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- Actor, singer, and Elvis impersonator Drake Milligan, who was also a competitor on American Idol in 2021, portrayed Elvis Presley.
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Jun 24, 2022 · Warner Bros. Elvis Presley (Austin Butler) Austin Butler embodies rock star Elvis Presley, who was heavily influenced by Black gospel music and several Black artists. The King of Rock and...
May 21, 2024 · 14 actors who have played Elvis Presley. From Kurt Russell to Jacob Elordi, here's a look back at the most memorable portrayals of the King.
For the past 45 years, there has been a fascination in seeing actors portray Elvis Presley on film, ranging from Kurt Russell starring in the TV miniseries Elvis in 1979 through Austin Butler doing so in the 2022 film of the same name.
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- Austin Butler - Elvis
- Dale Midkiff - Elvis and Me
- Don Johnson - Elvis and The Beauty Queen
- Kurt Russell - Elvis
- Michael Shannon - Elvis & Nixon
- Michael St. Gerard - Great Balls of Fire
- Paul Hipp - Liberace: Behind The Music
- Peter Dobson - Protecting The King
- Rick Peters - Elvis Meets Nixon
- Rob Youngblood - Elvis and The Colonel: The Untold Story
Austin Butler stars in Baz Luhrmann's 2022 biopic Elvis. The movie focuses on the development of Elvis’ career, with Austin Butler singing his own version of Elvis' songs, as well as his complicated relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks). It shines a light on his sudden stardom and relationship with Priscilla Presley as the c...
Dale Midkiff stars as Elvis in Elvis and Me, the 1988 movie depicting the story of Priscilla Presley’s life with her husband, Elvis. The movie is based on Priscilla Presley's book of the same name and was nominated for the People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Movie/Miniseries. There are no critics reviews for Elvis and Me on Rotten Tomatoes but it...
Miami Vice star Don Johnson portrays Elvis in Elvis and the Beauty Queen spotlighting his affair with a young beauty pageant contestant, Linda Thompson (Stephanie Zimbalist), after his divorce from Priscilla Presley. Elvis and the Beauty Queen deals with the last four years of Elvis’ life with Linda and his addiction to drugs and is praised for asp...
Kurt Russell stars in the first biopic of Elvis Presley’s life, Elvis (1979). Including Elvis’ life up until 1970, the success of Elvis on American television caused it to be released theatrically in Europe and Australia. Elvis was received well by critics with some criticism of the screenplay but was nominated for 3 Primetime Emmy Awards and one G...
Elvis & Nixon (2016) is the true story behind Elvis Presley and President Richard Nixon’s meeting in 1970. Michael Shannon plays Elvis in the movie which is based on the meeting behind the picture of Presley and Nixon shaking hands, which is the most requested photo from the National Archives. Elvis & Nixon is considerably more popular with critics...
Michael St. Gerard plays Elvis in Great Balls of Fire! (1989) which is another Elvis-like biopicabout, not the King of Rock n’ Roll himself, but the man who was expected to become the next Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis (Dennis Quaid). Lewis rose to stardom but his controversial marriage to his 13-year-old cousin led to his downfall, keeping Elvis securely...
Elvis Presley is portrayed by Paul Hipp in Liberace: Behind the Music (1988). This is an unofficial biopic on the life and death of Władziu Valentino Liberace, a famous American pianist, and vocalist. The movie is focused on him, but Hipp plays Elvis who was great friends with Liberace, and apparently, Liberace was the one who told Elvis to have mo...
Peter Dobson portrays Elvis in Protecting the King (2007), a movie about one of his bodyguards — not the Elvis bodyguard that helped launch Bruce Lee's career — who was hired at only 16 years old. Elvis' bodyguard, David Stanley (Matt Barr), was also Elvis’ step-brother and lived an excessive and lavish life alongside him. Despite a new look at Elv...
Rick Peters plays Elvis in the first look at Elvis and President Nixon’s (Bob Gunton) famous meeting in Elvis Meets Nixon (1997). Unlike Shannon’s 2016 version, Elvis Meets Nixon is a mockumentary/comedy about the meeting which came about when Elvis went to the White House to become a federal marshal under the DEA, so it is understandable why Rocky...
Rob Youngblood played Elvis in the first movie to explore his relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker (Beau Bridges). The 1993 movie Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story explores the exploitative relationship Elvis had with his manager from the point of view of Elvis’ ghost. There are few reviews of the movie but those which exist don’...
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- Austin Butler as Elvis Presley. Austin Butler plays Elvis Presley, the main star of the film and one of the most prominent musicians of the 20th century.
- Tom Hanks as Col. Tom Parker. Tom Hanks plays Col. Tom Parker, a Dutch musical entrepreneur, and Elvis Presley’s manager. Emigrated illegally from the Netherlands, Parker originally worked as a carnival worker before moving into the world of music promotion.
- Helen Thomson as Gladys Presley. Helen Thomson plays Gladys Presley, the mother of Elvis Presley. Approximately 35 minutes before giving birth to Elvis, she originally had his identical twin brother.
- Richard Roxburgh as Vernon Presley. Richard Roxburgh plays Vernon Presley, father to Elvis and husband to Gladys. Vernon worked hard to make ends meet by taking up small jobs.
Jun 24, 2022 · Nearly two dozen actors have played Elvis on TV and in the movies since 1979, when Kurt Russell starred as the King in John Carpenter’s made-for-TV biopic.
Jan 8, 2024 · Elvis is portrayed by Don Johnson in Elvis and the Beauty Queen, which centers on his romance with Linda Thompson (Stephanie Zimbalist), a teenage beauty pageant contestant, following his...
