Partial list of politicians who also worked as actors:

USA

• Sonny Bono (U.S. Representative, California)
• Shirley Temple Black (U.S. diplomat)
• Clint Eastwood (Mayor of Carmel, California)
• Helen Gahagan (U.S. Representative, California)
• Fred Grandy (U.S. Representative, Iowa)
• Nancy Kulp (Democratic nominee for U.S. House of Representatives, ultimately unsuccessful)
• George Murphy (U.S. Senator, California)
• Ronald Reagan (Governor of California, U.S. President)
• Arnold Schwarzenegger (Governor of California)
• Fred Thompson (U.S. Senator)
• Jesse Ventura (Governor of Minnesota)

UK

• Michael Cashman (UK MEP)
• Glenda Jackson (UK Labour MP)

India

• Amitabh Bachchan (MP)
• Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh)