<p>Harrison Ford in Air Force One. Kevin Kline is a close second.</p>
<p>I thought Harrison Ford was Harrison Ford when he tried to play the president. Kevin Kline was appealing but high concept. </p>
<p>I like Bill Pullman in Independence Day because he did such a great job looking terrified, confused but somehow still the president even though he really didn’t want to be. A pretty dumb movie but an exceptional performance.</p>
<p>Billy Bob was just foul. Don’t know what the value of that performance was. It was a cartoon and no doubt pleased some highly politicized types but silly.</p>
<p>lololu, LOL! “Affairs of state must take precedence over affairs of state.”</p>
<p>^Sewhappy, I agree with you about Harrison Ford in Air Force One. As I recall, the speech he made at the beginning of it was distinctly unpresidential.</p>
<p>You guys are forgetting Jack Nicholson in Mars Attacks!</p>
<p>“Rest assured that we will soon come out at a very real outcome.”</p>
<p>“I want the people to know that they still have 2 out of 3 branches of the government working for them, and that ain’t bad.”</p>
<p>Groucho Marx as Rufus T. Firefly.</p>
<p><a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_Soup_(1933_film[/url])”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_Soup_(1933_film)</a></p>
<p>does Freedonia count? :)</p>
<p>Not the U.S. president, but Reese Witherspoon, as Tracy Flick in Election was awesome.</p>
<p>Can’t let Fredric March in “Seven Days in May” go without a vote, because I like the movie so much. I’d be with the OP for Henry Fonda, except I was living in New York when “Fail Safe” was made.</p>
<p>^ Scary, scoutsmom! I was 9 years old when that movie was made and went home totally paranoid. 
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<p>Here’s an interesting list I found on Wikipedia: [List</a> of actors who played President of the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_actors_who_played_President_of_the_United_States]List”>List of actors who played the president of the United States - Wikipedia) Lots of screen presidents I’d forgotten about! Dan Hedaya in “Dick” was very funny, as was the movie - silly fun.</p>
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<p>Well, the thread title is “Who’s your favorite movie president?”</p>
<p>It doesn’t say anything about which country. ;)</p>
<p>I guess the question could be - “Do dictators count?”</p>
<p>Efren Ramirez. Love an underdog.</p>
<p>I second Dr Stragelove with Peter Sellers as President Merkin Muffley.</p>
<p>“Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here! This is the War Room.”</p>
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<p>Same here. We got it last Christmas and got through the complete series in 9 months. Loved it! Bartlet for America. Could there ever be a real life counterpart - a Democrat who is a Nobel prize winning economist?</p>
<p>^^ There’s always Paul Krugman, but somehow I don’t think he’s electable!</p>
<p>Another vote for Peter Sellers as President Merkin Muffley in “Dr Strangelove”…and from the obscure category a vote for Peter Sellers as Grand Duchess Gloriana XII of the Duchy of Grand Fenwick in “The Mouse that Roared”. Technically not a President I know…but Peter Sellers in multiple roles always is worthy of praise. WAY too many hours spent in front of the TV in my wayward youth. :)</p>
<p>“Get off MY plane!” Harrison Ford</p>
<p>I will add a strong vote for Jeb Bartlett - there have been funnier, and tougher, and prettier, but none other that were as consistently yet plausibly as strong and Presidential. Ironically, Sheen in real life lacks much of the strong presence and oratorical skills he gave that character!</p>
<p>Paul Giamatti as John Adams. </p>
<p>Can’t wait for “Lincoln” to open this weekend.</p>
<p>lol, how about the guy who played the president in idiocracy?</p>