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List of actors who played Santa Claus

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This is a list of actors who have played Santa Claus in film and on television, including voice acting roles. This does not count actors whose characters have dressed as Santa Claus. For example, Dan Castellaneta would not be included in this list for voicing Homer Simpson, a character who dressed up as a mall Santa in the pilot episode of The Simpsons.

Actor Film/TV Date
Tim Allen The Santa Clause 1994
The Santa Clause 2 2002
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause 2006
Ed Asner The Story of Santa Claus 1996 (voice)
Elf 2003
Christmas on the Bayou 2013
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas 2014 Animated TV-Movie (voice)
Fred Astaire The Man in the Santa Claus Suit 1979 TV-Movie
Richard Attenborough Miracle on 34th Street 1994
Steve Bacic Deck the Halls 2005
Alec Baldwin (voice) Rise of the Guardians 2012 film
Leedham Bantock Santa Claus 1912 film
Don Beddoe Bewitched, episode Humbug Not to Be Spoken Here Season 4, 1967
Michael Bell (voice) The Powerpuff Girls: 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas Direct-to-video, 2003
Brian Blessed The Amazing World of Gumball, episode Christmas (voice) Season 2, 2012
Sooty, episode Pranks and Presents Season 2, 2013
Danger Mouse, episode The Snowman Cometh (voice) Season 1, 2015
Beau Bridges The Christmas Secret 2009 TV-Movie
Lloyd Bridges In the Nick of Time 1991
Jim Broadbent Arthur Christmas (voice) 2011
Get Santa 2015
Aldi Christmas Launch Advert 2020
George Buza A Christmas Horror Story 2015
Sebastian Cabot Miracle on 34th Street 1973 TV-Movie
John Call Santa Claus Conquers the Martians 1964 film
Bruce Campbell The Librarians episode "And Santa's Midnight Run" 2014
Douglas Campbell Once Upon a Christmas 2000
Art Carney The Twilight Zone, episode "The Night of the Meek" 1960
The Great Santa Claus Switch

1970

The Night They Saved Christmas 1984
Jay Clark Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny 1972
Oliver Clark Ernest Saves Christmas 1988; he starts out as a local actor named Joe Carruthers, but ultimately becomes the new Santa Claus, replacing Douglas Seale's.
Andy Clyde The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse 1954
Studio 57 1955
Tim Conway (voice) Saving Santa Direct-to-video, 2013
James Cosmo The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 2005
The Santa Incident 2010
Bryan Cranston (voice) The Santa Claus Brothers 2001
Hume Cronyn Santa and Pete 1999 TV-Movie
Peter Cullen (voice) Christmas Comes to Pac-Land 1982
Andy Devine Batman, episode The Duo is Slumming Season 2, 1966
Dileep My Santa 2019
Bob Dorough The Clarks 1991
Charles Durning It Nearly Wasn't Christmas 1989
Mrs. Santa Claus 1996
Elmo Saves Christmas 1996
Mr. St. Nick 2002
A Boyfriend for Christmas 2004
James Earl Jones Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street 2001
Kort Falkenberg The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, episode Santa Claus Is Coming to Flatbush 1989
Robert Fliss Mighty Morphin Power Rangers episode, I'm Dreaming of a White Ranger Season 3, 1995
Stan Francis (voice) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 1964
Paul Frees (voice) Frosty the Snowman 1969
The First Easter Rabbit 1976
Rudolph's Shiny New Year 1976
Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey 1977
Nick Frost Doctor Who - "Last Christmas" 2014
Paul Giamatti Fred Claus 2007
Mel Gibson Fatman 2020
Bill Goldberg Santa's Slay 2005
John Goodman (voice) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie 1998
Futurama 1999
The Year Without a Santa Claus 2006 (live-action)
It's a Spongebob Christmas! 2012
A. Cameron Grant I Love Lucy Christmas Show 1956
Richard Griffiths A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa 2008
Michael Gross Becoming Santa 2015 TV-Movie
Steve Guttenberg plays Santa's son, Nick Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus 2004 who then takes over the job from his father on Meet the Santas, 2005
Edmund Gwenn Miracle on 34th Street 1947 film
Alan Hale, Jr. Gilligan's Island, episode Birds Gotta Fly, Fish Gotta Talk Season 1, 1964
Tom Hanks (voice) The Polar Express 2004
Nigel Hawthorne Call Me Claus 2001
Isaac Hayes The Pullmans 1993
Bob Holt (voice) The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas 1973
William Hootkins Like Father, Like Santa 1998
David Huddleston Santa Claus: The Movie 1985
Edward Ivory (voice) The Nightmare Before Christmas, 1993
Peeter Jakobi Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale 2010
Kevin James Elmo's Christmas Countdown 2007 Christmas TV-Movie
Bob Joles (voice) Uncle Grandpa, episode "Christmas Special" 2014
Cecil Kellaway Bewitched, Episode "A Vision of Sugar Plums" Season 1, 1964
Anna Kendrick Noelle November 12, 2019
Phil LaMarr Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, episode “A Lost Claus” 2005
Bill Lewis Defending Christmas 1993 TV-Movie
Sal Lizard The Box 2009
John Malkovich Santabear's High Flying Adventure 1987
Dakin Matthews The Big Bang Theory, episode "The Santa Simulation" Season 6, 2012
Paul Maxey The Magical World of Disney, episode "Holiday Time at Disneyland" 1962
Chuck McCann A Very Retail Christmas 1990
Bruce McGill (voice) Family Guy, episode Road to the North Pole Season 9, 2010
Matt McKenna (voice) American Dad!, Episodes:
For Whom The Sleigh Bell Tolls (S 6 Ep 8)
Minstreal Krampus (S 8 Ep 6)
Ninety North, Zero West (S 12 Ep 7)
Sant, Schmanta (S 13 Ep 1)
TV series (2010, 2012, 2016, 2017)
Mark Mitchell The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas 1996 TV-Movie
Thomas Mitchell The Miracle on 34th Street 1955 TV-Movie
Jose Elias Moreno Santa Claus 1959
Robert Morse (voice) Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans 2019 Animated TV-Movie
Ferdinard Munier Babes in Toyland 1934
Lake Placid Serenade 1944
Road to Utopia 1946
Richard Mulligan The Twilight Zone, episode "Night of the Meek" 1985
Leslie Nielsen All I Want For Christmas 1991
Santa Who? 2000
Dick O'Neill "Reality Bites" The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Season 5, 1994
Bert Parnaby The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 1988
Austin Pendleton Christmas with the Kranks 2004
Phil Pierce A Bad Moms Christmas 2017
Richard Riehle The Hebrew Hammer 2003
The Search for Santa Paws 2010
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas 2011
Mickey Rooney (voice) Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town 1970
The Year Without a Santa Claus 1974
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July 1979
The Happy Elf 2005
A Miser Brothers' Christmas 2008
Jan Rubeš One Magic Christmas 1985
Kurt Russell The Christmas Chronicles 2018
The Christmas Chronicles 2 2020
Will Sasso Finding Mrs. Claus 2002 TV-Movie
Douglas Seale "Santa '85" Amazing Stories Season 1, 1985
Ernest Saves Christmas (1988); in the latter, his mortal name is "Seth Applegate".
William Shatner (voice) Eek! The Cat, episode "It's a Very Merry Eek's Mas" Season 2, 1993
Gotta Catch Santa Claus 2008 Christmas TV-Movie
Peter Shukoff Epic Rap Battles of History, episode "Moses vs. Santa Claus" Season 2, 2012
Hal Smith (voice) The Flintstones, episode Christmas Flintstone Season 5, 1964
The Brady Bunch Season 1, 1969 (live-action)
Santa and the Three Bears 1970
A Christmas Story 1972
A Flintstone Christmas 1977 TV-Movie (live action)
Casper's First Christmas 1979
Yogi's First Christmas 1980
Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone 1990
Bonkers 1993
The Town Santa Forgot 1993
Donavon Stinson A Fairly Odd Christmas 2012
Santa Hunters 2014
Paul Sorvino Santa Baby 2 2009
Jim Staahl (voice) Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer 2001
Fred Tatasciore (voice) Scooby Doo! Haunted Holidays Direct-to-DVD, 2012
Ricky Tomlinson (voice) Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire 1999
Dick Van Patten A Mouse, a Mystery and Me 1987 TV-Movie
The Santa Trap 2002 TV-Movie
Robert Wagner Northpole 2014 TV-Movie
Frank Welker (voice) A Chipmunk Christmas 1981
A Wish For Wings That Work 1991
George Wendt Santa Baby 2006
Santa Buddies (voice) 2009
John Wheeler Step by Step episode "Too Many Santas" Season 7, 1997
Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus 2004
Meet the Santas 2005
Keith Wickham Thomas & Friends, episode "Last Train For Christmas" 2014
Jonathan Winters (voice) Santa vs. the Snowman 1997
Ed Wynn Miracle on 34th Street 1959 TV-Movie

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