List of actors who have played Jesus
This is a list of actors who have played Jesus.
Actor(s) | Movie | Year | Director(s) | Notes |
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Robert Henderson-Bland | From the Manger to the Cross | 1912 | Sidney Olcott | [1] |
George Fisher | Civilization | 1916 | Thomas H. Ince | [2] |
Howard Gaye | Intolerance | 1916 | D. W. Griffith | [3] |
Claude Payton | Ben-Hur | 1925 | Fred Niblo | [4] |
H.B. Warner | The King of Kings | 1927 | Cecil B. DeMille | [5] |
Robert Le Vigan | Golgotha | 1935 | Julien Duvivier | [6] |
Robert Wilson | The Living Christ Series | 1951 | John T Coyle | |
Donald C. Klune | The Robe | 1953 | Henry Koster | [7] |
Claude Heater | Ben-Hur | 1959 | William Wyler | [8] |
Jeffrey Hunter | King of Kings | 1961 | Nicholas Ray | [9] |
Roy Mangano | Barabbas | 1961 | Richard Fleischer | |
Enrique Irazoqui | The Gospel According to St.Matthew | 1964 | Pier Paolo Pasolini | [10] |
Max von Sydow | The Greatest Story Ever Told | 1965 | George Stevens | [11] |
Donald Sutherland | Johnny Got His Gun | 1971 | Dalton Trumbo | [12] |
Kamal Haasan | Annai Velankanni | 1971 | K. Thangappan | [13] |
Victor Garber | Godspell | 1973 | David Greene | [14] |
Ted Neeley | Jesus Christ Superstar | 1973 | Norman Jewison | [15] |
Murali Das | Jesus | 1973 | P. A. Thomas | [16] |
Murali | Thomasleeha | 1975 | P. A. Thomas | [17] |
Robert Powell | Jesus of Nazareth | 1977 | Franco Zeffirelli | [18] |
Liam Neeson | Pilgrim's Progress | 1978 | Ken Anderson | [19] |
Vijayachander | Karunamayudu (Dayamayudu) | 1978 | A. Bhimsingh | [20] |
Kenneth Colley | Monty Python's Life of Brian | 1979 | Terry Jones | [21] |
Brian Deacon | Jesus | 1979 | Peter Sykes | |
Chris Sarandon | The Day Christ Died | 1980 | James Cellan Jones | [22] |
Vijayachander | Rajadhi Raju | 1980 | Bapu | [23] |
John Hurt | History of the World, Part I | 1981 | Mel Brooks | |
Michael Wilding Jr. | A.D. | 1985 | Stuart Cooper | |
Jürgen Prochnow | The Seventh Sign | 1988 | Carl Schultz | |
Willem Dafoe | The Last Temptation of Christ | 1988 | Martin Scorsese | |
Vijaya Kumaranatunga | Christhu Charithaya | 1990 | Sunil Ariyaratne | Christhu Charithaya |
Vincent Laresca | Bad Lieutenant | 1992 | Abel Ferrara | |
Bruce Marchiano | The Visual Bible: Matthew | 1993 | Regardt van den Bergh | [24] |
Mat Ranillo III | Kristo | 1996 | Ben Yalung | [25] |
Vijayachander | Dayasagar | 1996 | Vijayachander | |
Jeremy Sisto | Jesus | 1999 | Roger Young | |
Christian Bale | Mary, Mother of Jesus | 1999 | Kevin Connor | |
Will Ferrell | Superstar | 1999 | Bruce McCulloch | |
Glenn Carter | Jesus Christ Superstar | 2000 | Gale Edwards Nick Morris | |
David J. Francis | Dracula 2000 | 2000 | Patrick Lussier | [26] |
Jan Michelini | The Apocalypse | 2002 | Raffaele Mertes | |
Henry Ian Cusick | The Gospel of John | 2003 | Philip Saville | |
Siva Krishna | Yesu Mahimalu | 2003 | Natti Kumar | [27] |
Jim Caviezel | The Passion of the Christ | 2004 | Mel Gibson | |
Jonathan Scarfe | Judas | 2004 | Charles Robert Carner | |
Krishna | Shanti Sandesham | 2004 | P. Chandrasekhar Reddy | [28] |
D'Arcy Browning | Cross and Bones | 2005 | Paul Carrière | [29] |
Robert Torti | Reefer Madness | 2005 | Andy Fickman | |
Matthew Modine | Mary | 2005 | Abel Ferrara | |
Suman | Mulla Kireetam | 2005 | N.S. Raja Reddy | [30] |
Ahmad Soleimani Nia | The Messiah | 2007 | Nader Talebzadeh | |
Joseph Mawle | The Passion | 2008 | Michael Offer | |
Julian Casey | Ben Hur | 2010 | Steve Shill | |
Shredy Jabarin | المخلص (The Savior, Arabic language film) | 2014 | Robert Savo | [31] |
Diogo Morgado | Son of God | 2014 | Christopher Spencer | [32] |
Selva Rasalingam | The Gospel of John | 2014 | David Batty | [33] |
Selva Rasalingam | The Gospel of Matthew | 2014 | David Batty | [34] |
Selva Rasalingam | The Gospel of Mark | 2015 | David Batty | [35] |
Selva Rasalingam | The Gospel of Luke | 2015 | David Batty | [36] |
Ewan McGregor | Last Days in the Desert | 2015 | Rodrigo Garcia | |
Haaz Sleiman | Killing Jesus | 2015 | Christopher Menaul | |
Juan Pablo Di Pace | A.D. The Bible Continues | 2015 | Ciaran Donnelly | |
DJ Perry | 40 Nights | 2016 | Jesse Low | |
Joseph Mesiano | Joseph & Mary | 2016 | Roger Christian | |
Rodrigo Santoro | Ben-Hur | 2016 | Timur Bekmambetov | [37] |
Cliff Curtis | Risen | 2016 | Kevin Reynolds | |
Adam Greaves-Neal | The Young Messiah | 2016 | Cyrus Nowrasteh | |
Aviv Alush | The Shack | 2017 | Stuart Hazeldine | |
Jeremy Davies | American Gods | 2017 | Floria Sigismondi | |
Jonathan Roumie | The Chosen | 2017 | Dallas Jenkins | [38] |
Joaquin Phoenix | Mary Magdalene | 2018 | Garth Davis | |
DJ Perry | The Christ Slayer | 2019 | Nathaniel Nose | |
Adam Bond | Good Omens | 2019 | Douglas Mackinnon | |
John Legend | Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert | 2019 | David Leveaux Alex Rudzinski | |
Vivaan Shah | Yeshu | 2020 | Arvind Babbal | [39] |
Shayan Ardalan | 40: The Temptation of Christ | 2020 | Douglas James Vail | |
Juan Pablo Di Pace | Resurrection | 2021 | Ciaran Donnelly |
Notes
- Jesus (character) at IMDb
External links
- Jesus in Film and TV: 13 Devilishly Handsome Actors Who've Played the Son of God
- 20 Actors That Have Played Jesus Christ
- Actors who have portrayed Jesus
- Actors Who Played Jesus
- A look at actors who have played Jesus in movies
- Blestemul unui rol fascinant: ce s-a intamplat cu actorii care l-au jucat pe Iisus in filme, ProTv
See also
- The Nativity (1978)
- List of films set in ancient Rome § The Life of Jesus Christ
- The Robe (1953)
- List of films based on the Bible