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Actors Who Have Played the Pope

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May 08, 2025 8:06 PM
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Jude Law

The Holiday star portrayed the fictional, upstart Pope Pius XIII on the TV series The Young Pope. 


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Anthony Hopkins

The Silence of the Lambs actor portrayed Pope Benedict XVI in the 2019 biographical film The Two Popes. 


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Jonathan Pryce

The Slow Horses star played opposite Anthony as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the future Pope Francis.


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Robbie Coltrane

The Harry Potter actor played fictional Father Albinizi who accidentally is elected Pope in 1991's The Pope Must Die. 


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Jon Voight

In Pope John Paul II, the National Treasure alum played the titular pope.

 

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Cary Elwes

The Princess Bride actor played the younger version of Jon's Pope John Paul II. 


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Piotr Adamczyk

The Polish actor portrayed the future Pope John Paul II in the TV series Karol: A Man Who Became Pope.


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