Trump in 2015
Trump's star
Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

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 has 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.

Appearances by Trump

Film

Trump at the 83rd Academy Awards in 2011
Title Year Role Notes Ref.
Ghosts Can't Do It 1989 Himself [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[lower-alpha 1] Documentary [6][7]
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps 2010 Himself[lower-alpha 2] [8]
POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold 2011 Himself Documentary [9]

Television

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 Episode: "Politics" [14]
Saturday Night Live (NBC) 2004
2015		 Host
Various imitations
Tax Guy[lower-alpha 3]		 "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 (TV series) 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

Trump 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

In 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

Trump 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

Film

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 Donald Trump's presidency, 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

Gerald R. Molen

 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 TBA Scythia Films Gabriel Sherman Ali Abbasi Starring Sebastian Stan, the film examines Trump's business career [51]

Television

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

Netflix

 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

  • 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

Golden Raspberry Awards
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
Primetime Emmy Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref
2004 Outstanding Reality-Competition Program The Apprentice Nominated
2005 Nominated
Teen Choice Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref
2004 Choice TV: Personality The Apprentice Nominated
Choice TV: Male Reality/Variety Star Nominated

Notes

  1. ↑ 60-minute ESPN documentary film about the United States Football League.
  2. ↑ Trump's scene was cut from the theatrical version but is included on the DVD.
  3. ↑ Trump hosted the April 3, 2004 and November 7, 2015 episodes of SNL.

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