Portrayals
J. Edgar Hoover has been portrayed by numerous actors in films and stage productions featuring him as FBI Director. Some notable portrayals include:
- Broderick Crawford and James Wainwright in the Larry Cohen film The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977).
- Ernest Borgnine in both the television film Blood Feud (1983) and Hollywood film Hoover (2000).
- Vincent Gardenia played him in the television film Kennedy (1983).
- Jack Warden in the television film Hoover vs. The Kennedys (1987).
- Treat Williams in the television film J. Edgar Hoover (1987).
- Kevin Dunn in the film Chaplin (1992).
- Pat Hingle in the television film Citizen Cohn (1992).
- Richard Dysart in both the television film Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair (1993) and in the 1995 film Panther.
- Bob Hoskins in the Oliver Stone drama Nixon (1995).
- David Fredericks in two episodes of The X-Files, as well as on the show Millennium.
- Kelsey Grammer portrayed Hoover, with John Goodman as Tolson, in the Harry Shearer comic musical J. Edgar! on L.A. Theatre Works' The Play's the Thing (2001).
- Larry Drake in the Robert Dyke film Timequest (2002).
- Billy Crudup in the Michael Mann film Public Enemies (2009).
- Enrico Colantoni in the television miniseries The Kennedys (2011).
- Leonardo DiCaprio in the Clint Eastwood biopic J. Edgar (2011).
- William Harrison-Wallace in the Dollar Baby screen adaptation of Stephen King's The Death of Jack Hamilton (2012).
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