Best performance as a U.S. president

[mr x]

actual...not fictional

some suggestions but not limited to...

Henry Fonda as Lincoln in The Young Mr. Lincoln
Daniel Day-Lewis as Lincoln in Lincoln

Greg Kinnear as JFK in The Kennedys
Bruce Greenwood as JFK in Thirteen Days

Anthony Hopkins as Nixon in Nixon
Frank Langella as Nixon in Frost/Nixon

Josh Brolin as G.W. Bush in W.

Bill Murray as FDR in Hyde Park

Anthony Hopkins as John Q. Adams in Amistad

Robin Williams as Teddy Roosevelt in Night of the Museum

James Cromwell as G.H.W. Bush is W.

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

loved Josh brolin

 

[StraxStrax]

Hopkins as Nixon is a joke right?

 

[Swagnificent]

dude from independence day.

 

[kp404]

Hopkins as Nixon is the only correct answer...one of the greatest acting performances of all time

EDIT: Terry Crews as President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho is #1

Hopkins is runner up

 

[observe]

Zeus from the 5th Element

 

[MartyMcFly]

We doing just movies? Because Martin Sheen is my answer but you're also talking playing real life presidents right?

 

[obarth]

Darrell Hammond as Bill Clinton on Saturday Night Live>>>>

 

[MartyMcFly]

Darrell Hammond as Bill Clinton on Saturday Night Live>>>>

That thumbs up and lip bite is hysterical each and every time

 

[Thoughts]

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Dude who played JFK in 13 Days..one of the most underrated political dramas out there.

 

[MartyMcFly]

Dude who played JFK in 13 Days..one of the most underrated political dramas out there.

Saw it in high school, very dope movie. Bruce Greenwood played him in that. The guy who played Captain Pike in the star trek reboot and voiced batman a couple times

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Saw it in high school, very dope movie. Bruce Greenwood played him in that. The guy who played Captain Pike in the star trek reboot and voiced batman a couple times

Thats him. i love that flick i watchit at least twice a year,such a well made movie aside from a few miscasts. he played him naturally, great job by dude.

 

[MartyMcFly]

Thats him. i love that flick i watchit at least twice a year,such a well made movie aside from a few miscasts. he played him naturally, great job by dude.

I'm surprised there hasn't been another JFK movie on the big screen. Not the movie about the murder investigation but just about the man himself. Like really surprised by that. Josh Brolin in W is very dope and very underrated

 

[Ed MOTHEREFFING G]

President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho THE GOAT