# List of actors who have 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. Roles are live action unless appearing in an animated TV film, series, or special, in which cases they are voice acting roles.
| Actor | Film/TV | Media type | Year |
| Tim Allen | The Santa Clause | film | 1994 |
| Tim Allen | The Santa Clause 2 | film | 2002 |
| Tim Allen | The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause | film | 2006 |
| Ed Asner | The Story of Santa Claus | animated TV film | 1996 |
| Ed Asner | Elf | film | 2003 |
| Ed Asner | Christmas on the Bayou | film | 2013 |
| Ed Asner | Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas | animated TV special | 2014 |
| Fred Astaire | The Man in the Santa Claus Suit | TV film | 1979 |
| Richard Attenborough | Miracle on 34th Street | film | 1994 |
| Steve Bacic | Deck the Halls | TV film | 2005 |
| Alec Baldwin | Rise of the Guardians | animated film | 2012 film |
| Leedham Bantock | Santa Claus | film | 1912 film |
| Don Beddoe | Bewitched, season 4 episode Humbug Not to Be Spoken Here | TV series | 1967 |
| Michael Bell (voice) | The Powerpuff Girls: 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas | animated TV series | 2003 |
| Brian Blessed | The Amazing World of Gumball, season 2 episode Christmas | animated TV series | 2012 |
| Brian Blessed | Sooty, season 2 episode Pranks and Presents | TV series (live action) | 2013 |
| Brian Blessed | Danger Mouse, season 1 episode The Snowman Cometh | animated TV series | 2015 |
| Beau Bridges | The Christmas Secret | TV film | 2009 |
| Lloyd Bridges | In the Nick of Time | TV film | 1991 |
| Jim Broadbent | Arthur Christmas | animated film | 2011 |
| Jim Broadbent | Get Santa | Film | 2015 |
| Jim Broadbent | Aldi Christmas Launch Advert | advertisement | 2020 |
| George Buza | A Christmas Horror Story | film | 2015 |
| Sebastian Cabot | Miracle on 34th Street | TV film | 1973 |
| John Call | Santa Claus Conquers the Martians | film | 1964 |
| Bruce Campbell | The Librarians episode "And Santa's Midnight Run" | TV series | 2014 |
| Douglas Campbell | Once Upon a Christmas | TV film | 2000 |
| Art Carney | The Twilight Zone, episode "The Night of the Meek" | TV series | 1960 |
| Art Carney | The Great Santa Claus Switch | film | 1970 |
| Art Carney | The Night They Saved Christmas | TV film | 1984 |
| Jay Clark | Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny | film | 1972 |
| Oliver Clark | Ernest Saves Christmas | film | 1988 |
| Andy Clyde | The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | TV series | 1954 |
| Andy Clyde | Studio 57 | TV series | 1955 |
| Tim Conway | Saving Santa | animated film | 2013 |
| James Cosmo | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | film | 2005 |
| James Cosmo | The Santa Incident | TV film | 2010 |
| Bryan Cranston | The Santa Claus Brothers | animated TV special | 2001 |
| Hume Cronyn | Santa and Pete | TV special | 1999 |
| Peter Cullen | Christmas Comes to Pac-Land | animated TV speical | 1982 |
| Andy Devine | Batman, season 2 episode The Duo is Slumming | TV series | 1966 |
| Dileep | My Santa | film | 2019 |
| Bob Dorough | The Clarks | | 1991 |
| Charles Durning | It Nearly Wasn't Christmas | film | 1989 |
| Charles Durning | Mrs. Santa Claus | TV special | 1996 |
| Charles Durning | Elmo Saves Christmas | TV special | 1996 |
| Charles Durning | Mr. St. Nick | TV special | 2002 |
| Charles Durning | A Boyfriend for Christmas | TV special | 2004 |
| James Earl Jones | Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street | animated TV speical | 2001 |
| Kort Falkenberg | The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, episode Santa Claus Is Coming to Flatbush | TV series | 1989 |
| Robert Fliss | Mighty Morphin Power Rangers season 3 episode, I'm Dreaming of a White Ranger | TV series | 1995 |
| Stan Francis | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer | animated TV special | 1964 |
| Paul Frees | Frosty the Snowman | animated TV special | 1969 |
| Paul Frees | The First Easter Rabbit | animated TV special | 1976 |
| Paul Frees | Rudolph's Shiny New Year | animated TV speical | 1976 |
| Paul Frees | Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey | animated TV special | 1977 |
| Nick Frost | Doctor Who - "Last Christmas" | TV episode | 2014 |
| Paul Giamatti | Fred Claus | film | 2007 |
| Mel Gibson | Fatman | film | 2020 |
| Bill Goldberg | Santa's Slay | film | 2005 |
| John Goodman | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie | animated film | 1998 |
| John Goodman | Futurama | animated TV series | 1999 |
| John Goodman | The Year Without a Santa Claus | film (live action) | 2006 |
| John Goodman | It's a SpongeBob Christmas! | animated TV special | 2012 |
| A. Cameron Grant | I Love Lucy Christmas Show | TV series | 1956 |
| Richard Griffiths | A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa | TV special | 2008 |
| Michael Gross | Becoming Santa | TV film | 2015 |
| Steve Guttenberg | Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus | film | 2004 |
| Edmund Gwenn | Miracle on 34th Street | film | 1947 |
| Alan Hale, Jr. | Gilligan's Island, season 1 episode Birds Gotta Fly, Fish Gotta Talk | TV series | 1964 |
| Tom Hanks | The Polar Express | animated film | 2004 |
| Nigel Hawthorne | Call Me Claus | TV film | 2001 |
| Isaac Hayes | The Pullmans | | 1993 |
| Bob Holt | The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas | animated TV speical | 1973 |
| William Hootkins | Like Father, Like Santa | TV film | 1998 |
| David Huddleston | Santa Claus: The Movie | film | 1985 |
| Edward Ivory | The Nightmare Before Christmas | animated film | 1993 |
| Peeter Jakobi | Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale | film | 2010 |
| Kevin James | Elmo's Christmas Countdown | TV film | 2007 |
| Bob Joles | Uncle Grandpa, episode "Christmas Special" | animated TV series | 2014 |
| Cecil Kellaway | Bewitched, season 1 episode "A Vision of Sugar Plums" | TV series | 1964 |
| Anna Kendrick | Noelle | film | 2019 |
| Phil LaMarr | Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, episode “A Lost Claus” | animated TV series | 2005 |
| Bill Lewis | Defending Christmas | TV film | 1993 |
| Sal Lizard | The Box | film | 2009 |
| John Malkovich | Santabear's High Flying Adventure | animated TV film | 1987 |
| Dakin Matthews | The Big Bang Theory, season 6 episode "The Santa Simulation" | TV series | 2012 |
| Paul Maxey | The Magical World of Disney, episode "Holiday Time at Disneyland" | TV series | 1962 |
| Chuck McCann | A Very Retail Christmas | TV film | 1990 |
| Bruce McGill (voice) | Family Guy, season 9 episode Road to the North Pole | animated TV series | 2010 |
| Matt McKenna (voice) | American Dad!, Episodes: S6 Ep 8: For Whom The Sleigh Bell Tolls (2010) S8 Ep 6: Minstreal Krampus (2012) S 12 Ep 7: Ninety North, Zero West (2016) S 13 Ep 1: Sant, Schmanta (2017) | animated TV series | Multiple |
| Mark Mitchell | The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas | TV film | 1996 |
| Thomas Mitchell | The Miracle on 34th Street | TV film | 1955 |
| Jose Elias Moreno | Santa Claus | film | 1959 |
| Robert Morse (voice) | Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans | animated TV film | 2019 |
| Ferdinard Munier | Babes in Toyland | film | 1934 |
| Ferdinard Munier | Lake Placid Serenade | film | 1944 |
| Ferdinard Munier | Road to Utopia | film | 1946 |
| Richard Mulligan | The Twilight Zone, episode "Night of the Meek" | TV series | 1985 |
| Leslie Nielsen | All I Want For Christmas | film | 1991 |
| Leslie Nielsen | Santa Who? | TV film | 2000 |
| Dick O'Neill | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, season 5 episode "Reality Bites" | TV episode | 1994 |
| Bert Parnaby | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | TV series | 1988 |
| Austin Pendleton | Christmas with the Kranks | film | 2004 |
| Phil Pierce | A Bad Moms Christmas | film | 2017 |
| Richard Riehle | The Hebrew Hammer | film | 2003 |
| Richard Riehle | The Search for Santa Paws | film | 2010 |
| Richard Riehle | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | film | 2011 |
| Mickey Rooney | Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town | animated TV special | 1970 |
| Mickey Rooney | The Year Without a Santa Claus | animated TV special | 1974 |
| Mickey Rooney | Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July | animated TV special | 1979 |
| Mickey Rooney | The Happy Elf | animated TV special | 2005 |
| Mickey Rooney | A Miser Brothers' Christmas | animated TV special | 2008 |
| Jan Rubeš | One Magic Christmas | film | 1985 |
| Kurt Russell | The Christmas Chronicles | film | 2018 |
| Kurt Russell | The Christmas Chronicles 2 | film | 2020 |
| Will Sasso | Finding Mrs. Claus | TV film | 2002 |
| Douglas Seale | Amazing Stories, season 1 episode "Santa '85" | TV series | 1985 |
| Douglas Seale | Ernest Saves Christmas | film | 1988 |
| William Shatner | Eek! The Cat, season 2 episode "It's a Very Merry Eek's Mas" | animated TV series | 1993 |
| William Shatner | Gotta Catch Santa Claus | animated TV special | 2008 |
| Peter Shukoff | Epic Rap Battles of History, season 2 episode "Moses vs. Santa Claus" | YouTube video series | 2012 |
| Hal Smith (voice) | The Flintstones, season 5 episode Christmas Flintstone | animated TV series | 1964 |
| Hal Smith (voice) | The Brady Bunch, season 1 | TV series (live action) | 1969 |
| Hal Smith (voice) | Santa and the Three Bears | animated TV special | 1970 |
| Hal Smith (voice) | A Christmas Story | animated TV special | 1972 |
| Hal Smith (voice) | A Flintstone Christmas | animated TV special | 1977 |
| Hal Smith (voice) | Casper's First Christmas | animated TV speical | 1979 |
| Hal Smith (voice) | Yogi's First Christmas | animated TV special | 1980 |
| Hal Smith (voice) | Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone | animated TV series | 1990 |
| Hal Smith (voice) | Bonkers | animated TV series | 1993 |
| Hal Smith (voice) | The Town Santa Forgot | animated TV speical | 1993 |
| Donavoln Stinson | A Fairly Odd Christmas | TV film | 2012 |
| Donavoln Stinson | Santa Hunters | film | 2014 |
| Paul Sorvino | Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe | TV film | 2009 |
| Jim Staahl | Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer | animated TV film | 2001 |
| Fred Tatasciore | Scooby Doo! Haunted Holidays | animated film | 2012 |
| Ricky Tomlinson | Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire | animated TV special | 1999 |
| Dick Van Patten | A Mouse, a Mystery and Me | TV film | 1987 |
| Dick Van Patten | The Santa Trap | TV film | 2002 |
| Robert Wagner | Northpole | TV film | 2014 |
| Frank Welker | A Chipmunk Christmas | animated TV special | 1981 |
| Frank Welker | A Wish for Wings That Work | animated TV special | 1991 |
| George Wendt | Santa Baby | film | 2006 |
| George Wendt | Santa Buddies | film | 2009 |
| John Wheeler | Step by Step, season 7 episode "Too Many Santas" | TV series | 1997 |
| John Wheeler | Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus | TV film | 2004 |
| John Wheeler | Meet the Santas | TV film | 2005 |
| Keith Wickham | Thomas & Friends, episode "Last Train For Christmas" | animated TV series | 2014 |
| Jonathan Winters | Santa vs. the Snowman | animated TV special | 1997 |
| Ed Wynn | Miracle on 34th Street | TV film | 1959 |
| JK Simmons | Klaus | animated film | 2019 |
| JK Simmons | Red One | film | 2024 |
| David Harbour | Violent Night | film | 2022 |