80 British and American Actors Who Have Played Nazis, or Nazi-Era Germans

                                                                   Top: Cruise, Chaplin, Duvall
                                                              Bottom: Gibson, Brando, Guinness

Note: Most of these characters are Nazis but there are also German Jews and German anti-Nazis included here.

I say 'British and American Actors' though in fact there are one or two Canadians and Irish as well.

1.         Alec Guinness - Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973) (as Hitler)

2.         Anthony Hopkins - The Bunker (1981) (as Hitler)

3.         Anthony Quayle - Ice Cold in Alex (1958) Operation Crossbow (1965) The Eagle Has Landed (1977)

4.         Bill Nighy - Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil (1985) Valkyrie (2008)

5.         Burt Lancaster - Judgment at Nuremburg (1961)

6.         Charles Durning - To Be or Not to Be (1983)

7.         Charlie Chaplin - The Great Dictator (1940)

8.         Charlotte Rampling - The Damned (1969) The Night Porter (1974)

9.         Christopher Lee - Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse (2004)

10.       Christopher Lloyd - To Be or Not to Be (1983)

11.       Christopher Plummer - The Night of the Generals (1967) (as Rommel)

12.       Clive Brook - Freedom Radio (1941)

13.       Clive Owen - Bent (1997)

14.       Colin Firth - Conspiracy (2001)

15.       David Morrissey - Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)

16.       David Thewlis - The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)

17.       David Warner - Cross of Iron (1977) Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil (1985) (as Heydrich)

18.       Dirk Bogarde - The Damned (1969) The Night Porter (1974)

19.       Donald Pleasance - The Night of the Generals (1967) The Eagle Has Landed (1977)

20.       Donald Sutherland - Eye of the Needle (1981)

21.       Ed Harris - Enemy at the Gates (2001)

22.       Eddie Izzard - Valkyrie (2008)

23.       Eric Portman - 49th Parallel (1941)

24.       Faye Dunaway - Voyage of the Damned (1976)

25.       Gabriel Byrne - The Keep (1983)

26.       Gregory Peck - The Boys from Brazil (1978) (as Mengele)

27.       Harvey Keitel - The Grey Zone (2001)

28.       Henry Gibson - The Blues Brothers (1980) (as an American Nazi)

29.       Hugo Weaving - Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

30.       Ian McKellen - Bent (1997) Apt Pupil (1998)

31.       James Coburn - Cross of Iron (1977)

32.       James Donald - Went the Day Well? (1942)

33.       James Mason - The Desert Fox (1951) The Desert Rats (1953) (as Rommel in both films) Cross of Iron (1977) The Boys from Brazil (1978)

34.       Jason Isaacs  - Good (2008)

35.       Jessica Tandy - The Desert Fox (1951)

36.       John Carradine - Hitler’s Madmen (1943) (as Heydrich)

37.       John Cusack - Max (2002)

38.       Judy Garland - Judgment at Nuremburg (1961)

39.       Kate Winslet - The Reader (2008)

40.       Kenneth Branagh - Conspiracy (2001) Valkyrie (2008)

41.       Kenneth Mars - The Producers (1968)

42.       Kevin Bacon - X Men: First Class (2011)

43.       Laurence Olivier - Marathon Man (1976)

44.       Liam Neeson - Shining Through (1992)

45.       Liev Schreiber - Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003)

46.       Linda Hamilton - Silent Night (2002)

47.       Malcolm McDowell - The Passage (1979)

48.       Mark Strong  - Good (2008)

49.       Marlon Brando - The Young Lions (1958)

50.       Matthew Modine - Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003)

51.       Michael Caine - The Eagle Has Landed (1977)

52.       Michael Elphick - Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil (1985) (as Ernst Rohm)

53.       Mick Jagger - Bent (1997)

54.       Nick Nolte - Mother Night (1996) (as an American Nazi)

55.       Noah Taylor - Max (2002) (as Hitler)

56.       Orson Welles - The Stranger (1946)

57.       Paul Scofield - The Train (1964)

58.       Peter Cushing - Shock Waves (1977)

59.       Peter Finch - The Battle of the River Plate (1956)

60.       Peter O’Toole - The Night of the Generals (1967)

61.       Peter Sellers - Dr Strangelove (1964) Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1974)

62.       Ralph Fiennes - Schindler’s List (1993)

63.       Richard Basehart - Hitler (1962) (as Hitler)

64.       Richard Jordan - The Bunker (1981) (as Albert Speer)

65.       Robert Carlyle - Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (as Hitler)

66.       Robert Duvall - The Eagle Has Landed (1977) The Man Who Captured Eichmann (1996) (as Eichmann)

67.       Robert Shaw - Battle of the Bulge (1965)

68.       Robert Vaughn - The Bridge at Remagen (1969)

69.       Roger Moore - Escape to Athena (1979)

70.       Sig Ruman - To Be or Not To Be (1942)

71.       Stanley Tucci - Conspiracy (2001)

72.       Stockard Channing - Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003)

73.       Terence Stamp - Valkyrie (2008)

74.       Tom Courtenay - The Night of the Generals (1967)

75.       Tom Cruise - Valkyrie (2008)

76.       Tom Wilkinson - Valkyrie (2008)

77.       Vera Farmiga - The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)

78.       Viggo Mortensen  - Good (2008)

79.       Will Ferrell - The Producers (2005)

80.       Willem Dafoe - Adam Resurrected (2008)

Honorable Mention  Those who have worn World War Two German uniforms as a disguise include :

Harrison Ford - Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Jack Benny - To Be or Not To Be (1942)

Michael Fassbender(speaking excellent German) - Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood - Where Eagles Dare (1967)

Note The one example I could find of the opposite situation - a German actor played an Allied officer - was Curt Jurgens in Bitter Victory (1957) (he plays a South African)