List of actors who have played Santa Claus
This is a list of actors who have played Santa Claus in film and on television, including voice acting roles. This does not count actors whose characters have dressed as Santa Claus. For example, Dan Castellaneta would not be included in this list for voicing Homer Simpson, a character who dressed up as a mall Santa in the pilot episode of The Simpsons. Roles are live action unless appearing in an animated TV film, series, or special, in which cases they are voice acting roles.
| Actor | Film/TV | Media type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Allen | The Santa Clause | film | 1994 |
| The Santa Clause 2 | film | 2002 | |
| The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause | film | 2006 | |
| Ed Asner | The Story of Santa Claus | animated TV film | 1996 |
| Elf | film | 2003 | |
| Christmas on the Bayou | film | 2013 | |
| Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas | animated TV special | 2014 | |
| Fred Astaire | The Man in the Santa Claus Suit | TV film | 1979 |
| Richard Attenborough | Miracle on 34th Street | film | 1994 |
| Steve Bacic | Deck the Halls | TV film | 2005 |
| Alec Baldwin | Rise of the Guardians | animated film | 2012 |
| Leedham Bantock | Santa Claus | film | 1912 |
| Don Beddoe | Bewitched, season 4 episode Humbug Not to Be Spoken Here | TV series | 1967 |
| Michael Bell | The Powerpuff Girls: 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas | animated TV series | 2003 |
| Brian Blessed | The Amazing World of Gumball, season 2 episode Christmas | animated TV series | 2012 |
| Sooty, season 2 episode Pranks and Presents | TV series (live action) | 2013 | |
| Danger Mouse, season 1 episode The Snowman Cometh | animated TV series | 2015 | |
| Beau Bridges | The Christmas Secret | TV film | 2009 |
| Lloyd Bridges | In the Nick of Time | TV film | 1991 |
| Jim Broadbent | Arthur Christmas | animated film | 2011 |
| Get Santa | film | 2015 | |
| Aldi Christmas Launch Advert | advertisement | 2020 | |
| George Buza | A Christmas Horror Story | film | 2015 |
| Sebastian Cabot | Miracle on 34th Street | TV film | 1973 |
| John Call | Santa Claus Conquers the Martians | film | 1964 |
| Bruce Campbell | The Librarians, episode "And Santa's Midnight Run" | TV series | 2014 |
| Douglas Campbell | Once Upon a Christmas | TV film | 2000 |
| Art Carney | The Twilight Zone, episode "The Night of the Meek" | TV series | 1960 |
| The Great Santa Claus Switch | film | 1970 | |
| The Night They Saved Christmas | TV film | 1984 | |
| Jay Clark | Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny | film | 1972 |
| Oliver Clark | Ernest Saves Christmas | film | 1988 |
| Andy Clyde | The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | TV series | 1954 |
| Studio 57 | TV series | 1955 | |
| Tim Conway | Saving Santa | animated film | 2013 |
| James Cosmo | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | film | 2005 |
| The Santa Incident | TV film | 2010 | |
| Brian Cox | That Christmas | animated film | 2024 |
| Bryan Cranston | The Santa Claus Brothers | animated TV special | 2001 |
| Hume Cronyn | Santa and Pete | TV special | 1999 |
| Peter Cullen | Christmas Comes to Pac-Land | animated TV speical | 1982 |
| Andy Devine | Batman, season 2 episode The Duo is Slumming | TV series | 1966 |
| Dileep | My Santa | film | 2019 |
| Bob Dorough | The Clarks | 1991 | |
| Charles Durning | It Nearly Wasn't Christmas | film | 1989 |
| Mrs. Santa Claus | TV special | 1996 | |
| Elmo Saves Christmas | TV special | 1996 | |
| Mr. St. Nick | TV special | 2002 | |
| A Boyfriend for Christmas | TV special | 2004 | |
| Kort Falkenberg | The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, episode Santa Claus Is Coming to Flatbush | TV series | 1989 |
| Robert Fliss | Mighty Morphin Power Rangers season 3 episode, I'm Dreaming of a White Ranger | TV series | 1995 |
| Stan Francis | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer | animated TV special | 1964 |
| Paul Frees | Frosty the Snowman | animated TV special | 1969 |
| The First Easter Rabbit | animated TV special | 1976 | |
| Rudolph's Shiny New Year | animated TV speical | 1976 | |
| Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey | animated TV special | 1977 | |
| Nick Frost | Doctor Who, episode "Last Christmas" | TV episode | 2014 |
| Paul Giamatti | Fred Claus | film | 2007 |
| Mel Gibson | Fatman | film | 2020 |
| Bill Goldberg | Santa's Slay | film | 2005 |
| John Goodman | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie | animated film | 1998 |
| Futurama | animated TV series | 1999 | |
| The Year Without a Santa Claus | film (live action) | 2006 | |
| It's a SpongeBob Christmas! | animated TV special | 2012 | |
| A. Cameron Grant | I Love Lucy Christmas Show | TV series | 1956 |
| Richard Griffiths | A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa | TV special | 2008 |
| Michael Gross | Becoming Santa | TV film | 2015 |
| Steve Guttenberg | Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus | film | 2004 |
| Edmund Gwenn | Miracle on 34th Street | film | 1947 |
| Alan Hale, Jr. | Gilligan's Island, season 1 episode Birds Gotta Fly, Fish Gotta Talk | TV series | 1964 |
| Tom Hanks | The Polar Express | animated film | 2004 |
| David Harbour | Violent Night | film | 2022 |
| Nigel Hawthorne | Call Me Claus | TV film | 2001 |
| Isaac Hayes | The Pullmans | 1993 | |
| Bob Holt | The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas | animated TV speical | 1973 |
| William Hootkins | Like Father, Like Santa | TV film | 1998 |
| David Huddleston | Santa Claus: The Movie | film | 1985 |
| Edward Ivory | The Nightmare Before Christmas | animated film | 1993 |
| Peeter Jakobi | Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale | film | 2010 |
| Kevin James | Elmo's Christmas Countdown | TV film | 2007 |
| Bob Joles | Uncle Grandpa, episode "Christmas Special" | animated TV series | 2014 |
| James Earl Jones | Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street | animated TV speical | 2001 |
| Cecil Kellaway | Bewitched, season 1 episode "A Vision of Sugar Plums" | TV series | 1964 |
| Anna Kendrick | Noelle | film | 2019 |
| Phil LaMarr | Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, episode “A Lost Claus” | animated TV series | 2005 |
| Bill Lewis | Defending Christmas | TV film | 1993 |
| Sal Lizard | The Box | film | 2009 |
| John Malkovich | Santabear's High Flying Adventure | animated TV film | 1987 |
| Dakin Matthews | The Big Bang Theory, season 6 episode "The Santa Simulation" | TV series | 2012 |
| Paul Maxey | The Magical World of Disney, episode "Holiday Time at Disneyland" | TV series | 1962 |
| Chuck McCann | A Very Retail Christmas | TV film | 1990 |
| Bruce McGill | Family Guy, season 9 episode Road to the North Pole | animated TV series | 2010 |
| Matt McKenna | American Dad!, Episodes:
|
animated TV series | Multiple |
| Mark Mitchell | The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas | TV film | 1996 |
| Thomas Mitchell | The Miracle on 34th Street | TV film | 1955 |
| Jose Elias Moreno | Santa Claus | film | 1959 |
| Robert Morse | Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans | animated TV film | 2019 |
| Ferdinard Munier[1] | Babes in Toyland | film | 1934 |
| Lake Placid Serenade | film | 1944 | |
| Road to Utopia | film | 1946 | |
| Richard Mulligan | The Twilight Zone, episode "Night of the Meek" | TV series | 1985 |
| Leslie Nielsen | All I Want For Christmas | film | 1991 |
| Santa Who? | TV film | 2000 | |
| Dick O'Neill | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, season 5 episode "Reality Bites" | TV episode | 1994 |
| Bert Parnaby | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | TV series | 1988 |
| Austin Pendleton | Christmas with the Kranks | film | 2004 |
| Phil Pierce | A Bad Moms Christmas | film | 2017 |
| Richard Riehle | The Hebrew Hammer | film | 2003 |
| The Search for Santa Paws | film | 2010 | |
| A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | film | 2011 | |
| Mickey Rooney | Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town | animated TV special | 1970 |
| The Year Without a Santa Claus | animated TV special | 1974 | |
| Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July | animated TV special | 1979 | |
| The Happy Elf | animated TV special | 2005 | |
| A Miser Brothers' Christmas | animated TV special | 2008 | |
| Jan Rubeš | One Magic Christmas | film | 1985 |
| Kurt Russell | The Christmas Chronicles | film | 2018 |
| The Christmas Chronicles 2 | film | 2020 | |
| Will Sasso | Finding Mrs. Claus | TV film | 2002 |
| Douglas Seale | Amazing Stories, season 1 episode "Santa '85" | TV series | 1985 |
| Ernest Saves Christmas | film | 1988 | |
| William Shatner | Eek! The Cat, season 2 episode "It's a Very Merry Eek's Mas" | animated TV series | 1993 |
| Gotta Catch Santa Claus | animated TV special | 2008 | |
| Peter Shukoff | Epic Rap Battles of History, season 2 episode "Moses vs. Santa Claus" | YouTube video series | 2012 |
| J. K. Simmons | Klaus | animated film | 2019 |
| Red One | film | 2024 | |
| Hal Smith | The Flintstones, season 5 episode Christmas Flintstone | animated TV series | 1964 |
| The Brady Bunch, season 1 | TV series (live action) | 1969 | |
| Santa and the Three Bears | animated TV special | 1970 | |
| A Christmas Story | animated TV special | 1972 | |
| A Flintstone Christmas | animated TV special | 1977 | |
| Casper's First Christmas | animated TV speical | 1979 | |
| Yogi's First Christmas | animated TV special | 1980 | |
| Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone | animated TV series | 1990 | |
| Bonkers | animated TV series | 1993 | |
| The Town Santa Forgot | animated TV speical | 1993 | |
| Donavon Stinson | A Fairly Odd Christmas | TV film | 2012 |
| Santa Hunters | film | 2014 | |
| Paul Sorvino | Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe | TV film | 2009 |
| Jim Staahl | Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer | animated TV film | 2001 |
| Fred Tatasciore | Scooby Doo! Haunted Holidays | animated film | 2012 |
| Ricky Tomlinson | Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire | animated TV special | 1999 |
| Dick Van Patten | A Mouse, a Mystery and Me | TV film | 1987 |
| The Santa Trap | TV film | 2002 | |
| Robert Wagner | Northpole | TV film | 2014 |
| Frank Welker | A Chipmunk Christmas | animated TV special | 1981 |
| A Wish for Wings That Work | animated TV special | 1991 | |
| George Wendt | Santa Baby | film | 2006 |
| Santa Buddies | film | 2009 | |
| John Wheeler | Step by Step, season 7 episode "Too Many Santas" | TV series | 1997 |
| Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus | TV film | 2004 | |
| Meet the Santas | TV film | 2005 | |
| Keith Wickham | Thomas & Friends, episode "Last Train For Christmas" | animated TV series | 2014 |
| Jonathan Winters | Santa vs. the Snowman | animated TV special | 1997 |
| Ed Wynn | Miracle on 34th Street | TV film | 1959 |
See also
- ^ "Ferdinand Munier | Actor". IMDb. Retrieved March 19, 2025.