Become an Actor in Tennessee!
Think major movies and TV shows are only filmed in Hollywood, CA or New York city? Think again. Mainstream motion pictures and television shows are filmed
across the country and around the world. No matter where you live, your chance to appear in a movie or on TV is closer than you might think.
Filmed in Tennessee
The following films and/or television shows have been filmed in whole or in part in Tennessee.
21 Grams (2003)
3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
Cast Away (2000)
Days of Thunder (1990)
Elizabethtown (2005)
Hee Haw (1969 TV series)
October Sky (1999)
Road Trip (2000)
The Evil Dead (1981)
The Firm (1993)
The Green Mile (1999)
The Last Castle (2001)
The Matrix (1999)
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
The Rainmaker (1997)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
U.S. Marshals (1998)
Wag the Dog (1997)
Walk the Line (2005)
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Tennessee Film Commission / Film Office
Tennessee Film, Entertainment & Music Commission
312 8th Avenue North, 9th Floor
Nashville, Tennessee 37243
Tel: 615-741-3456
Tel: 877-818-3456
Fax: 615-741-5554
tn.film@state.tn.us
www.state.tn.us/film/
Major Cities in Tennessee
Memphis
Nashville
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Clarksville
Murfreesboro
Jackson
Johnson City
Kingsport
Franklin
Notable Citizens / Famous Celebrities
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Famous Tennesseans
James Agee writer, poet, Knoxville
Eddy Arnold singer, Henderson
Chet Atkins guitarist, Lutrell
Hattie Caraway first elected woman senator, Bakerville
Jack Garnet Carter miniature golf, Sweetwater
Davy Crockett frontiersman, Green Cty
Jack Curtis screenwriter, Stony Creek
Sam Davis confederate scout, Smyrna
Mark Dean inventor, Jefferson City
David G. Farragut first American admiral, Knoxville
Lester Flatt bluegrass musician, Overton Cty
Tennessee Ernie Ford singer, Bristol
Morgan Freeman actor, Memphis
Abe Fortas jurist, Memphis
Aretha Franklin singer, Memphis
Nikki Giovanni poet, Knoxville
Albert Gore Jr. U.S. vice president, Washington, D.C.
Red Grooms artist, Nashville
Isaac Hayes composer, Covington
Benjamin L. Hooks civil rights activist, Memphis
Barbara Howar broadcaster, writer, Nashville
Cordell Hull secretary of state, Overton Cty
Estes Kefauver legislator, Madisonville
Sandra Locke actress, Shelbyville
Dolly Parton singer, Sevierville
Minnie Pearl singer, comedienne, Centerville
Grantland Rice sportswriter, Murfreesboro
Carl Rowan journalist, Ravenscraft
Wilma Rudolph runner, St. Bethlehem
Sequoia Cherokee scholar, educator
Cybil Shepherd actress, Memphis
Dinah Shore actress, singer, Winchester
Tina Turner singer, Brownsville
Alvin York World War I hero, Pall Mall
(Source 50states.com)
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