Film, Theater and Television Stars of Texas:
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- F. Murray Abraham (born 1939), Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning actor
- Candice Accola (born 1987), actress best known as Caroline Forbes on The Vampire Diaries
- Amy Acker (born 1976), actress
- Jensen Ackles (born 1978), actor, Smallville, Supernatural
- Sunrise Adams (born 1982), actress
- Norman Alden (1924–2012), actor
- 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, The Best Years of Our Lives, Laura
- 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
- Lorri Bagley (born 1973), actress, model, Veronica's Closet, Ice Age
- G. W. Bailey (born 1944), actor, M*A*S*H, Police Academy
- Joe Don Baker (born 1936), actor, Charley Varrick, Walking Tall
- 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 (1992–2014), 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, TV series Wings
- 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), Oscar-nominated actress
- Don Bluth (born 1937), animator, studio owner, An American Tail, The Land Before Time
- Larry Blyden (1925–1975), actor, game-show host
- Spencer Boldman (born 1992), actor
- John Boles (1895–1969), actor
- Matthew Bomer (born 1977), actor, Tru Calling, White Collar
- Powers Boothe (born 1949), actor, Deadwood, Tombstone, Southern Comfort
- Jesse Borrego (born 1962), actor, Fame, 24, Dexter
- Michael Bowen (born 1953), actor, Jackie Brown, Magnolia, Lost
- 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, The Untouchables
- Abby Brammell (born 1979), actress, Tiffy Gerhardt on The Unit
- Eve Brent (1929–2011), actress
- Mary Brian (1906–2002), actress
- Tammie Brown (born 1980), actor, drag queen, musician
- Larry Buchanan (1923–2004), film director, producer, writer
- Samantha Buck (born 1974), actress, Law & Order Criminal Intent
- Betty Buckley (born 1947), film and Tony Award-winning stage actress, singer
- Norman Buckley (born 1955), television director and editor
- Carol Burnett (born 1933), actress, comedian, The Carol Burnett Show
- Brooke Burns (born 1978), actress, model
- Marilyn Burns (1949–2014), actress, starred in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
- Wendell Burton (born 1947), actor, The Sterile Cuckoo
- Gary Busey (born 1944), Oscar-nominated actor, The Buddy Holly Story, Under Siege
- 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
- Thomas Carter (born 1953), director, actor
- Allen Case (1934–1986), actor, singer
- Don Castle (1917–1966), actor
- Darlene Cates (born 1947), actress
- Duane Lee Chapman, II (born 1973), Dog the Bounty Hunter
- Leland Chapman (born 1976), Dog the Bounty Hunter
- Cyd Charisse (1922–2008), actress, dancer, Singin' in the Rain, The Band Wagon
- Ricardo Chavira (born 1971), actor, "Carlos Solis" on Desperate Housewives
- Lois Chiles (born 1947), actress, model, Moonraker, The Great Gatsby, Broadcast News
- Cindy Chiu (born 1984), actress
- Thomas Haden Church (born 1961), Oscar-nominated actor, Sideways, Spider-Man 3, All About Steve
- Victoria Clark (born 1959), Tony Award-winning actress, singer
- Taylor Cole (born 1984), actress/model, Summerland, The Event
- Dabney Coleman (born 1932), actor, Buffalo Bill, 9 to 5, The Towering Inferno, Tootsie
- 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, brother of John B. Connally
- Kevin Cooney (born 1945), actor
- Chris Cooper (born 1951), Oscar-winning actor, Adaptation, Seabiscuit, The Bourne Identity, The Patriot, The Muppets
- Barry Corbin (born 1940), actor, Urban Cowboy, Nothing in Common, Who's Harry Crumb?
- Alex Cord (born 1933), actor, Airwolf, rancher
- Allen Coulter, film and television director, The Sopranos
- Chace Crawford (born 1985), actor
- Joan Crawford (1908–1977), Oscar-winning actress, Mildred Pierce, Johnny Guitar, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
- Catherine Crier (born 1954), TV personality, judge
- Kathryn Crosby (born 1933), actress, Anatomy of a Murder, wife of Bing Crosby
- 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, Forever Amber, A Letter to Three Wives
- 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
- Bob Denver (1935–2005), actor, played Maynard G. Krebs in Dobie Gillis and title role in Gilligan's Island
- Elizabeth De Razzo (born 1980), actress, Maria on Eastbound & Down
- Kaitlyn Dever (born 1996), teen actress, Last Man Standing, Justified
- Loretta Devine (born 1949), actress, Waiting to Exhale, Grey's Anatomy
- 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, The Sandy Duncan Show, The Hogan Family
- Kenton Duty (born 1995), teen actor, Shake It Up, Ctrl
- Shelley Duvall (born 1949), actress, The Shining, Annie Hall, Olive Oyl in film Popeye
- George Eads (born 1967), actor, plays Nick Stokes in TV series CSI
- Greg Edmonson, music composer for television, movies and video games, King of the Hill, Firefly
- Shannon Elizabeth (born 1973), actress, American Pie
- 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 Dallas TV series (one of three actresses to play character "Jenna Wade") and Flamingo Road
- Parisa Fakhri (born 1975), voice actress, Dragon Ball GT, Fruits Basket
- Amy Farrington (born 1966), actress
- Farrah Fawcett (1947–2009), actress and artist, Charlie's Angels, The Burning Bed, Extremities, The Apostle
- Katie Featherston (born 1982), actress, Paranormal Activity
- Jay R. Ferguson (born 1974), actor
- Rosita Fernandez (1919–2006), actress, pop singer
- Tyra Ferrell (born 1962), actress, The Cape, City, The Bronx Zoo
- Margaret Field (1922–2011), actress, mother of actress Sally Field
- Miles Fisher (born 1983), actor
- Sean Patrick Flanery (born 1965), actor, The Boondock Saints
- 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, So Big, Mommie Dearest, North Dallas Forty
- Robert Foxworth (born 1941), actor, Falcon Crest, Six Feet Under
- Jamie Foxx (born 1967) Academy Award-winning actor, Ray, Any Given Sunday, Django Unchained
- James Frawley (born 1937), director, actor, producer
- Al Freeman, Jr. (1934–2012), actor, director, Finian's Rainbow, Malcolm X
- Robert Fuller (born 1933), actor, rancher
- Chris Furrh (born 1974), actor
- Jennifer Garner (born 1972), actress, 13 Going on 30, Dallas Buyers Club, Draft Day, TV series Alias
- Joy Garrett (1945–1993), actress, singer
- Greer Garson (1904–1996), Academy Award-winning actress
- Nancy Gates (born 1926), actress
- Lynda Day George (born 1944), actress, TV series Mission: Impossible
- Richard Gilliland (born 1950), actor
- Peri Gilpin (born 1961), actress, Frasier
- Michael Gladis (born 1977), actor, Mad Men, Eagleheart
- Lesli Linka Glatter (borm 1953), film director
- Summer Glau (born 1981), dancer and 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 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, Racket Squad
- Sarah Hagan (born 1984), actress
- Emily Hagins (born 1992), film producer, writer, editor, director
- Larry Hagman (1931–2012), actor, I Dream of Jeannie, Dallas, son of actress Mary Martin
- Monte Hale (1919–2009), actor, country singer
- Jackie Earle Haley (born 1961), Oscar-nominated actor, The Bad News Bears, Breaking Away, Little Children
- 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, Law & Order, Rizzoli & Isles
- James N. Harrell (1918–2000), actor
- Woody Harrelson (born 1961), actor, Cheers, Natural Born Killers, White Men Can't Jump, No Country for Old Men, True Detective
- Laura Harring (born 1964), actress, Mulholland Drive
- 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, Knots Landing
- Ethan Hawke (born 1970), actor, Training Day, Before Midnight, Dead Poets Society
- John Hawkes (born 1959), Oscar-nominated actor, Winter's Bone, Deadwood, The Sessions
- Brad Hawkins (born 1976), actor, VR Troopers
- Jerry Haynes (1927–2011), actor, children's television host
- Ted Healy (1896–1937), vaudeville performer, comedian, actor; created The Three Stooges
- Amber Heard (born 1986), actress, Friday Night Lights, Pineapple Express, Drive Angry
- Katherine Helmond (born 1929), actress, Soap
- Sherman Hemsley (1938–2012), actor, The Jeffersons, adopted El Paso as his hometown
- Logan Henderson (born 1989), actor and singer
- Bill "Tex" Henson (1924–2002), animator
- Stephen Herek (born 1958), film director, 101 Dalmatians
- Jennifer Love Hewitt (born 1979), actress, Ghost Whisperer, The Client List
- 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 English Major domo "Higgins" on Magnum, P.I.
- Jordan Hinson (born 1991), actress
- Junie Hoang (born 1971), actress and plaintiff in Hoang v. Amazon.com
- 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, Matt Houston
- Larry Hovis (1936–2003), actor, Hogan's Heroes
- Susan Howard, born in Marshall, Texas, longtime actress in Dallas TV series
- Gayle Hunnicutt (born 1943), actress, Marlowe, The Legend of Hell House
- Martha Hyer (1924–2014), Oscar-nominated actress, Some Came Running, The Carpetbaggers, The Sons of Katie Elder
- Judith Ivey (born 1951), film and Tony Award-winning stage 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 (1927-2014), actor, starring role of Buffalo Bill, Jr. and voice of Pinocchio
- Jill Marie Jones (born 1975), actress, Girlfriends, Gillian in Georgia
- L.Q. Jones (born 1927), actor, The Wild Bunch, Casino, 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), Oscar-winning actor, The Fugitive, Men in Black, Batman Forever, No Country for Old Men, Lincoln
- Glenn Jordan (born 1936), television director, producer
- 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
- Jon Keeyes (born 1969), film director, producer, screenwriter
- Allison Keith (born 1974), actor, voice actor
- Evelyn Keyes (1916–2008), actress, Gone With the Wind
- Callie Khouri (born 1957), Oscar-winning 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
- Louise Latham (born 1922), 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[7]
- 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
- Tembi Locke (born 1970), actress, Eureka, Sliders
- Jacqueline Logan (1901–1983), actress in silent films
- Joshua Logan (1908–1988), stage and film director
- Eva Longoria (born 1975), actress, Desperate Housewives
- Trini Lopez (born 1937), singer and actor, The Dirty Dozen
- 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
- Allen Ludden (1917–1981), emcee, game show host
- Baruch Lumet (1898–1992), theatre actor, director, teacher
- Donald MacDonald (1898–1959), actor
- Peter MacNicol (born 1954), Emmy-winning actor, Ally McBeal, Chicago Hope, Sophie's Choice
- Martha Madison (born 1977), actress
- Terrence Malick (born 1943), director Badlands, Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line
- Kym Malin (born 1962), actress, model
- Irlene Mandrell (born 1956), actress, model
- Stephanie March (born 1974), actress, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Amelia Marshall (born 1958), actress
- Mary Martin (1913–1990), Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress, mother of actor Larry Hagman
- Steve Martin (born 1945), actor, The Jerk, Pennies from Heaven, Three Amigos, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Father of the Bride, Parenthood, The Pink Panther
- Margo Martindale (born 1951), actress, The Riches, 100 Centre Street, The Millers
- Peter Masterson (born 1934), actor, director, producer, writer
- Kimberly Matula (born 1988), actress
- Tim McCanlies (born 1963) screenwriter, director
- Matthew McConaughey (born 1969), Oscar-winning actor, Dallas Buyers Club, A Time to Kill, The Lincoln Lawyer, Contact, Magic Mike, True Detective
- 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, Animal House, The Legend of Bagger Vance, 61*, Lincoln
- Jay McGraw (born 1979), television producer and executive producer, author
- Kevin McHale (born 1988), actor
- 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, Gossip Girl
- 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), silent film 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
- 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), silent film actress
- Austin Nichols (born 1980), actor, Julian Baker on One Tree Hill
- Derek Lee Nixon (born 1983), actor
- James Noble (born 1922), actor, Benson
- Timothy Nolen (born 1941), Broadway actor/singer, opera singer
- Chuck Norris, actor, Walker, Texas Ranger
- Renee O'Connor (born 1971), actress
- Ty O'Neal (born 1978), actor
- Lupe Ontiveros (1942–2012), actress
- Annette O'Toole (born 1955), actress, Superman III, Smallville
- Lee Pace (born 1979), actor
- Jared Padalecki (born 1982), actor, Gilmore Girls, Supernatural
- Greg Pak (born 1968), film director, comic-book writer
- 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 and director, Titanic, Apollo 13, Twister, Big Love
- Evelyn Peirce (1908–1960), actress
- Eagle Pennell (1952–2002), film director
- Valerie Perrine (born 1943), Oscar-nominated actress, Lenny, The Electric Horseman, Superman
- Lou Perryman (1941–2009), actor
- Madison Pettis (born 1998), actress
- Cindy Pickett (born 1947), actress, St. Elsewhere, Ferris Bueller's Day Off
- Arthur C. Pierce (1923–1987), screenwriter, film director
- Mary Kay Place (born 1947), actress, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, The Big Chill, John Grisham's The Rainmaker
- Jesse Plemons (born 1988), actor
- Joan Prather (born 1950), actress
- Ann Prentiss (1939–2010), actress
- Paula Prentiss (born 1938), actress, What's New Pussycat?, Where the Boys Are, Catch-22, The Stepford Wives
- Missi Pyle (born 1972), actress, singer, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, DodgeBall
- Dennis Quaid (born 1954), actor, Breaking Away, The Right Stuff, The Big Easy, Wyatt Earp, Everybody's All-American, Any Given Sunday
- Randy Quaid (born 1950), actor, The Last Picture Show, The Last Detail, National Lampoon's Vacation, Brokeback Mountain
- Kevin Rahm (born 1971), actor, Judging Amy, Desperate Housewives, Jesse
- Steve Railsback (born 1945), actor, Helter Skelter, The Stunt Man
- Haley Ramm (born 1992), actress
- Ben Rappaport (born 1986), actor, Outsourced
- Phylicia Rashād (born 1948), actress, The Cosby Show
- Jackson Rathbone (born 1984), actor, musician
- Allene Ray (1901–1979), actress
- Debbie Reynolds (born 1932), Oscar-nominated actress and singer, Singin' in the Rain, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, How the West Was Won, Mother, 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
- Shannon Richardson (born 1977), actress
- 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
- Ginger Rogers (1911–1995), Oscar-winning actress, singer, dancer
- 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), actor, Crime Story, AfterMASH, The Day After Tomorrow
- John Phillip Santos (born 1957), filmmaker, producer, journalist, author
- August Schellenberg (1936–2013), 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, Mildred Pierce, Cass Timberlane
- 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, Fairly Legal, The L Word
- Karen Sharpe (born 1934), actress, The High and the Mighty
- Molly Louise Shepard (born 1960), playwright, screenwriter
- Ann Sheridan (1915–1967), actress, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Kings Row
- 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
- Guru Singh (born 1980), actor
- 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), Oscar-winning actress, Coal Miner's Daughter, Carrie, Missing, 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), adult film 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, Sin City, The Man Without a Face, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
- Jimmy Starr (1904–1991), screenwriter, columnist
- Jack Starrett (1936–1989), actor, director
- 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
- Don Swayze (born 1958), actor
- Patrick Swayze (1952–2009), actor, Dirty Dancing, The Outsiders, Road House, Ghost
- Clarence Swensen (1917–2009), actor
- Francie Swift (born 1968), actress, Gossip Girl
- Ralph Tabakin (1921–2001), actor, Homicide: Life on the Street
- Margaret Tallichet (1914–1991), actress
- Sharon Tate (1943–1969), actress, Valley of the Dolls
- Buck Taylor (born 1938), actor, artist, rancher in Fort Worth
- Jacqueline Taylor (born 1985), actress, Broadway and 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, Gangs of New York, All the Pretty Horses
- Jay Thomas (born 1948), actor, Mr. Holland's Opus, Cheers
- Tiffany Thornton (born 1986), actress
- Stephen Tobolowsky (born 1951), actor, Bob Bishop on Heroes, Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day
- Rip Torn (born 1931), Oscar-nominated actor, Cross Creek, Sweet Bird of Youth, The Cincinnati Kid, Defending Your Life, The Larry Sanders Show, 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), dancer, actor, Broadway director, choreographer
- Paola Turbay (born 1970), actress, model, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Cane
- Janine Turner (born 1962), model, actress, author, radio talk show host
- Karri Turner (born 1966), actress
- Michael Urie (born 1980), actor, Ugly Betty
- Brenda Vaccaro (born 1939), Oscar-nominated actress, Once Is Not Enough, Midnight Cowboy, Airport '77
- 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
- Elda Voelkel (1911–2001), actress; later documentary filmmaker (as Elda Hartley)
- 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, RoboCop, Star Trek Into Darkness
- Bob West (born 1956), actor, Barney & Friends
- Lisa Whelchel (born 1963), actress, author
- Forest Whitaker (born 1961), Oscar-winning actor and director, The Last King of Scotland, Bird, Good Morning, Vietnam, Panic Room, Lee Daniels' The Butler
- Johnny Whitworth (born 1975), actor, CSI: Miami
- Guinn Williams (1899–1962), actor
- JoBeth Williams (born 1948), actress, Poltergeist, The Big Chill, Screen Actors Guild president
- Van Williams (born 1934), actor
- Noble Willingham (1931–2004), actor, Walker, Texas Ranger
- Travis Willingham (born 1981), actor, voice actor
- Chill Wills (1903–1978), Oscar-nominated actor and 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, Bottle Rocket, The Royal Tenenbaums, Idiocracy
- Owen Wilson (born 1968), actor, The Darjeeling Limited, Midnight in Paris, Wedding Crashers
- Trey Wilson (1948–1989), actor, Bull Durham, Raising Arizona
- 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, The Princess Bride, House of Cards
- 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), Oscar-winning actress, Cold Mountain, Jerry Maguire, Chicago
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