Before being elected president of the United States, Donald Trump had produced and hosted reality TV shows The Apprentice and The Celebrity Apprentice from 2004 to 2015. He also made dozens of cameo appearances in films, television series, and advertisements since the 1980s. He won the Worst Supporting Actor award at the 11th Golden Raspberry Awards for Ghosts Can't Do It in 1990, as well as awards for Worst Actor and Worst Screen Combo at the 39th Golden Raspberry Awards for his roles in the documentary films Death of a Nation and Fahrenheit 11/9 in 2019.
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Appearances by Trump
editFilm
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| Title | Year | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghosts Can't Do It | 1989 | Himself | First on screen acting appearance | [1] |
| Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | 1992 | [1] | ||
| The Little Rascals | 1994 | Waldo Johnston II | [1] | |
| Across the Sea of Time | 1995 | Himself | [1] | |
| Eddie | 1996 | [1] | ||
| The Associate | [1] | |||
| 54 | 1998 | VIP Patron | [2] | |
| Celebrity | Himself | [1] | ||
| New York: A Documentary Film | 1999 | Documentary | [3] | |
| Zoolander | 2001 | [1] | ||
| Two Weeks Notice | 2002 | [4] | ||
| Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven | 2007 | Himself | Documentary | [5] |
| Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL? | 2009 | Himself[a] | Documentary | [6][7] |
| Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | 2010 | Himself[b] | [8] | |
| POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold | 2011 | Himself | Documentary | [9] |
Television
edit| Title | Year | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Jeffersons (CBS) | 1985 | Himself | Episode: "You'll Never Get Rich" | [1] |
| I'll Take Manhattan (CBS) | 1987 | Miniseries | [10][11] | |
| Saint and Greavsie (ITV) | 1991 | Trump drew the away teams for the Football League Cup Fifth Round | [12] | |
| The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (NBC) | 1994 | Episode: "For Sale by Owner" | [1] | |
| The Nanny (CBS) | 1996 | Episode: "The Rosie Show" | [1] | |
| Suddenly Susan (NBC) | 1997 | Episode: "I'll See That and Raise You Susan" | [4] | |
| The Drew Carey Show (ABC) | Episode: "New York and Queens" | [4] | ||
| Night Man (Syndication) | Episode: "Face to Face" | [13] | ||
| Howard Stern | 1997-2005 | |||
| Spin City (ABC) | 1998 | Episode: "The Paul Lassiter Story" | [1] | |
| Sex and the City (HBO) | 1999 | Episode: "The Man, the Myth, the Viagra" | [1] | |
| The Job (ABC) | 2001 | Episode: "Elizabeth" | [4] | |
| Da Ali G Show (HBO) | 2003 | Himself[citation needed] | Episode: "Politics"[14] | |
| Saturday Night Live (NBC) | 2004, 2015 | Host Various imitations Tax Guy[c] |
"Donald Trump/Toots & the Maytals" "Donald Trump/Sia" |
[15][16] |
| The Apprentice (NBC) | 2004–2015 | Himself | Producer, Host | [17] |
| Days of Our Lives (NBC) | 2005 | Guest star | [18] | |
| 58th Primetime Emmy Awards (NBC) | 2006 | Oliver Wendell Douglas | Minimusical | [19] |
| WWE Raw (USA Network) | 2007, 2009 | Himself | Briefly "owned" Raw | [20] |
| WrestleMania 23 (Syndication) | 2007 | "Battle of the Billionaires" Match | [21] | |
| Comedy Central Roast (Comedy Central) | 2011 | Roastee | [22] | |
| Curiosity (Discovery Channel) | 2011 | "What's America Worth?" | ||
| Top Gear USA (BBC) | 2012 | Episode: "Supercars" | [23] | |
| The Men Who Built America (History) | Commentator | [24] | ||
| Fear City: New York vs The Mafia (Netflix) | 2020 | Historical footage | [25] |
Video
editTrump has appeared in three VHS tapes released by Playboy. He did not appear in any scenes containing nudity or sexual content.[26][27]
| Title | Year | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playboy Centerfold | 1994 | Himself | Adult film | [26] |
| Playboy Video Centerfold: Playmate 2000 Bernaola Twins | 2000 | Adult film | [27] | |
| Untitled Playboy video | 2001 | Fashion show featuring Betsey Johnson | [26] |
Music videos
editIn 1989, Trump appeared in the music video for Bobby Brown's single "On Our Own", which was featured in the movie Ghostbusters II.[28] In 1991, Trump originally made an appearance in the music video for Precious Metal's cover of Janet Robin's song, "Mr. Big Stuff". However, Trump wanted a $250,000 payment instead of the agreed-upon $10,000 appearance fee. After the band refused to pay for his appearance, Trump was replaced in the final version of the music video.[29][30] He also appeared in an I Like Trains song The Truth.
Advertising
editTrump has also appeared in a number of television commercials for Pizza Hut. The first of these commercials aired in the United States in 1995, and featured him and his ex-wife Ivana promoting Stuffed Crust pizzas.[31][32] The second of these commercials aired in the Australian market in 2000, and was for large 'New Yorker' pizzas the chain was promoting at the time.[33] In 2002, Trump appeared in three McDonald's commercials featuring Grimace.[2]
Other brands that Trump appeared in commercials for included Pepsi,[2] Macy's,[34] Oreo,[2] Serta,[35] Verizon,[36] and Visa.[37]
Works about Trump
editFilm
edit| Title | Year | Distributor | Writer / Producer | Director | Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trump: What's the Deal? | 1991 | The Deadline Company | Jesse Kornbluth | Libby Handros | Television documentary on Donald Trump's business career, remained unreleased until 2015 | [38][39] |
| You've Been Trumped | 2011 | Montrose Pictures | Richard Phinney, Anthony Baxter | Anthony Baxter | Documentary about Trump's construction of a golf course in Balmedie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Released on BBC Two | [40][41] |
| A Dangerous Game | 2014 | Montrose Pictures | Richard Phinney | Documentary about the Balmedie golf course and Trump's project on Mount Srđ near Dubrovnik, Croatia | [42] | |
| Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie | 2016 | Funny or Die | Joe Randazzo | Jeremy Konner | Satirical adaptation of Trump's book The Art of the Deal presented as a VHS recording of a television film. Released during the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries. Johnny Depp play the part of Donald Trump. | [43] |
| Michael Moore in TrumpLand | Dog Eat Dog Films | Michael Moore | Live one-person show by Moore at the Murphy Theatre in Wilmington, Ohio during the 2016 presidential election | [44][45] | ||
| Trumped: Inside the Greatest Political Upset of All Time | 2017 | Left/Right Productions | Kevin Vargas, producer | Ted Bourne, Mary Robertson, Banks Tarver | Documentary film on Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. Released at the Sundance Film Festival and premiered on Showtime. | [46][47] |
| Fahrenheit 11/9 | 2018 | Briarcliff Entertainment | Michael Moore | Political documentary exploring the factors leading to the first presidency of Donald Trump, as well as events such as the Flint water crisis and gun violence. Compares Trump's electoral victory to Hitler's rise to power and advocates radical overhaul of the U.S. political system. | [48] | |
| Active Measures | 2018 | Jack Bryan | Documentary exploring allegations of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government during the 2016 election, as well as the history of political warfare by the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation under Vladimir Putin | |||
| Death of a Nation: Can We Save America a Second Time? | 2018 | Quality Flix | Dinesh D'Souza
Bruce Schooley |
Dinesh D'Souza
Bruce Schooley |
Political documentary comparing Trump and U.S. political polarization to Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War, and accusing the Democratic Party of racism and similarities with the Nazi Party | [49] |
| Trump Card | 2020 | Cloudburst Entertainment | Dinesh D'Souza
Debbie D'Souza Bruce Schooley |
Political documentary praising Trump and accusing Democratic politicians such as Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders of corruption and socialism. Originally intended to coincide with the 2020 Republican National Convention but delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | [50] | |
| Borat Subsequent Moviefilm | 2020 | Amazon Studios | Sacha Baron Cohen | Jason Woliner | Mockumentary about the 2020 United States presidential election and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic | |
| The Apprentice | 2024 | Scythia Films | Gabriel Sherman | Ali Abbasi | Starring Sebastian Stan, the film examines Trump's business career | [51] |
Television
edit| Title | Year | Distributor | Writer / Producer | Director | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trump Unauthorized | 2005 | Apollo ProMovie GMGH & Co. Filmproduktion KG | Keith Curran | John David Coles | Biographical television film on Donald Trump's life and business career starring Justin Louis as Donald Trump. | [52][53] |
| Trump: The Kremlin Candidate? | 2017 | Panorama, BBC One | John Sweeney, presenter; Andy Blackman, Matthew Hill, Diana Martin, Tomiko Newson, Nick Sturdee, producers | Matthew Hill, Tomiko Newson, Nick Sturdee | Documentary investigating the many suspicious[54][55] links between Trump associates and Russian officials and spies and the role of Russian interference in the results of the 2016 election. | [56][57] |
| Trump: An American Dream | 2017 | Channel 4 | David Glover
Mark Raphael |
Documentary on Trump's entrepreneurial and political careers, as well as his relations with Roger Stone and Roy Cohn | ||
| The Comey Rule | 2020 | CBS Television Studios | Billy Ray | Billy Ray | American political drama television miniseries, based on the book A Higher Loyalty by former FBI director James Comey. The miniseries stars Jeff Daniels as Comey and Brendan Gleeson as President Donald Trump. |
Films or TV series alluding to Trump
edit- In the 1989 film Back to the Future Part II, Biff Tannen (Thomas F. Wilson) turns Hill Valley's courthouse into a gaudy casino/hotel (à la the Trump Plaza hotel) where he lives an obnoxiously luxurious lifestyle. In his office is a portrait of himself that was based on one of Donald Trump. Co-writer Bob Gale says that the Trump connection was definitely intentional.[58]
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Worst Supporting Actor | Ghosts Can't Do It | Won | |
| Worst New Star | Nominated | |||
| 2019 | Worst Actor | Death of a Nation | Won | [59] |
| Fahrenheit 11/9 | ||||
| Worst Screen Combo | Death of a Nation | Won | ||
| Fahrenheit 11/9 |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Outstanding Reality-Competition Program | The Apprentice | Nominated | |
| 2005 | Nominated |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Choice TV: Personality | The Apprentice | Nominated | |
| Choice TV: Male Reality/Variety Star | Nominated |
Notes
edit- ^ 60-minute ESPN documentary film about the United States Football League.
- ^ Trump's scene was cut from the theatrical version but is included on the DVD.
- ^ Trump hosted the April 3, 2004 and November 7, 2015 episodes of SNL.
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External links
edit- Official website
- Donald Trump at IMDb
- Donald Trump on WWE.com