List of actors who played Santa Claus - wikipedia List of actors who 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. Actor Film / TV Date Tim Allen The Santa Clause 1994 The Santa Clause 2 2002 The Santa Clause 3 : The Escape Clause 2006 Ed Asner The Story of Santa Claus ( voice ) Elf 2003 Christmas on the Bayou 2013 Elf : Buddy 's Musical Christmas ( voice ) 2014 animated TV special Fred Astaire The Man in the Santa Claus Suit 1979 TV - Movie Richard Attenborough Miracle on 34th Street 1994 Steve Bacic Deck the Halls 2005 Alec Baldwin ( voice ) Rise of the Guardians 2012 film Don Beddoe Bewitched, episode Humbug Not to Be Spoken Here Season 4, 1967 Michael Bell ( voice ) The Powerpuff Girls : ' Twas the Fight Before Christmas Direct - to - video, 2002 Brian Blessed The Amazing World of Gumball, episode Christmas ( voice ) Season 2, 2012 Sooty, episode Pranks and Presents Season 2, 2013 Danger Mouse, episode The Snowman Cometh ( voice ) Season 1, 2015 Lloyd Bridges In the Nick of Time 1991 Beau Bridges The Christmas Secret 2009 TV - Movie George Buza A Christmas Horror Story 2015 Isaac Hayes The Pullmans 1993 Jim Broadbent ( voice ) Arthur Christmas 2011 Sebastian Cabot Miracle on 34th Street 1973 John Call Santa Claus Conquers the Martians 1964 film Douglas Campbell Once Upon a Christmas 2000 Art Carney The Night They Saved Christmas 1984 Twilight Zone episode `` Night of the Meek '' 1960 Oliver Clark Ernest Saves Christmas 1988 ; he starts out as a local actor named Joe Carruthers, but ultimately becomes the new Santa Claus, replacing Douglas Seale 's. Tim Conway ( voice ) Saving Santa Direct - to - video, 2013 James Cosmo The Chronicles of Narnia : The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 2005 The Santa Incident -- 2010 Bryan Cranston The Santa Claus Brothers 2001 Hume Cronyn Santa and Pete 1999 TV - Movie Peter Cullen ( voice ) Christmas Comes to Pac - Land 1982 Andy Devine Batman, episode The Duo is Slumming season 2, 1966 Charles Durning Elmo Saves Christmas Mr. St. Nick 2002 James Earl Jones Recess Christmas : Miracle on Third Street 2001 Stan Francis ( voice ) Rudolph the Red - Nosed Reindeer Paul Frees ( voice ) Rudolph 's Shiny New Year 1976 Frosty the Snowman 1969 Paul Giamatti Fred Claus Bill Goldberg Santa 's Slay 2005 John Goodman The Year Without a Santa Claus 2006 Rudolph the Red - Nosed Reindeer : The Movie 1998 Futurama 1999 It 's a Spongebob Christmas ! 2012 Keith Wickham Thomas & Friends eighteenth - season episode, Last Train For Christmas A. Cameron Grant I Love Lucy Christmas Show 1956 Richard Griffiths A Muppets Christmas : Letters to Santa 2008 Michael Gross Becoming Santa 2015 TV - Movie Steve Guttenberg plays Santa 's son, Nick Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus 2004 who then takes over the job from his father on Meet the Santas, 2005 Edmund Gwenn Miracle on 34th Street 1947 film Alan Hale, Jr. Gilligan 's Island, episode Birds Gotta Fly, Fish Gotta Talk Season 1, 1964 Tom Hanks ( voice ) The Polar Express Nigel Hawthorne Call Me Claus 2001 Bob Holt ( voice ) The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas 1973 William Hootkins Like Father, Like Santa 1998 David Huddleston Santa Claus : The Movie 1985 Edward Ivory ( voice ) The Nightmare Before Christmas, 1993 Peeter Jakobi Rare Exports : A Christmas Tale Kevin James Elmo 's Christmas Countdown 2007 Christmas television special Bob Dorough The Clarks 1991 Bob Joles ( voice ) Uncle Grandpa episode Christmas Special 2014 Cecil Kellaway Bewitched, Episode `` A Vision of Sugar Plums '' Season 1, 1964 Bill Lewis Defending Christmas television film, 1993 Sal Lizard The Box 2009 Dakin Matthews The Big Bang Theory, episode `` The Santa Simulation '' Season 6, 2012 Chuck McCann A Very Retail Christmas Bruce McGill ( voice ) Family Guy, episode Road to the North Pole Season 9, 2010 Mark Mitchell The Munsters ' Scary Little Christmas television film, 1996. Jose Elias Moreno Santa Claus 1959 Ferdinard Munier Babes in Toyland 1934 Road to Utopia 1946 Leslie Nielsen All I Want For Christmas and Santa Who ? 2000 Mairtin O'Carrigan Mistletoe Over Manhattan -- 2011 TV - Movie Dick O'Neill `` Reality Bites '' The Fresh Prince of Bel - Air Season 5, 1994 Austin Pendleton Christmas with the Kranks Richard Riehle The Hebrew Hammer 2003 The Search for Santa Paws A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas 2011 Mickey Rooney ( voice ) Santa Claus Is Comin ' to Town 1970 The Year Without a Santa Claus A Miser Brothers ' Christmas 2008 Jan Rubeš One Magic Christmas 1985 Will Sasso Finding Mrs. Claus 2002 TV - Movie Douglas Seale `` Santa ' 85 '' Amazing Stories Season 1, 1985 Ernest Saves Christmas ( 1988 ) ; in the latter, his mortal name is `` Seth Applegate ''. William Shatner ( voice ) Eek ! The Cat, episode `` It 's a Very Merry Eek 's Mas '' Season 2, 1993 Gotta Catch Santa Claus 2008 Christmas television special Peter Shukoff Epic Rap Battles of History, episode `` Moses vs. Santa Claus '' Season 2, 2012 Hal Smith ( voice ) The Flintstones, episode Christmas Flintstone Season 5, 1964 A Flintstone Christmas 1977 Christmas television special ( live action ) The Brady Bunch Season 1, 1969 Santa and the Three Bears Paul Sorvino Santa Baby 2 2009 Jim Staahl ( voice ) Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer 2001 Fred Tatasciore ( voice ) Scooby Doo ! Haunted Holidays Direct - to - DVD, 2012 Ricky Tomlinson ( voice ) Robbie the Reindeer : Hooves of Fire 1999 Dick Van Patten The Santa Trap television film, 2002 Robert Wagner Northpole 2014 TV - Movie Phil Pierce A Bad Moms Christmas 2017 Frank Welker ( voice ) A Chipmunk Christmas 1981 George Wendt Santa Baby 2006 George Wendt Santa Buddies ( voice ) 2009 John Wheeler Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus Meet The Santas 2005 Step by Step episode `` Too Many Santas '' season 7, 1997 External links Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_actors_who_played_Santa_Claus&oldid=836271075 '' Categories : Lists of actors by role Santa Claus in fiction Hidden categories : Use mdy dates from December 2015 Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 13 April 2018, at 18 : 45. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. 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Question: who played santa in the santa clause movies
Answer: Tim Allen; Tim Allen; Tim Allen; Tim Allen; Tim Allen