List of fictional actors

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Fictional stories sometimes feature a fictional movie (see List of fictional movies) or play. In these cases, occasionally, a fictional actor appears. In movies (see Film in film), it is not infrequent that a real, famous actor plays the role of a fictional person who is also an actor.

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[edit] Fictional actors in movies and TV

The following list features fictional actors including, in (parentheses), the real actor who played the fictional actor in a movie. At the end of the entry appears the name of the movie or the TV series where the fictional actor appeared.

[edit] Fictional actors in literature

[edit] Discworld

In the book Moving Pictures, the alchemists of the Discworld have invented moving pictures. Many hopefuls are drawn by the siren call of Holy Wood, home of the fledgling "movie" industry. Some of them begin working in movies, specially under producer Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler. The following list only covers the characters in the book that work in movies, and only if their names are given (failed stars who do not get a single role are not to be listed). This list is also intended to cover any known theater actor in Discworld, in other books.

  • Breccia (troll actor, details unknown)
  • Charlie (professional Vetinari lookalike in The Truth)
  • Delores De Syn, real name Theda "Ginger" Withel
  • Galena, alias Rock Cliff, troll actor
  • Laddie the wonder dog
  • Blanche Languish, details unknown
  • The Librarian
  • Victor Maraschino, real name Victor Tugelbend
  • Morraine, troll actor, usually acts as a rock
  • Sniddin (gnome actor, details unknown)
  • Evil-Minded Son of a Bitch, camel actor
  • part of the staff of the Unseen University
  • Vitoller's Men
    • Bratsley
    • Dafe
    • Gumridge
    • Tomjon
    • Olwyn Vitoller, actor-manager
    • Wimsloe
  • The Lancre Morris Men/Comic Artisans
    • Baker
    • Obidiah Carpenter
    • Bestiality Carter
    • Jason Ogg
    • Tailor
    • Tinker
    • Thatcher
    • Weaver

[edit] Star Wars Expanded Universe

Although not a main part of the Star Wars Expanded Universe mainstream, theater and "holo-movies" are also featured in this universe, including the following actors, most of whom reached notoriety only after leaving show business.

[edit] Fictional actors in comic books

  • Woodsy Alvin (comic book character), parody of Woody Allen, writing, directing and starring in movies where pretty girls feel oddly attracted towards Alvin's character - Little Annie Fanny
  • Valerie Astro (comic book character), American female star who was hired for Spanish movie Tronak el Kártako as the beautiful and evil sorceress "Tekla de Karb" - Superlópez
  • Moira Brandon (comic book character), aging movie star who worked with the West Coast Avengers - Marvel comics
  • Brut Canlaster (comic book character, clearly inspired in Burt Lancaster), aged actor, left the old people's home to star as Great Karbalan in Tronak el Kártako, died during the filming - Superlópez
  • Frank Dean, an alien actor, married to Leslie Dean and father of superheroine Lucy in the Sky - Marvel comics
  • Leslie Dean, an alien actress, married to Frank Dean and mother of superheroine Lucy in the Sky - Marvel comics
  • Agnes Eckhart (comic character), a witch who played a witch on TV - Vampirella comic series (episode "Haven't I seen you on TV", by Billy Graham)
  • Little Annie Fanny (comic book character), starring as a pretty girl strangely attracted to Woodsy Alvin's character, had on-screen sex with him - Little Annie Fanny
  • Madame Fatal (comic book character), retired actor - Madame Fatal
  • Lindsay McCabe (comic book character), actress and P.I., a friend of Wolverine and Spider-Woman - Marvel comics
  • Miguelito Miguel Gómez (comic book character, name may be a pun on Fernando Fernán Gómez), bodybuilder without real physical strength, was hired to act in Tronak el Kártako as no serious actor would even consider the role - Superlópez
  • Ransak the Reject (comic book character), an Eternal-aligned Deviant, trained in martial arts by Kingo Sunen, who found employment for him in Japanese movies - The Eternals comics in Marvel comics continuity.
  • Gregory Reed - the actor who plays Superman in Superman movies of the DC Universe. A parody of George Reeves. - various Superman comics
  • Arnold Schwarzburger (comic-book character), actor, star of the fictional series of movies Arkon. Obvious parody of Arnold Schwarzenegger - Marvel comics
  • Arnold Schwarzheimer (comic-book character), super star, considered for the role of "Man of Kobar" in a possible movie of The Avengers. Obvious parody of Arnold Schwarzenegger - Marvel comics
  • Marcelino Vinopán (comic book character, name is a pun on Marcelino Pan y Vino), juvenile delinquent hired to act as "young Tronak" as his appearance was apparently similar to adult Tronak actor - Superlópez
  • Mary Jane Watson (comic book character, adaptation Kirsten Dunst) - Spider-Man
  • Simon Williams (comic-book character), superhero as Wonder Man, stunt actor and then played the villain in fiction Arkon IV - Marvel comics

[edit] Other fictional actors

[edit] See also

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