List of People From Ohio - Actors, Models, and Miscellaneous Performers

Actors, Models, and Miscellaneous Performers

  • Jake Abel (actor) (Canton)
  • Lola Albright (actor) (Akron)
  • Tom Aldredge (actor) (Dayton)
  • Louis Aldrich (actor) (unknown)
  • Corey Allen (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Catherine Bach (actor) (Warren)
  • Jim Backus (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Kaye Ballard (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Gerry Bamman (actor) (Toledo)
  • Lisa Banes (actor) (Chagrin Falls)
  • Theda Bara (actor) (Avondale)
  • Majel Barrett (actor) (Columbus)
  • Thom Barry (actor) (Cincinnati)
  • Richard Basehart (actor) (Zanesville)
  • Billy Bass (broadcaster) (Cleveland)
  • Vanessa Bayer (actor, comediene) (Cleveland)
  • Ned Bellamy (actor) (Dayton)
  • Halle Berry (actor, fashion model) (Cleveland)
  • Jonathan Bennett (actor) (Rossford)
  • David Birney (actor) (Cleveland)
  • John Bixler (actor) (Shaker Heights)
  • James R. Black (actor) (Lima)
  • Susan Blackwell (actor) (Dayton)
  • Nina Blackwood (veejay) (Cleveland)
  • Randy Blair (actor, writer) (Ironton)
  • Tina Bockrath (model) (Dayton)
  • J. Paul Boehmer (actor) (Dayton)
  • Mark Boone Junior (actor) (Cincinnati)
  • Andrea Bowen (actor) (Columbus)
  • Bill Boyd (actor)
  • Bob Braun (talk show host) (Cincinnati)
  • Thom Brennaman (sportscaster) (Cincinnati)
  • Richard Brooks (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Charles Brown (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Clancy Brown (actor) (Urbana)
  • Woody Brown (actor) (Dayton)
  • Yvette Nicole Brown (actor) (East Cleveland)
  • Jarrod Bunch (actor, ex-football player) (Ashtabula)
  • Michelle Burke (actor) (Defiance)
  • Brandy Burre (actor) (Sandusky)
  • Steve Burton (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Ralph Byrd (actor) (Dayton)
  • Marion Byron (actor) (Dayton)
  • Mary Katherine Campbell (Miss America 1922, 1923)
  • Drew Carey (actor, comedian) (Cleveland)
  • Rocky Carroll (actor) (Cincinnati)
  • Nancy Cartwright (voice performer) (Kettering/Dayton)
  • George Chakiris (actor) (Norwood)
  • Damian Chapa (actor) (Dayton)
  • Cullen Chambers (actor) (Lima)
  • Justin Chambers (actor) (Springfield)
  • Dave Chappelle (comedian, actor) (Yellow Springs)
  • Marguerite Clark (actor) (Avondale)
  • Mystro Clark (actor) (Dayton)
  • George Clooney (actor) (Cincinnati)
  • Ray Combs (game show host) (Hamilton)
  • Tim Conway (actor, comedian) (Willoughby)
  • Chuck Cooper (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Franklin Cover (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Laura Cover (model)
  • Yvonne Craig (actor) (Columbus)
  • Catalina Cruz (former fitness model turned porn star)
  • Beverly D'Angelo (actor) (Columbus)
  • Dorothy Dandridge (actor)
  • Frank Daniels (actor, Captain Jinks) (Dayton)
  • Duane Davis (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Doris Day (actor) (Cincinnati)
  • Carmella DeCesare (model) (Avon Lake)
  • Brooklyn Decker (model) (Kettering)
  • Ruby Dee (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Alana de la Garza (actor) (Columbus)
  • John Diehl (actor) (Cincinnati)
  • Phyllis Diller (actor, comedian) (Lima)
  • Jim Dine (painter, sculptor) (Cincinnati)
  • Phil Donahue (talk show host) (Cleveland/Dayton)
  • Brian Donlevy (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Mike Douglas (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Sue Downey (Miss USA 1965)
  • Hugh Downs (broadcaster) (Lima, Akron)
  • Keir Dullea (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Ryan Dunn (actor) (Medina)
  • Carmen Electra (model, actor) (Cincinnati/White Oak)
  • Joe Estevez (actor) (Dayton)
  • Angie Everhart (fashion model) (Akron)
  • Sean Faris (actor, model) (Parma)
  • Jamie Farr (actor) (Toledo)
  • Suzanne Farrell (dancer) (Cincinnati)
  • Susan Floyd (actor) (Cincinnati)
  • Joe Flynn (actor) (Youngstown)
  • Alan Freed (radio show host, namer of "Rock 'n Roll") (Cleveland)
  • Clark Gable (actor) (Cadiz)
  • Mike Gallagher (syndicated talk radio host) (Dayton)
  • Teri Garr (actor) (Lakewood)
  • Dorothy Gish (actor)
  • Lillian Gish (actor) (Springfield)
  • Carlin Glynn (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Dody Goodman (actor) (Columbus)
  • Maggie Grace (actor) (Columbus)
  • David Graf (actor) (Lancaster)
  • Joel Grey (actor, singer, dancer) (Cleveland)
  • Julie Hagerty (actor) (Cincinnati)
  • Kathryn Hahn (actor) (Cleveland Heights)
  • Arsenio Hall (comedian, talk show host, actor) (Cleveland)
  • Porter Hall (actor) (Cincinnati)
  • Margaret Hamilton (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Scott Hamilton (ice skater) (Bowling Green)
  • Dorian Harewood (actor) (Dayton)
  • Woody Harrelson (actor) (Lebanon)
  • Rachael Harris (actress/comedienne) (Worthington)
  • Steve Harvey (comedian/actor) (Cleveland)
  • Taylor Hayes (cheesecake model)
  • Patricia Heaton (actor) (Bay Village)
  • Anne Heche (actor) (Aurora)
  • Eileen Heckart (actor) (Columbus)
  • Tim Henson (Internet Microcelebrity) (Ashtabula)
  • Hugh Hewitt (radio talk show host) (Warren)
  • Tiffany Hines (actress, singer) (Cincinnati)
  • Michael Hitchcock (actor) (Defiance)
  • John Hockenberry (broadcaster) (Dayton)
  • Stephanie Hodge (actress) (Wilmington)
  • Hal Holbrook (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Lindsay Hollister (actress) (Columbus)
  • John Holmes (adult entertainment performer)(Ashville)
  • Katie Holmes (actor) (Toledo)
  • Bob Hope (comedian, actor) (Cleveland)
  • John Howard (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Terrence Howard (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Chrissie Hynde (musician) (Akron)
  • Dean Jagger (actor) (Columbus Grove)
  • Elsie Janis (actor) (Columbus)
  • Allison Janney (actor) (Dayton)
  • Ken Jenkins (actor) (Dayton)
  • Ron Jeremy (Porn Star) (Clintonville)
  • Toccara Elaine Jones (contestant on America's Next Top Model)(Dayton)
  • Gordon Jump (actor) (Dayton)
  • Carol Kane (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Melina Kanakaredes (actor) (Akron)
  • Michael Kent (comedian/magician) (Urbana)
  • Perry King (actor) (Alliance)
  • Scott Klace (actor) (Westerville)
  • Robert Knepper (actor in Prison Break)(Maumee)
  • Heather Kozar (model) (Akron)
  • Allie LaForce (Miss Teen USA 2005) (Vermilion)
  • Eric Lange (actor) (Hamilton)
  • A. J. Langer (actor) (Columbus)
  • Dick Latessa (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Joshua LeBar (actor) (Cincinnati)
  • Reggie Lee (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Rex Lee (actor) (Warren)
  • Hudson Leick (actor) (Cincinnati)
  • Braeden Lemasters (actor) (Warren)
  • Gloria LeRoy (actor) (Bucyrus)
  • Ted Levine (actor) (Parma)
  • Clea Lewis (actress) (Cleveland Heights)
  • Mitchell Lichtenstein (actor) (Cleveland)
  • John Lithgow (actor) (Yellow Springs)
  • Traci Lords (actress) (Steubenville)
  • Curtis Lovell II (escape artist) (Columbus)
  • Todd Louiso (actor) (Cincinnati)
  • Chad Lowe (actor) (Dayton)
  • Rob Lowe (actor) (Dayton)
  • Paul Lynde (actor) (Mount Vernon)
  • Mike Malloy (radio talk show host) (Toledo)
  • Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth (reality television star)(Youngstown)
  • Marie Masters (actor) (Cincinnati)
  • Dean Martin (actor) (Steubenville)
  • Jacquelyn Mayer (Miss America 1963) (Sandusky)
  • Diane McBain (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Gates McFadden (actor) (Cuyahoga Falls)
  • Maeve McGuire (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Eve McVeagh (actor) (Cincinnati)
  • Robin Meade (news anchor, Miss Ohio 1992) (New London)
  • Burgess Meredith (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Marilyn Meseke (Miss America 1938)
  • Mark Metcalf (actor) (Findlay)
  • W. Chrystie Miller (actor) (Dayton)
  • Walter Miller (actor) (Dayton)
  • Ryan Mitchell (actor)
  • David Monahan (actor) (North Olmsted)
  • Debra Monk (actor) (Middletown)
  • Greg Morris (actor) (Columbus)
  • Martin Mull (comedian, actor) (North Ridgeville)
  • John Newland (actor) (Cincinnati)
  • Paul Newman (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Stephen Nichols (actor) (Cincinnati)
  • Don Novello (comedian, actor) (Ashtabula)
  • Ed O'Neill (actor) (Youngstown)
  • Maila Nurmi, Vampira (actor) (Ashtabula)
  • Annie Oakley (markswoman) (Greenville)
  • Jack Paar (talk show host) (Canton)
  • Lawanda Page (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Adrianne Palicki (actor) (Toledo)
  • Eleanor Parker (actor) (Cedarville)
  • Sarah Jessica Parker (actor) (Cincinnati/Nelsonville)
  • Dan Patrick (sportscaster, talk show host) (Mason)
  • Robert Patrick (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Scott Paulin (actor) (Steubenville)
  • Austin Pendleton (actor) (Warren)
  • Ce Ce Peniston (model, Miss Black Arizona 1989) (Dayton)
  • Susan Perkins (Miss America 1978)
  • Max Perlich (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Luke Perry (actor) (Fredericktown)
  • James Pickens, Jr. (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Tom Poston (actor) (Columbus)
  • Monica Potter (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Mark Povinelli (actor) (Elyria)
  • Tyrone Power (actor) (Cincinnati)
  • Nicole Pulliam (actor) (Columbus)
  • Josh Radnor (actor) (Bexley)
  • Victor Raider-Wexler (actor) (Toledo)
  • Marge Redmond (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Sy Richardson (actor) (Cincinnati)
  • Gigi Rice (actor) (Westerville)
  • Raven Riley (adult entertainment performer)
  • Jess Robbins (actor) (Dayton)
  • Jenny Robertson (actor) (Cincinnati)
  • Roy Rogers (actor) (Cincinnati/Lucasville)
  • Ted Ross (actor) (Dayton)
  • Mike Rotch (porn star)
  • Alan Ruck (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Jeffrey D. Sams (actor) (Cincinnati)
  • Gary Sandy (actor) (Dayton)
  • Sherri Saum (actor) (Dayton)
  • Kim Seelbrede (Miss USA 1981)
  • Joe Seneca (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Molly Shannon (comedian) (Shaker Heights/Cleveland)
  • Martin Sheen (actor) (Dayton)
  • Victor Slezak (actor) (Youngstown)
  • Candace Smith (actress / model) (Dayton)
  • Mamie Smith (singer) (Cincinnati)
  • Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder (sports handicapper) (Steubenville)
  • Rich Sommer (actor) (Toledo)
  • Hal Sparks (actor) (Cincinnati)
  • Jerry Springer (television talk show host/former mayor of Cincinnati) (Cincinnati)
  • Dina Spybey (actor) (Columbus)
  • Jeff Staron (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Mark Stevens (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Shannon Niquette Stewart (model) (Franklin)
  • Alyson Stoner (actress/dancer) (Toledo)
  • Brandy Talore (porn star) (Toledo)
  • Amanda Tepe (actor) (Cincinnati)
  • Philip Michael Thomas (actor) (Columbus)
  • Andrea Thompson (model, broadcaster)
  • Howard Thurston (Magician/Illusionist) (Columbus)
  • Vera-Ellen (actress) (Norwood)
  • Daniel von Bargen (actor) (Cincinnati)
  • David Wain (comedian, actor) (Shaker Heights)
  • Lucille Ward (actor) (Dayton)
  • Ted Wass (actor) (Lakewood)
  • Jerry Wasserman (actor) (Cincinnati)
  • Jack Weston (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Lee Wilkof (actor) (Canton)
  • Fred Willard (actor) (Shaker Heights)
  • Katt Williams (comedian, actor) (Dayton)
  • De'Angelo Wilson (actor) (Dayton)
  • Wendy Barrie-Wilson (actress) (Loveland)
  • Debra Winger (actor) (Cleveland Heights)
  • Jonathan Winters (comedian, actor) (Dayton/Springfield)
  • Ray Wise (actor) (Akron)
  • Daniel Wisler (actor) (Fairfield)
  • Amy Yasbeck (actor) (Cincinnati)
  • Barrie Youngfellow (actor) (Cleveland)
  • Chad Zumock (comedian, radio personality) (Kent)
  • Mark Foster (singer/ band name= foster the people) (Cleveland)

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    The reason I’m in this business, I assume all performers are—it’s “Look at me, Ma!” It’s acceptance, you know—”Look at me, Ma, look at me, Ma, look at me, Ma.” And if your mother watches, you’ll show off till you’re exhausted; but if your mother goes, Ptshew!
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