--- title: Hillary Clinton Hollywood: Celebrities Get Out the Vote description: Hollywood has already given Hillary Clinton money, but now it hopes to deliver her votes. canonical: https://time.com/4505852/hillary-clinton-celebrities-hollywood-actors/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-23T16:07:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:36.225Z article:section: Politics og:title: How Hollywood Is Helping Hillary Clinton og:description: On and off the campaign trail og:url: https://time.com/4505852/hillary-clinton-celebrities-hollywood-actors/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d0fe5257e58e760/6988a74dcf40a8114ec44eed/bellamy-young.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Actress and advocate Bellamy Young campaigns for Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine on Women's Equality Day at the Virginia Victory Coordinated Campaign Field Office on August 27, 2016 in Arlington, Virginia. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How Hollywood Is Helping Hillary Clinton twitter:description: On and off the campaign trail twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d0fe5257e58e760/6988a74dcf40a8114ec44eed/bellamy-young.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # How Hollywood Is Helping Hillary Clinton > Sponsored content. 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Actress and advocate Bellamy Young campaigns for Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine on Women's Equality Day at the Virginia Victory Coordinated Campaign Field Office on August 27, 2016 in Arlington, Virginia. Riccardo S. Savi—WireImage by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Sep 23, 2016 4:07 PM UTC Hollywood has [already given Hillary Clinton money](http://time.com/4434786/leonardo-dicaprio-clinton-fundraiser/), but now it hopes to deliver her votes. A number of actors have taken to the campaign trail and the Internet to give the in-kind donation of their fame to get out the vote for the Democratic nominee. Actors who have appeared on politically-themed shows are especially popular in election season, in part because they seem more credible, like those TV doctors in the [ad campaign for Cigna](http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/tv/former-tv-doctors-get-back-their-scrubs-cigna-commercial-n645986). Members of the [cast of _The West Wing_,](http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/21/politics/west-wing-hillary-clinton-2016-election/) which went off the air in 2006, will campaign together in Ohio this weekend, while _Scandal_ stars [Bellamy Young and Tony Goldwyn](http://www.loudountimes.com/news/article/scandal%5Factress%5Fto%5Fstump%5Ffor%5Fclinton%5Fin%5Fashburn432) have hit the trail in Virginia. [Tim Daly](http://www.toledoblade.com/Politics/2016/09/13/Actor-Tim-Daly-stumps-for-Hillary-Clinton-in-Toledo.html), who plays the husband of a fictional Secretary of State on _Madam Secretary_, [one of Clinton’s favorite shows](http://time.com/3983064/hillary-clinton-favorite-tv-shows/), stumped in Ohio, as will [Sally Field](http://www.wfmj.com/story/33163300/chelsea-clinton-sally-field-to-stump-for-hillary-at-covelli), who [won an Oscar portraying a union organizer.](http://time.com/4250412/sally-field-hello-my-name-is-doris-interview/) Not every actor has an obvious political tie-in, though. [Molly Ringwald](http://www.nh1.com/news/bratpack-actress-molly-ringwald-visiting-nh-to-stump-for-hillary-clinton/) stumped in New Hampshire, [Don Cheadle](http://denver.cbslocal.com/2016/09/06/don-cheadle-denver-hillary-clinton-colorado/) headed to Colorado, [John Lithgow](http://www.thepostathens.com/article/2016/09/lithgow-campaigns-hillary-athens) went to Ohio, [Sean Astin](http://www.sunjournal.com/news/2016/09/02/lord-rings-goonies-star-sean-astin-stump-maine-hillary-rodham-clinton/1987742) campaigned in Maine. Others have contributed without leaving home. [Comedian Zach Galifianakis](http://time.com/4504137/hillary-clinton-between-two-ferns-zach-galifianakis/) hosted Clinton on his popular online show _Between Two Ferns_, while director Joss Whedon assembled a group of political avengers, including [Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr. and perennial get-out-the-vote champion Scarlett Johansson](http://time.com/4502965/save-the-day-vote/) for a web video. (TV impresario [Shonda Rhimes](https://thinkprogress.org/shonda-rhimes-and-the-women-of-tgit-endorse-hillary-clinton-18d9c67d5af0#.h2tyjgtir) pulled together a similar all-star lineup for a video earlier this year.) Republican nominee Donald Trump does not have a similar celebrity surrogate effort in place, though as [a former star of _The Apprentice_](http://time.com/4376384/donald-trump-the-apprentice/) and [various national commercials](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-XgMymBIY0) over the years, he is a media celebrity in his own right. [Researchers at Washington State University](http://researchnews.wsu.edu/society/209.html) found that celebrity endorsements can help engage younger voters, who tend to vote at lower rates. 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