# 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. For example, Dan Castellaneta would not be included in this list for voicing Homer Simpson, a character who dressed up as a mall Santa in the pilot episode of The Simpsons.
| Actor | Film/TV | Date |
| Tim Allen | The Santa Clause | 1994 |
| Tim Allen | The Santa Clause 2 | 2002 |
| Tim Allen | The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause | 2006 |
| Ed Asner | The Story of Santa Claus | 1996 (voice) |
| Ed Asner | Elf | 2003 |
| Ed Asner | Christmas on the Bayou | 2013 |
| Ed Asner | Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas | 2014 Animated TV-Movie (voice) |
| 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 |
| Leedham Bantock | Santa Claus | 1912 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, 2003 |
| Brian Blessed | The Amazing World of Gumball, episode Christmas (voice) | Season 2, 2012 |
| Brian Blessed | Sooty, episode Pranks and Presents | Season 2, 2013 |
| Brian Blessed | Danger Mouse, episode The Snowman Cometh (voice) | Season 1, 2015 |
| Beau Bridges | The Christmas Secret | 2009 TV-Movie |
| Lloyd Bridges | In the Nick of Time | 1991 |
| Jim Broadbent | Arthur Christmas (voice) | 2011 |
| Jim Broadbent | Get Santa | 2015 |
| Jim Broadbent | Aldi Christmas Launch Advert | 2020 |
| George Buza | A Christmas Horror Story | 2015 |
| Sebastian Cabot | Miracle on 34th Street | 1973 TV-Movie |
| John Call | Santa Claus Conquers the Martians | 1964 film |
| Bruce Campbell | The Librarians episode "And Santa's Midnight Run" | 2014 |
| Douglas Campbell | Once Upon a Christmas | 2000 |
| Art Carney | The Twilight Zone, episode "The Night of the Meek" | 1960 |
| Art Carney | The Great Santa Claus Switch | 1970 |
| Art Carney | The Night They Saved Christmas | 1984 |
| Jay Clark | Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny | 1972 |
| 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. |
| Andy Clyde | The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | 1954 |
| Andy Clyde | Studio 57 | 1955 |
| Tim Conway (voice) | Saving Santa | Direct-to-video, 2013 |
| James Cosmo | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | 2005 |
| James Cosmo | The Santa Incident | 2010 |
| Bryan Cranston (voice) | 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 |
| Dileep | My Santa | 2019 |
| Bob Dorough | The Clarks | 1991 |
| Charles Durning | It Nearly Wasn't Christmas | 1989 |
| Charles Durning | Mrs. Santa Claus | 1996 |
| Charles Durning | Elmo Saves Christmas | 1996 |
| Charles Durning | Mr. St. Nick | 2002 |
| Charles Durning | A Boyfriend for Christmas | 2004 |
| James Earl Jones | Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street | 2001 |
| Kort Falkenberg | The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, episode Santa Claus Is Coming to Flatbush | 1989 |
| Robert Fliss | Mighty Morphin Power Rangers episode, I'm Dreaming of a White Ranger | Season 3, 1995 |
| Stan Francis (voice) | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer | 1964 |
| Paul Frees (voice) | Frosty the Snowman | 1969 |
| Paul Frees (voice) | The First Easter Rabbit | 1976 |
| Paul Frees (voice) | Rudolph's Shiny New Year | 1976 |
| Paul Frees (voice) | Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey | 1977 |
| Nick Frost | Doctor Who - "Last Christmas" | 2014 |
| Paul Giamatti | Fred Claus | 2007 |
| Mel Gibson | Fatman | 2020 |
| Bill Goldberg | Santa's Slay | 2005 |
| John Goodman (voice) | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie | 1998 |
| John Goodman (voice) | Futurama | 1999 |
| John Goodman (voice) | The Year Without a Santa Claus | 2006 (live-action) |
| John Goodman (voice) | It's a Spongebob Christmas! | 2012 |
| 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 | 2004 |
| Nigel Hawthorne | Call Me Claus | 2001 |
| Isaac Hayes | The Pullmans | 1993 |
| 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 | 2010 |
| Kevin James | Elmo's Christmas Countdown | 2007 Christmas TV-Movie |
| Bob Joles (voice) | Uncle Grandpa, episode "Christmas Special" | 2014 |
| Cecil Kellaway | Bewitched, Episode "A Vision of Sugar Plums" | Season 1, 1964 |
| Anna Kendrick | Noelle | November 12, 2019 |
| Phil LaMarr | Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, episode “A Lost Claus” | 2005 |
| Bill Lewis | Defending Christmas | 1993 TV-Movie |
| Sal Lizard | The Box | 2009 |
| John Malkovich | Santabear's High Flying Adventure | 1987 |
| Dakin Matthews | The Big Bang Theory, episode "The Santa Simulation" | Season 6, 2012 |
| Paul Maxey | The Magical World of Disney, episode "Holiday Time at Disneyland" | 1962 |
| Chuck McCann | A Very Retail Christmas | 1990 |
| Bruce McGill (voice) | Family Guy, episode Road to the North Pole | Season 9, 2010 |
| Matt McKenna (voice) | American Dad!, Episodes: For Whom The Sleigh Bell Tolls (S 6 Ep 8) Minstreal Krampus (S 8 Ep 6) Ninety North, Zero West (S 12 Ep 7) Sant, Schmanta (S 13 Ep 1) | TV series (2010, 2012, 2016, 2017) |
| Mark Mitchell | The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas | 1996 TV-Movie |
| Thomas Mitchell | The Miracle on 34th Street | 1955 TV-Movie |
| Jose Elias Moreno | Santa Claus | 1959 |
| Robert Morse (voice) | Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans | 2019 Animated TV-Movie |
| Ferdinard Munier | Babes in Toyland | 1934 |
| Ferdinard Munier | Lake Placid Serenade | 1944 |
| Ferdinard Munier | Road to Utopia | 1946 |
| Richard Mulligan | The Twilight Zone, episode "Night of the Meek" | 1985 |
| Leslie Nielsen | All I Want For Christmas | 1991 |
| Leslie Nielsen | Santa Who? | 2000 |
| Dick O'Neill | "Reality Bites" The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Season 5, 1994 |
| Bert Parnaby | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | 1988 |
| Austin Pendleton | Christmas with the Kranks | 2004 |
| Phil Pierce | A Bad Moms Christmas | 2017 |
| Richard Riehle | The Hebrew Hammer | 2003 |
| Richard Riehle | The Search for Santa Paws | 2010 |
| Richard Riehle | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | 2011 |
| Mickey Rooney (voice) | Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town | 1970 |
| Mickey Rooney (voice) | The Year Without a Santa Claus | 1974 |
| Mickey Rooney (voice) | Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July | 1979 |
| Mickey Rooney (voice) | The Happy Elf | 2005 |
| Mickey Rooney (voice) | A Miser Brothers' Christmas | 2008 |
| Jan Rubeš | One Magic Christmas | 1985 |
| Kurt Russell | The Christmas Chronicles | 2018 |
| Kurt Russell | The Christmas Chronicles 2 | 2020 |
| Will Sasso | Finding Mrs. Claus | 2002 TV-Movie |
| Douglas Seale | "Santa '85" Amazing Stories | Season 1, 1985 |
| Douglas Seale | 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 |
| William Shatner (voice) | Gotta Catch Santa Claus | 2008 Christmas TV-Movie |
| 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 |
| Hal Smith (voice) | The Brady Bunch | Season 1, 1969 (live-action) |
| Hal Smith (voice) | Santa and the Three Bears | 1970 |
| Hal Smith (voice) | A Christmas Story | 1972 |
| Hal Smith (voice) | A Flintstone Christmas | 1977 TV-Movie (live action) |
| Hal Smith (voice) | Casper's First Christmas | 1979 |
| Hal Smith (voice) | Yogi's First Christmas | 1980 |
| Hal Smith (voice) | Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone | 1990 |
| Hal Smith (voice) | Bonkers | 1993 |
| Hal Smith (voice) | The Town Santa Forgot | 1993 |
| Donavon Stinson | A Fairly Odd Christmas | 2012 |
| Donavon Stinson | Santa Hunters | 2014 |
| 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 | A Mouse, a Mystery and Me | 1987 TV-Movie |
| Dick Van Patten | The Santa Trap | 2002 TV-Movie |
| Robert Wagner | Northpole | 2014 TV-Movie |
| Frank Welker (voice) | A Chipmunk Christmas | 1981 |
| Frank Welker (voice) | A Wish For Wings That Work | 1991 |
| George Wendt | Santa Baby | 2006 |
| George Wendt | Santa Buddies (voice) | 2009 |
| John Wheeler | Step by Step episode "Too Many Santas" | Season 7, 1997 |
| John Wheeler | Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus | 2004 |
| John Wheeler | Meet the Santas | 2005 |
| Keith Wickham | Thomas & Friends, episode "Last Train For Christmas" | 2014 |
| Jonathan Winters (voice) | Santa vs. the Snowman | 1997 |
| Ed Wynn | Miracle on 34th Street | 1959 TV-Movie |
| JK Simmons | Red One | 2024 |
| David Harbour | Violent Night | 2022 |