List of actors who have played Jesus

Howard Gaye as the Nazarene: "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." (Intolerance, 1916)

This is a list of actors who have played Jesus.

List of actors who have played Jesus
Actor(s) Movie Year Director(s) Notes
Robert Henderson-Bland From the Manger to the Cross 1912 Sidney Olcott [1]
George Fisher Civilization 1916 Thomas H. Ince [2]
Howard Gaye Intolerance 1916 D. W. Griffith [3]
Claude Payton Ben-Hur 1925 Fred Niblo [4]
H.B. Warner The King of Kings 1927 Cecil B. DeMille [5]
Robert Le Vigan Golgotha 1935 Julien Duvivier [6]
Robert Wilson The Living Christ Series 1951 John T Coyle
Donald C. Klune The Robe 1953 Henry Koster [7]
Claude Heater Ben-Hur 1959 William Wyler [8]
Jeffrey Hunter King of Kings 1961 Nicholas Ray [9]
Roy Mangano Barabbas 1961 Richard Fleischer
Enrique Irazoqui The Gospel According to St.Matthew 1964 Pier Paolo Pasolini [10]
Max von Sydow The Greatest Story Ever Told 1965 George Stevens [11]
Donald Sutherland Johnny Got His Gun 1971 Dalton Trumbo [12]
Kamal Haasan Annai Velankanni 1971 K. Thangappan [13]
Victor Garber Godspell 1973 David Greene [14]
Ted Neeley Jesus Christ Superstar 1973 Norman Jewison [15]
Murali Das Jesus 1973 P. A. Thomas [16]
Murali Thomasleeha 1975 P. A. Thomas [17]
Robert Powell Jesus of Nazareth 1977 Franco Zeffirelli [18]
Liam Neeson Pilgrim's Progress 1978 Ken Anderson

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Vijayachander Karunamayudu (Dayamayudu) 1978 A. Bhimsingh [20]
Kenneth Colley Monty Python's Life of Brian 1979 Terry Jones [21]
Brian Deacon Jesus 1979 Peter Sykes
Chris Sarandon The Day Christ Died 1980 James Cellan Jones [22]
Vijayachander Rajadhi Raju 1980 Bapu [23]
John Hurt History of the World, Part I 1981 Mel Brooks
Michael Wilding Jr. A.D. 1985 Stuart Cooper
Jürgen Prochnow The Seventh Sign 1988 Carl Schultz
Willem Dafoe The Last Temptation of Christ 1988 Martin Scorsese
Vijaya Kumaranatunga Christhu Charithaya 1990 Sunil_Ariyaratne [24]
Vincent Laresca Bad Lieutenant 1992 Abel Ferrara
Bruce Marchiano The Visual Bible: Matthew 1993 Regardt van den Bergh [25]
Mat Ranillo III Kristo 1996 Ben Yalung [26]
Vijayachander Dayasagar 1996 Vijayachander
Jeremy Sisto Jesus 1999 Roger Young
Christian Bale Mary, Mother of Jesus 1999 Kevin Connor
Will Ferrell Superstar 1999 Bruce McCulloch
Glenn Carter Jesus Christ Superstar 2000 Gale Edwards
Nick Morris
David J. Francis Dracula 2000 2000 Patrick Lussier [27]
Jan Michelini The Apocalypse 2002 Raffaele Mertes
Henry Ian Cusick The Gospel of John 2003 Philip Saville
Siva Krishna Yesu Mahimalu 2003 Natti Kumar [28]
Jim Caviezel The Passion of the Christ 2004 Mel Gibson
Jonathan Scarfe Judas 2004 Charles Robert Carner
Krishna Shanti Sandesham 2004 P. Chandrasekhar Reddy [29]
D'Arcy Browning Cross and Bones 2005 Paul Carrière [30]
Robert Torti Reefer Madness 2005 Andy Fickman
Matthew Modine Mary 2005 Abel Ferrara
Suman Mulla Kireetam 2005 N.S. Raja Reddy [31]
Ahmad Soleimani Nia The Messiah 2007 Nader Talebzadeh
Joseph Mawle The Passion 2008 Michael Offer
Julian Casey Ben Hur 2010 Steve Shill
Shredy Jabarin المخلص (The Savior, Arabic language film) 2014 Robert Savo [32]
Diogo Morgado Son of God 2014 Christopher Spencer [33]
Selva Rasalingam The Gospel of John 2014 David Batty [34]
Selva Rasalingam The Gospel of Matthew 2014 David Batty [35]
Selva Rasalingam The Gospel of Mark 2015 David Batty [36]
Selva Rasalingam The Gospel of Luke 2015 David Batty [37]
Ewan McGregor Last Days in the Desert 2015 Rodrigo Garcia
Haaz Sleiman Killing Jesus 2015 Christopher Menaul
Juan Pablo Di Pace A.D. The Bible Continues 2015 Ciaran Donnelly
DJ Perry 40 Nights 2016 Jesse Low
Joseph Mesiano Joseph & Mary 2016 Roger Christian
Rodrigo Santoro Ben-Hur 2016 Timur Bekmambetov [38]
Cliff Curtis Risen 2016 Kevin Reynolds
Adam Greaves-Neal The Young Messiah 2016 Cyrus Nowrasteh
Aviv Alush The Shack 2017 Stuart Hazeldine
Jeremy Davies American Gods 2017 Floria Sigismondi
Jonathan Roumie The Chosen 2017 Dallas Jenkins [39]
Joaquin Phoenix Mary Magdalene 2018 Garth Davis
DJ Perry The Christ Slayer 2019 Nathaniel Nose
Adam Bond Good Omens 2019 Douglas Mackinnon
John Legend Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert 2019 David Leveaux
Alex Rudzinski
Vivaan Shah Yeshu 2020 Arvind Babbal [40]
Shayan Ardalan 40: The Temptation of Christ 2020 Douglas James Vail
Juan Pablo Di Pace Resurrection 2021 Ciaran Donnelly