List of actors who played President of the United States

This is a partial list of actors and actresses who have played the role of a real or fictitious President of the United States in films or television.

Presidents who played themselves

Films

Actor	President	Film	Year
Bill Clinton	Himself	First Kid	1996
Bill Clinton	Himself	Contact	1997

Television

Actor	President	TV show	Year
Gerald Ford	Himself	Dynasty	1983
Jimmy Carter	Himself	Home Improvement	1994

Actors who played real presidents

Films

Actor	President	Film	Year
Joseph Kilgour	George Washington	Washington Under the American Flag	1909
Joseph Kilgour	George Washington	Washington Under the British Flag	1909
Joseph Kilgour	George Washington	The Battle Cry of Peace	1915
Joseph Kilgour	George Washington	The Dawn of Freedom	1915
William Berry	George Washington	The Spirit of '76	1917
Duke R. Lee	George Washington	In the Days of Daniel Boone	1923
Arthur Dewey	George Washington	America	1924
George Nash	George Washington	Alexander Hamilton	1924
George Nash	George Washington	Yorktown	1924
Francis X. Bushman	George Washington	The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross	1927
Alan Dinehart	George Washington	The Road is Open Again	1933
Robert Warwick	George Washington	Give Me Liberty	1936
Montagu Love	George Washington	Sons of Liberty	1939
Frank Windsor	George Washington	Revolution	1985
Jeff Daniels	George Washington	The Crossing	2000
Terry Layman	George Washington	The Patriot	2000
David Morse	George Washington	John Adams (TV miniseries)	2008
William Daniels	John Adams	1776	1972
Pat Hingle	John Adams	Independence	1976
Paul Giamatti	John Adams	John Adams (TV miniseries)	2008
Ken Howard	Thomas Jefferson	1776	1972
Ken Howard	Thomas Jefferson	Independence	1976
Nick Nolte	Thomas Jefferson	Jefferson in Paris	1995
Stephen Dillane	Thomas Jefferson	John Adams (TV miniseries)	2008
Burgess Meredith	James Madison	Magnificent Doll	1946
Ken Kercheval	James Madison	The Adams Chronicles	1972
Morgan Wallace	James Monroe	Alexander Hamilton	1931
Charles Waldron	James Monroe	The Monroe Doctrine	1939
Grant Mitchell	John Quincy Adams	The Monroe Doctrine	1939
Anthony Hopkins	John Quincy Adams	Amistad	1997
Ebon Moss-Bachrach	John Quincy Adams	John Adams (TV miniseries)	2008
Charlton Heston	Andrew Jackson	The President's Lady	1953
Basil Ruysdael	Andrew Jackson	Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier	1955
Charlton Heston	Andrew Jackson	The Buccaneer	1958
Dave McArdle	Andrew Jackson	Andrew Jackson : Good, Evil & The Presidency	2008
G. D. Spradlin	Andrew Jackson	Houston: The Legend of Texas	1986
Nigel Hawthorne	Martin Van Buren	Amistad	1997
James Seay	William Henry Harrison	Brave Warrior	1952
Wolfgang Greese	William Henry Harrison	Tecumseh	1972
David Clennon	William Henry Harrison	Tecumseh	1994
Edwin Stanley	James K. Polk	The Monroe Doctrine	1939
Ian Wolfe	James K. Polk	California	1946
Addison Richards	James K. Polk	The Oregon Trail	1959
Allan Cavan	Zachary Taylor	Rebellion	1936
James Gammon	Zachary Taylor	One Man's Hero	1999
Millard Vincent	Millard Fillmore	The Monroe Doctrine	1939
Porter Hall	Franklin Pierce	The Great Moment	1944
Joseph Henabery	Abraham Lincoln	The Birth of a Nation	1915
J. Herbert Frank	Abraham Lincoln	In the Days of Buffalo Bill	1922
George A. Billings Sr.	Abraham Lincoln	The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln	1924
Walter Huston	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln	1930
Frank McGlynn, Sr.	Abraham Lincoln	Are We Civilized?	1934
Frank McGlynn, Sr.	Abraham Lincoln	The Littlest Rebel	1935
Frank McGlynn, Sr.	Abraham Lincoln	The Plainsman	1936
John Carradine	Abraham Lincoln	Of Human Hearts	1938
Henry Fonda	Abraham Lincoln	Young Mr. Lincoln	1939
Raymond Massey	Abraham Lincoln	Abe Lincoln in Illinois	1940
Austin Green	Abraham Lincoln	The Story of Mankind	1957
Raymond Massey	Abraham Lincoln	How the West Was Won	1962
John Anderson	Abraham Lincoln	The Fortune Cookie	1966
John Anderson	Abraham Lincoln	The Lincoln Conspiracy	1977
Hal Holbrook	Abraham Lincoln	North and South	1985
Hal Holbrook	Abraham Lincoln	North and South: Book II	1986
F. Murray Abraham	Abraham Lincoln	Dream West	1986
Robert V. Barron	Abraham Lincoln	Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure	1989
Jason Robards	Abraham Lincoln	The Perfect Tribute	1991
Lance Henriksen	Abraham Lincoln	The Day Lincoln Was Shot	1998
Brendan Fraser	Abraham Lincoln	Bedazzled	2000
Tim Willett	Abraham Lincoln	Kiss Kiss Bang Bang	2005
Gerald Bestrom	Abraham Lincoln	The Conspirator	2010
Bill Oberst Jr.	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies	2012
Benjamin Walker	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter	2012
Daniel Day-Lewis	Abraham Lincoln	Lincoln	2012
Kevin Sorbo	Abraham Lincoln	FDR: American Badass!	2012
Tom Amandes	Abraham Lincoln	Saving Lincoln	2013
Van Heflin	Andrew Johnson	Tennessee Johnson	1942
Dennis Clark	Andrew Johnson	The Conspirator	2010
Donald Crisp	Ulysses S. Grant	The Birth of a Nation	1915
Guy Oliver	Ulysses S. Grant	Only the Brave	1930
Joseph Crehan	Ulysses S. Grant	They Died with Their Boots On	1941
Stan Jones	Ulysses S. Grant	The Horse Soldiers	1959
Harry Morgan	Ulysses S. Grant	How the West Was Won	1962
Jason Robards	Ulysses S. Grant	The Legend of the Lone Ranger	1981
Kevin Kline	Ulysses S. Grant	Wild Wild West	1999
Aidan Quinn	Ulysses S. Grant	Jonah Hex	2010
Jared Harris	Ulysses S. Grant	Lincoln	2012
John Dilson	Rutherford B. Hayes	Buffalo Bill	1944
Francis Sayles	James A. Garfield	The Night Riders	1939
Emmett Corrigan	Chester A. Arthur	Silver Dollar	1932
Stuart Holmes	Grover Cleveland	The Monroe Doctrine	1939
Stuart Holmes	Grover Cleveland	The Oklahoma Kid	1939
Pat McCormick	Grover Cleveland	Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson	1976
Roy Gordon	Benjamin Harrison	Stars and Stripes Forever	1952
Brian Keith	William McKinley	Rough Riders	1997
Sidney Blackmer	Theodore Roosevelt	The Monroe Doctrine	1939
John Alexander	Theodore Roosevelt	Fancy Pants	1950
Brian Keith	Theodore Roosevelt	The Wind and the Lion	1975
William Phipps	Theodore Roosevelt	Eleanor and Franklin	1976
Tom Berenger	Theodore Roosevelt	Rough Riders	1997
Robin Williams	Theodore Roosevelt	Night at the Museum	2006
Robin Williams	Theodore Roosevelt	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	2009
Ed Metzger	Theodore Roosevelt	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	2008
Walter Massey	William Howard Taft	The Greatest Game Ever Played	2005
Alexander Knox	Woodrow Wilson	Wilson	1944
Bob Gunton	Woodrow Wilson	Iron Jawed Angels	2004
Ian Wolfe	Calvin Coolidge	The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell	1955
Jack Young	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Yankee Doodle Dandy	1942
Ralph Bellamy	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Sunrise at Campobello	1960
Edward Herrmann	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Eleanor and Franklin	1976
Edward Herrmann	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years	1977
Albert McFadyen	Franklin D. Roosevelt	The National Parks: America's Best Idea	2009
Dan O'Herlihy	Franklin D. Roosevelt	MacArthur	1977
Jason Robards	Franklin D. Roosevelt	F.D.R.:The Last Year	1980
Edward Herrmann	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Annie	1982
Jon Voight	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Pearl Harbor	2001
Kenneth Branagh	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Warm Springs	2005
Alan Cumming	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Reefer Madness	2005
Bill Murray	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Hyde Park on Hudson	2012
Barry Bostwick	Franklin D. Roosevelt	FDR: American Badass!	2012
Robert Vaughn	Harry S Truman	The Man from Independence	1974
James Whitmore	Harry S Truman	Give 'em Hell, Harry!	1975
E. G. Marshall	Harry S Truman	Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur	1976
Ed Flanders	Harry S Truman	MacArthur	1977
Gary Sinise	Harry S Truman	Truman	1995
David Patrick Kelly	Harry S Truman	Flags of Our Fathers	2006
Henry Grace	Dwight D. Eisenhower	The Longest Day	1962
Robert Beer	Dwight D. Eisenhower	The Right Stuff	1983
Keene Curtis	Dwight D. Eisenhower	IQ	1994
Tom Selleck	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Ike: Countdown to D-Day	2004
Robert Catrini	Dwight D. Eisenhower	FDR: American Badass!	2012
Robin Williams	Dwight D. Eisenhower	The Butler	2013
Cliff Robertson	John F. Kennedy	PT 109	1963
James Franciscus	John F. Kennedy	Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy	1981
William Petersen	John F. Kennedy	The Rat Pack	1998
Bruce Greenwood	John F. Kennedy	Thirteen Days	2000
Brett Stimely	John F. Kennedy	Watchmen	2009
John Allen Nelson	John F. Kennedy	Fire Bay	2011
Brett Stimely	John F. Kennedy	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	2011
James Marsden	John F. Kennedy	The Butler	2013
Donald Moffat	Lyndon B. Johnson	The Right Stuff	1983
Randy Quaid	Lyndon B. Johnson	LBJ: The Early Years	1987
Tom Howard	Lyndon B. Johnson	JFK	1991
Michael Gambon	Lyndon B. Johnson	Path to War	2002
Liev Schreiber	Lyndon B. Johnson	The Butler	2013
Philip Baker Hall	Richard Nixon	Secret Honor	1984
Anthony Hopkins	Richard Nixon	Nixon	1995
Dan Hedaya	Richard Nixon	Dick	1999
Frank Langella	Richard Nixon	Frost/Nixon	2008
James McManus	Richard Nixon	Black Dynamite	2009
Robert Wisden	Richard Nixon	Watchmen	2009
John H. Tobin	Richard Nixon	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	2011
John Cusack	Richard Nixon	The Butler	2013
Dick Crockett	Gerald Ford	The Pink Panther Strikes Again	1976
Larry Lindsay	Gerald Ford	Hot Shots! Part Deux	1993
Corbin Bernsen	Gerald Ford	The Commission	2003
Neal Matarazzo	Gerald Ford	Crisis 76	2004
Ed Beheler	Jimmy Carter	Sextette	1978
Ed Beheler	Jimmy Carter	Hot Shots! Part Deux	1993
Rip Torn	Ronald Reagan	Airplane II: The Sequel (deleted scene)	1982
Jay Koch	Ronald Reagan	Back to the Future Part II	1989
Bryan Clark	Ronald Reagan	Pizza Man	1991
Jay Koch	Ronald Reagan	Hot Shots! Part Deux	1993
Jay Koch	Ronald Reagan	Panther	1995
Richard Crenna	Ronald Reagan	The Day Reagan Was Shot	2001
Fred Ward	Ronald Reagan	L'affaire Farewell	2009
Alan Rickman	Ronald Reagan	The Butler	2013
John Roarke	George H. W. Bush	The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear	1991
Daniel T. Healy	George H. W. Bush	Hot Shots! Part Deux	1993
James Cromwell	George H. W. Bush	W.	2008
Scott Herriot	Bill Clinton	Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult	1994
Craig Barnett	Bill Clinton	The Godson	1998
Damian Mason	Bill Clinton	2001: A Space Travesty	2000
Timothy Watters	Bill Clinton	Life or Something Like It	2002
Timothy Bottoms	George W. Bush	The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course	2002
Timothy Bottoms	George W. Bush	DC 9/11: Time of Crisis	2003
Bruce Mendenhall	George W. Bush	Postal	2007
Kamal Haasan	George W. Bush	Dasavathaaram	2008
James Adomian	George W. Bush	Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay	2008
Josh Brolin	George W. Bush	W.	2008
Christopher B. Duncan	Barack Obama	My Name Is Khan	2010
Orlando Eric Street	Barack Obama	The Butler	2013

Television

Actor	President	Program	Year
Lorne Greene	George Washington	"Swing Out, Sweet Land" (television film)	1970
Will Geer	George Washington	Bewitched (episodes 8.21, 8.22)	1972
Barry Bostwick	George Washington	"George Washington" (miniseries)	1984
Barry Bostwick	George Washington	"George Washington 2 : The Forging of A Nation" (miniseries)	1986
Maurice LaMarche	George Washington	Histeria!	1999
Kelsey Grammer	George Washington	Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor	2003
David Morse	George Washington	John Adams	2008
William Shatner	John Adams	"Swing Out, Sweet Land" (television film)	1970
George Grizzard	John Adams	The Adams Chronicles	1976
William Daniels	John Adams	The Rebels	1979
Simon Russell Beale	John Adams	John and Abigail Adams on the PBS program The American Experience	2006
Paul Giamatti	John Adams	John Adams	2008
Hugh O'Brian	Thomas Jefferson	"Swing Out, Sweet Land" (television film)	1970
Albert Stratton	Thomas Jefferson	The Adams Chronicles	1976
Sam Neill	Thomas Jefferson	Sally Hemings: An American Scandal	2000
Stephen Dillane	Thomas Jefferson	John Adams	2008
Henry Butler	James Monroe	The Adams Chronicles	1976
David Birney	John Quincy Adams	The Adams Chronicles	1976
William Daniels	John Quincy Adams	The Adams Chronicles	1976
Steven Hinkle	John Quincy Adams	John Adams	2008
Ebon Moss-Bachrach	John Quincy Adams	John Adams	2008
Wesley Addy	Andrew Jackson	The Adams Chronicles	1976
Dave McArdle	Andrew Jackson	Andrew Jackson : Good, Evil & The Presidency	2008
Robert Ryan	Abraham Lincoln	Screen Directors Playhouse, Season 1, "Lincoln's Doctor's Dog"	1955
Barry Atwater	Abraham Lincoln	One Step Beyond, Season 2, "The Day The World Wept - The Lincoln Story"	1960
Austin Green	Abraham Lincoln	The Twilight Zone, Season 3 - "The Passersby"	1961
Ford Rainey	Abraham Lincoln	The Time Tunnel	1966
Lee Bergere	Abraham Lincoln	Star Trek (original series episode The Savage Curtain)	1969
Hal Holbrook	Abraham Lincoln	Lincoln	1975
Gregory Peck	Abraham Lincoln	The Blue and the Gray	1982
Hal Holbrook	Abraham Lincoln	North and South	1985
Hal Holbrook	Abraham Lincoln	North and South II	1986
Sam Waterston	Abraham Lincoln	Lincoln	1988
Kris Kristofferson	Abraham Lincoln	Tad (television film)	1995
Lance Henriksen	Abraham Lincoln	The Day Lincoln Was Shot	1998
Dann Florek	Abraham Lincoln	The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer	1998
David Shelby	Abraham Lincoln	Touched by an Angel, Season 5 - "Beautiful Dreamer"	1998
Maurice LaMarche	Abraham Lincoln	Histeria!	1999
Peter Reneday	Abraham Lincoln	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	2001-present
Will Forte	Abraham Lincoln	Clone High	2002-2003
Peter Reneday	Abraham Lincoln	Batman: The Brave and the Bold, final episode "Mitefall!" (aired November 11th, 2011)	2011
Billy Campbell	Abraham Lincoln	Killing Lincoln (docudrama)	2013
James Gregory	Ulysses S. Grant	The Wild Wild West (pilot episode)	1965
Roy Engel	Ulysses S. Grant	The Wild Wild West (7 episodes)	1965-1969
Stanley Anderson	Ulysses S. Grant	Son of the Morning Star (television film)	1991
Dennis Lipscomb	Ulysses S. Grant	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman	1994
Fred Thompson	Ulysses S. Grant	Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (television film)	2007
Richard Herd	Grover Cleveland	The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.	1994
Victor Buono	William Howard Taft	Backstairs at the White House	1979
Robert Vaughn	Woodrow Wilson	Backstairs at the White House	1979
George Kennedy	Warren G. Harding	Backstairs at the White House	1979
Malachy Cleary	Warren G. Harding	Boardwalk Empire ("Hold Me in Paradise")	2010
Ed Flanders	Calvin Coolidge	Backstairs at the White House	1979
Larry Gates	Herbert Hoover	Backstairs at the White House	1979
John Anderson	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Backstairs at the White House	1979
Ralph Bellamy	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Sunrise at Campobello	1960
Jonah Triebwasser	Franklin D. Roosevelt	The Winds of War	1979
David Ogden Stiers	Franklin D. Roosevelt	J. Edgar Hoover	1987
David Ogden Stiers	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Day One	1989
John Lithgow	Franklin D. Roosevelt	World War II: When Lions Roared	1994
Dennis Howard	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Annie (television film)	1999
Albert McFadyen	Franklin D. Roosevelt	FDR Remembers Pearl Harbor(ABC News)	2010
Alan Cumming	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Reefer Madness (television film - Showtime)	2005
Jonah Triebwasser	Franklin D. Roosevelt	FDR: History in the Making	2005
Jonah Triebwasser	Franklin D. Roosevelt	10 Days that Unexpectedly Changed America; Einstein's letter	2006
Harry Morgan	Harry S. Truman	Backstairs at the White House	1979
Billy West	Harry S. Truman	Futurama	2001
Richard Dysart	Harry S. Truman	Day One	1989
Andrew Duggan	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Backstairs at the White House	1979
Robert Duvall	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Ike (miniseries)	1979
Vaughn Meader	John F. Kennedy	The Ed Sullivan Show (CBS)	1963
William Devane	John F. Kennedy	The Missiles of October	1974
Joe Piscopo	John F. Kennedy	Saturday Night Live (NBC)	1980-1984
Martin Sheen	John F. Kennedy	"Kennedy" (miniseries)	1983
Andrew Robinson	John F. Kennedy	The Twilight Zone, Season 1, "Profile in Silver"	1986
Steven Weber	John F. Kennedy	The Kennedys of Massachusetts (miniseries)	1990
Stephen Collins	John F. Kennedy	A Woman Named Jackie (miniseries)	1991
Michael J. Shannon	John F. Kennedy	Red Dwarf (episode 7.01)	1997
Tim Matheson	John F. Kennedy	Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis	2000
Greg Kinnear	John F. Kennedy	The Kennedys (miniseries)	2011
Steven Culp	John F. Kennedy	Perception	2012
Don Allison	Lyndon B. Johnson	The Kennedys (miniseries)	2011
Rich Little	Richard Nixon	The Kopykats (ABC)	1972
Rip Torn	Richard Nixon	Blind Ambition (TV miniseries) (miniseries) (CBS)	1979
Dan Aykroyd	Richard Nixon	Saturday Night Live (NBC)	1975-1979
Billy West	Richard Nixon	Futurama	1999–present
Stuart Milligan	Richard Nixon	Doctor Who ("The Impossible Astronaut"/"Day of the Moon")	2011
Chevy Chase	Gerald Ford	Saturday Night Live (NBC)	1975-1976
Josef Sommer	Gerald Ford	The Betty Ford Story	1987
Drew Snyder	Gerald Ford	Dark Skies	1997
Jeffrey Ventimilia	Gerald Ford	That '70s Show	1998
Joe Stokes	Gerald Ford	Days That Shook the World	2003
Dan Aykroyd	Jimmy Carter	Saturday Night Live (NBC)	1975-1979
Joe Piscopo	Jimmy Carter	Saturday Night Live (NBC)	1980-1984
Joe Piscopo	Ronald Reagan	Saturday Night Live (NBC)	1980-1984
Johnny Carson	Ronald Reagan	The Tonight Show (NBC)	1981-1989
Phil Hartman	Ronald Reagan	Saturday Night Live (NBC)	1985-1986
Randy Quaid	Ronald Reagan	Saturday Night Live (NBC)	1985-1986
Robert Beatty	Ronald Reagan	Breakthrough at Reykjavik (Granada Television UK)	1987
Bryan Clark	Ronald Reagan	Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North (television film - CBS)	1989
Bryan Clark	Ronald Reagan	Without Warning - The James Brady Story (television film - HBO)	1991
Bryan Clark	Ronald Reagan	Dark Skies, Season 1, "Bloodlines"	1997
Richard Crenna	Ronald Reagan	The Day Reagan Was Shot	2001
James Brolin	Ronald Reagan	The Reagans	2003
Dana Carvey	George H. W. Bush	Saturday Night Live (NBC)	1986-1993
Harry Shearer	George H. W. Bush	The Golden Girls	1990
Bill Farmer	George H. W. Bush	Murphy Brown	1991
Harry Shearer	George H. W. Bush	The Simpsons, Season 7, Two Bad Neighbors	1996
Michael Greene	George H. W. Bush	The Day Reagan Was Shot	2001
Trey Parker	Bill Clinton	South Park	1998
Phil Hartman	Bill Clinton	Saturday Night Live	1992-1994
Michael McKean	Bill Clinton	Saturday Night Live	1994-1995
Darrell Hammond	Bill Clinton	Saturday Night Live	1995-2009
Frank Welker	Bill Clinton	Pinky and the Brain	1995-1998
Frank Welker	Bill Clinton	Animaniacs	1993-1998
David Herman	Bill Clinton	MADtv	1995-1996
Bryan Callen	Bill Clinton	MADtv	1996-1997
Seth MacFarlane	Bill Clinton	Family Guy	1999-2002, 2005-present
Gabriel Iglesias	Bill Clinton	All That	2000
Frank Caliendo	Bill Clinton	Frank TV	2007-2008
Dennis Quaid	Bill Clinton	The Special Relationship	2010
Michael Krass	Bill Clinton	Beatrix, Oranje onder Vuur	2012
Chriss Anglin	Bill Clinton	Naked Run	2011
Trey Parker	George W. Bush	South Park	1997-2006
Christian Duguay	George W. Bush	MADtv	2000-2001
Will Ferrell	George W. Bush	Saturday Night Live	2000-2002, 2009
Timothy Bottoms	George W. Bush	That's My Bush! (Comedy Central)	2001
Will Sasso	George W. Bush	MADtv	2001-2002
Chris Parnell	George W. Bush	Saturday Night Live	2002-2003
Frank Caliendo	George W. Bush	MADtv	2002-2006
Steve Bridges	George W. Bush	NCIS	2003
Darrell Hammond	George W. Bush	Saturday Night Live	2003
Will Forte	George W. Bush	Saturday Night Live	2004-2006
Brent Mendenhall	George W. Bush	Recount	2008
James Adomian	George W. Bush	The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	2005-2009
Jason Sudeikis	George W. Bush	Saturday Night Live	2006-2008, 2010
Frank Caliendo	George W. Bush	Frank TV	2007-2008
Ron Butler	Barack Obama	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	2007
Larry Wilmore	Barack Obama	The Daily Show with Jon Stewart	2008
Trey Parker	Barack Obama	South Park	2008
Deon Davis	Barack Obama	WWE Raw	2008
Freddy Lockhart	Barack Obama	Frank TV	2008
Keegan-Michael Key	Barack Obama	MADtv	2008-2009
Christopher B. Duncan	Barack Obama	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	2008-2009
Fred Armisen	Barack Obama	Saturday Night Live	2008-2012
Kevin Scarlo	Barack Obama	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	2009
Kevin Michael Richardson	Barack Obama	Batman: The Brave and the Bold (episode 48, Cry Freedom Fighters)	2010
Jordan Peele	Barack Obama	Key and Peele	2012
Jay Pharoah	Barack Obama	Saturday Night Live	2012

Actors who played fictional presidents

Films

Actor	President	Film	Year
Forrest J Ackerman	The President	Amazon Women on the Moon	1987
Eddie Albert	The President	Dreamscape	1984
Alan Alda	The President	Canadian Bacon	1995
Stanley Anderson	The President	Armageddon	1998
Stanley Anderson	The President	The Rock	1996
Tomas Arana	President Harry Carrey	The President's Staff	2013
William Atherton	President John Fields	Executive Power	1997
Dan Aykroyd	President William Haney	My Fellow Americans	1996
Robert Beatty	The President	Superman IV: The Quest for Peace	1987
John Beck	President Fallbrook	The Alternate	2000
Michael Belson	The President	Wag the Dog	1997
Hunt Block	President Howard Lewis	Salt	2010
Lloyd Bochner	President Mark Hayden	Loyal Opposition: Terror in the White House	1998
Bruce Boxleitner	President Howard	Contagion	2002
Jeff Bridges	President Jackson Evans	The Contender	2000
Lloyd Bridges	President Thomas "Tug" Benson	Hot Shots! Part Deux	1993
Arthur Byron	President Stanley Craig	The President Vanishes	1934
James Caan	The President	Get Smart	2008
George Clooney	President Devlin	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	2003
Stephen Colbert	President Hathaway	Monsters vs. Aliens	2009
Ronny Cox	President Tom Kimball	Captain America	1990
Ronny Cox	President Jack Neil	Murder at 1600	1997
Terry Crews	President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho	Idiocracy	2006
James Cromwell	President Robert Fowler	The Sum of All Fears	2002
Robert Culp	The President	The Pelican Brief	1993
Jim Curley	The President	In the Line of Fire	1993
William Devane	The President	The Dark Knight Rises	2012
Michael Douglas	President Andrew Shepherd	The American President	1995
Sam Douglas	The President ("John")	Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London	2004
Richard Dreyfuss	The President	Fail Safe	2000
Charles Durning	The President	Twilight's Last Gleaming	1977
Aaron Eckhart	President Benjamin Asher	Olympus Has Fallen	2013
R. Lee Ermey	President Richard Benson	Megiddo: The Omega Code 2	2001
Tom Everett	The President	The Island	2005
Henry Fonda	The President	Fail-Safe	1964
Henry Fonda	The President	Meteor	1979
Glenn Ford	President Richardson	Virus	1980
Harrison Ford	President James Marshall	Air Force One	1997
Jamie Foxx	President James Sawyer	White House Down	2013
Morgan Freeman	President Tom Beck	Deep Impact	1998
James Garner	President Matt Douglas	My Fellow Americans	1996
Danny Glover	President Thomas Wilson	2012	2009
Louis Gossett, Jr.	President Gerald Fitzhugh	Left Behind: World at War	2005
Louis Gossett, Jr.	President Ryan Gordon	Solar Attack	2005
Kelsey Grammer	President Andrew "Andy" Boone	Swing Vote (2008 film)	2008
Bruce Greenwood	The President	National Treasure: Book of Secrets	2007
Gene Hackman	President Alan Richmond	Absolute Power	1997
Gene Hackman	former President Monroe Cole	Welcome to Mooseport	2004
Mark Harmon	President James Foster	Chasing Liberty	2004
Gregory Harrison	President Jonathan Hayes	First Daughter	1999
Gregory Harrison	President Jonathan Hayes	First Target	2000
Gregory Harrison	President Jonathan Hayes	First Shot	2002
Phil Hartman	President Dillard	The Second Civil War	1997
John Heard	President Ted Matthews	My Fellow Americans	1996
Edward Herrmann	President Arthur Fellwick	Atomic Train	1999
Hal Holbrook	President Adam Scott	The Kidnapping of the President	1980
William Hurt	President Ashton	Vantage Point	2008
Walter Huston	President Judson C. "Judd" Hammond	Gabriel Over the White House	1933
James Earl Jones	President Douglass Dilman	The Man	1972
James Karen	President Mitchell	Freedom Strike	1998
Michael Keaton	President Mackenzie	First Daughter	2004
Perry King	President Blake	The Day After Tomorrow	2004
Ben Kingsley	President Gary Nance	Dave	1993
Kevin Kline	President William Harrison Mitchell	Dave	1993
Alexander Knox	President Hughes	Crack in the Mirror	1960
Ronald Lacey	President Widmark	The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension	1984
Martin Landau	President Morose	By Dawn's Early Light	1990
Jack Lemmon	President Russell P. Kramer	My Fellow Americans	1996
Tom Lister, Jr.	President Lindberg	The Fifth Element	1997
Charles Macaulay	The President	Splash	1984
Fredric March	President Jordan Lyman	Seven Days in May	1964
E. G. Marshall	The President	Superman II	1980
Christopher McDonald	The President	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	2002
Donald Moffat	President Bennett	Clear and Present Danger	1994
Zero Mostel	The President	Fore Play	1975
James Naughton	President Davenport	First Kid	1996
David Nichols	President Kellogg	Man of the Year	2006
Jack Nicholson	President James Dale	Mars Attacks!	1996
Leslie Nielsen	President Harris	Scary Movie 3	2003
Leslie Nielsen	President Harris	Scary Movie 4	2005
Michael Pate	The President	The Return of Captain Invincible	1984
Gregory Peck	The President	Amazing Grace and Chuck	1987
Gordon Pinsent	The President	Colossus: The Forbin Project	1970
Donald Pleasence	President White	Escape from New York	1981
Kevin Pollak	President Walter Emerson	Deterrence	1999
William Prince	The President	The Soldier	1982
Jonathan Pryce	U.S. President	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	2009
Jonathan Pryce	U.S. President	G.I. Joe: Retaliation	2012
Bill Pullman	President Thomas J. Whitmore	Independence Day	1996
Dennis Quaid	President Staton	American Dreamz	2006
Randy Quaid	President A. Thorton Osgood II	Mail to the Chief	2000
David Rasche	President Ballentine	The Sentinel	2006
James Rebhorn	President Signoff	The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle	2000
John Ritter	President Chet Roosevelt	Americathon	1979
Tim Robbins	The President	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	1999
Eric Roberts	President of the United States	"First Dog"	2010
Cliff Robertson	President Jack Cahill	Escape from L.A.	1996
Chris Rock	President Mays Gilliam	Head of State	2003
Roy Scheider	The President	Chain of Command	2000
Peter Sellers	President Merkin Muffley	Dr. Strangelove	1964
Harry Shearer	President Arnold Schwarzenegger	The Simpsons Movie	2007
Charlie Sheen	President of the United States	Machete Kills	2013
John Wesley Shipp	The President	Golden Shoes	2013
Cotter Smith	President McKenna	X2: X-Men United	2003
Josef Sommer	The President	X-Men: The Last Stand	2006
Rod Steiger	The President	Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys	1995
Peter Strauss	President James Sanford	xXx: State of the Union	2004
Billy Bob Thornton	The President	Love Actually	2003
Lee Tracy	President Art Hockstader	The Best Man	1964
John Travolta	President Jack Stanton	Primary Colors	1998
Ivan Volkman	The President	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying	1967
Jack Warden	President Roberts	Being There	1979
Sam Waterston	President William Foster	The Enemy Within	1994
Sam Waterston	President Edward Manchester	Shadow Conspiracy	1997
Kenneth Welsh	President Raymond Becker	The Day After Tomorrow	2004
Richard Widmark	President Paul Roudebush	Vanished	1971
Luke Wilson	President Joe Bauers (aka "Not Sure")	Idiocracy	2006

Television

Actor	President	Program	Year
Lloyd Bochner	President Mark Hayden	Loyal Opposition: Terror in the White House	1998
Powers Boothe	President Noah Daniels	24: Redemption (Fox)	2008
John Bourgeois	President Galbrain	XIII	2008
Beau Bridges	President Paul Hollister	10.5	2004
Beau Bridges	President Hank Landry	Stargate SG-1	2007
Gary Cole	President Mike Brady	The Brady Bunch in the White House (television film)	2003
Dabney Coleman	President Richmond	My Date with the President's Daughter	1998
Ronny Cox	President Robert Kinsey	Stargate SG-1	1997-Present
Peter Coyote	President Dave Segovia	FlashForward (ABC)	2009
James Cromwell	former President D. Wire Newman	The West Wing (NBC)	2004
Steven Culp	President Edward Taylor	Impact	2009
John D'Aquino	President Richard Martinez	Cory in the House (Disney Channel)	2007-present
William Devane	President Henry Hayes	Stargate SG-1	2004
Michael Dorn	The President	Heroes (NBC)	2008-2010
Christopher B. Duncan	President William Johnson	The First Family	2012
Robert Foxworth	President Charles Halsey	The Outer Limits/Episode "Trial By Fire"	1996
Paul Frees	President James Norcross / Super President	Super President	1967
John Goodman	Acting President Glen Allen Walken	The West Wing (NBC)	2003
Harry Hamlin	President Kempers	Quarantine	2000
Dennis Haysbert	President David Palmer	24 (Fox)	2002-2004
Hal Holbrook	President Maxwell Monroe	Under Siege	1986
Ernie Hudson	President Westwood	Stealth Fighter	1999
Gregory Itzin	President Charles Logan	24 (Fox)	2005-2006
Peter Jason	President Demsky	Alien Apocalypse (television film)	2005
Ken Kercheval	President Cliff Barnes	Dallas, final episode Conundrum (aired May 3, 1991)	1991
Logan Lerman	President Robert McCallister	Jack & Bobby	2004-2005
Will Lyman	President Theodore Roosevelt (Teddy) Bridges	Commander in Chief (ABC)	2005
William H. Macy	The President	The Unit (CBS)	2007
Barry Morse	President Johnny Cyclops	Whoops Apocalypse (ITV)	1982
Rob Paulsen	President Pinky	Pinky and the Brain	1996
Geoff Pierson	President John Keeler	24 (Fox)	2005
Richard Pryor	The 40th President of the United States	The Richard Pryor Show	1977
Bill Pullman	Dale Gilchrist	1600 Penn (NBC)	2013
Ford Rainey	U.S. President	Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea	1964-1965
Ford Rainey	The President	Lost in Space	1965
Jason Robards	President Richard Monckton	Washington: Behind Closed Doors (mini-series)	1977
Mark Roberts	The President	Highway to Heaven, final episode Merry Christmas from Grandpa (aired August 4th, 1989)	1989
George C. Scott	President Samuel A. Tresch	Mr. President (FOX)	1987-1988
Martin Sheen	President Josiah Bartlet	The West Wing (NBC)	1999-2006
Jimmy Smits	President Matthew Santos	The West Wing (NBC)	2006
Blair Underwood	President Elias Martinez	The Event (NBC)	2010
Robert Urich	President Adam Mayfield	The President's Man : A Line In The Sand (television film)	2002
Ralph Waite	President Mathews	The President's Man (television film)	2000
Fred Willard	President Garner	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (ABC)	1996-1997
Steven Williams	U.S. President	seaQuest DSV (NBC)	1994
D.B. Woodside	President Wayne Palmer	24 (FOX)	2007
"Weird Al" Yankovic	President Stuntcastin	The Aquabats! Super Show! (The Hub)	2012
Tony Goldwyn	President Fitzgerald Grant	Scandal (ABC)	2012-2013

Actresses who played fictional presidents

Films

Actress	President	Film	Year
Christina Applegate	President Diane Steen	Mafia!	1998
Ernestine Barrier	Madame President	Project Moonbase	1953
Polly Bergen	President Leslie McCloud	Kisses for My President	1964
Sally Champlin	President of the United States	The Woman Every Man Wants	2001
Stephanie Paul	President of the United States	Iron Sky	2012
Joan Rivers	President Rivers	Les Patterson Saves the World	1987
Loretta Swit	President Barbara Adams	Whoops Apocalypse	1986

Television

Actress	President	Program	Year
Kate Burton	Acting President Sally Langston	Scandal	2012-
Patty Duke	President Julia Mansfield	Hail to the Chief	1985
Geena Davis	President Mackenzie Allen	Commander in Chief	2005-2006
Cherry Jones	President Allison Taylor	24	2008-2010
Mimi Kuzyk	President Sally Sheridan	XIII	2008
Patricia Wettig	President Caroline Reynolds	Prison Break	2006

Awards

Academy Awards – Actual Presidents

Year	Category	President	Nominee	Film	Result
1941	Best Actor	Abraham Lincoln	Raymond Massey	Abe Lincoln in Illinois	Nominated
1976	Best Actor	Harry S. Truman	James Whitmore	Give 'em Hell, Harry!	Nominated
1996	Best Actor	Richard Nixon	Anthony Hopkins	Nixon	Nominated
1998	Best Supporting Actor	John Quincy Adams		Amistad	Nominated
2009	Best Actor	Richard Nixon	Frank Langella	Frost/Nixon	Nominated
2013	Best Actor	Abraham Lincoln	Daniel Day-Lewis	Lincoln	Won

Golden Globe Awards – Actual Presidents

Year	Category	President	Nominee	Film or Television Series or Miniseries	Result
1976	Best Actor - Drama	Harry S. Truman	James Whitmore	Give 'em Hell, Harry!	Nominated
1996	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	Richard Nixon	Anthony Hopkins	Nixon	Nominated
	Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film	Harry S. Truman	Gary Sinise	Truman	Won
1998	Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture	John Quincy Adams	Anthony Hopkins	Amistad	Nominated
2009	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	Richard Nixon	Frank Langella	Frost/Nixon	Nominated
	Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film	John Adams	Paul Giamatti	John Adams	Won
2011	Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film	Bill Clinton	Dennis Quaid	The Special Relationship	Nominated
2013	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	Abraham Lincoln	Daniel Day-Lewis	Lincoln	Won
	Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Bill Murray	Hyde Park on Hudson	Nominated

Primetime Emmy Awards – Actual Presidents

Year	Category	President	Nominee	Film or Television Series or Miniseries	Result
2008	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie	Thomas Jefferson	Stephen Dillane	John Adams	Nominated
		George Washington	David Morse		Nominated

Satellite Awards – Actual Presidents

Year	Category	President	Nominee	Film	Result
2012	Best Actor in a Motion Picture	Abraham Lincoln	Daniel Day-Lewis	Lincoln	Nominated

Golden Globe Awards – Fictional Presidents

Year	Category	President	Nominee	Film or Television Series or Miniseries	Result
1964	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	Jordan Lyman	Fredric March	Seven Days in May	Nominated
1999	Best Actor – Television Series Drama	Josiah Bartlet	Martin Sheen	The West Wing	Nominated
2000	Best Actor – Television Series Drama	Josiah Bartlet	Martin Sheen	The West Wing	Won
2001	Best Actor – Television Series Drama	Josiah Bartlet	Martin Sheen	The West Wing	Nominated
2002	Best Actor – Television Series Drama	Josiah Bartlet	Martin Sheen	The West Wing	Nominated
2003	Best Actor – Television Series Drama	Josiah Bartlet	Martin Sheen	The West Wing
2006	Best Actress – Television Series Drama	MacKenzie Allen	Geena Davis	Commander in Chief	Won