Film: The Dead Zone
President: Greg Stillson
Played by: Martin Sheen
Sex/race: Male, white
Political Career: Dodgy geezer whose rise to presidency and role in starting a nuclear Armageddon is foreseen by a psychic.
TV Show: The Dead Zone (2002-7)
President: Greg Stillson
Played by: Sean Patrick Flanery
Sex/race: Male, white
Political Career: Different dodgy geezer whose rise to presidency and role in starting a nuclear Armageddon is foreseen by a different psychic.
TV Show: Jericho. "Condor" (2008)
President: John Tomarchio
Played by: George Newbern
Sex/race: Male, white
Political Career: Became President after the nuclear attacks which wrecked the country, being one of the few survivors who held office beforehand (a junior State Senator from Wyoming). He actually only became leader of US territories west of the Mississippi, and was heading towards civil war with the eastern states.
TV Show: Doctor Who "The Sound Of Drums" (2007)
President: Arthur Coleman Winters
Played by: Colin Stinton
Sex/race: Male, white
Political Career: Actually was only ever President Elect, having been killed by the Toclafane before taking office.
Presidents mentioned but not seen:
President Charles - Jericho (killed in a nuclear attack)
President FXJKHR – Futurama (was 60th President (of either Earth or the US)
President Mordecai –2010: Odyssey Two (drawn as the likeness of Arthur C. Clarke on a magazine cover)
President Richard Starkey – The Postman (Richard Starkey is the real name of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr)
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