Donald Trump filmography
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 won Worst Supporting Actor at the 11th Golden Raspberry Awards
and Worst Actor at the 39th Golden Raspberry Awards
Appearances by Trump
Film
| Title | Year | Role | Notes | |
| Ghosts Can't Do It | 1989 | Himself | Movie | |
| ' | 1992 | Himself | Movie | |
| The Little Rascals | 1994 | Waldo's Dad | Movie | |
| Across the Sea of Time | 1995 | Himself | Movie | |
| Eddie | 1996 | Himself | Movie | |
| The Associate | 1996 | Himself | Movie | |
| 54 | 1998 | VIP Patron | Movie | |
| Celebrity | 1998 | Himself | Movie | |
| Zoolander | 2001 | Himself | Movie | |
| Two Weeks Notice | 2002 | Himself | Movie | |
| Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL? | 2009 | Himself | Documentary | |
| ' | 2010 | Himself | Movie | |
| 2011 | Himself | Documentary |
Television
Video
Trump has appeared in three VHS tapes released by Playboy. He did not appear in any scenes containing nudity or sexual content.| Title | Year | Role | Notes | |
| Playboy Centerfold | 1994 | Himself | Adult film | |
| Playboy Video Centerfold: Playmate 2000 Bernaola Twins | 2000 | Himself | Adult film | |
| Untitled Playboy video | 2001 | Himself | Fashion show featuring Betsey Johnson |
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. In 1991, Trump originally made an appearance in the music video for Precious Metal's cover of Janet Robin's song, "Mr.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.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 his ex-wife Ivana promoting Stuffed Crust pizzas. 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. In 2002, Trump appeared in three McDonald's commercials featuring the Grimace.Other brands that Trump appeared in commercials for included Pepsi, Macy's, Oreo, Serta, Verizon, and Visa.
Works about Trump
Film
Television
Films or TV series alluding to Trump
- In the 1989 film Back to the Future Part II, Biff Tannen turns Hill Valley's courthouse into a gaudy casino/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.
- The 1989 film Do the Right Thing references Trump, when pizzeria owner Sal jokes about selling his business to build condominiums named "Trump's Pizza" or "Trump's Plaza".
- In the 1989 Woody Allen film Crimes and Misdemeanors, Alan Alda's character, Lester, says, "Idea for series - a wealthy, high-profile builder who's always trying to realize grandiose dreams, à la Donald Trump, to be shot in New York."
- In a 1990 episode of Growing Pains, Donald Trump hand delivers a large donation off camera while the Seaver family is showering and getting ready to host a charity clinic fundraiser. It is mentioned several times that he may attend in order to get the family members to hurry the preparations.
- A teenage Donald Trump appears in a Quantum Leap episode : "It's A Wonderful Leap" along with his father Fred Trump.
- Just Shoot Me! features Trump as an unseen character who serves as a rival to one of the series' protagonists, Jack Gallo.
- In the 1995 film Die Hard with a Vengeance, a switchboard operator facetiously suggests she is going to "marry Donald Trump" in response to what she perceives as an unreasonable request from her supervisor.
- In the 1997 film Money Talks during a luxury car auction, Chris Tucker's character asks "where is Trump?"
- In the 1997 film The Devil's Advocate during a party scene, a character says "Trump was supposed to be here".
- In the 1998 film A Night at the Roxbury, Doug Butabi says: “Last night we made some very important business contacts” for which his father Kamehl Butabi replies: “Really!? Doing what? Dancing the Macarena with Donald Trump?”
- The Simpsons season 11 / episode 17: "Bart to the Future"
- In the 2000 film Romeo Must Die, a character played by DMX refers to Trump.
- In the 2000 film American Psycho, Patrick Bateman briefly mentions Trump, saying "Is that Donald Trump's car?" while looking out a taxi window. Trump's then wife Ivana Trump is also mentioned in a different scene.
- In the 2004 film Million Dollar Baby, there is an advertisement on the side of a bus for The Apprentice TV show with a photo of Donald Trump on it.
- In Friends Season 4, episode 11 - "The One with Phoebe's Uterus", Joey walks in wearing a blue blazer to which Chandler gets tongue-tied while delivering his joke: “I don’t know, but Donald Trump wants his blue blazer black.”
- In Friends Season 5, episode 5 - "The One with the Kips", Chandler tells Joey he saw Donald Trump waiting for an elevator during his business trip. Joey later finds out that Monica also saw Donald Trump waiting for an elevator during her business trip. This leads Joey to conclude that Monica and Chandler actually spent the weekend together.
- In American Dad S1 E2, after Stan Smith says "you're fired!", Donald Trump shows up and Stan reacts saying "Oh for God's sake, somebody pay Mr Trump!". Later in the episode, Stan says "you were fired", Trump shows up again, but this time Stan replies "That's passive tense Trump, you don't own that".
- In the 2009 film Whatever Works, Marietta says to her daughter Melody when they are in front of a wax figure of Donald Trump "Oh, sweet pea, sweet pea, this is the kind of man you should be married to..."
- In the 2010 film Morning Glory, Becky Fuller tried to have legendary news anchor Mike Pomeroy do a morning show segment on Trump and he refuses.
- Battleship
- In the 2013 film The Incredible Burt Wonderstone after Burt Wonderstone loses his show at Bally's Hotel, he calls Steve Wynn, Donald Trump and other hotel owners asking for a job.
Awards and nominations
;Golden Raspberry Awards| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | |
| 1990 | Worst Supporting Actor | Ghosts Can't Do It | ||
| 1990 | Worst New Star | Ghosts Can't Do It | ||
| 2019 | Worst Actor | Death of a Nation | rowspan="2" | |
| 2019 | Worst Actor | Fahrenheit 11/9 | - | |
| 2019 | Worst Screen Combo | Death of a Nation | rowspan="2" | |
| 2019 | Worst Screen Combo | Fahrenheit 11/9 | - |
;Primetime Emmy Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | |
| 2004 | Outstanding Reality-Competition Program | The Apprentice | ||
| 2005 | Outstanding Reality-Competition Program | The Apprentice |
;Teen Choice Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | |
| 2004 | Choice TV: Personality | The Apprentice | ||
| 2004 | Choice TV: Male Reality/Variety Star | The Apprentice |