Tom ‘Tiny’ Lister Jr. - He’s the guy who played the President in The Fifth Element.
Jason Robards:
Lincoln in “The Perfect Tribute”, “Abe Lincoln in Illinois”, and “Lincoln”
Grant in “The Legend of the Lone Ranger”
FDR in “FDR: The Last Year”
Fictional Pres in “Washington: Behind Closed Doors”
That’s funny, actually. I wonder how many times PotUS has been portrayed by someone who’s not American. I can think of one other, off the top of my head. Canadian actor Gordon Pinsent played the Pres in “Colossus, the Forbin Project.” (great flick).
And Sellers, mentioned earlier, of course.
thwartme
The problem with voting for Martin Sheen is that you won’t know before hand whether you will get the liberal intellectual from the West Wing or the no-nonsense apocalypse starter from the Dead Zone. (they both just make so much sense) And who knows whether Cristopher Walken will be there to save us?
No idea what you mean by that. GW was not a celebrety. Reagan was much better known as a politician by 1980, his acting days were 30 years behind him. Arnold and Jesse both would fit this category when they ran for governor. The unqualified part I’ll leave for other forums.
Regarding Reagan, I daresay having been a successful governor of the largest state in the U.S. in itself qualifies someone to be president. Arnold hasn’t been in office long enough for anyone to judge his effectiveness (plus there’s the whole constitution thing) but if he can hold the job for eight+ years and leaves California better than how he found it, I can’t see why he’d be a bad choice.
Frank McGlynn (1866-1951) played Lincoln twelve times.
Or the no-nonsense apocalypse starter from Spawn.