Tons of actors have played Santa Claus in the movies . . . but who played him the best? According to a new list, the answer is Tim Allen.
Here are the Top 10 Santas on film:
1. Tim Allen, “The Santa Clause” (1994)
2. Richard Attenborough, “Miracle on 34th Street” (1994)
3. Ed Asner, “Elf” (2003)
4. Tom Hanks, “The Polar Express” (2004)
5. Kurt Russell, “The Christmas Chronicles” (2018)
6. Edmund Gwenn, “Miracle on 34th Street” (1947)
7. David Harbour, “Violent Night” (2022)
8. JK Simmons, “Klaus” (2019)
(This is an animated film. JK also plays a live-action . . . and very buff . . . Santa in “Red One”. But that movie’s not making any “best” lists, even though it’s nowhere near as bad as critics want you to think it is.)
9. Billy Bob Thornton, “Bad Santa” (2003)
(This one’s kind of a cheat, since Billy Bob doesn’t play the ACTUAL Santa.)
10. Ed Ivory, “The Nightmare Before Christmas” (1993)
