List of atheists in film, radio, television and theater

This is an incomplete, non-exhaustive list of notable people in film, television and theater who are identified as atheist.

Film, radio, television and theater

* Douglas Adams (1952–2001): British radio and television writer and novelist.
* Mary Adams (1898–1984): English producer and BBC television administrator.
* Phillip Adams (born 1939): Australian broadcaster, writer, film-maker, left-wing radical thinker, and iconoclast. He was the Australian Humanist of the Year in 1987.
* Adithya Menon (born 1974): Indian actor.
* Joe Ahearne (born 1963): British television screenwriter and director.
* Mikael Åkerfeldt (born 1974): Swedish musician, singer-songwriter, and producer.
* Brandy Alexandre (born 1964): American adult actress."I do not believe in God. There is too much science now that refutes the existence of a supreme creator, at least for me, and the miracles of old are easily explained today."
* Keith Allen (born 1953): British comedian, actor, singer and writer.
* Woody Allen (born 1935): American film director, writer, actor, comedian, and playwright.
* Robert Altman (1925–2006): American film director.
* Alejandro Amenábar (born 1972): Spanish-Chilean film director.
* Wil Anderson (born 1974): Australian comedian, radio presenter, and television host.
* Seth Andrews (born 1968): American author and host of ''The Thinking Atheist'' radio podcast.
* Aziz Ansari (born 1983): American actor and comedian.
* Fred Armisen (born 1966): American actor, comedian.
* Michelangelo Antonioni (1912–2007): Italian modernist film director, screenwriter, editor and short story writer.
* Jane Asher (born 1946): English film and television actress.
* Kevin Bacon (born 1958): American film and theater actor.
* Joan Bakewell CBE (born 1933): English television presenter and journalist.
* Javier Bardem (born 1969): Spanish actor and former rugby player.
* MC Paul Barman (born 1974): American rapper.
* Pelin Batu (born 1978): Turkish actress and author.
* Andréa Beltrão (born 1963) Brazilian actress, comedian and author.
* Sarah Bernhardt (1844–1923): French stage actress. She was asked by French composer Charles Gounod if she ever prayed. Bernhardt replied "No, never. I'm an atheist".
* Bernardo Bertolucci (1941–2018): Italian film director and screenwriter.
* Paul Bettany (born 1971): English actor.
* Frankie Boyle (born 1972): Scottish comedian.
* Orla Brady (born 1961): Irish actress.
* Brannon Braga (born 1965): American TV producer and writer.
* Neal Brennan (born 1973): American comedian, writer, producer, and director.
* Jim Broadbent (born 1949): English theatre, film, and television actor.
* Jeremy Brock (born 1959): British actor, producer, writer, and director.
* Charlie Brooker (born 1971): British writer and satirist best known for his TV show ''Screenwipe''.
* Mel Brooks (born 1926): actor, comedian, filmmaker.
* Derren Brown (born 1971): English psychological illusionist, mentalist, and skeptic of paranormal phenomena. Professed to being an atheist in his book ''Tricks of the Mind'' and described Bertrand Russell's collection of essays ''Why I Am Not a Christian'' "an absolute joy."
* Luis Buñuel (1900–1983): Spanish film-maker, activist of the surrealist movement. Known for his one-liner, "Thank God I'm an atheist."
* Richard Burton (1925–1984): Welsh actor.
* Kari Byron (born 1974): American television host and artist.
* Peter Caffrey (1949–2008): Irish actor.
* James Cameron (born 1954): Canadian film director.
* Richard Carleton (1943–2006): Current affairs journalist.
* Adam Carolla (born 1964): American comedian, actor, author, radio host, and podcaster. Regularly refers to himself as an atheist.
* Jimmy Carr (born 1972): English comedian, author, actor, and presenter of radio and television.
* Asia Carrera (born 1973): Former American pornographic actress.
* Matthew Chapman (born 1950): English journalist, screenwriter, and director.
* Jeremy Clarkson (born 1960): English journalist and broadcaster.
* Scott Clifton (born 1984): American soap opera actor.
* George Clooney (born 1961): American actor, director, producer, screenwriter.
* Billy Connolly (born 1942): Scottish comedian, actor, former musician.
* Jim Cornette (born 1961): American professional wrestling manager, commentator, promoter, and booker.
* Malakai Black (born 1985): Professional wrestler
* Kenny Bolin (born 1960): Professional wrestling manager
* Sir Noël Coward (1899–1973): English actor, playwright, and composer of popular music.
* Daniel Craig (born 1968): English actor, well known for playing James Bond from 2006 to 2021.
* David Cronenberg (born 1943): Canadian film director, one of the principal originators of the ' body horror' genre.
* Mackenzie Crook (born 1971): English actor and comedian.
* David Cross (born 1964): American actor, writer.
* Adrianne Curry (born 1982): American model, television host, and film actress.
* Rodney Dangerfield (1921–2004): American comedian and actor.
* Paul Daniels (1938–2016): Magician and Entertainer
* John Davidson (born 1941): American singer, actor, and game show host.
* Larry David (born 1947): American comedian, writer, actor, director, and television producer
* Alan Davies (born 1966): English comedian, writer, and actor.
* Russell T Davies (born 1963): Welsh television producer and writer.
* Terence Davies (born 1945): English screenwriter, film director, actor, and novelist.
* William B. Davis (born 1938): Canadian actor.
* John de Lancie (born 1948): American Actor, comedian, director, producer, and writer.
* Guillermo del Toro (born 1964): Mexican director and screenwriter.
* Andrew Denton (born 1960): Australian comedian and television host.
* Johnny Depp (born 1963): American actor, well known for playing Captain Jack Sparrow in ''Pirates of the Caribbean''.
* Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992): German-born American actress, singer and entertainer."I have given up belief in a God."
* Phyllis Diller (1917–2012): American actress and comedian.
* Stanley Donen (1924–2019): American film director.
* Natalie Dormer (born 1982): English film and television actress.
* Jamie Dornan (born 1982): Irish actor, model and musician.
* John Doyle (born 1953): Australian comedian, actor, and writer.
* Bruno Dumont (born 1958): French film director and screenwriter.
* Clint Eastwood (born 1930): American actor, film director, composer, and producer.
* Christopher Eccleston (born 1964): English stage, film, and television actor.
* David Edgar (born 1948): British playwright.
* Sergei Eisenstein (1898–1948): Soviet Russian film director and film theorist.
* Ben Elton (born 1959): English comedian, writer and director.
* Frances Farmer (1913–1970): American film, television, and theater actress.
* Diane Farr (born 1969): American actress.
* Harvey Fierstein (born 1952): American actor, playwright, and screenwriter.
* Brian Flemming (born 1966): American film director and playwright, notable for his 2005 film ''The God Who Wasn't There''.
* Dave Foley (born 1963): Canadian actor.
* Peter Fonda (1940–2019): American actor.
* Sir Denis Forman (1917–2013): British director (1949–1954) and later Chair (1971–1973) of The British Film Institute, Chairman and managing director of Granada Television, and Director of the Royal Opera House in London.
* Jodie Foster (born 1962): American film actress, director, and producer.
* Nick Frost (born 1972): English actor, comedian, and writer.
* Stephen Fry (born 1957): British humourist, writer, actor, and filmmaker."I knew I couldn't believe in God, because I was fundamentally Hellenic in my outlook."
* Bob Geldof (born 1951): Irish musician, businessman and political activist.
* Ricky Gervais (born 1961): British actor, film and TV director, screenwriter, producer, and comedian.
* Paul Giamatti (born 1967): American film and television actor.
* Ira Glass (born 1959): American radio personality and host of This American Life. He has stated that he is a staunch atheist.
* Theo van Gogh (1957–2004): Dutch film director, television producer, publicist, and actor, murdered following the broadcasting of his anti-Islamic film '' Submission''.
* Bobcat Goldthwait (born 1962): American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film and television director.
* Dan Gordon (born 1961): Northern Irish actor, director and author. Calls himself agnostic.
* Angela Gossow (born 1974): German Singer-songwriter, manager, and journalist.
* Richard E. Grant (born 1957): British actor.
* Alice Greczyn (born 1986): American actor. Author of "Wayward". Founder, "Dare to Doubt" web portal.
* Seth Green (born 1974): American actor and comedian.
* Peter Greenaway, CBE (born 1942): Welsh-born English film director.
* Kathy Griffin (born 1960): American actress and comedian.
* Shenae Grimes (born 1989): Canadian actress.
* Kamal Haasan (born 1954): Indian film actor and film director.
* Paul Haggis (born 1953): Canadian born, American citizen screenwriter and producer for consecutive Best Picture Oscar winners, ''Million Dollar Baby'' (2004) and '' Crash'' (2004), the latter of which he also directed.
* Brian Hall (1937–1997): English actor.
* Tony Hancock (1924–1968): British actor and comedian.
* Sir David Hare (born 1947): English dramatist and theatre and film director.
* Nina Hartley (born 1959): American pornographic actress, film director, author, and sex educator."I believe strongly in the heritage of Jews as educators. I feel very proud of the fact that if it weren't for the Jews, half the world would still be illiterate. I would like to know about Jewish religion as history, but as an atheist, I see no reason to practice any religion... because it is organized superstition... the opiate of the masses."
* Amber Heard (born 1986): American film and television actress.
* Hugh Hefner (1926–2017): American publisher and entrepreneur.
* Katharine Hepburn (1907–2003): American actress.
* Werner Herzog (born 1942): German film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and opera director.
* Kenny Hotz (born 1973): Canadian comedian, filmmaker, actor, producer, director and photographer.
* John Humphrys (born 1943): Welsh journalist, author and radio and television presenter. Prefers the term agnostic.
* John Huston (1906–1987): American film director and actor.
* Jamie Hyneman (born 1956): American visual effects expert.
* Eric Idle (born 1943): British comedian.
* Eddie Izzard (born 1962): British comedian.
* Clive James

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