List of actors who played President of the United States

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.

Presidents who have played themselves

Movies

Actor	President!Movie
Bill Clinton	Himself	A Child's Wish (1997)

Ex-Presidents who played themselves

|Jimmy Carter

Actor	President!TV show
Himself	Home Improvement (1994)
Gerald Ford	Himself	Dynasty (1983)

Actors who played real presidents

Movies

Actor	President!Movie
Jeff Daniels	George Washington	The Crossing (2000)
Terry Layman	George Washington	The Patriot (2000)
William Daniels	John Adams	1776 (1972)
Pat Hingle	John Adams	Independence (1976)
Ken Howard	Thomas Jefferson	1776 (1972); Independence (1976)
Nick Nolte	Thomas Jefferson	Jefferson in Paris (1995)
Burgess Meredith	James Madison	Magnificent Doll (1946)
Anthony Hopkins	John Quincy Adams	Amistad (1997)
Charlton Heston	Andrew Jackson	The Buccaneer (1958)
G.D. Spradlin	Andrew Jackson	Houston: The Legend of Texas (1986)
Nigel Hawthorne	Martin Van Buren	Amistad (1997)
Joseph Henabery	Abraham Lincoln	The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Edward Herrmann	Franklin Roosevelt	Annie(1982)
Henry Fonda	Abraham Lincoln	Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
Raymond Massey	Abraham Lincoln	Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
John Anderson	Abraham Lincoln	The Fortune Cookie (1966); The Lincoln Conspiracy (1977)
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)
Van Heflin	Andrew Johnson	Tennessee Johnson (1942)
Jason Robards	Ulysses S. Grant	The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)
Kevin Kline	Ulysses S. Grant	Wild Wild West (1999)
Brian Keith	William McKinley	Rough Riders (1997)
Brian Keith	Theodore Roosevelt	The Wind and the Lion (1975)
Tom Berenger	Theodore Roosevelt	Rough Riders (1997)
Alexander Knox	Woodrow Wilson	Wilson (1944)
Jack Young	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Ralph Bellamy	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Sunrise at Campobello (1960)
Jason Robards	Franklin D. Roosevelt	F.D.R.: The Last Year (1980)
Jon Voight	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Pearl Harbor (2001)
E.G. Marshall	Harry S. Truman	Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur (1976)
Ed Flanders	Harry Truman	MacArthur (1977)
Gary Sinise	Harry S. Truman	Truman (1995)
Keene Curtis	Dwight D. Eisenhower	IQ (1994)
Tom Selleck	Dwight D. Eisenhower	' (2004)
Cliff Robertson	John F. Kennedy	PT 109 (1963)
William Devane	John F. Kennedy	The Missiles of October (1974)
William Petersen	John F. Kennedy	The Rat Pack (1998)
Bruce Greenwood	John F. Kennedy	Thirteen Days (2000)
Donald Moffat	Lyndon B. Johnson	The Right Stuff (1983)
Michael Gambon	Lyndon B. Johnson	Path to War (2002)
Philip Baker Hall	Richard M. Nixon	Secret Honor (1984)
Anthony Hopkins	Richard M. Nixon	Nixon (1995)
Dan Hedaya	Richard M. Nixon	Dick (1999)
Rip Torn	Ronald Reagan	Airplane II: The Sequel (1982) (deleted scene)
Craig Barnett	Bill Clinton	The Godson (1998)
Timothy Watters	Bill Clinton	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), Life or Something Like It (2002), The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1993)
Timothy Bottoms'	George W. Bush	DC 9/11: Time of Crisis (2003)

Television

Actor	President!Program
Will Geer	George Washington	Bewitched (1972, episodes 8.21, 8.22)
Barry Bostwick	George Washington	"George Washington" (mini-series, 1984)
John Anderson	Andrew Jackson	Bridger (TV movie) (1976)
Hal Holbrook	Abraham Lincoln	"Lincoln" (T.V. series) (1975) North and South (novel) (1985) North and South II (1986)
Sam Waterston	Abraham Lincoln	"Lincoln" (T.V. series) (1988)
Pete Reneday	Abraham Lincoln	The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy (2001-present)
James Gregory	Ulysses Grant	The Wild Wild West pilot episode (CBS, 1965)
Roy Engel	Ulysses Grant	The Wild Wild West, 7 episodes (CBS, 1965-1969)
Dennis Lipscomb	Ulysses S. Grant	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1994)
John Anderson	Franklin Delano Roosevelt	Backstairs at the White House (1979)
Ralph Bellamy	Franklin D. Roosevelt	The Winds of War (miniseries, 1983)
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)
Robert Duvall	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Ike (1979 miniseries)
Martin Sheen	John F. Kennedy	"Kennedy" (mini-series, 1983)
Michael J. Shannon	John F. Kennedy	Red Dwarf (1997, episode 7.01)
Chevy Chase	Gerald Ford	Saturday Night Live (NBC, 1975-1976)
James Brolin	Ronald Reagan	The Reagans (2003)
Richard Crenna	Ronald Reagan	The Day Reagan Was Shot (2001)
Dana Carvey	George Herbert Walker Bush	Saturday Night Live (NBC, 1986-1993)
Phil Hartman	Bill Clinton	Saturday Night Live (1993-95)
Darrell Hammond	Bill Clinton	Saturday Night Live (1995-present)
Timothy Bottoms	George Walker Bush	That's My Bush! (Comedy Central, 2001)
Will Ferrell	George W. Bush	Saturday Night Live (2001-2003)
Steve Bridges	George W. Bush	NCIS (2003)
Will Forte	George W. Bush	Saturday Night Live (2003?-present)
Harry Shearer	George H. Bush	The Simpsons, Season 7, 'Two Bad Neighbors' (1996)

Actors who played fictional presidents

Movies

|Dan Aykroyd

Actor	President!Movie
Forrest J. Ackerman	The President	Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
Edward Albert	former President Barry Carlisle	Guarding Tess (1994)
Alan Alda	The President	Canadian Bacon (1995)
William Atherton	President John Fields	Executive Power (1997)
President William Haney	My Fellow Americans (1996)
Stanley Anderson	The President	The Rock (1996); Armageddon (1998)
Lloyd Bochner	President Hayden	Loyal Opposition: Terror in the White House (1998)
John Beck	President Fallbrook	The Alternate (2000)
Michael Belson	The President	Wag the Dog (1997)
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)
George Clooney	President Devlin	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
Ronny Cox	President Jack Neil	Murder at 1600 (1997)
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)
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)
R. Lee Ermey	President Richard Benson	Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001)
Henry Fonda	The President	Fail-Safe (1964); Meteor (1979)
Harrison Ford	President James Marshall	Air Force One (1997)
Morgan Freeman	President Tom Beck	Deep Impact (1998)
James Garner	President Matt Douglas	My Fellow Americans (1996)
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); First Target (2000); 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)
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)
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: Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
Donald Moffat	President Bennett	Clear and Present Danger (1994)
James Naughton	President Davenport	First Kid (1996)
Jack Nicholson	President James Dale	Mars Attacks! (1996)
Leslie Nielsen	President Harris	Scary Movie 3 (2003); Scary Movie 4 (2005)
Oliver North	Himself/President North	Canadian Bacon (1995)
Donald Pleasence	President White	Escape from New York (1981)
Kevin Pollak	President Walter Emerson	Deterrence (1999)
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)
Cliff Robertson	President Jack Cahill	Escape from L.A. (1996)
Tim Robbins	The President	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
Chris Rock	President Mays Gilliam	Head of State (2003)
Roy Scheider	The President	Chain of Command (2000)
Roy Scheider	President Carlson	Executive Target (1997)
Roy Scheider	President Robert Baker	The Peacekeeper (1997)
Peter Sellers	President Merkin Muffley	Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Peter Strauss	President James Sanford	' (2004)
Billy Bob Thornton	The President	Love Actually (2003)
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)

Television

|Unknown

Actor	President!Program
Beau Bridges	President Paul Hollister	10.5 (2004)
Ronny Cox	President Richard Kinsey	Stargate SG-1 (1997-Present)
Dabney Coleman	President Richmond	My Date with the President's Daughter (1998)
James Cromwell	former President D. Wire Newman	The West Wing (NBC, 2004)
William Devane	President Hayes	Stargate SG-1 (2004)
Robert Foxworth	President Charles Halsey	The Outer Limits/Episode "Trial By Fire" (1996)
John Goodman	acting President Glen Allen Walken	The West Wing (NBC, 2003)
Dennis Haysbert	President David Palmer	24 (FOX, 2001-2003)
Hal Holbrook	President Maxwell Monroe	Under Siege (1986)
Gregory Itzin	President Charles Logan	24 (FOX, 2005-2006)
Will Lyman	President Theodore Roosevelt Bridges	Commander-in-Chief (ABC, 2005)
Barry Morse	President Johnny Cyclops	Whoops Apocalypse (ITV, 1982)
Geoffrey Pierson	President John Keeler	24 (FOX, 2004-2005)
Jason Robards	President Richard Monckton	Washington: Behind Closed Doors (mini-series, 1977)
George C. Scott	President Samuel A. Tresch	Mr. President (television, 1987)
Martin Sheen	President Josiah Bartlet	The West Wing (NBC, 1999-present)
Jimmy Smits	President Matthew Santos	The West Wing (NBC, present)
former President Owen Lassiter	The West Wing (NBC, 2004)
D.B. Woodside	President Wayne Palmer	24 (FOX, 2007)

Actresses who played fictional presidents

Movies

Actor	President!Movie
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)
Joan Rivers	President Rivers	Les Patterson Saves the World (1987)
Loretta Swit	President Barbara Adams	Whoops Apocalypse (1986)
Lynne Thigpen	President Marjorie Bota	Bicentennial Man (1999)

Television

Actor	President!Program
Patty Duke	President Julia Mansfield	Hail to the Chief (1985)
Geena Davis	President Mackenzie Allen	Commander-in-Chief (2005-2006).
Patricia Wettig	President Caroline Reynolds	Prison Break (2006).

External links

* Films with IMDb keyword "u.s.-president"