| Actor |
Film/TV show |
Year |
Country |
Type |
Notes
|
| Macedonian royalty
|
| Kings of Macedon
|
| Philip II
|
| Fredric March |
Alexander the Great |
1956 |
USA |
Film |
|
| Val Kilmer |
Alexander |
2004 |
UK/USA |
Film |
Nominated for the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor.
|
| Alexander the Great
|
| Andrew Osborn |
BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #1.31 "Adventure Story" |
1950 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Terence Rattigan.
|
| Michael Higgins |
You Are There, #3.30 "The Triumph of Alexander the Great" |
1955 |
USA |
TV short |
Docudrama
|
| Richard Burton |
Alexander the Great |
1956 |
USA |
Film |
|
| Paul Gross |
Witness to Yesterday |
1998 |
Canada |
TV series |
Docudrama
|
| Jessie Kamm |
Alexander |
2004 |
UK/USA |
Film |
As a child.
|
| Connor Paolo |
Alexander |
2004 |
UK/USA |
Film |
As a teenager.
|
| Colin Farrell |
Alexander |
2004 |
UK/USA |
Film |
Nominated for the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor.
|
| Cassander
|
| Morgan Christopher Ferris |
Alexander |
2004 |
UK/USA |
Film |
As a teenager.
|
| Jonathan Rhys Meyers |
Alexander |
2004 |
UK/USA |
Film |
|
| Queens Consort of Macedon
|
| Olympias (Philip II)
|
| Danielle Darrieux |
Alexander the Great |
1956 |
USA |
Film |
|
| Angelina Jolie |
Alexander |
2004 |
UK/USA |
Film |
Nominated for the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress.
|
| Cleopatra Eurydice (Philip II)
|
| Marisa de Leza |
Alexander the Great |
1956 |
USA |
Film |
|
| Marie Meyer |
Alexander |
2004 |
UK/USA |
Film |
|
| Roxana (Alexander the Great)
|
| Anne Valery |
BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #1.31 "Adventure Story" |
1950 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Terence Rattigan.
|
| Teresa del Río |
Alexander the Great |
1956 |
USA |
Film |
|
| Rosario Dawson |
Alexander |
2004 |
UK/USA |
Film |
|
| Stateira (Alexander the Great)
|
| June Rodney |
BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #1.31 "Adventure Story" |
1950 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Terence Rattigan.
|
| Carmen Carulla |
Alexander the Great |
1956 |
USA |
Film |
|
| Annelise Hesme |
Alexander |
2004 |
UK/USA |
Film |
|
| Royal mistresses
|
| Barsine (Alexander the Great)
|
| Neva Patterson |
You Are There, #3.30 "The Triumph of Alexander the Great" |
1955 |
USA |
TV short |
Docudrama
|
| Claire Bloom |
Alexander the Great |
1956 |
USA |
Film |
|
| Other royalty
|
| Kings of Lydia
|
| Croesus
|
| Michel Vitold |
Le théâtre de la jeunesse, "Esope" |
1965 |
France |
TV film |
|
| Tyrants of Syracuse
|
| Hiero II
|
| Neil Hamilton |
Telephone Time, #3.28 "Man of Principle" |
1958 |
USA |
TV short |
|
| Politics, government and court
|
| Politicians
|
| Aeschines
|
| William Squire |
Alexander the Great |
1956 |
USA |
Film |
|
| Demosthenes
|
| Milton Selzer |
You Are There, #3.30 "The Triumph of Alexander the Great" |
1955 |
USA |
TV short |
Docudrama
|
| Michael Hordern |
Alexander the Great |
1956 |
USA |
Film |
|
| Courtiers
|
| Harpalus
|
| José Marco |
Alexander the Great |
1956 |
USA |
Film |
|
| Hermolaus
|
| David Leon |
Alexander |
2004 |
UK/USA |
Film |
|
| Military
|
| Macedonian generals
|
| Antigonus
|
| Ian Beattie |
Alexander |
2004 |
UK/USA |
Film |
|
| Antipater
|
| Friedrich von Ledebur |
Alexander the Great |
1956 |
USA |
Film |
|
| Attalus
|
| Stanley Baker |
Alexander the Great |
1956 |
USA |
Film |
|
| Nick Dunning |
Alexander |
2004 |
UK/USA |
Film |
|
| Cleitus the Black
|
| John Slater |
BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #1.31 "Adventure Story" |
1950 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Terence Rattigan.
|
| Gustavo Rojo |
Alexander the Great |
1956 |
USA |
Film |
|
| Gary Stretch |
Alexander |
2004 |
UK/USA |
Film |
|
| Craterus
|
| Simon Oakland |
You Are There, #3.30 "The Triumph of Alexander the Great" |
1955 |
USA |
TV short |
Docudrama
|
| Rory McCann |
Alexander |
2004 |
UK/USA |
Film |
|
| Hephaestion
|
| Terence Longdon |
BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #1.31 "Adventure Story" |
1950 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Terence Rattigan.
|
| Ricardo Valle |
Alexander the Great |
1956 |
USA |
Film |
|
| Patrick Carroll |
Alexander |
2004 |
UK/USA |
Film |
As a teenager.
|
| Jared Leto |
Alexander |
2004 |
UK/USA |
Film |
|
| Leonnatus
|
| Garrett Lombard |
Alexander |
2004 |
UK/USA |
Film |
|
| Nearchus
|
| Carlos Baena |
Alexander the Great |
1956 |
USA |
Film |
|
| Peter Williamson |
Alexander |
2004 |
UK/USA |
Film |
As a teenager.
|
| Denis Conway |
Alexander |
2004 |
UK/USA |
Film |
|
| Parmenion
|
| Michael Hordern |
BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #1.31 "Adventure Story" |
1950 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Terence Rattigan.
|
| Niall MacGinnis |
Alexander the Great |
1956 |
USA |
Film |
|
| John Kavanagh |
Alexander |
2004 |
UK/USA |
Film |
|
| Perdiccas
|
| Alan Tilvern |
BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #1.31 "Adventure Story" |
1950 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Terence Rattigan.
|
| Larry Taylor |
Alexander the Great |
1956 |
USA |
Film |
|
| Aleczander Gordon |
Alexander |
2004 |
UK/USA |
Film |
As a teenager.
|
| Neil Jackson |
Alexander |
2004 |
UK/USA |
Film |
|
| Philotas
|
| Basil Appleby |
BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #1.31 "Adventure Story" |
1950 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Terence Rattigan.
|
| Rubén Rojo |
Alexander the Great |
1956 |
USA |
Film |
|
| Joseph Morgan |
Alexander |
2004 |
UK/USA |
Film |
|
| Polyperchon
|
| Chris Aberdein |
Alexander |
2004 |
UK/USA |
Film |
|
| Ptolemy: See Ancient Egypt: Kings of Egypt
|
| Seleucus: See Ancient Persia: Seleucid Kings
|
| Other generals
|
| Memnon of Rhodes
|
| Peter Cushing |
Alexander the Great |
1956 |
USA |
Film |
|
| Xenophon
|
| Robert Culp |
You Are There, #1.14 "The Death of Socrates" |
1953 |
USA |
TV short |
Docudrama
|
| Other soldiers
|
| Pausanias of Orestis
|
| Peter Wyngarde |
Alexander the Great |
1956 |
USA |
Film |
|
| Toby Kebbell |
Alexander |
2004 |
UK/USA |
Film |
|
| Literature and thought
|
| Writers
|
| Aesop
|
| Michel Bouquet |
Le théâtre de la jeunesse, "Esope" |
1965 |
France |
TV film |
|
| Aristobulus of Cassandreia
|
| E. G. Marshall |
You Are There, #3.30 "The Triumph of Alexander the Great" |
1955 |
USA |
TV short |
Docudrama
|
| Aristophanes
|
| E. G. Marshall |
You Are There, #1.14 "The Death of Socrates" |
1953 |
USA |
TV short |
Docudrama
|
| Theophanes of Mytilene
|
| George Skillan |
BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #1.39 "The Tragedy of Pompey the Great" |
1950 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by John Masefield.
|
| Philosophers
|
| Apollodorus of Phaleron
|
| Richard Kiley |
You Are There, #1.14 "The Death of Socrates" |
1953 |
USA |
TV short |
Docudrama
|
| Aristotle
|
| Barry Jones |
Alexander the Great |
1956 |
USA |
Film |
|
| Christopher Plummer |
Alexander |
2004 |
UK/USA |
Film |
|
| Phaedo of Elis
|
| John Breslin |
You Are There, #1.14 "The Death of Socrates" |
1953 |
USA |
TV short |
Docudrama
|
| Plato
|
| John Cassavetes |
You Are There, #1.14 "The Death of Socrates" |
1953 |
USA |
TV short |
Docudrama
|
| Socrates
|
| Barry Jones |
You Are There, #1.14 "The Death of Socrates" |
1953 |
USA |
TV short |
Docudrama
|
| Mavor Moore |
Witness to Yesterday |
1974 |
Canada |
TV series |
Docudrama
|
| Tony Steedman |
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure |
1989 |
USA |
Film |
Comedy
|
| Relatives and associates
|
| Iadmon: Owner of Aesop.
|
| Jean Marchat |
Le théâtre de la jeunesse, "Esope" |
1965 |
France |
TV film |
|
| Science and medicine
|
| Physicians
|
| Glaucias
|
| Brian McGrath |
Alexander |
2004 |
UK/USA |
Film |
|
| Hippocrates
|
| Guy Spaull |
Kraft Television Theatre, #2.34 "The Oath of Hippocrates" |
1949 |
USA |
TV film |
|
| Charles Coburn |
The Story of Mankind |
1957 |
USA |
Film |
An adaptation of the non-fiction children's book by Hendrik Willem van Loon.
|
| Greek mathematicians
|
| Archimedes
|
| Jonathan Harris |
Telephone Time, #3.28 "Man of Principle" |
1958 |
USA |
TV short |
|
| Nasser Memarzia |
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny |
2023 |
USA |
Film |
|
| Supernatural and occult
|
| Seers
|
| Aristander
|
| Jesús Luque |
Alexander the Great |
1956 |
USA |
Film |
|
| Charles Haigh |
Alexander |
2004 |
UK/USA |
Film |
|
| Mythical figures
|
| Deities
|
| Adonis
|
| Michael Byron Taylor |
Bewitched, #8.5 "Bewitched, Bothered and Baldoni" |
1971 |
USA |
TV episode |
Comedy
|
| Aphrodite (Venus)
|
| Francine York |
Bewitched, #8.5 "Bewitched, Bothered and Baldoni" |
1971 |
USA |
TV episode |
Comedy
|
| Ares
|
| David Thewlis |
Wonder Woman |
2017 |
USA |
Film |
|
| Hecate
|
| Rosario García Ortega |
Estudio 1, "La tragedia de Macbeth" |
1966 |
Spain |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
|
| Heracles: See Heroes.
|
| Hygieia
|
| Felicia Montealegre |
Kraft Television Theatre, #2.34 "The Oath of Hippocrates" |
1949 |
USA |
TV film |
|
| Zeus
|
| Drew Coombs |
Relic Hunter, #1.10 "Myth of the Maze" |
1999 |
Canada |
TV episode |
|
| Heroes
|
| Achilles
|
| Cavan Kendall |
Doctor Who, #3.6–9 "The Myth Makers" |
1965 |
UK |
TV serial |
|
| Ajax
|
| Bryan Pringle |
ITV Play of the Week, #6.8 "Tiger at the Gates" |
1960 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Jean Giraudoux.
|
| Diomedes
|
| Peter Purves |
Doctor Who, #3.6–9 "The Myth Makers" |
1965 |
UK |
TV serial |
|
| Epeius of Phocis
|
| Abraham Sofaer |
The Time Tunnel, #7 "Revenge of the Gods" |
1966 |
USA |
TV episode |
|
| Hector
|
| Keith Michell |
ITV Play of the Week, #6.8 "Tiger at the Gates" |
1960 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Jean Giraudoux.
|
| Alan Haywood |
Doctor Who, #3.6–9 "The Myth Makers" |
1965 |
UK |
TV serial |
|
| Heracles
|
| Noah Danby |
Relic Hunter, #3.15 "Antianeirai" |
2002 |
Canada |
TV episode |
|
| Odysseus
|
| Charles Gray |
ITV Play of the Week, #6.8 "Tiger at the Gates" |
1960 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Jean Giraudoux.
|
| Ivor Salter |
Doctor Who, #3.6–9 "The Myth Makers" |
1965 |
UK |
TV serial |
|
| John Doucette |
The Time Tunnel, #7 "Revenge of the Gods" |
1966 |
USA |
TV episode |
|
| Paris
|
| John Bonney |
ITV Play of the Week, #6.8 "Tiger at the Gates" |
1960 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Jean Giraudoux.
|
| Barrie Ingham |
Doctor Who, #3.6–9 "The Myth Makers" |
1965 |
UK |
TV serial |
|
| Paul Carr |
The Time Tunnel, #7 "Revenge of the Gods" |
1966 |
USA |
TV episode |
|
| Theseus
|
| Michael Gambon |
Play of the Month, #7.1 "A Midsummer Night's Dream" |
1971 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
|
| Jeremy Arnold |
Into the Labyrinth, #1.7 "Minotaur" |
1981 |
UK |
TV episode |
|
| Troilus
|
| Richard Palmer |
ITV Play of the Week, #6.8 "Tiger at the Gates" |
1960 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Jean Giraudoux.
|
| James Lynn |
Doctor Who, #3.6–9 "The Myth Makers" |
1965 |
UK |
TV serial |
|
| Kings and queens
|
| Aegisthus
|
| Julian Glover |
Play of the Month, #10.2 "Electra" |
1974 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Sophocles.
|
| Agamemnon
|
| Francis de Wolff |
Doctor Who, #3.6–9 "The Myth Makers" |
1965 |
UK |
TV serial |
|
| Sean Connery |
Time Bandits |
1981 |
UK |
Film |
|
| Clytemnestra
|
| Rosalie Crutchley |
Play of the Month, #10.2 "Electra" |
1974 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Sophocles.
|
| Creon
|
| Robert Goodier |
Omnibus, #5.14 "Oedipus, the King" |
1957 |
USA |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Sophocles.
|
| Anthony Bate |
Play of the Month, #8.3 "King Oedipus" |
1972 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Sophocles.
|
| Eteocles
|
| Andrew Dowling |
Play of the Month, #8.3 "King Oedipus" |
1972 |
UK |
TV film |
As a child. An adaptation of the play by Sophocles.
|
| Hecuba
|
| Veronica Turleigh |
ITV Play of the Week, #6.8 "Tiger at the Gates" |
1960 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Jean Giraudoux.
|
| Helen of Troy
|
| Dani Crayne |
The Story of Mankind |
1957 |
USA |
Film |
An adaptation of the non-fiction children's book by Hendrik Willem van Loon.
|
| Carole Lesley |
ITV Play of the Week, #6.8 "Tiger at the Gates" |
1960 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Jean Giraudoux.
|
| Dee Hartford |
The Time Tunnel, #7 "Revenge of the Gods" |
1966 |
USA |
TV episode |
|
| Aspasia Papathanasiou |
Thirty-Minute Theatre, #6.5 "Helen" |
1970 |
UK |
TV short |
|
| Hippolyta: See Amazons
|
| Jocasta
|
| Carol Goodner |
Omnibus, #5.14 "Oedipus, the King" |
1957 |
USA |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Sophocles.
|
| Sheila Allen |
Play of the Month, #8.3 "King Oedipus" |
1972 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Sophocles.
|
| Menelaus
|
| Jack Melford |
Doctor Who, #3.6–9 "The Myth Makers" |
1965 |
UK |
TV serial |
|
| Odysseus: See Heroes.
|
| Oedipus
|
| Christopher Plummer |
Omnibus, #5.14 "Oedipus, the King" |
1957 |
USA |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Sophocles.
|
| Ian Holm |
Play of the Month, #8.3 "King Oedipus" |
1972 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Sophocles.
|
| Orestes
|
| Martin Shaw |
Play of the Month, #10.2 "Electra" |
1974 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Sophocles.
|
| Polynices
|
| Adrian Cox |
Play of the Month, #8.3 "King Oedipus" |
1972 |
UK |
TV film |
As a child. An adaptation of the play by Sophocles.
|
| Priam
|
| Robert Eddison |
ITV Play of the Week, #6.8 "Tiger at the Gates" |
1960 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Jean Giraudoux.
|
| Max Adrian |
Doctor Who, #3.6–9 "The Myth Makers" |
1965 |
UK |
TV serial |
|
| Royal children
|
| Andromache
|
| Jeanette Sterke |
ITV Play of the Week, #6.8 "Tiger at the Gates" |
1960 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Jean Giraudoux.
|
| Antigone
|
| Ana Leah |
Play of the Month, #8.3 "King Oedipus" |
1972 |
UK |
TV film |
As a child. An adaptation of the play by Sophocles.
|
| Cassandra
|
| Barbara Chilcott |
ITV Play of the Week, #6.8 "Tiger at the Gates" |
1960 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Jean Giraudoux.
|
| Frances White |
Doctor Who, #3.6–9 "The Myth Makers" |
1965 |
UK |
TV serial |
|
| Chrysothemis
|
| Georgina Hale |
Play of the Month, #10.2 "Electra" |
1974 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Sophocles.
|
| Electra
|
| Eileen Atkins |
Play of the Month, #10.2 "Electra" |
1974 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Sophocles.
|
| Ismene
|
| Michelle Foster |
Play of the Month, #8.3 "King Oedipus" |
1972 |
UK |
TV film |
As a child. An adaptation of the play by Sophocles.
|
| Amazons
|
| Aella
|
| Hayley Warnes |
Wonder Woman |
2017 |
USA |
Film |
|
| Antiope
|
| Robin Wright |
Wonder Woman |
2017 |
USA |
Film |
|
| Hippolyta
|
| Eleanor Bron |
Play of the Month, #7.1 "A Midsummer Night's Dream" |
1971 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare.
|
| Janaya Stephens |
Relic Hunter, #3.15 "Antianeirai" |
2002 |
Canada |
TV episode |
|
| Connie Nielsen |
Wonder Woman |
2017 |
USA |
Film |
|
| Melanippe
|
| Lisa Loven Kongsli |
Wonder Woman |
2017 |
USA |
Film |
As Menalippe.
|
| Penthesilea
|
| Brooke Ence |
Wonder Woman |
2017 |
USA |
Film |
|
| Other mythical figures
|
| Cressida
|
| Maureen O'Brien |
Doctor Who, #3.6–9 "The Myth Makers" |
1965 |
UK |
TV serial |
|
| Tiresias
|
| Donald Davies |
Omnibus, #5.14 "Oedipus, the King" |
1957 |
USA |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Sophocles.
|
| Alan Webb |
Play of the Month, #8.3 "King Oedipus" |
1972 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Sophocles.
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