Here are all the celebrities and influencers running the NYC Marathon this weekend

This Sunday, more than 50,000 runners will take to the five boroughs' streets for the 2025 TCS New York City Marathon. As they traverse a challenging 26.2-mile course across the city, they'll be raising money for charities, chasing personal goals and hopefully having a ton of fun as the city turns into a party.

Among the crowd, expect to see a few familiar faces. These stars—from the TV, film, sports and entertainment worlds—will put their personal mettle to the test as they try to earn a medal for running 26.2 miles across all five boroughs. If you want to cheer them on, here’s our guide to the best places to watch. You can also follow along with their times on the NYC Marathon app. 

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Actors 

Merle Dandridge – The Broadway star and actor who recently completed a run as Persephone in Hadestown will run to support Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Claire Holt – See if you can spot the actress known for her roles in The Vampire Diaries and Pretty Little Liars.

Jordan Litz – The Broadway star and actor who currently stars as Fiyero in Wicked will support Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. 

Patina Miller – The Tony Award-winning Broadway star and actor is known for her role in Sister Act.

Oliver Phelps – Best known for playing George Weasley in the Harry Potter film adaptations and host of Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking, the actor will run his first marathon in support of The Matt Hampson Foundation.

Anthony Ramos – The actor, singer, and songwriter, who starred in the original cast of Hamilton on Broadway, will run his first marathon alongside a group that includes his high school guidance counselor, brother and run coach and U.S. Olympic marathoner Des Linden.

Lauren Ridloff – The actress known for her role in The Walking Dead will be on Team New Balance. 

Musicians

Ben Gibbard and Dave Depper – The Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service bandmates will support sustainability nonprofit Protect Our Winters.

N.O.R.E. – The Queens-native hip-hop icon and "Drink Champs" host N.O.R.E. will return to the five boroughs to run his first marathon alongside his Run Champs run crew. 

Joe Amabile – The Bachelorette star will support Release Recovery.

Bryan Arenales – Catch the Love Island USA star on the course.

Elan Bibas – The Love Island USA star is running with Team TAG Heuer.

Tyler Cameron – The Bachelorette star will run with girlfriend Tate Madden.

Zac Clark – The Bachelorette star will support his charity Release Recovery.

Tanner Courtad – The Bachelorette star will run this year.

Joey Graziadei – You know him from The Bachelor and Dancing with the Stars.

Matt James – The Bachelor star and entrepreneur is running with Team Mastercard.

Phil Keoghan – The television personality and host of The Amazing Race will support Back on My Feet.

Nic Vansteenberghe – The Love Island USA star is running with Team Strava. 

TV personalities 

"Good Morning America" 50th Anniversary Relay participants – Rhiannon Ally, Dani Beckstrom, JuJu Chang, Liz Cho, Christiane Cordero, Linsey Davis, Devin Dwyer, Ike Ejiochi, Will Ganss, Matt Gutman, Rebecca Jarvis, Whit Johnson, Jonathan Karl, Aaron Katersky, Rick Klein, Chanteé Lans, Mola Lenghi, Janai Norman, Nina Pineda, Stephanie Ramos, Deborah Roberts, Perry Russom, Will Reeve, Ashan Singh, Karen Travers, Selina Wang, and Ginger Zee

Tayshia Adams – The television host and former Bachelor contestant will run with Team Maybelline.

Errol Barnett – The CBS News anchor and national correspondent will run this year.

Chloe Lukasiak – The television personality and actor who made her debut on Dance Moms will run with Team Maybelline.

Carl Radke – The television personality and entrepreneur known from Summer House will support Release Recovery.

Nev Schulman – Host of Catfish: The TV Show, he'll support Achilles International and will run with his wife Laura Perlongo.

Athletes 

Peloton instructors Mariana Fernández, Ben Alldis, Jeffrey McEachern, Rad Lopez, and Alex Karwoski will take to the course.

Alex Cora – The Boston Red Sox Manager will journey to NYC for the race.

Alexi Pappas – The Olympic runner will run with Team TAG Heuer.

Isaac Rochell – The former NFL player and digital creator is running with Team Strava.

Influencers and digital creators

Christine Doan – The digital creator and entrepreneur is running with Team Maybelline.

Isabelle Glasgow Jensen – The digital creator and entrepreneur is running with Team Maybelline.

Karen Sarahi Gonzales – The digital creator and entrepreneur is running with Team Maybelline.

Olivia Maher – The digital creator is running with Team Maybelline.

Brooke Monk – The digital creator will run this year's race.

Casey Neistat – The NYC-based digital creator and filmmaker will take to the streets for the marathon once again.

Filmmakers

Cole Cook – The filmmaker and entrepreneur will support Keep a Child Alive, co-founded by his sister Alicia Keys.

Rudy Valdez – He's the filmmaker and director of NYRR's East 89th St Productions documentary short, "Final Finishers."