Way OT. Hollywood's best castings of historical figures.

[sigchip_a_yahoo.com]

Jim Caviezel as Jesus

He was great in this role, made me feel like I was there with Jesus - someday I will.

 

[PSU.:.]

Paul Giamatti as John Adams.

 

[bkmtnittany1]

Anthony Hopkins as Richard Nixon

 

[PSU.:.]

Zach McGowan as Charles Vane.
Ray Stevenson as Edward Teach
Ray Stevenson as Danny Greene. Awesome in this role.

 

[Woodpecker]

I thought that Gary Oldman did a great job as Churchill in Darkest Hour.

 

[Roar More]

Charlton Heston as Andrew Jackson - twice. "The President's Lady" and "The Buccaneer/"

Simon Ward as Winston Churchill in "Young Winston."

 

[We Are . . .]

Damian Lewis as Dick Winters, Band of Brothers and the actor that played Bill Guarnere

Agree on both. Frank John Hughes portrayed Wild Bill Guarnere.

 

[Ski]

The original Scarface, Paul Muni, in just about any biographical role he was ever in:

The Story of Louis Pasteur
The Life of Emile Zola

Muni could do it all to the detriment of his own career. He disappeared so far into a role that you forgot about Paul Muni the actor.

 

[EPC FAN]

Title says it all. For me top 3 in no otder

1. Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison

2. Steven Lang as T.J. Jackson

3. Robert Duvall as Robert E Lee

George C. Scott as General George Patton
Gary Sinise as President Harry S. Truman

 

[Nittanyfarmer]

Ralph Fiennes as Amon Goth in "Schindler's List". Actual Holocaust survivors who were on the sound stage during filming saw Fiennes in costume as Goth, started shaking in terror because he looked so much like the real monster that was Amon Goth.

 

[odshowtime]

Paul Giamatti as John Adams.

I was just thinking about him as Pig Vomit.

 

[GregInPitt]

George C. Scott as Patton and Charlton Heston as Moses are my far and away Co -1's.

Others:

Gary Cooper as Sergeant York in Sergeant York
Victor Mature as Sampson
Henry Fonda as Nimitz in the 1976 original Midway
Bradley Cooper as Chris Kyle in American Sniper
Andrew Garfield as Desmond Doss in Hacksaw Ridge
Peter O'toole as T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia
Anthony Quinn as Auda abu Tayi in Lawrence of Arabia
Ben Kingsley as Mahatma Gandhi
Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra
Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp
Victor Mature as Doc Holiday
Walter Brennan as Ike Clanton
Walter Brennan as Judge Roy Bean in The Westerners
Tom Hanks as the Captain assigned to find Private Ryan in Saving Private Ryan
Orlando Bloom as Balian of Ibelin, a Crusader, in Kingdom of Heaven

 

[psuro]

Sorry if already posted but Cate Blanchett as Katherine Hepburn in the Aviator.

 

[ILLINOISLION]

Daniel Day Lewis in Last of the Mohicans.

John Belushi in The Blues Brothers.

Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau.

John Wayne as Davy Crockett in The Alamo.

EVERYONE in Caddyshack!

 

[psuro]

Bruno Gahnz as Hitler in Der Unteraacht (sp?) .

 

[LionJim]

you have a problem with a human being actor portraying another human being?

did either Lincoln or DDL choose to be born where they were?

Lol.

 

[psuro]

I wish they’d casted an American. I have a thing about that. DDL was great, though.

Gotta disagree with you on this one. DDL was as close to spot on in terms of looks and mannerisms (as I have read). Can’t think of an American actor that would have been close.

 

[glidresquirrel]

Ralph Bellamy as FDR in Sunrise at Campobello.

Greer Garson as Eleanor in same.

 

[psuro]

Daniel Day Lewis in Last of the Mohicans.

John Belushi in The Blues Brothers.

Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau.

John Wayne as Davy Crockett in The Alamo.

EVERYONE in Caddyshack!

I dont get the Belushi or Sellers connections -were Jake Belushi and Clouseau historical figures that were not in my high school yearbooks?

 

[YYZ86]

Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela

 

[ILLINOISLION]

I dont get the Belushi or Sellers connections -were Jake Belushi and Clouseau historical figures that were not in my high school yearbooks?

Well, I know for a fact neither were in your high school yearbooks!

 

[psuro]

Well, I know for a fact neither were in your high school yearbooks!

Ok. Stupid public school system.

 

[kijanacat]

Charlton Heston as El Cid.
Peter Ustinov as Batiatus in Spartacus.
Dirk Bogard in Night Porter.
Madeline Kahn in Young Frankenstein

 

[GregInPitt]

Daniel Day Lewis in Last of the Mohicans.

John Belushi in The Blues Brothers.

Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau.

John Wayne as Davy Crockett in The Alamo.

EVERYONE in Caddyshack!

So you believe the characters in the Blues Brothers, Inspector Clouseau, and Caddyshack are "Historical Figures", as the title of this thread specifies? Not sure about The Last of the Mohicans being historical.

 

[novaclassof90]

Jackie Robinson in the Jackie Robinson Story

Reagan as the Gipper.

 

[Rick76]

Jimmy Cagney as Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey in "The Gallant Hours".

 

[ILLINOISLION]

So you believe the characters in the Blues Brothers, Inspector Clouseau, and Caddyshack are "Historical Figures", as the title of this thread specifies? Not sure about The Last of the Mohicans being historical.

Once the four Flintstone figures, Agarn from F Troop and Private Ryan were mentioned, I decided to open it up.

 

[Roar More]

Edward Herman as FDR in "Annie" and "Eleanor and Franklin."

 

[anon_xdc8rmuek44eq]

Midnight in Paris has a bunch of good ones...

Cory Stoll as Hemingway

Adrien Brody as Salvador Dali

Tom Hiddleston and Alison Pill as F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald

 

[GregInPitt]

Once the four Flintstone figures, Agarn from F Troop and Private Ryan were mentioned, I decided to open it up.

The 1998 movie "Saving Private Ryan" is one of the all-time great war movies. While much of the movie is a fictional account, the premise behind Capt. Miller's mission is based on a true story. That is the story of the Niland brothers — Edward, Preston, Robert, and Frederick — from Tonawanda, New York.Jun 13, 2017

Not quite the Flintstones....

 

[RU31trap]

The Great White Hope

James Earl Jones
Jane Alexander

Truly a great movie for its time.

 

[PSUeng]

Raquel Welch as typical cave woman

 

[LionJim]

Raquel Welch as typical cave woman

Nice.

 

[kgilbert78]

Ed Harris, as either Jackson Pollack, or (my preference) Gene Kranz.

(That, ladies and gentlemen, is what is known in the biz as "range.")

He was also good as John Glenn in The Right Stuff. One of at least two movies where my hometown gets a cameo.

 

[Harrisburg Dave]

James Mason was a terrific Rommel.

Peter O’Tool looked nothing like Lawrence, but I can’t imagine anyone else playing the part.

Lawrence Olivier was a perfect Richard III

 

[john4psu]

Paul Picerni as Joe Paterno in Something for Joey.