He Also Played the President Trivia Quiz

Answer: Andrew Shepherd

Michael Douglas plays Andrew Shepherd in "The American President" (1995). Shepherd is a widower dating a lobbyist played by Annette Bening. His approval ratings fall as his administration loses focus; he regains that focus in the end with a dramatic speech. Aaron Sorkin created President Shepherd.
Andrew Boone (Kelsey Grammer) was president in the 2008 film "Swing Vote." Jackson Evans (Jeff Bridges) was president in "The Contender" (2000). Charles Logan (Gregory Itzin) was an evil president on "24".

Answer: Dwayne "Mountain Dew" Camacho

Terry Crews plays President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho in "Idiocracy" (2006). President Camacho is a former porn star and professional wrestler, who enjoys gold bling and weapons. The crisis in his presidency? Plants will not grow when watered with energy drinks. Camacho is succeeded by Joe Bauers (Luke Wilson), who uses water to water plants.
Mays Gilliam was played by Chris Rock in "Head of State" (2003).
Wayne Palmer (D.B. Woodside) was on several seasons of "24".

Answer: James Marshall

Harrison Ford plays James Marshall in "Air Force One" (1997). Marshall turns into an action hero when Air Force One is high-jacked, and he fights a group of Russian separatist terrorists. Signature line: "Get off my plane!"
John Keeler (Geoffrey Pierson) was president on "24" until Air Force One was shot down by a missile. Alan Richmond (Gene Hackman) in "Absolute Power" (1997) committed murder. Jack Neil (Ronny Cox) in "Murder at 1600" (1997) was blackmailed in a murder plot.

Answer: Douglas Dilman

James Earl Jones is Douglas Dilman, the first African-American president in "The Man" (1972). Dilman is serving as President Pro Tem of the Senate when a strange series of accidents places him in the Oval Office. The film is based on the novel by Irving Wallace.
Thomas Wilson (Danny Glover) was the president in the 2009 disaster film "2012". Greg Stillson (Martin Sheen) was the congressman who would be president in "The Dead Zone" (1983). David Palmer (Dennis Haysbert) was on the first four seasons of "24".

Answer: Thomas Whitmore

Bill Pullman is fighter pilot turned President Thomas Whitmore in "Independence Day" (1996). President Whitmore fights off an alien invasion on the Fourth of July weekend. He gives an inspiring speech towards the middle of the film that is reminiscent of Henry V's Agincourt speech.
James Dale (Jack Nicholson) was the president in "Mars Attacks!" (1996), and was considerably less courageous. Noah Daniels (Powers Boothe) was the vice president who took over when President Wayne Palmer was injured on "24."
Chet Roosevelt (John Ritter) attempted to get the United States out of debt through a telethon in "Americathon" (1979).

Answer: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Harry Shearer, who has voiced many characters on "The Simpsons" since 1989, voices President Arnold Schwarzenegger in "The Simpsons Movie" (2007). His best line: "I was elected to lead, not to read." President Schwarzenegger places Springfield under a giant glass dome to contain a toxic waste spill.

Lloyd Bridges played "Tug" Benson in "Hot Shots! Part Deux" (1993). Richard Van Vleet parodies George W Bush as Bubba Shrub in "Bikini Planet" (2002). Kevin Pollak played presidential aide turned president Stuart Smiley in the Michael Moore comedy "Canadian Bacon" (1995).

Answer: William Harrison Mitchell

Kevin Kline plays corrupt President Bill Mitchell in the comedy "Dave" (1993). Mitchell is a philanderer who suffers a stroke and is replaced by a look-a-like, also played by Kline. Dave Kovic (posing as president) saves homeless shelters and launches a full employment program. Gary Nance (Ben Kingsley) is the vice president who succeeds the late Bill Mitchell.
Monroe Cole was Gene Hackman's character in "Welcome to Mooseport" (2004), the second time Hackman played a president. Jack Lemmon played Russell Kramer in "My Fellow Americans" (1996).

Answer: Manfred Link

Bob Newhart plays Manfred Link, a rather hapless president whose daughter (Gilda Radner) ends up being kidnapped by an African nation in "First Family" (1980). The citizens of Upper Gorm, a fictional African nation, ask for Americans to be sent to their country so they can oppress them.

James Foster (Mark Harmon) was in "Chasing Liberty" (2004). John MacKenzie (Michael Keaton) was in "First Daughter" (2004). George Richmond (Dabney Coleman) was in "My Date with the President's Daughter" (1998). In all four films, the respective presidents had trouble keeping track of their daughters.

Answer: Tom Beck

President Tom Beck heroically faces the destruction of the world in "Deep Impact" (1998). Morgan Freeman gives several inspiring speeches before a team of US astronauts saves the world. Much of the eastern seaboard of the US is wiped out by a giant tsunami when the Atlantic is hit by a comet.
Stanley Anderson was the actor who played the unnamed President in "Armageddon" (1998), a film very similar to "Deep Impact." Richard Blake (Perry King) and Raymond Becker (Kenneth Welsh) were in "The Day After Tomorrow" (2004), another end of the world film.

Answer: Merkin Muffley

Peter Sellers plays three characters in "Dr Strangelove" (1964): President Merkin Muffley, Lionel Mandrake and the title character. Muffley is rather ineffectual as a president trying to prevent World War III from destroying Earth. Seller's conversation with the Russian President is one of the funniest film moments ever. Muffley: "Of course it's a friendly call... If it wasn't friendly, you wouldn't be getting it." Buck Turgeson was a crazy general played by George C Scott, while Bat Guano was played by Keenan Wynn. Guano to Mandrake: "If you don't get the President of the United States on that phone, you're gonna have to answer to the Coca Cola Company."