Clint Eastwood

The actor and Oscar winning-director was elected mayor of his tiny hometown Carmel, California, in 1986.
The director of acclaimed films such as Million Dollar Baby and Unforgiven reportedly ran for mayor. The city’s planning board turned down his plans to remodel an office building next to a restaurant he owns.
His celebrity status was no match for his opponent, Eastwood, who won with 72.5 per cent of the votes and served for two years.

Ronald Reagan

Reagan was an actor who starred in over 50 films before he became the 40th U.S. President in 1981.
Reagan's transition from the silver screen to politics first began when he became California's Governor in 1967, serving eight years.
He ran unsuccessfully for President in 1968 and 1976, but in 1980, he won the Republican presidential nomination in a contest with George H.W. Bush.
He went on to defeat incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter in a landslide victory and became President for two terms.

Jesse Ventura

Ventura served six years in the U.S Navy before becoming a professional wrestler.
Known as ‘The Body’, Ventura retired from the ring in the mid-80s and went on to become an actor, starring in action movies along Schwarzenegger.
He became mayor of Brooklyn Park from 1990 to 1995.
He served as governor of Minnesota from 1999 to 2003.

Manny Pacquiao

World boxing champion Pacquiao was elected to the Philippines House of Representatives in 2010.
He was elected as a senator in 2016.
Pacquiao may have his sights set on becoming president of the Philippines in 2022.
Current President Rodrigo Duterte reportedly said during Pacquiao's birthday bash in 2017 that the Filipino icon would make an ideal president.

Imran Khan

The current Prime Minister of Pakistan was the captain of the country’s cricket team when it won its first World Cup title in 1992.
After his retirement from cricket, the charismatic Khan became an outspoken critic of government mismanagement and corruption.
He founded his own political party Tehreek-e-Insaf in 1996.
Khan was elected as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan in 2018, more than two decades after he first entered politics.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during a joint news conference with Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad (not pictured) in Putrajaya, Malaysia, February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during a joint news conference with Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad (not pictured) in Putrajaya, Malaysia, February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng