Actors who have played presidents
Published On: Oct 24 2011 09:22:28 AM PDT
Updated On: Nov 05 2012 11:00:00 PM PST
Jamie Foxx, who plays the U.S. president in the action thriller "White House Down," is just the latest actor to pretend to sit in the Oval Office. Take a look at other actors who have played presidents.
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2012: In the second, and more straight-forward, theatrical take on Abraham Lincoln of the year, Oscar-winner Daniel Day-Lewis portrayed the 16th president of the United States in Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln." The actor won his third Best Actor Oscar for the role, making him the only actor to garner three Academy Awards in the lead actor category.
