User:Necrothesp/List of historical characters depicted on film and television/America (Politics and government)

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Actor Film/TV show Year Country Type Notes
Politics and government
Presidents of the United States
George Washington
William Beery The Spirit of '76 1917 USA Silent film
Arthur Dewey America 1924 USA Silent film An adaptation of the novel The Reckoning by Robert W. Chambers.
Arthur Vinton Gateway to the West 1924 USA Silent film
Judson Laire Kraft Television Theatre, #3.23 "Valley Forge" 1950 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Maxwell Anderson.
Albert Dekker Pulitzer Prize Playhouse, #1.21 "Valley Forge" 1951 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Maxwell Anderson.
Robert Blackburn You Are There, #1.21 "The Treason of Benedict Arnold" 1953 USA TV short Docudrama
Russ Conway You Are There, #2.21 "The Resolve of Patrick Henry" 1954 USA TV short Docudrama
E. G. Marshall You Are There, #3.27 "Washington's Farewell to His Officers" 1955 USA TV short Docudrama
Russ Conway You Are There, #4.15 "Washington Crosses the Delaware" 1955 USA TV short Docudrama
Lowell Gilmore Telephone Time, #1.13 "The Gingerbread Man" 1956 USA TV short
John Crawford John Paul Jones 1959 USA Film
Larry Gates Omnibus, #8.1 "He Shall Have Power" 1960 USA TV film
Pat Hingle NET Playhouse, #4.20 "Trail of Tears" 1971 USA TV film
René Auberjonois NET Playhouse, #6.15 "Portrait of the Hero as a Young Man" 1972 USA TV film
Will Geer Bewitched, #8.21–22 "George Washington Zapped Here" 1972 USA TV serial Comedy
David Hooks The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Peter Graves The Rebels 1979 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the novel by John Jakes.
Mike Brick Voyagers!, #11 "Merry Christmas, Bogg" 1982 USA TV episode As a boy.
Peter Donat Voyagers!, #11 "Merry Christmas, Bogg" 1982 USA TV episode
Gavin Pearce George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries As a boy. An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
Barry Bostwick George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
Cliff Robertson The American Revolution 1994 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Alistair Browning Jack of All Trades 2000 USA TV series Actually set after Washington's death. Comedy.
Walter Cronkite Liberty's Kids 2002 USA Animated TV series Voice only
Anthony Hopkins Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Mark Collins The Revolution 2007 USA TV series Docudrama
David Morse John Adams 2008 USA TV series Nominated for the Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Steve Freudenberg Samuel Adams 2014 USA TV film
Ian Kahn Turn: Washington's Spies 2014–17 USA TV series An adaptation of the book Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose.
Rick Roberts The Book of Negroes 2015 Canada TV series
Jason O'Mara Sons of Liberty 2015 USA TV miniseries
Bryan Adrian Turn: Washington's Spies 2015 USA TV series As a young man. An adaptation of the book Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose.
William E. Harris Bill & Ted Face the Music 2020 USA Film Comedy
John Adams
Whit Bissell You Are There, #1.3 "The Boston Tea Party" 1953 USA TV short Docudrama
Philip Coolidge You Are There, #3.24 "The Signing of the Declaration of Independence" 1955 USA TV short Docudrama
Howard Wendell You Are There, #4.15 "Washington Crosses the Delaware" 1955 USA TV short Docudrama
Robert Ayres John Paul Jones 1959 USA Film
George Grizzard The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series Nominated for the Emmy Award for Best Actor.
William Daniels The Rebels 1979 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the novel by John Jakes.
Hal Holbrook George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
William Daniels The American Revolution 1994 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Billy Crystal Liberty's Kids 2002 USA Animated TV series Voice only
Peter Donaldson Benjamin Franklin 2002 USA TV series Docudrama
Martin Sheen Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Glenn C. Reimer The Revolution 2007 USA TV series Docudrama
Paul Giamatti John Adams 2008 USA TV series Won the Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor.
Ronald Duthweiler Samuel Adams 2014 USA TV film
Henry Thomas Sons of Liberty 2015 USA TV miniseries
Thomas Jefferson
Frank Walsh America 1924 USA Silent film An adaptation of the novel The Reckoning by Robert W. Chambers.
Michael Emmet You Are There, #2.21 "The Resolve of Patrick Henry" 1954 USA TV short Docudrama
E. G. Marshall You Are There, #2.43 "The Vote that Made Jefferson President" 1954 USA TV short Docudrama
Shepperd Strudwick You Are There, #3.24 "The Signing of the Declaration of Independence" 1955 USA TV short Docudrama
Walter Coy You Are There, #4.11 "Eli Whitney Invents the Cotton Gin" 1955 USA TV short Docudrama
Philip Abbott Omnibus, #8.1 "He Shall Have Power" 1960 USA TV film
Addison Powell You Are There, "Lewis and Clark Expedition" 1971 USA TV short Docudrama
Kevin Tighe The Rebels 1979 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the novel by John Jakes.
Charles Pierard Jack of All Trades 2000 USA TV series Comedy
Kevin Kline Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Ben Stiller Liberty's Kids 2003 USA Animated TV series Voice only
Jason Audette The Revolution 2007 USA TV series Docudrama
Ben Beckley The Revolution 2007 USA TV series Docudrama
Stephen Dillane John Adams 2008 USA TV series Nominated for the Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Billy Carter Sons of Liberty 2015 USA TV miniseries
James Madison
Ken Kercheval The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Patrick Smith Jack of All Trades 2000 USA TV series Comedy
Philip Bosco Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Warren Buffett Liberty's Kids 2003 USA Animated TV series Voice only
James Monroe
Henry Butler The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
John Quincy Adams
Marcel Trenchard The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series As a young child.
Steve Austin The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series As an older child.
Steven Grover The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series As a teenager.
Mark Winkworth The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series As a young man.
David Birney The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series Aged 45.
William Daniels The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series As an older man.
Steven Hinkle John Adams 2008 USA TV series As a teenager.
Ebon Moss-Bachrach John Adams 2008 USA TV series
Andrew Jackson
Walter Hampden Pulitzer Prize Playhouse, #1.14 "Portrait of a President" 1951 USA TV film An adaptation of the biography The Life of Andrew Jackson by Marquis James.
Basil Ruysdael Walt Disney's Disneyland, "Davy Crockett" 1954–55 USA TV serial
Basil Ruysdael Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier 1955 USA Film Re-edited from the TV serial.
Carl Benton Reid The First Texan 1956 USA Film
J. D. Cannon Omnibus, #8.1 "He Shall Have Power" 1960 USA TV film
Jack Palance NET Playhouse, #4.20 "Trail of Tears" 1971 USA TV film
Wesley Addy The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Lance LeGault Voyagers!, #8 "Old Hickory and the Pirate" 1982 USA TV episode
Eli Wallach The West 1996 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Dennis Quaid Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
James K. Polk
Brad Pitt Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Zachary Taylor
Harry Holden The Yankee Clipper 1927 USA Silent film
James Buchanan
Peter Carlisle Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Abraham Lincoln
Joseph Henabery The Birth of a Nation 1915 USA Silent film An adaptation of the novel The Clansman by Thomas Dixon Jr.
Percy Parsons Victoria the Great 1937 UK Film
Raymond Massey Pulitzer Prize Playhouse, #1.3 "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" 1950 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert E. Sherwood.
Royal Dano Omnibus, "Mr. Lincoln" 1952–53 USA TV serial
Paul Tripp You Are There, #2.14 "The Gettysburg Address" 1953 USA TV short Docudrama
Jeff Morrow You Are There, #3.10 "The Nomination of Abraham Lincoln" 1954 USA TV short Docudrama
Jeff Morrow You Are There, #3.33 "The Emancipation Proclamation" 1955 USA TV short Docudrama
Ronnie Lee Telephone Time, #1.6 "The Stepmother" 1956 USA TV short As a child.
Austin Green The Story of Mankind 1957 USA Film An adaptation of the non-fiction children's book by Hendrik Willem van Loon.
David Knight BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #8.26 "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" 1957 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert E. Sherwood.
Michael Tolan Omnibus, #8.1 "He Shall Have Power" 1960 USA TV film
Drummond Erskine DuPont Show of the Month, #4.6 "The Lincoln Murder Case" 1961 USA TV film An adaptation of the book The Web of Conspiracy by Theodore Roscoe.
Robert Marsden Doctor Who, #2.30–35 "The Chase" 1965 UK TV serial
Ford Rainey The Time Tunnel, #12 "The Death Trap" 1966 USA TV episode
Stephen D. Newman The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
John Anderson Voyagers!, #7 "The Day the Rebs Took Lincoln" 1982 USA TV episode
Hal Holbrook North and South 1985 USA TV series An adaptation of the novels by John Jakes.
Robert V. Barron Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure 1989 USA Film Comedy
Sam Waterston The Civil War 1990 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Jack Salvatore Jr. The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer 1998 USA TV series As a boy. Comedy.
Dann Florek The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer 1998 USA TV series Comedy.
Peter Blaikie The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne 2000 Canada/UK TV series
Tom Hanks Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Hank Azaria Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian 2009 USA Film Voice only. Comedy.
Daniel Day-Lewis Lincoln 2012 USA Film Won the Academy Award, BAFTA AWard, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, AACTA International Award, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award and Gold Derby Award for Best Actor and the Irish Film & Television Award for Best International Actor. Nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Actor.
Ulysses S. Grant: See Commanding Generals of the United States Army.
Rutherford B. Hayes
John Dilson Buffalo Bill 1944 USA Film
Stanley Tucci Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Grover Cleveland
Wilford Brimley The Wild Wild West Revisited 1979 USA TV film
Theodore Roosevelt
W. E. Whittle Why America Will Win 1918 USA Silent film
Sidney Blackmer Buffalo Bill 1944 USA Film
Grandon Rhodes You Are There, #3.37 "Dewey's Victory at Manila" 1955 USA TV short Docudrama
Ed Cassidy The First Traveling Saleslady 1956 USA Film Comedy
Roland Winters You Are There, #5.10 "Attempt to Assassinate Theodore Roosevelt" 1957 USA TV short Docudrama
Larry Blyden Omnibus, #8.1 "He Shall Have Power" 1960 USA TV film
Gregg Henry Voyagers!, #3 "Bully and Billy" 1982 USA TV episode
Claude Akins Incident at Victoria Falls 1991 UK/USA TV film
James Gammon The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles 1992 USA TV series
Ray Geer Geronimo 1993 USA TV film
Chevy Chase Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Robin Williams Night at the Museum 2006 USA Film An adaptation of the comic children's picture book by Milan Trenc.
Robin Williams Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian 2009 USA Film Comedy
Robin Williams Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb 2014 USA Film Comedy
William Howard Taft
Charles Watts Telephone Time, #2.29 "Rabbi on Wheels" 1957 USA TV short
Woodrow Wilson
Ralph Faulkner Why America Will Win 1918 USA Silent film
Frederick Truesdell The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns 1919 USA Silent film
Alexander Knox Wilson 1944 USA Film Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Edward Earle You Are There, #4.6 "The Secret Message that Plunged America into World War I" 1955 USA TV short Docudrama
Harry Townes Omnibus, #8.1 "He Shall Have Power" 1960 USA TV film
Frank Forsyth Oh! What a Lovely War 1969 UK Film An adaptation of the comedy stage musical by Joan Littlewood et al.
Jerzy Kaliszewski Polonia Restituta 1981 Poland Film series
Robert Arden A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia 1990 UK TV film
Josef Sommer The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles 1993 USA TV series
Martin Landau The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century 1996 UK/USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Paul Newman Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Yan Brian Paris 1919 2009 Canada TV film Docudrama. An adaptation of the book by Margaret MacMillan.
Patrick Drury Queen Marie of Romania 2019 Romania Film
Warren G. Harding
Malachy Cleary Boardwalk Empire 2010 USA TV series An adaptation of the book Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City by Nelson Johnson.
Herbert Hoover
Ned Beatty The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century 1996 UK/USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Kevin Spacey Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dan O'Herlihy MacArthur 1977 USA Film
Arthur Hill Churchill and the Generals 1979 UK TV film
Stephen Roberts Ike: The War Years 1979 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the memoirs Eisenhower Was My Boss and Past Forgetting by Kay Summersby.
Ralph Bellamy The Winds of War 1983 USA TV series Nominated for the Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor. An adaptation of the novel by Herman Wouk.
Nicholas Pryor Voyagers!, #17 "Destiny's Choice" 1983 USA TV episode
Warren Mitchell The Last Bastion 1984 Australia TV miniseries
Ralph Bellamy War and Remembrance 1988–89 USA TV series An adaptation of the novel by Herman Wouk.
Jon Voight Pearl Harbor 2001 USA Film
Robert Hardy Bertie and Elizabeth 2002 UK TV film
Henry Goodman Churchill: The Hollywood Years 2004 UK Film Comedy
Len Cariou Into the Storm 2009 UK/USA TV film Nominated for the Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Michael Dalton The Monuments Men 2014 Germany/USA Film A loose adaptation of the book by Robert M. Edsel & Bret Witter.
David Strathairn Darkest Hour 2017 UK Film Voice only.
Harry S. Truman
Ed Flanders MacArthur 1977 USA Film
Richard Dysart War and Remembrance 1988–89 USA TV series An adaptation of the novel by Herman Wouk.
Hansford Rowe Dark Skies 1996 USA TV series
David Patrick Kelly Flags of Our Fathers 2006 USA Film An adaptation of the book by James Bradley & Ron Powers.
Christian Rodska The Monuments Men 2014 Germany/USA Film A loose adaptation of the book by Robert M. Edsel & Bret Witter.
Dwight D. Eisenhower: See Chiefs of Staff of the United States Army.
John F. Kennedy
Jed Gillin Forrest Gump 1994 USA Film Voice only. An adaptation of the novel by Winston Groom.
Brett Stimely Watchmen 2009 USA Film An adaptation of the comics by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons.
Robbie Jarvis Upstairs Downstairs 2012 UK TV series
James Marsden The Butler 2013 USA Film
Michael C. Hall The Crown 2017 UK/USA TV series
Lyndon B. Johnson
John William Galt Forrest Gump 1994 USA Film Voice only. An adaptation of the novel by Winston Groom.
Liev Schreiber The Butler 2013 USA Film
Tom Wilkinson Selma 2014 UK/USA Film
Bryan Cranston All the Way 2016 USA TV film Won the Screen Actors Guild Award and Satellite Award for Best Actor. Nominated for the Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award and Critics Choice Television Award for Best Actor. An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan.
Clancy Brown The Crown 2019 UK/USA TV series
Richard Nixon
Michael Ripper Thirty-Minute Theatre, #4.4 "The Chequers Manoeuvre" 1968 UK TV short
Kreemah Ritz Tricia's Wedding 1971 USA Short Comedy
Joe Alaskey Forrest Gump 1994 USA Film Voice only. An adaptation of the novel by Winston Groom.
Robert Wisden Watchmen 2009 USA Film An adaptation of the comics by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons.
Stuart Milligan Doctor Who, #6.1 "The Impossible Astronaut" 2011 UK TV episode
Stuart Milligan Doctor Who, #6.2 "Day of the Moon" 2011 UK TV episode
Harry Shearer Playhouse Presents, #1.3 "Nixon's the One" 2012 UK TV short
John Cusack The Butler 2013 USA Film
Curzon Dobell The Post 2017 USA Film
Jeff DeHardt The Irishman 2019 USA Film An adaptation of the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt.
Gerald Ford
Drew Snyder Dark Skies 1997 USA TV series
Bill Camp Vice 2018 USA Film
Jimmy Carter
Walt Hanna Voyagers!, #18 "All Fall Down" 1983 USA TV episode
Ronald Reagan
Bryan Clark Dark Skies 1997 USA TV series
Alan Rickman The Butler 2013 USA Film
George H. W. Bush
John Hillner Vice 2018 USA Film
Alistair Findlay Good Omens 2019 UK/USA TV series An adaptation of the comic novel by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman.
Jim Meskimen Good Omens 2019 UK/USA TV series Voice only. An adaptation of the comic novel by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman.
Bill Clinton
Clive Owen Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series Nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Actor. An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
George W. Bush
Sam Rockwell Vice 2018 USA Film Nominated for the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award and AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Donald Trump
Corey Johnson The Windsors 2017–20 UK TV series Comedy
First Ladies of the United States
Martha Washington
Sheila Bromley You Are There, #4.15 "Washington Crosses the Delaware" 1955 USA TV short Docudrama
Jane Connell Bewitched, #8.21–22 "George Washington Zapped Here" 1972 USA TV serial Comedy
Patty Duke George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries Nominated for the Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress. An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
Lilli Birdsell Turn: Washington's Spies 2016–17 USA TV series An adaptation of the book Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose.
Abigail Adams
Kathryn Walker The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series As a younger woman. Won the Emmy Award for Best Actress.
Leora Dana The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series As an older woman.
Christine Estabrook George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
Michael Learned The American Revolution 1994 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Annette Bening Liberty's Kids 2002–3 USA Animated TV series Voice only
Meryl Streep Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Laura Linney John Adams 2008 USA TV series Won the Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award Award for Best Actress.
Daisy Lewis Sons of Liberty 2015 USA TV miniseries
Louisa Adams
Pamela Payton-Wright The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series Nominated for the Emmy Award for Best Actress.
Caroline Corrie John Adams 2008 USA TV series
Sarah Yorke Jackson
Fay Bainter Pulitzer Prize Playhouse, #1.14 "Portrait of a President" 1951 USA TV film An adaptation of the biography The Life of Andrew Jackson by Marquis James.
Mary Todd Lincoln
Alberta Lee The Birth of a Nation 1915 USA Silent film An adaptation of the novel The Clansman by Thomas Dixon Jr.
Betty Field Pulitzer Prize Playhouse, #1.3 "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" 1950 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert E. Sherwood.
Clare Austin BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #8.26 "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" 1957 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert E. Sherwood.
Marian Waldman Witness to Yesterday 1976 Canada TV series Docudrama
Rachel Bard Voyagers!, #7 "The Day the Rebs Took Lincoln" 1982 USA TV episode
Rachel Jakes North and South 1985 USA TV series An adaptation of the novels by John Jakes.
Christine Estabrook The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer 1998 USA TV series Comedy.
Sally Field Lincoln 2012 USA Film Nominated for the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award and Gold Derby Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Edith Roosevelt
Annie Olson Geronimo 1993 USA TV film
Ellen Axson Wilson
Ruth Nelson Wilson 1944 USA Film
Edith Wilson
Geraldine Fitzgerald Wilson 1944 USA Film
Ann Rich A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia 1990 UK TV film
Jean Stapleton The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century 1996 UK/USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Caroline Loncq Queen Marie of Romania 2019 Romania Film
Florence Harding
Jacqueline Knapp Boardwalk Empire 2010 USA TV series An adaptation of the book Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City by Nelson Johnson.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Elizabeth Hoffman The Winds of War 1983 USA TV series An adaptation of the novel by Herman Wouk.
Ellen Geer Voyagers!, #17 "Destiny's Choice" 1983 USA TV episode
June Salter The Last Bastion 1984 Australia TV miniseries
Elizabeth Hoffman War and Remembrance 1988–89 USA TV series An adaptation of the novel by Herman Wouk.
Irene Richards Bertie and Elizabeth 2002 UK TV film
Mamie Eisenhower
John Rothermel Tricia's Wedding 1971 USA Short Comedy
Bonnie Bartlett Ike: The War Years 1979 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the memoirs Eisenhower Was My Boss and Past Forgetting by Kay Summersby.
Jackie Kennedy
Johnny McGowan Tricia's Wedding 1971 USA Short Comedy
Elizabeth Lambert Dark Skies 1996 USA TV series
Carrie Genzel Watchmen 2009 USA Film An adaptation of the comics by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons.
Minka Kelly The Butler 2013 USA Film
Noelle Poulson All the Way 2016 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan.
Jodi Balfour The Crown 2017 UK/USA TV series
Lady Bird Johnson
Michael Shane Tricia's Wedding 1971 USA Short Comedy
Wanda Leigh The Butler 2013 USA Film
Melissa Leo All the Way 2016 USA TV film Nominated for the Emmy Award, Critics Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Satellite Award for Best Actress. An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan.
Suzanne Kopser The Crown 2019 UK/USA TV series
Pat Nixon
Bobby Cameron Tricia's Wedding 1971 USA Short Comedy
Nancy Reagan
Sydney Anderson Dark Skies 1997 USA TV series
Jane Fonda The Butler 2013 USA Film
Hillary Clinton: See Secretaries of State
Laura Bush
Andrea Wright Vice 2018 USA Film
Children of presidents
John Parke Custis (George Washington)
B. J. Morrison George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries As a child. An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
Justin Freiman George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries As a teenager. An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
Jon Shear George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
Martha Parke Custis (George Washington)
Kristi Alford George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries As a child. An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
Elva Josephson George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
Abigail Adams Smith (John Adams)
Tammy Heinz The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series As a child.
Lisa Lucas The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series As a teenager.
Katharine Houghton The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Madeline Taylor John Adams 2008 USA TV series As a girl.
Sarah Polley John Adams 2008 USA TV series
Charles Adams (John Adams)
J. C. Powell The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series As a boy.
Philip Anglim The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Michael Hall D'Addario John Adams 2008 USA TV series As a boy.
Kevin Trainor John Adams 2008 USA TV series
Thomas Boylston Adams (John Adams)
Tom Tammi The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Carter Godwin John Adams 2008 USA TV series As a baby.
Thomas Langston John Adams 2008 USA TV series As a child.
Samuel Barnett John Adams 2008 USA TV series
Martha Jefferson Randolph (Thomas Jefferson)
Pamela Stewart John Adams 2008 USA TV series
Mary Jefferson Eppes (Thomas Jefferson)
Robin Pearson Rose The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
George Washington Adams (John Quincy Adams)
David Elliott The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series As a younger man.
Peter Coffield The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series As an older man.
John Adams II (John Quincy Adams)
Tim Wilson The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series As a boy.
Allan Carlsen The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Charles Francis Adams Sr. (John Quincy Adams)
Steven Krey The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series As a boy.
Rodman Flender The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series As a teenager.
Thomas A. Stewart The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series As a younger man.
John Beal The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series As an older man.
Robert Todd Lincoln: See Secretaries of War
Tad Lincoln
Gulliver McGrath Lincoln 2012 USA Film
William Wallace Lincoln
Chase Edmunds Lincoln 2012 USA Film
Kermit Roosevelt
Tim Machin The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles 1992 USA TV series
Margaret Woodrow Wilson
Ruth Ford Wilson 1944 USA Film
Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre
Madeleine Forbes Wilson 1944 USA Film
Eleanor Wilson McAdoo
Mary Anderson Wilson 1944 USA Film
Anna Roosevelt Halsted
Natalie Mosco The Last Bastion 1984 Australia TV miniseries
Tricia Nixon Cox
Goldie Glitters Tricia's Wedding 1971 USA Short Comedy
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Dusty Dawn Tricia's Wedding 1971 USA Short Comedy
Luci Baines Johnson
Samantha Bogach All the Way 2016 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan.
Lynda Bird Johnson
Ashley Resh All the Way 2016 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan.
Chelsea Clinton
Anastasia Barkow Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Grandchildren of presidents
Henry Adams (John Quincy Adams)
Peter Brandon The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Brooks Adams (John Quincy Adams)
Charles Tenney The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Charles Francis Adams Jr. (John Quincy Adams)
Charles Siebert The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
John Quincy Adams II (John Quincy Adams)
Nicholas Pryor The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Mary Gardiner Adams (John Quincy Adams)
Sandra Gartner The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Susan B. Clark (John Quincy Adams)
Blair Brown The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
David Eisenhower
Roger Webster Tricia's Wedding 1971 USA Short Comedy
Other relatives and associates of presidents
Jonathan Alton: Overseer and servant to George Washington.
David Lively George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
Daniel Parke Custis
Richard Learman George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
George William Fairfax
David Dukes George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
Sally Fairfax
Jaclyn Smith George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
James Genn: Surveyor and colleague of George Washington.
Donald Neal George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
William Lee
Ron Canada George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
Lee Massey: Incumbent of George Washington's parish.
Carroll James George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
Jacob Van Braam
John Ridge George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
Augustine Washington
Tom Assalone George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
Betty Washington Lewis
Theresa Payne George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries As a child. An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
Jennifer Johnson George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries As a child. An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
John Augustine Washington
John A. Washington V George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
Mary Ball Washington
Kelly Jean Peters Voyagers!, #11 "Merry Christmas, Bogg" 1982 USA TV episode
Rosemary Murphy George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
Sally Smith Adams: Wife of Charles Adams and daughter-in-law of John Adams.
Mamie Gummer John Adams 2008 USA TV series
Sally Hemings
Lizan Mitchell John Adams 2008 USA TV series
William Smith: Father of Abigail Adams.
Addison Powell The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Elizabeth Quincy Smith: Mother of Abigail Adams.
Nancy Marchand The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Mary Hellen Adams: Wife of John Adams II.
Fran Applebaum The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series As a teenager.
Maureen Anderman The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Abigail Brooks Adams: Wife of Charles Francis Adams Sr.
Nancy Coleman The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Harriet Lane
Kathryn Leigh Scott Edward the Seventh 1975 UK TV series
Ninian Wirt Edwards
John Arnatt BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #8.26 "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" 1957 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert E. Sherwood.
Seth Gale: Friend of Abraham Lincoln.
Kevin McCarthy Pulitzer Prize Playhouse, #1.3 "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" 1950 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert E. Sherwood.
Alan Tilvern BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #8.26 "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" 1957 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert E. Sherwood.
Mentor Graham
Jon Farrell BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #8.26 "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" 1957 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert E. Sherwood.
Sarah Lincoln Grigsby
Susan Whitney Telephone Time, #1.6 "The Stepmother" 1956 USA TV short As a child.
Dennis Hanks: Cousin and friend of Abraham Lincoln.
Ron Foster Telephone Time, #1.6 "The Stepmother" 1956 USA TV short
Elizabeth Johnston Hanks: Stepsister of Abraham Lincoln and wife of Dennis Hanks.
Frances Karath Telephone Time, #1.6 "The Stepmother" 1956 USA TV short
William Herndon
Wendell K. Phillips Pulitzer Prize Playhouse, #1.3 "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" 1950 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert E. Sherwood.
Robert Hardy BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #8.26 "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" 1957 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert E. Sherwood.
Elizabeth Keckley
Gloria Reuben Lincoln 2012 USA Film
Sarah Bush Lincoln
Rita Lynn Telephone Time, #1.6 "The Stepmother" 1956 USA TV short
Thomas Lincoln
Crahan Denton Omnibus, "Mr. Lincoln" 1952–53 USA TV serial
James Anderson Telephone Time, #1.6 "The Stepmother" 1956 USA TV short
Ann Rutledge
Adele Longmire Pulitzer Prize Playhouse, #1.3 "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" 1950 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert E. Sherwood.
Joanne Woodward Omnibus, "Mr. Lincoln" 1952–53 USA TV serial
Patricia English BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #8.26 "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" 1957 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert E. Sherwood.
Joshua Fry Speed
Calvin Thomas Pulitzer Prize Playhouse, #1.3 "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" 1950 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert E. Sherwood.
Bruno Barnabe BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #8.26 "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" 1957 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert E. Sherwood.
Jessie Woodrow Wilson: Mother of Woodrow Wilson.
May Allen The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns 1919 USA Silent film
Nan Britton
Virginia Kull Boardwalk Empire 2010 USA TV series An adaptation of the book Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City by Nelson Johnson.
Sara Roosevelt
Angela Clarke Voyagers!, #17 "Destiny's Choice" 1983 USA TV episode
Rose Kennedy
Pristine Condition Tricia's Wedding 1971 USA Short Comedy
Nancy Crane Upstairs Downstairs 2012 UK TV series
Alfred C. Baldwin III
Gene Lindsey All the President's Men 1976 USA Film An adaptation of the book by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward.
Bernard Barker
Henry Calvert All the President's Men 1976 USA Film An adaptation of the book by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward.
Edward F. Cox
Marshall Olds Tricia's Wedding 1971 USA Short Comedy
Virgilio Gonzalez
Nate Esformes All the President's Men 1976 USA Film An adaptation of the book by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward.
James W. McCord Jr.
Richard Herd All the President's Men 1976 USA Film An adaptation of the book by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward.
Eugenio Martínez
Dominic Chianese All the President's Men 1976 USA Film An adaptation of the book by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward.
Judy Hoback Miller
Jane Alexander All the President's Men 1976 USA Film Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. An adaptation of the book by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward.
Kenneth Parkinson
James Lancaster Dark Skies 1996 USA TV series
Donald Segretti
Robert Walden All the President's Men 1976 USA Film An adaptation of the book by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward.
Frank Sturgis
Ron Hale All the President's Men 1976 USA Film An adaptation of the book by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward.
Rose Mary Woods
Nancy Crane Playhouse Presents, #1.3 "Nixon's the One" 2012 UK TV short
Freda Alexander: Forewoman of the grand jury that investigated Bill Clinton.
Taneka Johnson Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Junaita Broaddrick
Ashlie Atkinson Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Paula Jones
Annaleigh Ashford Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Ann Jordan
Diahnna Nicole Baxter Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Vice Presidents of the United States
Aaron Burr
Walter Coy You Are There, #1.7 "The Hamilton-Burr Duel" 1953 USA TV short Docudrama
Richard Waring You Are There, #2.43 "The Vote that Made Jefferson President" 1954 USA TV short Docudrama
Richard Waring You Are There, #3.1 "The 'Treason' of Aaron Burr" 1954 USA TV short Docudrama
Elbridge Gerry
Tom McDermott The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Tom Beckett John Adams 2008 USA TV series
John C. Calhoun
Carl Benton Reid You Are There, #5.7 "Daniel Webster's Sacrifice to Save the Union" 1956 USA TV short Docudrama
Robert Phalen The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Schuyler Colfax
Bill Raymond Lincoln 2012 USA Film
Thomas R. Marshall
Gus Glassmire Wilson 1944 USA Film
Hubert Humphrey
Don Moss Dark Skies 1996–97 USA TV series
Wayne Hughes Selma 2014 UK/USA Film
Bradley Whitford All the Way 2016 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan.
Nelson Rockefeller
Paul Gleason Dark Skies 1996 USA TV series
Walter Mondale
Tom Luce My Friend Dahmer 2017 USA Film An adaptation of the graphic novel by Derf Backderf.
Dick Cheney
Aidan Gail Vice 2018 USA Film Aged 12.
Alex MacNicoll Vice 2018 USA Film Aged 17.
Christian Bale Vice 2018 USA Film Won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. Nominated for the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and AACTA International Award for Best Actor.
Secretaries of State
Robert R. Livingston
Alex Draper John Adams 2008 USA TV series
Timothy Pickering
Reid Shelton The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
John Keating John Adams 2008 USA TV series
John Marshall: See Chief Justices of the United States
Henry Clay
George Hearn The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Daniel Webster
Morris Ankrum You Are There, #5.7 "Daniel Webster's Sacrifice to Save the Union" 1956 USA TV short Docudrama
William H. Seward
Howard Wendell You Are There, #3.33 "The Emancipation Proclamation" 1955 USA TV short Docudrama
Alexander Clark The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
William Mims North and South 1986 USA TV series An adaptation of the novels by John Jakes.
David Strathairn Lincoln 2012 USA Film
Hamilton Fish
Ivan Miller Geronimo 1939 USA Film
James G. Blaine
Don Haggerty The Great Sioux Massacre 1965 USA Film
John Hay
Tom Ligon The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Joseph Cross Lincoln 2012 USA Film
William Jennings Bryan
Edwin Maxwell Wilson 1944 USA Film
Ainslie Pryor You Are There, #4.24 "William Jennings Bryan's Presidential Nomination" 1956 USA TV short Docudrama
Robert Lansing
Stanley Logan Wilson 1944 USA Film
Robert Burton You Are There, #4.6 "The Secret Message that Plunged America into World War I" 1955 USA TV short Docudrama
Bainbridge Colby
Russell Gaige Wilson 1944 USA Film
Henry L. Stimson
Joseph Cotten Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970 Japan/USA Film An adaptation of the books Tora! Tora! Tora! by Gordon W. Prange and The Broken Seal by Ladislas Farago.
Alexander Knox Churchill and the Generals 1979 UK TV film
Ben Hartigan War and Remembrance 1988–89 USA TV series An adaptation of the novel by Herman Wouk.
Cordell Hull
George Macready Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970 Japan/USA Film An adaptation of the books Tora! Tora! Tora! by Gordon W. Prange and The Broken Seal by Ladislas Farago.
John Foster Dulles
Garrick Hagon The Crown 2016 UK/USA TV series
Henry Kissinger
Peter Van Norden Dark Skies 1996 USA TV series
Frank Novak Watchmen 2009 USA Film An adaptation of the comics by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons.
Henry Goodman Playhouse Presents, #1.3 "Nixon's the One" 2012 UK TV short
Kirk Bovill Vice 2018 USA Film
James Baker
JJ Coker The Butler 2013 USA Film
Colin Powell: See Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Condoleezza Rice
LisaGay Hamilton Vice 2018 USA Film
Hillary Clinton
Teresa Barnwell The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer 1998 USA TV series Comedy.
Edie Falco Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Secretaries of the Treasury
Alexander Hamilton
Mack Williams You Are There, #1.7 "The Hamilton-Burr Duel" 1953 USA TV short Docudrama
Barry Truex Telephone Time, #1.13 "The Gingerbread Man" 1956 USA TV short
Jeremiah Sullivan The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Robert Schenkkan George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
Andrew Rannells Liberty's Kids 2002 USA Animated TV series Voice only
John D. Bert The Revolution 2007 USA TV series Docudrama
Rufus Sewell John Adams 2008 USA TV series
Sean Haggerty Turn: Washington's Spies 2016–17 USA TV series An adaptation of the book Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose.
Oliver Wolcott Jr.
David O'Brien The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Jason Butler Harner John Adams 2008 USA TV series
Albert Gallatin
Michael Wager The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
William H. Crawford
Chris Gampel The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
William P. Fessenden
Walt Smith Lincoln 2012 USA Film
George S. Boutwell
Hooper Atchley Geronimo 1939 USA Film
William Gibbs McAdoo
Vincent Price Wilson 1944 USA Film
David F. Houston
George Anderson Wilson 1944 USA Film
Andrew Mellon
James Cromwell Boardwalk Empire 2012–13 USA TV series An adaptation of the book Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City by Nelson Johnson.
Secretaries of War
Henry Knox
Milton Selzer You Are There, #3.27 "Washington's Farewell to His Officers" 1955 USA TV short Docudrama
William Boyett You Are There, #4.15 "Washington Crosses the Delaware" 1955 USA TV short Docudrama
Michael Egan The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Alex Henteloff The Bastard 1978 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the novel by John Jakes.
John Chappell The Rebels 1979 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the novel by John Jakes.
Farnham Scott George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
Del Pentecost John Adams 2008 USA TV series
Brit Whittle Turn: Washington's Spies 2016 USA TV series An adaptation of the book Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose.
Timothy Pickering: See Secretaries of State
James McHenry
Tom Aldredge The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Zak Orth John Adams 2008 USA TV series
James Barbour
Ralph Bell The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Edwin Stanton
Lawrence Dobkin You Are There, #2.2 "The Capture of John Wilkes Booth" 1953 USA TV short Docudrama
Luther Adler DuPont Show of the Month, #4.6 "The Lincoln Murder Case" 1961 USA TV film An adaptation of the book The Web of Conspiracy by Theodore Roscoe.
Bruce McGill Lincoln 2012 USA Film
John Aaron Rawlins
Wheaton Chambers Geronimo 1939 USA Film
Robert Todd Lincoln
Ronald Wilson BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #8.26 "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" 1957 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert E. Sherwood.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Lincoln 2012 USA Film
Lindley Miller Garrison
Robert Middlemass Wilson 1944 USA Film
Newton D. Baker
Reginald Sheffield Wilson 1944 USA Film
Secretaries of the Navy
Benjamin Stoddert
Robert Prosky The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Thomas Walker Gilmer
David Tabor The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Gideon Welles
Grainger Hines Lincoln 2012 USA Film
William E. Chandler
Shane Rimmer The Velvet Glove, #3 "Mother" 1977 UK TV film
John Davis Long
Robert Griffin You Are There, #3.37 "Dewey's Victory at Manila" 1955 USA TV short Docudrama
Josephus Daniels
Sidney Blackmer Wilson 1944 USA Film
Frank Knox
Leon Ames Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970 Japan/USA Film An adaptation of the books Tora! Tora! Tora! by Gordon W. Prange and The Broken Seal by Ladislas Farago.
Leon B. Stevens War and Remembrance 1988–89 USA TV series An adaptation of the novel by Herman Wouk.
Tom Everett Pearl Harbor 2001 USA Film
Paul Ignatius
Brent Langdon The Post 2017 USA Film
Secretaries of Defense
James Forrestal
Richard Fancy Dark Skies 1996–97 USA TV series
Michael Cumpsty Flags of Our Fathers 2006 USA Film An adaptation of the book by James Bradley & Ron Powers.
Robert McNamara
Brian Carpenter We Were Soldiers 2002 USA Film An adapation of the book We Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. Moore & Joseph L. Galloway.
Bo Foxworth All the Way 2016 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan.
Clancy Brown Chappaquiddick 2017 USA Film
Bruce Greenwood The Post 2017 USA Film
Donald Rumsfeld
Steve Carell Vice 2018 USA Film
Chuck Hagel
Chet Grissom Vice 2018 USA Film
Secretaries of the Interior
John Palmer Usher
Dakin Matthews Lincoln 2012 USA Film
Columbus Delano
Stanley Andrews Geronimo 1939 USA Film
David R. Francis
Alexander Knox Nicholas and Alexandra 1971 UK Film An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
Franklin Knight Lane
Arthur Loft Wilson 1944 USA Film
John Barton Payne
Jamesson Shade Wilson 1944 USA Film
Harold L. Ickes
Campbell Scott Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Attorneys General of the United States
Charles Lee
Josef Sommer The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Timmy Sherrill John Adams 2008 USA TV series
William Wirt
Ralph Clanton The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Henry D. Gilpin
Terrence Currier The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
James Speed
Richard Topol Lincoln 2012 USA Film
Ebenezer R. Hoar
John M. Sullivan Geronimo 1939 USA Film
A. Mitchell Palmer
Guy D'Ennery Wilson 1944 USA Film
Harry M. Daugherty
Christopher McDonald Boardwalk Empire 2010–12 USA TV series An adaptation of the book Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City by Nelson Johnson.
Herbert Brownell Jr.
Robert Aberdeen The Butler 2013 USA Film
Robert F. Kennedy
James F. Kelly Dark Skies 1996–97 USA TV series
Julian Ovenden The Crown 2017 UK/USA TV series
Jack Huston The Irishman 2019 USA Film An adaptation of the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt.
Nicholas Katzenbach
Robb Skyler Forrest Gump 1994 USA Film An adaptation of the novel by Winston Groom.
Ramsey Clark
Michael Keaton The Trial of the Chicago 7 2020 USA Film
John N. Mitchell
John Randolph All the President's Men 1976 USA Film Voice only. An adaptation of the book by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward.
Mark Fairchild The Irishman 2019 USA Film An adaptation of the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt.
John Doman The Trial of the Chicago 7 2020 USA Film
Janet Reno
Jane Lynch Manhunt: Unabomber 2017 USA TV series
Connie Ventress Waco 2018 USA TV series An adaptation of the autobiographies A Place Called Waco by David Thibodeau and Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator by Gary Noesner.
Carrie Gibson Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Solicitors General of the United States
J. Lee Rankin
Dennis Creaghan Dark Skies 1997 USA TV series
Erwin Griswold
Kenneth Tigar The Post 2017 USA Film
Ken Starr
Dan Bakkedahl Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Secretaries of Agriculture
Edwin T. Meredith
Robert Barron Wilson 1944 USA Film
Secretaries of Commerce
William C. Redfield
Gladden James Wilson 1944 USA Film
Secretaries of Labor
William Bauchop Wilson
Larry McGrath Wilson 1944 USA Film
Postmasters General of the United States
Montgomery Blair
Byron Jennings Lincoln 2012 USA Film
William Dennison Jr.
James Ike Eichling Lincoln 2012 USA Film
John Creswell
Edward Peil Sr. Geronimo 1939 USA Film
Albert S. Burleson
Matt Moore Wilson 1944 USA Film
Presidents pro tempore of the United States Senate
Ralph Izard
Karl Light The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Thomas Jefferson Rusk
Tommy G. Kendrick The Alamo 2004 USA Film
Benjamin Wade
Wayne Duvall Lincoln 2012 USA Film
Richard Russell Jr.
Frank Langella All the Way 2016 USA TV film Nominated for the Critics Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor. An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan.
James Eastland
Jeff Doucette All the Way 2016 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan.
Nicholas Bell Elvis 2022 Australia/USA Film
Strom Thurmond
Randy Oglesby All the Way 2016 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan.
Senate Majority Leaders
James Eli Watson
John Ince Wilson 1944 USA Film
Senate Minority Leaders
Everett Dirksen
Ray Wise All the Way 2016 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan.
Speakers of the House of Representatives
John White
George Ede The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Champ Clark
Davison Clark Wilson 1944 USA Film
Joseph W. Martin Jr.
Robert Mandan MacArthur 1977 USA Film
John W. McCormack
Hal Landon Jr. All the Way 2016 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan.
Carl Albert
Matt Nolan Vice 2018 USA Film
Dennis Hastert
William Goldman Vice 2018 USA Film
Signatories of the Declaration of Independence
Samuel Adams: See Governors of Massachusetts
William Floyd
Regen Wilson Turn: Washington's Spies 2014 USA TV series An adaptation of the book Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose.
Benjamin Franklin
Ben Lewis The Spirit of '76 1917 USA Silent film
Thomas Pogue Lloyd's of London 1936 USA Film
Addison Richards You Are There, #3.24 "The Signing of the Declaration of Independence" 1955 USA TV short Docudrama
Parley Baer You Are There, #4.27 "Benjamin Franklin's Kite Experiment" 1956 USA TV short Docudrama
Charles Coburn John Paul Jones 1959 USA Film
Claude Piéplu Le théâtre de la jeunesse, "Le matelot de nulle part" 1964 France TV film An adaptation of the novel Israel Potter by Herman Melville.
Bart Greene I Dream of Jeannie, #2.11 "The Girl Who Never Had a Birthday" 1966 USA TV episode Comedy
Fredd Wayne Bewitched, #3.13–14 "My Friend Ben" 1966 USA TV serial Comedy
Robert Symonds The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Tom Bosley The Bastard 1978 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the novel by John Jakes.
Tom Bosley The Rebels 1979 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the novel by John Jakes.
Fredd Wayne Voyagers!, #3 "Bully and Billy" 1982 USA TV episode
Don Forney Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey 1991 USA Film Comedy
Charles Durning The American Revolution 1994 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
John Sumner Jack of All Trades 2000 USA TV series Comedy
Walter Cronkite Liberty's Kids 2002–3 USA Animated TV series Voice only
Matthew Bentley Benjamin Franklin 2002 USA TV series As a child. Docudrama.
Michael Bentley Benjamin Franklin 2002 USA TV series As a child. Docudrama.
Dylan Baker Benjamin Franklin 2002 USA TV series As a younger man. Docudrama.
Richard Easton Benjamin Franklin 2002 USA TV series As an older man. Docudrama.
Michael Douglas Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Colm Meaney Battle of the Brave 2004 Canada Film
Tom Wilkinson John Adams 2008 USA TV series Won the Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor.
Dean Norris Sons of Liberty 2015 USA TV miniseries
Saul Jephcott Marie Antoinette 2022 France/UK TV series
John Hancock: See Governors of Massachusetts
Benjamin Harrison V: See Governors of Virginia
Richard Henry Lee
P. R. Scammon America 1924 USA Silent film An adaptation of the novel The Reckoning by Robert W. Chambers.
J. Kenneth Campbell George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
Paul Fitzgerald John Adams 2008 USA TV series
Claudiu Trandafir Sons of Liberty 2015 USA TV miniseries
Robert Treat Paine
Brennan Brown John Adams 2008 USA TV series
George Read
Douglas Nelson John Adams 2008 USA TV series
Benjamin Rush
John Lithgow Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
John Dossett John Adams 2008 USA TV series
James Wilson
Ralph Fiennes Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Founding Fathers of the United States
John Dickinson: See Governors of Pennsylvania.
John Langdon
Rex Robbins The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
George Mason
Richard Kiley George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
Gouverneur Morris
Kevin Spacey Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Thomas Paine
Robert Vaughn Witness to Yesterday 1974 Canada TV series Docudrama
Jeremy Irons Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
William Vosseler The Revolution 2007 USA TV series Docudrama
Confederate political leaders
Jefferson Davis
Joseph Vance You Are There, #2.14 "The Gettysburg Address" 1953 USA TV short Docudrama
Lloyd Bridges North and South 1986 USA TV series An adaptation of the novels by John Jakes.
Horton Foote The Civil War 1990 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Alexander H. Stephens
Matthew McConaughey Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Jackie Earle Haley Lincoln 2012 USA Film
Robert M. T. Hunter
Michael Shiflett Lincoln 2012 USA Film
Directors of New Netherland
Peter Minuit
Groucho Marx The Story of Mankind 1957 USA Film An adaptation of the non-fiction children's book by Hendrik Willem van Loon.
Peter Stuyvesant
William Calhoun Peter Stuyvesant 1924 USA Silent short
Dennis King Pulitzer Prize Playhouse, #1.7 "Knickerbocker Holiday" 1950 USA TV film An adaptation of the stage musical by Maxwell Anderson & Kurt Weill.
Governors of Alabama
George Wallace
Tim Roth Selma 2014 UK/USA Film
Local politicians and officials from Alabama
Bull Connor
John Seigenthaler Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Governors of Arizona
Anson P. K. Safford
Austin Willis Hour of the Gun 1967 USA Film An adaptation of the book Tombstone's Epitaph by Douglas D. Martin.
Senators from Arkansas
J. William Fulbright
Ned Van Zandt All the Way 2016 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan.
John L. McClellan
John Rue The Irishman 2019 USA Film An adaptation of the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt.
Senators from California
George Murphy
Martin Worman Tricia's Wedding 1971 USA Short Comedy
John V. Tunney
Patrick Sheehan Chappaquiddick 2017 USA Film
Congressmen from California
James C. Corman
Stoney Westmoreland All the Way 2016 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan.
Mayors of Los Angeles
Fletcher Bowron
Gregory White L.A. Confidential 1997 USA Film
Governors of Connecticut
Roger Sherman Baldwin
Bernie McInerney The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Governors of Delaware
Caesar Rodney
Tim Parati John Adams 2008 USA TV series
Senators from Delaware
James A. Bayard
Robert Moberly The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
John J. Williams
Kyle McMahon Selma 2014 UK/USA Film
Senators from Florida
Duncan U. Fletcher
Benno Sterzenbach Titanic 1984 West Germany TV film
Governors of Georgia
Carl Sanders
Matthew Glave All the Way 2016 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan.
Governors of Idaho
Edward A. Stevenson
George Plimpton The West 1996 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Senators from Idaho
Frank Church
Jeff Moore The Irishman 2019 USA Film An adaptation of the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt.
Governors of Illinois
Jim Edgar
Matt Miller The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story 2018 USA TV series An adaptation of the book Vulgar Favors by Maureen Orth.
Senators from Illinois
Stephen A. Douglas
Martin Wyldeck BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #8.26 "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" 1957 UK TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert E. Sherwood.
Dabney Coleman Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Local politicians and officials from Illinois
Joe Klenah: Mayor of Cicero.
Craig Waletzko Boardwalk Empire 2013 USA TV series An adaptation of the book Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City by Nelson Johnson.
David Stahl: Assistant to the Mayor of Chicago at the time of the Chicago riots in 1968.
Steve Routman The Trial of the Chicago 7 2020 USA Film
Congressmen from Iowa
Hiram Price
Michael Stanton Kennedy Lincoln 2012 USA Film
Senators from Kansas
Nancy Kassebaum
Nealla Gordon The Butler 2013 USA Film
Governors of Kentucky
Charles Scott
Michael Gaston Turn: Washington's Spies 2014 USA TV series An adaptation of the book Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose.
Lieutenant Governors of Kentucky
Henry Denhardt
William A. Lee Robert Montgomery Presents, #8.20 "Crisis at Sand Cave" 1957 USA TV film
Congressmen from Kentucky
Matthew Lyon
Raoul Trujillo Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Thomas Francis Marshall
Lester Rawlins The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
George Helm Yeaman
Michael Stuhlbarg Lincoln 2012 USA Film
Congressmen from Louisiana
David Duke
Topher Grace BlacKkKlansman 2018 USA Film An adaptation of the book Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth.
Governors of Maine
Joshua Chamberlain: See Union generals of the American Civil War.
Ralph Owen Brewster
Alan Alda The Aviator 2004 USA Film Nominated for the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Senators from Maine
Margaret Chase Smith
Meryl Streep Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Congressmen from Maryland
John Hanson
Joseph Adams Turn: Washington's Spies 2017 USA TV series An adaptation of the book Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose.
Governors of Massachusetts
John Winthrop
Anthony Hopkins Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Thomas Hutchinson
Noel Drayton You Are There, #3.43 "Boston Tea Party (Restaged)" 1955 USA TV short Docudrama
Anthony Specchio Samuel Adams 2014 USA TV film
Sean Gilder Sons of Liberty 2015 USA TV miniseries
John Hancock
John Dunton America 1924 USA Silent film An adaptation of the novel The Reckoning by Robert W. Chambers.
James Douglas You Are There, #2.32 "Paul Revere's Ride" 1954 USA TV short Docudrama
Russ Conway You Are There, #3.43 "Boston Tea Party (Restaged)" 1955 USA TV short Docudrama
John Phillips John Paul Jones 1959 USA Film
Curt Dawson The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Justin Theroux John Adams 2008 USA TV series
Christopher Karbo Samuel Adams 2014 USA TV film
Rafe Spall Sons of Liberty 2015 USA TV miniseries
Samuel Adams
Lee Beggs America 1924 USA Silent film An adaptation of the novel The Reckoning by Robert W. Chambers.
E. G. Marshall You Are There, #1.3 "The Boston Tea Party" 1953 USA TV short Docudrama
E. G. Marshall You Are There, #2.32 "Paul Revere's Ride" 1954 USA TV short Docudrama
Herbert Rudley You Are There, #3.43 "Boston Tea Party (Restaged)" 1955 USA TV short Docudrama
W. B. Brydon The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
William Daniels The Bastard 1978 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the novel by John Jakes.
Richard Fancy George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
Philip Bosco Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Danny Huston John Adams 2008 USA TV series
Jack E. Curenton Samuel Adams 2014 USA TV film
Ben Barnes Sons of Liberty 2015 USA TV miniseries
Elbridge Gerry: See Vice Presidents of the United States
Edward Everett
Michael Caine Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
John Davis Long: See Secretaries of the Navy
George D. Robinson
James Berwick Second Verdict, #5 "Lizzie Borden" 1976 UK TV film Docudrama
Senators from Massachusetts
Edward Brooke
William Marshall The Boston Strangler 1968 USA Film An adaptation of the book by Gerold Frank.
Henry L. Dawes
Aidan Quinn Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee 2007 USA TV film Nominated for the Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor. An adaptation of part of the book by Dee Brown.
George Frisbie Hoar
Walter Mathews The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Ted Kennedy
Jason Clarke Chappaquiddick 2017 USA Film
Henry Cabot Lodge
Cedric Hardwicke Wilson 1944 USA Film
Charles Sumner
Sam De Grasse The Birth of a Nation 1915 USA Silent film An adaptation of the novel The Clansman by Thomas Dixon Jr.
John Hutton Lincoln 2012 USA Film
Congressmen from Massachusetts
Fisher Ames
Stephen Strimpell The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
James Lovell
James Congdon The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Josiah Quincy III
Robin Williams Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
State officials and legislators of Massachusetts
Jonathan L. Austin
Anthony Heald Benjamin Franklin 2002 USA TV series Docudrama
Timothy Ruggles
Stephen Elliott You Are There, #2.32 "Paul Revere's Ride" 1954 USA TV short Docudrama
Joseph Warren: See Generals of the American War of Independence.
Local politicians and officials from Massachusetts
Richard Cranch
Michael O'Hare The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
James Forrest: Boston Loyalist.
Pirie MacDonald The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Dara Coleman John Adams 2008 USA TV series
Joseph Hawes
Reed De Rouen John Paul Jones 1959 USA Film
William Molineux
Marshall Bradford You Are There, #3.43 "Boston Tea Party (Restaged)" 1955 USA TV short Docudrama
Jeremy Ebenstein Samuel Adams 2014 USA TV film
Lendall Pitts
Bing Russell You Are There, #3.43 "Boston Tea Party (Restaged)" 1955 USA TV short Docudrama
Josiah Quincy II
Charles Seel You Are There, #3.43 "Boston Tea Party (Restaged)" 1955 USA TV short Docudrama
Samuel Phillips Savage
Denver Pyle You Are There, #3.43 "Boston Tea Party (Restaged)" 1955 USA TV short Docudrama
State officials and legislators of Michigan
Daniel S. Bacon
Gene Lockhart They Died with Their Boots On 1941 USA Film As Samuel Bacon.
Senators from Minnesota
Muriel Humphrey
Dorinda Townsend All the Way 2016 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan.
Mayors of Milwaukee
John Norquist
Raphael Sbarge Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story 2022 USA TV series
Governors of Mississippi
Adelbert Ames
Matt Letscher Gods and Generals 2003 USA Film An adaptation of the novel by Jeff Shaara.
Paul B. Johnson Jr.
Toby Huss All the Way 2016 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan.
Senators from Mississippi
Trent Lott
Paul Perri Vice 2018 USA Film
Governors of Missouri
Thomas Theodore Crittenden
Ed Evans The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James 1986 USA TV film
Senators from Missouri
John Danforth
Dan Kinsella Vice 2018 USA Film
Congressmen from Montana
Jeannette Rankin
Hilda Plowright Wilson 1944 USA Film
Congressmen from Nevada
Thomas Fitch
Jimmy Lydon The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp 1961 USA TV series
Richard Bull Hour of the Gun 1967 USA Film An adaptation of the book Tombstone's Epitaph by Douglas D. Martin.
Congressmen from New Hampshire
Hosea Washington Parker
Roy Stephens The Velvet Glove, #3 "Mother" 1977 UK TV film
George Sullivan
Roger Serbagi The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Governors of New Jersey
William Franklin
Jim True-Frost Benjamin Franklin 2002 USA TV series Docudrama
Walter Evans Edge
Geoff Pierson Boardwalk Empire 2010–12 USA TV series An adaptation of the book Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City by Nelson Johnson.
Edward I. Edwards
Wayne Duvall Boardwalk Empire 2011 USA TV series An adaptation of the book Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City by Nelson Johnson.
Harold G. Hoffman
Weston Gavin Second Verdict, #1 "The Lindbergh Kidnapping" 1976 UK TV film Docudrama
State officials and legislators of New Jersey
John Wesley Wescott
Paul Everton Wilson 1944 USA Film
Local politicians and officials from New Jersey
Harry Bacharach
John Rue Boardwalk Empire 2010 USA TV series An adaptation of the book Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City by Nelson Johnson.
Edward L. Bader
Kevin O'Rourke Boardwalk Empire 2010–13 USA TV series An adaptation of the book Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City by Nelson Johnson.
Frank Hague
Chris Mulkey Boardwalk Empire 2010–11 USA TV series An adaptation of the book Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City by Nelson Johnson.
Enoch L. Johnson
Nolan Lyons Boardwalk Empire 2014 USA TV series Fictionalised as Enoch "Nucky" Thompson. As a boy. An adaptation of the book Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City by Nelson Johnson.
Marc Pickering Boardwalk Empire 2014 USA TV series Fictionalised as Enoch "Nucky" Thompson. As a young man. An adaptation of the book Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City by Nelson Johnson.
Steve Buscemi Boardwalk Empire 2010–14 USA TV series Fictionalised as Enoch "Nucky" Thompson. Won the 2011 Golden Globe Award and 2011 and 2012 Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Actor. Nominated for the 2013 Golden Globe Award, the 2011 and 2012 Emmy Awards, the 2013, 2014 and 2015 Screen Actors Guild Awards and the 2011 Satellite Award for Best Actor. An adaptation of the book Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City by Nelson Johnson.
Louis Kuehnle
John Ellison Conlee Boardwalk Empire 2014 USA TV series Fictionalised as Louis Kaestner. As a younger man. An adaptation of the book Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City by Nelson Johnson.
Dabney Coleman Boardwalk Empire 2010–11 USA TV series Fictionalised as Louis Kaestner. An adaptation of the book Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City by Nelson Johnson.
Governors of New Mexico
Manuel Armijo
Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. The Wonderful World of Disney, #23.10–11 "Kit Carson and the Mountain Men" 1977 USA TV serial
Lew Wallace
Scott Wilson Young Guns II 1990 USA Film
Edmund G. Ross
James Whitmore Kraft Television Theatre, #9.33 "A Profile in Courage" 1956 USA TV film An adaptation of part of the non-fiction book Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy.
Governors of New York
Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont: See Britain: Earls of Bellomont
John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore: See Governors of Virginia
William Cosby
Reginald Denny Telephone Time, #1.16 "Grandpa Changes the World" 1956 USA TV short
William Tryon
Whit Bissell Walt Disney Presents, #7.8 "Daniel Boone: And Chase the Buffalo" 1960 USA TV film
Randall Newsome Turn: Washington's Spies 2016 USA TV series An adaptation of the book Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose.
DeWitt Clinton
Ralph Fiennes Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
W. Averell Harriman
Art Fleming MacArthur 1977 USA Film
Congressmen from New York
Richard Schell
Tim Blake Nelson Lincoln 2012 USA Film
Fernando Wood
Lee Pace Lincoln 2012 USA Film
Mayors of New York City
David Mathews
Daniel Thomas May Turn: Washington's Spies 2016 USA TV series An adaptation of the book Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose.
James Duane
Ed Jewett John Adams 2008 USA TV series
Richard Varick
Richard Rhodes George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
Abram Hewitt
Constantine Gregory Shanghai Knights 2003 UK/USA Film Comedy.
Kenneth Jay Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, #2 "The Brooklyn Bridge" 2003 UK TV film Docudrama
Other New York City politicians
Charles Francis Murphy
Cy Kendall Wilson 1944 USA Film
William M. Tweed
Paul Maxey You Are There, #5.9 "The Overthrow of the Tweed Ring" 1957 USA TV short Docudrama
Governors of North Carolina
Zebulon Baird Vance
Murray Hamilton You Are There, #2.14 "The Gettysburg Address" 1953 USA TV short Docudrama
Senators from North Dakota
Mark Andrews
Gary Ballard Vice 2018 USA Film
Senators from Ohio
George H. Pendleton
Peter McRobbie Lincoln 2012 USA Film
Congressmen from Ohio
James Mitchell Ashley
David Costabile Lincoln 2012 USA Film
William Moore McCulloch
Dan Desmond All the Way 2016 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan.
Governors of Oklahoma
Frank Keating
John Burke Vice 2018 USA Film
Governors of Pennsylvania
Thomas Penn
Simon Jones Benjamin Franklin 2002 USA TV series Docudrama
Joseph Reed
Tom Mason George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
Darrell James The Revolution 2007 USA TV series Docudrama
Alex Miller Turn: Washington's Spies 2014–15 USA TV series An adaptation of the book Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose.
John Dickinson
John Wylie The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Željko Ivanek John Adams 2008 USA TV series
Hadley Fraser Sons of Liberty 2015 USA TV miniseries
Thomas Mifflin
Peter Evans George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
Thomas McKean
Eric Zuckerman John Adams 2008 USA TV series
Senators from Pennsylvania
William Maclay
Alan Cox John Adams 2008 USA TV series
Congressmen from Pennsylvania
Alexander Hamilton Coffroth
Boris McGiver Lincoln 2012 USA Film
Joseph Galloway
Jonathan Bolt The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Leon B. Stevens George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
Peter Gerety Benjamin Franklin 2002 USA TV series Docudrama
Timothy Matlack
Gregory Nassif St. John Turn: Washington's Spies 2016 USA TV series An adaptation of the book Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose.
Thaddeus Stevens
Lou Felder North and South 1986 USA TV series An adaptation of the novels by John Jakes.
Martin Sheen Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Tommy Lee Jones Lincoln 2012 USA Film Won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor. Nominated for the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, Gold Derby Award and Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Mayors of Philadelphia
Frank Rizzo
Gino Cafarelli The Irishman 2019 USA Film An adaptation of the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt.
Governors of Rhode Island
Stephen Hopkins
John O'Creagh John Adams 2008 USA TV series
Governors of South Carolina
Thomas Pinckney
Hugh O'Gorman John Adams 2008 USA TV series
Edward Rutledge
Clancy O'Connor John Adams 2008 USA TV series
Dan Fredenburgh Sons of Liberty 2015 USA TV miniseries
Congressmen from South Carolina
Henry L. Pinckney
Roger Alan Brown The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
State officials and legislators of South Carolina
John Boston
Morgan Freeman The Civil War 1990 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Francis Lewis Cardozo
Billy Dee Williams North and South 1994 USA TV series An adaptation of the novels by John Jakes.
Senators from Tennessee
Bill Frist
Jeff Witzke Vice 2018 USA Film
Congressmen from Tennessee
Ed Bryant
Tatum Shank Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Presidents and Governors of Texas
Henry Smith
Rance Howard The Alamo 2004 USA Film
Sam Houston
Tom Wilson Martyrs of the Alamo 1915 USA Silent film An adaptation of the novel by Theodosia Harris.
Zachary Scott Pulitzer Prize Playhouse, #1.6 "The Raven" 1950 USA TV film An adaptation of the biography of Houston by Marquis James.
Philip Bosco You Are There, #1.17 "The Defense of the Alamo" 1953 USA TV short Docudrama
Philip Bosco You Are There, #1.22 "The Burning of the Alamo" 1953 USA TV short Docudrama
Hugh Sanders The Last Command 1955 USA Film
Joel McCrea The First Texan 1956 USA Film
Don Taylor Telephone Time, #3.14 "Sam Houston's Decision" 1957 USA TV short
Richard Boone The Alamo 1960 USA Film
Bill McLaughlin Voyagers!, #13 "The Trial of Phineas Bogg" 1983 USA TV episode
Lorne Greene The Alamo: 13 Days to Glory 1987 USA TV film
Dennis Quaid The Alamo 2004 USA Film
Miriam A. Ferguson
Kathy Bates The Highwaymen 2019 USA Film
Vice Presidents and Lieutenant Governors of Texas
David G. Burnet
W. Earl Brown The Alamo 2004 USA Film
State officials and legislators of Texas
Stephen F. Austin
Otto Kruger The Last Command 1955 USA Film
Dayton Lummis The First Texan 1956 USA Film
Moseley Baker
Jody McCrea The First Texan 1956 USA Film
Tom Everett The Alamo 2004 USA Film
Charles Travis (1829–1860): Member of the Texas Legislature, 1853–?, and son of William B. Travis.
Nathan Price The Alamo 2004 USA Film Aged 7.
Senators from Vermont
Patrick Leahy
James Hornbeck Vice 2018 USA Film
Congressmen from Vermont
Matthew Lyon: See Congressmen from Kentucky
Governors of Virginia
Sir George Yeardley
Jason Flemyng Jamestown 2017–19 UK TV series
John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore
Dominic Burgess Roots 2016 USA TV miniseries
Patrick Henry
Frank McGlynn Sr. America 1924 USA Silent film An adaptation of the novel The Reckoning by Robert W. Chambers.
Ainslie Pryor You Are There, #2.21 "The Resolve of Patrick Henry" 1954 USA TV short Docudrama
Macdonald Carey John Paul Jones 1959 USA Film
William Shust The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Harry Groener George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
Michael Douglas Liberty's Kids 2002 USA Animated TV series Voice only
Richard Gere Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Ian Stewart The Revolution 2007 USA TV series Docudrama
Brent Harvey Samuel Adams 2014 USA TV film
Benjamin Harrison V
John Goodman Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Ken McNaughton John Adams 2008 USA TV series
James L. Kemper
Royce D. Applegate Gettysburg 1993 USA Film An adaptation of the novel The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara.
Royce D. Applegate Gods and Generals 2003 USA Film An adaptation of the novel by Jeff Shaara.
Lieutenant Governors of Virginia
Alexander Spotswood
Marc Carrel True Caribbean Pirates 2006 USA TV film Docudrama
Robert Dinwiddie
John Hickey Gateway to the West 1924 USA Silent film
José Ferrer George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
Senators from Virginia
Harry F. Byrd
Joe O'Connor All the Way 2016 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan.
Absalom Willis Robertson
Rusty Robertson The Butler 2013 USA Film
Congressmen from Virginia
Jim Moran
Jim Garrity Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Edmund Pendleton
Herbert Rudley You Are There, #2.21 "The Resolve of Patrick Henry" 1954 USA TV short Docudrama
Peyton Randolph
Robert Elston George Washington 1984 USA TV miniseries An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
Trevor Scott Samuel Adams 2014 USA TV film
Howard W. Smith
Ken Jenkins All the Way 2016 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan.
State officials and legislators of Virginia
John Janney
Robert Easton Gods and Generals 2003 USA Film An adaptation of the novel by Jeff Shaara.
Lawrence Washington
Jesse Ruda Turn: Washington's Spies 2015 USA TV series An adaptation of the book Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose.
Governors of Washington
Daniel J. Evans
Michael St. John Smith The Stranger Beside Me 2003 USA TV film An adaptation of the book by Anne Rule.
Governors of Wisconsin
Robert M. La Follette
Ralph Dunn Wilson 1944 USA Film
Paul Birch You Are There, #4.6 "The Secret Message that Plunged America into World War I" 1955 USA TV short Docudrama
Congressmen from Wyoming
Dick Cheney: See Vice Presidents of the United States.
Liz Cheney
Violet Hicks Vice 2018 USA Film Aged 8.
Lily Rabe Vice 2018 USA Film
Chairmen of the Democratic National Committee
William F. McCombs
George Macready Wilson 1944 USA Film
Edward J. Flynn
Sandy Kenyon War and Remembrance 1988–89 USA TV series An adaptation of the novel by Herman Wouk.
Secretaries of the Senate
Samuel Allyne Otis
Frederic Warringer The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Clerks of the House of Representatives
Edward McPherson
Christopher Evan Welch Lincoln 2012 USA Film
National Security Advisors
McGeorge Bundy
David Jensen The Butler 2013 USA Film
Henry Kissinger: See Secretaries of State.
Sandy Berger
Mike Randleman Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Colin Powell: See Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Condoleezza Rice: See Secretaries of State.
Private Secretaries to Presidents and White House Chiefs of Staff
John George Nicolay
Jeremy Strong Lincoln 2012 USA Film
Joseph Tumulty
Richard Walton The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns 1919 USA Silent film
Thomas Mitchell Wilson 1944 USA Film
Sherman Adams
James DuMont The Butler 2013 USA Film
H. R. Haldeman
Demetri Goritsas Playhouse Presents, #1.3 "Nixon's the One" 2012 UK TV short
Alex Manette The Butler 2013 USA Film
Aaron Roman Weiner The Post 2017 USA Film Voice only.
White House Counsel
Ted Sorensen
Taylor Nichols Chappaquiddick 2017 USA Film
John Ehrlichman
Corey Johnson Playhouse Presents, #1.3 "Nixon's the One" 2012 UK TV short
Colin Walker The Butler 2013 USA Film
Steven Kearney The Post 2017 USA Film
Lloyd Cutler
Nicolas Coster Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Bernard Nussbaum
Kevin Pollak Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Charles Ruff
Ken Palmer Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Physicians to the President
Eleanor Mariano
Jayne Han Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Other presidential advisers
Kenneth O'Donnell (Kennedy)
John Mackin Play of the Month, #1.6 "Lee Oswald: Assassin" 1966 UK TV film An adaptation of the play Dallas November 22 by Felix Lützkendorf.
Lee C. White (Kennedy)
Giovanni Ribisi Selma 2014 UK/USA Film
Walter Jenkins (Johnson)
Todd Weeks All the Way 2016 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan.
W. Marvin Watson (Johnson)
Martin McDougall The Crown 2019 UK/USA TV series
Pat Buchanan (Nixon)
James M. Connor Watchmen 2009 USA Film An adaptation of the comics by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons.
Ray Gaspard The Butler 2013 USA Film
Paul Begala (Clinton)
Joseph Mazzello Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Sidney Blumenthal (Clinton)
Patrick Fischler Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Vince Foster (Clinton)
Matthew Floyd Miller Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Stephen Goodin: Aide to Bill Clinton.
Jason Potter Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Dick Morris (Clinton)
Brent Sexton Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Paul Stephanopoulos (Clinton)
George H. Xanthis Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Karen Hughes (Bush)
Jillian Armenante Vice 2018 USA Film
Mary Matalin (Bush)
Camille Harman Vice 2018 USA Film
Karl Rove (Bush)
Joseph Beck Vice 2018 USA Film
White House Chief Ushers
Ike Hoover
Roy Roberts Wilson 1944 USA Film
Stephen W. Rochon
Stephen Rider The Butler 2013 USA Film
White House Press Secretaries
Charlie Ross
Edward Earle You Are There, #4.18 "V-J Day" 1956 USA TV short Docudrama
Mike McCurry
Scott Michael Morgan Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Personal Secretaries to Presidents of the United States
Gerri Whittington
Marvel Taylor All the Way 2016 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan.
Betty Currie
Rae Dawn Chong Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Other White House officials and staff
Eugene Allen
Michael Rainey Jr. The Butler 2013 USA Film Aged 8. Fictionalised as Cecil Gaines.
Aml Ameen The Butler 2013 USA Film Aged 15. Fictionalised as Cecil Gaines.
Forest Whitaker The Butler 2013 USA Film Fictionalised as Cecil Gaines. Nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award and Satellite Award for Best Actor.
Helen Woodrow Bones
Katherine Lock Wilson 1944 USA Film
Monica Lewinsky
Beanie Feldstein Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series Nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Actress. An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Thomas Pendel: Chief doorkeeper of the White House from 1864.
Ford Flanagan Lincoln 2012 USA Film
Arthur Prettyman: Valet to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Manuel DePina MacArthur 1977 USA Film
Marsha Scott: Chief of staff of the White House personnel office.
Rebecca Lowman Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
William Slade
Stephen Henderson Lincoln 2012 USA Film
Hugh W. Sloan Jr.
Stephen Collins All the President's Men 1976 USA Film An adaptation of the book by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward.
Linda Tripp
Sarah Paulson Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series Nominated for the Emmy Award for Best Actress and the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress. An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Kathleen Willey
Elizabeth Reaser Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Other government officials and civil servants
David Addington
Don McManus Vice 2018 USA Film
Jay Bybee
Brandon Firla Vice 2018 USA Film
Richard A. Clarke
Kevin J. Flood Vice 2018 USA Film
John Doar
Alessandro Nivola Selma 2014 UK/USA Film
Dennis J. Doolin: Deputy assistant secretary of defense during the Pentagon Papers case.
Ben Livingston The Post 2017 USA Film
Douglas J. Feith
Matt Champagne Vice 2018 USA Film
Gustavus Fox
John Lescault Lincoln 2012 USA Film
Benjamin Brown French
Michael Douglas Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
David Gribbin: Assistant Secretary of Defense under Dick Cheney.
Michael Reilly Burke Vice 2018 USA Film
Robert Komer
David Beach The Post 2017 USA Film
Scooter Libby
Justin Kirk Vice 2018 USA Film
Kevin Maroney (died 1985): Deputy assistant attorney general who represented the U.S. Government in the Pentagon Papers hearing.
Kelly AuCoin The Post 2017 USA Film
Philip Perry
Chris Dougherty Vice 2018 USA Film
Harry Rowen
Shaun O'Hagan The Post 2017 USA Film
Jess Smith
Daniel Angus Cox Boardwalk Empire 2010 USA TV series An adaptation of the book Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City by Nelson Johnson.
Ed Jewett Boardwalk Empire 2011–12 USA TV series An adaptation of the book Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City by Nelson Johnson.
Paul Wolfowitz
Eddie Marsan Vice 2018 USA Film
John Yoo
Paul Yoo Vice 2018 USA Film
Diplomats
Richard Washburn Child
Alfred Videnieks Moscow – Genoa 1964 USSR Film
William Dodd
Shane Rimmer The Nightmare Years 1989 USA TV series An adaptation of the memoir by William L. Shirer.
Eugene Dooman
Harold Conway Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970 Japan/USA Film An adaptation of the books Tora! Tora! Tora! by Gordon W. Prange and The Broken Seal by Ladislas Farago.
James Gadsden
Edward Hearn Conquest of Cochise 1953 USA Film
James W. Gerard
John Laffey The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns 1919 USA Silent film
Joseph Grew
Meredith Weatherby Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970 Japan/USA Film An adaptation of the books Tora! Tora! Tora! by Gordon W. Prange and The Broken Seal by Ladislas Farago.
Pamela Harriman
Anna Burnett Darkest Hour 2017 UK Film
Harry Hopkins
Robert Arden Churchill and the Generals 1979 UK TV film
Roy Poole The Winds of War 1983 USA TV series An adaptation of the novel by Herman Wouk.
William Schallert War and Remembrance 1988–89 USA TV series An adaptation of the novel by Herman Wouk.
Garrick Hagon Into the Storm 2009 UK/USA TV film
Edward M. House
William Smith The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns 1919 USA Silent film
Charles Halton Wilson 1944 USA Film
Emil Karewicz Polonia Restituta 1981 Poland Film series
Ladislav Stanek The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles 1993 USA TV series
Claude Lulé Paris 1919 2009 Canada TV film Docudrama. An adaptation of the book by Margaret MacMillan.
Caroline Kennedy
Chloe Barach The Butler 2013 USA Film As a child.
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
William Hope Upstairs Downstairs 2012 UK TV series
Matt Letscher Boardwalk Empire 2014 USA TV series An adaptation of the book Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City by Nelson Johnson.
Bruce Dern Chappaquiddick 2017 USA Film
Eugene Bunge The Irishman 2019 USA Film An adaptation of the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt.
Richard C. Kerens
Bruce Boa The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles 1993 USA TV series
Arthur Lee
MacDonald Parke John Paul Jones 1959 USA Film
Breckinridge Long
Eddie Albert War and Remembrance 1988–89 USA TV series An adaptation of the novel by Herman Wouk.
William B. Macomber Jr.
Cotter Smith The Post 2017 USA Film
Benjamin Moran
Ed Crowley The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Robert Ode: American hostage in Iran.
Dennis Quaid Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Walter Hines Page
Charles Meredith You Are There, #4.6 "The Secret Message that Plunged America into World War I" 1955 USA TV short Docudrama
Kerry Shale Mr Selfridge 2014 UK TV series
Nicholas Roosevelt
Bruce Boa The Nightmare Years 1989 USA TV series An adaptation of the memoir by William L. Shirer.
Sargent Shriver
David De Beck Chappaquiddick 2017 USA Film
Adlai Stevenson II
Ashley Taylor The Siege of Jadotville 2016 Ireland/South Africa Film An adaptation of the book The Siege at Jadotville: The Irish Army's Forgotten Battle by Declan Power.
John L. O'Sullivan
John Lithgow The West 1996 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Robert Walsh
Anthony Hopkins Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Other political advisers
Huma Abedin
Sharmita Bhattacharya Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Indian agents, superintendents and interpreters
John Clum
Whit Bissell Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1957 USA Film
Stacy Harris The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp 1959–61 USA TV series
Robert Burton Walt Disney Presents, "Texas John Slaughter" 1961 USA TV serial
Larry Gates Hour of the Gun 1967 USA Film An adaptation of the book Tombstone's Epitaph by Douglas D. Martin.
Terry O'Quinn Tombstone 1993 USA Film
Randle Mell Wyatt Earp 1994 USA Film
James McLaughlin
J. K. Simmons Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee 2007 USA TV film An adaptation of part of the book by Dee Brown.
Daniel F. Royer: Indian agent at the Pine Ridge Reservation at the time of the Wounded Knee Massacre.
Lee Tergesen Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee 2007 USA TV film An adaptation of part of the book by Dee Brown.
George Wratten (1865–1912): Army scout, Apache interpreter and superintendent of Geronimo in captivity at Mount Vernon, Alabama.
George Dobbs Geronimo 1993 USA TV film
Suffragists
Susan B. Anthony
Carmen Mathews You Are There, #3.22 "The Trial of Susan B. Anthony" 1955 USA TV short Docudrama
Susan Sarandon Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Katharine Houghton Hepburn
Frances Conroy The Aviator 2004 USA Film
Anne Henrietta Martin
Joanne Woodward Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Assassins, conspirators and alleged conspirators
John Wilkes Booth: See People associated with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
David Herold: See People associated with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Samuel Mudd: See People associated with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Lee Harvey Oswald: See People associated with the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Lewis Powell: See People associated with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
James Earl Ray
Paul Jarrett The X-Files 1996 USA TV series
Jack Ruby: See People associated with the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
John Surratt: See People associated with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Mary Surratt: See People associated with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Civil rights activists
Ralph Abernathy
Colman Domingo Selma 2014 UK/USA Film
Dohn Norwood All the Way 2016 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan.
James Bevel
Common Selma 2014 UK/USA Film
Stokely Carmichael
Mo McRae All the Way 2016 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan.
Corey Hawkins BlacKkKlansman 2018 USA Film An adaptation of the book Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth.
Eldridge Cleaver
Mo McRae The Butler 2013 USA Film As Eldridge Huggins.
Annie Lee Cooper
Oprah Winfrey Selma 2014 UK/USA Film
Dave Dennis
Eric Pumphrey All the Way 2016 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan.
W. E. B. Du Bois
Louis Gossett Jr. The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century 1996 UK/USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Ving Rhames Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
James Forman
Trai Byers Selma 2014 UK/USA Film
Fred Gray
Cuba Gooding Jr. Selma 2014 UK/USA Film
Ernest Green
Morgan Freeman Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Fannie Lou Hamer
Aisha Hinds All the Way 2016 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan.
Fred Hampton
Kelvin Harrison Jr. The Trial of the Chicago 7 2020 USA Film
Aaron Henry
Regi Davis All the Way 2016 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan.
Jesse Jackson
Nigel Gibbs Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story 2022 USA TV series
Richie Jean Jackson
Niecy Nash Selma 2014 UK/USA Film
Sullivan Jackson: Husband of Richie Jean Jackson.
Kent Faulcon Selma 2014 UK/USA Film
Viola Lee Jackson: Mother of Jimmie Lee Jackson, who was attacked by the policemen who murdered her son.
Charity Jordan Selma 2014 UK/USA Film
Vernon Jordan
Blair Underwood Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Coretta Scott King
Sylvester Tricia's Wedding 1971 USA Short Comedy
Carmen Ejogo Selma 2014 UK/USA Film
Hilary Ward All the Way 2016 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan.
Edwin King: One of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party delegates to the 1964 Democratic National Convention.
Gregory Marcel All the Way 2016 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Nelsan Ellis The Butler 2013 USA Film
David Oyelowo Selma 2014 UK/USA Film Nominated for the Golden Globe Award and Satellite Award for Best Actor.
Anthony Mackie All the Way 2016 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan.
James Lawson
Jesse Williams The Butler 2013 USA Film
Cager Lee: Grandfather of Jimmie Lee Jackson, who was beaten by the policemen who murdered his grandson.
Henry G. Sanders Selma 2014 UK/USA Film
Stanley Levison
Bruce Nozick All the Way 2016 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan.
John Lewis
Stephan James Selma 2014 UK/USA Film
Malcolm X
Nigel Thatch Selma 2014 UK/USA Film
Cecil B. Moore
Peter Jay Fernandez The Irishman 2019 USA Film An adaptation of the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt.
Bob Moses
Marque Richardson All the Way 2016 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan.
Diane Nash
Kay Smith The Butler 2013 USA Film
Tessa Thompson Selma 2014 UK/USA Film
James Orange
Omar Dorsey Selma 2014 UK/USA Film
Melba Pattillo
Angela Bassett Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Paul Potter
Kevin Kline Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Frederick D. Reese
E. Roger Mitchell Selma 2014 UK/USA Film
Amelia Boynton Robinson
Lorraine Toussaint Selma 2014 UK/USA Film
Bayard Rustin
Ruben Santiago-Hudson Selma 2014 UK/USA Film
Bobby Seale
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II The Trial of the Chicago 7 2020 USA Film
Al Sharpton
Ernst Berrouet Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody 2022 USA Film
C. T. Vivian
Corey Reynolds Selma 2014 UK/USA Film
Isaiah C. Wears: Black politician from Philadelphia in the American Civil War era.
Samuel L. Jackson Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Sheyann Webb
Angela Bassett Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Roy Wilkins
Joe Morton All the Way 2016 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan.
Hosea Williams
Wendell Pierce Selma 2014 UK/USA Film
Charles Erskine Scott Wood
Tom Hanks Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Andrew Young
André Holland Selma 2014 UK/USA Film
Labour leaders
Frank Fitzsimmons
Gary Basaraba The Irishman 2019 USA Film An adaptation of the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt.
Richard Fitzsimmons: Son of Frank Fitzsimmons, also a teamsters' union executive.
Tim Neff The Irishman 2019 USA Film An adaptation of the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt.
Samuel Gompers
Joe Dorsey Voyagers!, #11 "Merry Christmas, Bogg" 1982 USA TV episode
Philip Bosco Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Bill Haywood
John Goodman Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
James P. Hoffa
Ken Wulf Clark The Irishman 2019 USA Film An adaptation of the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt.
Jimmy Hoffa
Al Pacino The Irishman 2019 USA Film Nominated for the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actor. An adaptation of the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt.
Dave Johnson: Detroit teamsters' leader and ally of Jimmy Hoffa.
Blaise Corrigan The Irishman 2019 USA Film An adaptation of the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt.
Mary Harris Jones
Meryl Streep Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Lucy Parsons
Whoopi Goldberg Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Edward Grady Partin
Craig Vincent The Irishman 2019 USA Film An adaptation of the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt.
Walter Reuther
Spencer Garrett All the Way 2016 USA TV film An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan.
August Spies
Kevin Kline Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Ira Steward
Kevin Spacey Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Other political activists
Jane Addams
Jane Alexander Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Elombe Brath
Omar Dorsey When They See Us 2019 USA TV miniseries
Helene Nomsa Brath
Adepero Aduye When They See Us 2019 USA TV miniseries
Jacob S. Coxey Sr.
Tom Hanks Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
Rennie Davis
Alex Sharp The Trial of the Chicago 7 2020 USA Film
David Dellinger
John Carroll Lynch The Trial of the Chicago 7 2020 USA Film
Bernardine Dohrn
Alice Kremelberg The Trial of the Chicago 7 2020 USA Film
Daniel Ellsberg
Matthew Rhys The Post 2017 USA Film
Jessie Benton Frémont
Jennifer Aniston Freedom: A History of Us 2003 USA TV series Voice only. Documentary.
John Froines
Daniel Flaherty The Trial of the Chicago 7 2020 USA Film
Emma Goldman
Marilyn Lightstone Witness to Yesterday 1975 Canada TV series Docudrama
Tom Hayden
Eddie Redmayne The Trial of the Chicago 7 2020 USA Film
Abbie Hoffman
Richard D'Alessandro Forrest Gump 1994 USA Film An adaptation of the novel by Winston Groom.
Sacha Baron Cohen The Trial of the Chicago 7 2020 USA Film Won the AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actor. Nominated for the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Julia Compton Moore
Madeleine Stowe We Were Soldiers 2002 USA Film An adapation of the book We Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. Moore & Joseph L. Galloway.
Carrie Nation
Patricia Clarkson Prohibition 2011 USA TV miniseries Voice only. Documentary.
Grover Norquist
Tony Forsmark Vice 2018 USA Film
Jerry Rubin
Timothy Omundson Dark Skies 1997 USA TV series
Jeremy Strong The Trial of the Chicago 7 2020 USA Film
Tony Russo
Sonny Valicenti The Post 2017 USA Film
Valerie Solanas
Lena Dunham American Horror Story: Cult 2017 USA TV series
Lee Weiner
Noah Robbins The Trial of the Chicago 7 2020 USA Film
Lobbyists, political consultants and commentators
William Bilbo
James Spader Lincoln 2012 USA Film
Susan Carpenter-McMillan: Adviser to Paula Jones.
Judith Light Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
George Conway
George Salazar Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Ann Coulter
Cobie Smulders Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Matt Drudge
Billy Eichner Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Laura Ingraham
Kim Matula Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Frank Luntz
Adam Bartley Vice 2018 USA Film
Other relatives and associates
Betsy Adams: Second wife of Samuel Adams.
Emily Lawrence Samuel Adams 2014 USA TV film
Andy Bleiler: Former high school teacher of Monica Lewinsky who alleged he had an affair with her after she left school.
Payson Lewis Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Kate Bleiler: Wife of Andy Bleiler.
Nicole Leanne Nelson Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Liz Cheney: See Congressmen from Wyoming.
Lynne Cheney
Karolina Kennedy Durrence Vice 2018 USA Film Aged 12.
Cailee Spaeny Vice 2018 USA Film Aged 17.
Amy Adams Vice 2018 USA Film Nominated for the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Mary Cheney
Colyse Harger Vice 2018 USA Film Aged 5.
Alison Pill Vice 2018 USA Film
Delmer Lee Corbin: Mother of Paula Jones.
Jeannetta Arnette Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
John B. Crimmins: Driver and assistant to Ted Kennedy.
Philip Dorn Hebert Chappaquiddick 2017 USA Film
Dorothea Dandridge: Second wife of Patrick Henry.
Erin O'Brien John Paul Jones 1959 USA Film As Dorothea Danders.
Adam Dave: A former boyfriend of Monica Lewinsky.
Michael Moskewicz Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Catherine Allday Davis: Friend of Monica Lewinsky.
Sarah Catherine Hook Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Elizabeth Dellinger: Wife of David Dellinger.
Meghan Rafferty The Trial of the Chicago 7 2020 USA Film
Elizabeth Eastland: Wife of James Eastland.
Sarah Ogden Elvis 2022 Australia/USA Film
Stephen Enghouse: A college friend of Monica Lewinsky.
Michael Fitzgerald Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Abiah Folger: Mother of Benjamin Franklin
Jennifer Holmes Voyagers!, #4 "Agents of Satan" 1982 USA TV episode
Deborah Read Franklin
Roberta Maxwell Benjamin Franklin 2002 USA TV series Docudrama
Ann Gargan: Sister of Joseph Gargan and nurse to Joseph Kennedy Sr.
Beth Petrou Chappaquiddick 2017 USA Film
Joseph Gargan
Ed Helms Chappaquiddick 2017 USA Film
Dun Gifford: Aide to Ted Kennedy.
Matthew Lawler Chappaquiddick 2017 USA Film
Tipper Gore
Amy Grabow American Horror Stories, #1.3 "Drive In" 2021 USA TV film
Clara Hay: Wife of John Hay.
Sharon Laughlin The Adams Chronicles 1976 USA TV series
Barbara Hoffa
Rebecca Faulkenberry The Irishman 2019 USA Film An adaptation of the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt.
Josephine Hoffa: Wife of Jimmy Hoffa.
Welker White The Irishman 2019 USA Film An adaptation of the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt.
Jawana Virginia Jackson: Daughter of Richie Jean Jackson.
Stormy Merriweather Selma 2014 UK/USA Film As a child.
Steve Jones: Husband of Paula Jones.
Taran Killam Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Edward M. Kennedy Jr.
Noah Carpenter Chappaquiddick 2017 USA Film Aged 7.
Ethel Kennedy
Jody Ebling Chappaquiddick 2017 USA Film
Joan Bennett Kennedy
Steven F. Arnold Tricia's Wedding 1971 USA Short Comedy
Andria Blackman Chappaquiddick 2017 USA Film
Rosemary Keough: One of the 'Boiler Room Girls'.
Gillian Gordon Chappaquiddick 2017 USA Film
Mary Jo Kopechne
Kate Mara Chappaquiddick 2017 USA Film
Elizabeth Blair Lee
Julie White Lincoln 2012 USA Film
Marcia Lewis: Mother of Monica Lewinsky.
Mira Sorvino Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Anthony Liuzza: Husband of Viola Liuzzo.
David Silverman Selma 2014 UK/USA Film
Mary Ellen Lyons: One of the 'Boiler Room Girls'.
Angela Hope Smith Chappaquiddick 2017 USA Film
Nance Lyons: One of the 'Boiler Room Girls'.
Lexie Roth Chappaquiddick 2017 USA Film
Margaret McNamara
Carolyn McCormick The Post 2017 USA Film
Paul F. Markham
Jim Gaffigan Chappaquiddick 2017 USA Film
Jane Mecom
Blair Brown Benjamin Franklin 2002 USA TV series Docudrama
Martha Mitchell
Daniel Ware Tricia's Wedding 1971 USA Short Comedy
Esther Newberg
Olivia Thirlby Chappaquiddick 2017 USA Film As Rachel Schiff.
Chuckie O'Brien: Foster son of Jimmy Hoffa who was implicated in his disappearance.
Jesse Plemons The Irishman 2019 USA Film An adaptation of the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt.
Heather Poe: Wife of Mary Cheney.
Melissa K. Marks Vice 2018 USA Film
Catherine Ray: Friend of Benjamin Franklin.
Jennifer Dundas Benjamin Franklin 2002 USA TV series Docudrama
Marie Reeb: Wife of James Reeb.
Elizabeth Diane Wells Selma 2014 UK/USA Film
Esther de Berdt Reed
Anne Bowles Turn: Washington's Spies 2016 USA TV series An adaptation of the book Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose.
Joyce Rumsfeld: Wife of Donald Rumsfeld.
Lesley Ann Braun Vice 2018 USA Film
Esther Sewall: Wife of Jonathan Sewall.
Cheyenne Casebier John Adams 2008 USA TV series
Deborah Murray Sloan: Wife of Hugh W. Sloan Jr.
Meredith Baxter All the President's Men 1976 USA Film An adaptation of the book by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward.
Lydia Hamilton Smith
S. Epatha Merkerson Lincoln 2012 USA Film
Stephen Edward Smith
Victor Warren Chappaquiddick 2017 USA Film
Judith Stuyvesant
Pearl Sindelar Peter Stuyvesant 1924 USA Silent short
Warren Swanson: Fired at Jimmy Hoffa during his trial in 1963 with a pellet gun.
Thomas E. Sullivan The Irishman 2019 USA Film An adaptation of the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt.
Susan Tannenbaum: One of the 'Boiler Room Girls'.
Katie Henoch Chappaquiddick 2017 USA Film
Allison Tripp: Daughter of Linda Tripp.
Emma Malouff Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Ryan Tripp: Son of Linda Tripp.
Ryan Nassif Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 USA TV series An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin.
Harry Whittington
Mark Bramhall Vice 2018 USA Film