Where would you like to start? Open mic at a comedy club? Charades and a room full of friends? Or does only your mom find you entertaining?

You have to be able to ‘Act out’ if you want to be in acting. Your confidence in your talent can’t be afraid of crowds or embarrassment; and most importantly you have to take your role seriously.

IF you’re doubting that little ole you from Texas could really be in the movie business? Take a look at the list of Texan celebrities below: 

(actors/producers/film support)

• F. Murray Abraham (born 1939), Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning actor
• Amy Acker (born 1976), actress
• Jensen Ackles (born 1978), actor Smallville, Supernatural
• Sunrise Adams (born 1982), actress
• Kevin Alejandro (born 1976), actor
• Richard Alexander (1902–1989), actor
• Debbie Allen (born 1950), actress, choreographer, director, producer
• Joshua Allen (born 1989), dancer, 2008 winner of So You Think You Can Dance
• Krista Allen (born 1971), actress
• Marshall Allman (born 1984), actor, Prison Break, True Blood
• John A. Alonzo (1934–2001), cinematographer
• René Alvarado (born 1979), actor
• Audrey Marie Anderson (born 1975), actress, Kim Brown on The Unit
• Wes Anderson (born 1969), director Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums
• Dana Andrews (1909–1992), actor
• Andrew Arbuckle (1887–1938), actor
• Macklyn Arbuckle (1866–1931), actor
• Michael Arden (born 1982), actor
• Melissa Archer born 1979, actress
• Kelly Asbury (born 1960), story artist, director, writer, Shrek 2
• Karan Ashley (born 1978), actress
• Frank Ashmore (born 1945), actor
• Tex Avery (1908–1980), animator, cartoonist, director
• G. W. Bailey (born 1944), actor
• Joe Don Baker (born 1936), actor
• Kathy Baker (born 1950), Emmy-winning actress, Picket Fences, Boston Public
• Paul Baker (1911–2009), actor, director, educator; founded Dallas Theater Center
• Greg Baldwin (born 1960), actor, Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Taylor Ball (born 1987), actor
• Reginald Ballard (born 1965), character actor, comedian, The Bernie Mac Show, Martin
• Bob Banner (1921–2011), television producer, writer, director
• Matt Barr (born 1984), actor
• Barbara Barrie (born 1931), actress, Suddenly Susan, Barney Miller, Double Trouble
• Skye McCole Bartusiak (born 1992), teen actress
• Texas Battle (born 1980), actor, Marcus Walton on The Bold and the Beautiful
• Jim Beaver (born 1950), actor, Ellsworth on Deadwood
• Madge Bellamy (1899–1990), actress
• Crystal Bernard (born 1961), actress and singer
• Angela Bettis (born 1973), actress
• Nicole Bilderback (born 1975), actress
• Francelia Billington (1895–1934), actress in silent films
• Gil Birmingham (born 1966), actor, Billy Black in the The Twilight Saga
• Dustin Lance Black (born 1979), Academy Award-winning screenwriter, director, producer
• Alexis Bledel (born 1981), actress, starred in Gilmore Girls
• Dan Blocker (1928–1972), actor “Hoss Cartwright” on Bonanza
• Joan Blondell (1906–1979), actress
• Don Bluth (born 1937), animator, studio owner, An American Tail, The Land Before Time
• Larry Blyden (1925–1975), actor, game-show host
• John Boles (1895–1969), actor
• Matthew Bomer (born 1977), actor, Tru Calling
• Powers Boothe (born 1949), actor, Cy Tolliver on Deadwood
• Jesse Borrego (born 1962), actor, Fame, 24, Dexter
• Michael Bowen (born 1953), actor
• Rob Bowman (born 1960), film and television director, The X-Files, Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Lombardo Boyar (born 1973), actor, The Bernie Mac Show
• Richard Bradford (born 1937), actor, Man in a Suitcase
• Abby Brammell (born 1979), actress, Tiffy Gerhardt on The Unit
• Mary Brian (1906–2002), actress
• Larry Buchanan (1923–2004), film director, producer, writer
• Samantha Buck (born 1974), actress
• Betty Buckley (born 1947), actress, singer
• Norman Buckley (born 1955), television director and editor
• Carol Burnett (born 1933), actress, comedian, singer, writer The Carol Burnett Show
• Brooke Burns (born 1978), actress, model
• Marilyn Burns (born 1950), actress, starred in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
• Wendell Burton (born 1947), actor
• Gary Busey (born 1944), actor
• Bill Camfield (1929–1991), radio-TV host, writer, comedian
• Kate Capshaw (born 1953), actress, married to Steven Spielberg
• Gina Carano (born 1982), actress, television personality, mixed martial arts fighter
• Edwin Carewe (1883–1940), film director, actor, producer, writer
• Allen Case (1934–1986), actor, singer
• Don Castle (1917–1966), actor
• Duane Lee Chapman, II (born 1973), Dog the Bounty Hunter
• Leland Chapman (born 1976), Dog the Bounty Hunter
• Cyd Charisse (1922–2008), actress, dancer
• Ricardo Chavira (born 1971), actor, “Carlos Solis” on Desperate Housewives
• Lois Chiles (born 1947), actress, model
• Cindy Chiu (born 1984), actress
• Thomas Haden Church (born 1961), Academy Award-nominated actor
• Victoria Clark (born 1959), Tony Award-winning actress, singer
• Taylor Cole (born 1984), actress/model, Summerland, The Event
• Dabney Coleman (born 1932), actor
• Jessica Collins (born 1983), actress, Maggie on Rubicon
• Lynn Collins (born 1979), actress, X-Men Origins: Wolverine
• Marcus Collins (born 1974), actor, singer
• Shanna Collins (born 1983), actress, Swingtown
• Merrill Connally (1921–2001), actor and former county judge
• Kevin Cooney (born 1945), actor
• Chris Cooper (born 1951), Oscar-winning actor, Seabiscuit, The Bourne Identity, The Patriot
• Barry Corbin (born 1940), actor
• Allen Coulter, film and television director, The Sopranos
• Chace Crawford (born 1985), actor
• Joan Crawford (1908–1977), actress
• Catherine Crier (born 1954), TV personality, former district court judge
• Kathryn Crosby (born 1933), actress
• Brett Cullen (born 1956), actor, The Young Riders, Legacy, Ghost Rider
• Erin Cummings (born 1977), actress, Detroit 1-8-7
• Bonnie Curtis (born 1966), film producer
• Bebe Daniels (1901–1971), actress, singer, dancer, writer, producer
• Linda Darnell (1923–1965), actress
• Jim Dauterive (born 1957), producer and writer, King of the Hill
• Madison Davenport (born 1996), actress
• Eddie Dean (1907–1999), singer, songwriter, and actor
• Lezlie Deane (born 1964), actress, singer
• Marjorie Deanne (1917–1994), actress, first winner of Miss Texas pageant
• Alana de la Garza (born 1976), actress, Law & Order, CSI: Miami, The Mountain
• Kaitlyn Dever (born 1996), teen actress, Last Man Standing, Justified
• Loretta Devine (born 1949), actress
• Dorothy Devore (1899–1976), actress, comedian
• Jenna Dewan (born 1980), actress, star of Step Up and Take the Lead
• Elliott Dexter (1870–1941), actor
• Shae D’Lyn (born 1962), actress, Dharma and Greg
• Frank Q. Dobbs (born 1939), screenwriter-director-producer
• Chris Donahue (born 1958), Academy Award-winning film producer
• Colby Donaldson (born 1974), actor
• Michael Dorn (born 1952), star of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• Haylie Duff (born 1985), actress
• Hilary Duff (born 1987), actress, singer
• Karen Dufilho-Rosen (born 1968), Academy Award-winning film producer
• Josh Duhon (born 1982), actor, Logan Hayes on General Hospital
• Sandy Duncan (born 1946), actress, singer
• Kenton Duty (born 1995), teen actor, Shake It Up, Ctrl
• Shelley Duvall (born 1949), actress, played Olive Oyl in the film Popeye
• George Eads (born 1967), actor, plays Nick Stokes in the TV series CSI
• Greg Edmonson, music composer for television, movies and video games, King of the Hill, Firefly
• Shannon Elizabeth (born 1973), actress
• Chris Ellis (born 1956), actor
• Ron Ely (born 1938), actor Tarzan
• Molly Erdman (born 1974), actress
• Bill Erwin (1914–2010), character actor
• Dale Evans (1912–2001), actress, singer-songwriter, married to Roy Rogers
• Morgan Fairchild (born 1950), actress in the Dallas TV series – one of three actresses who played the character “Jenna Wade”
• Parisa Fakhri (born 1975), voice actress, Dragon Ball GT, Fruits Basket
• Amy Farrington (born 1966), actress
• Farrah Fawcett (1947–2009), actress
• Katie Featherston (born 1982), actress, Paranormal Activity
• Jay R. Ferguson (born 1974), actor
• Tyra Ferrell (born 1962), actress, The Cape, City, The Bronx Zoo
• Miles Fisher (born 1983), actor
• Sean Patrick Flanery (born 1965), actor
• Horton Foote (1916–2009), two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter
• Michelle Forbes (born 1965), actress, Homicide: Life on the Street, 24, True Blood
• Tom Forman (1893–1926), actor, writer, producer
• Steve Forrest (born 1924), actor
• Robert Foxworth (born 1941), actor
• Jamie Foxx (born 1967) Academy Award-winning actor
• James Frawley (born 1937), director, actor, producer
• Al Freeman, Jr. (born 1934), actor, director
• Jennifer Garner (born 1972), actress, star of Alias
• Joy Garrett (1945–1993), actress, singer
• Greer Garson (1904–1996), actress
• Nancy Gates (born 1926), actress
• Lynda Day George (born 1944), actress
• Richard Gilliland (born 1950), actor
• Peri Gilpin (born 1961), actress
• Michael Gladis (born 1977), actor, Mad Men, Eagleheart
• Lesli Linka Glatter (borm 1953), film director
• Summer Glau (born 1981), dancer & actress Firefly
• Dale Godboldo (born 1975), actor
• Renee Elise Goldsberry (born 1971), actress, singer-songwriter
• Mike Gomez (born 1951), actor
• Selena Gomez (born 1992), actress and singer, formed the band Selena Gomez & The Scene,
• Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez (1925–2006), character actor
• Jill Goodacre (born 1965), actress, model
• Brea Grant (born 1981), actress, Daphne Millbrook on Heroes
• Teresa Graves (1948–2002), actress
• David Gordon Green (born 1975), filmmaker
• Nan Grey (1918–1993), actress
• Corinne Griffith (1894–1979), actress
• Kristin Griffith (born 1953), actress
• Texas Guinan (1884–1933), actress, singer, entrepreneur
• Anne Gwynne (1918–2003), actress
• Tommy Habeeb (born 1958), actor, writer, producer
• Sara Haden (1899–1981), actress
• Reed Hadley (1911–1974), actor
• Sarah Hagan (born 1984), actress
• Emily Hagins (born 1992), film producer, writer, editor, director
• Larry Hagman (born 1931), actor, son of actress Mary Martin
• Monte Hale (1919–2009), actor, country singer
• Jackie Earle Haley (born 1961), actor
• Bug Hall (born 1985), actor
• Irma P. Hall (born 1935), actress
• James Hall (1900–1940), actor
• Jerry Hall (born 1956), model, actress, former wife of Mick Jagger
• Hope Hampton (1897–1982), actress in silent films
• John Lee Hancock (born 1956), film director, The Blind Side
• Marcy Hanson (born 1952), actress, Playboy model
• Melora Hardin (born 1967), actress
• Ann Harding (1903–1981), actress
• Catherine Hardwicke (born 1955), film director, Twilight
• Mark Harelik (born 1951), actor, playwright
• Angie Harmon (born 1972), actress, Abbie Carmichael on Law & Order
• James N. Harrell (1918–2000), actor
• Woody Harrelson (born 1961), actor
• Laura Harring (born 1964), actress
• Fran Harris (born 1965), television host, life coach, professional basketball player
• Harriet Sansom Harris (born 1955), actress, Desperate Housewives, Frasier, It’s All Relative, The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
• Chris Harrison (born 1971), television announcer
• James V. Hart (born 1960), screenwriter
• Lisa Hartman-Black (born 1956), actress
• Ethan Hawke (born 1970), actor
• John Hawkes (born 1959), actor
• Brad Hawkins (born 1976 ), actor, VR Troopers
• Jerry Haynes (1927–2011), actor, children’s television host
• Amber Heard (born 1986), actress
• Katherine Helmond (born 1928), actress
• Logan Henderson (born 1989), actor and singer
• Stephen Herek (born 1958), film director, 101 Dalmatians
• Jennifer Love Hewitt (born 1979), actress
• Tamara Hext (born 1963), actress, winner of Miss Texas pageant
• John Benjamin Hickey (born 1963), actor, It’s All Relative, The Big C
• John Hillerman (born 1932), actor, played the English Major domo “Higgins” on Magnum, P.I.
• Jordan Hinson (born 1991), actress
• Gregory Hoblit (born 1944), television and film director
• Tommy Hollis (1954–2001), actor
• Tobe Hooper (born 1943), director The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Poltergeist, ‘Salem’s Lot
• William Hootkins (1948–2005), actor, Batman, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars
• Lee Horsley (born 1955), actor
• Larry Hovis (1936–2003), actor
• Susan Howard, born in Marshall, Texas, longtime actress in the Dallas TV series
• Gayle Hunnicutt (born 1943), actress
• Martha Hyer (born 1924), actress
• Judith Ivey (born 1951), actress, director
• John M. Jackson (born 1950), actor, Rear Admiral A. J. Chegwidden on JAG
• Dorothy Janis (1912–2010), actress in silent films
• Annalee Jefferies (born 1954), actress
• Chane’t Johnson (1976–2010), actress
• Sandy Johnson (born 1954), actress, model
• Joe Johnston (born 1950), film director, Jumanji, Jurassic Park III, Captain America: The First Avenger
• Nick Jonas (born 1992), singer, actor
• Alex Jones (born 1974), radio host, television host, film producer
• Angus T. Jones, actor, Jake Harper on Two and a Half Men
• Ashley Jones (born 1976), actress, The Bold and the Beautiful, The Young and the Restless
• Carolyn Jones (1929–1983), actress, Morticia Addams on The Addams Family
• Dick Jones (born 1927), actor
• Jill Marie Jones (born 1975), actress, Girlfriends, Gillian in Georgia
• L.Q. Jones (born 1927), actor, originally from Beaumont
• Margo Jones (1911–1955), theatre founder and director
• Mickey Jones (born 1941), actor, musician, Home Improvement, Flo
• Preston Jones (1936–1979), playwright, actor, director
• Preston Jones (born 1983), actor
• Tommy Lee Jones (born 1946), actor
• Mike Judge (born 1962), producer, animator and actor
• Joseph Kahn (born 1972), music video, advertising, and feature film director
• Christian Kane (born 1974), actor, singer, played “Lindsay” on Angel, Close to Home
• Lyle Kanouse (born 1952), actor
• Allison Keith (born 1974), actor, voice actor
• Evelyn Keyes (1916–2008), actress
• Callie Khouri (born 1957), screenwriter, director
• Guy Kibbee (1882–1956), actor
• Charles King (1895–1957), actor
• Berry Kroeger (1912–1991), actor
• Eric Ladin (born 1978), actor, The Killing
• Christine Lakin (born 1979), actress, Step by Step, Valentine’s Day
• Paul Lambert (1922–1997), actor
• Brooke Langton (born 1970), actress
• Jody Lawrance (1930–1986), actress
• Sheryl Leach (born 1952), creator of children’s programming (Barney & Friends)
• Katie Leclerc (born 1986), actress
• Ruta Lee (born 1936), actress^[3]
• Brad Leland (born 1954), actor, Friday Night Lights
• Linda Leonard (born 1956), actress
• Liana Liberato (born 1995), teen actress
• Richard Linklater (born 1961), director Slacker, Dazed and Confused, Before Sunrise, School of Rock, A Scanner Darkly
• Cody Linley (born 1989), actor, rapper, singer
• Lucien Littlefield (1895–1960), actor in silent films
• Jacqueline Logan (1901–1983), actress in silent films
• Joshua Logan (1908–1988), stage and film director
• Eva Longoria (born 1975), actress
• Trini Lopez (born 1937), actor, pop musician
• Demi Lovato (born 1992), singer, actress, known actress in Disney.
• Bessie Love (1898–1986), actress
• Deirdre Lovejoy (born 1962), actress, Rhonda Pearlman on The Wire
• Baruch Lumet (1898–1992), theatre actor, director, teacher
• Donald MacDonald (1898–1959), actor
• Peter MacNicol (born 1954), Emmy-winning actor
• Martha Madison (born 1977), actress
• Terrence Malick (born 1943), director Badlands, Days of Heaven
• Kym Malin (born 1962), actress, model
• Irlene Mandrell (born 1956), actress, model
• Stephanie March (born 1974), actress
• Amelia Marshall (born 1958), actress
• Mary Martin (1913–1990), actress, mother of actor Larry Hagman
• Margo Martindale (born 1951), actress, The Riches, 100 Centre Street, Mercy
• Kimberly Matula (born 1988), actress
• Tim McCanlies (born 1963) screenwriter, director
• Matthew McConaughey (born 1969), actor
• Carolyn McCormick (born 1959), actress, Dr. Liz Olivet on Law & Order
• Jake McDorman (born 1986), actor
• George McFarland (1928–1993), actor played “Spanky” in the Our Gang comedies, AKA The Little Rascals
• Bruce McGill (born 1950), actor
• Jay McGraw (born 1979), television producer and executive producer, author
• Benjamin McKenzie (born 1978), actor The O.C.
• Alex McLeod (born 1968), actress
• Terrence McNally (born 1939), playwright
• William McNamara (born 1965), actor
• Leighton Meester (born 1986), actress
• Liz Mikel (born 1963), actress, singer
• Ann Miller (1923–2004), actress, dancer
• Billy Miller (born 1979), actor, The Young and the Restless, All My Children
• Carl Miller (1893–1979), actor
• Logan Miller (born 1992), actor, musician
• Valarie Rae Miller (born 1974), actress
• Don Mischer (born 1940), television producer, director
• Elizabeth Mitchell (born 1970), actress, Lost, V, ER
• Tom Mix (1880–1940), actor
• Roger Mobley (born 1949), child actor, Christian pastor
• Belita Moreno (born 1949), actress
• Allen R. Morris (born 1954), Emmy Award winning producer/director/writer
• Glenn Morshower (born 1959), actor, Agent Aaron Pierce on 24
• Michael Muhney (born 1975), actor
• Marc Musso (born 1995), actor
• Mitchel Musso (born 1991), actor, singer, musician
• Megan Mylan (born 1969), Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker
• Jack Nance (1943–1996), actor
• Edwin Neal (born 1945), actor
• Tracey Needham (born 1967), actress, Life Goes On, JAG, The Division
• Pola Negri (1897–1987), actress
• Austin Nichols (born 1980), actor, Julian Baker on One Tree Hill
• Derek Lee Nixon (born 1983), actor
• James Noble (born 1922), actor, Benson
• Chuck Norris actor
• Renee O’Connor (born 1971) actress
• Ty O’Neal (born 1978), actor
• Annette O’Toole (born 1955), dancer, actress
• Lee Pace (born 1979), actor
• Jared Padalecki (born 1982), actor, Gilmore Girls, Supernatural
• Kay Panabaker (born 1990), television actress
• Suzy Parker (1932–2003), actress, model
• Taylor Parks (born 1993), actress
• Hunter Parrish (born 1987), actor, Weeds
• Jim Parsons (born 1973), Emmy Award-winning actor, The Big Bang Theory
• Paul A. Partain (1946–2005), actor
• Bill Paxton (born 1955), actor Titanic
• Evelyn Peirce (1908–1960), actress
• Eagle Pennell (1952–2002), film director
• Valerie Perrine (born 1943), actress
• Lou Perryman (1941–2009), actor
• Madison Pettis (born 1998), actress
• Cindy Pickett (born 1947), actress
• Arthur C. Pierce (1923–1987), screenwriter, film director
• Mary Kay Place (born 1947), actress, singer, co-starred in Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
• Ann Prentiss (1939–2010), actress
• Paula Prentiss (born 1938), actress
• Missi Pyle (born 1972), actress, singer, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, DodgeBall
• Dennis Quaid (born 1954), actor
• Randy Quaid (born 1950), actor
• Kevin Rahm (born 1971), actor, Judging Amy, Desperate Housewives, Jesse
• Haley Ramm (born 1992), actress
• Phylicia Rashād (born 1948), actress
• Jackson Rathbone (born 1984), actor, musician
• Allene Ray (1901–1979), actress
• Debbie Reynolds (born 1932), actress, mother of Carrie Fisher
• Kevin Reynolds (born 1952), screenwriter, director, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Red Dawn
• Patricia Richardson (born 1951), actress, Jill Taylor on Home Improvement
• Noah Ringer (born 1998), actor
• Emilio Rivera (born 1961), actor, Marcus Álvarez on Sons of Anarchy
• Rudy Robbins (born 1933), actor, screenwriter, stuntman, Western singer-songwriter
• Dallas Roberts (born 1970), actor
• James Roday (born 1976), actor
• Gene Roddenberry (1921–1991), Star Trek creator, writer, director, producer
• Michelle Rodriguez (born 1978), actress, Lost
• Raini Rodriguez (born 1993), actress, Paul Blart: Mall Cop
• Rico Rodriguez (born 1998), teen actor, Modern Family
• Robert Rodriguez (born 1968), director, producer, writer, composer
• Henry Roquemore (1886–1943), actor
• Thomas Rosales, Jr. (born 1948), stunt man
• Ross Sisters, Betsy (born 1926), Vickie (born 1927), and Dixie (1929–1963), Broadway singers, dancers, contortionists
• Debby Ryan (born 1993), actress, singer, voice actress
• Irene Ryan (1902–1973), actress “Granny” on The Beverly Hillbillies
• Melissa Rycroft (born 1983), reality television contestant
• Mark Salling (born 1982), actor
• Ajai Sanders (born 1967), actress, comedian
• Jay O. Sanders (born 1953), character actor, Crime Story, AfterMASH, The Day After Tomorrow
• John Phillip Santos (born 1957), filmmaker, producer, journalist, author
• August Schellenberg (born 1936), actor
• Robert Schenkkan (born 1953), actor, playwright, screenwriter
• Thomas Schlamme (born 1950), producer, director
• Julian Schnabel (born 1951), award-winning film director, visual artist
• Maïté Schwartz (born 1979), actress
• Tracy Scoggins (born 1953), actress, The Colbys, Lois & Clark, Babylon 5
• Kimberly Scott (born 1961), actress
• Zachary Scott (1914–1965), actor
• Edward Sedgwick (1892–1953), film director, writer, actor, producer
• Eileen Sedgwick (1898–1991), actress in silent films
• Joan Severance (born 1958), actress, model
• Sarah Shahi (born 1980), actress, Life, The L Word
• Molly Louise Shepard (born 1960), playwright, screenwriter
• Ann Sheridan (1915–1967), actress
• Jim Siedow (1920-2003), actor
• Lori Singer (born 1957), actress, model, classical musician
• Marc Singer (born 1948), actor, Michael Donovan on V: The Original Miniseries, V: The Final Battle, and V: The Series
• J. Mack Slaughter, Jr. (born 1983), actor
• Jaclyn Smith (born 1947), actress, starred in Charlie’s Angels
• Kimberly Kay Smith (born 1983), model, actress
• Eve Southern (1898–1972), actress
• Sissy Spacek (born 1949), actress, cousin of Rip Torn
• Merrie Spaeth (born 1948), child and teen actress; now a business and political consultant and educator
• Aaron Spelling (1923–2006), TV producer
• Georgina Spelvin (born 1936), actress
• Brent Spiner (born 1949), actor, star of Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Andy Stahl (born 1952), actor, The Client, The Patriot, The Blind Side
• Nick Stahl (born 1979), actor
• Jimmy Starr (1904–1991), screenwriter, columnist
• Jack Starrett (1936–1989), actor, director
• Sonny Ray Stolz (born 1946), radio/public events announcer Won statewide competition as ‘Big Tex’ State Fair of Texas
• Jennifer Stone (born 1993), actress
• Matt Stone (born 1971), animator, voice actor, cocreator of South Park with Trey Parker
• Gale Storm (1922–2009), actress, singer
• Sherry Stringfield (born 1967), actress
• David Sullivan (born 1977), actor
• Allison Sumrall (born 1979), voice actress
• Patrick Swayze (1952–2009), actor
• Clarence Swensen (1917–2009), actor
• Francie Swift (born 1968), actress, Gossip Girl
• Ralph Tabakin (1921–2001), actor, Homicide: Life on the Street
• Sharon Tate (1943–1969), actress
• Buck Taylor (born 1938), actor, artist, rancher in Fort Worth
• Jacqueline Taylor (born 1985), actress, Broadway/cabaret singer
• Regina Taylor (born 1960), actress, Molly Blane on The Unit; playwright
• Ron Taylor (1952–2002), actor
• Henry Thomas (born 1971), actor E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, musician
• Jay Thomas (born 1948), actor
• Tiffany Thornton (born 1986), actress
• Stephen Tobolowsky (born 1951), actor, Bob Bishop on Heroes
• Rip Torn (born 1931), actor, cousin of Sissy Spacek
• Stacey Travis (born 1964), actress
• Jesús Salvador Treviño (born 1946), television director
• Alan Tudyk (born 1971), actor
• Tommy Tune (born 1939), Broadway director, choreographer
• Paola Turbay (born 1970), actress, model, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Cane
• Karri Turner (born 1966), actress
• Michael Urie (born 1980), actor Ugly Betty
• Conrad Vernon (born 1968), voice actor, writer, director, the Shrek movies, the Madagascar movies, Monsters vs. Aliens
• Florence Vidor (1895–1977), actress
• King Vidor (1894–1982), film director, producer
• Tom Virtue (born 1957), actor, Even Stevens, Blades of Glory
• Charlotte Walker (1876–1958), actress
• Helen Wagner (1918–2010), actress, played Nancy Hughes on As the World Turns for 54 years
• Isaiah Washington (born 1963), actor, Dr. Preston Burke on Grey’s Anatomy
• Barry Watson (born 1974), actor
• Ann Wedgeworth (born 1935), actress, Lana on Three’s Company
• Peter Weller (born 1947), actor
• Lisa Whelchel (born 1963), actress, author
• Forest Whitaker (born 1961), actor
• Johnny Whitworth (born 1975), actor, CSI: Miami
• Guinn Williams (1899–1962), actor
• JoBeth Williams (born 1948), actress
• Van Williams (born 1934), actor
• Noble Willingham (1931–2004), actor, Walker, Texas Ranger
• Chill Wills (1903–1978), actor, singer
• Andrew Wilson (born 1964), actor
• Chandra Wilson (born 1969), actress, Miranda Bailey on Grey’s Anatomy
• Dooley Wilson (1886–1953), actor, singer, played “Sam” in Casablanca
• Luke Wilson (born 1971), actor
• Owen Wilson (born 1968), actor
• Trey Wilson (1948–1989), actor
• William D. Wittliff (born 1940), screenwriter, author, photographer
• Morgan Woodward (born 1925), actor, Dallas, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Gunsmoke
• Doug Wright (born 1962), Pulitzer Prize– and Tony Award-winning playwright, screenwriter
• Robin Wright Penn (born 1966), actress, married to Sean Penn
• Jack Wyatt (1917–2008), host of ABC‘s Confession (1958–1959), videotaped in Dallas; later an Episcopalian priest in Rockport, Texas
• Natalie Zea (born 1975), actress, Justified, Dirty Sexy Money
• Nora Zehetner (born 1981), actress
• Renée Zellweger (born 1969), actress

Famous Texas Comedians

• Rodney Carrington (born 1968), comedian
• White Chocolate (born 1969), BET Comic View
• Jeff Dunham (born 1962), ventriloquist, stand-up comedian
• Jade Esteban Estrada (born 1975), comedian, actor
• Bill Engvall (born 1957), comedian, actor
• Jack Handey (born 1949), writer for Saturday Night Live
• Bill Hicks (1961–1994), comedian
• Steve Martin (born 1945), comedian, actor
• Grady Nutt (1934–1982), humorist, Baptist minister
• Iliza Shlesinger (born 1983), comedian
• Shuckey Duckey (Cecil Armstrong) (born 1956), comedian, circus ringmaster
• Greg Travis, actor, stand-up comedian
• Paul Varghese, comedian
• Stephnie Weir, comedian, actress, MADtv
• Ron White (born 1956), comedian, actor