List of actors who played President of the United States

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vilili This is a partial list of actors or actresses who have played the President of the United States, both fictional and non-fictional, in movies and on television series.

Contents 1 Actors who played real presidents 1.1 Movies 1.2 Television 2 Actors who played fictional presidents 2.1 Movies 2.2 Television 3 Actresses who played fictional presidents 3.1 Movies 3.2 Television 4 External links

Actors who played real presidents

Movies

1. John Anderson played Abraham Lincoln in The Fortune Cookie (1966)
2. John Anderson played Abraham Lincoln in The Lincoln Conspiracy (1977)
3. Ken Howard played Thomas Jefferson in 1776 (1972)
4. William Daniels played John Adams in 1776 (1972)
5. Timothy Bottoms played George W. Bush in DC 9/11: Time of Crisis (2003)
6. William Devane played John F. Kennedy in The Missiles of October (1974)
7. Henry Fonda played Abraham Lincoln in Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
8. Dan Hedaya played Richard M. Nixon in Dick (1999)
9. Anthony Hopkins played Richard M. Nixon in Nixon (1995)
10. Anthony Hopkins played John Quincy Adams in Amistad (1997)
11. Brian Keith played William McKinley in Rough Riders (1997)
12. Donald Moffat played Lyndon B. Johnson in The Right Stuff (1983)
13. Jason Robards played Abraham Lincoln in The Perfect Tribute (1991)
14. Jason Robards played Ulysses S. Grant in The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)
15. Jason Robards played Franklin D. Roosevelt in F.D.R.: The Last Year (1980)
16. G.D. Spradlin played Andrew Jackson in Houston: The Legend of Texas (1986)
17. Jon Voight played Franklin D. Roosevelt in Pearl Harbor (2001)
18. Kevin Kline played Ulysses S. Grant in Wild Wild West (1999)
19. Bruce Greenwood played John F. Kennedy in Thirteen Days (2000)
20. Michael Gambon played Lyndon B. Johnson in Path to War (2002)
21. Cliff Robertson played John F. Kennedy in PT 109 (1963)
22. William Petersen played John F. Kennedy in The Rat Pack (1998)
23. Nick Nolte played Thomas Jefferson in Jefferson in Paris (1995)
24. Nigel Hawthorne played Martin Van Buren in Amistad (1997)
25. Robert V. Barron played Abraham Lincoln in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
26. Gary Sinise played Harry S. Truman in Truman (1995)
27. Charlton Heston played Andrew Jackson on The Buccaneer (1958)
28. Raymond Massey played Abraham Lincoln in Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
29. Van Heflin played Andrew Johnson in Tennessee Johnson (1942)

Television

1. John Anderson played Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Backstairs at the White House (1979)
2. John Anderson played Andrew Jackson in Bridger (TV movie) (1976)
3. Timothy Bottoms played George Walker Bush on That's My Bush! (Comedy Central, 2001)
4. Steve Bridges played George W. Bush in NCIS (2003)
5. James Brolin played Ronald Reagan in The Reagans (2003)
6. Dana Carvey played George Herbert Walker Bush on Saturday Night Live (NBC, 1986-1993)
7. Chevy Chase played Gerald Ford on Saturday Night Live (NBC, 1975-1976)
8. Will Geer played George Washington on Bewitched (1972, episodes 8.21, 8.22)
9. Darrell Hammond plays Bill Clinton on Saturday Night Live (1995-present)
10. Hal Holbrook played Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln (1975), North and South (novel) (1985), and North and South II (1986)
11. Dennis Lipscomb played Ulysses S. Grant in Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1994)
12. Sam Waterston played Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln (1988)
13. Will Ferrell played George W. Bush in Saturday Night Live (2001-2003)
14. Martin Sheen played President John F. Kennedy in "Kennedy" (mini-series, 1983)
15. Barry Bostwick played George Washington in "George Washington" (mini-series, 1984)
16. Phil Hartman played Bill Clinton in Saturday Night Live (1993-95)
17. Robert Duvall played Dwight D. Eisenhower in Ike (1979 miniseries)

Actors who played fictional presidents

Movies

1. Alan Alda as the President in Canadian Bacon (movie) (1995)
2. Dan Aykroyd as President William Haney in My Fellow Americans (1996)
3. Stanley Anderson as the President in The Rock (1996) and Armageddon (1998)
4. John Beck as President Fallbrook in The Alternate (2000)
5. Michael Belson as the President in Wag the Dog (1997)
6. Jeff Bridges as President Jackson Evans in The Contender (2000)
7. Ronny Cox as President Jack Neil in Murder at 1600 (1997)
8. James Cromwell as President Robert Fowler in The Sum of All Fears (2002)
9. Robert Culp as the President in The Pelican Brief (1993)
10. Jim Curley as the President in In the Line of Fire (1993)
11. Michael Douglas as President Andrew Shepherd in The American President (1995)
12. Richard Dreyfuss as the President in Fail-Safe (2000)
13. Henry Fonda as the President in Meteor (1979)
14. Henry Fonda as the President in Fail-Safe (1964)
15. Harrison Ford as President James Marshall in Air Force One (1997)
16. Morgan Freeman as President Tom Beck in Deep Impact (1998)
17. James Garner as President Matt Douglas in My Fellow Americans (1996)
18. Gene Hackman as President Allen Richmond in Absolute Power (1997)
19. Gene Hackman as former President Monroe Cole in Welcome to Mooseport (2004)
20. Mark Harmon as President James Foster in Chasing Liberty (2004)
21. John Heard as President Ted Matthews in My Fellow Americans (1996)
22. Hal Holbrook as President Adam Scott in The Kidnapping of the President (1980)
23. Michael Keaton as President Mackenzie in First Daughter (2004)
24. Perry King as President Blake in The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
25. Kevin Kline as President William Harrison Mitchell in Dave (1993)
26. Ronald Lacey as President Widmark in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
27. Jack Lemmon as President Russell P. Kramer in My Fellow Americans (1996)
28. Donald Moffat as President Bennett in Clear and Present Danger (1994)
29. James Naughton as President Davenport in First Kid (1996)
30. Jack Nicholson as President James Dale in Mars Attacks! (1996)
31. Leslie Nielsen as President Harris in Scary Movie 3 (2003)
32. Donald Pleasence as the President in Escape from New York (1981)
33. Bill Pullman as President Thomas J. Whitmore in Independence Day (1996)
34. Cliff Robertson as President Jack Cahill in Escape from L.A. (1996)
35. Tim Robbins as the President in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
36. Roy Scheider as the President in Chain of Command (2000)
37. Roy Scheider as President Carlson in Executive Target (1997)
38. Roy Scheider as President Robert Baker in The Peacekeeper (1997)
39. Peter Sellers as President Merkin Muffley in Dr. Strangelove (1964)
40. Billy Bob Thornton as the President in Love Actually (2003)
41. John Travolta as President Jack Stanton in Primary Colors (1998)
42. Kenneth Welsh as President Raymond Becker in The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

Television

1. William Devane as President Hayes in Stargate SG-1 (2004)
2. Dennis Haysbert as President David Palmer in 24 (Fox, 2001-2003)
3. Hal Holbrook as President Maxwell Monroe in Under Siege (1986)
4. Barry Morse as President Johnny Cyclops in Whoops Apocalypse (ITV, 1982)
5. Geoffrey Pierson as President John Keeler in 24 (Fox, 2004-2005)
6. Jason Robards as President Richard Monckton in Washington: Behind Closed Doors (mini-series, 1977)
7. Martin Sheen as President Josiah Bartlet in The West Wing (NBC, 1999-present)

Actresses who played fictional presidents

Movies

1. Ernestine Barrier as Madame President in Project Moonbase (1953)
2. Polly Bergen as President Leslie McCloud in Kisses for My President (1964)
3. Sally Champlin as President of the United States in The Woman Every Man Wants (2001)
4. Joan Rivers as President Rivers in Les Patterson Saves the World (1987)
5. Loretta Swit as President Barbara Adams in Whoops Apocalypse (1986)
6. Lynne Thigpen as President Marjorie Bota in Bicentennial Man (1999)

Television

1. Patty Duke as President Julia Mansfield in Hail to the Chief (1985)
2. Geena Davis as President Mackenzie Allen in Commander-in-Chief (2005).

External links

• Films with IMDb keyword "u.s.-president"fr:Liste d'acteurs