Actors Who Have Played John F. Kennedy
by miker3870 | created - 07 Jan 2012 | updated - 11 Nov 2013 | Public
1. Martin Sheen
Actor | The Departed
Multiple Emmy- and Golden Globe-winner Martin Sheen is one of America's most celebrated, colorful, and accomplished actors. Moving flawlessly between artistic mediums, Sheen's acting range is striking.
Sheen was born Ramón Antonio Gerard Estevez in Dayton, Ohio, to Mary-Ann (Phelan), an Irish ...
Kennedy (1983)
2. Greg Kinnear
Actor | As Good as It Gets
Greg Kinnear was born on June 17, 1963, in Logansport, Indiana, USA to Edward Kinnear, a career diplomat with the US State Department, and Suzanne (nee Buck) Kinnear, a homemaker. He has two brothers -- James, vice president-investments at Wachovia Securities in Arizona who was born in 1957, and ...
The Kennedys (2011)
3. Patrick Dempsey
Actor | Grey's Anatomy
Patrick will next be seen in Eli Roth's new feature film THANKSGIVING as well as Michael Mann's new film, FERRARI, in which he stars opposite Adam Driver and Penélope Cruz. He was just seen starring in the Disney+ feature film and sequel to ENCHANTED, DISENCHANTED, opposite Amy Adams and most ...
JFK: Reckless Youth (1993)
4. Stephen Collins
Actor | 7th Heaven
Stephen Collins was born on October 1, 1947 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. He is an actor and director, known for 7th Heaven (1996), Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) and The First Wives Club (1996). He has been married to Jenny Nagel since July 22, 2019. He was previously married to Faye Grant and ...
A Woman Named Jackie (1991)
5. James Franciscus
Actor | Beneath the Planet of the Apes
James Grover Franciscus graduated magna cum laude from Yale University in 1957 with a B.A. in English and theater. His father, John Allen Franciscus, was a pilot killed in action during WWII. His mother was named Loraine (nee Grover) and he had one sibling, a brother named John. Mr. Franciscus is ...
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (1981)
Also played a JFK-like President in The Greek Tycoon (1978)
6. Sam Groom
Actor | Otherworld
Sam Groom was born on June 13, 1938 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He is an actor, known for Otherworld (1985), Police Surgeon (1971) and One Life to Live (1968). He was previously married to Suzanne Rogers and Kathleen Marie Sullivan.
Blood Feud (1983)
7. William Devane
Actor | Knots Landing
William Devane, the movie and television actor, was born in Albany, New York, the son of Joseph Devane, who served as Franklin D. Roosevelt's chauffeur when he was Governor of New York. After graduating from New York City's American Academy of Dramatic Arts, he appeared on-stage. He finally made ...
The Missiles Of October (1974)
8. Bruce Greenwood
Actor | Star Trek
Bruce Greenwood was born on August 12, 1956 in Noranda, Québec, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Star Trek (2009), Thirteen Days (2000) and I, Robot (2004). He has been married to Susan Devlin since 1985. They have one child.
Thirteen Days (2000)
9. Steven Weber
Actor | The Shining
This Queens-born actor has certainly proven himself adept at everything from quirky comedy to flat-out melodrama earning TV stardom in the early 1990's and maintaining a strong foothold on stage, film and TV in its aftermath.
Steven Robert Weber was born on March 4, 1961, to Fran (Frankel), a ...
The Kennedys Of Massachusetts (1990)
10. Tim Matheson
Actor | National Lampoon's Animal House
Tim Matheson is an American actor, director and producer perhaps best known for his portrayal of the smooth talking 'Eric "Otter" Stratton' in the 1978 comedy, National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), but has had a variety of other well-known roles both before and since, including critical accolades...
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (2000)
11. Cliff Robertson
Actor | Spider-Man
Clifford Parker Robertson III became a fairly successful leading man through most of his career without ever becoming a major star. Following strong stage and television experience, he made an interesting film debut in a supporting role in Picnic (1955). He then played Joan Crawford's deranged ...
PT-109 (1963)
12. Mike Farrell
Actor | M*A*S*H
Mike is one of four children. His father, Joe, who died in 1956, was a carpenter at Hollywood studios. Mike attended grammar school with Natalie Wood and Ricky Nelson. He entered the Marines in the 1950s for two years. Later, he attended the University of California at Los Angeles and studied ...
JFK: A One Man Show (1984)
13. William Petersen
Producer | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
William Petersen was born on February 21, 1953 in Evanston, Illinois, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000), Manhunter (1986) and To Live and Die in L.A. (1985). He has been married to Gina Cirone since June 14, 2003. They have two children. He was ...
The Rat Pack (1998)
14. Cliff De Young
Actor | The Craft
Clifford Tobin De Young was born on February 12, 1945 in Los Angeles, California. He was the lead singer of the late-1960s rock band Clear Light, which played with such artists as The Doors, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. He went to New York City in 1970 after the band broke up, starred in the ...
Robert Kennedy & His Times (1985)
15. Michael Murphy
Actor | Manhattan
Michael Murphy was born in Los Angeles, California, to Georgia Arlyn (née Money), a teacher, and Bearl Branton Murphy, a salesman. After a hitch in the Marine Corps, Murphy attended the University of Arizona, Tucson, and then went to U.C.L.A. for his California teaching credential. From 1962 to ...
The Island (1998)
16. James F. Kelly
Actor | Dark Skies
James F. Kelly is known for Dark Skies (1996), Sinatra (1992) and LBJ: The Early Years (1987).
Sinatra (1992)
17. Sam Chew Jr.
Actor | The Bionic Woman
Sam Chew, Jr. was born and raised in Philadelphia, Penn. A graduate of Temple University, class of 1965, he worked as an announcer/DJ in Philadelphia and moved to Hollywood in 1965. He was a contract player at 20th Century Fox along with James Brolin and Tom Selleck from 1966-1968. He has appeared ...
Young Joe The Forgotten Kennedy (1977)
18. Daniel Hugh Kelly
Actor | Star Trek: Insurrection
Daniel Hugh Kelly was born on August 10, 1952 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the middle of five children. His father was a police officer/detective and his mother was a social worker. He received his B.A. from St. Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania and pursued his M.F.A. on a full scholarship at ...
Jackie, Ethel & Joan: The Women Of Camelot (2001)
19. Charles Frank
Actor | The Right Stuff
Charles Frank was born on April 17, 1947 in Olympia, Washington, USA. He is an actor and director, known for The Right Stuff (1983), All My Children (1970) and Wonder Woman (1975). He has been married to Susan Blanchard since June 25, 1977. They have one child.
LBJ: The Early Years (1987)
20. Robert Pine
Actor | Lakeview Terrace
Robert Pine is an American actor who is best known as Sgt. Joseph Getraer on the television series CHiPs (1977-1983). Including CHiPs, Pine has appeared in over 400 episodes of television. Pine was born in New York City on July 10, 1941, the son of Virginia (née Whitelaw) and Granville Martin Pine,...
Hoover vs. The Kennedys: The Second Civil War (1987)
21. Art Hindle
Actor | Porky's
Born in Halifax to a Royal Canadian Navy father, Art's mother soon had him back in their home town of Toronto, Ontario. He grew up in the "Beaches" of Toronto a big fan of Elvis Presley and rock n' roll. Although shy as a child, he grew to be a rebellious and independent teenager. This lead him to ...
J. Edgar Hoover (1987)
22. Martin Donovan
Actor | Tenet
Martin Donovan was born in Reseda, California, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Tenet (2020), Big Little Lies (2017) and Special Ops: Lioness (2023). He has been married to Vivian Lanko since 1984. They have two children.
RFK (2002)
23. Rob Lowe
Actor | St. Elmo's Fire
Rob Lowe was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, to Barbara Lynn (Hepler), a schoolteacher, and Charles Davis Lowe, a lawyer. His brother is actor Chad Lowe. He has German, as well as English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh ancestry. Lowe's family moved to Dayton, Ohio, when he was a child. Rob broke ...
Killing Kennedy (2013)
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