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The Best Actors Who Played Napoleon Bonaparte
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Rod Steiger played Emperor Napoleon I of France in the 1970 film, Waterloo. The movie went on to win two BAFTA Awards.
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Christian Clavier played Napoleon I in the 2002 miniseries, Napoléon. The cast also included Isabella Rossellini, Gérard Depardieu, and John Malkovich.
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Vladislav Strzhelchik played Napoleon in the 1966 film, War and Peace.
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Marlon Brando portrayed Napoleon Bonaparte in the 1954 film, Désirée. The actor wore a fake nose in the movie.
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In the 1937 film, Conquest, Charles Boyer played Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte opposite Greta Garbo as Countess Marie Walewska. He was even nominated for an Oscar for his performance.
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Ian Holm played Napoleon in several projects including The Emperor's New Clothes (2001), Time Bandits (1981), and Napoleon and Love (1974).
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Claude Rains played Napoleon Bonaparte in the 1936 film, Hearts Divided. The movie tells the story of Napoleon's brother Jérôme Bonaparte and his wife Elizabeth 'Betsy' Patterson.
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Charles Vanel played Napoleon in the 1929 silent film, Waterloo.
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Herbert Lom played Napoleon in The Young Mr. Pitt (1942) and in War and Peace (1956).
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Pierre Blanchar played Napoleon Bonaparte in the 1938 film, A Royal Divorce.
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Tom Burke played Napoleon Bonaparte in the 2007 TV film, Napoleon. It is set around the Siege of Toulon in 1793.
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Dennis Hopper played Napoleon Bonaparte in the 1957 film, The Story of Mankind. The project featured an all-star cast including Vincent Price and Hedy Lamarr, as well as Groucho, Harpo, and Chico Marx.
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Daniel Auteuil played Napoleon in the 2006 film, Napoleon and Me, which is inspired by N. by Ernesto Ferrero.
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In the 2009 film, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Alain Chabat played Napoleon Bonaparte. The movie also featured Eugene Levy as Albert Einstein and Christopher Guest as Ivan the Terrible.
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In the 1972 film, Eagle in a Cage, Kenneth Haigh played Napoleon Bonaparte. The film follows Napoleon as he experiences exile and imprisonment.
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Alex Norton played Napoleon in the 2002 film, The Count of Monte Cristo, which featured Jim Caviezel in the title role.
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Terry Camilleri played Napoleon in the 1989 film, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. Billy the Kid, Socrates, and Sigmund Freud are also characters in the movie.
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Joaquin Phoenix played Bonaparte in the 2023 historical epic Napoleon, directed by Ridley Scott.
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Mathieu Kassovitz played Napoleon Bonaparte in the 2016 series, War and Peace.
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Renato Rascel played the title character in the 1951 film, Napoleon.
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Verne Troyer played Napoleon Bonaparte in four episodes of the 2000 series, Jack of All Trades.
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