Who's Your Favorite Movie President? (Part II: Fictional but Visionary)
Thanks for your many nominations for favorite real-life portrayal of a president. (At least those of you who followed instructions, that is!) Our second bracket is strictly *fictional* presidents, but those who, shall we say, displayed all the ideals you'd want in a real commander-in-chief. They're likeable, of good character, they beat the odds, and in the case of Jeff Bridges, they have a really good appetite.
Who would you nominate as a worthy "visionary" president? The condition is the president has to be fictional (as opposed to our first list) and have a major part of the movie or TV miniseries (no cameos or archive footage here). Here's our shortlist:
Jeff Bridges as President Jackson Evans in The Contender
Martin Sheen as President Jed Bartlett in The West Wing
Geena Davis as President MacKenzie Allen in Commander-in-Chief
Kevin Kline as Dave/President Bill Mitchell in Dave
Michael Douglas as President Andrew Shepherd in The American President
Who would you add to compete in this bracket? (Next up: Presidents in Crisis and Presidents of Questionable Character) -- Ellen
Tim on September 08, 2008 at 08:34 AM
Dennis Haysbert as President David Palmer in 24.
David Horiuchi on September 08, 2008 at 09:45 AM
Bill Pullman as President Thomas J. Whitmore in Independence Day, though he's probably going to be on the Crisis list
nichole on September 08, 2008 at 01:59 PM
You hit my two favorites - Jed Bartlet and Andrew Shepherd.
Caitlin on September 09, 2008 at 08:17 PM
Kevin Kline in Dave