# Cast the Donald Trump biopic

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-donald-trump-biopic/1029648>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** movies, trump\
**Created:** [April 29, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-donald-trump-biopic/1029648 "2026-04-29T17:00:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 14\
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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-donald-trump-biopic/1029648/21 "2026-04-30T15:53:20Z")

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I think Kevin Sorbo as Trump would be approved by the administration.

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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-donald-trump-biopic/1029648/22 "2026-04-30T16:27:45Z")

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Melania should always be wearing the Spy v Spy hat, but with a brim that’s even more ridiculously wide.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-donald-trump-biopic/1029648/23 "2026-05-01T14:32:22Z")

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OMG! I never considered who might direct!  
Uwe Boll?

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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-donald-trump-biopic/1029648/24 "2026-05-01T14:40:59Z")

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Jordan Peele.

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**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-donald-trump-biopic/1029648/25 "2026-05-01T15:00:32Z")

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I think Trump should be played by a grotesque custom-made Muppet. No human could do him justice.

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**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 1, 2026, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-donald-trump-biopic/1029648/26 "2026-05-01T15:02:44Z")

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Let’s go meta and cast Kevin Spacey as Trump.

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**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-donald-trump-biopic/1029648/27 "2026-05-02T01:39:13Z")

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Good one.

Too bad David Lynch wasn’t still around.

Or Jodorowski.

Forgot from earlier:  
Louis CK as Russel Vought.  
Sandra Bullock (my goodness I can’t stand her) as Kristi Noem

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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-donald-trump-biopic/1029648/28 "2026-05-02T01:46:12Z")

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I wonder what trump would think of an all Black cast, ala Hamilton?

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**Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-donald-trump-biopic/1029648/29 "2026-05-02T01:56:16Z")

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Or maybe a cast of all little folk like in Werner Herzog’s “Even Dwarfs Started Small”.

Or all Oompa Loompas.

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**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-donald-trump-biopic/1029648/30 "2026-05-02T02:01:38Z")

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> [@Thing.Fish](#):
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> I think Trump should be played by a grotesque custom-made Muppet. No human could do him justice.

Jabba the Hutt in a wig? It would have the “ick” factor down pat.

[![](https://i.pinimg.com/564x/a8/54/1e/a8541ea5308551a5f35a17236f4cb1d5.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/564x/a8/54/1e/a8541ea5308551a5f35a17236f4cb1d5.jpg)

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**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-donald-trump-biopic/1029648/31 "2026-05-03T16:31:27Z")

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So far there seems to be no mention of the movie they DID do in 2024. The Apprentice starring Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump which examines his career as a real estate businessman in New York City in the 1970s and 1980s, highlighting his relationship with attorney Roy Cohn.

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**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2026, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-donald-trump-biopic/1029648/32 "2026-05-04T21:28:06Z")

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Steve Miler (the Jewish nazi, not the 1970s singer-songwriter) as Roy Cohn.

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2026, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-donald-trump-biopic/1029648/33 "2026-05-04T21:30:40Z")

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If he’s playing Roy Cohn, who is playing Steven Miller?

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**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2026, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-donald-trump-biopic/1029648/34 "2026-05-04T21:33:31Z")

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Roger Stone. With a bald wig over his 1991 vintage hair plugs.

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