However, few presidents have ever been impersonated and talked about on the scale ofJohn F. Kennedy.
He was charismatic and had countless brushes with show business during his heyday.
Kennedy also led the nation during a fraught era of American and world history.
Michael C. Hall on ‘The Crown’; Martin Sheen on ‘Kennedy’; Rob Lowe on ‘Killing Kennedy’.Credit:Alex Bailey/Netflix/courtesy Everett; NBC/Courtesy Everett; Kent Eanes/National Geographic Channel/Courtesy: Everett
Performances of JFK range from the goofy (Jon Hamm) to Oscar-worthy (Cliff Robertson).
Here are 18 stars who portrayed the 35th president.
The film was released just a few months before Kennedy’s assassination.
Cliff Robertson in ‘PT 109’.Everett Collection
Martin Sheen:Kennedy(1983)
He may always bePresident Bartlett fromThe West Wingto fans.
Jon Hamm:Saturday Night Live(2010)
Not every portrayal has been reverential.
It’s as strange as it sounds.
William Devane in ‘The Missiles of October’.ABC
Caspar Phillipson also played JFK inBlonde(2022).
“you might’t ignore the ubiquity of his image and his voice,” Halltold EW.
“You have to in some way honor that without mimicking him.”
James Franciscus and Jaclyn Smith in ‘Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy.Everett Collection
Martin Sheen and Blair Brown in ‘Kennedy’.Everett Collection
Eve Gordon and Stephen Collins in ‘A Woman Named Jackie’.Everett Collection
Patrick Dempsey in ‘JFK: Reckless Youth’.Everett Collection
William Petersen in ‘The Rat Pack’.HBO
Tim Matheson and Joanne Whalley in ‘Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis’.Everett Collection
From left: Steven Culp, Bruce Greenwood, and Kevin Costner in ‘Thirteen Days’.Everett Collection
Brett Stimely and Billy Crudup in ‘Watchmen’.Warner Bros.
From left: Kristen Wiig, Jon Hamm, and Nasim Pedrad on ‘Saturday Night Live’.Dana Edelson/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
Greg Kinnear in ‘The Kennedys’.Kennedys Productions (Ontario) Inc. and Zak Cassar
James Marsden (center) in ‘The Butler’.Weinstein Co.
Rob Low in ‘Killing Kennedy’.Kent Eanes/National Geographic Channels
Caspar Phillipson and Natalie Portman in ‘Jackie’.William Gray/Fox Searchlight
Jeffrey Donovan in ‘LBJ’.Castle Rock Entertainment
Jodi Balour and Michael C. Hall (center) on ‘The Crown’.Alex Bailey/Netflix
Grant Jordan on ‘Timeless’.Paul Drinkwater/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
