User:Necrothesp/List of historical characters depicted on film and television/America
| Actor | Film/TV show | Year | Country | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Native Americans | |||||
| Algonquians | |||||
| Chanco | |||||
| Kalani Queypo | Jamestown | 2017–19 | UK | TV series | Fictionalised as Chacrow. |
| Cornstalk | |||||
| Russell Means | Liberty's Kids | 2002 | USA | Animated TV series | Voice only |
| Manteo | |||||
| Steven Loton | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | 2007 | UK | Film | |
| Michael Teh | Wraiths of Roanoke | 2007 | USA | TV film | |
| Massasoit | |||||
| Skeeter Vaughan | New World | 1986 | UK | TV film | |
| Opchanacanough | |||||
| Stuart Randall | Captain John Smith and Pocahontas | 1953 | USA | Film | As Opechanco. |
| Wes Studi | The New World | 2005 | UK/USA | Film | |
| Raoul Trujillo | Jamestown | 2017–19 | UK | TV series | As Opechancanough. |
| Parahunt: Son of Powhatan. | |||||
| Kalani Queypo | The New World | 2005 | UK/USA | Film | |
| Pocahontas | |||||
| Iris Lang | Time Flies | 1944 | UK | Film | Comedy |
| Jody Lawrance | Captain John Smith and Pocahontas | 1953 | USA | Film | |
| Irene Bedard | Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World | 1998 | USA | Animated film | Voice only |
| Judy Kuhn | Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World | 1998 | USA | Animated film | Singing voice only |
| Q'orianka Kilcher | The New World | 2005 | UK/USA | Film | |
| Powhatan | |||||
| Douglass Dumbrille | Captain John Smith and Pocahontas | 1953 | USA | Film | |
| Russell Means | Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World | 1998 | USA | Animated film | Voice only |
| August Schellenberg | The New World | 2005 | UK/USA | Film | |
| Squanto | |||||
| Eloy Casados | New World | 1986 | UK | TV film | |
| Tecumseh | |||||
| Raoul Trujillo | Witness to Yesterday | 1998 | Canada | TV series | Docudrama |
| Samuel L. Jackson | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Tomocomo | |||||
| Brad Garrett | Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World | 1998 | USA | Animated film | Voice only |
| Raoul Trujillo | The New World | 2005 | UK/USA | Film | |
| Wanchese | |||||
| Martin Baron | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | 2007 | UK | Film | |
| Wituwamat (died 1623): Neponset warrior killed by Myles Standish. | |||||
| Don Shanks | New World | 1986 | UK | TV film | |
| Apaches | |||||
| Alope (died 1851): First wife of Geronimo. | |||||
| Tailinh Agoyo | Geronimo | 1993 | USA | TV film | |
| Chato | |||||
| Steve Reevis | Geronimo: An American Legend | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Chihuahua | |||||
| Mark Brien | Geronimo | 1993 | USA | TV film | |
| Cochise | |||||
| John Hodiak | Conquest of Cochise | 1953 | USA | Film | |
| August Schellenberg | Geronimo | 1993 | USA | TV film | |
| Asa Daklugie: Son of Juh and interpreter to his uncle Geronimo when he was an old man. | |||||
| Cody Lightning | Geronimo | 1993 | USA | TV film | As a child. |
| Brian Frejo | Geronimo | 1993 | USA | TV film | |
| Eskiminzin | |||||
| Chief Thunderbird | Geronimo | 1939 | USA | Film | |
| Geronimo | |||||
| Chief Thundercloud | Geronimo | 1939 | USA | Film | |
| George Bell | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1959 | USA | TV series | |
| Pat Hogan | Walt Disney Presents, "Texas John Slaughter" | 1960–61 | USA | TV serial | |
| Chuck Connors | Geronimo | 1962 | USA | Film | |
| Wes Studi | Geronimo: An American Legend | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Joseph Runningfox | Geronimo | 1993 | USA | TV film | |
| Jimmy Herman | Geronimo | 1993 | USA | TV film | As an old man. |
| Huera (died 1902): Honorary wife of Geronimo. | |||||
| Enid Jaynes | Geronimo | 1962 | USA | Film | |
| Juh | |||||
| Kiohod Norris-Ramirez | Geronimo | 1993 | USA | TV film | As a child. |
| Michael Greyeyes | Geronimo | 1993 | USA | TV film | |
| Kayitah (1856–1934): Apache army scout who persuaded Geronimo to surrender. | |||||
| Andrew Mora | Geronimo | 1993 | USA | TV film | |
| Mangus: Chief who fought with Geronimo; son of Mangas Coloradas. | |||||
| Ross Martin | Geronimo | 1962 | USA | Film | |
| Rodney A. Grant | Geronimo: An American Legend | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Naiche | |||||
| George Keymas | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1961 | USA | TV series | |
| William Thourlby | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1961 | USA | TV series | |
| Armando Silvestre | Geronimo | 1962 | USA | Film | |
| Edward Estrada | Geronimo | 1993 | USA | TV film | |
| Nana | |||||
| Rino Thunder | Geronimo: An American Legend | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Harrison Lowe | Geronimo | 1993 | USA | TV film | |
| Nulah: Nednhi leader, an associate of Juh. | |||||
| Robert Cabal | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1961 | USA | TV series | |
| Ta-ayz-slath: Second wife of Geronimo. | |||||
| Kamala Devi | Geronimo | 1962 | USA | Film | |
| Taza: Also known as Tahzay. | |||||
| Rico Alaniz | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1960 | USA | TV series | |
| Ulzana | |||||
| Victor Aaron | Geronimo: An American Legend | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Victorio | |||||
| Buddy Red Bow | Young Guns II | 1990 | USA | Film | |
| Cherokees | |||||
| Elias Boudinot | |||||
| Mike Crow | NET Playhouse, #4.20 "Trail of Tears" | 1971 | USA | TV film | |
| John Ridge | |||||
| Victor Mohica | NET Playhouse, #4.20 "Trail of Tears" | 1971 | USA | TV film | |
| John Ross | |||||
| Johnny Cash | NET Playhouse, #4.20 "Trail of Tears" | 1971 | USA | TV film | |
| Cheyennes | |||||
| Dull Knife: See Morning Star. | |||||
| Little Wolf | |||||
| Bill Coontz | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1956 | USA | TV series | |
| Paul Fierro | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1957 | USA | TV series | |
| Tokala Black Elk | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | 2007 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of part of the book by Dee Brown. |
| Morning Star: Also known as Dull Knife. | |||||
| Pat Hogan | Chief Crazy Horse | 1955 | USA | Film | |
| Kenneth Alton | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1956 | USA | TV series | |
| Ian MacDonald | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1957 | USA | TV series | |
| Tall Bull | |||||
| Chief Many Treaties | Buffalo Bill | 1944 | USA | Film | |
| Two Moons | |||||
| Lane Bradford | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1957 | USA | TV series | |
| Iroquois | |||||
| Joseph Brant | |||||
| Chief Dark Cloud | The Spirit of '76 | 1917 | USA | Silent film | |
| Riley Hatch | America | 1924 | USA | Silent film | An adaptation of the novel The Reckoning by Robert W. Chambers. |
| Wes Studi | Liberty's Kids | 2002 | USA | Animated TV series | Voice only |
| Catherine Montour | |||||
| Adda Gleason | The Spirit of '76 | 1917 | USA | Silent film | |
| John Montour | |||||
| Edward Roseman | America | 1924 | USA | Silent film | An adaptation of the novel The Reckoning by Robert W. Chambers. |
| Red Jacket | |||||
| Graham Greene | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Tanacharison | |||||
| Ned Romero | George Washington | 1984 | USA | TV miniseries | An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner. |
| Han Yerry | |||||
| Matt Ukena | Turn: Washington's Spies | 2016 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose. |
| Kiowas | |||||
| Lone Wolf the Elder | |||||
| William Reeve | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Old Lady Horse | |||||
| Monique Mojica | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Nez Perces | |||||
| Chief Joseph | |||||
| Richard Garland | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1958 | USA | TV series | |
| Bobby Kennedy | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Paiutes | |||||
| Wovoka | |||||
| Wes Studi | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | 2007 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of part of the book by Dee Brown. |
| Shoshones | |||||
| Sacagawea | |||||
| Tenaya Torres | You Are There, "Lewis and Clark Expedition" | 1971 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Vanessa Rare | Jack of All Trades | 2000 | USA | TV series | Comedy |
| Mizuo Peck | Night at the Museum | 2006 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the comic children's picture book by Milan Trenc. |
| Mizuo Peck | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | 2009 | USA | Film | Comedy |
| Mizuo Peck | Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | 2014 | USA | Film | Comedy |
| Sioux | |||||
| American Horse | |||||
| Morris Birdyellowhead | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | 2007 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of part of the book by Dee Brown. |
| Black Shawl | |||||
| Suzan Ball | Chief Crazy Horse | 1955 | USA | Film | |
| Henry Bullhead (died 1890): Indian police lieutenant who arrested Sitting Bull and shot him during the struggle; he was also shot and later died of his wounds. | |||||
| Sean Wei Mah | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | 2007 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of part of the book by Dee Brown. |
| Chasing Crane: Brought the news of Wovoka to the Eastman family. | |||||
| Eddie Spears | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | 2007 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of part of the book by Dee Brown. |
| Conquering Bear | |||||
| Morris Ankrum | Chief Crazy Horse | 1955 | USA | Film | |
| Crazy Horse | |||||
| Anthony Quinn | They Died with Their Boots On | 1941 | USA | Film | |
| Chief Thundercloud | Buffalo Bill | 1944 | USA | Film | |
| Victor Mature | Chief Crazy Horse | 1955 | USA | Film | |
| Iron Eyes Cody | The Great Sioux Massacre | 1965 | USA | Film | |
| Christopher Dark | The Time Tunnel, #8 "Massacre" | 1966 | USA | TV episode | |
| Graham Greene | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Crow Foot | |||||
| Nakotah LaRance | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | 2007 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of part of the book by Dee Brown. |
| Charles Eastman | |||||
| Chevez Ezaneh | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | 2007 | USA | TV film | Won the Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor. As a teenager. An adaptation of part of the book by Dee Brown. |
| Adam Beach | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | 2007 | USA | TV film | Nominated for the Golden Globe Award and Satellite Award for Best Actor. An adaptation of part of the book by Dee Brown. |
| Flying Hawk | |||||
| Keith Larsen | Chief Crazy Horse | 1955 | USA | Film | |
| Four Robes: Wife of Sitting Bull. | |||||
| Michelle Thrush | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | 2007 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of part of the book by Dee Brown. |
| Gall | |||||
| Eric Schweig | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | 2007 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of part of the book by Dee Brown. |
| He Dog | |||||
| Henry Wills | Chief Crazy Horse | 1955 | USA | Film | |
| Little Big Man | |||||
| Ray Danton | Chief Crazy Horse | 1955 | USA | Film | |
| Low Dog | |||||
| Monte Blue | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1959 | USA | TV series | |
| Old Man Afraid of His Horse: Oglala chief and father of Young Man Afraid of His Horses. | |||||
| Stuart Randall | Chief Crazy Horse | 1955 | USA | Film | |
| One Bull | |||||
| Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | 2007 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of part of the book by Dee Brown. |
| Red Cloud | |||||
| Morris Ankrum | Chief Crazy Horse | 1955 | USA | Film | |
| Gordon Tootoosis | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | 2007 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of part of the book by Dee Brown. |
| Scarlet Whirlwind: Wife of One Bull. | |||||
| Holly Bird | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | 2007 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of part of the book by Dee Brown. |
| Sitting Bull | |||||
| J. Carrol Naish | Annie Get Your Gun | 1950 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the stage musical by Irving Berlin. |
| Michael Pate | The Great Sioux Massacre | 1965 | USA | Film | |
| George Mitchell | The Time Tunnel, #8 "Massacre" | 1966 | USA | TV episode | |
| August Schellenberg | Witness to Yesterday | 1974 | Canada | TV series | Docudrama |
| Russell Means | Buffalo Girls | 1995 | USA | TV miniseries | An adaptation of the novel by Larry McMurtry. |
| Stanley Tucci | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| August Schellenberg | 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. |
| Spotted Tail | |||||
| Robert Warwick | Chief Crazy Horse | 1955 | USA | Film | |
| Worm: Father of Crazy Horse. | |||||
| Paul Guilfoyle | Chief Crazy Horse | 1955 | USA | Film | |
| Yellow Bird (died 1890): A medicine man who was instrumental in the Wounded Knee Massacre, in which he was killed. | |||||
| Jimmy Herman | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | 2007 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of part of the book by Dee Brown. |
| Young Man Afraid of His Horses | |||||
| Billy Merasty | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | 2007 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of part of the book by Dee Brown. |
| Utes | |||||
| Ouray | |||||
| Morris Ankrum | Drums Across the River | 1954 | USA | Film | |
| Religion | |||||
| Chaplains to the Continental Congress | |||||
| Jacob Duché | |||||
| Robert Snively | The Adams Chronicles | 1976 | USA | TV series | |
| Chaplains to the Senate | |||||
| Phineas Densmore Gurley | |||||
| John T. Witt | Lincoln | 2012 | USA | Film | |
| Baptist ministers | |||||
| Herbert Brewster: Minister of East Trigg Avenue Baptist Church, Memphis, and gospel composer. | |||||
| Charles Allen | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Tony Campolo | |||||
| Robert Riechel Jr. | Impeachment: American Crime Story | 2021 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin. |
| Billy Graham | |||||
| Chris Kilo | Tricia's Wedding | 1971 | USA | Short | Comedy |
| Paul Sparks | The Crown | 2017 | UK/USA | TV series | |
| George Washington Williams | |||||
| Samuel L. Jackson | The Legend of Tarzan | 2016 | Australia/UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. |
| Calvinist ministers | |||||
| Henry Ward Beecher | |||||
| Paul Hecht | NET Playhouse, #6.6 "Harriet" | 1972 | USA | TV film | |
| Samuel Worcester | |||||
| William Redfield | NET Playhouse, #4.20 "Trail of Tears" | 1971 | USA | TV film | |
| Christian Scientists | |||||
| Mary Baker Eddy | |||||
| Mary Morris | The Velvet Glove, #3 "Mother" | 1977 | UK | TV film | |
| Calvin Frye | |||||
| Emrys James | The Velvet Glove, #3 "Mother" | 1977 | UK | TV film | |
| Mary Tomlinson: Student of Mary Baker Eddy who committed suicide. | |||||
| Carol Raymont | The Velvet Glove, #3 "Mother" | 1977 | UK | TV film | |
| Episcopal bishops | |||||
| Henry Benjamin Whipple | |||||
| Brian Stollery | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | 2007 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of part of the book by Dee Brown. |
| Other Episcopal ministers | |||||
| Peter Whitney: A close friend of President John Adams. | |||||
| Tom Mannion | John Adams | 2008 | USA | TV series | |
| Methodist ministers | |||||
| Benjamin W. Arnett | |||||
| Charles S. Dutton | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Henry McNeal Turner | |||||
| Al Roker | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Moses Wilkinson | |||||
| Louis Gossett Jr. | The Book of Negroes | 2015 | Canada | TV series | |
| Mormons | |||||
| Jedediah M. Grant | |||||
| John Lithgow | The West | 1996 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| John D. Lee | |||||
| Daniel von Bargen | The West | 1996 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Emmeline B. Wells | |||||
| Blythe Danner | The West | 1996 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Wilford Woodruff | |||||
| Eli Wallach | The West | 1996 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Brigham Young | |||||
| Jason Robards | The West | 1996 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Orthodox bishops | |||||
| Iakovos | |||||
| Michael Shikany | Selma | 2014 | UK/USA | Film | |
| Presbyterian ministers | |||||
| Lyman Beecher | |||||
| William Roerich | NET Playhouse, #6.6 "Harriet" | 1972 | USA | TV film | |
| George Junkin | |||||
| Martin Clark | Gods and Generals | 2003 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the novel by Jeff Shaara. |
| Byron Sunderland | |||||
| Robert F. Simon | You Are There, #3.33 "The Emancipation Proclamation" | 1955 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Thomas De Witt Talmage | |||||
| George Plimpton | The West | 1996 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Joseph Ruggles Wilson | |||||
| Charles Edwards | The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns | 1919 | USA | Silent film | |
| Puritan ministers | |||||
| John Cotton | |||||
| Michael Caine | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Cotton Mather | |||||
| Josef Sommer | Benjamin Franklin | 2002 | USA | TV series | Docudrama |
| Kevin Spacey | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Roger Williams | |||||
| John Lithgow | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Other Christian ministers | |||||
| Roy Ratcliff | |||||
| Troy Blendell | Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story | 2022 | USA | TV series | |
| Milton Wright | |||||
| Vaughn Taylor | You Are There, #3.21 "The First Flight of the Wright Brothers" | 1955 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| George Mitchell | NET Playhouse, #5.31 "The Wright Brothers" | 1971 | USA | TV film | |
| Rabbis | |||||
| Henry Cohen | |||||
| Hugo Haas | Telephone Time, #2.29 "Rabbi on Wheels" | 1957 | USA | TV short | |
| Voodoo practitioners | |||||
| Marie Laveau | |||||
| Angela Bassett | American Horror Story: Coven | 2013–14 | USA | TV series | Nominated for the Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress. |
| Angela Bassett | American Horror Story: Apocalypse | 2018 | USA | TV series | |
| Cult leaders | |||||
| Marshall Applewhite | |||||
| Evan Peters | American Horror Story: Cult | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Jim Jones | |||||
| Evan Peters | American Horror Story: Cult | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| David Koresh | |||||
| Tim Daly | In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco | 1993 | USA | TV film | |
| Evan Peters | American Horror Story: Cult | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Taylor Kitsch | 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. |
| Theologians | |||||
| James Tabor | |||||
| David Grant Wright | 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. |
| Relatives and associates | |||||
| George Washington Glover:First husband of Mary Baker Eddy. | |||||
| Glynn Edwards | The Velvet Glove, #3 "Mother" | 1977 | UK | TV film | |
| Literature and thought | |||||
| Writers | |||||
| Eliza Frances Andrews | |||||
| Glenn Close | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Mary Antin | |||||
| Glenn Close | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Isadore Bernstein | |||||
| Mitchell Group | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1994 | USA | TV series | |
| Ned Buntline | |||||
| Thomas Mitchell | Buffalo Bill | 1944 | USA | Film | |
| Lloyd Corrigan | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1955–60 | USA | TV series | |
| Bill Wiff | Wyatt Earp's Revenge | 2012 | USA | Film | |
| Edgar Rice Burroughs | |||||
| Daryl Sabara | John Carter | 2012 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the novel A Princess of Mars by Burroughs. |
| Truman Capote | |||||
| Greg Armstrong-Morris | Watchmen | 2009 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the comics by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons. |
| Mary Boykin Chesnut | |||||
| Julie Harris | The Civil War | 1990 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Louise Clappe | |||||
| Dana Reeve | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| John Dos Passos | |||||
| Martin Sheen | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Paul Laurence Dunbar | |||||
| P. Jay Sidney | You Are There, #3.21 "The First Flight of the Wright Brothers" | 1955 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | |||||
| Whit Bissell | You Are There, #5.7 "Daniel Webster's Sacrifice to Save the Union" | 1956 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Edna Ferber | |||||
| Terumi Matthews | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1993 | USA | TV series | |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald | |||||
| Campbell Scott | Prohibition | 2011 | USA | TV miniseries | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Allen Ginsberg | |||||
| Alan Metoskie | The Trial of the Chicago 7 | 2020 | USA | Film | |
| Robert Graysmith | |||||
| Jake Gyllenhaal | Zodiac | 2007 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the books Zodiac and Zodiac Unmasked by Robert Graysmith. |
| Linda Greenlaw | |||||
| Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio | The Perfect Storm | 2000 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the book by Sebastian Junger. |
| Alex Haley | |||||
| Laurence Fishburne | Roots | 2016 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Joel Chandler Harris | |||||
| David Stollery | Walt Disney's Disneyland, #2.17 "A Tribute to Joel Chandler Harris" | 1956 | USA | TV film | As a teenager. |
| Bret Harte: An associate of Emperor Norton in San Francisco. | |||||
| Jan Merlin | Telephone Time, #1.8 "Emperor Norton's Bridge" | 1956 | USA | short | |
| Ben Hecht | |||||
| Mark Kiely | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1993 | USA | TV series | |
| Ernest Hemingway | |||||
| Nikolay Zaseev-Rudenko | Moscow – Genoa | 1964 | USSR | Film | |
| Jay Underwood | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1993 | USA | TV series | |
| Julian Ovenden | Any Human Heart | 2010 | UK | TV series | An adaptation of the novel by William Boyd. |
| Charles Fenno Hoffman | |||||
| Matthew McConaughey | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Langston Hughes | |||||
| Morgan Freeman | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| George F. Kaufman | |||||
| Guri Weinberg | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1993 | USA | TV series | |
| Helen Keller | |||||
| Emily Nash | Mentors, #4.6 "Breakthrough" | 2002 | Canada | TV episode | |
| Emma Lazarus | |||||
| Blythe Danner | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Anne Morrow Lindbergh | |||||
| Jan Stratton | Voyagers!, #10 "An Arrow Pointing East" | 1982 | USA | TV episode | |
| Jack London | |||||
| Chad Willett | Mentors, #2.11 "Klondike Daze" | 2000 | Canada | TV episode | |
| Charles MacArthur | |||||
| Barry Bell | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1993 | USA | TV series | |
| Herman Melville | |||||
| Kevin Spacey | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Ben Whishaw | In the Heart of the Sea | 2015 | USA/Spain | Film | An adaptation of the book by Nathaniel Philbrick. |
| Joaquin Miller | |||||
| Denis Lill | Lillie | 1978 | UK | TV series | |
| Anaïs Nin | |||||
| Arsinée Khanjian | Mentors, #3.5 "Experience" | 2001 | Canada | TV episode | |
| Isobel Osbourne | |||||
| June Rodney | BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #1.46 "Tusitala" | 1950 | UK | TV film | An adaptation of the play by Leonard J. Hines & Frank King. |
| Lloyd Osbourne | |||||
| Richard Johnson | BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #1.46 "Tusitala" | 1950 | UK | TV film | An adaptation of the play by Leonard J. Hines & Frank King. |
| Edgar Allan Poe | |||||
| Felix Munro | Omnibus, #5.10 "The Fine Art of Murder" | 1956 | USA | TV film | |
| Michael Sarrazin | Mentors, #1.10 "The Raven" | 1998 | Canada | TV episode | |
| Mary Roberts Rinehart | |||||
| Claudette Colbert | Telephone Time, #3.13 "Novel Appeal" | 1957 | USA | TV short | |
| Ann Rule | |||||
| Barbara Hershey | The Stranger Beside Me | 2003 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of the book by Ann Rule. |
| Robert E. Sherwood | |||||
| Joshua Beckett | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1993 | USA | TV series | |
| Gertrude Stein | |||||
| Ivana Prchalová | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1993 | USA | TV series | |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | |||||
| Kitty Winn | NET Playhouse, #6.6 "Harriet" | 1972 | USA | TV film | |
| Edward Stratemeyer | |||||
| Lee Lively | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1993 | USA | TV series | |
| George Templeton Strong | |||||
| George Plimpton | The Civil War | 1990 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Henry David Thoreau | |||||
| Richard Hale | You Are There, #5.7 "Daniel Webster's Sacrifice to Save the Union" | 1956 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Mark Twain | |||||
| Alex Trebek | Witness to Yesterday | 1976 | Canada | TV series | Docudrama |
| Charles Aidman | Walt Disney, #28.12 "Walt Disney: One Man's Dream" | 1981 | USA | TV film | |
| Rossie Harris | Voyagers!, #2 "Created Equal" | 1982 | USA | TV episode | Aged 12 |
| Jonathan Lloyd Walker | The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne | 2000 | Canada/UK | TV series | |
| Matthew McConaughey | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Marshall Ashmun Upson | |||||
| Jack Kehoe | Young Guns II | 1990 | USA | Film | |
| Nick Vallelonga | |||||
| Hudson Galloway | Green Book | 2018 | USA | Film | As a child. Vallelonga himself co-wrote the screenplay. |
| Hendrik Willem van Loon | |||||
| John Murphy | A Thousand Skies | 1985 | Australia | TV miniseries | |
| Edith Wharton | |||||
| Clare Higgins | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1996 | USA | TV series | |
| Walt Whitman | |||||
| Garrison Keillor | The Civil War | 1990 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Historians, antiquaries and biographers | |||||
| James Bradley | |||||
| Oliver Davis | Flags of Our Fathers | 2006 | USA | Film | As a teenager. An adaptation of the book by James Bradley & Ron Powers. |
| Tom McCarthy | Flags of Our Fathers | 2006 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the book by James Bradley & Ron Powers. |
| Frank A. Golder | |||||
| Martin Sheen | The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century | 1996 | UK/USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Robert Leckie | |||||
| James Badge Dale | The Pacific | 2010 | USA | TV series | |
| Archaeologists and anthropologists | |||||
| Frank Hamilton Cushing | |||||
| John Lithgow | The West | 1996 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Alice Cunningham Fletcher | |||||
| Blythe Danner | The West | 1996 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Classicists | |||||
| James J. White: Professor of Greek at Washington College and friend of Robert E. Lee. | |||||
| Keith Allison | Gods and Generals | 2003 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the novel by Jeff Shaara. |
| Librarians of Congress | |||||
| Ainsworth Rand Spofford | |||||
| Brooks Morton | The Adams Chronicles | 1976 | USA | TV series | |
| John Russell Young | |||||
| Brad Pitt | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Newspaper proprietors and executives | |||||
| Fritz Beebe: Chairman of the Washington Post Company from 1961 to 1973. | |||||
| Tracy Letts | The Post | 2017 | USA | Film | |
| James Gordon Bennett Sr. | |||||
| Joe Cazalet | Barnum | 1986 | Canada | TV film | |
| Paul Sparks | The Greatest Showman | 2017 | USA | Film | Musical |
| James Gordon Bennett Jr. | |||||
| Reginald Fox | Livingstone | 1925 | UK | Silent film | |
| James Carew | David Livingstone | 1936 | UK | Film | |
| Donald Randolph | You Are There, #4.21 "When Stanley Finds Livingstone" | 1956 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Walter Colton | |||||
| Eli Wallach | The West | 1996 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Harry Gladstein (died 1996): Business manager of the Washington Post. | |||||
| Peter Van Wagner | The Post | 2017 | USA | Film | |
| Donald E. Graham | |||||
| Stark Sands | The Post | 2017 | USA | Film | |
| Katharine Graham | |||||
| Meryl Streep | The Post | 2017 | USA | Film | Nominated for the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. |
| Horace Greeley | |||||
| Edgar Buchanan | Telephone Time, #1.10 "Harry in Search of Himself" | 1956 | USA | TV short | |
| Emmett Vogan | You Are There, #5.2 "The Great Diamond Fraud" | 1956 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Rob Roy | Barnum | 1986 | Canada | TV film | |
| Philip Bosco | The Civil War | 1990 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| William Randolph Hearst | |||||
| Stephen Elliott | Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years | 1981 | UK | TV series | |
| Jack Ritschel | Chaplin | 1992 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the books My Autobiography by Charlie Chaplin and Chaplin: His Life and Art by David Robinson. |
| Michael Moriarty | Mentors, #3.4 "Citizen Cates" | 2001 | Canada | TV episode | |
| Matthew Marsh | Mr Jones | 2019 | Poland/Ukraine/UK | Film | |
| George Jones | |||||
| Paul Birch | You Are There, #5.9 "The Overthrow of the Tweed Ring" | 1957 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Joseph Pulitzer | |||||
| Harry Connick Jr. | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Punch Sulzberger | |||||
| Gary Wilmes | The Post | 2017 | USA | Film | |
| William Moseley Swain | |||||
| Matthew Broderick | The West | 1996 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Journalists, columnists and critics | |||||
| Franklin P. Adams | |||||
| Dylan Price | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1993 | USA | TV series | |
| Joseph Alsop | |||||
| Ethan Phillips | All the Way | 2016 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan. |
| Dan Bucatinsky | The Post | 2017 | USA | Film | |
| Sidney Andrews | |||||
| Kevin Spacey | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Paul Avery | |||||
| Robert Downey Jr. | Zodiac | 2007 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the books Zodiac and Zodiac Unmasked by Robert Graysmith. |
| Eugene Bachinski: Washington Post journalist who worked on the Watergate case. | |||||
| David Arkin | All the President's Men | 1976 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the book by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward. |
| Kenneth Bacon | |||||
| Jim Rash | Impeachment: American Crime Story | 2021 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin. |
| Ben Bagdikian | |||||
| Bob Odenkirk | The Post | 2017 | USA | Film | |
| Ralph Barnes | |||||
| Keith Edwards | The Nightmare Years | 1989 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the memoir by William L. Shirer. |
| Marcin Latallo | Mr Jones | 2019 | Poland/Ukraine/UK | Film | |
| Keyes Beech | |||||
| John Benjamin Hickey | Flags of Our Fathers | 2006 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the book by James Bradley & Ron Powers. |
| Robert Benchley | |||||
| Peter Spears | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1993 | USA | TV series | |
| Seymour Berkson | |||||
| Jerry Harte | The Nightmare Years | 1989 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the memoir by William L. Shirer. |
| Carl Bernstein | |||||
| Dustin Hoffman | All the President's Men | 1976 | USA | Film | Nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor. An adaptation of the book by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward. |
| Robert Henry Best | |||||
| Ken Butler | The Nightmare Years | 1989 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the memoir by William L. Shirer. |
| Francis Preston Blair | |||||
| Malachy McCourt | Gods and Generals | 2003 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the novel by Jeff Shaara. |
| Hal Holbrook | Lincoln | 2012 | USA | Film | |
| Nellie Bly | |||||
| Julia Duffy | Voyagers!, #20 "Jack's Back" | 1983 | USA | TV episode | |
| Winifred Bonfils | |||||
| Sara Stewart | Mr Selfridge | 2014 | UK | TV series | |
| Ben Bradlee | |||||
| Jason Robards | All the President's Men | 1976 | USA | Film | Won the Academy Award and National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor. Nominated for the BAFTA Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. An adaptation of the book by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward. |
| Tom Hanks | The Post | 2017 | USA | Film | Nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. |
| Art Buchwald | |||||
| David Costabile | The Post | 2017 | USA | Film | |
| Marquis Childs | |||||
| Nigel Whitmey | The Crown | 2019 | UK/USA | TV series | |
| Jean Cole | |||||
| Carrie Coon | Boston Strangler | 2023 | USA | Film | |
| Eddie Corsetti: Investigative reporter and later city editor for the Boston Record-American and Boston Herald American. | |||||
| Peter Gerety | Boston Strangler | 2023 | USA | Film | |
| Dominick Dunne | |||||
| Robert Morse | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | 2016 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin. |
| Walter Duranty | |||||
| Peter Sarsgaard | Mr Jones | 2019 | Poland/Ukraine/UK | Film | |
| Benjamin Edes | |||||
| Buddy Ebsen | The Bastard | 1978 | USA | TV miniseries | An adaptation of the novel by John Jakes. |
| John Newman Edwards | |||||
| Ed Bruce | The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James | 1986 | USA | TV film | |
| Joseph L. Galloway | |||||
| Barry Pepper | We Were Soldiers | 2002 | USA | Film | An adapation of the book We Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. Moore & Joseph L. Galloway. |
| Philip L. Geyelin | |||||
| Pat Healy | The Post | 2017 | USA | Film | |
| James L. Greenfield | |||||
| Christopher Innvar | The Post | 2017 | USA | Film | |
| Meg Greenfield | |||||
| Carrie Coon | The Post | 2017 | USA | Film | |
| Joyce Haber | |||||
| Gigi Edgley | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| William Bayard Hale | |||||
| Denver Pyle | You Are There, #4.6 "The Secret Message that Plunged America into World War I" | 1955 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Eddie Holland: Managing editor of the Boston Record-American until 1971. | |||||
| Robert John Burke | Boston Strangler | 2023 | USA | Film | |
| Hedda Hopper | |||||
| Judy Davis | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | Nominated for the Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress. |
| Michael Isikoff | |||||
| Danny Jacobs | Impeachment: American Crime Story | 2021 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin. |
| Russell Jarvis | |||||
| Edwin Owens | The Adams Chronicles | 1976 | USA | TV series | |
| Duffy Jennings: San Francisco Chronicle crime reporter who received one of the Zodiac letters. | |||||
| Adam Goldberg | Zodiac | 2007 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the books Zodiac and Zodiac Unmasked by Robert Graysmith. |
| Martin Challinor | The Real Story of..., #2.5 "Zodiac" | 2017 | UK | Film | Docudrama |
| Mark Kellogg | |||||
| House Peters Jr. | The Great Sioux Massacre | 1965 | USA | Film | As Mark Cambridge. |
| Dorothy Kilgallen | |||||
| Marilyn McIntyre | Dark Skies | 1997 | USA | TV series | |
| Hubert Renfro Knickerbocker | |||||
| Bill Bailey | The Nightmare Years | 1989 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the memoir by William L. Shirer. |
| Alfred E. Lewis | |||||
| Joshua Shelley | All the President's Men | 1976 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the book by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward. |
| Eugene Lyons | |||||
| Edward Wolstenholme | Mr Jones | 2019 | Poland/Ukraine/UK | Film | |
| Ann McDaniel: Washington bureau chief for Newsweek. | |||||
| Julie Pearl | Impeachment: American Crime Story | 2021 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin. |
| Loretta McLaughlin | |||||
| Keira Knightley | Boston Strangler | 2023 | USA | Film | |
| Jack McLean: City editor of the Boston Record-American. | |||||
| Chris Cooper | Boston Strangler | 2023 | USA | Film | As Jack MacLaine. |
| Murrey Marder | |||||
| Rick Holmes | The Post | 2017 | USA | Film | |
| Judith Martin | |||||
| Jessie Mueller | The Post | 2017 | USA | Film | |
| H. L. Mencken | |||||
| John Lithgow | Prohibition | 2011 | USA | TV miniseries | Voice only. Documentary. |
| William Burke Miller | |||||
| Jack Grimes | Robert Montgomery Presents, #8.20 "Crisis at Sand Cave" | 1957 | USA | TV film | |
| Charles Nordhoff | |||||
| Philip Bosco | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| James P. O'Donnell | |||||
| James Naughton | The Bunker | 1981 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of the book by O'Donnell. |
| John L. O'Sullivan | |||||
| Stanley Tucci | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Eugene Patterson | |||||
| John Rue | The Post | 2017 | USA | Film | |
| Roy Reed | |||||
| John Lavelle | Selma | 2014 | UK/USA | Film | |
| James Reston | |||||
| Bill Humphreys | Chappaquiddick | 2017 | USA | Film | |
| Jacob Riis | |||||
| Kevin Kline | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| James Rivington | |||||
| John Carroll Lynch | Turn: Washington's Spies | 2014–17 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose. |
| Chalmers Roberts | |||||
| Philip Casnoff | The Post | 2017 | USA | Film | |
| Harry M. Rosenfeld | |||||
| Jack Warden | All the President's Men | 1976 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the book by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward. |
| A. M. Rosenthal | |||||
| Michael Stuhlbarg | The Post | 2017 | USA | Film | |
| Neil Sheehan | |||||
| Justin Swain | The Post | 2017 | USA | Film | |
| William L. Shirer | |||||
| Sam Waterston | The Nightmare Years | 1989 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the memoir by William L. Shirer. |
| Howard Simons | |||||
| Martin Balsam | All the President's Men | 1976 | USA | Film | Nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. An adaptation of the book by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward. |
| David Cross | The Post | 2017 | USA | Film | |
| John Swinton | |||||
| Matthew McConaughey | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Ida Tarbell | |||||
| Dana Reeve | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Helen Thomas | |||||
| Carol Schlanger | Impeachment: American Crime Story | 2021 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin. |
| Lowell Thomas | |||||
| Adam Henderson | A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia | 1990 | UK | TV film | |
| Evan Richards | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1996 | USA | TV series | |
| Liz Trotta | |||||
| Alison Wachtler | Chappaquiddick | 2017 | USA | Film | |
| Mike Walker | |||||
| Patrick Labyorteaux | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | 2016 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin. |
| Lally Weymouth | |||||
| Alison Brie | The Post | 2017 | USA | Film | |
| Earl Wilson | |||||
| Christian McKay | Florence Foster Jenkins | 2016 | UK | Film | |
| Tom Winship: Editor of the Boston Globe. | |||||
| Neal Huff | The Post | 2017 | USA | Film | |
| Bob Woodward | |||||
| Robert Redford | All the President's Men | 1976 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the book by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward. |
| Alexander Woollcott | |||||
| Mark Holton | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1993 | USA | TV series | |
| John Peter Zenger | |||||
| Barney Phillips | Telephone Time, #1.16 "Grandpa Changes the World" | 1956 | USA | TV short | |
| Satirists, caricaturists and cartoonists | |||||
| Thomas Nast | |||||
| Edgar Barrier | You Are There, #5.9 "The Overthrow of the Tweed Ring" | 1957 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Publishers | |||||
| George P. Putnam | |||||
| William Post Jr. | You Are There, "The Mystery of Amelia Earhart" | 1971 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Michael Viner | |||||
| Clint Jordan | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | 2016 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin. |
| Henry Waterson: Partner of Irving Berlin. | |||||
| Robert Mackenzie | BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #9.19 "Irving Berlin" | 1958 | UK | TV film | |
| Literary agents | |||||
| Lucianne Goldberg | |||||
| Margo Martindale | Impeachment: American Crime Story | 2021 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin. |
| Educators and teachers | |||||
| Catharine Beecher | |||||
| Madeleine Sherwood | NET Playhouse, #6.6 "Harriet" | 1972 | USA | TV film | |
| Dana Reeve | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Laura Bridgman | |||||
| Beverly Washburn | Telephone Time, #1.15 "The Key" | 1956 | USA | TV short | As a teenager. |
| Elaine Goodale Eastman | |||||
| Anna Paquin | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | 2007 | USA | TV film | Nominated for the Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress. An adaptation of part of the book by Dee Brown. |
| John T. Scopes | |||||
| E. G. Marshall | You Are There, #2.37 "The Scopes Trial" | 1954 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Calvin Ellis Stowe | |||||
| Richard Dysart | NET Playhouse, #6.6 "Harriet" | 1972 | USA | TV film | |
| Anne Sullivan | |||||
| Katharine Isabelle | Mentors, #4.6 "Breakthrough" | 2002 | Canada | TV episode | |
| Katharine Wright | |||||
| Augusta Dabney | You Are There, #3.21 "The First Flight of the Wright Brothers" | 1955 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Jennie Maclean | NET Playhouse, #5.31 "The Wright Brothers" | 1971 | USA | TV film | |
| Relatives and associates | |||||
| Frank P. Harris: Husband of Jean Cole. | |||||
| Stephen Thorne | Boston Strangler | 2023 | USA | Film | As Frank Cole. |
| Beatrice Kaufman | |||||
| Brenda Strong | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1993 | USA | TV series | |
| Agnes Knickerbocker: Second wife of Hubert Renfro Knickerbocker. | |||||
| Gillian Eaton | The Nightmare Years | 1989 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the memoir by William L. Shirer. |
| James J. McLaughlin: Husband of Loretta McLaughlin. | |||||
| Morgan Spector | Boston Strangler | 2023 | USA | Film | |
| Eileen Shirer: Daughter of William L. and Tess Shirer. | |||||
| Cecelia Kindelan | The Nightmare Years | 1989 | USA | TV series | As a child. An adaptation of the memoir by William L. Shirer. |
| Tess Shirer: Austrian-born first wife of William L. Shirer. | |||||
| Marthe Keller | The Nightmare Years | 1989 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the memoir by William L. Shirer. |
| Alice B. Toklas | |||||
| Alice Snirychová | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1993 | USA | TV series | |
| Science and medicine | |||||
| Physicians and surgeons | |||||
| Aristides Agramonte | |||||
| Gordon Sterne | ITV Play of the Week, #2.8 "Yellow Jack" | 1956 | UK | TV film | An adaptation of the play by Sidney Howard based on the non-fiction book Microbe Hunters by Paul de Kruif. |
| Michael Baden | |||||
| David Bickford | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | 2016 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin. |
| James Carroll | |||||
| Alfred Burke | ITV Play of the Week, #2.8 "Yellow Jack" | 1956 | UK | TV film | An adaptation of the play by Sidney Howard based on the non-fiction book Microbe Hunters by Paul de Kruif. |
| George E. Goodfellow | |||||
| Damian O'Flynn | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1959–61 | USA | TV series | |
| Karl Swenson | Hour of the Gun | 1967 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the book Tombstone's Epitaph by Douglas D. Martin. |
| Grant James | Tombstone | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Jim Wilson | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Margaret Heagarty: Director of pediatrics at Harlem Hospital Center. | |||||
| Annette Badland | The Crown | 2020 | UK/USA | TV series | |
| Max Jacobson | |||||
| Jeremy Wheeler | The Crown | 2017 | UK/USA | TV series | |
| George Jelly: Alienist. | |||||
| Lionel Murton | The Velvet Glove, #3 "Mother" | 1977 | UK | TV film | |
| Jesse William Lazear | |||||
| Hugh McDermott | ITV Play of the Week, #2.8 "Yellow Jack" | 1956 | UK | TV film | An adaptation of the play by Sidney Howard based on the non-fiction book Microbe Hunters by Paul de Kruif. |
| Bernard Lewinsky | |||||
| Rob Brownstein | Impeachment: American Crime Story | 2021 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin. |
| Hunter McGuire | |||||
| Sean Pratt | Gods and Generals | 2003 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the novel by Jeff Shaara. |
| Reuben D. Mussey | |||||
| Howard Wendell | Telephone Time, #1.15 "The Key" | 1956 | USA | TV short | |
| George C. Nichopoulos | |||||
| Tony Nixon | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Samuel Prescott | |||||
| John Mark Robinson | The Bastard | 1978 | USA | TV miniseries | An adaptation of the novel by John Jakes. |
| Walter Reed | |||||
| E. G. Marshall | You Are There, #1.16 "The Conquest of Yellow Fever" | 1953 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Doria Noar | ITV Play of the Week, #2.8 "Yellow Jack" | 1956 | UK | TV film | An adaptation of the play by Sidney Howard based on the non-fiction book Microbe Hunters by Paul de Kruif. |
| Andrew Smith: Physician to the Brooklyn Bridge project, who coined the term "caisson disease". | |||||
| Norman Chancer | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, #2 "The Brooklyn Bridge" | 2003 | UK | TV film | Docudrama |
| Roy Glenwood Spurling | |||||
| Daniel Benzali | The Last Days of Patton | 1986 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of the book by Ladislas Farago. |
| James Thacher | |||||
| Scott Poythress | Turn: Washington's Spies | 2015 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose. |
| Victor C. Vaughan | |||||
| Brian Pettifer | The Flu That Killed 50 Million | 2018 | UK | TV film | Docudrama |
| Albigence Waldo: Personal physician to George Washington. | |||||
| Brad Pitt | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Nurses | |||||
| Clara Barton | |||||
| Peggy Converse | You Are There, #4.17 "The Heroism of Clara Barton" | 1956 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Patricia Donahue | Voyagers!, #9 "The Travels of Marco...and Friends" | 1982 | USA | TV episode | |
| Dorothea Dix | |||||
| Nancy Marchand | North and South | 1986 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the novels by John Jakes. |
| Susie King Taylor | |||||
| LaTanya Richardson Jackson | The Civil War | 1990 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Dentists and dental nurses | |||||
| Greta Zimmer Friedman | |||||
| Alberta Mayne | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | 2009 | USA | Film | Comedy |
| Psychiatrists, psychologists and psychotherapists | |||||
| Joyce Brothers | |||||
| Jean St. James | Impeachment: American Crime Story | 2021 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin. |
| Park Dietz | |||||
| Mark Atteberry | Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story | 2022 | USA | TV series | |
| Timothy Leary | |||||
| Don Most | Dark Skies | 1997 | USA | TV series | |
| Henry Murray | |||||
| Brian d'Arcy James | Manhunt: Unabomber | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Mathematicians | |||||
| Nathaniel Bowditch | |||||
| Herbert Anderson | Telephone Time, #3.9 "Arithmetic Sailor" | 1957 | USA | TV short | |
| Simon Newcomb | |||||
| Charles Dingle | You Are There, #3.21 "The First Flight of the Wright Brothers" | 1955 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Astronomers | |||||
| J. Allen Hynek | |||||
| Sam Whipple | Dark Skies | 1996 | USA | TV series | |
| Carl Sagan | |||||
| Joe Urla | Dark Skies | 1997 | USA | TV series | |
| Meteorologists and rainmakers | |||||
| Todd Gross | |||||
| Christopher McDonald | The Perfect Storm | 2000 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the book by Sebastian Junger. |
| Charles Hatfield | |||||
| John Crawford | Telephone Time, #2.7 "Hatfield, the Rainmaker" | 1956 | USA | TV short | |
| Doc Kimball | |||||
| Bryan O'Byrne | Voyagers!, #10 "An Arrow Pointing East" | 1982 | USA | TV episode | |
| Biologists and naturalists | |||||
| William D. Funkhouser: Professor of Zoology, University of Kentucky at Lexington. | |||||
| John Gibson | Robert Montgomery Presents, #8.20 "Crisis at Sand Cave" | 1957 | USA | TV film | |
| John Muir | |||||
| Sean Connery | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Computer scientists | |||||
| David Gelernter | |||||
| Doug Kruse | Manhunt: Unabomber | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Inventors | |||||
| Ludwig Böhm | |||||
| Tony Brafa | Voyagers!, #5 "Worlds Apart" | 1982 | USA | TV episode | |
| George Washington Carver | |||||
| Edmund Cambridge | Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey | 1991 | USA | Film | Comedy |
| Thomas Edison | |||||
| Steven Keats | Voyagers!, #5 "Worlds Apart" | 1982 | USA | TV episode | |
| Hal Landon Sr. | Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey | 1991 | USA | Film | Comedy |
| Richard K. Olsen | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1993 | USA | TV series | |
| Michael Yarmush | The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne | 2000 | Canada/UK | TV series | |
| John Kruesi | |||||
| Arthur Rosenberg | Voyagers!, #5 "Worlds Apart" | 1982 | USA | TV episode | |
| Francis Robbins Upton | |||||
| Michael Horsley | Voyagers!, #5 "Worlds Apart" | 1982 | USA | TV episode | |
| Thomas A. Watson | |||||
| Henry Fonda | The Story of Alexander Graham Bell | 1939 | USA | Film | |
| Linwood Boomer | Voyagers!, #19 "Barriers of Sound" | 1983 | USA | TV episode | |
| Eli Whitney | |||||
| John Larch | You Are There, #4.11 "Eli Whitney Invents the Cotton Gin" | 1955 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Civil engineers | |||||
| Frank Crowe | |||||
| Jay Benedict | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, #7 "The Hoover Dam" | 2003 | UK | TV film | Docudrama |
| Frank Farrington: Master mechanic on the Brooklyn Bridge. | |||||
| Donald Sumpter | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, #2 "The Brooklyn Bridge" | 2003 | UK | TV film | Docudrama |
| Theodore Judah | |||||
| Justin Gross | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, #4 "Transcontinental Railway" | 2003 | UK | TV film | Docudrama |
| William Mulholland | |||||
| Daniel von Bargen | The West | 1996 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Emily Warren Roebling | |||||
| Debora Weston | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, #2 "The Brooklyn Bridge" | 2003 | UK | TV film | Docudrama |
| John A. Roebling | |||||
| Steven Berkoff | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, #2 "The Brooklyn Bridge" | 2003 | UK | TV film | Docudrama |
| Washington Roebling | |||||
| Paul Roebling | The Civil War | 1990 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Playing his own ancestor. Documentary. |
| George Anton | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, #2 "The Brooklyn Bridge" | 2003 | UK | TV film | Docudrama |
| John Frank Stevens | |||||
| Jeff Harding | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, #6 "The Panama Canal" | 2003 | UK | TV film | Docudrama |
| James Harvey Strobridge: Superintendent of construction of the Central Pacific Railroad. | |||||
| Richard Gross | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, #4 "Transcontinental Railway" | 2003 | UK | TV film | Docudrama |
| Walker Young: Chief construction engineer on the Hoover Dam. | |||||
| Colin Stinton | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, #7 "The Hoover Dam" | 2003 | UK | TV film | Docudrama |
| Mechanical engineers | |||||
| Robert Fulton | |||||
| Orson Welles | Austerlitz | 1960 | France | Film | |
| Kevin Kline | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Aeronautical engineers | |||||
| Robert H. Goddard | |||||
| Stephen Michael Ayers | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1993 | USA | TV series | |
| Kenneth Lane | |||||
| Vernon Weddle | Voyagers!, #10 "An Arrow Pointing East" | 1982 | USA | TV episode | |
| Glenn Odekirk | |||||
| Matt Ross | The Aviator | 2004 | USA | Film | |
| Geologists, surveyors and mining engineers | |||||
| James Joseph Brown | |||||
| Harve Presnell | The Unsinkable Molly Brown | 1964 | USA | Film | Won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Male Newcomer. Nominated for the Golden Laurel Award for Best Male Musical Performance. An adaptation of the stage musical by Meredith Willson. |
| James Terry Gardiner | |||||
| Joe Di Reda | You Are There, #5.2 "The Great Diamond Fraud" | 1956 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| John Hays Hammond | |||||
| Todd Jensen | Rhodes | 1996 | UK | TV series | |
| Henry Janin | |||||
| Parley Baer | You Are There, #5.2 "The Great Diamond Fraud" | 1956 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Clarence King | |||||
| Robert Bray | You Are There, #5.2 "The Great Diamond Fraud" | 1956 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Relatives and associates | |||||
| Mary Edison | |||||
| Mary Kate McGeehan | Voyagers!, #5 "Worlds Apart" | 1982 | USA | TV episode | |
| Mabel Gardiner Hubbard | |||||
| Loretta Young | The Story of Alexander Graham Bell | 1939 | USA | Film | |
| Lou Mulford | Voyagers!, #19 "Barriers of Sound" | 1983 | USA | TV episode | |
| Georgie Sanders: A pupil of Alexander Graham Bell. | |||||
| Bobs Watson | The Story of Alexander Graham Bell | 1939 | USA | Film | |
| Kevin Kovacs | Voyagers!, #19 "Barriers of Sound" | 1983 | USA | TV episode | |
| Arts and crafts | |||||
| Painters | |||||
| Don Bachardy | |||||
| Cameron Dye | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Hugo Ballin | |||||
| Frank Harkness | The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns | 1919 | USA | Silent film | |
| Norman Rockwell | |||||
| Lukas Haas | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1993 | USA | TV series | Aged 14. |
| John Trumbull | |||||
| Buzz Bovshow | John Adams | 2008 | USA | TV series | |
| Andy Warhol | |||||
| Greg Travis | Watchmen | 2009 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the comics by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons. |
| Evan Peters | American Horror Story: Cult | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| James Whistler | |||||
| Don Fellows | Lillie | 1978 | UK | TV series | |
| Illustrators and graphic designers | |||||
| Derf Backderf | |||||
| Alex Wolff | My Friend Dahmer | 2017 | USA | Film | As a teenager. An adaptation of the graphic novel by Derf Backderf. |
| Charles Dana Gibson | |||||
| Dallas Adams | Nancy Astor | 1982 | UK | TV series | |
| Sculptors | |||||
| Walker Hancock | |||||
| John Goodman | The Monuments Men | 2014 | Germany/USA | Film | Fictionalised as Walter Garfield. A loose adaptation of the book by Robert M. Edsel & Bret Witter. |
| Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney | |||||
| Pat Starr | Florence Foster Jenkins | 2016 | UK | Film | |
| Other artists | |||||
| Simon Rodia | |||||
| Vincent Riotta | Dark Skies | 1997 | USA | TV series | |
| Other designers | |||||
| Candace Wheeler | |||||
| Joanna Wake | Lillie | 1978 | UK | TV series | |
| Photographers | |||||
| Marian Hooper Adams | |||||
| Gilmer McCormick | The Adams Chronicles | 1976 | USA | TV series | |
| C. S. Fly | |||||
| William H. O'Brien | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1961 | USA | TV series | |
| Jonathan Ward | Geronimo: An American Legend | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Annie Leibovitz | |||||
| Salli Saffioti | Watchmen | 2009 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the comics by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons. |
| Kasha Fauscett | Impeachment: American Crime Story | 2021 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin. |
| Earl Miller: Erotic photographer. | |||||
| Eric Satterberg | Impeachment: American Crime Story | 2021 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin. |
| Ralph Morse | |||||
| Dustin Lewis | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Yoichi Okamoto | |||||
| Whylip Lee | All the Way | 2016 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of the play by Robert Schenkkan. |
| Joe Rosenthal | |||||
| Ned Eisenberg | Flags of Our Fathers | 2006 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the book by James Bradley & Ron Powers. |
| Barry Schultz | |||||
| Michael P. Cahill | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Architects | |||||
| Ralph Warner Hammett | |||||
| Bill Murray | The Monuments Men | 2014 | Germany/USA | Film | Fictionalised as Richard Campbell. A loose adaptation of the book by Robert M. Edsel & Bret Witter. |
| William G. Steinmetz | |||||
| Jeffry Kaplow | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, #2 "The Brooklyn Bridge" | 2003 | UK | TV film | Docudrama |
| Landscape architects | |||||
| Frederik Law Olmsted | |||||
| Philip Bosco | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Art historians, critics, conservators, collectors and dealers | |||||
| James Rorimer | |||||
| Matt Damon | The Monuments Men | 2014 | Germany/USA | Film | Fictionalised as James Granger. A loose adaptation of the book by Robert M. Edsel & Bret Witter. |
| Leo Stein | |||||
| Ludek Nesleha | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1993 | USA | TV series | |
| George L. Stout | |||||
| George Clooney | The Monuments Men | 2014 | Germany/USA | Film | Fictionalised as Frank Stokes. A loose adaptation of the book by Robert M. Edsel & Bret Witter. |
| Nick Clooney | The Monuments Men | 2014 | Germany/USA | Film | As an old man, fictionalised as Frank Stokes. A loose adaptation of the book by Robert M. Edsel & Bret Witter. |
| Relatives and associates | |||||
| Irene Gibson | |||||
| Lillian Silverstone | Nancy Astor | 1982 | UK | TV series | |
| Stage, screen and radio | |||||
| Actors | |||||
| Nick Adams | |||||
| Dennis Christopher | Elvis | 1979 | USA | TV film | |
| Ira Aldridge | |||||
| Ashley Zhangazha | Victoria | 2017 | UK | TV series | |
| Broncho Billy Anderson | |||||
| Richard Fast | Chaplin | 1992 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the books My Autobiography by Charlie Chaplin and Chaplin: His Life and Art by David Robinson. |
| Ann-Margret | |||||
| Rose McGowan | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Diane Baker | |||||
| Melissa Russell | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Anne Bancroft | |||||
| Serinda Swan | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Tallulah Bankhead | |||||
| Nat Luurtsema | Florence Foster Jenkins | 2016 | UK | Film | |
| Joan Barry | |||||
| Nancy Travis | Chaplin | 1992 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the books My Autobiography by Charlie Chaplin and Chaplin: His Life and Art by David Robinson. |
| John Drew Barrymore | |||||
| Dean Francois | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Warren Beatty | |||||
| Tom Forbes | Babs | 2017 | UK | TV film | |
| Ed Begley | |||||
| Louis B. Jack | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Joan Blondell | |||||
| Kathy Bates | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Victor Buono | |||||
| Dominic Burgess | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Harry Carey | |||||
| J. D. Hinton | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1994 | USA | TV series | |
| Charles Chaplin Jr. | |||||
| Sky Rumph | Chaplin | 1992 | UK/USA | Film | Aged 7. An adaptation of the books My Autobiography by Charlie Chaplin and Chaplin: His Life and Art by David Robinson. |
| Michael A. Goorjian | Chaplin | 1992 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the books My Autobiography by Charlie Chaplin and Chaplin: His Life and Art by David Robinson. |
| Sydney Chaplin | |||||
| Bradley Pierce | Chaplin | 1992 | UK/USA | Film | Aged 8. An adaptation of the books My Autobiography by Charlie Chaplin and Chaplin: His Life and Art by David Robinson. |
| Michael Cade | Chaplin | 1992 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the books My Autobiography by Charlie Chaplin and Chaplin: His Life and Art by David Robinson. |
| Wendell Corey | |||||
| Anthony Tyler Quinn | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Kevin Costner | |||||
| Ethan McDowell | The Bobby Brown Story | 2018 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Joseph Cotten | |||||
| Matthew Glave | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Joan Crawford | |||||
| Jessica Lange | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | Nominated for the Golden Globe Award and Emmy Award for Best Actress. |
| Marion Davies | |||||
| Merrie Lynn Ross | Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years | 1981 | UK | TV series | |
| Heather McNair | Chaplin | 1992 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the books My Autobiography by Charlie Chaplin and Chaplin: His Life and Art by David Robinson. |
| Bette Davis | |||||
| Susan Sarandon | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | Nominated for the Golden Globe Award and Emmy Award for Best Actress. |
| Dame Olivia de Havilland | |||||
| Catherine Zeta-Jones | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Bruce Dern | |||||
| James Hawthorn | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Marlene Dietrich | |||||
| Ksenia Prohaska | Bugsy | 1991 | USA | Film | |
| Faith Domergue | |||||
| Kelli Garner | The Aviator | 2004 | USA | Film | |
| Patty Duke | |||||
| Paris Verra | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Maxine Elliott | |||||
| Margaret Courtenay | Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years | 1981 | UK | TV series | |
| Debora Weston | Mosley | 1998 | UK | TV miniseries | An adaptation of the biographies Rules of the Game and Beyond the Pale by Nicholas Mosley. |
| Douglas Fairbanks | |||||
| Kevin Kline | Chaplin | 1992 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the books My Autobiography by Charlie Chaplin and Chaplin: His Life and Art by David Robinson. |
| James Finlayson | |||||
| Keith MacPherson | Stan & Ollie | 2018 | Canada/UK/USA | Film | |
| Ava Gardner | |||||
| Kate Beckinsale | The Aviator | 2004 | USA | Film | |
| Diana Alexandra Pocol | Judy | 2019 | UK/USA | Film | As a teenager. An adaptation of the play End of the Rainbow by Peter Quilter. |
| Judy Garland | |||||
| Samantha Spiro | Playhouse Presents, #1.11 "Psychobitches" | 2012 | UK | TV short | Comedy |
| Darci Shaw | Judy | 2019 | UK/USA | Film | Aged 15–17. An adaptation of the play End of the Rainbow by Peter Quilter. |
| Renée Zellweger | Judy | 2019 | UK/USA | Film | Won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and British Independent Film Award for Best Actress. Nominated for the AACTA International Award and Satellite Award for Best Actress. An adaptation of the play End of the Rainbow by Peter Quilter. |
| Rachel Butera | Lovecraft Country | 2020 | USA | TV series | Voice only. A loose adaptation of the novel by Matt Ruff. |
| Paulette Goddard | |||||
| Diane Lane | Chaplin | 1992 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the books My Autobiography by Charlie Chaplin and Chaplin: His Life and Art by David Robinson. |
| Gloria Grahame | |||||
| Annette Bening | Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool | 2017 | UK/USA | Film | Nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress. An adaptation of the book by Peter Turner. |
| Lita Grey | |||||
| Deborah Moore | Chaplin | 1992 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the books My Autobiography by Charlie Chaplin and Chaplin: His Life and Art by David Robinson. |
| James Henry Hackett | |||||
| Lynn Mathis | The Alamo | 2004 | USA | Film | |
| Margaret Hamilton | |||||
| Fenella Woolgar | Judy | 2019 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the play End of the Rainbow by Peter Quilter. |
| Oliver Hardy | |||||
| John C. Reilly | Stan & Ollie | 2018 | Canada/UK/USA | Film | Nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. |
| Jean Harlow | |||||
| Gwen Stefani | The Aviator | 2004 | USA | Film | |
| Mildred Harris | |||||
| Milla Jovovich | Chaplin | 1992 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the books My Autobiography by Charlie Chaplin and Chaplin: His Life and Art by David Robinson. |
| Katharine Hepburn | |||||
| Cate Blanchett | The Aviator | 2004 | USA | Film | Won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress. Nominated for the Golden Globe Award and Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress, the Empire Award for Best Actress and the Jupiter Award for Best International Actress. |
| James W. Horne: See Film directors. | |||||
| Laura Keene | |||||
| Olga Grey | The Birth of a Nation | 1915 | USA | Silent film | An adaptation of the novel The Clansman by Thomas Dixon Jr. |
| Harry Langdon | |||||
| Richard Cant | Stan & Ollie | 2018 | Canada/UK/USA | Film | |
| Bruce Lee | |||||
| Mike Moh | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | 2019 | USA | Film | |
| Tony Lip | |||||
| Viggo Mortensen | Green Book | 2018 | USA | Film | Nominated for the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, AACTA International Award and Satellite Award for Best Actor. |
| Heather Locklear | |||||
| India Batson | The Bobby Brown Story | 2018 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Jack Lord | |||||
| Eric Callero | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Lorna Luft | |||||
| Bella Ramsey | Judy | 2019 | UK/USA | Film | Aged 16. An adaptation of the play End of the Rainbow by Peter Quilter. |
| Fred MacMurray | |||||
| Tom Berklund | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Steve McQueen | |||||
| Damian Lewis | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | 2019 | USA | Film | |
| Jayne Mansfield | |||||
| Jerry-Jane Pears | Babs | 2017 | UK | TV film | |
| Richard Mansfield | |||||
| Armand Assante | Jack the Ripper | 1988 | UK/USA | TV miniseries | Nominated for the Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. |
| Wayne Maunder | |||||
| Luke Perry | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | 2019 | USA | Film | |
| Taylor Mead | |||||
| Michael Lanahan | American Horror Story: Cult | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Gary Merrill | |||||
| Mark Valley | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Liza Minnelli | |||||
| Luana Di Pasquale | Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool | 2017 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the book by Peter Turner. |
| Gemma-Leah Devereux | Judy | 2019 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the play End of the Rainbow by Peter Quilter. |
| Marilyn Monroe | |||||
| Susan Griffiths | Dark Skies | 1997 | USA | TV series | |
| Alisha Soper | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Agnes Moorehead | |||||
| Earlene Davis | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Paul Muni | |||||
| Max von Essen | 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. |
| Eddie Murphy | |||||
| Reign Morton | Whitney | 2015 | USA | Film | |
| Pola Negri | |||||
| Jennifer L. Hamilton | Passagem por Lisboa | 1994 | Portugal | Film | |
| Nick Nolte | |||||
| Paul Mitchell Rosenblum | Whitney | 2015 | USA | Film | |
| Mabel Normand | |||||
| Marisa Tomei | Chaplin | 1992 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the books My Autobiography by Charlie Chaplin and Chaplin: His Life and Art by David Robinson. |
| Andrea Deck | Mr Selfridge | 2014 | UK | TV series | |
| Patrick O'Neal | |||||
| Jake Robards | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Oona O'Neill | |||||
| Moira Kelly | Chaplin | 1992 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the books My Autobiography by Charlie Chaplin and Chaplin: His Life and Art by David Robinson. |
| Geraldine Page | |||||
| Sarah Paulson | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Michael Parks | |||||
| Cameron Cowperthwaite | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Gregory Peck | |||||
| Bryant Boon | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Mary Pickford | |||||
| Maria Pitillo | Chaplin | 1992 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the books My Autobiography by Charlie Chaplin and Chaplin: His Life and Art by David Robinson. |
| Vincent Price | |||||
| Salvator Xuereb | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Edna Purviance | |||||
| Penelope Ann Miller | Chaplin | 1992 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the books My Autobiography by Charlie Chaplin and Chaplin: His Life and Art by David Robinson. |
| George Raft | |||||
| Joe Mantegna | Bugsy | 1991 | USA | Film | |
| Matt Bailey | 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. |
| Lee Remick | |||||
| Taylor Coffman | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Burt Reynolds | |||||
| James Marsden | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | 2019 | USA | Film | Only appears in the extended version. |
| Cliff Robertson | |||||
| Kris Black | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Mickey Rooney | |||||
| Gus Barry | Judy | 2019 | UK/USA | Film | Aged 17–19. An adaptation of the play End of the Rainbow by Peter Quilter. |
| Lillian Russell | |||||
| Christina Greateaux | Lillie | 1978 | UK | TV series | |
| Eva Marie Saint | |||||
| Lindsay Hanzl | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Robert Stack | |||||
| Greg Winter | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| James Stacy | |||||
| Timothy Olyphant | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | 2019 | USA | Film | |
| Connie Stevens | |||||
| Dreama Walker | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | 2019 | USA | Film | |
| Rip Torn | |||||
| Cash Black | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Spencer Tracy | |||||
| Kevin O'Rourke | The Aviator | 2004 | USA | Film | |
| Lana Turner | |||||
| Brenda Bakke | L.A. Confidential | 1997 | USA | Film | |
| Rudolph Valentino | |||||
| Finn Wittrock | American Horror Story: Hotel | 2015 | USA | TV series | |
| Chill Wills | |||||
| Karl Jenkins | Stan & Ollie | 2018 | Canada/UK/USA | Film | |
| Natalie Wood | |||||
| Abi Young | Elvis | 1979 | USA | TV film | |
| Elizabeth Cullen | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Theatrical directors, impresarios, managers and showmen | |||||
| Henry Eugene Abbey | |||||
| Jerry Harte | Lillie | 1978 | UK | TV series | |
| P. T. Barnum | |||||
| Ray Collins | You Are There, #3.32 "P. T. Barnum Presents Jenny Lind" | 1955 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Andrew Bednarski | Barnum | 1986 | Canada | TV film | As a young boy. |
| John Roney | Barnum | 1986 | Canada | TV film | As a boy. |
| Burt Lancaster | Barnum | 1986 | Canada | TV film | |
| Heath Lamberts | Mentors, #4.3 "Humbug" | 2002 | Canada | TV episode | |
| Ellis Rubin | The Greatest Showman | 2017 | USA | Film | As a child. Musical. |
| Hugh Jackman | The Greatest Showman | 2017 | USA | Film | Nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. Musical. |
| Oscar Hammerstein I | |||||
| Robert Morley | Melba | 1953 | UK | Film | |
| David Hannum | |||||
| Roy Engel | You Are There, #4.9 "The Hoax of the Cardiff Giant" | 1955 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Sam H. Harris | |||||
| Warren Mitchell | BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #9.19 "Irving Berlin" | 1958 | UK | TV film | |
| Lincoln Kirstein | |||||
| Bob Balaban | The Monuments Men | 2014 | Germany/USA | Film | Fictionalised as Preston Savitz. A loose adaptation of the book by Robert M. Edsel & Bret Witter. |
| Pawnee Bill | |||||
| Edward Arnold | Annie Get Your Gun | 1950 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the stage musical by Irving Berlin. |
| John Totten: Manager of Carnegie Hall. | |||||
| Allan Corduner | Florence Foster Jenkins | 2016 | UK | Film | |
| George White | |||||
| Christopher John Fields | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1993 | USA | TV series | |
| Dancers and choreographers | |||||
| Josephine Baker | |||||
| Kharismisa Morris | Bill & Ted Face the Music | 2020 | USA | Film | Comedy |
| Carra Patterson | Lovecraft Country | 2020 | USA | TV series | A loose adaptation of the novel by Matt Ruff. |
| Jenny Dolly | |||||
| Zoe Richards | Mr Selfridge | 2016 | UK | TV series | |
| Rosie Dolly | |||||
| Emma Hamilton | Mr Selfridge | 2016 | UK | TV series | |
| Jane Dudley | |||||
| Anna-Louise Plowman | The Eichmann Show | 2015 | UK | TV film | |
| Ann Pennington | |||||
| Michelle Nicastro | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1993 | USA | TV series | |
| Claude Thompson: Chorographer who worked with Elvis Presley. | |||||
| Hilton Hyppolite Denis | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Comedians and other entertainers | |||||
| Chang Bunker | |||||
| Yusaku Komori | The Greatest Showman | 2017 | USA | Film | Musical |
| Eng Bunker | |||||
| Danial Son | The Greatest Showman | 2017 | USA | Film | Musical |
| Frank E. Butler | |||||
| Howard Keel | Annie Get Your Gun | 1950 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the stage musical by Irving Berlin. |
| Eddie Cantor | |||||
| Stephen DeRosa | 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. |
| Phyllis Diller | |||||
| John Flowers | Tricia's Wedding | 1971 | USA | Short | Comedy |
| Eddie Foy Sr. | |||||
| Eddie Foy Jr. | Wilson | 1944 | USA | Film | Playing his own father. |
| Theodore Hardeen | |||||
| Remy Auberjonois | 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. |
| Joice Heth | |||||
| Lorena Gale | Barnum | 1986 | Canada | TV film | |
| Harry Houdini | |||||
| Alan van Sprang | Mentors, #4.13 "A Matter of Time" | 2002 | Canada | TV episode | |
| Ben Lee | Holmes & Watson | 2018 | USA/Canada | Film | Comedy |
| Ann Livingston: Burlesque performer and girlfriend of John L. Sullivan. | |||||
| Vici Raaf | You Are There, #3.41 "The Birth of Modern Boxing" | 1955 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Annie Oakley | |||||
| Betty Hutton | Annie Get Your Gun | 1950 | USA | Film | Nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. An adaptation of the stage musical by Irving Berlin. |
| Diane Cary | Voyagers!, #12 "Buffalo Bill and Annie Play the Palace" | 1983 | USA | TV episode | |
| Reba McEntire | Buffalo Girls | 1995 | USA | TV miniseries | An adaptation of the novel by Larry McMurtry. |
| Megan Follows | Mentors, #3.10 "Anything You Can Do" | 2001 | Canada | TV episode | |
| Don Rickles | |||||
| Jim Norton | The Irishman | 2019 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt. |
| Matthew Scott: Keeper of Jumbo the elephant for P. T. Barnum. | |||||
| Tony Robinow | Barnum | 1986 | Canada | TV film | |
| General Tom Thumb | |||||
| Sandor Raski | Barnum | 1986 | Canada | TV film | |
| Sam Humphrey | The Greatest Showman | 2017 | USA | Film | Musical |
| Lavinia Warren | |||||
| Patty Maloney | Barnum | 1986 | Canada | TV film | |
| Filmmakers and film and television directors | |||||
| Robert Aldrich | |||||
| Alfred Molina | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | Nominated for the Golden Globe Award and Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor. |
| Steve Binder | |||||
| Jack Noseworthy | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Dacre Montgomery | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| William Castle | |||||
| John Waters | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| George Cukor | |||||
| John Rubinstein | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Michael Curtiz | |||||
| Scott Vance | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Walt Disney | |||||
| Christian Hoff | Walt Disney, #28.12 "Walt Disney: One Man's Dream" | 1981 | USA | TV film | As a teenager. |
| Gordon Douglas | |||||
| Ashley Robinson | Stan & Ollie | 2018 | Canada/UK/USA | Film | |
| John Ford | |||||
| Stephen Caffrey | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1994 | USA | TV series | |
| Geoffrey Blake | Midway | 2019 | USA | Film | |
| Ernest Haller | |||||
| Matt Gulbranson | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| James W. Horne | |||||
| Joseph Balderrama | Stan & Ollie | 2018 | Canada/UK/USA | Film | |
| Leo Hurwitz | |||||
| Anthony LaPaglia | The Eichmann Show | 2015 | UK | TV film | |
| Paul Morrissey | |||||
| Adam Chambers | American Horror Story: Cult | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Hal Roach | |||||
| Danny Huston | Stan & Ollie | 2018 | Canada/UK/USA | Film | |
| Mack Sennett | |||||
| Dan Aykroyd | Chaplin | 1992 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the books My Autobiography by Charlie Chaplin and Chaplin: His Life and Art by David Robinson. |
| Mark McKinney | Mentors, #3.6 "Silent Movie" | 2001 | Canada | TV episode | |
| Joseph Beattie | Mr Selfridge | 2014 | UK | TV series | |
| Eric von Stroheim | |||||
| Dana Gladstone | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1994 | USA | TV series | |
| Raoul Walsh | |||||
| Robert Beecher | Bugsy | 1991 | USA | Film | |
| Sam Wanamaker | |||||
| Nicholas Hammond | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | 2019 | USA | Film | |
| Film and television producers and executives | |||||
| Roger Ailes | |||||
| Kyle More | Vice | 2018 | USA | Film | |
| Joseph Breen | |||||
| Edward Herrmann | The Aviator | 2004 | USA | Film | |
| Milton Fruchtman | |||||
| Martin Freeman | The Eichmann Show | 2015 | UK | TV film | |
| Carl Laemmle | |||||
| David Margulies | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1994 | USA | TV series | |
| Louis B. Mayer | |||||
| Stanley DeSantis | The Aviator | 2004 | USA | Film | |
| Kerry Stein | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Richard Cordery | Judy | 2019 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the play End of the Rainbow by Peter Quilter. |
| William S. Paley | |||||
| Mitchell Ryan | Dark Skies | 1997 | USA | TV series | |
| Joseph M. Schenck | |||||
| Stewart Alexander | Stan & Ollie | 2018 | Canada/UK/USA | Film | |
| Irving Thalberg | |||||
| Bill Cusack | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1994 | USA | TV series | |
| Hal B. Wallis | |||||
| Tony Bentley | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Jack L. Warner | |||||
| Stanley Tucci | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | Nominated for the Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor. |
| Film, television and radio technicians | |||||
| Roland Totheroh | |||||
| David Duchovny | Chaplin | 1992 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the books My Autobiography by Charlie Chaplin and Chaplin: His Life and Art by David Robinson. |
| Broadcast journalists | |||||
| Marilyn Berger | |||||
| Penny Fuller | All the President's Men | 1976 | USA | Film | As Sally Aiken, based on Berger. An adaptation of the book by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward. |
| Lowell Bergman | |||||
| Christian Camargo | Manhunt: Unabomber | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Margaret Carlson | |||||
| Elaine Rivkin | Impeachment: American Crime Story | 2021 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin. |
| Bob Faw: NBC reporter. | |||||
| Blaine Gray | Impeachment: American Crime Story | 2021 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin. |
| Walter Jacobson | |||||
| Matt Kaminsky | Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story | 2022 | USA | TV series | |
| Ted Koppel | |||||
| Ron Fassler | Watchmen | 2009 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the comics by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons. |
| Steve Kroft | |||||
| Christopher May | Impeachment: American Crime Story | 2021 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin. |
| Matt Lauer | |||||
| Jason Cook | Impeachment: American Crime Story | 2021 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin. |
| Jim Lehrer | |||||
| Stewart Skelton | Impeachment: American Crime Story | 2021 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin. |
| Edward R. Murrow | |||||
| Garrick Hagon | The Nightmare Years | 1989 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the memoir by William L. Shirer. |
| Lisa Myers | |||||
| Amy Pietz | Impeachment: American Crime Story | 2021 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin. |
| Martha Raddatz | |||||
| Amy Moorman | Vice | 2018 | USA | Film | |
| Tim Russert | |||||
| Tim Redmond | Impeachment: American Crime Story | 2021 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin. |
| Richard Schlesinger | |||||
| Rob Roy Fitzgerald | The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story | 2018 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book Vulgar Favors by Maureen Orth. |
| Lawrence Spivak | |||||
| Colin Stinton | The Crown | 2019 | UK/USA | TV series | |
| Jake Tapper | |||||
| Chris Riggi | Impeachment: American Crime Story | 2021 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin. |
| Other broadcasters | |||||
| Milton Berle | |||||
| Greg Powell | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Dick Cavett | |||||
| Ted Cole | Watchmen | 2009 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the comics by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons. |
| Eleanor Clift | |||||
| Mary Ann Burger | Watchmen | 2009 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the comics by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons. |
| Jim Dunbar | |||||
| Tom Verica | Zodiac | 2007 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the books Zodiac and Zodiac Unmasked by Robert Graysmith. |
| Matthew Howell | The Real Story of..., #2.5 "Zodiac" | 2017 | UK | Film | Docudrama |
| Merv Griffin | |||||
| Paul Held | Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody | 2022 | USA | Film | |
| Larry King | |||||
| J. Paul Boehmer | Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story | 2022 | USA | TV series | |
| John McLaughlin | |||||
| Gary Houston | Watchmen | 2009 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the comics by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons. |
| Humble Harve Miller: Announcer with KHJ, a Los Angeles radio station. | |||||
| Rage Stewart | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | 2019 | USA | Film | |
| Jack Paar | |||||
| John Ducey | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Dewey Phillips | |||||
| Patrick Shearer | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Geraldo Rivera | |||||
| Demi Castro | Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story | 2022 | USA | TV series | |
| Andy Rooney | |||||
| David Bickford | Impeachment: American Crime Story | 2021 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin. |
| Ed Sullivan | |||||
| Will Jordan | Elvis | 1979 | USA | TV film | |
| Jerome Patrick Hoban | Dark Skies | 1996 | USA | TV series | |
| Jay Benedict | Cilla | 2014 | UK | TV miniseries | |
| Broadcasting executives | |||||
| David W. Burke | |||||
| Vince Tycer | Chappaquiddick | 2017 | USA | Film | |
| David Sarnoff | |||||
| Geoff Dunsworth | Titanic: The Aftermath | 2012 | Canada/UK | TV film | Docudrama |
| Joseph A. Bevilacqua | 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. |
| Media personalities | |||||
| Kris Jenner | |||||
| Selma Blair | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | 2016 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin. |
| Kato Kaelin | |||||
| Jonathon Steele | The O. J. Simpson Story | 1995 | USA | TV film | |
| Billy Magnussen | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | 2016 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin. |
| Khloé Kardashian | |||||
| Morgan Bastin | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | 2016 | USA | TV series | Aged 10–11. An adaptation of the book The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin. |
| Kim Kardashian | |||||
| Veronica Galvez | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | 2016 | USA | TV series | Aged 13–14. An adaptation of the book The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin. |
| Kourtney Kardashian | |||||
| Isabella Balbi | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | 2016 | USA | TV series | Aged 15–16. An adaptation of the book The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin. |
| Rob Kardashian | |||||
| Nicolas Bechtel | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | 2016 | USA | TV series | Aged 7–8. An adaptation of the book The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin. |
| Faye Resnick | |||||
| Connie Britton | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | 2016 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin. |
| People involved in the pornography industry | |||||
| Bob Guccione | |||||
| Michael Nouri | Manhunt: Unabomber | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Relatives and associates | |||||
| Caroline Barnum: Eldest daughter of P. T. Barnum. | |||||
| Deborah Hancock | Barnum | 1986 | Canada | TV film | |
| Austyn Johnson | The Greatest Showman | 2017 | USA | Film | As a child. Musical. |
| Charity Barnum: First wife of P. T. Barnum. | |||||
| Laura Press | Barnum | 1986 | Canada | TV film | |
| Skylar Dunn | The Greatest Showman | 2017 | USA | Film | As a child. Musical. |
| Michelle Williams | The Greatest Showman | 2017 | USA | Film | Musical |
| Helen Barnum: Second daughter of P. T. Barnum. | |||||
| Cameron Seely | The Greatest Showman | 2017 | USA | Film | As a child. Musical. |
| Nancy Barnum: Second wife of P. T. Barnum. | |||||
| Kirsten Bishopric | Barnum | 1986 | Canada | TV film | |
| Philo Barnum: Father of P. T. Barnum. | |||||
| Will Swenson | The Greatest Showman | 2017 | USA | Film | Musical |
| Mickey Deans | |||||
| Finn Wittrock | Judy | 2019 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the play End of the Rainbow by Peter Quilter. |
| Elias Disney | |||||
| Angus Scrimm | Walt Disney, #28.12 "Walt Disney: One Man's Dream" | 1981 | USA | TV film | |
| Frederick Gebhard | |||||
| Michael J. Shannon | Lillie | 1978 | UK | TV series | |
| Ethel Gumm: Mother of Judy Garland. | |||||
| Natasha Powell | Judy | 2019 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the play End of the Rainbow by Peter Quilter. |
| Thomas Norval Hepburn: Father of Katharine Hepburn. | |||||
| Kenneth Welsh | The Aviator | 2004 | USA | Film | |
| B. D. Hyman | |||||
| Kiernan Shipka | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | As a teenager. |
| Hal LeSueur | |||||
| Raymond J. Barry | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Joey Luft: Son of Judy Garland and Sidney Luft. | |||||
| Lewin Lloyd | Judy | 2019 | UK/USA | Film | Aged 13. An adaptation of the play End of the Rainbow by Peter Quilter. |
| Sidney Luft | |||||
| Rufus Sewell | Judy | 2019 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the play End of the Rainbow by Peter Quilter. |
| Natacha Rambova | |||||
| Alexandra Daddario | American Horror Story: Hotel | 2015 | USA | TV series | |
| Ludlow Ogden Smith | |||||
| J. C. MacKenzie | The Aviator | 2004 | USA | Film | |
| Phineas Taylor: Grandfather of P. T. Barnum. | |||||
| Michael Higgins | Barnum | 1986 | Canada | TV film | |
| Music | |||||
| Composers and songwriters | |||||
| Burt Bacharach | |||||
| Daniel Pirrie | Cilla | 2014 | UK | TV miniseries | |
| Irving Berlin | |||||
| Gaylord Cavallaro | BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #9.19 "Irving Berlin" | 1958 | UK | TV film | |
| Ethan Marten | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1993 | USA | TV series | |
| Alline Bullock | |||||
| Phyllis Yvonne Stickney | What's Love Got to Do with It | 1993 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the autobiography I, Tina by Tina Turner. |
| George Gershwin | |||||
| David Lawton | BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #9.19 "Irving Berlin" | 1958 | UK | TV film | |
| Steve Allen | Witness to Yesterday | 1974 | Canada | TV series | Docudrama |
| Tom Beckett | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1993–94 | USA | TV series | |
| E. Ray Goetz | |||||
| Arnold Diamond | BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #9.19 "Irving Berlin" | 1958 | UK | TV film | |
| Moss Hart | |||||
| Lee Montague | BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #9.19 "Irving Berlin" | 1958 | UK | TV film | |
| Gregg Jakobson | |||||
| Dillon Lane | Charlie Says | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the books The Family by Ed Sanders and The Long Prison Journey of Leslie Van Houten by Karlene Faith. |
| Francis Scott Key | |||||
| Andy Wood | Voyagers!, #4 "Agents of Satan" | 1982 | USA | TV episode | |
| Harry McCarthy | |||||
| Damon Kirsche | Gods and Generals | 2003 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the novel by Jeff Shaara. |
| Cole Porter | |||||
| Mark Arnold | Florence Foster Jenkins | 2016 | UK | Film | |
| David Raksin | |||||
| Michael Blevins | Chaplin | 1992 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the books My Autobiography by Charlie Chaplin and Chaplin: His Life and Art by David Robinson. |
| Al Sherman | |||||
| Dave Thomas | Mentors, #2.5 "Right Place, Right Time" | 2000 | Canada | TV episode | |
| Bette Sussman | |||||
| Amy Pawlukiewicz | Whitney | 2015 | USA | Film | |
| Ted Snyder | |||||
| Barry Shawzin | BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #9.19 "Irving Berlin" | 1958 | UK | TV film | |
| Conductors, bandleaders and musical directors | |||||
| Rickey Minor | |||||
| Dave Heard | Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody | 2022 | USA | Film | |
| André Previn | |||||
| Darren Bransford | Eric, Ernie and Me | 2017 | UK | TV film | |
| Pianists | |||||
| Cosmé McMoon | |||||
| Simon Helberg | Florence Foster Jenkins | 2016 | UK | Film | Nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. |
| Don Shirley | |||||
| Mahershala Ali | Green Book | 2018 | USA | Film | Won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actor. Nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor. |
| Opera and light opera singers | |||||
| Florence Foster Jenkins | |||||
| Meryl Streep | Florence Foster Jenkins | 2016 | UK | Film | Nominated for the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and Satellite Award for Best Actress. |
| Paul Robeson | |||||
| Kevin Jackson | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1993 | USA | TV series | |
| Lawrence Tibbett | |||||
| Joe Baker | Bugsy | 1991 | USA | Film | |
| Pop and rock singers and musicians | |||||
| Bill Black | |||||
| Elliott Street | Elvis | 1979 | USA | TV film | |
| Blake Gibbons | Elvis | 1990 | USA | TV series | |
| Clay Steakley | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Adam Dunn | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Mama Cass Elliot | |||||
| Rachel Redleaf | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | 2019 | USA | Film | |
| D. J. Fontana | |||||
| Ed Begley Jr. | Elvis | 1979 | USA | TV film | |
| Eric William Pierson | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Terepai Richmond | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Jimi Hendrix | |||||
| DazMann Still | Bill & Ted Face the Music | 2020 | USA | Film | Comedy |
| Charlie Hodge | |||||
| Ryan Rilette | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| David Gannon | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Whitney Houston | |||||
| Yaya DaCosta | Whitney | 2015 | USA | Film | |
| Demetria McKinney | Bobbi Kristina | 2017 | USA | TV film | |
| Gabrielle Dennis | The Bobby Brown Story | 2018 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Naomi Ackie | Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody | 2022 | USA | Film | |
| Janet Jackson | |||||
| Cree Davis | The Bobby Brown Story | 2018 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Jermaine Jackson | |||||
| Jaison Hunter | Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody | 2022 | USA | Film | |
| Michael Jackson | |||||
| B Howard | The Bobby Brown Story | 2018 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Al Jolson | |||||
| Harry Brunning | Royal Cavalcade | 1935 | UK | Film | |
| Eartha Kitt | |||||
| Anton Dunnigan | Tricia's Wedding | 1971 | USA | Short | Comedy |
| Jerry Lee Lewis | |||||
| Waylon Payne | Walk the Line | 2005 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the autobiographies Man in Black and Cash by Johnny Cash. |
| Madonna | |||||
| Vitta Quinn | Whitney | 2015 | USA | Film | |
| Dean Martin | |||||
| Andy DiMino | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Scotty Moore | |||||
| James Canning | Elvis | 1979 | USA | TV film | |
| Jesse Dabson | Elvis | 1990 | USA | TV series | |
| Mark Adam | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Brad Birkedahl | Walk the Line | 2005 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the autobiographies Man in Black and Cash by Johnny Cash. |
| Xavier Samuel | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Jim Morrison | |||||
| Brent David Fraser | Dark Skies | 1997 | USA | TV series | |
| Roy Orbison | |||||
| Johnathan Rice | Walk the Line | 2005 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the autobiographies Man in Black and Cash by Johnny Cash. |
| Carl Perkins | |||||
| Kid Memphis | Walk the Line | 2005 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the autobiographies Man in Black and Cash by Johnny Cash. |
| Michelle Phillips | |||||
| Rebecca Rittenhouse | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | 2019 | USA | Film | |
| Elvis Presley | |||||
| Randy Gray | Elvis | 1979 | USA | TV film | As a boy. |
| Kurt Russell | Elvis | 1979 | USA | TV film | Nominated for the Emmy Award for Best Actor. |
| Ronnie McDowell | Elvis | 1979 | USA | TV film | Singing voice only. |
| Dale Midkiff | Elvis and Me | 1988 | USA | TV miniseries | An adaptation of the book by Priscilla Presley. |
| Ronnie McDowell | Elvis and Me | 1988 | USA | TV miniseries | Singing voice only. An adaptation of the book by Priscilla Presley. |
| Lukas Cain | Elvis | 1990 | USA | TV series | As a boy. |
| Michael St. Gerard | Elvis | 1990 | USA | TV series | |
| Ronnie McDowell | Elvis | 1990 | USA | TV series | Singing voice only. |
| Todd McDurmont | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures | 1992 | USA | TV series | Comedy |
| Peter Dobson | Forrest Gump | 1994 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the novel by Winston Groom. |
| Kurt Russell | Forrest Gump | 1994 | USA | Film | Voice only. An adaptation of the novel by Winston Groom. |
| Kevin Milanese | Relic Hunter, #1.5 "Thank You Very Much" | 1999 | Canada | TV episode | |
| Jonathan Rhys Meyers | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | Won the Golden Globe Award and Satellite Award for Best Actor. Nominated for the Emmy Award for Best Actor. |
| Tyler Hilton | Walk the Line | 2005 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the autobiographies Man in Black and Cash by Johnny Cash. |
| Chaydon Jay | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | Aged 12. |
| Austin Butler | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | Won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. |
| Johnnie Ray | |||||
| John Mackay | Judy | 2019 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the play End of the Rainbow by Peter Quilter. |
| Little Richard | |||||
| Alton Mason | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Bobby Rydell | |||||
| Von Lewis | Green Book | 2018 | USA | Film | |
| Frank Sinatra | |||||
| Toby Huss | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Bruce Springsteen | |||||
| Michael John Gross | Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody | 2022 | USA | Film | |
| Sophie Tucker | |||||
| Kathy Brier | 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. |
| Ike Turner | |||||
| Laurence Fishburne | What's Love Got to Do with It | 1993 | USA | Film | Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. An adaptation of the autobiography I, Tina by Tina Turner. |
| Tina Turner | |||||
| Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly | What's Love Got to Do with It | 1993 | USA | Film | As a child. An adaptation of the autobiography I, Tina by Tina Turner. |
| Angela Bassett | What's Love Got to Do with It | 1993 | USA | Film | Won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. An adaptation of the autobiography I, Tina by Tina Turner. |
| Ron Tutt | |||||
| Alex Knight | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Jerry Vale | |||||
| Steven Van Zandt | The Irishman | 2019 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt. |
| Gene Vincent | |||||
| Carl Barât | Telstar: The Joe Meek Story | 2008 | UK | TV film | An adaptation of the play Telstar by James Hicks & Nick Moran. |
| Dionne Warwick | |||||
| Deborah Lacey | Whitney | 2015 | USA | Film | |
| Dennis Wilson | |||||
| James Trevena Brown | Charlie Says | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the books The Family by Ed Sanders and The Long Prison Journey of Leslie Van Houten by Karlene Faith. |
| Jazz musicians | |||||
| Louis Armstrong | |||||
| Byron Stripling | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1993 | USA | TV series | |
| Jeremiah Craft | Bill & Ted Face the Music | 2020 | USA | Film | Comedy |
| Troy Anderson | Capone | 2020 | USA | Film | |
| Sidney Bechet | |||||
| Jeffrey Wright | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1993 | USA | TV series | |
| Eddie Condon | |||||
| John Pavelko | Robert Montgomery Presents, #5.15 "Really the Blues" | 1953 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of Mezz Mezzrow's autobiography. |
| Mezz Mezzrow | |||||
| Jackie Cooper | Robert Montgomery Presents, #5.15 "Really the Blues" | 1953 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of Mezzrow's autobiography. |
| Jelly Roll Morton | |||||
| Billy Taylor | You Are There, #3.2 "The Emergence of Jazz" | 1954 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| King Oliver | |||||
| Louis Armstrong | You Are There, #3.2 "The Emergence of Jazz" | 1954 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Keith David | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1993 | USA | TV series | |
| Clarence Williams | |||||
| Chris Anthony Giles | 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. |
| Gospel, soul and blues singers and musicians | |||||
| Anita Baker | |||||
| Lynn Leger | Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody | 2022 | USA | Film | |
| Estelle Brown: Member of the Sweet Inspirations. | |||||
| Senayt Mebrahtu | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Arthur Crudup | |||||
| Gary Clark Jr. | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Wynonie Harris | |||||
| Marcus Lyle Brown | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Cissy Houston | |||||
| Suzzanne Douglas | Whitney | 2015 | USA | Film | |
| Princess Mariama Andrews | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Tamara Tunie | Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody | 2022 | USA | Film | |
| Mahalia Jackson | |||||
| Lendon Sadler | Tricia's Wedding | 1971 | USA | Short | Comedy |
| Ledisi | Selma | 2014 | UK/USA | Film | |
| Cle Morgan | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| B.B. King | |||||
| Kelvin Harrison Jr. | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Marie Knight | |||||
| Alyson Joyce | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Gil Scott-Heron | |||||
| Leon Bridges | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Sylvia Shemwell: Member of the Sweet Inspirations. | |||||
| Sharon Brooks | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Mamie Smith | |||||
| A'Lisa Miles | 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. |
| Myrna Smith | |||||
| Aristene Kisando | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Sister Rosetta Tharpe | |||||
| Yola | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Big Mama Thornton | |||||
| Shonka Dukureh | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| BeBe Winans | |||||
| Tim Bowman Jr. | Whitney | 2015 | USA | Film | |
| CeCe Winans | |||||
| Deborah Joy Winans | Whitney | 2015 | USA | Film | Playing her own aunt. |
| Marvin Winans | |||||
| Sly Williams | Whitney | 2015 | USA | Film | |
| Marion Blount | The Bobby Brown Story | 2018 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Country singers and musicians | |||||
| Rosie Nix Adams | |||||
| Katie Lindsey | Walk the Line | 2005 | USA | Film | As a child. An adaptation of the autobiographies Man in Black and Cash by Johnny Cash. |
| Chet Atkins | |||||
| Douglas M. Griffin | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Eddie Bond | |||||
| Hunt Scarritt | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Carlene Carter | |||||
| Victoria Hester | Walk the Line | 2005 | USA | Film | As a child. An adaptation of the autobiographies Man in Black and Cash by Johnny Cash. |
| Charlie Carter: Rhythm guitarist for Tammy Wynette. | |||||
| John Horn | Stand by Your Man | 1981 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of the autobiography by Tammy Wynette. |
| Maybelle Carter | |||||
| Sandra Ellis Lafferty | Walk the Line | 2005 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the autobiographies Man in Black and Cash by Johnny Cash. |
| Cindy Cash | |||||
| Delaney Keefe | Walk the Line | 2005 | USA | Film | As a child. An adaptation of the autobiographies Man in Black and Cash by Johnny Cash. |
| Johnny Cash | |||||
| Ridge Canipe | Walk the Line | 2005 | USA | Film | Aged 12. An adaptation of the autobiographies Man in Black and Cash by Johnny Cash. |
| Joaquin Phoenix | Walk the Line | 2005 | USA | Film | Won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. Nominated for the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Satellite Award and Gold Derby Award for Best Actor. An adaptation of the autobiographies Man in Black and Cash by Johnny Cash. |
| June Carter Cash | |||||
| Reese Witherspoon | Walk the Line | 2005 | USA | Film | Won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and Satellite Award for Best Actress. Nominated for the Empire Award and Gold Derby Award for Best Actress. An adaptation of the autobiographies Man in Black and Cash by Johnny Cash. |
| Rosanne Cash | |||||
| Hailey Anne Nelson | Walk the Line | 2005 | USA | Film | As a child. An adaptation of the autobiographies Man in Black and Cash by Johnny Cash. |
| Tommy Cash | |||||
| Wyatt Entrekin | Walk the Line | 2005 | USA | Film | Aged 5. An adaptation of the autobiographies Man in Black and Cash by Johnny Cash. |
| Cody Hanford | Walk the Line | 2005 | USA | Film | Aged 9. An adaptation of the autobiographies Man in Black and Cash by Johnny Cash. |
| Hank Garland | |||||
| Gary Desroche | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Marshall Grant | |||||
| Larry Bagby | Walk the Line | 2005 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the autobiographies Man in Black and Cash by Johnny Cash. |
| Hoyt Hawkins: Member of the Jordanaires. | |||||
| Matthew Dufour | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| W. S. Holland | |||||
| Clay Steakley | Walk the Line | 2005 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the autobiographies Man in Black and Cash by Johnny Cash. |
| Waylon Jennings | |||||
| Shooter Jennings | Walk the Line | 2005 | USA | Film | Playing his own father. An adaptation of the autobiographies Man in Black and Cash by Johnny Cash. |
| George Jones | |||||
| Tim McIntire | Stand by Your Man | 1981 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of the autobiography by Tammy Wynette. |
| Neal Matthews Jr. | |||||
| Louis Webre | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Luther Perkins | |||||
| Dan John Miller | Walk the Line | 2005 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the autobiographies Man in Black and Cash by Johnny Cash. |
| Webb Pierce | |||||
| Bud Haney | Elvis | 1990 | USA | TV series | |
| Hank Snow | |||||
| Galen Thompson | Elvis | 1979 | USA | TV film | |
| David Wenham | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Jimmie Rodgers Snow: Son of Hank Snow. | |||||
| Kodi Smit-McPhee | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Tammy Wynette | |||||
| Annette O'Toole | Stand by Your Man | 1981 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of the autobiography by Tammy Wynette. |
| R&B, hip hop and rap singers and musicians | |||||
| Babyface | |||||
| Wesley Jonathan | Whitney | 2015 | USA | Film | |
| Isaac J. Sullivan | The Bobby Brown Story | 2018 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Ricky Bell | |||||
| Elijah Kelley | The Bobby Brown Story | 2018 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Bobby Brown | |||||
| Arlen Escarpeta | Whitney | 2015 | USA | Film | |
| Hassan Johnson | Bobbi Kristina | 2017 | USA | TV film | |
| Tyler Marcel Williams | The Bobby Brown Story | 2018 | USA | TV miniseries | As a boy. |
| Woody McClain | The Bobby Brown Story | 2018 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Ashton Sanders | Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody | 2022 | USA | Film | |
| Johnny Gill | |||||
| Luke James | The Bobby Brown Story | 2018 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| James Ingram | |||||
| Justin Etheredge | The Bobby Brown Story | 2018 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Teddy Riley | |||||
| Moses Jones | The Bobby Brown Story | 2018 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Keith Sweat | |||||
| Ephraim Sykes | The Bobby Brown Story | 2018 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Tupac Shakur | |||||
| Demetrius Shipp Jr. | The Bobby Brown Story | 2018 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Stylz: Rapper and songwriter, born Jan C. Styles. | |||||
| Ryan King Scales | The Bobby Brown Story | 2018 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Ralph Tresvant | |||||
| Algee Smith | The Bobby Brown Story | 2018 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Vanilla Ice | |||||
| Johnny Martini | Whitney | 2015 | USA | Film | |
| Music managers, producers, executives and technicians | |||||
| Jheryl Busby | |||||
| Tank | The Bobby Brown Story | 2018 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Ezra Carter | |||||
| Dan Beene | Walk the Line | 2005 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the autobiographies Man in Black and Cash by Johnny Cash. |
| Clive Davis | |||||
| Mark Rolston | Whitney | 2015 | USA | Film | |
| Stanley Tucci | Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody | 2022 | USA | Film | |
| Jim Denny | |||||
| Peter Hobbs | Elvis | 1979 | USA | TV film | |
| Tom Diskin: Assistant to Colonel Tom Parker. | |||||
| Leon Ford | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Gene Griffin: Music manager. | |||||
| Marlon Yates Jr. | The Bobby Brown Story | 2018 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Gerry Griffith: A&R executive with Arista Records who discovered Whitney Houston. | |||||
| Lance A. Williams | Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody | 2022 | USA | Film | |
| Bones Howe | |||||
| Gareth Davies | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Tom Hulett: Tour promoter with Concerts West. | |||||
| Mark Leonard Winter | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Marion Keisker | |||||
| Ellen Travolta | Elvis | 1979 | USA | TV film | |
| Jill Jane Clements | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Kate Mulvany | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Suge Knight | |||||
| Dominic L. Santana | The Bobby Brown Story | 2018 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Horace Logan | |||||
| Ritchie Montgomery | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Christopher Sommers | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Terry Melcher | |||||
| Bryan Adrian | Charlie Says | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the books The Family by Ed Sanders and The Long Prison Journey of Leslie Van Houten by Karlene Faith. |
| Bob Neal | |||||
| David Graf | Elvis | 1990 | USA | TV series | |
| John Carter Cash | Walk the Line | 2005 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the autobiographies Man in Black and Cash by Johnny Cash. |
| Colonel Tom Parker | |||||
| Pat Hingle | Elvis | 1979 | USA | TV film | |
| Hugh Gillin | Elvis and Me | 1988 | USA | TV miniseries | An adaptation of the book by Priscilla Presley. |
| Randy Quaid | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | Won the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor. Nominated for the Golden Globe Award and Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor. |
| Tom Hanks | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Sam Phillips | |||||
| Charles Cyphers | Elvis | 1979 | USA | TV film | |
| Jordan Williams | Elvis | 1990 | USA | TV series | |
| Tim Guinee | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Dallas Roberts | Walk the Line | 2005 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the autobiographies Man in Black and Cash by Johnny Cash. |
| Josh McConville | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Jerry Schilling | |||||
| Mark Thomas Miller | Elvis and Me | 1988 | USA | TV miniseries | An adaptation of the book by Priscilla Presley. |
| Luke Bracey | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Billy Sherrill | |||||
| James Hampton | Stand by Your Man | 1981 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of the autobiography by Tammy Wynette. |
| Stephen H. Sholes | |||||
| Bart Hansard | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Louil Silas Jr. | |||||
| Laz Alonso | The Bobby Brown Story | 2018 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Phil Spector | |||||
| Rob LaBelle | What's Love Got to Do with It | 1993 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the autobiography I, Tina by Tina Turner. |
| Club owners and managers | |||||
| Jules Podell | |||||
| Don Stark | Green Book | 2018 | USA | Film | |
| Doug Weston | |||||
| Tate Donovan | Rocketman | 2019 | UK/USA | Film | |
| Relatives and associates | |||||
| Ann Beaulieu: Mother of Priscilla Presley. | |||||
| Linda Miller | Elvis and Me | 1988 | USA | TV miniseries | An adaptation of the book by Priscilla Presley. |
| Caroline McKinley | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Don Beaulieu: Half-brother of Priscilla Presley. | |||||
| Elden Henson | Elvis and Me | 1988 | USA | TV miniseries | Aged 10. An adaptation of the book by Priscilla Presley. |
| Erick Ratliff | Elvis and Me | 1988 | USA | TV miniseries | Aged 13. An adaptation of the book by Priscilla Presley. |
| Michelle Beaulieu: Half-sister of Priscilla Presley. | |||||
| Kristin Holstrom | Elvis and Me | 1988 | USA | TV miniseries | Aged 5. An adaptation of the book by Priscilla Presley. |
| Paul Beaulieu: Stepfather of Priscilla Presley. | |||||
| Larry Pennell | Elvis | 1979 | USA | TV film | |
| Jon Cypher | Elvis and Me | 1988 | USA | TV miniseries | An adaptation of the book by Priscilla Presley. |
| Stuart Greer | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Aubrey Brown: Memphis gas station employee with whom Elvis Presley had an altercation in 1956. | |||||
| Jaime San Andres | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Bobbi Kristina Brown | |||||
| Le'Azionna Braden | Bobbi Kristina | 2017 | USA | TV film | As a child. |
| Joy Rovaris | Bobbi Kristina | 2017 | USA | TV film | |
| Kamoni Allison | The Bobby Brown Story | 2018 | USA | TV miniseries | As a child. |
| Donshea Hopkins | The Bobby Brown Story | 2018 | USA | TV miniseries | As a teenager. |
| Bailee Lopes | Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody | 2022 | USA | Film | Aged 8–11. |
| Bria Danielle Singleton | Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody | 2022 | USA | Film | Aged 16–19. |
| Bobby Brown Jr.: Son of Bobby Brown and Kim Ward. | |||||
| Kyle Sloan | The Bobby Brown Story | 2018 | USA | TV miniseries | As a boy. |
| Carole Brown: Mother of Bobby Brown. | |||||
| Sandi McCree | The Bobby Brown Story | 2018 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Herbert Brown: Father of Bobby Brown. | |||||
| T. K. Carter | The Bobby Brown Story | 2018 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| La'Princia Brown: Daughter of Bobby Brown and Kim Ward. | |||||
| Rayven Symone Ferrell | The Bobby Brown Story | 2018 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Tommy Brown: Brother of Bobby Brown. | |||||
| Mekhi Phifer | The Bobby Brown Story | 2018 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Euple Byrd: First husband of Tammy Wynette. | |||||
| Cooper Huckabee | Stand by Your Man | 1981 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of the autobiography by Tammy Wynette. |
| Gwen Byrd: Oldest daughter of Tammy Wynette and Euple Byrd. | |||||
| Dyan Hobday | Stand by Your Man | 1981 | USA | TV film | As a child. An adaptation of the autobiography by Tammy Wynette. |
| Jackie Byrd: Middle daughter of Tammy Wynette and Euple Byrd. | |||||
| Casey Sides | Stand by Your Man | 1981 | USA | TV film | As a young child. An adaptation of the autobiography by Tammy Wynette. |
| Kelly Henson | Stand by Your Man | 1981 | USA | TV film | As an older child. An adaptation of the autobiography by Tammy Wynette. |
| Wendy Henson | Stand by Your Man | 1981 | USA | TV film | As an older child. An adaptation of the autobiography by Tammy Wynette. |
| Tina Byrd: Youngest daughter of Tammy Wynette and Euple Byrd. | |||||
| Tracy Justrich | Stand by Your Man | 1981 | USA | TV film | As a child. An adaptation of the autobiography by Tammy Wynette. |
| Carrie Cash: Mother of Johnny Cash. | |||||
| Shelby Lynne | Walk the Line | 2005 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the autobiographies Man in Black and Cash by Johnny Cash. |
| Jack Cash (died 1944): Older brother of Johnny Cash. | |||||
| Lucas Till | Walk the Line | 2005 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the autobiographies Man in Black and Cash by Johnny Cash. |
| Kathy Cash: Second child of Johnny and Vivian Cash. | |||||
| Kerris Dorsey | Walk the Line | 2005 | USA | Film | As a child. An adaptation of the autobiographies Man in Black and Cash by Johnny Cash. |
| Ray Cash: Father of Johnny Cash. | |||||
| Robert Patrick | Walk the Line | 2005 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the autobiographies Man in Black and Cash by Johnny Cash. |
| Reba Cash: Younger sister of Johnny Cash. | |||||
| Carly Nahon | Walk the Line | 2005 | USA | Film | As a child. An adaptation of the autobiographies Man in Black and Cash by Johnny Cash. |
| McGhee Monteith | Walk the Line | 2005 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the autobiographies Man in Black and Cash by Johnny Cash. |
| Vivian Cash | |||||
| Ginnifer Goodwin | Walk the Line | 2005 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the autobiographies Man in Black and Cash by Johnny Cash. |
| Robyn Crawford | |||||
| Yolonda Ross | Whitney | 2015 | USA | Film | |
| Yvonne Senat Jones | The Bobby Brown Story | 2018 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Nafessa Williams | Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody | 2022 | USA | Film | |
| Joan Esposito: First wife of Joe Esposito. | |||||
| Kimberly McArthur | Elvis and Me | 1988 | USA | TV miniseries | An adaptation of the book by Priscilla Presley. |
| Joe Esposito | |||||
| Joe Mantegna | Elvis | 1979 | USA | TV film | |
| Wayne Powers | Elvis and Me | 1988 | USA | TV miniseries | An adaptation of the book by Priscilla Presley. |
| Ian Leson | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Alicia Etheredge: Second wife of Bobby Brown. | |||||
| Alyssa Goss | The Bobby Brown Story | 2018 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Lamar Fike: Friend of Elvis Presley. | |||||
| Joseph B. Smith | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Bill Fritsch: Hell's Angel who provided security at the Altamonte Free Concert. | |||||
| Tom Hartig | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | 2019 | USA | Film | |
| Larry Geller | |||||
| Robert C. Treveiler | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Dorothy Goetz | |||||
| Joan Rice | BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #9.19 "Irving Berlin" | 1958 | UK | TV film | |
| Nick Gordon: Fiancé of Bobbi Kristina Brown. | |||||
| Nadji Jeter | Bobbi Kristina | 2017 | USA | TV film | |
| Carol Grant: Wife of Currie Grant. | |||||
| Alice Cadogan | Elvis and Me | 1988 | USA | TV miniseries | An adaptation of the book by Priscilla Presley. |
| Currie Grant: Airman who introduced Priscilla Beaulieu to Elvis Presley. | |||||
| Greg Webb | Elvis and Me | 1988 | USA | TV miniseries | An adaptation of the book by Priscilla Presley. |
| Nicholas Paoletti | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Barbara Hearn: Girlfriend of Elvis Presley. | |||||
| Jenna Kenney | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Tish Henley: Private nurse to Elvis Presley. | |||||
| Andrea Moor | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Edd Hopper: Memphis gas station manager with whom Elvis Presley had an altercation in 1956. | |||||
| Dane Rhodes | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Gary Houston: Son of Cissy Houston, older half-brother of Whitney Houston and husband of Pat Houston. | |||||
| Tongayi Chirisa | Whitney | 2015 | USA | Film | |
| Carl Kennedy | Bobbi Kristina | 2017 | USA | TV film | |
| Daniel Washington | Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody | 2022 | USA | Film | |
| John Houston: Husband of Cissy Houston and father and manager of Whitney Houston. | |||||
| James A. Watson Jr. | Whitney | 2015 | USA | Film | |
| Clarke Peters | Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody | 2022 | USA | Film | |
| Michael Houston: Older brother of Whitney Houston. | |||||
| Cornelius Smith Jr. | Whitney | 2015 | USA | Film | |
| JaQuan Malik Jones | Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody | 2022 | USA | Film | |
| Pat Houston: Sister-in-law and manager of Whitney Houston and wife of Gary Houston. | |||||
| Vivica A. Fox | Bobbi Kristina | 2017 | USA | TV film | |
| Kris Sidberry | Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody | 2022 | USA | Film | |
| Clara Jones: Mother of George Jones. | |||||
| Ivy Bethune | Stand by Your Man | 1981 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of the autobiography by Tammy Wynette. |
| George Klein | |||||
| Alex Radu | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Bernard Lansky | |||||
| Bill Painter | Elvis | 1990 | USA | TV series | |
| Anthony LaPaglia | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Guy Lansky | |||||
| Michael Vails | Elvis | 1990 | USA | TV series | |
| Dixie Locke: First girlfriend of Elvis Presley. | |||||
| Jennifer Rae Westley | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Natasha Bassett | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Lottie Estelle McCarthy: Wife of Harry McCarthy. | |||||
| Dana Stackpole | Gods and Generals | 2003 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the novel by Jeff Shaara. |
| Ellin Mackay | |||||
| Anne Kimbell | BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #9.19 "Irving Berlin" | 1958 | UK | TV film | |
| Melika Payne: Girlfriend of Bobby Brown. | |||||
| Brittney Level | The Bobby Brown Story | 2018 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Clettes Smith Presley: Sister of Gladys Presley and aunt of Elvis Presley. | |||||
| Jo Lynne Palmer | Elvis | 1990 | USA | TV series | |
| Dee Presley: Second wife of Vernon Presley and stepmother of Elvis Presley. | |||||
| Cynthia Harrison | Elvis and Me | 1988 | USA | TV miniseries | An adaptation of the book by Priscilla Presley. |
| Natalie Bassingthwaighte | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Gladys Presley: Mother of Elvis Presley. | |||||
| Shelley Winters | Elvis | 1979 | USA | TV film | |
| Millie Perkins | Elvis | 1990 | USA | TV series | |
| Camryn Manheim | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | Nominated for the Golden Globe Award, Emmy Award and Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress. |
| Helen Thomson | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Lisa Marie Presley | |||||
| Felicia Fenske | Elvis | 1979 | USA | TV film | As a child. |
| Sarah Martineck | Elvis and Me | 1988 | USA | TV miniseries | Aged 4. An adaptation of the book by Priscilla Presley. |
| Minnie Mae Presley: Mother of Vernon Presley and grandmother of Elvis Presley. | |||||
| Meg Wyllie | Elvis | 1979 | USA | TV film | |
| Anne Haney | Elvis and Me | 1988 | USA | TV miniseries | An adaptation of the book by Priscilla Presley. |
| Marion Zinser | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Liz Blackett | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Patsy Presley: Later Patsy Presley Gambill; cousin of Elvis Presley. | |||||
| Linda Dona | Elvis and Me | 1988 | USA | TV miniseries | An adaptation of the book by Priscilla Presley. |
| Priscilla Presley | |||||
| Season Hubley | Elvis | 1979 | USA | TV film | |
| Susan Walters | Elvis and Me | 1988 | USA | TV miniseries | An adaptation of the book by Priscilla Presley. |
| Antonia Bernath | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Olivia DeJonge | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Vernon Presley: Father of Elvis Presley. | |||||
| Bing Russell | Elvis | 1979 | USA | TV film | |
| Billy Green Bush | Elvis and Me | 1988 | USA | TV miniseries | An adaptation of the book by Priscilla Presley. |
| Billy Green Bush | Elvis | 1990 | USA | TV series | |
| Robert Patrick | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Richard Roxburgh | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Mildred Pugh: Mother of Tammy Wynette. | |||||
| Helen Page Camp | Stand by Your Man | 1981 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of the autobiography by Tammy Wynette. |
| Billy Smith: Cousin and close friend of Elvis Presley. | |||||
| Jesse Henecke | Elvis and Me | 1988 | USA | TV miniseries | An adaptation of the book by Priscilla Presley. |
| Charles Grounds | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Gene Smith: Cousin and close friend of Elvis Presley. | |||||
| Cody Wilson Hampton | Elvis and Me | 1988 | USA | TV miniseries | An adaptation of the book by Priscilla Presley. |
| Randy McDowell | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Junior Smith: Cousin and close friend of Elvis Presley. | |||||
| Tom Humbarger | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Kim Ward: Girlfriend of Bobby Brown. | |||||
| Nafessa Williams | Whitney | 2015 | USA | Film | |
| Asia'h Epperson | The Bobby Brown Story | 2018 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Ray Watson: Bodyguard to Whitney Houston who discovered her body. | |||||
| Ricco Ross | Bobbi Kristina | 2017 | USA | TV film | |
| DJames Jones | The Bobby Brown Story | 2018 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Red West | |||||
| Robert Gray | Elvis | 1979 | USA | TV film | |
| John Boyd West | Elvis | 2005 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Christian McCarty | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Sonny West | |||||
| Les Lannom | Elvis | 1979 | USA | TV film | |
| Mike Bingaman | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | |
| Trade, commerce, finance and industry | |||||
| Financiers and bankers | |||||
| Bernard Baruch | |||||
| Francis X. Bushman | Wilson | 1944 | USA | Film | |
| Sam Wanamaker | Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years | 1981 | UK | TV series | |
| Diamond Jim Brady | |||||
| David Healy | Lillie | 1978 | UK | TV series | |
| Robert W. Haack: President of the New York Stock Exchange from 1967 to 1972. | |||||
| Stephen Mailer | The Post | 2017 | USA | Film | |
| Leonard Jerome | |||||
| Dan O'Herlihy | Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill | 1974 | UK | TV series | |
| J. P. Morgan | |||||
| Milton Selzer | Omnibus, #8.1 "He Shall Have Power" | 1960 | USA | TV film | |
| Robert Ackerman | Voyagers!, #5 "Worlds Apart" | 1982 | USA | TV episode | |
| Robert Ackerman | Voyagers!, #7 "The Day the Rebs Took Lincoln" | 1982 | USA | TV episode | |
| J. P. Morgan Jr. | |||||
| Michael Culkin | Shackleton | 2002 | UK | TV miniseries | |
| Accountants | |||||
| Morris C. Troper | |||||
| Ben Gazzara | Voyage of the Damned | 1976 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the book by Gordon Thomas & Max Morgan-Witts. |
| Other businesspeople | |||||
| Frederick Lothrop Ames | |||||
| Alan Hewitt | The Adams Chronicles | 1976 | USA | TV series | |
| Elizabeth Arden | |||||
| Madeleine Potter | Mr Selfridge | 2016 | UK | TV series | |
| Vincent Astor | |||||
| Dennis Envoldsen | Titanic: The Aftermath | 2012 | Canada/UK | TV film | Docudrama |
| J. Paul Beitler: Prominent Chicago real estate developer. | |||||
| Jack Armstrong | The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story | 2018 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book Vulgar Favors by Maureen Orth. |
| Moses Brown | |||||
| Tim Robbins | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Peter Cooper | |||||
| Philip Bosco | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Noah Dietrich | |||||
| John C. Reilly | The Aviator | 2004 | USA | Film | |
| Sidney Dillon | |||||
| Edwin Steffe | The Adams Chronicles | 1976 | USA | TV series | |
| Thomas C. Durant | |||||
| Harris Brown | You Are There, #3.31 "The Completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad" | 1955 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| James Graham Fair | |||||
| Paul Birch | You Are There, #4.20 "The Great Comstock Silver Strike" | 1956 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| John Murray Forbes | |||||
| Raymond Bramley | You Are There, #2.14 "The Gettysburg Address" | 1953 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Henry Ford | |||||
| Roy Engel | You Are There, #4.6 "The Secret Message that Plunged America into World War I" | 1955 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Samuel Fraunces | |||||
| Malcolm Lee Beggs | You Are There, #3.27 "Washington's Farewell to His Officers" | 1955 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Cuba Gooding Jr. | The Book of Negroes | 2015 | Canada | TV series | |
| Jay Gould | |||||
| Paul Hecht | The Adams Chronicles | 1976 | USA | TV series | |
| Robert E. Gross | |||||
| Brent Spiner | The Aviator | 2004 | USA | Film | |
| Pattillo Higgins | |||||
| Robert Bray | You Are There, #4.12 "Spindletop: The First Great Texas Oil Strike" | 1955 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Charles O. Holliday | |||||
| Barry Mulholland | Dark Waters | 2019 | USA | Film | |
| Gardiner Greene Hubbard | |||||
| Charles Coburn | The Story of Alexander Graham Bell | 1939 | USA | Film | |
| John Randolph | Voyagers!, #19 "Barriers of Sound" | 1983 | USA | TV episode | |
| Howard Hughes | |||||
| Madison Mason | Dark Skies | 1996 | USA | TV series | |
| Jacob Davich | The Aviator | 2004 | USA | Film | Aged 9. |
| Leonardo DiCaprio | The Aviator | 2004 | USA | Film | Won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. Nominated for the Academy Award, BAFTA Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor and the Jupiter Award for Best International Actor. |
| Lee Iacocca | |||||
| Walter Addison | Watchmen | 2009 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the comics by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons. |
| Chauncey Jerome | |||||
| Sam LeMarquand | Barnum | 1986 | Canada | TV film | |
| Kirk Kerkorian | |||||
| Anthony Phelan | Elvis | 2022 | Australia/USA | Film | As Meyer Kohn. |
| William C. Kingsley | |||||
| Shane Rimmer | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, #2 "The Brooklyn Bridge" | 2003 | UK | TV film | Docudrama |
| Chiswell Langhorne | |||||
| Dan O'Herlihy | Nancy Astor | 1982 | UK | TV series | |
| Pierre Lorillard IV | |||||
| George Roubicek | Lillie | 1978 | UK | TV series | |
| Anthony Francis Lucas | |||||
| Parley Baer | You Are There, #4.12 "Spindletop: The First Great Texas Oil Strike" | 1955 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Clarence Mackay | |||||
| James Dyrenforth | BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #9.19 "Irving Berlin" | 1958 | UK | TV film | |
| John William Mackay | |||||
| Mack Williams | You Are There, #4.20 "The Great Comstock Silver Strike" | 1956 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Marilyn Miglin | |||||
| Judith Light | The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story | 2018 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book Vulgar Favors by Maureen Orth. Nominated for the Emmy Award and Critics' Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress. |
| J. P. Morgan | |||||
| Chris Noth | Titanic: Blood and Steel | 2012 | Canada/France/Ireland/Italy | TV series | |
| Harold Nelson: General manager of Associated Milk Producers Inc, convicted of illegal payments to the Nixon campaign. | |||||
| Jeff Mash | Playhouse Presents, #1.3 "Nixon's the One" | 2012 | UK | TV short | |
| William Orton | |||||
| Jonathan Hale | The Story of Alexander Graham Bell | 1939 | USA | Film | |
| William Chapman Ralston | |||||
| Willis Bouchey | You Are There, #5.2 "The Great Diamond Fraud" | 1956 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Lynda Resnick | |||||
| Celeste Arias | The Post | 2017 | USA | Film | |
| John D. Rockefeller | |||||
| Ralph Fiennes | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Francis Rotch: Owner of one of the ships in the Boston Tea Party. | |||||
| Gene Lyons | You Are There, #1.3 "The Boston Tea Party" | 1953 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Michael Emmet | You Are There, #3.43 "Boston Tea Party (Restaged)" | 1955 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Thomas Sanders: A sponsor of Alexander Graham Bell. | |||||
| Gene Lockhart | The Story of Alexander Graham Bell | 1939 | USA | Film | |
| Quincy Adams Shaw | |||||
| Robert Arden | Nancy Astor | 1982 | UK | TV series | |
| Samuel Slater | |||||
| Stanley Tucci | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Al Steele | |||||
| Jon Morgan Woodward | Feud: Bette and Joan | 2017 | USA | TV series | |
| Charles Lewis Tiffany | |||||
| Charles Meredith | You Are There, #5.2 "The Great Diamond Fraud" | 1956 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Cornelius Vanderbilt | |||||
| Rick Jason | Around the World in 80 Days | 1989 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the novel by Jules Verne. |
| Elkanah Watson | |||||
| Jefferson Mays | Benjamin Franklin | 2002 | USA | TV series | Docudrama |
| Del Webb | |||||
| Andy Romano | Bugsy | 1991 | USA | Film | |
| Francis Rope Webb: American businessman and consul in Zanzibar who helped Stanley. | |||||
| Harlan Warde | You Are There, #4.21 "When Stanley Finds Livingstone" | 1956 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Sarah Winchester | |||||
| Helen Mirren | Winchester | 2018 | Australia/USA | Film | Nominated for the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress. |
| Frank Winfield Woolworth | |||||
| Michael Brandon | Mr Selfridge | 2013 | UK | TV series | |
| Relatives and associates | |||||
| Allene Hughes: Mother of Howard Hughes. | |||||
| Amy Sloan | The Aviator | 2004 | USA | Film | |
| Nanaire Langhorne: Wife of Chiswell Langhorne and mother of Nancy Astor. | |||||
| Sylvia Sims | Nancy Astor | 1982 | UK | TV series | |
| Johnny Meyer: Publicist to and close friend of Howard Hughes. | |||||
| Adam Scott | The Aviator | 2004 | USA | Film | |
| Jennie Woolworth: Wife of F. W. Woolworth. | |||||
| Lisa Eichhorn | Mr Selfridge | 2013 | UK | TV series | |
| Transport | |||||
| Railway executives and industrialists | |||||
| Charles Francis Adams Jr. | |||||
| Kirk Uhler | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, #4 "Transcontinental Railway" | 2003 | UK | TV film | Docudrama |
| Charles Crocker | |||||
| Mark Camaren | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, #4 "Transcontinental Railway" | 2003 | UK | TV film | Docudrama |
| Henry Douglas: Railway entrepreneur and former U.S. Army engineer. | |||||
| Jerry Harte | Nancy Astor | 1982 | UK | TV series | |
| Thomas C. Durant | |||||
| Robert Young | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, #4 "Transcontinental Railway" | 2003 | UK | TV film | Docudrama |
| Henry Varnum Poor | |||||
| Nick Scoggin | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, #4 "Transcontinental Railway" | 2003 | UK | TV film | Docudrama |
| Leland Stanford | |||||
| Jeff York | You Are There, #3.31 "The Completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad" | 1955 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Bob Sáenz | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, #4 "Transcontinental Railway" | 2003 | UK | TV film | Docudrama |
| Crew of the whaler Essex | |||||
| William Bond (died 1821): Steward. | |||||
| John Boyega | The Whale | 2013 | UK | TV film | |
| Gary Beadle | In the Heart of the Sea | 2015 | USA/Spain | Film | An adaptation of the book by Nathaniel Philbrick. |
| Thomas Chapple: Helsman and survivor. | |||||
| Paul Anderson | In the Heart of the Sea | 2015 | USA/Spain | Film | As Caleb Chappel. An adaptation of the book by Nathaniel Philbrick. |
| Owen Chase: First mate and survivor. | |||||
| Jonas Armstrong | The Whale | 2013 | UK | TV film | |
| Chris Hemsworth | In the Heart of the Sea | 2015 | USA/Spain | Film | An adaptation of the book by Nathaniel Philbrick. |
| Owen Coffin | |||||
| Jassa Ahluwalia | The Whale | 2013 | UK | TV film | |
| Frank Dillane | In the Heart of the Sea | 2015 | USA/Spain | Film | As Henry Coffin. An adaptation of the book by Nathaniel Philbrick. |
| Isaac Cole (died 1821) | |||||
| Jamie Sives | In the Heart of the Sea | 2015 | USA/Spain | Film | An adaptation of the book by Nathaniel Philbrick. |
| Obed Hendricks (died 1821) | |||||
| Ferdinand Kingsley | The Whale | 2013 | UK | TV film | |
| Matthew Joy (died 1821): Second mate. | |||||
| Paul Kaye | The Whale | 2013 | UK | TV film | |
| Cillian Murphy | In the Heart of the Sea | 2015 | USA/Spain | Film | An adaptation of the book by Nathaniel Philbrick. |
| Benjamin Lawrence (died 1879): Survivor. | |||||
| Jolyon Coy | The Whale | 2013 | UK | TV film | |
| Joseph Mawle | In the Heart of the Sea | 2015 | USA/Spain | Film | An adaptation of the book by Nathaniel Philbrick. |
| Thomas Nickerson: Cabin boy and survivor. | |||||
| Charles Furness | The Whale | 2013 | UK | TV film | Aged 14. |
| Martin Sheen | The Whale | 2013 | UK | TV film | As an old man. |
| Tom Holland | In the Heart of the Sea | 2015 | USA/Spain | Film | Aged 14. An adaptation of the book by Nathaniel Philbrick. |
| Brendan Gleeson | In the Heart of the Sea | 2015 | USA/Spain | Film | Aged 45. An adaptation of the book by Nathaniel Philbrick. |
| Richard Peterson (died 1821) | |||||
| David Gyasi | The Whale | 2013 | UK | TV film | |
| Osy Ikhile | In the Heart of the Sea | 2015 | USA/Spain | Film | An adaptation of the book by Nathaniel Philbrick. |
| George Pollard Jr.: Master and survivor. | |||||
| Adam Rayner | The Whale | 2013 | UK | TV film | |
| Benjamin Walker | In the Heart of the Sea | 2015 | USA/Spain | Film | An adaptation of the book by Nathaniel Philbrick. |
| Charles Ramsdell (died 1866): Survivor. | |||||
| Sam Keeley | In the Heart of the Sea | 2015 | USA/Spain | Film | An adaptation of the book by Nathaniel Philbrick. |
| Barzillai Ray (died 1821) | |||||
| Edward Ashley | In the Heart of the Sea | 2015 | USA/Spain | Film | An adaptation of the book by Nathaniel Philbrick. |
| Isaiah Sheppard (died 1821) | |||||
| Morgan Chetcuti | In the Heart of the Sea | 2015 | USA/Spain | Film | An adaptation of the book by Nathaniel Philbrick. |
| Lawson Thomas (died 1821) | |||||
| Kierron Quest | In the Heart of the Sea | 2015 | USA/Spain | Film | An adaptation of the book by Nathaniel Philbrick. |
| Seth Weeks (died 1887): Survivor. | |||||
| Nick Tabone | In the Heart of the Sea | 2015 | USA/Spain | Film | An adaptation of the book by Nathaniel Philbrick. |
| William Wright: Survivor. | |||||
| Luca Tosi | In the Heart of the Sea | 2015 | USA/Spain | Film | An adaptation of the book by Nathaniel Philbrick. |
| Other seamen and boatmen | |||||
| Benjamin Briggs | |||||
| David Blake Kelly | Doctor Who, #2.30–35 "The Chase" | 1965 | UK | TV serial | |
| Mike Fink | |||||
| Jeff York | Walt Disney's Disneyland, "Davy Crockett" | 1955 | USA | TV serial | |
| Jeff York | Davy Crockett and the River Pirates | 1956 | USA | Film | Re-edited from the TV serial. |
| Andrew Gilling: Second mate of the Mary Celeste. | |||||
| Patrick Carter | Doctor Who, #2.30–35 "The Chase" | 1965 | UK | TV serial | |
| Edward William Head: Steward on the Mary Celeste. | |||||
| Jack Pitt | Doctor Who, #2.30–35 "The Chase" | 1965 | UK | TV serial | |
| Richard Phillips | |||||
| Tom Hanks | Captain Phillips | 2013 | USA | Film | Nominated for the BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, AACTA International Award, Empire Award and Satellite Award for Best Actor. An adapation of the book A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips. |
| Albert G. Richardson: First mate of the Mary Celeste. | |||||
| Dennis Chinnery | Doctor Who, #2.30–35 "The Chase" | 1965 | UK | TV serial | |
| William Rotch | |||||
| Richard Peel | The Bastard | 1978 | USA | TV miniseries | An adaptation of the novel by John Jakes. |
| Aviators and aviation pioneers | |||||
| Harold M. Bixby | |||||
| Michael Currie | Voyagers!, #10 "An Arrow Pointing East" | 1982 | USA | TV episode | |
| Dick Blythe | |||||
| William Wintersole | Voyagers!, #10 "An Arrow Pointing East" | 1982 | USA | TV episode | |
| Octave Chanute | |||||
| David Hurst | NET Playhouse, #5.31 "The Wright Brothers" | 1971 | USA | TV film | |
| Jacqueline Cochran | |||||
| Helen Slater | Half a World Away | 1991 | Australia | TV miniseries | |
| Amelia Earhart | |||||
| Geraldine Brooks | You Are There, "The Mystery of Amelia Earhart" | 1971 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Martha Burns | Witness to Yesterday | 1998 | Canada | TV series | Docudrama |
| Amy Adams | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | 2009 | USA | Film | Comedy |
| Linda Ayliff | Bill & Ted Face the Music | 2020 | USA | Film | Comedy |
| Cornelia Fort | |||||
| Jeff Donnell | 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. |
| Jack Frye | |||||
| Danny Huston | The Aviator | 2004 | USA | Film | |
| Zantford Granville: Known as Granny Granville; a founder of Granville Brothers Aircraft. | |||||
| Gus Mercurio | Half a World Away | 1991 | Australia | TV miniseries | |
| Howard Hughes: See Businesspeople | |||||
| Samuel Pierpont Langley | |||||
| Rusty Lane | You Are There, #3.21 "The First Flight of the Wright Brothers" | 1955 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Charles Lindbergh | |||||
| Burnell Tucker | Second Verdict, #1 "The Lindbergh Kidnapping" | 1976 | UK | TV film | Docudrama |
| Jonathan Frakes | Voyagers!, #10 "An Arrow Pointing East" | 1982 | USA | TV episode | |
| Martin Sheen | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Thaddeus S. C. Lowe | |||||
| Stuart Whitman | The Wonderful World of Disney, #19.4–6 "The High Flying Spy" | 1972 | USA | TV serial | |
| Harry Lyon | |||||
| Hardy Stow | A Thousand Skies | 1985 | Australia | TV miniseries | |
| Fred Noonan | |||||
| Thomas Connelly | You Are There, "The Mystery of Amelia Earhart" | 1971 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Richard Ogg: Captain of Pan Am Flight 6. | |||||
| Charles Cooper | Robert Montgomery Presents, #8.29 "One Minute to Ditch" | 1957 | USA | TV film | |
| Clyde Pangborn | |||||
| David Arnett | Half a World Away | 1991 | Australia | TV miniseries | |
| George R. Pond | |||||
| Jeff Truman | A Thousand Skies | 1985 | Australia | TV miniseries | |
| Eddie Rickenbacker | |||||
| Peter Frechette | Voyagers!, #1 "Voyagers" | 1982 | USA | TV episode | |
| Jeffrey Skiles | |||||
| Aaron Eckhart | Sully | 2016 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the autobiography Highest Duty by Chesley Sullenberger & Jeffrey Zaslow. |
| Lowell Smith | |||||
| Malcolm Cork | A Thousand Skies | 1985 | Australia | TV miniseries | |
| Wesley Smith | |||||
| Duke Bannister | Half a World Away | 1991 | Australia | TV miniseries | |
| Sully Sullenberger | |||||
| Blake Jones | Sully | 2016 | USA | Film | Aged 16. An adaptation of the autobiography Highest Duty by Chesley Sullenberger & Jeffrey Zaslow. |
| Tom Hanks | Sully | 2016 | USA | Film | Nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Actor. An adaptation of the autobiography Highest Duty by Chesley Sullenberger & Jeffrey Zaslow. |
| Juan Trippe | |||||
| Alec Baldwin | The Aviator | 2004 | USA | Film | |
| Roscoe Turner | |||||
| Barry Bostwick | Half a World Away | 1991 | Australia | TV miniseries | |
| Raymond Ducasse | The Aviator | 2004 | USA | Film | |
| James Warner | |||||
| David Arnett | A Thousand Skies | 1985 | Australia | TV miniseries | |
| Orville Wright | |||||
| William Prince | You Are There, #3.21 "The First Flight of the Wright Brothers" | 1955 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| James Keach | NET Playhouse, #5.31 "The Wright Brothers" | 1971 | USA | TV film | |
| Donald Petrie | Voyagers!, #1 "Voyagers" | 1982 | USA | TV episode | |
| Robin Williams | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Luke Wilson | Around the World in 80 Days | 2004 | USA | Film | Comedy. An adaptation of the novel by Jules Verne. |
| Thomas Lennon | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | 2009 | USA | Film | Comedy |
| Wilbur Wright | |||||
| James Gregory | You Are There, #3.21 "The First Flight of the Wright Brothers" | 1955 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Stacy Keach | NET Playhouse, #5.31 "The Wright Brothers" | 1971 | USA | TV film | |
| Ed Begley Jr. | Voyagers!, #1 "Voyagers" | 1982 | USA | TV episode | |
| Robin Williams | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Owen Wilson | Around the World in 80 Days | 2004 | USA | Film | Comedy. An adaptation of the novel by Jules Verne. |
| Robert Ben Garant | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | 2009 | USA | Film | Comedy |
| Astronauts | |||||
| Buzz Aldrin | |||||
| Corey Stoll | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Felix Scott | The Crown | 2019 | UK/USA | TV series | |
| William Anders | |||||
| Ryan Clay Forbes | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Neil Armstrong | |||||
| Ryan Gosling | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Henry Pettigrew | The Crown | 2019 | UK/USA | TV series | |
| Frank Borman | |||||
| George Linkenback | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Scott Carpenter | |||||
| Travis Smith | Hidden Figures | 2016 | USA | Film | |
| Chandler Barron | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Roger B. Chaffee | |||||
| Cory Michael Smith | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Michael Collins | |||||
| Lukas Haas | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Andrew-Lee Potts | The Crown | 2019 | UK/USA | TV series | |
| Pete Conrad | |||||
| Ethan Embry | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Gordon Cooper | |||||
| Joe Hardy Jr. | Hidden Figures | 2016 | USA | Film | |
| William Gregory Lee | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| John Glenn | |||||
| Glen Powell | Hidden Figures | 2016 | USA | Film | |
| John David Whalen | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Richard F. Gordon Jr. | |||||
| Skyler Bible | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Gus Grissom | |||||
| Devin McGee | Hidden Figures | 2016 | USA | Film | |
| Shea Whigham | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Fred Haise | |||||
| Kent Wagner | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. | |||||
| Perry Zulu Jr. | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Jim Lovell | |||||
| Pablo Schreiber | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Ken Mattingly | |||||
| Andrew Stahl | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Wally Schirra | |||||
| Glenn Allen | Hidden Figures | 2016 | USA | Film | |
| Shawn Eric Jones | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| David Scott | |||||
| Christopher Abbott | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Elliot See | |||||
| Patrick Fugit | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Alan Shepard | |||||
| Dane Davenport | Hidden Figures | 2016 | USA | Film | |
| Deke Slayton | |||||
| Evan Holtzman | Hidden Figures | 2016 | USA | Film | |
| Kyle Chandler | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Joseph A. Walker | |||||
| Brian d'Arcy James | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Ed White | |||||
| Jason Clarke | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| John Young | |||||
| Choppy Guillotte | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Other people associated with NASA | |||||
| Donald Babbitt: Engineer. | |||||
| William G. Tomek | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Charles A. Berry: Flight surgeon. | |||||
| Greg Puckett | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Stanley P. Butchart: Test pilot. | |||||
| Brady Smith | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Luke Castleberry: Engineer. | |||||
| William Conway | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Kazimierz Czarnecki | |||||
| Aleksander Krupa | Hidden Figures | 2016 | USA | Film | As Karl Zielinski, heavily based on Czarnecki. |
| Kurt H. Debus | |||||
| James R. Hansen | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| James Fucci: The capsule communicator for Gemini 8. | |||||
| Willie Repoley | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Robert R. Gilruth | |||||
| Kevin Costner | Hidden Figures | 2016 | USA | Film | As Al Harrison, heavily based on Gilruth. |
| Ciarán Hinds | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| David Hammock: Engineer. | |||||
| Jim Stearns | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Paul Haney: Public affairs officer. | |||||
| Mark Armstrong | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. Mark Armstrong is Neil Armstrong's younger son. |
| John Hodge | |||||
| Ben Owen | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Mary Jackson | |||||
| Janelle Monáe | Hidden Figures | 2016 | USA | Film | |
| Katherine Johnson | |||||
| Lidya Jewett | Hidden Figures | 2016 | USA | Film | As a child. |
| Taraji P. Henson | Hidden Figures | 2016 | USA | Film | Nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Actress. |
| Christopher C. Kraft Jr. | |||||
| J. D. Evermore | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Bill Moon: Flight controller. | |||||
| Michael Lee Kimel | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| George Mueller | |||||
| Kermit Rolison | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Joseph W. Schmitt | |||||
| Robert Hatch | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Dorothy Vaughan | |||||
| Octavia Spencer | Hidden Figures | 2016 | USA | Film | Nominated for the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award and Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress. |
| James E. Webb | |||||
| Ken Strunk | Hidden Figures | 2016 | USA | Film | |
| Günter Wendt | |||||
| Steve Coulter | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Chuck Yeager | |||||
| Matthew Glave | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Relatives and associates | |||||
| Janet Armstrong: Wife of Neil Armstrong. | |||||
| Claire Foy | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Sarah Briggs: Wife of Benjamin Briggs. | |||||
| Marilyn Gothard | Doctor Who, #2.30–35 "The Chase" | 1965 | UK | TV serial | |
| Marilyn See: Wife of Elliot See. | |||||
| Kris Swanberg | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Louise Brewer Shepard: Wife of Alan Shepard. | |||||
| Rebekah Boroughs | Hidden Figures | 2016 | USA | Film | |
| Patricia White: Wife of Ed White. | |||||
| Olivia Hamilton | First Man | 2018 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the biography by James R. Hansen. |
| Sport and leisure | |||||
| Baseball players | |||||
| Willie Mays | |||||
| Eugene Lee | The O. J. Simpson Story | 1995 | USA | TV film | |
| Jackie Robinson | |||||
| Robert Hamilton | Lovecraft Country | 2020 | USA | TV series | A loose adaptation of the novel by Matt Ruff. |
| Babe Ruth | |||||
| William Lucking | Voyagers!, #6 "Cleo and the Babe" | 1982 | USA | TV episode | |
| Reece Loustalot | Bill & Ted Face the Music | 2020 | USA | Film | Comedy |
| Boxers | |||||
| James J. Corbett | |||||
| Pat Conway | You Are There, #3.41 "The Birth of Modern Boxing" | 1955 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Jack Dempsey | |||||
| Devin Harjes | 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. |
| Professor Mike Donovan | |||||
| Clark Sanchez | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Joe Louis | |||||
| Sam Scarber | Voyagers!, #18 "All Fall Down" | 1983 | USA | TV episode | |
| John Shanssey | |||||
| George Mathews | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | 1957 | USA | Film | |
| Don Diamond | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1957 | USA | TV series | |
| Michael McGrady | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| John L. Sullivan | |||||
| Jeff York | You Are There, #3.41 "The Birth of Modern Boxing" | 1955 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| American football players | |||||
| A. C. Cowlings | |||||
| Terrence Howard | The O. J. Simpson Story | 1995 | USA | TV film | As a young man. |
| David Roberson | The O. J. Simpson Story | 1995 | USA | TV film | |
| Malcolm-Jamal Warner | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | 2016 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin. |
| O. J. Simpson | |||||
| Bumper Robinson | The O. J. Simpson Story | 1995 | USA | TV film | As a young man. |
| Bobby Hosea | The O. J. Simpson Story | 1995 | USA | TV film | |
| Cuba Gooding Jr. | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | 2016 | USA | TV series | Nominated for the Emmy Award, Satellite Award, Critics' Choice Television Award and Black Reel Award for Best Actor. An adaptation of the book The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin. |
| American football coaches | |||||
| Bear Bryant | |||||
| Sonny Shroyer | Forrest Gump | 1994 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the novel by Winston Groom. |
| Racing drivers | |||||
| Mario Andretti | |||||
| Kristofer Dayne | Rush | 2013 | Germany/UK/USA | Film | |
| Brett Lunger | |||||
| Rob Austin | Rush | 2013 | Germany/UK/USA | Film | |
| Rowers | |||||
| John B. Kelly Jr. | |||||
| Nathan Wiley | Bert and Dickie | 2012 | UK | TV film | |
| Runners | |||||
| Charley Paddock | |||||
| Dennis Christopher | Chariots of Fire | 1981 | UK | Film | |
| Jackson Scholz | |||||
| Brad Davis | Chariots of Fire | 1981 | UK | Film | |
| Mountaineers | |||||
| Neal Beidleman | |||||
| Ned Vaughn | Into Thin Air: Death on Everest | 1997 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of the book by Jon Krakauer. |
| Tom Goodman-Hill | Everest | 2015 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the book Left for Dead by Beck Weathers. |
| David Breashears | |||||
| Micah Hauptman | Everest | 2015 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the book Left for Dead by Beck Weathers. |
| Scott Fischer | |||||
| Peter Horton | Into Thin Air: Death on Everest | 1997 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of the book by Jon Krakauer. |
| Jake Gyllenhaal | Everest | 2015 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the book Left for Dead by Beck Weathers. |
| Charlotte Fox | |||||
| Romilly Weeks | Into Thin Air: Death on Everest | 1997 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of the book by Jon Krakauer. |
| Amy Shindler | Everest | 2015 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the book Left for Dead by Beck Weathers. |
| Doug Hansen | |||||
| Jeff Perry | Into Thin Air: Death on Everest | 1997 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of the book by Jon Krakauer. |
| John Hawkes | Everest | 2015 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the book Left for Dead by Beck Weathers. |
| Sandy Hill | |||||
| Pamela Gien | Into Thin Air: Death on Everest | 1997 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of the book by Jon Krakauer. |
| Vanessa Kirby | Everest | 2015 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the book Left for Dead by Beck Weathers. |
| Lou Kasischke | |||||
| Mark Derwin | Everest | 2015 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the book Left for Dead by Beck Weathers. |
| Jon Krakauer | |||||
| Christopher McDonald | Into Thin Air: Death on Everest | 1997 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of the book by Krakauer. |
| Michael Kelly | Everest | 2015 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the book Left for Dead by Beck Weathers. |
| Tim Madsen | |||||
| Nicholas Hewetson | Into Thin Air: Death on Everest | 1997 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of the book by Jon Krakauer. |
| Simon Harrison | Everest | 2015 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the book Left for Dead by Beck Weathers. |
| Ed Viesturs | |||||
| Clive Standen | Everest | 2015 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the book Left for Dead by Beck Weathers. |
| Beck Weathers | |||||
| Richard Jenkins | Into Thin Air: Death on Everest | 1997 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of the book by Jon Krakauer. |
| Josh Brolin | Everest | 2015 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the book Left for Dead by Weathers. |
| Sports executives and managers | |||||
| Ed Barrow | |||||
| Ken Swofford | Voyagers!, #6 "Cleo and the Babe" | 1982 | USA | TV episode | |
| Avery Brundage | |||||
| James Hurley | 21 Hours at Munich | 1976 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of the book The Blood of Israel by Serge Groussard. |
| Jack Kearns | |||||
| Ralph Byers | 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. |
| Teddy Mayer | |||||
| Colin Stinton | Rush | 2013 | Germany/UK/USA | Film | |
| Racehorse trainers | |||||
| Arthur B. Hancock Jr. | |||||
| John Finn | The Crown | 2019 | UK/USA | TV series | |
| Max Hirsch | |||||
| Robert Dorfman | 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. |
| Pioneers | |||||
| People associated with Roanoke Colony | |||||
| Ananias Dare | |||||
| Adrian Paul | Wraiths of Roanoke | 2007 | USA | TV film | |
| Eleanor Dare | |||||
| Frida Show | Wraiths of Roanoke | 2007 | USA | TV film | |
| George Howe | |||||
| Rhett Giles | Wraiths of Roanoke | 2007 | USA | TV film | |
| Emme Merrimoth | |||||
| Suzette Kolaga | Wraiths of Roanoke | 2007 | USA | TV film | |
| Ambrose Viccars | |||||
| Hristo Mitzkov | Wraiths of Roanoke | 2007 | USA | TV film | |
| Elizabeth Viccars | |||||
| Mari Mascaro | Wraiths of Roanoke | 2007 | USA | TV film | |
| John White | |||||
| Alex McArthur | Wraiths of Roanoke | 2007 | USA | TV film | |
| Jamestown colonists | |||||
| Temperance Flowerdew | |||||
| Claire Cox | Jamestown | 2017–19 | UK | TV series | |
| John Ratcliffe | |||||
| David Ogden Stiers | Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World | 1998 | USA | Animated film | Voice only |
| John Rolfe | |||||
| Robert Clarke | Captain John Smith and Pocahontas | 1953 | USA | Film | |
| Billy Zane | Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World | 1998 | USA | Animated film | Voice only |
| Christian Bale | The New World | 2005 | UK/USA | Film | |
| Thomas Rolfe | |||||
| Jonathan Gonitel | The New World | 2005 | UK/USA | Film | Aged 4 |
| John Smith | |||||
| Roy Emerton | Time Flies | 1944 | UK | Film | Comedy |
| Anthony Dexter | Captain John Smith and Pocahontas | 1953 | USA | Film | |
| Donal Gibson | Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World | 1998 | USA | Animated film | Voice only |
| Colin Farrell | The New World | 2005 | UK/USA | Film | |
| Edward Maria Wingfield | |||||
| James Seay | Captain John Smith and Pocahontas | 1953 | USA | Film | |
| David Thewlis | The New World | 2005 | UK/USA | Film | |
| Pilgrim Fathers and associates | |||||
| John Alden | |||||
| Richard Bull | Bewitched, #4.12 "Samantha's Thanksgiving to Remember" | 1967 | USA | TV episode | Comedy |
| John Billington | |||||
| Bernard Hill | New World | 1986 | UK | TV film | |
| Alice Bradford: Second wife of William Bradford. | |||||
| Betsy Brantley | New World | 1986 | UK | TV film | |
| Dorothy Bradford: First wife of William Bradford. | |||||
| Rosalind Ayres | New World | 1986 | UK | TV film | |
| William Bradford | |||||
| Bruce Bould | Churchill's People, #15 "America! America!" | 1975 | UK | TV film | An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill. |
| James Fox | New World | 1986 | UK | TV film | |
| Ralph Fiennes | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Josh Webb | The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind the Myth | 2016 | UK/USA | TV film | As a boy. Docudrama. |
| Roger Rees | The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind the Myth | 2016 | UK/USA | TV film | Docudrama |
| Love Brewster | |||||
| Stephen Bill | Churchill's People, #15 "America! America!" | 1975 | UK | TV film | An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill. |
| Mary Brewster | |||||
| Cherith Mellor | Churchill's People, #15 "America! America!" | 1975 | UK | TV film | An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill. |
| William Brewster | |||||
| Robert Keegan | Churchill's People, #15 "America! America!" | 1975 | UK | TV film | An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill. |
| Jack Watson | New World | 1986 | UK | TV film | |
| Jos Brown Gaier | The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind the Myth | 2016 | UK/USA | TV film | As a teenager. Docudrama. |
| Matthew Jure | The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind the Myth | 2016 | UK/USA | TV film | Docudrama |
| Wrestling Brewster | |||||
| Peter Bourke | Churchill's People, #15 "America! America!" | 1975 | UK | TV film | An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill. |
| John Carver | |||||
| Andrew Keir | New World | 1986 | UK | TV film | |
| Richard Clyfton | |||||
| Howard Lee | The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind the Myth | 2016 | UK/USA | TV film | Docudrama |
| Stephen Hopkins | |||||
| Keith Smith | Churchill's People, #15 "America! America!" | 1975 | UK | TV film | An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill. |
| Ian Cullen | New World | 1986 | UK | TV film | |
| Christopher Jones | |||||
| Joby Blanshard | Churchill's People, #15 "America! America!" | 1975 | UK | TV film | An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill. |
| Jon Laurimore | New World | 1986 | UK | TV film | |
| John Lyford | |||||
| John Ackland | New World | 1986 | UK | TV film | |
| Christopher Martin | |||||
| John Ringham | New World | 1986 | UK | TV film | |
| John Newcomen | |||||
| Robert Bathurst | New World | 1986 | UK | TV film | |
| John Robinson | |||||
| John Tordoff | Churchill's People, #15 "America! America!" | 1975 | UK | TV film | An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill. |
| James Thorne | The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind the Myth | 2016 | UK/USA | TV film | Docudrama |
| Myles Standish | |||||
| Peter Canon | Bewitched, #4.12 "Samantha's Thanksgiving to Remember" | 1967 | USA | TV episode | Comedy |
| Frederick Jaeger | New World | 1986 | UK | TV film | |
| Thomas Weston | |||||
| Barry Linehan | Churchill's People, #15 "America! America!" | 1975 | UK | TV film | An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill. |
| Edward Winslow | |||||
| Robert Duncan | New World | 1986 | UK | TV film | |
| Julian Elfer | The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind the Myth | 2016 | UK/USA | TV film | Voice only. Docudrama. |
| Other early settlers and colonists | |||||
| Crispus Attucks | |||||
| Roy Glenn | You Are There, #1.3 "The Boston Tea Party" | 1953 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Will Green | Samuel Adams | 2014 | USA | TV film | |
| Philip Ford: Financial adviser to William Penn. | |||||
| J. H. Roberts | Penn of Pennsylvania | 1942 | UK | Film | |
| Robert Goddard: A witness to the Boston Massacre. | |||||
| Boris McGiver | John Adams | 2008 | USA | TV series | |
| Samuel Gray | |||||
| John Doucette | You Are There, #1.3 "The Boston Tea Party" | 1953 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Thomas Holme | |||||
| Percy Marmont | Penn of Pennsylvania | 1942 | UK | Film | |
| Robert Livingston the Elder | |||||
| Edward Andrews | Omnibus, #5.19 "The Trial of Captain Kidd" | 1957 | USA | TV film | |
| Richard Palmes: An instigator of the Boston Massacre. | |||||
| John Bedford Lloyd | John Adams | 2008 | USA | TV series | |
| William Penn | |||||
| Clifford Evans | Penn of Pennsylvania | 1942 | UK | Film | |
| John Scott | |||||
| Guy Moore | The Private Life of Samuel Pepys | 2003 | UK | TV film | Comedy |
| Christopher Seider | |||||
| Samuel Bottomley | Sons of Liberty | 2015 | USA | TV miniseries | |
| Other pioneers and settlers | |||||
| Susan Shelby Magoffin | |||||
| Reese Witherspoon | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| James W. Marshall | |||||
| Addison Richards | You Are There, #3.6 "Sutter Discovers Gold" | 1954 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Mattie Oblinger (c. 1844–1880): Settler in Fillmore County, Nesbraska; first wife of Uriah W. Oblinger. | |||||
| Amy Madigan | The West | 1996 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Uriah W. Oblinger (1842–1901): Settler in Fillmore County, Nebraska, and later Gove County, Kansas; husband of Mattie Oblinger. | |||||
| John Lithgow | The West | 1996 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Sarah Raymond | |||||
| Reese Witherspoon | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| John Sutter | |||||
| Edward Arnold | You Are There, #3.6 "Sutter Discovers Gold" | 1954 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Relatives and associates | |||||
| Ursula Bowie: Wife of Jim Bowie. | |||||
| Safia Gray | The Alamo | 2004 | USA | Film | |
| Louisa Cody | |||||
| Maureen O'Hara | Buffalo Bill | 1944 | USA | Film | |
| Helen O'Neil: Adoptive mother of Jean McCormick. | |||||
| Jeanine O'Connell | Buffalo Girls | 1995 | USA | TV miniseries | An adaptation of the novel by Larry McMurtry. |
| Jim O'Neil: Adoptive father of Jean McCormick. | |||||
| Andrew Bicknell | Buffalo Girls | 1995 | USA | TV miniseries | An adaptation of the novel by Larry McMurtry. |
| Gulielma Maria Penn: Wife of William Penn. | |||||
| Deborah Kerr | Penn of Pennsylvania | 1942 | UK | Film | |
| Occult, witchcraft and paranormal | |||||
| People involved in the Salem witch trials | |||||
| Elizabeth Cary | |||||
| Mary Shipp | You Are There, #1.9 "The Witch Trial at Salem, Massachusetts" | 1953 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Nathaniel Cary | |||||
| Russ Bender | You Are There, #1.9 "The Witch Trial at Salem, Massachusetts" | 1953 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Ezekiel Cheever | |||||
| Peter Vaughan | ITV Play of the Week, #5.10 "The Crucible" | 1959 | UK | TV film | An adaptation of the play by Arthur Miller. |
| Giles Corey | |||||
| Oliver Johnston | ITV Play of the Week, #5.10 "The Crucible" | 1959 | UK | TV film | An adaptation of the play by Arthur Miller. |
| Martha Corey | |||||
| Anne Tirard | ITV Play of the Week, #5.10 "The Crucible" | 1959 | UK | TV film | An adaptation of the play by Arthur Miller. |
| Thomas Danforth | |||||
| Noel Willman | ITV Play of the Week, #5.10 "The Crucible" | 1959 | UK | TV film | An adaptation of the play by Arthur Miller. |
| Mary Eastey | |||||
| Lurene Tuttle | You Are There, #1.9 "The Witch Trial at Salem, Massachusetts" | 1953 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Meryl Streep | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| John Hale | |||||
| Alfred Burke | ITV Play of the Week, #5.10 "The Crucible" | 1959 | UK | TV film | An adaptation of the play by Arthur Miller. |
| John Hathorne | |||||
| Wilton Graff | You Are There, #1.9 "The Witch Trial at Salem, Massachusetts" | 1953 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| David Dodimead | ITV Play of the Week, #5.10 "The Crucible" | 1959 | UK | TV film | An adaptation of the play by Arthur Miller. |
| Mercy Lewis | |||||
| Valerie Gearon | ITV Play of the Week, #5.10 "The Crucible" | 1959 | UK | TV film | An adaptation of the play by Arthur Miller. |
| Nicholas Noyes | |||||
| Guy Stockwell | Voyagers!, #4 "Agents of Satan" | 1982 | USA | TV episode | |
| Rebecca Nurse | |||||
| Enid Lorimer | ITV Play of the Week, #5.10 "The Crucible" | 1959 | UK | TV film | An adaptation of the play by Arthur Miller. |
| Betty Parris | |||||
| Karal Gardner | ITV Play of the Week, #5.10 "The Crucible" | 1959 | UK | TV film | An adaptation of the play by Arthur Miller. |
| Shannen Doherty | Voyagers!, #4 "Agents of Satan" | 1982 | USA | TV episode | |
| Samuel Parris | |||||
| Hugh Latimer | ITV Play of the Week, #5.10 "The Crucible" | 1959 | UK | TV film | An adaptation of the play by Arthur Miller. |
| Elizabeth Proctor | |||||
| Barbara Chilcott | ITV Play of the Week, #5.10 "The Crucible" | 1959 | UK | TV film | An adaptation of the play by Arthur Miller. |
| John Proctor | |||||
| Sean Connery | ITV Play of the Week, #5.10 "The Crucible" | 1959 | UK | TV film | An adaptation of the play by Arthur Miller. |
| Ann Putnam | |||||
| Anna Turner | ITV Play of the Week, #5.10 "The Crucible" | 1959 | UK | TV film | An adaptation of the play by Arthur Miller. |
| Thomas Putnam | |||||
| Fred Johnson | ITV Play of the Week, #5.10 "The Crucible" | 1959 | UK | TV film | An adaptation of the play by Arthur Miller. |
| Samuel Sewall | |||||
| David Hooks | Voyagers!, #4 "Agents of Satan" | 1982 | USA | TV episode | |
| Tituba | |||||
| Barbara Assoon | ITV Play of the Week, #5.10 "The Crucible" | 1959 | UK | TV film | An adaptation of the play by Arthur Miller. |
| Mary Walcott | |||||
| Pamela Binns | ITV Play of the Week, #5.10 "The Crucible" | 1959 | UK | TV film | An adaptation of the play by Arthur Miller. |
| Mary Warren | |||||
| Fiona Duncan | ITV Play of the Week, #5.10 "The Crucible" | 1959 | UK | TV film | An adaptation of the play by Arthur Miller. |
| Abigail Williams | |||||
| Susannah York | ITV Play of the Week, #5.10 "The Crucible" | 1959 | UK | TV film | An adaptation of the play by Arthur Miller. |
| Kim Marie | Voyagers!, #4 "Agents of Satan" | 1982 | USA | TV episode | |
| Alleged witches, wizards, sorcerers and occultists | |||||
| Anton LaVey | |||||
| Carlo Rota | American Horror Story: Apocalypse | 2018 | USA | TV series | |
| Anna Van Hook: Theosophist, wife of Weller Van Hook and mother of Hubert Van Hook. | |||||
| Kari Masengale | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1993 | USA | TV series | |
| Psychics, mediums and spiritualists | |||||
| Jeane Dixon | |||||
| Lise Hilboldt | Ike: The War Years | 1979 | USA | TV miniseries | An adaptation of the memoirs Eisenhower Was My Boss and Past Forgetting by Kay Summersby. |
| Peter Hurkos | |||||
| George Voskovec | The Boston Strangler | 1968 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the book by Gerold Frank. |
| People involved in supernatural events | |||||
| Christopher Lutz: Younger son of Kathy Lutz. | |||||
| Meeno Peluce | The Amityville Horror | 1979 | USA | Film | As Matt Lutz. An adaptation of the book by Jay Anson. |
| Jimmy Bennett | The Amityville Horror | 2005 | USA | Film | As Michael Lutz. An adaptation of the book by Jay Anson. |
| Daniel Lutz: Elder son of Kathy Lutz. | |||||
| K. C. Martel | The Amityville Horror | 1979 | USA | Film | As Greg Lutz. An adaptation of the book by Jay Anson. |
| Jesse James | The Amityville Horror | 2005 | USA | Film | As Billy Lutz. An adaptation of the book by Jay Anson. |
| George Lutz | |||||
| James Brolin | The Amityville Horror | 1979 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the book by Jay Anson. |
| Ryan Reynolds | The Amityville Horror | 2005 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the book by Jay Anson. |
| Kathy Lutz | |||||
| Margot Kidder | The Amityville Horror | 1979 | USA | Film | Nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Actress. An adaptation of the book by Jay Anson. |
| Melissa George | The Amityville Horror | 2005 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the book by Jay Anson. |
| Missy Lutz: Daughter of Kathy Lutz. | |||||
| Natasha Ryan | The Amityville Horror | 1979 | USA | Film | As Amy Lutz. An adaptation of the book by Jay Anson. |
| Chloë Grace Moretz | The Amityville Horror | 2005 | USA | Film | As Chelsea Lutz. An adaptation of the book by Jay Anson. |
| Ralph J. Pecoraro: Priest who tried to bless the Amityville house. | |||||
| Rod Steiger | The Amityville Horror | 1979 | USA | Film | As Father Delaney. An adaptation of the book by Jay Anson. |
| Philip Baker Hall | The Amityville Horror | 2005 | USA | Film | As Father Callaway. An adaptation of the book by Jay Anson. |
| People connected with the Roswell UFO incident | |||||
| Jesse Marcel | |||||
| Richard Gilliland | Dark Skies | 1996 | USA | TV series | |
| Alleged UFO abductees and witnesses | |||||
| Holm Bursum Jr.: Mayor of Socorro at the time of the 1964 UFO sighting. | |||||
| Conrad Bachmann | Dark Skies | 1996 | USA | TV series | |
| Barney Hill | |||||
| Basil Wallace | Dark Skies | 1996 | USA | TV series | |
| Betty Hill | |||||
| Lee Garlington | Dark Skies | 1996 | USA | TV series | |
| Lonnie Zamora | |||||
| Robert Carradine | Dark Skies | 1996 | USA | TV series | |
| Relatives and associates | |||||
| John Crane: Bodyguard of Peter Hurkos. | |||||
| Owen Orr | The Boston Strangler | 1968 | USA | Film | As Dick Matheson. An adaptation of the book by Gerold Frank. |
| Hubert Van Hook (born 1896): Son of Weller and Anna Van Hook. | |||||
| Anatol Yusef | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1993 | USA | TV series | Aged 13. |
| Rural economy and slavery | |||||
| Farmers, ranchers, planters and landowners | |||||
| Justin Morgan | |||||
| Don Murray | The Wonderful World of Disney, #18.13–14 "Justin Morgan Had a Horse" | 1972 | USA | TV serial | An adaptation of the novel by Marguerite Henry. |
| Lewis Washington | |||||
| Robert Perceval | ITV Play of the Week, #5.14 "Gallows Glorious!" | 1959 | UK | TV film | |
| Slaves | |||||
| Joseph Cinqué | |||||
| Norman Bush | The Adams Chronicles | 1976 | USA | TV series | |
| Elizabeth Freeman | |||||
| Yolanda King | Liberty's Kids | 2003 | USA | Animated TV series | Voice only |
| Kali | |||||
| Don Blakely | The Adams Chronicles | 1976 | USA | TV series | |
| Abolitionists | |||||
| John Brown | |||||
| Michael Goodliffe | ITV Play of the Week, #5.14 "Gallows Glorious!" | 1959 | UK | TV film | |
| Johnny Cash | North and South | 1985 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the novels by John Jakes. |
| Arthur Miller | The Civil War | 1990 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Oliver Brown | |||||
| Lorne Cossette | ITV Play of the Week, #5.14 "Gallows Glorious!" | 1959 | UK | TV film | |
| Owen Brown | |||||
| Brian Phelan | ITV Play of the Week, #5.14 "Gallows Glorious!" | 1959 | UK | TV film | |
| Salmon Brown | |||||
| Graydon Gould | ITV Play of the Week, #5.14 "Gallows Glorious!" | 1959 | UK | TV film | |
| Watson Brown | |||||
| Igor Tamarin | ITV Play of the Week, #5.14 "Gallows Glorious!" | 1959 | UK | TV film | |
| Levi Coffin | |||||
| Chevy Chase | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Frederick Douglass | |||||
| Andre Dakar | ITV Play of the Week, #5.14 "Gallows Glorious!" | 1959 | UK | TV film | |
| Robert Guillaume | North and South | 1985 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the novels by John Jakes. |
| Morgan Freeman | The Civil War | 1990 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Morgan Freeman | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Henry Highland Garnet | |||||
| Samuel L. Jackson | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| William Lloyd Garrison | |||||
| Noel Leslie | You Are There, #2.14 "The Gettysburg Address" | 1953 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Brad Pitt | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Josiah Willard Gibbs, Sr. | |||||
| Earl Montgomery | The Adams Chronicles | 1976 | USA | TV series | |
| Shields Green | |||||
| Mark Heath | ITV Play of the Week, #5.14 "Gallows Glorious!" | 1959 | UK | TV film | |
| Josiah Henson | |||||
| Ving Rhames | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Thomas Wentworth Higginson | |||||
| Russell Waters | ITV Play of the Week, #5.14 "Gallows Glorious!" | 1959 | UK | TV film | |
| Samuel Gridley Howe | |||||
| Kevin McCarthy | Telephone Time, #1.15 "The Key" | 1956 | USA | TV short | |
| John Henry Kagi | |||||
| Jerry Stovin | ITV Play of the Week, #5.14 "Gallows Glorious!" | 1959 | UK | TV film | |
| Samuel Joseph May | |||||
| Richard Abbott | You Are There, #2.14 "The Gettysburg Address" | 1953 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Robert Purvis | |||||
| Fred Owens | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| John Rock | |||||
| Samuel L. Jackson | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Mary Ann Shadd | |||||
| Sylvia Sweeney | Witness to Yesterday | 1998 | Canada | TV series | Docudrama |
| Gerrit Smith | |||||
| Ralph Pace | North and South | 1985 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the novels by John Jakes. |
| Aaron Dwight Stevens | |||||
| Roy Pattison | ITV Play of the Week, #5.14 "Gallows Glorious!" | 1959 | UK | TV film | |
| William Still | |||||
| Ron O'Neal | North and South | 1985 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the novels by John Jakes. |
| Lewis Tappan | |||||
| Jerome Dempsey | The Adams Chronicles | 1976 | USA | TV series | |
| Sojourner Truth | |||||
| Whoopi Goldberg | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Harriet Tubman | |||||
| Fay Hauser | Voyagers!, #2 "Created Equal" | 1982 | USA | TV episode | |
| Sandra Caldwell | Mentors, #1.11 "Harriet's Path" | 1998 | Canada | TV episode | |
| Whoopi Goldberg | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Georgia Cohran | Bill & Ted Face the Music | 2020 | USA | Film | Comedy |
| Espionage | |||||
| Intelligence officers, spies and secret agents of the American War of Independence | |||||
| Edward Bancroft | |||||
| Sean McKenzie | John Adams | 2008 | USA | TV series | |
| Caleb Brewster | |||||
| Daniel Henshall | Turn: Washington's Spies | 2014–17 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose. |
| John Champe | |||||
| Chris Webster | Turn: Washington's Spies | 2017 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose. |
| Nathan Hale | |||||
| Jeff Huth | Turn: Washington's Spies | 2016 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose. |
| Hercules Mulligan | |||||
| Kelly AuCoin | Turn: Washington's Spies | 2017 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose. |
| Nathaniel Sackett | |||||
| Stephen Root | Turn: Washington's Spies | 2014–15 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose. |
| Peggy Shippen | |||||
| Jennifer Darling | You Are There, #1.21 "The Treason of Benedict Arnold" | 1953 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Megan Gallagher | George Washington | 1984 | USA | TV miniseries | An adaptation of the biography by James Thomas Flexner. |
| Maria Shriver | Liberty's Kids | 2002–3 | USA | Animated TV series | Voice only |
| Jean Murphy Ennen | The Revolution | 2007 | USA | TV series | Docudrama |
| Ksenia Solo | Turn: Washington's Spies | 2015–17 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose. |
| Anna Strong | |||||
| Heather Lind | Turn: Washington's Spies | 2014–17 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose. |
| Benjamin Tallmadge | |||||
| Lane Smith | You Are There, #1.21 "The Treason of Benedict Arnold" | 1953 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Michael Higgins | You Are There, #3.27 "Washington's Farewell to His Officers" | 1955 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Seth Numrich | Turn: Washington's Spies | 2014–17 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose. |
| Robert Townsend | |||||
| Nick Westrate | Turn: Washington's Spies | 2015–17 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose. |
| Sarah Townsend | |||||
| Kelly Wood | You Are There, #1.21 "The Treason of Benedict Arnold" | 1953 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Abraham Woodhull | |||||
| Jamie Bell | Turn: Washington's Spies | 2014–17 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose. |
| Intelligence officers, spies and secret agents of the American Civil War | |||||
| Lafayette C. Baker | |||||
| Tyler McVey | You Are There, #2.2 "The Capture of John Wilkes Booth" | 1953 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Henry Thomas Harrison | |||||
| Cooper Huckabee | Gettysburg | 1993 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the novel The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara. |
| Cooper Huckabee | Gods and Generals | 2003 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the novel by Jeff Shaara. |
| Directors of Central Intelligence | |||||
| Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter | |||||
| Leon Russom | Dark Skies | 1996–97 | USA | TV series | |
| Kevin Wensing | Pearl Harbor | 2001 | USA | Film | |
| Allen Dulles | |||||
| T. J. Kennedy | Dark Skies | 1996–97 | USA | TV series | |
| George Tenet | |||||
| Stephen Adly Guirgis | Vice | 2018 | USA | Film | |
| Jeff Marlow | Impeachment: American Crime Story | 2021 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin. |
| Other CIA officers | |||||
| James Jesus Angleton | |||||
| John Light | Cambridge Spies | 2003 | UK | TV series | |
| Anthony Brophy | The Crown | 2019 | UK/USA | TV series | |
| E. Howard Hunt | |||||
| Daniel Jenkins | The Irishman | 2019 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt. |
| Francis Gary Powers | |||||
| Al Sapienza | Dark Skies | 1996 | USA | TV series | |
| Spies for foreign powers | |||||
| Lona Cohen | |||||
| Mary Wimbush | Play of the Month, #6.5 "Act of Betrayal" | 1971 | UK | TV film | |
| Morris Cohen | |||||
| Alan MacNaughtan | Play of the Month, #6.5 "Act of Betrayal" | 1971 | UK | TV film | |
| Martha Dodd | |||||
| Madeleine Wynne | The Nightmare Years | 1989 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the memoir by William L. Shirer. |
| Klaus Fuchs | |||||
| Garrick Hagon | Cambridge Spies | 2003 | UK | TV series | |
| Michael Straight | |||||
| Paul Hilton | The Crown | 2019 | UK/USA | TV series | |
| People of the Old West | |||||
| Lawmen Only includes those who held the post of sheriff, marshal, constable or deputy and are best known for this | |||||
| Elfego Baca | |||||
| Robert Loggia | Walt Disney Presents, "The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca" | 1958–60 | USA | TV serial | |
| Frank Baker (died 1878): Deputy sheriff of Lincoln County killed by the Regulators in 1878. | |||||
| Cody Palance | Young Guns | 1988 | USA | Film | |
| Charlie Bassett | |||||
| Robert Fortier | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1956 | USA | TV series | |
| Bing Russell | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1956 | USA | TV series | |
| Earl Holliman | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | 1957 | USA | Film | |
| Scott Whyte | Wyatt Earp's Revenge | 2012 | USA | Film | |
| Johnny Behan | |||||
| Paul Birch | You Are There, #4.8 "The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" | 1955 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Frank Faylen | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | 1957 | USA | Film | As Cotton Wilson. |
| Lash LaRue | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1959–60 | USA | TV series | |
| Steve Brodie | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1960–61 | USA | TV series | |
| Bill Fletcher | Hour of the Gun | 1967 | USA | Film | As Jimmy Bryan. An adaptation of the book Tombstone's Epitaph by Douglas D. Martin. |
| John Tenney | Tombstone | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Mark Harmon | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| James W. Bell (died 1881): Deputy sheriff of Lincoln County killed by Billy the Kid. | |||||
| Tom Kurlander | Young Guns II | 1990 | USA | Film | |
| William J. Brady | |||||
| Danny Kamin | Young Guns | 1988 | USA | Film | |
| Billy Breakenridge | |||||
| Jason Priestley | Tombstone | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Dave Campbell | |||||
| Earl Brown | You Are There, #4.8 "The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" | 1955 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Charles Connelly: Marshal of Coffeyville, Kansas. | |||||
| Phil Chambers | You Are There, #5.8 "The End of the Dalton Gang" | 1957 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Crawley P. Dake | |||||
| Tyler McVey | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1960 | USA | TV series | |
| Gary Clarke | Tombstone | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Larry Deger (1845–1924): Marshal of Dodge City, Kansas, from 1875 to 1883. | |||||
| David L. Stone | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Morgan Earp | |||||
| John Larch | You Are There, #4.8 "The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" | 1955 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Ray Boyle | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1956–61 | USA | TV series | |
| DeForest Kelley | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | 1957 | USA | Film | |
| Sam Melville | Hour of the Gun | 1967 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the book Tombstone's Epitaph by Douglas D. Martin. |
| Bill Paxton | Tombstone | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Scott Paul | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | As a teenager. |
| Linden Ashby | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Virgil Earp | |||||
| John Alderson | You Are There, #4.8 "The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" | 1955 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Ray Montgomery | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1956 | USA | TV series | |
| John Hudson | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | 1957 | USA | Film | |
| Ross Elliott | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1958–59 | USA | TV series | |
| John Anderson | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1960–61 | USA | TV series | |
| Victor Carin | Doctor Who, #3.34–37 "The Gunfighters" | 1966 | UK | TV serial | |
| Frank Converse | Hour of the Gun | 1967 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the book Tombstone's Epitaph by Douglas D. Martin. |
| Sam Elliott | Tombstone | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Michael Madsen | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Warren Earp | |||||
| Martyn Huntley | Doctor Who, #3.34–37 "The Gunfighters" | 1966 | UK | TV serial | |
| Oliver Hendrickson | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | As a child. |
| Jim Caviezel | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Wyatt Earp | |||||
| Hugh O'Brian | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1955–61 | USA | TV series | Nominated for the 1957 Emmy Award for Best Actor. |
| Robert Bray | You Are There, #4.8 "The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" | 1955 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Burt Lancaster | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | 1957 | USA | Film | |
| John Alderson | Doctor Who, #3.34–37 "The Gunfighters" | 1966 | UK | TV serial | |
| James Garner | Hour of the Gun | 1967 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the book Tombstone's Epitaph by Douglas D. Martin. |
| Kurt Russell | Tombstone | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Ian Bohen | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | As a teenager. |
| Kevin Costner | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | Won the Razzie Award for Worst Actor. |
| Leo Gordon | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1994 | USA | TV series | As an old man. |
| Owen Wilson | Shanghai Noon | 2000 | Hong Kong/USA | Film | A highly fictionalised version. Comedy. |
| Owen Wilson | Shanghai Knights | 2003 | Hong Kong/USA | Film | A highly fictionalised version. Comedy. |
| Shawn Roberts | Wyatt Earp's Revenge | 2012 | USA | Film | Aged 30. |
| Val Kilmer | Wyatt Earp's Revenge | 2012 | USA | Film | Aged 59. |
| Ryan Northcott | Wynonna Earp | 2016 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the comic book series by Beau Smith. |
| W. W. Earthman: Magistrate, constable, storekeeper and saloon owner in White's Creek, Tennessee, who arrested Bill Ryan. | |||||
| Earl Poole Ball | The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James | 1986 | USA | TV film | |
| Pat Garrett | |||||
| Allen Case | The Time Tunnel, #22 "Billy the Kid" | 1967 | USA | TV episode | |
| Patrick Wayne | Young Guns | 1988 | USA | Film | |
| William Petersen | Young Guns II | 1990 | USA | Film | |
| Wild Bill Hickock | |||||
| Jeff Corey | Little Big Man | 1970 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the novel by Thomas Berger. |
| Sam Elliott | Buffalo Girls | 1995 | USA | TV miniseries | Nominated by the Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. An adaptation of the novel by Larry McMurtry. |
| George W. Hindman | |||||
| Joey Hamlin | Young Guns | 1988 | USA | Film | |
| George Kimball: Sheriff of Lincoln County in 1879. | |||||
| Jerry Gardner | Young Guns II | 1990 | USA | Film | |
| Bat Masterson | |||||
| Mason Alan Dinehart | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1955–59 | USA | TV series | |
| Kenneth Tobey | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | 1957 | USA | Film | |
| Richard Beale | Doctor Who, #3.34–37 "The Gunfighters" | 1966 | UK | TV serial | |
| Tom Sizemore | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Matt Dallas | Wyatt Earp's Revenge | 2012 | USA | Film | |
| Ed Masterson | |||||
| Brad Johnson | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1957 | USA | TV series | |
| Bill Pullman | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Mysterious Dave Mather | |||||
| Douglas Kennedy | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1959 | USA | TV series | |
| Mike Meagher (died 1881): Marshal of Wichita, Kansas, from 1871 to 1880. | |||||
| Billy Streater | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| William Morton (died 1878): Deputy sheriff of Lincoln County and one of the posse who murdered John Tunstall in 1878, precipitating the Lincoln County War in which he was killed. | |||||
| Sam Gauny | Young Guns | 1988 | USA | Film | |
| Bob Olinger | |||||
| Leon Rippy | Young Guns II | 1990 | USA | Film | |
| Robert H. Paul | |||||
| Hugh Sanders | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1959 | USA | TV series | |
| George Peppin | |||||
| Craig Erickson | Young Guns | 1988 | USA | Film | |
| John W. Poe: Deputy sheriff of Lincoln County who witnessed the death of Billy the Kid. | |||||
| Viggo Mortensen | Young Guns II | 1990 | USA | Film | |
| Charles A. Shibell | |||||
| Arthur Space | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1959 | USA | TV series | |
| John Horton Slaughter | |||||
| Tom Tryon | Walt Disney Presents, "Texas John Slaughter" | 1958–61 | USA | TV serial | |
| Ben Thompson | |||||
| Denver Pyle | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1955–58 | USA | TV series | |
| Walter Coy | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1959 | USA | TV series | |
| Bill Tilghman | |||||
| Don Kennedy | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1956 | USA | TV series | |
| Gregg Palmer | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1956 | USA | TV series | |
| Levi Fiehler | Wyatt Earp's Revenge | 2012 | USA | Film | |
| James Timberlake | |||||
| William Newman | The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James | 1986 | USA | TV film | |
| Fred White | |||||
| Sam Flint | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1959–60 | USA | TV series | |
| Harry Carey Jr. | Tombstone | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Boots Southerland | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Chauncey B. Whitney (died 1873): Sheriff of Ellsworth, Kansas, gunned down by Billy Thompson on 15 August 1873. | |||||
| Howard Wright | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1955 | USA | TV series | |
| Outlaws and criminals | |||||
| Clay Allison | |||||
| Myron Healey | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1956 | USA | TV series | |
| Burt Alvord | |||||
| James Beck | Walt Disney Presents, "Texas John Slaughter" | 1961 | USA | TV serial | |
| Johnny Barnes (died 1882): One of the Tombstone Cowboys shot by Wyatt Earp during the vendetta ride. | |||||
| John Corbett | Tombstone | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Sam Bass | |||||
| Charlie Bewley | Wyatt Earp's Revenge | 2012 | USA | Film | |
| Billy the Kid | |||||
| Robert Walker Jr. | The Time Tunnel, #22 "Billy the Kid" | 1967 | USA | TV episode | |
| Richard Dreyfuss | Witness to Yesterday | 1974 | Canada | TV series | Docudrama |
| Frank Koppala | Voyagers!, #3 "Bully and Billy" | 1982 | USA | TV episode | |
| Emilio Estevez | Young Guns | 1988 | USA | Film | |
| Dan Shor | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | 1989 | USA | Film | Comedy |
| Emilio Estevez | Young Guns II | 1990 | USA | Film | |
| Charlie Bowdre | |||||
| Casey Siemaszko | Young Guns | 1988 | USA | Film | |
| Dick Broadwell | |||||
| Myron Healey | You Are There, #5.8 "The End of the Dalton Gang" | 1957 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Curly Bill Brocius | |||||
| William Edward Phipps | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1956–61 | USA | TV series | |
| Jon Voight | Hour of the Gun | 1967 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the book Tombstone's Epitaph by Douglas D. Martin. |
| Powers Boothe | Tombstone | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Lewis Smith | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Butch Cassidy | |||||
| John Pyper-Ferguson | Mentors, #4.8 "Dusty Trails" | 2002 | Canada | TV episode | |
| José Chavez y Chavez | |||||
| Lou Diamond Phillips | Young Guns | 1988 | USA | Film | |
| Lou Diamond Phillips | Young Guns II | 1990 | USA | Film | |
| Rob Daly | Wyatt Earp's Revenge | 2012 | USA | Film | |
| Billy Claiborne | |||||
| Titus Moede | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1961 | USA | TV series | |
| Wyatt Earp III | Tombstone | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Kris Kamm | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Billy Clanton | |||||
| Edward McNally | You Are There, #4.8 "The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" | 1955 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Dennis Hopper | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | 1957 | USA | Film | |
| Gary Gray | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1959–60 | USA | TV series | |
| Ralph Reed | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1960–61 | USA | TV series | |
| David Cole | Doctor Who, #3.34–37 "The Gunfighters" | 1966 | UK | TV serial | |
| Walter Gregg | Hour of the Gun | 1967 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the book Tombstone's Epitaph by Douglas D. Martin. |
| Thomas Hayden Church | Tombstone | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Gabriel Folse | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Ike Clanton | |||||
| DeForest Kelley | You Are There, #4.8 "The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" | 1955 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Lyle Bettger | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | 1957 | USA | Film | |
| James Westerfield | Walt Disney Presents, #6.12 "Texas John Slaughter: Range War at Tombstone" | 1959 | USA | TV film | |
| Peter Coe | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1959 | USA | TV series | |
| John Milford | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1959–60 | USA | TV series | |
| Rayford Barnes | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1960–61 | USA | TV series | |
| William Hurndell | Doctor Who, #3.34–37 "The Gunfighters" | 1966 | UK | TV serial | |
| Robert Ryan | Hour of the Gun | 1967 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the book Tombstone's Epitaph by Douglas D. Martin. |
| Stephen Lang | Tombstone | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Jeff Fahey | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Old Man Clanton | |||||
| Steve Darrell | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1959 | USA | TV series | |
| Trevor Bardette | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1959–61 | USA | TV series | |
| Reed De Rouen | Doctor Who, #3.34–37 "The Gunfighters" | 1966 | UK | TV serial | |
| Phineas Clanton | |||||
| Lee Roberts | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | 1957 | USA | Film | |
| John Milford | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1959 | USA | TV series | |
| Steve Rowland | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1959–61 | USA | TV series | |
| Maurice Good | Doctor Who, #3.34–37 "The Gunfighters" | 1966 | UK | TV serial | |
| Mannen Clements (died 1908): Criminal and lawman shot dead in El Paso on 29 December 1908. | |||||
| Lane Bradford | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1955 | USA | TV series | |
| Damian O'Flynn | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1956 | USA | TV series | |
| Kem Dibbs | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1957 | USA | TV series | |
| Jake Walker | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Charlie Crawford: Member of the Seven Rivers Warriors during the Lincoln County War. | |||||
| W. Thomas Snyder | Young Guns | 1988 | USA | Film | |
| Indian Charle Cruz | |||||
| Paul Ben-Victor | Tombstone | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Scotty Augare | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Bob Dalton | |||||
| Ron Hargrave | You Are There, #5.8 "The End of the Dalton Gang" | 1957 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Emmett Dalton | |||||
| Tyler MacDuff | You Are There, #5.8 "The End of the Dalton Gang" | 1957 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Grat Dalton | |||||
| David Janssen | You Are There, #5.8 "The End of the Dalton Gang" | 1957 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Pony Diehl | |||||
| Fred Coby | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1959–60 | USA | TV series | |
| Forrie J. Smith | Tombstone | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Charles Ford | |||||
| James Sinclair | The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James | 1986 | USA | TV film | |
| Robert Ford | |||||
| James Dean | You Are There, #1.2 "The Capture of Jesse James" | 1953 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Darrell Wilks | The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James | 1986 | USA | TV film | |
| Wes Fuller: One of the Clanton gang at Tombstone, Arizona. | |||||
| Bo Greigh | Tombstone | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| John Wesley Hardin | |||||
| Phillip Pine | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1955–57 | USA | TV series | |
| Clarence Hite: Brother of Wood Hite and fellow member of the James–Younger Gang. | |||||
| Mac Bennett | The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James | 1986 | USA | TV film | |
| Wood Hite | |||||
| Peter Bradshaw | The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James | 1986 | USA | TV film | |
| Frank James | |||||
| Johnny Cash | The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James | 1986 | USA | TV film | |
| Michael Gable | Around the World in 80 Days | 1989 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the novel by Jules Verne. |
| Jesse James | |||||
| John Kerr | You Are There, #1.2 "The Capture of Jesse James" | 1953 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Kris Kristofferson | The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James | 1986 | USA | TV film | |
| Stephen Nichols | Around the World in 80 Days | 1989 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the novel by Jules Verne. |
| Kent McQuaid | The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne | 2000 | Canada/UK | TV series | |
| Luther King: Outlaw arrested by Wyatt Earp and others. | |||||
| James Anderson | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1961 | USA | TV series | |
| John Kinney | |||||
| Allen Keller | Young Guns | 1988 | USA | Film | |
| Dick Liddil | |||||
| Andrew Stahl | The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James | 1986 | USA | TV film | |
| Bud McDaniel: Member of the James–Younger Gang. | |||||
| Dennis Tucker | The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James | 1986 | USA | TV film | As Bud McDaniels. |
| Tom McDaniel: Member of the James–Younger Gang. | |||||
| Jimmy Tittle | The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James | 1986 | USA | TV film | As Jim McDaniels. |
| Frank McLaury | |||||
| Art Rease | You Are There, #4.8 "The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" | 1955 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Mickey Simpson | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | 1957 | USA | Film | |
| George D. Wallace | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1961 | USA | TV series | |
| David Perna | Hour of the Gun | 1967 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the book Tombstone's Epitaph by Douglas D. Martin. |
| Robert John Burke | Tombstone | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Rex Linn | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Tom McLaury | |||||
| Jack Elam | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | 1957 | USA | Film | |
| Gregg Palmer | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1961 | USA | TV series | |
| Jim Sheppard | Hour of the Gun | 1967 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the book Tombstone's Epitaph by Douglas D. Martin. |
| John Philbin | Tombstone | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Adam Baldwin | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Sherman McMaster | |||||
| John Cason | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1959 | USA | TV series | |
| Monte Markham | Hour of the Gun | 1967 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the book Tombstone's Epitaph by Douglas D. Martin. |
| Michael Rooker | Tombstone | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Todd Allen | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Tom O'Folliard | |||||
| Balthazar Getty | Young Guns II | 1990 | USA | Film | Depicted incorrectly as a teenager. |
| Bill Power | |||||
| James Anderson | You Are There, #5.8 "The End of the Dalton Gang" | 1957 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Johnny Ringo | |||||
| John Ireland | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | 1957 | USA | Film | |
| John Pickard | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1957 | USA | TV series | |
| Donald Murphy | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1958–59 | USA | TV series | |
| Peter M. Thompson | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1959–60 | USA | TV series | |
| Allan Lane | Walt Disney Presents, #6.21 "Texas John Slaughter: Kentucky Gunslick" | 1960 | USA | TV film | |
| Britt Lomond | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1960–61 | USA | TV series | |
| Norman Alden | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1961 | USA | TV series | |
| Laurence Payne | Doctor Who, #3.34–37 "The Gunfighters" | 1966 | UK | TV serial | |
| Michael Biehn | Tombstone | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Norman Howell | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Dave Rudabaugh | |||||
| Christian Slater | Young Guns II | 1990 | USA | Film | |
| Bill Ryan: Member of the James–Younger Gang. | |||||
| David Allan Coe | The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James | 1986 | USA | TV film | |
| Pete Spence | |||||
| Henry Rowland | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1960 | USA | TV series | |
| Michael Tolan | Hour of the Gun | 1967 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the book Tombstone's Epitaph by Douglas D. Martin. |
| Kirk Fox | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Frank Stilwell | |||||
| John Baxter | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1960 | USA | TV series | |
| Robert Phillips | Hour of the Gun | 1967 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the book Tombstone's Epitaph by Douglas D. Martin. |
| Tomas Arana | Tombstone | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| John Dennis Johnston | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Hank Swilling: A member of the Clanton gang in Tombstone, Arizona. | |||||
| Stephen C. Foster | Tombstone | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Billy Thompson | |||||
| Hal Baylor | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1955 | USA | TV series | |
| Frontiersmen, scouts, cowboys and gunfighters | |||||
| Teddy Blue Abbott (born 1860): English-born cowboy in Nebraska whose life story was recorded by a journalist in the 1930s. | |||||
| Gabriel Byrne | Buffalo Girls | 1995 | USA | TV miniseries | An adaptation of the novel by Larry McMurtry. |
| Daniel Boone | |||||
| Dewey Martin | Walt Disney Presents, "Daniel Boone" | 1960–61 | USA | TV serial | |
| Roddy Piper | Mentors, #1.13 "The Rescue" | 1998 | Canada | TV episode | |
| Tom Hanks | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Rebecca Boone | |||||
| Mala Powers | Walt Disney Presents, "Daniel Boone" | 1960–61 | USA | TV serial | |
| Jim Bowie | |||||
| Alfred Paget | Martyrs of the Alamo | 1915 | USA | Silent film | An adaptation of the novel by Theodosia Harris. |
| Bernard Kates | You Are There, #1.17 "The Defense of the Alamo" | 1953 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Sterling Hayden | The Last Command | 1955 | USA | Film | |
| Kenneth Tobey | Walt Disney's Disneyland, #1.18 "Davy Crockett at the Alamo" | 1955 | USA | TV film | |
| Kenneth Tobey | Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier | 1955 | USA | Film | Re-edited from the TV serial. |
| Jeff Morrow | The First Texan | 1956 | USA | Film | |
| Richard Widmark | The Alamo | 1960 | USA | Film | |
| Jim Davis | The Time Tunnel, #13 "The Alamo" | 1966 | USA | TV episode | |
| Norman Bowler | Into the Labyrinth, #2.3 "Alamo" | 1981 | UK | TV episode | |
| James Arness | The Alamo: 13 Days to Glory | 1987 | USA | TV film | |
| Steve Sandor | Alamo: The Price of Freedom | 1988 | USA | Short | |
| Jason Patric | The Alamo | 2004 | USA | Film | |
| Richard M. Brewer | |||||
| Charlie Sheen | Young Guns | 1988 | USA | Film | |
| Jim Bridger | |||||
| Gregg Palmer | The Wonderful World of Disney, #23.10–11 "Kit Carson and the Mountain Men" | 1977 | USA | TV serial | |
| Will Poulter | The Revenant | 2015 | USA | Film | An adapation of the novel by Michael Punke. |
| Calamity Jane | |||||
| Anjelica Huston | Buffalo Girls | 1995 | USA | TV miniseries | Nominated for the Emmy Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress. An adaptation of the novel by Larry McMurtry. |
| Kit Carson | |||||
| Christopher Connelly | The Wonderful World of Disney, #23.10–11 "Kit Carson and the Mountain Men" | 1977 | USA | TV serial | |
| Nellie Cashman | |||||
| Randy Stuart | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1959–60 | USA | TV series | |
| Buffalo Bill Cody | |||||
| Joel McCrea | Buffalo Bill | 1944 | USA | Film | |
| Louis Calhern | Annie Get Your Gun | 1950 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the stage musical by Irving Berlin. |
| Ray Kellogg | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1957 | USA | TV series | |
| Robert Donner | Voyagers!, #12 "Buffalo Bill and Annie Play the Palace" | 1983 | USA | TV episode | |
| Ike Eisenmann | Voyagers!, #14 "Sneak Attack" | 1983 | USA | TV episode | |
| Peter Coyote | Buffalo Girls | 1995 | USA | TV miniseries | An adaptation of the novel by Larry McMurtry. |
| Davy Crockett | |||||
| Allan Sears | Martyrs of the Alamo | 1915 | USA | Silent film | An adaptation of the novel by Theodosia Harris. |
| Fred Gwynne | You Are There, #1.17 "The Defense of the Alamo" | 1953 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Fred Gwynne | You Are There, #1.22 "The Burning of the Alamo" | 1953 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Fess Parker | Walt Disney's Disneyland, "Davy Crockett" | 1954–55 | USA | TV serial | |
| Arthur Hunnicutt | The Last Command | 1955 | USA | Film | |
| Fess Parker | Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier | 1955 | USA | Film | Re-edited from the TV serial. |
| James Griffith | The First Texan | 1956 | USA | Film | |
| Fess Parker | Davy Crockett and the River Pirates | 1956 | USA | Film | Re-edited from the TV serial. |
| John Wayne | The Alamo | 1960 | USA | Film | |
| Jack Watson | Into the Labyrinth, #2.3 "Alamo" | 1981 | UK | TV episode | |
| Brian Keith | The Alamo: 13 Days to Glory | 1987 | USA | TV film | |
| Merrill Connally | Alamo: The Price of Freedom | 1988 | USA | Short | |
| Billy Bob Thornton | The Alamo | 2004 | USA | Film | |
| Polly Crockett | |||||
| Helene Stanley | Walt Disney's Disneyland, "Davy Crockett" | 1954 | USA | TV serial | |
| Helene Stanley | Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier | 1955 | USA | Film | Re-edited from the TV serial. |
| George Drouillard | |||||
| Victor Arnold | You Are There, "Lewis and Clark Expedition" | 1971 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| John S. Fitzgerald: Frontiersman who left Hugh Glass for dead. | |||||
| Tom Hardy | The Revenant | 2015 | USA | Film | Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. An adapation of the novel by Michael Punke. |
| John C. Frémont | |||||
| Robert Reed | The Wonderful World of Disney, #23.10–11 "Kit Carson and the Mountain Men" | 1977 | USA | TV serial | |
| Patrick Gass | |||||
| Stuart Germain | You Are There, "Lewis and Clark Expedition" | 1971 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Christopher Gist | |||||
| Walter P. Lewis | Gateway to the West | 1924 | USA | Silent film | |
| George Montgomery | NET Playhouse, #6.15 "Portrait of the Hero as a Young Man" | 1972 | USA | TV film | |
| Hugh Glass | |||||
| Leonardo DiCaprio | The Revenant | 2015 | USA | Film | Won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, AACTA International Award and Satellite Award for Best Actor and the Irish and Television Award for Best International Actor. Nominated for the Empire Award for Best Actor. An adapation of the novel by Michael Punke. |
| Joe Grant (died 1880): Shot by Billy the Kid in Old Fort Sumner. | |||||
| Thomas Callaway | Young Guns | 1988 | USA | Film | |
| Richard Henderson | |||||
| Alex Gerry | Walt Disney Presents, "Daniel Boone" | 1960 | USA | TV serial | |
| Andrew Henry | |||||
| Domhnall Gleeson | The Revenant | 2015 | USA | Film | An adapation of the novel by Michael Punke. |
| Tom Hill (died 1878): One of the posse who murdered John Tunstall in 1878, precipitating the Lincoln County War in which he was killed. | |||||
| Gadeek | Young Guns | 1988 | USA | Film | As Henry Hill. |
| Doc Holliday | |||||
| Barry Atwater | You Are There, #4.8 "The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" | 1955 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Kirk Douglas | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | 1957 | USA | Film | |
| Douglas Fowley | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1957 | USA | TV series | |
| Myron Healey | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1958–59 | USA | TV series | |
| Douglas Fowley | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1959–61 | USA | TV series | |
| Anthony Jacobs | Doctor Who, #3.34–37 "The Gunfighters" | 1966 | UK | TV serial | |
| Jason Robards | Hour of the Gun | 1967 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the book Tombstone's Epitaph by Douglas D. Martin. |
| Val Kilmer | Tombstone | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Dennis Quaid | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Wilson Bethel | Wyatt Earp's Revenge | 2012 | USA | Film | |
| Tim Rozon | Wynonna Earp | 2016–18 | USA | TV series | An adaptation of the comic book series by Beau Smith. |
| George Hoyt (died 1878): The first man killed by Wyatt Earp. | |||||
| Alan Wells | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1958 | USA | TV series | |
| Turkey Creek Jack Johnson | |||||
| Reed Howes | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1959 | USA | TV series | |
| Lonny Chapman | Hour of the Gun | 1967 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the book Tombstone's Epitaph by Douglas D. Martin. |
| Buck Taylor | Tombstone | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Rusty Hendrickson | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Edward Kern | |||||
| Richard Jaeckel | The Wonderful World of Disney, #23.10–11 "Kit Carson and the Mountain Men" | 1977 | USA | TV serial | |
| Basil Lejeunesse | |||||
| Émile Genest | The Wonderful World of Disney, #23.10–11 "Kit Carson and the Mountain Men" | 1977 | USA | TV serial | |
| Buckskin Frank Leslie | |||||
| James Coburn | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1959 | USA | TV series | |
| William McCloskey (died 1878): One of the Regulators killed in the Lincoln County War by his comrades. | |||||
| Geoffrey Blake | Young Guns | 1988 | USA | Film | As J. McCloskey. |
| Buckshot Roberts | |||||
| Brian Keith | Young Guns | 1988 | USA | Film | |
| Doc Scurlock | |||||
| Kiefer Sutherland | Young Guns | 1988 | USA | Film | |
| Kiefer Sutherland | Young Guns II | 1990 | USA | Film | |
| Luke Short | |||||
| Grant Richards | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1957–58 | USA | TV series | |
| Al Sieber | |||||
| Robert Duvall | Geronimo: An American Legend | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Deaf Smith | |||||
| Sam De Grasse | Martyrs of the Alamo | 1915 | USA | Silent film | An adaptation of the novel by Theodosia Harris. |
| Chubby Johnson | The First Texan | 1956 | USA | Film | |
| Michael Crabtree | The Alamo | 2004 | USA | Film | |
| Texas Jack Vermillion | |||||
| William Windom | Hour of the Gun | 1967 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the book Tombstone's Epitaph by Douglas D. Martin. |
| Peter Sherayko | Tombstone | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Adam Taylor | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Farmers and ranchers | |||||
| John Chisum | |||||
| James Coburn | Young Guns II | 1990 | USA | Film | |
| James Dolan | |||||
| Jeremy Lepard | Young Guns | 1988 | USA | Film | |
| Charles Goodnight | |||||
| Rory Calhoun | Telephone Time, #3.29 "Trail Blazer" | 1958 | USA | TV short | |
| Fred Ward | The West | 1996 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Henry Hooker | |||||
| Charlton Heston | Tombstone | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Mifflin Kenedy: Wealthy rancher after whom Kenedy and Kenedy County, Texas, are named; father of Spike Kenedy. | |||||
| Trace Adkind | Wyatt Earp's Revenge | 2012 | USA | Film | |
| Oliver Loving | |||||
| John Larch | Telephone Time, #3.29 "Trail Blazer" | 1958 | USA | TV short | |
| Randolph McCoy | |||||
| Henry Hull | You Are There, #3.29 "The Hatfield–McCoy Feud" | 1955 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Alexander McSween | |||||
| Terry O'Quinn | Young Guns | 1988 | USA | Film | |
| Susan McSween | |||||
| Sharon Thomas | Young Guns | 1988 | USA | Film | |
| Frank H. Mayer: Colorado rancher and buffalo hunter. | |||||
| Eli Wallach | The West | 1996 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Shanghai Pierce | |||||
| Roy Roberts | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1955–57 | USA | TV series | |
| Ted de Corsia | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | 1957 | USA | Film | |
| Wes Sheek: Stepbrother and partner of Charles Goodnight. | |||||
| Tom Pittman | Telephone Time, #3.29 "Trail Blazer" | 1958 | USA | TV short | |
| John Tunstall | |||||
| Terence Stamp | Young Guns | 1988 | USA | Film | |
| Relatives, associates and other people associated with the Old West | |||||
| Ed Bailey: Gambler said to have been knifed by Doc Holliday, but likely fictitious. | |||||
| Lee Van Cleef | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | 1957 | USA | Film | |
| Frank Stallone | Tombstone | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Chalkley Beeson (1848–1912): Businessman and saloon owner in Dodge City, Kansas. | |||||
| Michael Bryant | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1956 | USA | TV series | |
| Eli Wallach | The West | 1996 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Mattie Blaylock | |||||
| Dana Wheeler-Nicholson | Tombstone | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Mare Winningham | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Martha Bolton: Sister of Robert and Charles Ford. | |||||
| Cherie Elledge-Grapes | The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James | 1986 | USA | TV film | |
| James Carlyle (died 1880): Blacksmith and posse member killed in the Lincoln County War. | |||||
| Robert Knepper | Young Guns II | 1990 | USA | Film | |
| Dora DuFran | |||||
| Melanie Griffith | Buffalo Girls | 1995 | USA | TV miniseries | Nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. An adaptation of the novel by Larry McMurtry. |
| Allie Earp: Wife of Virgil Earp. | |||||
| Paula Malcolmson | Tombstone | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Catherine O'Hara | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Bessie Earp: Common law wife of James Earp. | |||||
| Joan Camden | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | 1957 | USA | Film | |
| JoBeth Williams | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| James Earp | |||||
| Martin Milner | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | 1957 | USA | Film | |
| David Andrews | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Josephine Earp | |||||
| Dana Delany | Tombstone | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Joanna Goring | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Lou Earp: Wife of Morgan Earp. | |||||
| Lisa Collins | Tombstone | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Alison Elliott | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Martha Earp: Sister of James, Virgil, Wyatt, Morgan and Warren Earp. | |||||
| Mary Jo Niedzielski | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Nicholas Porter Earp | |||||
| Gene Hackman | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Urilla Earp (died 1870): First wife of Wyatt Earp. | |||||
| Annabeth Gish | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Virginia Earp: Wife of Nicholas Porter Earp and mother of James, Virgil, Wyatt, Morgan and Warren Earp. | |||||
| Betty Buckley | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Walter Earp: Father of Nicholas Porter Earp and grandfather of James, Virgil, Wyatt, Morgan and Warren Earp. | |||||
| Giorgio O. Tripoli | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Fannie Garretson: Friend of Dora Hand. | |||||
| Miracle Laurie | Wyatt Earp's Revenge | 2012 | USA | Film | |
| Dick Gird: Co-founder of Tombstone, Arizona. | |||||
| Frank Gerstle | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1959–60 | USA | TV series | |
| Mary Goodnight | |||||
| Lynette Bernay | Telephone Time, #3.29 "Trail Blazer" | 1958 | USA | TV short | |
| Clem Hafford: Saloon owner in Tombstone, Arizona. | |||||
| John Furlong | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Dora Hand | |||||
| Margaret Hayes | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1956 | USA | TV series | |
| Diana DeGarmo | Wyatt Earp's Revenge | 2012 | USA | Film | |
| Jane Hardin (died 1892): First wife of John Wesley Hardin. | |||||
| Barbara Bestar | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1955–61 | USA | TV series | |
| Bob Hatch: Owner of the pool hall where Morgan Earp was murdered. | |||||
| Jack Kehler | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| Sally Heckell: Common law wife of Wyatt Earp. | |||||
| Téa Leoni | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| George Hite: Father of Wood and Clarence Hite. | |||||
| Jack Barlow | The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James | 1986 | USA | TV film | |
| Sarah Hite: Stepmother of Wood and Clarence Hite. | |||||
| Marcia Cross | The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James | 1986 | USA | TV film | |
| George M. Hoover (died 1914): Co-founder of Dodge City, Kansas. | |||||
| Nelson Leigh | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1956 | USA | TV series | |
| Selmer Jackson | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1956–57 | USA | TV series | |
| Annie James: Wife of Frank James. | |||||
| Gail Youngs | The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James | 1986 | USA | TV film | |
| Jesse E. James | |||||
| Jackie Scholle | You Are There, #1.2 "The Capture of Jesse James" | 1953 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| John Jackson Routh | The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James | 1986 | USA | TV film | Aged 6. |
| Zerelda James: Wife of Jesse James. | |||||
| Meg Gibson | The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James | 1986 | USA | TV film | |
| Milt Joyce (1847–1889): Owner of the Oriental Saloon in Tombstone, Arizona. | |||||
| Pat Brady | Tombstone | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Big Nose Kate | |||||
| Collette Lyons | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1955–56 | USA | TV series | |
| Jo Van Fleet | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | 1957 | USA | Film | |
| Carol Stone | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1957–58 | USA | TV series | |
| Collette Lyons | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1958 | USA | TV series | |
| Sheena Marshe | Doctor Who, #3.34–37 "The Gunfighters" | 1966 | UK | TV serial | |
| Joanna Pacuła | Tombstone | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| Isabella Rossellini | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| James H. Kelley (died 1912): Businessman and mayor of Dodge City, Kansas. | |||||
| Paul Brinegar | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1956–58 | USA | TV series | |
| Nelson Leigh | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | 1957 | USA | Film | |
| Ralph Sanford | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1958–59 | USA | TV series | |
| Spike Kenedy (died 1884): Young cowboy who mistakenly shot Dora Hand. | |||||
| Joe Turkel | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1956 | USA | TV series | As Bob Rellance. |
| Daniel Booko | Wyatt Earp's Revenge | 2012 | USA | Film | |
| Frank Loving | |||||
| Harry Mendoza | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | 1957 | USA | Film | |
| Deluvina Maxwell: Girlfriend of Billy the Kid. | |||||
| Carlotta Garcia | Young Guns II | 1990 | USA | Film | |
| James Miller: Mayor of Ellsworth, Kansas. | |||||
| Richard Travis | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1955 | USA | TV series | As Vic Miller. |
| Lawrence Murphy | |||||
| Jack Palance | Young Guns | 1988 | USA | Film | |
| Michael O'Rourke | |||||
| Ron Foster | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1960 | USA | TV series | |
| Jack Ging | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1960 | USA | TV series | |
| John Doe | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | As Tommy O'Rourke. |
| Lou Rickabaugh: Gambler and associate of Wyatt Earp. | |||||
| Barney Phillips | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1960–61 | USA | TV series | |
| Brushy Bill Roberts | |||||
| Emilio Estevez | Young Guns II | 1990 | USA | Film | |
| Reuben Samuel | |||||
| David Cobb | The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James | 1986 | USA | TV film | |
| Zerelda Samuel: Mother of Frank and Jesse James. | |||||
| June Carter Cash | The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James | 1986 | USA | TV film | |
| Jesus Silva: Resident of Old Fort Sumner who helped to bury Billy the Kid's body in 1881. | |||||
| Albert Trujillo | Young Guns II | 1990 | USA | Film | |
| Beaver Smith: Saloon keeper in Lincoln County. | |||||
| Tracey Walter | Young Guns II | 1990 | USA | Film | |
| George Spangenberg: Owner of a gunsmith's shop in Tombstone, Arizona. | |||||
| Charles Wagenheim | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1960–61 | USA | TV series | |
| Luce Rains | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | USA | Film | |
| John Thacker: Wells Fargo agent in Tombstone, Arizona. | |||||
| John Gallaudet | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1959–60 | USA | TV series | |
| Steve Pendleton | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1960–61 | USA | TV series | |
| Johnny Tyler: Prominent gambler in Tombstone, Arizona. | |||||
| Billy Bob Thornton | Tombstone | 1993 | USA | Film | |
| John Wilson: Justice of the peace of Lincoln County who deputised the Regulators. | |||||
| Victor Izay | Young Guns | 1988 | USA | Film | |
| Miscellaneous | |||||
| Chefs, cooks and bakers | |||||
| Christopher Ludwick | |||||
| Hugo Haas | Telephone Time, #1.13 "The Gingerbread Man" | 1956 | USA | TV short | |
| Eccentrics | |||||
| Emperor Norton | |||||
| Edgar Stehli | Telephone Time, #1.8 "Emperor Norton's Bridge" | 1956 | USA | TV short | |
| Explorers and travellers | |||||
| William Lincoln Bakewell | |||||
| Nigel Whitmey | Shackleton | 2002 | UK | TV miniseries | |
| William Clark | |||||
| John Cullum | You Are There, "Lewis and Clark Expedition" | 1971 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Ed Harris | The Seekers | 1979 | USA | TV miniseries | An adaptation of the novel by John Jakes. |
| Michael Bond | Voyagers!, #8 "Old Hickory and the Pirate" | 1982 | USA | TV episode | |
| Peter Rowley | Jack of All Trades | 2000 | USA | TV series | Comedy |
| Martin Sims | Night at the Museum | 2006 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the comic children's picture book by Milan Trenc. |
| Floyd Collins | |||||
| Ray Boyle | Robert Montgomery Presents, #8.20 "Crisis at Sand Cave" | 1957 | USA | TV film | |
| Frederick Cook | |||||
| Brian Dennehy | The Last Place on Earth | 1985 | UK | TV series | An adaptation of the book Scott and Amundsen by Roland Huntford. |
| Lincoln Ellsworth | |||||
| Ted Otis | Amundsen | 2019 | Norway | Film | |
| Meriwether Lewis | |||||
| Earl Hindman | You Are There, "Lewis and Clark Expedition" | 1971 | USA | TV short | Docudrama |
| Skip Riley | The Seekers | 1979 | USA | TV miniseries | An adaptation of the novel by John Jakes. |
| Bill McLaughlin | Voyagers!, #8 "Old Hickory and the Pirate" | 1982 | USA | TV episode | |
| Patrick Wilson | Jack of All Trades | 2000 | USA | TV series | Comedy |
| Chevy Chase | Freedom: A History of Us | 2003 | USA | TV series | Voice only. Documentary. |
| Martin Christopher | Night at the Museum | 2006 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the comic children's picture book by Milan Trenc. |
| Robert Peary | |||||
| Přemysl Bureš | Amundsen | 2019 | Norway | Film | |
| Philanthropists, humanitarians and charity workers | |||||
| Henry Bergh | |||||
| Philip Bourneuf | Telephone Time, #1.10 "Harry in Search of Himself" | 1956 | USA | TV short | |
| Social workers | |||||
| Verona Middleton-Jeter: Director of the Henry Street Settlement, Manhattan. | |||||
| Nadia Williams | The Crown | 2020 | UK/USA | TV series | |
| Socialites | |||||
| Countess Dorothy di Frasso: American heiress who married the Italian Count Carlo di Frasso and was a well-known figure around Hollywood, having affairs with such people as Gary Cooper and Bugsy Siegel. | |||||
| Bebe Neuwirth | Bugsy | 1991 | USA | Film | |
| Katherine Duer Mackay | |||||
| Natalie Lynn | BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #9.19 "Irving Berlin" | 1958 | UK | TV film | |
| Lee Radziwill | |||||
| Skye Hallam | The Crown | 2017 | UK/USA | TV series | |
| Robert Gould Shaw II | |||||
| Pierce Brosnan | Nancy Astor | 1982 | UK | TV series | Nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. |
| Charles Francis Sweeny | |||||
| Matt Rippy | A Very British Scandal | 2021 | UK | TV miniseries | |
| Mythology | |||||
| Voodoo spirits | |||||
| Papa Legba | |||||
| Lance Reddick | American Horror Story: Coven | 2014 | USA | TV series | |