Claude Rains to Joaquin Phoenix: Actors who played Napoleon Bonaparte on screen  

Team OTTplay

 Nov 25, 2023

Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix plays Napoleon Bonaparte in Ridley Scott’s 2023 epic historical drama film Napoleon. The movie also stars Vanessa Kirby and Matthey Needham

Christian Clavier

Christian Clavier essayed the role of Napoleon Bonaparte in the 2002 miniseries, Napoléon, directed by Yves Simoneau. It also features Isabella Rossellini, Gérard Depardieu and John Malkovich

Ian Holm

Ian Holm played Napoleon in The Emperor’s New Clothes (2001), directed by Alan Taylor, Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits (1981) and in the TV series Napoleon and Love (1974)

Rod Steiger

Rod Steiger appeared as Napoleon in the 1970 film Waterloo, helmed by Sergei Bondarchuk. It also stars Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles and Virginia McKenna

Vladislav Strzhelchik

Vladislav Strzhelchik essayed the role of Napoleon in War and Peace (1966), directed by Sergei Bondarchuk. Lyudmila Saveleva and Sergei himself also feature in the film

Charles Boyer

In Clarence Brown’s 1937 film Conquest, Charles Boyer played Napoleon, opposite Greta Garbo as Countess Marie Walewska

Claude Rains

Claude Rains acted as Napoleon in Hearts Divided (1936), helmed by Frank Borzage. The film also stars Marion Davies and Charlie Ruggles