# Actors who have played God **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 18, 2008, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-have-played-god/449706 "2008-05-18T01:06:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-have-played-god/449706/1 "2008-05-18T01:06:37Z")
_Evan Almighty_ is on in the background here, with Morgan Freeman as God. Got me thinking, what other actors have played God? Not various gods ala Lawrence Olivier in _Clash of the Titans_, but the one Big Guy. I thought of George Burns in _Oh God!_, and Alanis Morissette in _Dogma_ and _Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back_. Can anyone think of any others? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-have-played-god/449706/2 "2008-05-18T01:10:46Z")
You took the two I knew, GB & AM. Trey Parker voiced God in South Park. And thats all I got. ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-have-played-god/449706/3 "2008-05-18T01:15:52Z")
Ralph Richardson in Time Bandits is the first one that comes to mind. Eric Dearborn in Bedazzled. Probably someone in the original Bedazzled, too. Oh, [here ya go.](http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0026790/) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-have-played-god/449706/4 "2008-05-18T01:16:28Z")
Jose Perez in **[Steambath](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167415/)**. He reprised the role in a TV series version. Groucho Marx in **[Skidoo](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063612/)** (well, that _was_ the character’s name). ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-have-played-god/449706/5 "2008-05-18T01:34:22Z")
Graham Chapman in **The Holy Grail** Harry Shearer in **The Simpsons** ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-have-played-god/449706/6 "2008-05-18T01:39:12Z")
I first thought of Greg Kinnear in Dear God,though he wasn’t really god in the movie(just answered letters to god),so I guess he doesn’t qualify. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-have-played-god/449706/7 "2008-05-18T02:08:51Z")
In **Star Trek V: The Final Frontier** , George Murdock played the God who needed a starship. My favorite depiction of the Almighty was voiced by James Garner in **God, the Devil and Bob**. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-have-played-god/449706/8 "2008-05-18T02:19:21Z")
Donald Hayne played God in **The Ten Commandments**. OK, so he was all FX. He did the voice. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-have-played-god/449706/9 "2008-05-18T02:29:52Z")
Who did the voice of God in “The Most Adequate Christmas Ever” episode of _American Dad_? ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-have-played-god/449706/10 "2008-05-18T03:37:49Z")
Cher on Will and Grace. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-have-played-god/449706/11 "2008-05-18T05:16:27Z")
[QUOTE=Rubystreak] Alanis Morissette in _Dogma_ and _Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back_. [/QUOTE] Bud Cort played God earlier in _Dogma_. He transformed into Morissette for the final minutes of the film. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-have-played-god/449706/12 "2008-05-18T06:17:04Z")
God the Father, God the Son, or God the Holy Spirit? ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-have-played-god/449706/13 "2008-05-18T07:46:37Z")
[QUOTE=Walloon] God the Father, God the Son, or God the Holy Spirit? [/QUOTE] How apt for today! ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-have-played-god/449706/14 "2008-05-18T07:49:11Z")
Today being … what? ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-have-played-god/449706/15 "2008-05-18T07:49:48Z")
[QUOTE=Walloon] Today being … what? [/QUOTE] The feast of the Holy Trinity. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-have-played-god/449706/16 "2008-05-18T10:34:23Z")
John Huston played the voice of God and, strangely, Noah in _The Bible_, thus making Noah basically listen to himself when getting instructions on the Ark. In the same movie the mysterious visitors to Abraham were played by Peter O’Toole, one of whom was God. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-have-played-god/449706/17 "2008-05-18T13:08:11Z")
To simplify this, let’s limit it to plain ol’ God, or God the Father. And I offer several eps of the old Catholic “Twilight Zone”-ish show INSIGHT in which Martin Sheen played God, William Windom played the Father in an ep called “Jesus B.C.” in which James Cromwell played an angel and a black lady played the Holy Spirit. I think Tim Matheson played the Son. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-have-played-god/449706/18 "2008-05-18T13:13:54Z")
Harry Shearer has often bragged that his acting resume includes God, the Devil and Hitler. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-have-played-god/449706/19 "2008-05-18T13:27:27Z")
The IMDB lists Tony Curtis, Faye Dunaway, Rodney Dangerfield, Marianne Faithfull and Billy Dee Williams among others. [http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0026790/](http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0026790/) ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-have-played-god/449706/20 "2008-05-18T17:04:47Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] John Huston played the voice of God and, strangely, Noah in _The Bible_, thus making Noah basically listen to himself when getting instructions on the Ark. [/QUOTE] Charlton Heston and Val Kilmer did something similar in **The Ten Commandmenst** and **The Prince of Egypt** , respectively, providing voices for Moses and God (speaking through the burning bush). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-have-played-god/449706.md?page=2)