Film Portrayals
- Duncan Regehr portrayed Flynn in a 1985 American TV movie My Wicked, Wicked Ways, loosely based on Flynn's autobiography of the same name.
- Guy Pearce played Errol Flynn in the 1996 Australian film Flynn, which covers Flynn's youth and early manhood, ending before the start of his Hollywood career.
- Flynn was portrayed by Jude Law in Martin Scorsese's 2004 film The Aviator.
- Kevin Kline is to play Flynn in a movie about his final days, The Last Days of Robin Hood to be made in 2013
- The character of Alan Swann, portrayed by Peter O'Toole in the 1982 film My Favorite Year, was based on Flynn.
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