15 Actors and Celebrities Mentioned in the Jeffrey Epstein Files

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Names from movies, music, and TV keep surfacing in the wave of newly released Epstein-related documents, and the internet does what it always does: jumps straight to conclusions. This list sticks to something narrower – who’s actually mentioned in the files, as reported in the records themselves.

Because “mentioned” can mean a lot: a name raised in testimony, a contact entry, a photo, or an email reference – not a claim, not a charge, and definitely not proof of wrongdoing. With that caveat in place, here are 15 celebrities whose names turn up in the Epstein files, plus the context that’s been publicly documented.

A lot of Epstein-document chatter stays in the realm of “someone said he said,” but Spacey’s inclusion is more tangible: he appears in the DOJ’s released photo material from January 2026. The images circulate because they’re instantly legible – Spacey in a social setting alongside Ghislaine Maxwell and other recognizable figures – yet the release itself doesn’t provide the kind of context that would normally accompany a public-facing narrative. That vacuum is why photos like these become internet accelerants: they confirm proximity at a moment in time, but they don’t confirm what the occasion was, who invited whom, or what anyone knew. | © Netflix

Leonardo DiCaprio

Not every “celebrity mention” in the Jeffrey Epstein files comes from a photo or a flight log – sometimes it’s just Epstein trying to sound bigger than he was. In unsealed deposition testimony, accuser Johanna Sjoberg described him dropping famous names while she was with him, saying things like “that was Leonardo” on the phone, which she characterized as bragging rather than proof of a relationship. His name also shows up in a separate, older email thread released later, where someone writing to Epstein asked about potential overseas endorsement opportunities tied to DiCaprio – an odd example of how Epstein positioned himself as a fixer with global connections. In both cases, the documents place DiCaprio’s name on the page without placing him in the room. | © Paramount Pictures

Bruce Willis

It’s strangely on-brand for Epstein that one of the biggest action stars in Hollywood appears in his story through pure name-dropping. In the unsealed deposition material, Johanna Sjoberg is asked about press reports linking her to various celebrities, and she says she didn’t meet them – then explains the real source of the rumor: Epstein would sometimes claim he’d just spoken to “Bruce Willis” (alongside other A-listers) while he was on the phone during her time with him. The testimony frames it as status flexing, the kind of offhand brag meant to make people feel like they were close to power and fame by association. That’s why Willis is “in the files” in the most secondhand way possible: the documents record Epstein saying the name, not Willis doing anything. | © 20th Century Studios

Cate Blanchett

For readers scanning headlines, Blanchett’s name can look like a “gotcha,” but the actual reference is about Epstein’s performative proximity to celebrity. In the same unsealed testimony that lists other stars, Johanna Sjoberg recounts how Epstein would be on calls and later imply the person on the other end was famous – “that was Cate Blanchett” – as part of his constant effort to project importance. When questioned, she makes clear she never met Blanchett through him, and the exchange lands on the idea that Epstein was boasting rather than documenting real access. It’s a useful example of how court records can preserve rumors, ego, and manipulation tactics right alongside hard evidence – then watch them all get treated the same online. | © New Line Cinema

Alec Baldwin

Epstein’s address book is one of the least cinematic artifacts in this entire saga, but it’s also one of the reasons so many celebrity names keep resurfacing years later. Baldwin appears in the released contact-book material associated with Epstein, a document that functions more like a sprawling Rolodex than a clean list of “friends.” Entries like these can represent anything from a direct contact to an agent’s line, an assistant’s number, or a name collected in a single social moment and never used again – and the records don’t explain the backstory for each listing. What the release does establish is narrow and document-based: Baldwin’s name is included as contact information in Epstein’s files, without any accompanying allegation inside that entry itself. | © Universal Television

Woody Allen

One of the stranger artifacts to surface from the Epstein document trail isn’t a calendar entry or a grainy photo – it’s a birthday letter. In material reported out of the 2016 “birthday book” compiled for Jeffrey Epstein, Allen wrote warmly about Epstein’s Manhattan dinners, jokingly likening the townhouse to “Castle Dracula” and referencing the “young women” around the home. Then, when a later tranche of images was released by House Oversight Committee Democrats, Allen appeared in multiple photographs drawn from Epstein’s estate, published without captions or context. Put together, the files show familiarity and social overla documented through words and images rather than a tidy, explained storyline. | © Sweetland Films

Minnie Driver

Buried in the most banal category of Epstein-related material – an address book – Driver’s name appears as an entry in the released “black book” contact lists. These documents read like a society Rolodex: names, numbers, assistants, office lines, sometimes cryptic notes, often redacted when made public. What makes her inclusion travel is the contrast between the mundanity of a contact entry and the seriousness of the Epstein story around it. The records don’t provide a built-in narrative about why any specific name is there; they simply show that her details were written down among thousands of other contacts. It’s a paper-cut kind of connection: not dramatic, but undeniably present in the released files. | © Miramax

Mick Jagger

The image that keeps getting reposted is set at a table, not a tarmac: a DOJ-released photo places Jagger at dinner in the same frame as Ghislaine Maxwell and Bill Clinton, with identities in the scene partially redacted. There’s also a separate released shot that pairs him with Clinton again, reinforcing how often one visual can define a public narrative. Add in the fact that his name shows up in Epstein’s contact-book material, and you get the double-hit that drives headlines – an address-book trace plus photographs from the investigative archive. The documents don’t supply a caption, a date stamp, or an explanation of the occasion, but they do place him unmistakably inside the released collection. | © Axelle/Bauer-Griffin

Elon Musk

Tech-world mentions tend to arrive as messages and scheduling threads rather than party snapshots, and Musk’s name pops because the correspondence is unusually direct. In newly released emails, Musk and Epstein exchange notes about social plans – at one point Musk declines an invitation to the island while still asking whether Epstein is hosting any parties, and other messages show aides discussing possible meetups, including a planned lunch at SpaceX that the documents don’t confirm actually happened. The reveal cuts against Musk’s long-running public stance that Epstein repeatedly tried to pull him into that orbit and that he kept his distance, which is why these emails have become such a flashpoint. What the files clearly establish is communication and attempted scheduling, captured in writing. | © SNL Studios

Chris Tucker

For Tucker, the “files” moment is visual: he appears in DOJ-released photographs, including one image with Maxwell near an aircraft and another shot of him alone in the same overall batch. That’s the kind of evidence the internet treats as instantly decisive, even though the releases themselves often arrive stripped of captions and surrounding context. Still, the inclusion is straightforward in a way many other celebrity mentions aren’t – his face is literally in the archive that investigators turned over and later disclosed. It’s also a reminder of how Epstein’s world intersected with entertainment: not always through long testimonies or detailed logs, but through social photos that freeze a fleeting proximity and then take on a life of their own once they’re public. | © New Line Cinema

Michael Jackson

The government photo releases turned into a kind of grim celebrity scrapbook, and Michael Jackson is one of the most talked-about faces in that batch. One DOJ image shows him pictured alongside Bill Clinton and Diana Ross, a trio that looks like pure pop-culture trivia until you remember where the photo came from. Another released photograph is even more direct, showing Jackson with Jeffrey Epstein in the same frame. The files don’t attach accusations to the images themselves, but they do confirm that Jackson’s image – and at least one social moment with Epstein – sits inside the officially disclosed archive. | © Columbia Pictures

Cameron Diaz

A name can land in these documents without any meeting, flight, or photo ever happening, and Cameron Diaz is a clean example of that distinction. In unsealed deposition testimony from the civil litigation tied to Epstein’s circle, witness Johanna Sjoberg was asked about celebrities Epstein would reference, and Diaz came up as one of the names he would drop to sound connected. Under questioning, Sjoberg clarified that it was “name-dropping,” and she said she never met Diaz through Epstein. After the documents went public in early 2024, Diaz’s representative publicly rejected any association, stating she never met Epstein and had no connection to him. | © Columbia Pictures

Naomi Campbell

The paper trail around Naomi Campbell isn’t built around one dramatic moment – it’s scattered across the kind of administrative detritus that ends up in an investigation: phone messages, contact lists, and interview notes. In the 2026 DOJ releases, her name appears in contact-book material, and a separate set of phone messages includes a note of her asking when she can speak with Epstein “regarding my swimsuit line.” Campbell has also addressed her past acquaintance with Epstein in public reporting, while denying knowledge of his criminal conduct. In this context, her “mention” is less about a single headline-making claim and more about multiple, mundane references that place her name inside the released record. | © 20th Century Fox Television

Heidi Klum

Long before the recent document dumps, Klum’s name surfaced through litigation material connected to Epstein and Maxwell, and it has stayed in circulation for one reason: it came packaged as a claim and a denial. In unsealed filings tied to a defamation case, Virginia Giuffre alleged that Klum was among high-profile people who flew on Epstein’s private plane. Klum and her lawyer responded publicly and emphatically, calling the claim false and saying she did not know Epstein, never visited his properties or island, and that her name and initials were absent from the released flight logs. The documents preserve the allegation; the public response rejects it outright. | © RedSeven Entertainment GmbH

Diana Ross

Sometimes the only reason a celebrity becomes “part of the files” is that a camera captured a moment investigators later disclosed. In the DOJ’s photo releases, Diana Ross appears in a group shot with Bill Clinton and Michael Jackson – an image that ricocheted online precisely because it looks so ordinary, like a backstage snapshot from another era. The release doesn’t frame her appearance as evidence of wrongdoing, and it doesn’t provide context about where or why the picture was taken. What it does establish, plainly, is that Ross’s image appears in the official archive that was made public as part of the Epstein files disclosures. | © Paramount Pictures