Famous actors that are also great musicians (and the other way around!)

This week we featured 12 multi-talented individuals — people who are known for acting and also have musical talent! Or in some of these cases, have huge musical careers but also have acted. There are some obvious ones here (Looking at you, Childish Gambino / Donald Glover) but also some less obvious ones (Steve Martin is a rockstar at the banjo). This mix was pretty fun to put together — the further I went with it, the more I realized I was missing a lot of other people that could have made the mix (Sorry, Ludacris, for not being able to feature you here)!

You can listen to the episode on your player of choice here, or listen to it on Spotify with the music tracks embedded.

Here’s the list:

1. What Goes Around // Comes Around by Justin Timberlake

2. You’re No Rock n’ Roll Fun by Sleater-Kinney

3. Why Do YOu Let Me Stay Here? by She & Him

4. You Didn’t Know Me When by Harry Connick, Jr.

5. Heartbeat by Childish Gambino

6. If I Could Turn Back Time by Cher

7. The Metal by Tenacious D

8. So Familiar by Steve Martin, Steep Canyon Rangers

9. Are You That Somebody by Aaliyah

10. Mathematics by Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def)

11. Kings And Queens by Thirty Seconds To Mars

12. Sun City by Artists United Against Apartheid