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I just stumbled upon this Wikipedia partial list of Republican celebrities and was surprised to find many fandom-related names among them. There's also this list of which way celebrities donate politically, which is interesting too. As best as I can gather, the following people are celebrity conservatives. Maybe Hollywood isn't nearly as left-wing as we usually think it is. I left off the sports people, though there are a lot of those. There are a lot of links for extra reading about celebrity conservatives in the Wikipedia article. Maybe not as cool as the Afflecks, DiCaprios, etc. of the world, but it's something. =) Enjoy!

Last Updated October 16, 2005

Celebrities who have held office for the Republican Party

Sonny Bono, musician, ran for several Republican offices, ex-husband of Cher, now deceased
Clint Eastwood, actor and director, former Republican Mayor of Carmel, California.
Diane Sawyer, news anchor, (Nixon administration staff member)
Arnold Schwarzenegger, actor, 38th Governor of California
Ben Stein, actor, speech writer for the Nixon administration
Shirley Temple Black, actress, ran for Congress as Republican and later served as U.S. Ambassador in Reagan administration
Fred Thompson, actor, Law & Order, Law & Order: Trial By Jury, was elected in 1994 as a United States Senator (R) from Tennessee

Celebrities who have described themselves as Republicans, politically conservaitve, and/or endorsed President Bush

Danny Aiello, actor
India Allen, actress and model former Playboy Playmate. "I'm a die-hard Republican."
Kim Alexis, model/actress
Sean Astin - not sure about this one as he is a registered Democrat and did not support Bush in 2004, but regularly self-describes as a "conservative"
Adam Baldwin, actor, Firefly See his opinions detailed at Fireflyfans.net
Stephen Baldwin, actor/ producer, current host of SciFi's Scare Tactics (he and brother Alec, a committed socialist, have interviewed each other for various publications, to very good natured and funny results)
Lara Flynn Boyle, actress, "I'm 100 percent for Bush. I want my president to be like my agent: not afraid of people, but wants my best interest."
Brooks and Dunn, country music stars, entertainers at the 2004 RNC
Delta Burke, actress, Designing Women
Dean Cain, actor, Broken Hearts Club, Lois & Clark, endorsed and donated to the campaign of Bush, Jr. both terms
Kirk and Candace Cameron, 1980s child stars (best known for Growing Pains and Full House respectively) now both conservative Christians (source)
Dixie Carter, actress, Designing Women - sometimes describes herself as a conservative Libertarian instead
Emma Caulfield, actress, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, describes herself as an "ultraconservative Republican"
Jim Caviezel, actor, The Passion of the Christ
Marc Cherry, creator of Desperate Housewives, self-described "conservative gay Republican"
Robert Conrad, actor
Alice Cooper, musician
Tony Danza, actor/ host
Bo Derek, actress/model
Shannon Doherty, actress, (Charmed, Beverly Hills 90210, North Shore), thought Reagan was "fabulous"
Jerry Doyle, actor, Babylon 5
Robert Duvall, actor
Dale Earnhardt, Jr., NASCAR race car driver
Sara Evans, singer
Bob Gale, screenwriter of the Back to the Future trilogy
Vincent Gallo, actor/ director
Mel Gibson, actor/ director/ writer
Angie Harmon, actress (Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Survivor contestant and host of The View
Patricia Heaton, actress, star of Everybody Loves Raymond and anti-abortion activist
Kathy Ireland, actress, model and anti-abortion activist
Don Johnson, actor
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson - actor/ wrestler, The Mummy trilogy, self-described "conservative Christian"
Shirley Jones, singer and actress, The Music Man, The Partridge Family
Lynyrd Skynyrd - all the still living members are registered GOP
Audra Lynn, model/Playboy Playmate
Martina McBride, country music star
Reba McEntire, actress/country music star (Reba)
Dolly Parton, recording star/ actress
Sidney Pollack, actor and vocal, long-time John McCain supporter
Emily Procter, actress on CSI Miami as per her statements in Esquire
Sam Raimi, director, self-described "Republican with libertarian ideals"
Johnny Ramone, musician
John Rhys-Davies, actor (Lord of the Rings trilogy - see comments)
LeAnn Rimes, singer, host (Nashville Star)
Joan Rivers, actress/host
Kid Rock, 2004 Bush supporter and Michael Moore critic (source)
Mickey Rooney, actor
Jane Russell, actress (Gentlemene Prefer Blondes)
John Schneider, actor/singer Smallville, The Dukes of Hazzard
Paul Shaffer, band leader of Late Night With David Letterman
Jessica Simpson and husband Nick Lachey, pop singers/ actors (I think sister Ashlee too actually)
Ron Silver, actor, The West Wing
Gene Simmons, lead singer of KISS - major supporter of the Iraq war
Tony Sirico, actor, The Sopranos - "I am a far-to-the-right Republican"
Ricky Skaggs, country music star
Britney Spears, singer/ actress, supporter of Bush Jr. in 2004 in many interviews
Sylvester Stallone, actor and long time Republican supporter
Ben Stein, actor/ writer, former speech writer for the Nixon administration
Travis Tritt, country music singer
Vince Vaughn, actor
Lisa Welchel, actress and author, played Blair on The Facts of Life, now a conservative homeschooling activist
Bruce Willis, actor and self-described Republican, personal friend of George and Laura Bush
Darryl Worley, country musician and actor (Oldham County - thanks to Heather from the FanBolt forums for this one)
ZZ Top. Yep. All of them!

Celebrities past and present whose policital donations are/were majority conservative

Roy Acuff, country music singer (100%)
Bob Barker, game show host (100%)
David Blaine, magician (100%)
Pat Boone, singer (79%)
Ernest Borgnine, actor (100%)
Julie Bowen, actress (Lost, ER, Jake in Progress) (100%)
Glen Campbell, country music singer (88%)
Frank Capra, director (79%)
Drew Carey, comedian/ actor (100%) (He is, however, a registerd Libertarian)
Nancy Cartwright, voice actress, Bart on The Simpsons (100%) (also a $cientologist, so, double edged sword there)
Tom Clancy, author (100%)
Jeff Foxworthy, comedian (100%)
Larry Gatlin, country music star (87%)
Kathie Lee Gifford (100%)
Kelsey Grammer, actor, Frasier and newly inked star of X3 - (91%) - "I've recently come out of the closet, actually, in Hollywood. I'm a Republican, you see. It's a dangerous thing to do in Hollywood because it means you are very isolated and lonely... Last weekend, just for fun, we kidnapped Michael Moore and gave him a decent haircut and some clothing." =)
Amy Grant, singer (83%)
Sammy Hagar, rock star (100%)
Charleton Heston, actor (100%) (surprise, right?)
Dennis Hopper, actor (100%)
Toby Keith, country music singer (100%)
Dean Koontz, author (100%)
Heather Locklear, actress (100%)
Loretta Lynn, singer/ actress (73%)
Ted McGinley, actor, Married With Children (100%) also the actor whose appearance is noted to be an automatic shark-jumping by JumpTheShark.com LOL
Dr. Phil (McGraw), talk show host (100%)
Vince McMahon, wrestling svengali (100%)
Ricardo Montalban, actor, (100%) (Khaaaaaaaaaaaan!!!)
Kevin Nealon, actor/ comedian (Saturday Night Live) only 50% of his donations went to the GOP, but he endorsed President Bush both terms
Chuck Norris, actor, martial arts expert (100%)
Lou Pearlman, producer of both the Backstreet Boys and NSync - (90%)
Maury Povich, host (100%)
Prince, recording artist (100%) (YEP. *THAT* PRINCE.)
Fred "Mr. Rogers" Rogers, children's entertainer, (60%)
Jeri Ryan, actress (Star Trek: Voyager, Boston Public) (100%)
Pat Sajak, game show host, (93%) (I would highly recommend his web site, which has a lot of very funny political essays critiquing liberalism)
Rick Schroder, actor, Silver Spoons, NYPD Blue (100%)
Tracy Scoggins, actress, Babylon 5, Dynasty, Lois & Clark (100%)
Tom Selleck, actor (61%), endorsed Bush both terms
Jaclyn Smith, actress (100%)
Kevin Sorbo, actor (Hercules, Andromeda) (100%)
Jimmy Stewart, actor/humanitarian (100%) - vocal supporter of Nixon and Reagan
Randy Travis, country singer (100%)
Alex Trebek, game show host
James Woods, actor (100%)

There are a lot more on that site, including a lot of people who donate equally to both parties and also mysterious "special interests" so you can't really tell which side they lean to.

Celebrity Right-leaners and Libertarians

I know, not strictly GOP, but "right leaning libertarian" is how I describe myself politically, and these people sure aren't liberals, so I thought I'd include the list here too. =)

Dave Barry, author, vocal Libertarian
Sandra Bernhard, actress/comedian, gay and lesbian activist, longtime Libertarian
John Carpenter, director, Escape from LA, The Fog, self-described libertarian
Edward Hermann, actor, Gilmore Girls, libertarian
David Letterman, talk show host, frequent mocker of government, occasionally declares himself a libertarian
Denis Leary, actor/ writer (Rescue Me), left-leaning registered Libertarian
John Laroquette, actor (Night Court), registered Libertarian, right-leaning
Dennis Miller, actor, comedian, pundit, libertarian but has strongly endorsed President G.W. Bush since 9/11/01
Moby, musician - self described Libertarian
Trey Parker, creator of South Park, self-described Libertarian, Bush supporter
Neil Peart, drummer for Rush, self-described Libertarian
Penn and Teller, both registered Libertarians
Chris Rock, comedian/actor, left-leaning libertarian
Kurt Russell, actor, Goldie Hawn's significant other, registered right-leaning Libertarian, vocal Bush supporter
Howard Stern, radio host, once won the Libertarian Party endorsement for the NY Gubernatorial race before dropping out
Jesse "The Body" Ventura, wrestler, right-leaning Libertarian who was once the governor of Minnesota
Jimmy Walker, actor/comedian (Good Times), self-described libertarian
Wil Wheaton, actor/writer (Star Trek: The Next Generation), left-leaning self-described libertarian

Celebrities rumored to be Republican/ conservative

I included this section because a lot of Hollywood conservatives keep quiet about their views, fearing public backlash or a limitation in what work is available for them, but here are the people I've heard right-leaning rumors about:

Sarah Michelle Gellar, actress, The Grudge, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
James Earl Jones, actor
Ann-Margaret, actress/ singer
John Malkovich, actor, outspoken death penalty advocate
Mandy Moore, actress/singer
Kim Serafin, actress, Spin City, The Single Guy and Boy Meets World
Denzel Washington, actor, vocal critic of Michael Moore, supporter of Bush and the war in Iraq
UPDATED: 8/1/05: Rob Lowe, actor, long time supporter of the war in Iraq (has recently been seen around London doing free performances for the people there as appreciation for their support in the Iraq war) and longtime rumored Bush supporter

If you know of any more, pipe up and I'll add them here and create one big master list. I'm using my Abe Lincoln icon from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. Another famous conservative. =)