List of Michigan actors
Following is a list of major or supporting actors from Michigan:
A–E
- Tim Allen, actor known for sitcom Home Improvement and [The Walt The Walt Disney Company|Disney Company|Disney] films such as The Santa Clause and Toy Story
- Maureen Anderman, actress
- Gillian Anderson, actress known for television series The X-Files and Hannibal
- Curtis Armstrong, actor known for Revenge of the Nerds films, TV series Moonlighting
- Robert Armstrong, remembered for quote "'Twas beauty killed the beast" at end of King Kong
- Stephanie Bachelor, actress in films like Secrets of Scotland Yard and Lake Placid Serenade
- Kirk Baily, actor known for Salute Your Shorts
- Justin Bartha, actor known for films National Treasure and Gigli
- Bob Bell, television's Bozo the Clown
- Kristen Bell, actress known for title role in TV series Veronica Mars and films like Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Frozen
- Elizabeth Berkley, television and film actress
- Big Sean, rapper
- Selma Blair, television and film actress
- Cheryl Blaylock, puppeteer known for title role on Nickelodeon's Eureeka's Castle
- Mary Boland, actress known for films like The Women and Pride and Prejudice
- Sonny Bono, actor, singer, songwriter and politician, known for Sonny and Cher music and TV series
- Daniel Booko, actor
- Megan Boone, actress known for TV series The Blacklist
- Lynn Borden, actress on Hazel and the film Frogs; Miss Arizona in 1957
- Willis Bouchey, actor
- Betsy Brandt, actress, Marie Schrader on Breaking Bad
- Christie Brinkley, model and actress
- Olivia Brown, actress
- Sophina Brown, actress, known as Nikki Betancourt on Numb3rs and Raina Troy on Shark
- Ellen Burstyn, actress, Academy Award winner and four-time nominee, known for The Exorcist, also Tony Award winner
- David Burtka, stage and television actor
- Tony Burton, actor, "Duke" Evers from Rocky films
- Timothy Busfield, director and Emmy Award-winning actor, known for films and the television series thirtysomething and The West Wing
- James Caan, actor known for The Godfather and other films
- Dean Cain, actor known for playing Superman on TV series Lois & Clark
- James Callahan, actor, Charles in Charge
- Bruce Campbell, actor, writer known for The Evil Dead film series, and Hercules, Xena: Warrior Princess and Burn Notice television series
- Larry Joe Campbell, actor known for role as "Andy" on ABC sitcom According to Jim
- Mandalynn Carlson, actress known for film Machine Gun Preacher
- Horace B. Carpenter, actor of silent films
- Sharon Case, actress known for The Young and the Restless
- Seymour Cassel, actor known for many John Cassavetes films
- Jessica Cauffiel, actress, known as Margot in film Legally Blonde and its sequel
- Riley Chamberlin, actor of silent films
- Rex Cherryman, actor of silent films
- Scarlett Chorvat, actress
- Carol Christensen, actress and model
- Garrett Clayton, actor, "Tanner" in Disney Channel's Teen Beach Movie and sequel
- Dave Coulier, actor known for role as "Joey" in television series Full House
- Wally Cox, film and television actor, The Bedford Incident, Mister Peepers, voice of Underdog
- Terry Crews, actor known for films like The Expendables, football player for Green Bay Packers
- Vondie Curtis-Hall, actor, director, known for role as Dr. Hancock in Chicago Hope
- Jeff Daniels, actor and musician, known for films like Terms of Endearment, Dumb and Dumber, The Martian and TV's The Newsroom
- Cynthia Darlow, actress, played various roles on PBS's Square One TV
- Jeremy Davies, actor, known as Daniel Faraday on Lost
- Pam Dawber, actress known as "Mindy" on ABC's Mork & Mindy, wife of Mark Harmon
- Jude Demorest, actress, singer, and songwriter, known for her role as the titular character on FOX's STAR
- Johnny Desmond, actor and singer
- Ryan Destiny, actress and singer, known as Alex on FOX's STAR series
- Seamus Dever, actor known as Detective Kevin Ryan on Castle and Dr. Ian Devlin on General Hospital
- Susan Diol, actress
- Doris Dowling, actress, The Lost Weekend, The Blue Dahlia
- James Duval, actor, Donnie Darko and Independence Day
- Colin Egglesfield, actor, known as Josh Madden on All My Children and Auggie Kirkpatrick on Melrose Place
- Dana Elcar, film, stage and television actor known for The Sting and TV series MacGyver
- Patricia Ellis, film actress of 1930s, The Case of the Lucky Legs, Elmer, the Great
- Eminem, rapper and actor, star of 8 Mile
- Jean Engstrom, actress
- Venida Evans, actress
- Chad Everett, actor, star of TV series Medical Center and films such as The Singing Nun, Airplane II: The Sequel and ''Psycho''
F–K
- Jack Falahee, actor, Connor Walsh on How to Get Away with Murder
- Paul Feig, actor, writer, and director, Mr. Pool on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
- Sherilyn Fenn, actress known as Audrey Horne on the television series Twin Peaks and for such films as Boxing Helena
- Audrey Ferris, actress from silent-film era
- Dann Florek, actor known as Captain Donald Cragen on Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Nicole Forester, actress, Cassie Winslow on Guiding Light
- Sutton Foster, Tony Award-winning stage actress
- Max Gail, actor known as Detective Wojciehowicz on Barney Miller
- Jennifer Gan, stage and film actress
- Christopher George, actor, Sgt. Sam Troy on The Rat Patrol, films like El Dorado and Grizzly
- Matthew Glave, actor, known as Dr. Dale Edson in ER
- Reagan Gomez-Preston, actress, Zaria Peterson on The Parent 'Hood and voice of Roberta Tubbs on The Cleveland Show
- Faye Grant, actress, State of Grace, The Greatest American Hero, and V: The Series
- Judy Greer, actress, Kitty Sanchez on Arrested Development and voice of Cheryl on Archer
- David Alan Grier, comedian and actor known for In Living Color and films like Jumanji, McHale's Navy and Boomerang
- Nick Griffin, comedian and writer
- Norman H. Hackett, Canadian-born stage actor, raised and died in Detroit
- Stacy Haiduk, actress, Lana Lang on Superboy television series
- Elisabeth Harnois, actress, Morgan Brody on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Alice on Adventures in Wonderland
- Julie Harris, actress, recipient of more Tony Award nominations and wins than any other performer, Academy Award nominee
- Don Harvey, actor in films like Casualties of War and Eight Men Out
- Daniel Henney, actor, Agent Zero in X-Men Origins: Wolverine
- Jeff Hephner, actor, Matt Ramsey on The O.C.
- Edward Herrmann, Emmy Award-winning actor, known for films and as Richard Gilmore on Gilmore Girls
- Charlton Heston, Oscar-winning actor known for films such as The Ten Commandments and Ben-Hur
- Gil Hill, actor and former police officer known for role in Beverly Hills Cop films
- Verna Hillie, actress, co-star of John Wayne westerns
- John Hodiak, actor, known for films like Lifeboat and The Bribe
- Phillips Holmes, actor, known for films like The Criminal Code and Great Expectations
- Telma Hopkins, singer and actress in sitcom roles on Bosom Buddies, Gimme a Break!, and Half & Half
- Ernie Hudson, actor known for his role in Ghostbusters
- Tom Hulce, actor, Academy Award for Best Actor nominee for Amadeus, Tony Award nominee for play A Few Good Men
- Kim Hunter, actress, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress winner for the film A Streetcar Named Desire
- Betty Hutton, actress and singer who starred in Annie Get Your Gun and Oscar-winning film The Greatest Show on Earth
- Marion Hutton, actress and singer, sister of Betty Hutton
- Laura Innes, television director and actress on ER television series
- Brandon T. Jackson, actor and stand-up comedian, Alpa Chino in Tropic Thunder
- Brian d'Arcy James, Broadway actor and musician, featured in NBC series Smash
- Ken Jeong, actor and comedian, Leslie Chow in The Hangover and Ben in TV series Community
- Arte Johnson, actor and comedian, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
- James Earl Jones, actor known for films such as The Great White Hope and Field of Dreams plus his voice roles of Darth Vader in the Star Wars film series and Mufasa in The Lion King ; raised from age five in Norman Township, Michigan
- John Marshall Jones, actor, Floyd Henderson on Smart Guy and Mr. Stockley on The Troop
- Walter Jones, actor, Zack Taylor, original Black Ranger from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
- Ella Joyce, stage actress
- Matt Keeslar, actor, star of ABC Family's The Middleman
- Brian Kelly, actor in TV series Flipper
- David Patrick Kelly, actor known for film The Warriors
- Page Kennedy, actor, known as drug dealer U-Turn on Weeds
- Phyllis Kennedy, actress from 1930s films such as Stage Door
- Carrie Keranen, voice actress for anime and video games
- Keegan-Michael Key, comedic actor known for his various roles in MADtv and Key & Peele
- Richard Kiel, actor known for his role as Jaws in James Bond movies The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker
- James Kirkwood Sr., actor and director of silent films
- Martin Klebba, actor/stuntman, Marty in Pirates of the Caribbean films and in reality show Little People, Big World
- Nancy Kovack, actress in many films and TV series, wife of conductor Zubin Mehta
- Eric Allan Kramer, actor, Dave Rogers on The Hughleys and Bob Duncan on Good Luck Charlie
- Jana Kramer, actress, Alex Dupre on ''One Tree Hill''
L–R
- Christine Lahti, Golden Globe- and Emmy Award-winning actress known as Dr. Kate Austin on Chicago Hope
- Piper Laurie, actress, known for The Hustler, two-time Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nominee for Carrie and Children of a Lesser God
- Taylor Lautner, actor, known as Jacob Black in The Twilight Saga
- Linda Lawson, actress, featured in Night Tide and many television roles
- Joan Leslie, actress, featured in High Sierra and Yankee Doodle Dandy
- Matt Letscher, actor, Gavin Stone on Good Morning, Miami
- Matthew Lillard, actor, known for Scream and The Descendants, voice of Shaggy from Scooby-Doo TV series
- William Lucking, actor, Piney in Sons of Anarchy
- June MacCloy, actress, known for films like Good Morning, Eve! and Go West
- Marguerite MacIntyre, actress, Nicole Trager on Kyle XY
- Madonna, singer and actress, member of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- Lee Majors, actor known as title character in TV series The Six Million Dollar Man
- Adele Mara, actress known for films like Sands of Iwo Jima and Wake of the Red Witch
- Dick Martin, comedian, actor and co-host of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
- Vivian Martin, actress of silent films
- Tim McCoy, actor of Western films
- Ruth McDevitt, actress of Pistols 'n' Petticoats
- Lonette McKee, actress, known as Maggie Davis on Third Watch and for films like Sparkle and The Cotton Club
- Tim Meadows, comedian, actor, Saturday Night Live cast member
- S. Epatha Merkerson, Emmy Award-winning actress known as Lt. Anita Van Buren in Law & Order
- Nicki Micheaux, actress, Jenn Sutton in Lincoln Heights
- Martin Milner, actor, known as Officer Pete Malloy on Adam-12 and Tod Stiles on Route 66
- Guy Mitchell, actor, known for such films as Those Redheads from Seattle and Red Garters
- Colleen Moore, silent-movie-era actress
- Kenya Moore, actress, Miss USA 1993, cast member on The Real Housewives of Atlanta
- Harry Morgan, actor known for many films and as Colonel Sherman T. Potter in TV series M*A*S*H
- Michael Moriarty, Emmy Award-winning actor known for films like Pale Rider and Bang the Drum Slowly and as Exec. A.D.A. Ben Stone on Law & Order
- Kevin Nash, professional wrestler, actor in films John Wick and Magic Mike
- Marilyn Nash, actress, starred with Charlie Chaplin in film Monsieur Verdoux
- Jaime Ray Newman, actress, Kristina Cassadine on General Hospital and Kat Gardener on Eastwick
- Denise Nicholas, actress known for TV series Room 222
- Austin Nichols, actor, Julian Baker on One Tree Hill and Spencer Monroe on The Walking Dead
- Taylor Nichols, actor, Doug Nelson on The Mind of the Married Man and Mark in Jurassic Park III
- Gail O'Grady, actress, Donna Abandando on NYPD Blue and Helen Pryor on American Dreams
- Terry O'Quinn, actor, known as John Locke on Lost
- Colleen O'Shaughnessey, voice actor, "Sora" from Digimon and "Jazz Fenton" from Danny Phantom
- Carter Oosterhouse, regular on TLC's Trading Spaces
- Julie Parrish, actress, The Nutty Professor, Paradise, Hawaiian Style
- Virginia Patton, actress, It's a Wonderful Life
- George Peppard, actor known for TV series The A-Team and Banacek and films such as Breakfast at Tiffany's and How the West Was Won
- Kathleen Rose Perkins, actress, Carol Rance on Episodes
- Lauri Peters, actress, known for Tony-nominated Broadway role in The Sound of Music and film Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
- Rick Peters, actor, Bobby Manning on Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye
- Britta Phillips, film, TV and voice actor, title character of Jem
- Jeff Pillars, actor
- Susan May Pratt, actress
- Phyllis Povah, actress, The Women, Pat and Mike
- Richard Quine, actor and director, Bell, Book and Candle and How to Murder Your Wife
- Gilda Radner, actress and original cast member of Saturday Night Live
- Sam Raimi, director and actor, known for the Spider-Man trilogy
- Ted Raimi, actor known for roles in seaQuest DSV and Xena:Warrior Princess
- Mary Lynn Rajskub, actress, Chloe O'Brian on 24
- David Ramsey, actor, John Diggle on Arrow and Anton Briggs on Dexter
- Joyce Randolph, actress known as "Trixie" on The Honeymooners
- Michael Raymond-James, actor, Rene Lenier on True Blood and Britt Pollack on Terriers
- Elizabeth Reaser, actress, Esme Cullen in The Twilight Saga film series and Rebecca Pope on Grey's Anatomy
- Crystal Reed, actress, Allison Argent in the TV series Teen Wolf
- Della Reese, actress and singer, Emmy Award-winner for TV series Touched by an Angel
- Burt Reynolds, actor and director, known for Boogie Nights, Deliverance, Smokey and the Bandit
- Gene Reynolds, actor, television writer, director, and producer
- Jason Robards, Sr., actor
- Amy Roloff, mother in reality-TV series Little People, Big World
- Michelle Ruff, voice actress for anime and video games
S–Z
- Ellen Sandweiss, actress
- George C. Scott, actor, director and producer, Academy Award winner for Patton
- Steven Seagal, actor known for films such as Under Siege
- Zelda Sears, screenwriter and actress
- Tom Selleck, actor known for the TV series Magnum, P.I. and Blue Bloods and films such as Three Men and a Baby
- Lin Shaye, actress, Magda in There's Something About Mary and Elise Reiner in the Insidious films
- Stephanie Sheh, voice actress for anime and video games
- Dax Shepard, actor known for the TV series Parenthood
- Grant Show, actor, Jake on TV series Melrose Place
- Douglas Sills, stage actor
- J. K. Simmons, actor, Academy Award winner for Whiplash, known as Dr. Emil Skoda in Law & Order and J. Jonah Jameson in Spider-Man films
- Stirling Silliphant, screenwriter and producer, wrote Oscar-winning In the Heat of the Night
- Sinbad, actor and comedian
- Tom Sizemore, actor known for films such as Saving Private Ryan, Heat, Natural Born Killers
- Tom Skerritt, actor known for films such as M*A*S*H, Alien, The Dead Zone, Contact and TV series Picket Fences
- Michael Bailey Smith, actor, Belthazor on Charmed and Creepy in Men in Black II
- David Spade, actor, Saturday Night Live and films such as Tommy Boy and Grown Ups
- Michael Spellman, film and television actor
- Elaine Stritch, actress with four Tony Award nominations
- Geoff Stults, actor, Ben Kinkirk in 7th Heaven
- George Stults, Kevin Kinkirk in 7th Heaven
- Jackie Swanson, actress, Kelly Gaines on Cheers
- William Talman, actor known for his role as D.A. Hamilton Burger on TV series Perry Mason
- Barbara Tarbuck, actress known as Lady Jane Jacks on General Hospital
- Leigh Taylor-Young, actress, Elaine Stevens on Sunset Beach, Rachel Welles on Peyton Place, and Kimberly Cryder on Dallas
- Ruth Taylor, actress from silent-film era, mother of Buck Henry
- Ray Teal, actor, sheriff on Bonanza; appeared in 250 movies and 90 television shows
- John E.L. Tenney, actor, host of reality-TV series Ghost Stalkers
- Ruth Terry, actress and singer featured in Hollywood films of 1940s
- Danny Thomas, actor, singer and comedian, known for TV series Make Room for Daddy
- Marlo Thomas, actress, known for TV series That Girl
- Hilary Thompson, actress
- Michael Tolan, actor
- James Tolkan, actor in films such as Back to the Future and Top Gun
- Lily Tomlin, actress and comedian, Tony Award winner for The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nominee for film Nashville
- Verne Troyer, actor known for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers film series
- Toni Trucks, actor, NCIS: New Orleans
- Tom Tyler, actor, films such as Stagecoach, Adventures of Captain Marvel, The Phantom
- Courtney B. Vance, Emmy and Tony-winning actor known as Ron Carver on NBC's Law & Order: Criminal Intent and as Johnnie Cochran on The People v O.J. Simpson
- Harvey Vernon, actor, Jasper DeWitt in the television series Carter Country
- Martha Vickers, actress in films such as The Big Sleep, Alimony, Ruthless
- Robert Wagner, actor known for TV series Hart to Hart and It Takes a Thief and films including The Pink Panther, The Towering Inferno and the Austin Powers trilogy
- Katherine Warren, actress, The Caine Mutiny, Jailhouse Rock
- Don Was, music producer and musician known for his work with Bob Dylan and a host of other veteran artists
- Cynthia Watros, actress, Libby Smith on Lost, Kellie Newmark on The Drew Carey Show, Erin Fitzpatrick on Titus, and Annie Dutton on Guiding Light
- Barry Watson, actor, Matt Camden on 7th Heaven and Todd on Samantha Who?
- David Wayne, actor in films like Adam's Rib and The Andromeda Strain and "Mad Hatter" on 1960s television series Batman
- Veronica Webb, model, actress and television personality
- Tom Welling, actor known as Clark Kent on the television series Smallville
- Billy West, cartoon voice-over actor, Stimpy in Ren and Stimpy
- Barbara Whiting, actress in such films as Fresh from Paris, City Across the River
- Grace Lee Whitney, actress, Yeoman Janice Rand on Star Trek: The Original Series
- Robin Williams, actor, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor winner for Good Will Hunting and star of TV series Mork & Mindy
- Blair Wingo, model, actress, and Christian spoken word artist
- John Witherspoon, actor, Pops on The Wayans Bros. and voice of Granddad on The Boondocks
- James Wolk, actor, Zach Cropper on The Crazy Ones and Bob Benson on Mad Men
- Max Wright, actor, known as father on ALF
- H.M. Wynant, actor
- Steven Yeun, actor, Glenn on The Walking Dead
- Dick York, actor known for films like Inherit the Wind and as original Darrin Stephens in television's Bewitched
- Dey Young, actress, Dr. Irene Shulman on Melrose Place
- Harrison Young, actor, elderly Private James Ryan in Saving Private Ryan
- Karen Ziemba, Tony Award-winning stage actress, singer, and dancer
- Kim Zimmer, actress, ''Guiding Light''