List of fictional actors

Fictional stories sometimes feature a fictional movie or play. In these cases, occasionally, a fictional actor appears. In movies, it is not infrequent that a real, famous actor plays the role of a fictional person who is also an actor.

Fictional actors in movies and television

The following list features fictional actors including, in (parentheses), the real actor who played the fictional actor in a movie. At the end of the entry appears the name of the movie or the television series where the fictional actor appeared.

A, B, C

  • A-Train (Jessie T. Usher), real name Reggie Franklin, a member of the Seven, the Vought corporation's most popular superhero team, with the film, television, music, streaming services and promotion deals that entails. Stars as himself in Dawn of the Seven (produced by Vought Studios in association with Vought International), the seventh installment in the Vought Cinematic Universe - The Boys
  • Adore (Jackie Haley), androgynous child actor aspirant – The Day of the Locust
  • Big Albert (voiced by Roberto Encinas), a monster turned actor, like most stars at MKO; a Frankenstein monster-like being, he is the most intelligent man in the world thanks to his brain; he discovered that MKO producer and former stuntsbeing William A. FitzRandolph had a dangerous secret – Hollywood Monsters 2 (video game)[1]
  • Alicia (Cecilia Roth), actress and friend of Hache – Martín (Hache)
  • Tim Allgood (Mark Linn-Baker), stagehand and occasional replacing actor ("the burglar") – Noises Off...
  • Misa Amane, Japanese model and film actress - Death Note
  • Aki Amano (Rena Nōnen) , Japanese idol and television actress - Amachan
  • Louie Amendola (Jimmy Durante), retired vaudeville actor – The Great Rupert
  • Jeffrey Anderson (Kevin Kline), theater and TV actor, acted alongside Celeste Talbert in soap opera The Sun Also Sets (acting as Dr. Rod Randall), former lover of Talbert – Soapdish
  • Anna (Sally Kirkland), middle-aged Czech star looking for work in New York – Anna
  • The Ape Man (Denny Scott Miller), unidentified actor who impersonates an Ape Man – Gilligan's Island, episode: "The Ape Man"
  • Eve Appleton (Kay Francis), actress who rises from burlesque to Broadway – Comet Over Broadway
  • Joyce Arden (Bette Davis), temperamental actress, frequent co-star and fiancée of Basil Underwood – It's Love I'm After
  • Mavis Arden (Mae West), glamorous movie star, "the talk of the talkies", stranded in rural Pennsylvania while promoting her latest film, Superfine Pictures' Drifting Lady – Go West, Young Man
  • Arthur (Stanley Tucci), comedy actor and partner to Maurice – The Impostors
  • Don Arturo (Fernando Fernán Gómez), theater actor in the Spanish 1940s and 1950s – El Viaje a Ninguna Parte
  • Brooke Ashton (Nicollette Sheridan), theater actress who played Vicki – Noises Off...
  • Madeline Ashton (Meryl Streep), narcissistic film and stage actress desperate to retain beauty and fame - Death Becomes Her
  • Baby Herman (voiced by Lou Hirsch), toon actor – Who Framed Roger Rabbit
  • Hrundi V. Bakshi (Peter Sellers), an extra from India – The Party
  • Great Balso (Val Setz) – Powder River
  • Josh and Dinah Barkley (Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers), husband-and-wife musical comedy team who temporarily split up when Dinah is cast in a dramatic play as Sarah Bernhardt – The Barkleys of Broadway
  • Tom Baron (Bill Goodwin) – The Jolson Story and Jolson Sings Again
  • Diana Barrie (Maggie Smith), Oscar-nominated actress – California Suite
  • Tim Bart (Richard Dix), western actor – It Happened in Hollywood
  • Bruce Baxter (Kyle Chandler), movie star who acts in films that include sex and nudity – King Kong (2005)
  • Sylvia Bennington (Nancy Travis) - Three Men and a Baby and Three Men and a Little Lady
  • Bianca (Eline Powell), a young mummer in Izembaro's Braavosi theater troupe - Game of Thrones
  • Isabel Bigelow (Nicole Kidman), witch who debuted as an actress with the 2005 remake of Bewitched – Bewitched
  • Bill (Winston Dennis), a theater actor who plays Baron Munchausen's incredibly strong servant Albrecht (The Adventures of Baron Munchausen)
  • Black Noir, (Nathan Mitchell and Fritzy-Klevans Destine), real name Earving, mysterious mute member of the Seven. Was a member of Payback in the 1980s. Presumably starred as himself in Payback, Red Thunder, three seasons of Payback!, Dawn of the Seven and Noir, Really, a Christmas-themed romantic comedy film - The Boys
  • John Blakeford (John Halliday), actor – Hollywood Boulevard
  • Belinda Blair (Marilu Henner), theater actress playing Flavia Brent – Noises Off...
  • Elliot Blitzer (Bronson Pinchot) an actor, cocaine addict, and police informant in True Romance
  • Laney Boggs (Rachael Leigh Cook), 18-year-old student who acts in experimental, performance plays – She's All That
  • Don Bolton (Bob Hope) – Caught in the Draft
  • Milo Booth (voice unidentified), deceased silent film star whose ghost is impersonated by a dognapper – Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, episode: "Chiller Diller Movie Thriller"
  • Dusty Bottoms (Chevy Chase), acted in westerns with Lucky Day and Ned Nederlander during the silent film era – Three Amigos
  • Rodney Bowman (Bruce Lester) – Boy Meets Girl
  • Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli et al.), cabaret actress in Kit Kat Club, Berlin, during the 1930s – Cabaret
  • Woody Boyd (Woody Harelson), part-time theatre actor in Cheers
  • Billy Boyle (Norman Foster), aging ex-child star and loyal member of director Jake Hannaford's entourage – The Other Side of the Wind (unfinished film)
  • Alan Brady (Carl Reiner), star of the Alan Brady Show – The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Alan Brady Show and Mad About You
  • Blair Brennan (Paul Johansson), actor in soap opera The Sun Also Sets – Soapdish
  • Myles Brent (Edmund Burns), actor – The Death Kiss
  • Darryl Brewster (Ron Ely), star of Steve Swaggert, Private Eye; a passenger on The Pacific Princess – The Love Boat
  • Dion (Coolio) and Leon Brothers (Chuck D.), directors and probably actors of blaxploitation – An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn
  • Blousey Brown (Florrie Dugger), aspiring actress - Bugsy Malone
  • Hecky Brown (Zero Mostel), actor who was blacklisted after he was suspected of being a Communist – The Front
  • Thomas Brown (Will Rogers) – Doubting Thomas
  • Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey), who acted as himself – The Truman Show
  • Russell Burke (Marc Blucas), movie star who shadows Detective Danny Reagan on the job for research on a film role; he ends up assisting Reagan on an actual case – Blue Bloods
  • Francis "Frank" Burns (James Russo), troubled movie actor with history of drug addiction – Dangerous Game
  • Lola Burns (Jean Harlow), blonde movie sex symbol – Bombshell
  • Sir Jeremy Burtom (Alfred Molina), pretentious Shakespearean actor – The Impostors
  • Johnny Cage (Dan Pesina and Chris Alexander in video games; Linden Ashby in first movie; Chris Conrad in sequel; Jeff Durbin, Bran Halstead and Ted Nordblum in theatre), action movie star – Mortal Kombat series
  • Calvero (Charles Chaplin), washed-up vaudevillian in Limelight; his partner was played by Buster Keaton
  • Elsa Campbell (née Brinkmann) (Kim Novak), an unknown hired to portray ill-fated screen legend Lylah Clare in a biopic – The Legend of Lylah Clare
  • Wally Campbell (Bob Hope), actor – The Cat and the Canary
  • Judy Canfield (Lucille Ball), sharp-tongued, Seattle-born aspiring actress, resident of the theatrical rooming house The Footlights Club – Stage Door
  • Carol (Christine Baranski), aging star on Bobby Bowfinger's productions – Bowfinger
  • Claudia Casswell (Marilyn Monroe), bubble-headed aspiring actress, "a graduate of the Copacabana School of Dramatic Arts" and protégé of columnist Addison DeWitt – All About Eve
  • Tony Cavendish (Fredric March), actor – The Royal Family of Broadway
  • Blake Chandler (Sharon Stone), Cybill Shepherd-esque star of Brodsky's film Atlanta – Irreconcilable Differences
  • Margo Channing (Bette Davis), temperamental, insecure, veteran Broadway star – All About Eve; Margo Channing was also listed in the opening credits of the film Sleuth (but did not appear in that film) and on a poster briefly seen in the Bette Davis film Connecting Rooms
  • Vera Charles (Coral Browne), elegant, alcoholic Broadway star, born in Pittsburgh – Auntie Mame
  • Cordelia Chase (Charisma Carpenter), supernatural detective and unsuccessful actress – Angel
  • Johnny Drama (né Chase) (Kevin Dillon), Vincent Chase's half-brother, C-list actor, acted in hit TV series Viking Quest, had guest appearances in Melrose Place and Nash Bridges; also Vincent's cook and fitness consultant – Entourage
  • Victoria Chase (Wendy Malick), actress from Edge of Tomorrow, a soap opera that was canceled after a very long run; recently won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress – Hot In Cleveland
  • Vincent "Vince" Chase (Adrian Grenier), up-and-coming Hollywood movie actor from Queens; had a breakout with Head On, co-starring Jessica Alba; turned out big budget studio film Matterhorn to work on indie Queens Boulevard, well received in Sundanc; played title character in James Cameron's Aquaman – Entourage
  • Thelma Cheri (Marla Shelton), double-crossing Hollywood star – Stand-In
  • Cherish (Alicia Witt), redhead porn actress who "parodies" Honey Whitlock's movies – Cecil B. DeMented
  • Cherry Chester (Margaret Sullavan), née Sarah Brown, temperamental movies star/heiress – The Moon's Our Home
  • Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson), rapper/actor – Tropic Thunder
  • Christian (Ewan McGregor), bohemian poet and forced actor in his own play in 1899 in the Moulin Rouge – Moulin Rouge!
  • Lorne Chumley, legendary motion picture actor; his extraordinary makeup skills earned him the nickname "The Man With a Million Faces" (parody of Lon Chaney Sr.) – The New Scooby-Doo Movies
  • Jake Clampett (King Donovan), penniless struggling actor arrested for theft – The Beverly Hillbillies, episode: "The Clampetts Are Overdrawn"
  • Lylah Clare (Kim Novak), ill-fated screen legend (inspired by Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich), being portrayed by Elsa Campbell (née Brinkmann) in biopic – The Legend of Lylah Clare
  • John Clarron (Derek Farr), retired actor plotting to poison his wife - The Saint season 1 episode 1 "The Talented Husband"
  • Laura Claybourne (Emma Samms), soap opera actress – Delirious
  • Daisy Clover (Natalie Wood), teenage singer/actress of the 1930s (inspired by Judy Garland and Deanna Durbin), briefly married to bisexual actor Wade Lewis – Inside Daisy Clover
  • Katherine “Kitty” Cobham (Cherie Lunghi), posing as the Duchess of Wharfedale - The Duchess and the Devil
  • Jack Cole (Thomas Haden Church), a past-his-prime actor looking for one last hookup before his impending marriage and real estate career - Sideways
  • Willie Coon (George Forbes), TV actor acting in racist series That's My Boy – C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
  • Chad Dylan Cooper (Sterling Knight), teen soap star diva on fictional TV series, "Mackenzie Falls", TV series Sonny with a Chance
  • Jonathan Cooper (Richard Todd), actor wanted for murder – Stage Fright
  • Professor Arthur Corvus (Mark Pellegrino) - (A Murder of Crows)
  • Lori Craven (Elisabeth Shue), actress in soap opera The Sun Also Sets, related to star Celeste Talbert (character: Angelique) – Soapdish
  • Crimson Countess (Laurie Holden), was a member of Vought's superhero team Payback in the 1980,. starring as herself in their origin film Payback as well as cult classic Red Thunder and superhero crime thriller Whiskey Sunrise. In present day she continues to work for Vought, performing at a Voughtland amusement park - The Boys
  • Richard Crosby (Gary Oldman), three-time Academy Award nominee, acted in a war movie with Joey Tribbiani – Friends
  • Nina Cruz (Candela Peña), theater actress along with Huma Rojo in A Streetcar Named Desire – All About My Mother

D, E, F

G, H, I

J, K, L

M, N, O

P, Q, R

S, T, U, V

W, X, Y, Z

Fictional actors in literature

Discworld

In the book Moving Pictures, the alchemists of the Discworld have invented moving pictures. Many hopefuls are drawn by the siren call of Holy Wood, home of the fledgling "movie" industry. Some of them begin working in movies, specially under producer Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler. The following list only covers the characters in the book that work in movies, and only if their names are given (failed stars who do not get a single role are not listed). This list is also intended to cover any known theater actor in Discworld, in other books.

  • Breccia (troll actor, details unknown)
  • Charlie (professional Vetinari lookalike in The Truth, serves as his stand-in during the events of Raising Steam)
  • Delores De Syn, real name Theda "Ginger" Withel
  • Galena, alias Rock Cliff, troll actor
  • Laddie the Wonder Dog
  • Blanche Languish, details unknown
  • The Librarian
  • Victor Maraschino, real name Victor Tugelbend
  • Morraine "Morry", troll actor, usually acts as a rock
  • Sniddin (gnome actor, details unknown)
  • Evil-Minded Son of a Bitch, camel actor
  • part of the staff of the Unseen University
  • Vitoller's Men (from Wyrd Sisters)
    • Bratsley
    • Dafe
    • Gumridge
    • Tomjon
    • Olwyn Vitoller, actor-manager
    • Wimsloe
  • The Lancre Morris Men/Comic Artisans
    • Baker
    • Obidiah Carpenter
    • Bestiality Carter
    • Jason Ogg
    • Tailor
    • Tinker
    • Thatcher
    • Weaver

Star Wars Expanded Universe

Although not a main part of the Star Wars expanded universe mainstream, theater and "holo-movies" are also featured in this universe, including the following actors, most of whom reached notoriety only after leaving show business.

  • Adalric Cessius Brandl, theater actor, dark side inquisitor and father of Jaalib Brandl
  • Jaalib Brandl, former theater actor, Imperial governor later in his life
  • Syal Antilles Fel, actress who worked under the stage name "Wynssa Starflare", also the sister of Rebel hero Wedge Antilles
  • Nallu Koras, holo-actress, holovid dancer, and galactic celebrity
  • Film, actor and con artist
  • Garik "The Face" Loran, former child actor of pro-Imperial movies, starfighter ace for the New Republic later in his life
  • Roons Sewell, theater actor and later Rebel general
  • Shantee Ree, holovid star
  • Romeo Treblanc, actor and later entrepreneur
  • Epoh Trebor, entertainer, a reference to Bob Hope
  • Palleus Chuff, a dwarf actor in Coruscant who had played the role of Yoda, and who later impersonated Yoda in a feint so that Yoda could leave on a secret mission during the Clone Wars. (Yoda: Dark Rendezvous).

Fictional actors in comic books

  • Woodsy Alvin, parody of Woody Allen, writing, directing and starring in movies where pretty girls feel oddly attracted towards Alvin's character – Little Annie Fanny
  • Valerie Astro, American female star who was hired for Spanish movie Tronak el Kártako as the beautiful and evil sorceress "Tekla de Karb" – Superlópez
  • Bernhard "Buddy" Baker, aka the superhero Animal Man (originally A-Man), a film stunt man given the ability to "borrow" animal abilities by aliens - DC Comics (September 14, 1965)[2]
  • Barelli, eponymous theatre actor often caught up in dangerous adventures - Tintin
  • Bunny Ball - Harvey Comics
  • Alison Blaire, aka Dazzler (Marvel Comics) is mainly a singer but also worked as an actress in movies – Dazzler comic series and graphic novel Dazzler: The Movie
  • Louis Belski (Marvel Comics), actor who played Dracula – Dracula Lives! # 4 – 1973, & Werewolf By Night # 19 – 1974
  • Meggan Braddock (née Puceanu), member of Excalibur - Marvel Comics (December 1983)[3]
  • Flygirl (Kim Brand), an actress that the Fly rescued who soon received similar powers from the same source and became his partner in fighting crime - Archie Comics
  • Moira Brandon, aging movie star who worked with the West Coast Avengers – Marvel Comics (September, 1993)[4]
  • John Caliban, former actor who became an assassin known as Mr. Midnight – The Spirit (July 1940)
  • Brut Canlaster (inspired by Burt Lancaster), aged actor, left the old people's home to star as Great Karbalan in Tronak el Kártako, died during the filming – Superlópez
  • Kim Carlisle, an actress in a movie starring Nick Walker - The Leading Man
  • Strong Guy, Guido Carosella, member of X-Factor, is also a musical comedy actor - Marvel Comics
  • Daniel "Dan" Patrick Cassidy, aka Blue Devil, special effects wizard and stuntman transformed by occult energy (adaptation, Ian Ziering) - DC Comics (June 1984)[5]
  • The Chameleon, actor turned assassin gunning for Jonah Hex - (DC Comics) (September, 1977)[6]
  • Conred Conn, retired vid-pic star, said to be the handsomest man in the world, summoned by Chief Judge Cal to portray him or be beheaded (Judge Dredd) (November 25, 1978)[7]
  • Cowboy Wally, real name Wallace Spompenado, actor, producer, entrepreneur and all-around swindler – The Cowboy Wally Show, from Vertigo Comics
  • Muffy Cuddle, real name Matilda Hickenlooper, is unioned and was threatened by the Serpent Squad when she was trying to drink with tycoon Tony Stark – Marvel Comics (April 13, 1982)[8]
  • Frank Dean, an alien Hollywood actor, married to Leslie Dean and father of superheroine Lucy in the Sky – Marvel Comics (April, 2003)[9]
  • Leslie Dean, an alien Hollywood actress, married to Frank Dean and mother of superheroine Lucy in the Sky – Marvel Comics (April, 2003)[10]
  • Laura De Mille, aka Madame Rouge, French stage actress turned supervillain (adaptation, Michelle Gomez) - Doom Patrol (March 1964)[11]
  • Dominic "Dom" Destine, alias "Hex, the Master of Mysterious", a member of the Destine clan, once a theatrical performer - Marvel Comics UK (August, 1994)[12]
  • Richard Destine/Captain Horatio Destiny - DC Comics (December 1999)[13]
  • William Destine, a member of the Destine clan, alias actor "William Chance" who plays "Captain Oz" (in Australian slang, "Cap'n Oz") - Marvel Comics UK (September, 1994)[14]
  • Bob Diamond, martial artist with mystical powers, member of the Sons of the Tiger, famous as a Hollywood actor – Marvel Comics, Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #1, later Power Man and Iron Fist
  • Dixie Dugan, eponymous leading lady of her syndicated comic strip - Dixie Dugan aka Show Girl
  • Agnes Eckhart, a witch who played a witch on TV – Vampirella comic series (episode "Haven't I seen you on TV", by Billy Graham)
  • Esther, an actress whose kidnapping sets her new acquaintance Wallace on a mission to rescue her - Sin City: Hell and Back
  • Doctor Fang, a former boxer and actor emerging in Gotham City's underworld as a numbers racketeer and criminal mastermind - (DC Comics) (March, 1984)[15]
  • Little Annie Fanny, starring as a pretty girl strangely attracted to Woodsy Alvin's character, had on-screen sex with him – Little Annie Fanny
  • Rita Farr, aka Elasti-Girl, Olympic swimming gold medalist turned Hollywood actress who gained superpowers from unusual volcanic gases (adaptation, April Bowlby) - Doom Patrol (June 1963)[16]
  • Alison Frost, actress in a movie starring Nick Walker - The Leading Man
  • Miguelito Miguel Gómez (comic book character, name may be a pun on Fernando Fernán Gómez), bodybuilder without real physical strength, was hired to act in Tronak el Kártako as no serious actor would even consider the role – Superlópez
  • Mitch Goodman, stunt actor turned TV actor playing the Crimson Cougar on soap opera Tomorrow's Dawn - Astro City (August 2000)[17]
  • Basil Karlo, the original Clayface - DC Comics (June 1940)[18]
  • Katy Keene, "America's Queen of Pin-Ups and Fashions" is also an actress - Archie Comics
  • Lyla Lerrol, a Kryptonian actress who was a friend of Jor-El and Lara's (Superman's birth parents), in the years just prior to Krypton's destruction
  • Jonathan Lord, actor who appeared in motion pictures from the 1930s to the 1960s, now retired – Silverblade, a twelve issue maxi-series – DC Comics, 1987.
  • Madame Fatal, retired actor Richard Stanton – Quality Comics
  • Julie Madison, socialite, actress and romantic interest of Bruce Wayne - (DC Comics) (September 1939)][19]
  • The Make-Up Man, master of disguise, a criminal from Gotham City, who never revealed his true appearance, even to underlings - DC Comics (January, 1965)[20]
  • Dino Manelli, Italian-born soldier turned actor, formerly served in Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos[21]
  • Lindsay McCabe, actress and P. I., a friend of Wolverine and Spider-Woman – Marvel Comics
  • Bobby Milestone, former child actor – Silverblade, a twelve issue maxi-series – DC Comics, 1987.
  • The Scarlet Seal, former actor Lieutenant Barry Moore - Quality Comics
  • Roman Nekoboh (Marvel Comics), flamboyant show biz star with monetary problems and romantic interest to Dazzler – Dazzler comic series and graphic novel Dazzler: The Movie.
  • Lia Nelson, aka The Flash, teenage superheroine and actress on Earth-9 - DC Comics (December, 1997)[22]
  • Terry None, the daughter of Mister Nobody - Doom Patrol (November, 2016)[23]
  • Charlene O'Hara – up-and-coming Hollywood actress who, according to the yellow press, was in a romantic relationship with a superhuman – Marshal Law: Kingdom of the Blind
  • Paladin, a superhuman mercenary - Marvel Comics
  • Alfred Pennyworth, butler of Bruce Wayne - DC Comics
  • Master Pandemonium, Martin Preston, an actor who made a deal with Mephisto - Marvel Comics
  • Ransak the Reject, an Eternal-aligned Deviant, trained in martial arts by Kingo Sunen, who found employment for him in Japanese movies – The Eternals comics in Marvel Comics continuity.
  • Gregory Reed – the actor who plays Superman in Superman movies of the DC Universe; a parody of George Reeves – various Superman comics
  • Byrd Rentals, an anthropomorphic duck and Earth-C counterpart to Burt Reynolds; also known as Rubberduck, a member of the Zoo Crew – Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew! (DC Comics)
  • Priscilla Rich, the first Cheetah - various Wonder Woman comics (October 1943)[24]
  • Fritzi Ritz, eponymous leading lady of the American comic strip which eventually became Nancy
  • Arnold Schwarzburger, actor, star of the fictional series of movies Arkon; obvious parody of Arnold Schwarzenegger – Marvel Comics
  • Arnold Schwarzheimer, (Marvel Comics) super star, considered for the role of "Man of Kobar" in a possible movie of The Avengers. Parody of actor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
  • Paul Sloane, actor/criminal - DC Comics
  • Johnny Sorrow, an actor given powers as an agent of the King of Tears - (DC Comics) (December 1999)[25]
  • Alice Springs, girlfriend and co-star of William Destine as "Taz, Cap'n Oz's sidekick" - Marvel Comics UK
  • Kingo Sunen, star of Japanese cinema, usually plays the role of a Samurai; also an Eternal and a former Samurai during the feudal age of Japan – The Eternals comics in Marvel Comics continuity
  • Kevin Sydney aka Morph, originally Changeling, a mutant shapeshifter - Marvel Comics
  • Queen of Spades (Mona Taylor), washed up Broadway actress and member of the Royal Flush Gang - DC Comics (June, 1982)[26]
  • Linda Turner, former stuntwoman and later leading actress, secretly the heroine Black Cat – Harvey Comics
  • Tim Turner, silent film actor (retired), father and confidante of Linda Turner – Harvey Comics
  • Brian Vane – played The Winged Avenger, a TV superhero (The Vane character was based on actor George Reeves) – Silverblade, a twelve issue maxi-series – DC Comics, 1987
  • Marcelino Vinopán (name is a pun on Marcelino Pan y Vino), juvenile delinquent hired to act as "young Tronak" as his appearance was apparently similar to adult Tronak actor – Superlópez
  • Nick Walker, successful Hollywood movie actor, is also a superspy - The Leading Man
  • Patricia "Patsy" Walker, aka Hellcat - Marvel Comics (Nov. 1944)[27]
  • Mary Jane Watson (adaptation, Kirsten Dunst) – Spider-Man
  • Film Freak, Burt Weston, a former stuntman and failed actor preferring to impersonate villains - DC Comics (May, 1986)[28]
  • Simon Williams, aka the superhero Wonder Man, stunt actor and then played the villain in fiction Arkon IV – Marvel Comics
  • Delores Winters, an actress whose body was used by the Ultra-Humanite, eventually becoming a villain in her own right as Endless Winter - DC Comics (January, 1940)[29]
  • "Trystan Zale", an alias used by Clayface to become the star of the Gray Ghost movie, a nod towards Christian Bale being cast for Batman Begins – Batman: The Animated Series comics (July, 2004)[30]
  • Zita Zanders, a petty spoiled actress who turns murderous when she doesn't get her way - (DC Comics) (December, 1950)[31]

Fictional actors in video games

  • Ashley Brown, from trailer of video game The Movies
  • Decoy Octopus, real name unknown, actor turned surgically altered master of disguise infiltrator - Metal Gear Solid
  • Kim Dragon, martial arts movie star from the World Heroes video game series; accused of being a fake martial artist by critics, he seeks to prove that his fighting skills are genuine
  • Matt Engarde, who played The Nickel Samurai in the show of the same name, and Juan Corrida, who played The Jammin' Ninja in the show of the same name in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney − Justice for All
  • Jack Howitzer, is an action movie actor in Grand Theft Auto series.
  • Fei Long, martial arts actor from the Street Fighter video game series; unsatisfied with film fighting, he competes as a street fighter to hone his skills; a pastiche of Bruce Lee
  • Haiku McHuwen, a teen actor in Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror who plays "Jimbo Hawkins" in the heavily adapted version of Treasure Island
  • Will Powers and Jack Hammer who played The Steel Samurai and The Evil Magistrate in 'The Steel Samurai' in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney; Powers also played the lead role in 'The Pink Princess'
  • Sharon Spitzer, an actress playing the female lead in the heavily altered version of Treasure Island in the game Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror
  • Chuck Schwartz, is an actor in Grand Theft Auto III.
  • Arnold Steelone, was an actor in Grand Theft Auto III.
  • Candy Suxxx (Jenna Jameson) (full name Candice Shand), is a porn actress in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
  • Zip Toad, a Toad actor from the video game Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Other fictional actors

See also

References

  1. ^ Some monster characters from this game are not confirmed to be actors: FitzRandolph (Antonio Gálvez) and the Poet (Luis Bajo) are said to have been stuntsmen; Professors Mosca (Carlos Del Pino) and Zelssius (Tony Canal) are apparently only scientists; and High Priestess Krom-Ha (Conchi López) is, as far as we know, a mummy illusionist with her own show, not necessarily an actress.
  2. ^ Strange Adventures #180
  3. ^ Mighty World of Marvel #7
  4. ^ Avengers West Coast (Vol. 2) #100
  5. ^ Fury of Firestorm #24
  6. ^ Jonah Hex #4
  7. ^ 2000 AD #92 - Prog 92
  8. ^ Iron Man Vol 1 #160
  9. ^ Runaways #1
  10. ^ Runaways #1
  11. ^ Doom Patrol #86
  12. ^ ClanDestine #1
  13. ^ Martian Manhunter Vol. 2 #13
  14. ^ ClanDestine #2
  15. ^ Detective Comics #536
  16. ^ My Greatest Adventure #80
  17. ^ Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol.2 #22
  18. ^ Detective Comics #40
  19. ^ Detective Comics #31
  20. ^ Detective Comics #335
  21. ^ Marvel Team-Up #139
  22. ^ Tangent Comics: Flash #1
  23. ^ Doom Patrol Vol 6 #1
  24. ^ Wonder Woman #6
  25. ^ Secret Origins of Super-Villains 80-Page Giant #1
  26. ^ Justice League of America #203
  27. ^ Miss America Magazine #2
  28. ^ Batman #395
  29. ^ Action Comics #20
  30. ^ Batman Adventures vol 2 #14
  31. ^ Sensation Comics #100