an American actor of film, television, Broadway, radio, and vaudeville. Beginning as a child actor, Rooney's career spanned nearly nine decades and continued until shortly ...more

Drew Carey is listed (or ranked) 35 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Drew Carey The Price Is Right, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, The Aristocrats - Drew Allison Carey is an American actor, comedian, sports executive, and game show host. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and making a name for himself in stand-up comedy, Carey eventually ...more

Lorne Michaels is listed (or ranked) 36 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Lorne Michaels Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Saturday Night Live - Lorne Michaels, CM is a Canadian-American television producer, writer, comedian, and actor, best known for creating and producing Saturday Night Live, the Late Night series, and The Tonight

Jessica Simpson is listed (or ranked) 37 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Jessica Simpson Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica, The Master of Disguise, DreamChaser Tour - Jessica Ann Johnson is an American singer, songwriter, actress, reality television personality and fashion designer who made her debut in 1999. Since that time, Simpson has made many recordings, ...more

Kathy Ireland is listed (or ranked) 38 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Kathy Ireland The Player, Loaded Weapon 1, Alien from L.A. - Kathleen Marie "Kathy" Ireland is an American model, actress, author and entrepreneur. Ireland was a supermodel in the 1980s and 1990s, best known for appearing in 13 consecutive ...more

Cheryl Ladd is listed (or ranked) 39 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Cheryl Ladd Charlie's Angels, Millennium, Poison Ivy - Cheryl Ladd is an American actress, singer and author. Ladd is best known for her role as Kris Munroe in the television series Charlie's Angels, hired amid a swirl of publicity prior to its ...more

Bill Engvall is listed (or ranked) 40 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Bill Engvall Blue Collar TV, Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie, Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One for the Road - William Ray "Bill" Engvall, Jr. is an American comedian and actor best known for his work as a stand-up comic, his signature "Here's Your Sign" bit, and as a member of the

Andy García is listed (or ranked) 41 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Andy García The Untouchables, Ocean's Eleven, The Godfather Part III - Andrés Arturo García Menéndez, professionally known as Andy Garcia, is a Cuban-American actor and director. He became known in the late 1980s and 1990s, having appeared in ...more

Mel Gibson is listed (or ranked) 42 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Mel Gibson Braveheart, Signs, Lethal Weapon - Mel Colm-Cille Gerard Gibson AO is an American actor and filmmaker. He is most well known as an action hero, for roles such as Martin Riggs in the Lethal Weapon buddy cop film series and Max ...more

Tom Berenger is listed (or ranked) 43 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Tom Berenger Inception, Platoon, Training Day - Tom Berenger is an American television and motion picture actor and industrial lighting designer.

Freddie Prinze is listed (or ranked) 44 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Freddie Prinze Chico and the Man, The Million Dollar Rip-Off, Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Sammy Davis Jr. - Freddie James Prinze, Sr. was an American actor and stand-up comedian. Prinze was the star of 1970s sitcom Chico and the Man. He also was the father of the actor Freddie Prinze, Jr.

Tony Sirico is listed (or ranked) 45 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Tony Sirico Goodfellas, The Godfather Part II, The Sopranos - Genaro Anthony "Tony" Sirico, Jr. is an American actor who is best known for his role as Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri in the HBO series The Sopranos.

Jim Caviezel is listed (or ranked) 46 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Jim Caviezel Person of Interest, The Passion of the Christ, The Thin Red Line - James Patrick "Jim" Caviezel is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for portraying Jesus Christ in the 2004 film The Passion of the Christ. Other notable roles include the ...more

Dennis Franz is listed (or ranked) 47 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Dennis Franz NYPD Blue, Die Hard 2, City of Angels - Dennis Franz is an American actor best known for his role as Detective Andy Sipowicz in the ABC television series NYPD Blue.

Leslie Nielsen is listed (or ranked) 48 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Leslie Nielsen The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear, Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult - Leslie William Nielsen, OC was a Canadian-American actor and comedian. He appeared in more than 100 films and 150 television programs, portraying more than 220 characters. Nielsen was born in ...more

Ben Stein is listed (or ranked) 49 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Ben Stein Win Ben Stein's Money, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Benjamin Jeremy "Ben" Stein is an American writer, lawyer, actor, and commentator on political and economic issues. He attained early success as a speechwriter for American presidents ...more

Larry the Cable Guy is listed (or ranked) 50 on the list Actors You May Not Have Realized Are Republican
Larry the Cable Guy Cars, Cars 2, Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie - Daniel Lawrence "Larry" Whitney best known by his stage name and character Larry the Cable Guy, is an American stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, and former radio personality. ...more