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.

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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

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)
  • 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
  • Flim, 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
  • 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
  • Moira Brandon, aging movie star who worked with the West Coast Avengers – Marvel Comics
  • John Caliban, former actor who became an assassin known as Mr. Midnight – The Spirit (July 1940)
  • Brut Canlaster (clearly inspired in Burt Lancaster), aged actor, left the old people's home to star as Great Karbalan in Tronak el Kártako, died during the filming – Superlópez
  • 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 Anthony Stark – Iron Man Vol 1 #160
  • Frank Dean, an alien actor, married to Leslie Dean and father of superheroine Lucy in the Sky – Marvel Comics
  • Leslie Dean, an alien actress, married to Frank Dean and mother of superheroine Lucy in the Sky – Marvel Comics
  • 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
  • Agnes Eckhart, a witch who played a witch on TV – Vampirella comic series (episode "Haven't I seen you on TV", by Billy Graham)
  • Little Annie Fanny, starring as a pretty girl strangely attracted to Woodsy Alvin's character, had on-screen sex with him – Little Annie Fanny
  • Madame Fatal, retired actor – Madame Fatal
  • 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.
  • Dino Manelli, Italian-born soldier turned actor, formerly served in Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos[2]
  • Lindsay McCabe, actress and P. I., a friend of Wolverine and Spider-Woman – Marvel Comics
  • 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
  • Bobby Milestone, former child actor – Silverblade, a twelve issue maxi-series – DC Comics, 1987.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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)
  • Arnold Schwarzburger, actor, star of the fictional series of movies Arkon; obvious parody of Arnold Schwarzenegger – Marvel Comics
  • Arnold Schwarzheimer, super star, considered for the role of "Man of Kobar" in a possible movie of The Avengers. Obvious parody of Arnold Schwarzenegger – Marvel Comics
  • Paul Sloane, actor/criminal
  • 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
  • Linda Turner, former stuntwoman and later leading actress, secretly the heroine Black Cat – Black Cat
  • Tim Turner, silent film actor (retired), father and confidante of Linda Turner – Black Cat
  • 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
  • Mary Jane Watson (adaptation, Kirsten Dunst) – Spider-Man
  • Simon Williams, superhero as Wonder Man, stunt actor and then played the villain in fiction Arkon IV – Marvel Comics

Other fictional actors
  • Gary Baldi, played "Jack, the stranger" in Ralph "La Bestia Abominable" Smith's El Asesino Misterioso (The Mysterious Murderer), music by Johann Sebastian Mastropiero; also a pun on Giuseppe Garibaldi – Les Luthiers' Mastropiero que nunca
  • Ashley Brown, from trailer of video game The Movies
  • Zip Toad, a Toad actor from the video game Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
  • Peter Cantropus, actor who plays "old Sinclair" in Ralph "La Bestia Abominable" Smith's El Asesino Misterioso (The Mysterious Murderer), music by Johann Sebastian Mastropiero; also a pun on Pithecanthropus – Les Luthiers' Mastropiero que nunca
  • 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
  • Rose Flowerstink – actress who played "old maid Miss Fortune" in Ralph "La Bestia Abominable" Smith's El Asesino Misterioso (The Mysterious Murderer), music by Johann Sebastian Mastropiero – Les Luthiers' Mastropiero que nunca
  • 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
  • Richard Mace (Geoffrey Matthews), an eccentric 1880s actor and amateur detective in a series of radio plays by Eric Saward (later adapted into the Doctor Who character mentioned above)
  • Haiku McHuwen, a teen actor in Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror who plays "Jimbo Hawkins" in the heavily adapted version of Treasure Island
  • Pretty Nuts – "Charming" actress who played "Molly" in Ralph "La Bestia Abominable" Smith's El Asesino Misterioso (The Mysterious Murderer), music by Johann Sebastian Mastropiero; also an obvious pun on the expression (to be) pretty nuts – Les Luthiers' Mastropiero que nunca
  • George Spelvin – the "Alan Smithee" of actors
  • Georgette Spelvin – the "Alan Smithee" of actresses
  • Georgina Spelvin – the "Alan Smithee" of actresses
  • Walter Plinge – the "Alan Smithee" of actors
  • 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
  • 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'
  • 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
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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. Marvel Team-Up #139
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