10 Actors Who Are Also Talented Musicians (Hint: Not Just Jared Leto!)

Those celebs are a talented bunch, sometimes even more than they let on! Lots of them are also skilled musicians on top their acting and directing day jobs. We bet you’ll never believe that some of these famous people have the time to play an instrument on top of all the other projects they’re always involved with.

Clint Eastwood made his name as an actor in movies about the Old West, before going on to become one of the most renowned directors in the movie biz. However, we bet you didn’t know that he’s also a skilled composer and has composed the film scores to accompany a selection of the movies he has directed, including Million Dollar Baby and Mystic River.

Woody Allen may be famed for his scriptwriting and directing, but he’s also passionate about playing jazz clarinet (not to be mistaken with jazz flute - he isn’t Ron Burgandy!) and often plays at a small jazz club in New York City as well as the Carlyle Hotel.

Richard Gere wasn’t faking those cornet playing scenes in The Cotton Club back in the 80s! Gere is also a pianist and singer on top, if you fancy listening to his dulcet tones, give the movie Chicago a watch to see Gere starring as the singing lawyer, Billy Flynn.

Johnny Depp is a super skilled guitarist, who even featured on Oasis' 1997 hit song Fade In-Out. He also plays the acoustic guitar and has played onscreen in his movie Chocolat as well for the soundtrack to _Once Upon a Time In Mexic_o.

New Girl star Zooey Deschanel often shows off her musical skills onscreen. In real life Zooey plays the piano and the guitar, as well as as a smidgen of ukelele and pedal steel guitar.

Recent Oscar winner Jared Leto may be well-known for his acting, but he’s also the lead singer of rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars, as well as playing guitar, bass and keyboard.

These celebs are really showing us up with all their talents, we can just about play Stairway to Heaven on the guitar! We guess they were all just born to be natural performers, while some of us were just meant to write about them.

Listen to Jared Leto with his band 30 Seconds to Mars sing their song Conquistador: