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Sports Figures Portrayed in Movies
Sports Figures Portrayed in Movies
Chris Hemsworth as <br> James Hunt
<italics>Rush</italics>, which opens nationwide Friday, Sept. 27, depicts Formula One in an era when speed trumped safety, one that saw the rise of the sport's greatest rivalry: English playboy James Hunt and German mechanical savant Niki Lauda (played by Daniel Brühl). The film is directed by Ron Howard.
Daniel Brühl as Niki Lauda
Chadwick Boseman as<br> Jackie Robinson
Harrison Ford as Branch Rickey
Lucas Black as Pee Wee Reese
Brad Pitt as Billy Beane
Oscar-nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role.
Philip Seymour Hoffman as <br> Art Howe
Chris Pratt as Scott Hatteberg
Mark Wahlberg as Micky Ward
Quinton Aaron as <br> Michael Oher
Michael Sheen as Brian Clough
Rob Brown as Ernie Davis
Dennis Quaid as <br> Ben Schwartzwalder
Mark Wahlberg as <br> Vince Papale
Greg Kinnear as Dick Vermeil
Matthew McConaughey as <br> Jack Lengyel
Josh Lucas as Don Haskins
Russell Crowe as <br> James J. Braddock
Shia LaBeouf as <br> Francis Ouimet
Jamie Maclachlan as <br> Roger Bannister
Kurt Russell as Herb Brooks
Barry Pepper as Dale Earnhardt
Tobey Maguire as Red Pollard
Dennis Quaid as Jim Morris
Tom Berenger as <br> Paul "Bear" Bryant
Will Smith as Muhammad Ali
Oscar-nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
Barry Pepper as Roger Maris
Thomas Jane as Mickey Mantle
Denzel Washington as <br> Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
Oscar-nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
Jared Leto and Billy Crudup as <br> Steve Prefontaine
Tommy Lee Jones as Ty Cobb
Sean Astin as <br> Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger
John Goodman as Babe Ruth
<bold>John Cusack as Buck Weaver </bold> <bold>Charlie Sheen as Happy Felsch </bold> <bold>David Strathairn as Eddie Cicotte </bold> <bold>D.B. Sweeney as Shoeless Joe Jackson </bold> <bold>Michael Rooker as Chick Gandil </bold> <bold>Don Harvey as Swede Risberg </bold> <bold>James Read as Lefty Williams </bold> <bold>Perry Lang as Fred McMullin </bold>
Ben Cross as Harold Abrahams
Ian Charleson as Eric Liddell
Robert De Niro as Jake LaMotta
Won Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
Billy Dee Williams as <br> Gale Sayers
James Caan as Brian Piccolo
Anthony Perkins as <br> Jimmy Piersall
Ronald Reagan as Grover Cleveland Alexander
Dan Dailey as Dizzy Dean
Burt Lancaster as Jim Thorpe
James Stewart as <br> Monty Stratton
William Bendix as Babe Ruth
Gary Cooper as Lou Gehrig
Oscar-nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
Errol Flynn as James J. Corbett
Pat O'Brien as Knute Rockne
Ronald Reagan as George Gipp
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