Raymond Massey was nominated as Best Actor in 1940
for playing Abraham Lincoln in Abe Lincoln in Illinois.

Alexander Knox was nominated as Best Actor in 1944
for playing Woodrow Wilson in Wilson.

James Whitmore was nominated as Best Actor in 1975
for playing Harry S. Truman in Give `em Hell, Harry!

Anthony Hopkins was nominated as Best Actor in 1995
for playing Richard M. Nixon in Nixon.Hopkins also
received a 1997 Best Supporting Actor nomination for
playing John Quincy Adams in Amistad.

Frank Langella was also nominated as Best Actor for playing Tricky Dick,
for his brilliant performance in Frost/Nixon in 2008.

Actors nominated for playing ficitional US Preseidents include
Peter Sellers for playing President Merkin Muffley (as well as Lionel Mandrake and
Dr. Strangelove) in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb,
and Jeff Bridges for playing President Jackson Evans in The Contender.

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