This is a list of actors who have played Santa Claus in film and on television, including voice acting roles. This does not count actors whose characters have dressed as Santa Claus. For example, Dan Castellaneta would not be included in this list for voicing Homer Simpson, a character who dressed up as a mall Santa in the pilot episode of The Simpsons.
| Actor | Film/TV | Date |
|---|---|---|
| The Santa Clause | 1994 | |
| The Santa Clause 2 | 2002 | |
| 2006 | ||
| The Story of Santa Claus | 1996 (voice) | |
| Elf | 2003 | |
| Christmas on the Bayou | 2013 | |
| 2014 Animated TV-Movie (voice) | ||
| The Man in the Santa Claus Suit | 1979 TV-Movie | |
| Miracle on 34th Street | 1994 | |
| Deck the Halls | 2005 | |
| Alec Baldwin (voice) | Rise of the Guardians | 2012 film |
| Santa Claus | 1912 film | |
| Bewitched, episode Humbug Not to Be Spoken Here | Season 4, 1967 | |
| Michael Bell (voice) | Direct-to-video, 2003 | |
| The Amazing World of Gumball, episode Christmas (voice) | Season 2, 2012 | |
| Sooty, episode Pranks and Presents | Season 2, 2013 | |
| Danger Mouse, episode The Snowman Cometh (voice) | Season 1, 2015 | |
| The Christmas Secret | 2009 TV-Movie | |
| In the Nick of Time | 1991 | |
| Jim Broadbent | Arthur Christmas (voice) | 2011 |
| Get Santa | 2015 | |
| Aldi Christmas Launch Advert | 2020 | |
| A Christmas Horror Story | 2015 | |
| Miracle on 34th Street | 1973 TV-Movie | |
| John Call | Santa Claus Conquers the Martians | 1964 film |
| Bruce Campbell | The Librarians episode "And Santa's Midnight Run" | 2014 |
| Once Upon a Christmas | 2000 | |
| The Twilight Zone, episode "The Night of the Meek" | 1960 | |
| The Great Santa Claus Switch | 1970 | |
| The Night They Saved Christmas | 1984 | |
| Jay Clark | Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny | 1972 |
| Ernest Saves Christmas | 1988; he starts out as a local actor named Joe Carruthers, but ultimately becomes the new Santa Claus, replacing Douglas Seale's. | |
| The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | 1954 | |
| Studio 57 | 1955 | |
| Tim Conway (voice) | Saving Santa | Direct-to-video, 2013 |
| 2005 | ||
| The Santa Incident | 2010 | |
| Bryan Cranston (voice) | The Santa Claus Brothers | 2001 |
| Santa and Pete | 1999 TV-Movie | |
| Peter Cullen (voice) | Christmas Comes to Pac-Land | 1982 |
| Andy Devine | Batman, episode The Duo is Slumming | Season 2, 1966 |
| Dileep | My Santa | 2019 |
| The Clarks | 1991 | |
| Charles Durning | It Nearly Wasn't Christmas | 1989 |
| Mrs. Santa Claus | 1996 | |
| Elmo Saves Christmas | 1996 | |
| Mr. St. Nick | 2002 | |
| A Boyfriend for Christmas | 2004 | |
| 2001 | ||
| Kort Falkenberg | The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, episode Santa Claus Is Coming to Flatbush | 1989 |
| Robert Fliss | Mighty Morphin Power Rangers episode, I'm Dreaming of a White Ranger | Season 3, 1995 |
| Stan Francis (voice) | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer | 1964 |
| Paul Frees (voice) | Frosty the Snowman | 1969 |
| The First Easter Rabbit | 1976 | |
| Rudolph's Shiny New Year | 1976 | |
| Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey | 1977 | |
| Nick Frost | Doctor Who - "Last Christmas" | 2014 |
| Fred Claus | 2007 | |
| Mel Gibson | Fatman | 2020 |
| Santa's Slay | 2005 | |
| John Goodman (voice) | 1998 | |
| Futurama | 1999 | |
| The Year Without a Santa Claus | 2006 (live-action) | |
| It's a Spongebob Christmas! | 2012 | |
| A. Cameron Grant | I Love Lucy Christmas Show | 1956 |
| 2008 | ||
| Becoming Santa | 2015 TV-Movie | |
| Steve Guttenberg plays Santa's son, Nick | Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus | 2004 who then takes over the job from his father on Meet the Santas, 2005 |
| Miracle on 34th Street | 1947 film | |
| Gilligan's Island, episode Birds Gotta Fly, Fish Gotta Talk | Season 1, 1964 | |
| Tom Hanks (voice) | The Polar Express | 2004 |
| Call Me Claus | 2001 | |
| The Pullmans | 1993 | |
| Bob Holt (voice) | The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas | 1973 |
| Like Father, Like Santa | 1998 | |
| 1985 | ||
| Edward Ivory (voice) | The Nightmare Before Christmas, | 1993 |
| Peeter Jakobi | 2010 | |
| Elmo's Christmas Countdown | 2007 Christmas TV-Movie | |
| Bob Joles (voice) | Uncle Grandpa, episode "Christmas Special" | 2014 |
| Bewitched, Episode "A Vision of Sugar Plums" | Season 1, 1964 | |
| Anna Kendrick | Noelle | November 12, 2019 |
| Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, episode “A Lost Claus” | 2005 | |
| Defending Christmas | 1993 TV-Movie | |
| Sal Lizard | The Box | 2009 |
| Santabear's High Flying Adventure | 1987 | |
| The Big Bang Theory, episode "The Santa Simulation" | Season 6, 2012 | |
| Paul Maxey | The Magical World of Disney, episode "Holiday Time at Disneyland" | 1962 |
| A Very Retail Christmas | 1990 | |
| Bruce McGill (voice) | Family Guy, episode Road to the North Pole | Season 9, 2010 |
| Matt McKenna (voice) | American Dad!, Episodes: For Whom The Sleigh Bell Tolls (S 6 Ep 8) Minstreal Krampus (S 8 Ep 6) Ninety North, Zero West (S 12 Ep 7) Sant, Schmanta (S 13 Ep 1) | TV series (2010, 2012, 2016, 2017) |
| The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas | 1996 TV-Movie | |
| The Miracle on 34th Street | 1955 TV-Movie | |
| Santa Claus | 1959 | |
| Robert Morse (voice) | Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans | 2019 Animated TV-Movie |
| Ferdinard Munier | Babes in Toyland | 1934 |
| Lake Placid Serenade | 1944 | |
| Road to Utopia | 1946 | |
| The Twilight Zone, episode "Night of the Meek" | 1985 | |
| All I Want For Christmas | 1991 | |
| Santa Who? | 2000 | |
| "Reality Bites" The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Season 5, 1994 | |
| The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | 1988 | |
| Christmas with the Kranks | 2004 | |
| Phil Pierce | A Bad Moms Christmas | 2017 |
| The Hebrew Hammer | 2003 | |
| The Search for Santa Paws | 2010 | |
| A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | 2011 | |
| Mickey Rooney (voice) | Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town | 1970 |
| The Year Without a Santa Claus | 1974 | |
| Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July | 1979 | |
| The Happy Elf | 2005 | |
| A Miser Brothers' Christmas | 2008 | |
| One Magic Christmas | 1985 | |
| The Christmas Chronicles | 2018 | |
| The Christmas Chronicles 2 | 2020 | |
| Finding Mrs. Claus | 2002 TV-Movie | |
| "Santa '85" Amazing Stories | Season 1, 1985 | |
| Ernest Saves Christmas | (1988); in the latter, his mortal name is "Seth Applegate". | |
| William Shatner (voice) | Eek! The Cat, episode "It's a Very Merry Eek's Mas" | Season 2, 1993 |
| Gotta Catch Santa Claus | 2008 Christmas TV-Movie | |
| Epic Rap Battles of History, episode "Moses vs. Santa Claus" | Season 2, 2012 | |
| Hal Smith (voice) | The Flintstones, episode Christmas Flintstone | Season 5, 1964 |
| The Brady Bunch | Season 1, 1969 (live-action) | |
| Santa and the Three Bears | 1970 | |
| A Christmas Story | 1972 | |
| A Flintstone Christmas | 1977 TV-Movie (live action) | |
| Casper's First Christmas | 1979 | |
| Yogi's First Christmas | 1980 | |
| 1990 | ||
| Bonkers | 1993 | |
| The Town Santa Forgot | 1993 | |
| A Fairly Odd Christmas | 2012 | |
| Santa Hunters | 2014 | |
| Santa Baby 2 | 2009 | |
| Jim Staahl (voice) | Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer | 2001 |
| Fred Tatasciore (voice) | Scooby Doo! Haunted Holidays | Direct-to-DVD, 2012 |
| Ricky Tomlinson (voice) | Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire | 1999 |
| A Mouse, a Mystery and Me | 1987 TV-Movie | |
| The Santa Trap | 2002 TV-Movie | |
| Northpole | 2014 TV-Movie | |
| Frank Welker (voice) | A Chipmunk Christmas | 1981 |
| A Wish For Wings That Work | 1991 | |
| Santa Baby | 2006 | |
| Santa Buddies (voice) | 2009 | |
| John Wheeler | Step by Step episode "Too Many Santas" | Season 7, 1997 |
| Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus | 2004 | |
| Meet the Santas | 2005 | |
| Thomas & Friends, episode "Last Train For Christmas" | 2014 | |
| Jonathan Winters (voice) | Santa vs. the Snowman | 1997 |
| Ed Wynn | Miracle on 34th Street | 1959 TV-Movie |