Frederick M. Brown/Getty;Jennifer Garner/Instagram;Jess Rapfogel/Getty Many of our Hollywood favorites boast more than one talent. And while it's not surprising for a singer to venture into acting or an actor to try their hand at directing, seeing a star pick up a saxophone will never not blow our mind. FromJason Kelce's impressive sax skills toTina Fey's flute-playing toSteven Spielberg's love for the clarinet, these stars have proven to be instrumentally inclined. In fact, Spielberg has even used some of his clarinet to score some of his famous movies — and he's not the only director on this list to have done so! Check out these 14 celebrities who have surprising musical talents. 01 of 14 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jennifer Garner (@jennifer.garner) Jennifer Garner's saxophone-playing skills are no secret — she loves to celebrate her teenage years in the marching band. But perhaps there's no other moment where she truly flexed than when she gave her pal Reese Witherspoona musical tributefor her birthday last year, leaving us all feeling like ... our friends could do more. 02 of 14 Jess Rapfogel/Getty He can tackle 300-pound men on the football field, and he can also fit right in with a marching band.Jason Kelceproved he can truly do it all when he surprised Baltimore Ravens fans by playing sax with the team's band ahead of their Sept. 22 matchup against the Detroit Lions. 03 of 14 Larry Downing/Sygma/Sygma/Getty Does anyone else recall that specific moment in time in the '90s when you couldn't separateBill Clintonfrom his saxophone? The 42nd president of the United States (who was then the governor of Arkansas) wowed the nation when he played the instrument on theArsenio Hall Showback in 1992. 04 of 14 Peter Turnley/Corbis/VCG/Getty We doubt thatSteven Spielbergwould have let Steven Spielbergscore his feature-length debut,Firelight,if his clarinet-playing skills weren't up to par back in 1964. The famed director, who played the instrument in his high school band, also resurfaced the talent for the score ofJawsdecades later. 05 of 14 NBC Tina Feyis a woman of many talents, flute playing being one of them. The multihyphenate creative played it for a year in fifth grade and tapped back into that woodwind skill when she famously portrayed Sarah Palin onSaturday Night Live. 06 of 14 Noel Vasquez/Getty The fact thatRyan Goslingwas a Disney kid lets us know the breadth of his talents. Sure, now we only see him as an actor (though that "I'm Just Ken" performance at the Oscars took us back), but theLa La Landstar also sang and break danced back in the day —andhe plays guitar. 07 of 14 Arturo Holmes/Getty Samuel L. Jacksonwas most known for cheerleading during his years at Morehouse, but he had band experience too: The famed actor played the French horn and trumpet in his school orchestra between the fifth and twelfth grades. 08 of 14 Richard Corkery/NY Daily News Archive/Getty Like Spielberg,Clint Eastwoodhas utilized his musical talents in his movies as well. A piano player, Eastwood is also a composer and jazz aficionado,per NPR. He's scored movies such asMillion Dollar Baby, Flags of Our Fathers, Mystic Riverand more. 09 of 14 Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Only a genius as idiosyncratic asSteve Martincould have banjo-playing on his resumé. The beloved comedian actor has made many talk show appearances with the instrument, and let it rip on the Steep Canyon Rangers' song, "So Familiar." 10 of 14 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Emma Heming Willis (@emmahemingwillis) Famous for fighting bad guys on the big screen,Bruce Willisoften showed his musical side by playing the harmonica during press appearances andwith his band, The Accelerators. Back in 2022, wife Emma Heming Willis shared a cool video of the actor jamming with Derrick Richard Thomas in their home. 11 of 14 Robin Platzer/Twin Images/Getty BecauseMeryl Streepcouldn't be mediocre even if she tried, she learned to play violin for 1999'sMusic of the Heartand in eight weeks, had picked up the craft enough to convince us she was a seasoned pro. 12 of 14 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Courteney Cox (@courteneycoxofficial) "Smelly Cat" remix?Courteney Coxpicked up the piano during the pandemic back in 2020, and by February 2021, she was skilled enough to give us this rendition of theFriendstheme song. 13 of 14 Ethan Miller/Getty If everything had gone toDustin Hoffman's plan, theWag the Dogactor would have been a classical pianist. However, one acting class and a Tennessee Williams play changed the trajectory of his artistic endeavors, leading him to be a two-time Oscar winner. 14 of 14 Bill Inoshita/CBS/Universal Television/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images Just how good is Dermot Mulroney at the cello? He's been tapped toplay in the orchestra for the scores of movies includingStar WarsandScream.He credits his prolific work to his relationship with Oscar-nominated composer Michael Giacchino, explaining, "I've done so many because once you're in his orchestra, he included me with the greatest musicians in Los Angeles, which of course means the country, which of course means [an] arrival with any in the world. And there I sit in that group." Read the original article onPeople
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