ON DISPLAY NOW: Our newest temporary exhibit presents the leading role of the president in American society through the lens of television and film.

commanding the screen: The American Presidency in Film and Television

August 17, 2024 – March 23, 2025

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Featured Movies and TV Shows

White House Down

President James Sawyer
Actor: Jamie Foxx

Pixels

President Will Cooper
Actor: Kevin James

Independence Day: Resurgence

President Thomas Whitmore
Actor: Bill Pullman

2012

President Thomas Wilson
Actor: Danny Glover

Head of State

President Mays Gilliam
Actor: Chris Rock

American Horror Story: Double Feature

President Dwight Eisenhower
Actor: Neal McDonough

LBJ

President Lyndon B. Johnson
Actor: Woody Harrelson

Thirteen Days

President John F. Kennedy
Actor: Bruce Greenwood

Deep Impact

President Tom Beck
Actor: Morgan Freeman

Frost/Nixon

President Richard Nixon
Actor: Frank Langella

National Treasure: Book of Secrets

The President
Actor: Bruce Greenwood

W.

President George W. Bush
Actor: Josh Brolin

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

President Abraham Lincoln
Actor: George A. Billings

Homeland

President Ralph Warner
Actor: Beau Bridges

Being There

President ‘Bobby’
Actor: Jack Warden

Dr. Strangelove

President Merkin Muffley
Actor: Peter Sellers 

Love Actually

The U.S. President
Actor: Billy Bob Thornton

The Butler

President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Actor: Robin Williams

Scandal

President Fitzgerald Grant
Actor: Tony Goldwyn

Madam Secretary

President Elizabeth McCord
Actor: Téa Leoni

Lincoln

President Abraham Lincoln
Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

President Theodore Roosevelt
Actor: Robin Williams

Don’t Look Up

President Orlean
Actor: Meryl Streep

Wilson

President Woodrow Wilson
Actor: Alexander Knox

 

1776

President John Adams
Actor: William Daniels

Scandal

President Mellie Grant
Actor: Bellamy Young

PT-109

President John F. Kennedy
Actor: Cliff Robertson

Amistad

President John Quincy Adams
Actor: Anthony Hopkins

The American President

President Andrew Shepherd
Actor: Michael Douglas 

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

President Abraham Lincoln
Actor: Benjamin Walker

Nixon

President Richard Nixon 
Actor: Sir Anthony Hopkins

24: Live Another Day

President Heller
Actor: William Devane

Veep

President Selina Meyer
Actor: Julia Louis-Dreyfus

This exhibit was curated by the Clinton Presidential Library and Museum Staff.