Portrayal of "Real" presidents

Portrayal of "Real" presidents

#2397 Jon Voigt - Franklin D. Roosevelt (PEARL HARBOR) - I only included Voigt because it always cracks me up when he (Roosevelt) tries to stand up in that ridiculous scene. As this performance is dwarfed by the others, I have ranked it markedly lower.



#4 David Morse - George Washington (JOHN ADAMS) - Remarkable restraint on the part of Morse. If HBO ever decides to give G-Dub the same treatment as Adams, they have their guy.



#3 Anthony Hopkins - John Quincy Adams (AMISTAD) - One of the most powerful films of the '90s, and Hopkins is simply perfect.



#2 Anthony Hopkins - Richard Nixon (NIXON) - Hopkins doesn't go so much for impersonation as personification. This is one of the most overlooked films of the '90s, and one of the best president movies ever. That Oliver Stone made this makes me want to see W.



#1 Paul Giamatti - John Adams (JOHN ADAMS) - I am going to be writing about this HBO miniseries soon, and using MANY CAPITAL LETTERS TO EMPHATICALLY MAKE MY POINT, so you might as well put it in yourNetflix cue. Giamatti's role of a lifetime.