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Stars Playing Teachers

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Oct 05, 2021 5:01 PM
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Morgan Freeman

With his soothing voice, we'd want him as our teacher too. Morgan stunned as former teacher and current principal Joe Clark. Based on a true story, it's up to Principal Clark to institute some serious changes to ensure that the majority of the students can pass basic skills testing.


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Harrison Ford

Professor by day, Indiana Jones by night. Harrison Ford plays the ever daring, ever afraid of snakes adventurer in all four Indiana Jones films.


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Ryan Gosling

Stepping away from his usual role as a heartthrob, Ryan stars as a high school teacher (and secret drug addict) in the 2006 drama Half Nelson.


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Richard Harris

Though his time in the role was short, Richard's stint as Professor Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter films reminded us that there is good in everyone, and that Gryffindor deserves all the house cups.


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J.K. Simmons

Teaching music and inspiring students isn't all fun and games, as J.K. shows us in the 2014 Oscar-winning film Whiplash.


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Richard Dreyfuss

Playing a classical composer turned high school music teacher, Dreyfuss stars as Mr. Holland in the 1995 film Mr. Holland's Opus.


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Alan Rickman

The late star played the ever creepy defense against the dark arts professor, Severus Snape, in all eight Harry Potter films.


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Viola Davis

Viola Davis played ruthless educator, mentor and defense attorney Annalise Keating in ABC's hit show How to Get Away With Murder.


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Cameron Diaz

Cameron plays a gold-digging, foulmouthed and just all around beyond bad educator in the 2011 comedy Bad Teacher.


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Matthew Morrison

You can't have the TV series Glee without someone in charge of the singing group. Will Schuester is not only the director of the Glee club, but he's also McKinley High's Spanish teacher.


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Jennifer Garner

The actress plays Julia Fitzpatrick, an elementary school teacher in the 2010 romantic comedy Valentine's Day.


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Ian Harding

Just about everybody was hot for Ezra Fitz, the supersexy (former) teacher on Pretty Little Liars.


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Julia Roberts

The rom-com queen is an enthusiastic art history professor in the 2003 drama Mona Lisa Smile, and she also played a professor in the 2011 film Larry Crowne.


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Jack Black

In the 2003 film School of Rock, Jack plays a hopeful rocker who poses as a substitute teacher for some cash and ends up turning his classroom into a rock band .


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Gwyneth Paltrow

A Glee favorite. Gwyneth is Holly Holliday the interesting substitute teacher who takes over for the Spanish teacher and Glee club director while he's sick. Holly delivers an unforgettable version of Cee Lo's "Forget You" tune.


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Hugh Dancy

Watch out for FBI Academy teacher and FBI profiler Will Graham who is on a nonstop mission to solve serial killer crimes in the TV series Hannibal.


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Zooey Deschanel

We adore Zooey and her role as the bubbly and quirky teacher in the TV series New Girl.


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Arnold Schwarzenegger

The former California governor played a tough badass police officer gone undercover in the 1990 flick Kindergarten Cop.


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Jane Lynch

Jane stars as Sue Sylvester in Glee. She is the head coach of the Cheerios cheerleading squad at William McKinley High School, and of course, Sue isn't particularly fond of the Glee club.


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David Schwimmer

Of course we can't forget to mention Friends fave Ross, a NYU paleontology professor.


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Alyson Hannigan

We all remember Lily Aldrin. The kindergarten teacher and problem-solving pal out of the How I Met Your Mother's bunch in the laughter-filled TV series.


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Justin Timberlake

Justin plays the new, attractive (of course) and secretly rich junior high school teacher that all of his women colleagues are fighting over in the 2011 comedy Bad Teacher.


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Kate Hudson

Stunner Kate guest stars as the fiery, not-so-nice dance instructor Cassandra July on Glee.


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Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe is brilliant in the film A Beautiful Mind as genius mathematician John Nash.


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