Real-Life Politicians and/or Entrepreneurs in Fictional TV or Movies

[Satchmo Distel]

Henry Kissinger had a walk-on part in Dynasty

Mark Cuban has had various "acting" roles, including the revived Dallas

Others?

[San Bernardhinault]

Real-Life Politicians and/or Entrepreneurs in Fictional TV or Movies

Biden shows up in Parks and Rec, doesn't he?

[Amor de Cosmos]

Real-Life Politicians and/or Entrepreneurs in Fictional TV or Movies

I'm guessing Ronnie and Arnie get a pass?

Here's an extensive international list

Or are you only looking for politicians who became actors?

[Lang Spoon]

Real-Life Politicians and/or Entrepreneurs in Fictional TV or Movies

Trump is in Home Alone 2, no? Unfortunately Brenda 'takes it up the' Fricker doesn't set her pigeon army on him.

[Snake Plissken]

Real-Life Politicians and/or Entrepreneurs in Fictional TV or Movies

Fred Dalton Thompson is the one I always peg for this, though his turns in Die Hard 2 and Hunt For Red October predate his political career.

[SouthdownRebel]

Real-Life Politicians and/or Entrepreneurs in Fictional TV or Movies

Tony Blair appeared in an episode of The Simpsons

[3 Colours Red]

Real-Life Politicians and/or Entrepreneurs in Fictional TV or Movies

SouthdownRebel wrote: Tony Blair appeared in an episode of The Simpsons

As does Rupert Murdoch, calling himself a tyrant in a rare moment of self-awareness.

Richard Branson is in the London episode of Friends, running a souvenir stall.

[Ginger Yellow]

Real-Life Politicians and/or Entrepreneurs in Fictional TV or Movies

And Bush Snr and Gorbachev, of course, though I don't think they played themselves.

[Satchmo Distel]

Real-Life Politicians and/or Entrepreneurs in Fictional TV or Movies

Amor de Cosmos wrote: I'm guessing Ronnie and Arnie get a pass?

Here's an extensive international list

Or are you only looking for politicians who became actors?

I'm looking for politicians who did cameos or maybe a little more (a full episode, say), but not really ones "who became actors" in the sense of second careers.

[Gangster Octopus]

Real-Life Politicians and/or Entrepreneurs in Fictional TV or Movies

I remember Michael Dukakis appearing in a US sitcom in the eighties as himself. Was it Cheers?

[longeared]

Real-Life Politicians and/or Entrepreneurs in Fictional TV or Movies

3 Colours Red wrote:
Richard Branson is in the London episode of Friends, running a souvenir stall.

That was probably the most wooden acting I've ever seen in a major television programme. Branson also had a non-speaking cameo in Casino Royale.

Recall seeing in the Guardian last year that Hillary Clinton had appeared in some New York based comedy.

[Stumpy Pepys]

Real-Life Politicians and/or Entrepreneurs in Fictional TV or Movies

Boris Johnson in EastEnders

[WOM]

Real-Life Politicians and/or Entrepreneurs in Fictional TV or Movies

PM Stephen Harper turned up in a couple of episodes of Corner Gas back in the day. It was quite good.

Mark Cuban was in an episode of Billions a couple of weeks ago.

[Patrick Thistle]

Rudi Giuliani has a cameo at the end of Anger Management when Adam Sandler basically thanks him for his leadership response to 9/11. It was cringe long before Giuliani became a laughing stock.

[Patrick Thistle]

Biden shows up in Parks and Rec, doesn't he?

The series has had cameos by several real-life political figures, including then Vice President Joe Biden, Senator Barbara Boxer, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Senator John McCain, Michelle Obama, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, and Senators Olympia Snowe, Cory Booker, and Orrin Hatch.

[Patrick Thistle]

Example of an entreprenuer - Steve Wozniak had a role on The Big Bang Theory where he was referred to as The Great and Powerful Woz.

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

Elon Musk is in an episode of Big Bang as well, helping out at a soup kitchen.

[Walter Knight]

John Kerry appeared in Cheers in the days when he was a Massachusetts senator.
Ex-Labour frontbencher Michael Meacher appears and gives a speech in Edge Of Darkness.

[delicatemoth]

If we open this to 'public figures' then Salman Rushdie in Bridget Jones' Diary counts.

[Patrick Thistle]

Al Gore features in a few episodes of Futurama.

[Patrick Thistle]

Glenda Jackson was a guest star on The Muppet Show before she entered politics.

[elguapo4]

Bill Gates was in The Big Bang Theory as well.

If music videos count, I remember Neil Kinnock looking awkward and embarrassed in a Tracy Ullman video.