This is a list of actors who have played the role of a real or fictitious president of the United States.
Presidents who played themselves Films President Film Year Notes Reference(s) William McKinley* McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio 1896 Ronald Reagan* Alice in Movieland 1940 It's a Great Feeling 1949 Bill Clinton First Kid 1996 Donald Trump* Ghosts Can't Do It 1989 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 1992 Across the Sea of Time 1995 Eddie 1996 The Associate Celebrity 1998 Zoolander 2001 Two Weeks Notice 2002 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps 2010
* McKinley, Reagan, and Trump were not presidents at the time.
Television President TV show Year Notes Reference(s) Richard Nixon* Laugh-In (NBC) 1968 Gerald Ford* Dynasty (ABC) 1983 Jimmy Carter* Home Improvement (ABC) 1994 George H. W. Bush* Saturday Night Live (NBC) Bill Clinton A Child's Wish (CBS) 1997 George W. Bush* Saturday Night Live (NBC) 2000 Barack Obama* 2007 Donald Trump* The Jeffersons (CBS) 1985 I'll Take Manhattan (CBS) 1987The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (NBC) 1994The Nanny (CBS) 1996Suddenly Susan (NBC) 1997 The Drew Carey Show (ABC) Spin City (ABC) 1998 Sex and the City (HBO) 1999 Saturday Night Live (NBC) 2004, 2015 Days of Our Lives (NBC) 2005 WrestleMania 23 (Syndication) 2007 Comedy Central Roast (Comedy Central) 2011 Joe Biden* Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (PBS) 1993 Parks and Recreation (NBC) 2013, 2015 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC) 2016 * Was not a president at the time.
Actors who played real presidents Documentaries President Actor Documentary Year Notes Reference(s) George Washington Cliff Robertson The American Revolution 1994 Voice Brian Dennehy Founding Brothers 2002 Martin Sheen Searching for George Washington 2007 Voice Richard Easton Alexander Hamilton Josh Brolin The American Revolution 2025 John Adams William Daniels The American Revolution 1994 Peter Donaldson Benjamin Franklin 2002 James Woods Founding Brothers Voice Paul Giamatti Benjamin Franklin The American Revolution 2025 Thomas Jefferson Sam Waterston Thomas Jefferson 1997 Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery Peter Coyote Founding Brothers 2002 Voice Jeff Daniels The American Revolution 2025 James Madison Rob Lowe Founding Brothers 2002 Abraham Lincoln Sam Waterston The Civil War 1990 David Morse The Gettysburg Address 2018 Ulysses S. Grant Jason Robards The Civil War 1990 Harry Bulkeley Ulysses S. Grant 2002 Sherman's March 2007 Theodore Roosevelt Paul Giamatti The Roosevelts 2014 Voice Franklin D. Roosevelt Edward Herrmann
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