CINCINNATI -- As a tabloid magazine says, "Stars, they're just like us!" That would include that they like to attend Major League Baseball games.
While the Dodgers are probably best known for attracting stars of television, film and music to their home games, with Hollywood in their backyard, the Reds have their own share of famous fans.
Although this may not be an exhaustive list, here are some examples of prominent "true" Cincinnati Reds fans.
George Clooney
One of Hollywood's A-list stars and an Oscar Award winner, Clooney hails from Augusta, Ky., less than an hour from downtown Cincinnati. His father, Nick Clooney, was a prominent news anchor in Cincinnati.
Clooney played high school baseball and, like many during the 1970s, he loved The Big Red Machine. As a 16-year-old in 1977, he even participated in a pair of Reds tryout camps. He was not offered a contract.
In a 2009 episode of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," Clooney got to meet two of his Reds idols, Hall of Famers Johnny Bench and Joe Morgan. While talking to Travis and Jason Kelce on their New Heights podcast in 2025, he mentioned being in Cincinnati for a speaking engagement and that Reds owner Bob Castellini read off his scouting details from that 1977 tryout, which said the actor had "no arm" and "no speed."
"It was the most humiliating thing you've ever heard in your life," Clooney said laughing.
David Letterman
The famed talk-show host, who helmed "Late Night" and "The Late Show" for a combined 33 years from 1982-2015, is an Indianapolis native. He has talked about attending Reds games in the 1950s at Crosley Field with his father, and he also went to games at Riverfront Stadium during the 1970s. His first visit to Great American Ball Park came in 2017, after he retired from network TV, to see the Reds play the Cardinals.
Charlie Sheen
A lifelong Reds fan, the actor from such films as "Platoon," "Wall Street" and "Major League," and the TV sitcom "Two and a Half Men” has been around the club over multiple eras -- including in the 1990s and in the 2010s, when he would don a uniform and shag flies during batting practice. In 2012, Sheen made a $50,000 donation to the Reds Community Fund.
Darius Rucker
Best known as the lead singer for 1990s band Hootie and the Blowfish and now a solo artist on the country music scene, Rucker has attended several games over the years. Although a native of South Carolina, he has always been aligned with the Reds.
"I've been a Reds fan since I was 6," Rucker told WLWT-TV in 2025.
Kirk Herbstreit
From Centerville, Ohio, and a former quarterback at Ohio State, Herbstreit has been a fixture on ESPN's college football broadcasts and "College Gameday" for decades. He's also been open about his Reds fandom, and has often taken to social media to voice both his support and frustration with the club over the years.
Clancy Brown
The fearsome prison guard from "The Shawshank Redemption" and the voice of Mr. Krabs in "SpongeBob SquarePants," Brown hails from Urbana, Ohio. He's talked about his fandom of the Reds and his favorite players, including Bench, Morgan, Pete Rose and Tony Perez.
Josh Hutcherson
A native of Union, Ky., Hutcherson is best known for his work in "The Hunger Games" movie franchise, and has said he attends Reds games whenever he's in town and able to go. He threw a ceremonial first pitch to Brandon Phillips before a game in 2012.
Nick Lachey
A Cincinnati native, a television personality and a former member the boy band "98 Degrees," Lachey has long frequented Reds games. He's thrown a ceremonial first pitch on Opening Day and sung the national anthem, and he took part in the All-Star Game festivities in 2015. In 2025, Lachey was at Dodger Stadium when Cincinnati played Los Angeles in the National League Wild Card Series.
Chad Lowe
An actor, director and Dayton, Ohio, native, Lowe is a lifelong Reds fan. He even threw shade at his famous actor brother, Rob Lowe, for rooting for the Dodgers against Cincinnati in the 2025 playoffs. After Chad’s L.A.-area home burned during wildfires that year, the Reds sent him a care package of memorabilia to replace items that were lost.
Joe Burrow
A native of Athens, Ohio, Burrow is a neighbor of sorts to the Reds thanks to his job as star quarterback for the Bengals down the street. He's also a fan of the team. In 2022, he threw the ceremonial first pitch on Opening Day. In 2023, he and several Bengals teammates took batting practice at GABP.