List of Planet of the Apes film actors

Planet of the Apes is an American science fiction media franchise about a world in which humans and intelligent apes clash for control. The franchise is based on French author Pierre Boulle's 1963 novel La Planète des singes, translated into English as Planet of the Apes or Monkey Planet. Its 1968 film adaptation, Planet of the Apes, was a critical and commercial hit, initiating a series of sequels, tie-ins, and derivative works.

Four sequels followed the original film: Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970), Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971), Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972), and Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973). Planet of the Apes was headlined by Charlton Heston as George Taylor, along Roddy McDowall and Kim Hunter as Cornelius and Zira. Heston returned for the second film, as well as Hunter, while McDowall was replaced by David Watson. Both McDowall and Hunter reprised their respective roles in Escape from the Planet of the Apes, while McDowall starred as a different character, Caesar, in the fourth and fifth films. A remake was released in 2001, starring Mark Wahlberg as Leo Davidson, with Tim Roth as General Thade and Helena Bonham Carter as Ari.

A reboot film series commenced in 2011 with Rise of the Planet of the Apes, starring James Franco as Will Rodman and Andy Serkis as Caesar. It was followed by Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) and War for the Planet of the Apes (2017), both also starring Serkis. A fourth film, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, starring Owen Teague as Noa, was released in 2024.

Original series
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width: to 99%" ! rowspan="3" style="width:7.6%;" | Character ! style="text-align:center; width:7.6%;"| Planet of the Apes ! style="text-align:center; width:7.6%;"| Beneath the Planet of the Apes ! style="text-align:center; width:7.6%;"| Escape from the Planet of the Apes ! style="text-align:center; width:7.6%;"| Conquest of the Planet of the Apes ! style="text-align:center; width:7.6%;"| Battle for the Planet of the Apes ! 1968 !! 1970 !! 1971 !! 1972 !! 1973 ! scope="row" colspan="6" style="background:#ddf;" |

Introduced in Planet of the Apes
! scope="row" | Dr. Cornelius ! scope="row" | Dodge ! scope="row" | Dr. Honorious ! scope="row" | Landon ! scope="row" | Lucius ! scope="row" | Dr. Maximus ! scope="row" | Nova ! scope="row" | President of the Assembly ! scope="row" | Stewart ! scope="row" | George Taylor ! scope="row" | Dr. Zaius ! scope="row" | Dr. Zira ! scope="row" colspan="6" style="background:#ddf;" |
 * Roddy McDowall
 * David Watson
 * Roddy McDowall
 * Roddy McDowall
 * Roddy McDowall
 * Jeff Burton
 * colspan="4"
 * James Daly
 * colspan="4"
 * Robert Gunner
 * Robert Gunner
 * colspan="2"
 * colspan="2"
 * Lou Wagner
 * colspan="4"
 * Woodrow Parfrey
 * colspan="4"
 * colspan="2" | Linda Harrison
 * colspan="3"
 * James Whitmore
 * colspan="4"
 * Dianne Stanley
 * colspan="4"
 * colspan="2" | Charlton Heston
 * Charlton Heston
 * colspan="2"
 * colspan="2" | Maurice Evans
 * colspan="3"
 * colspan="3" | Kim Hunter
 * Kim Hunter
 * Kim Hunter

Introduced in Beneath the Planet of the Apes
! scope="row" | Albina ! scope="row" | Brent ! scope="row" | Caspay ! scope="row" | Fat Man ! scope="row" | Mendez ! scope="row" | Minister ! scope="row" | Negro ! scope="row" | General Ursus ! scope="row" | Verger ! scope="row" | Skipper ! scope="row" colspan="6" style="background:#ddf;" |
 * Natalie Trundy
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 * James Franciscus
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 * Jeff Corey
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 * colspan="3"
 * Victor Buono
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 * Paul Richards
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 * Thomas Gomez
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 * Don Pedro Colley
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 * James Gregory
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 * Gregory Sierra
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 * Tod Andrews
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Introduced in Escape from the Planet of the Apes
! scope="row" | Armando ! scope="row" | Dr. Stephanie "Stevie" Branton ! scope="row" | Caesar ! scope="row" | Dr. Lewis Dixon ! scope="row" | Dr. Otto Hasslein ! scope="row" | Dr. Milo ! scope="row" colspan="6" style="background:#ddf;" |
 * colspan="2"
 * colspan="2" | Ricardo Montalbán
 * colspan="2"
 * Natalie Trundy
 * colspan="2"
 * colspan="2"
 * Walker Edmiston
 * colspan="2" | Roddy McDowall
 * colspan="2"
 * Bradford Dillman
 * colspan="3"
 * colspan="2"
 * Eric Braeden
 * Eric Braeden
 * Eric Braeden
 * colspan="2"
 * Sal Mineo
 * colspan="2"

Introduced in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
! scope="row" | Governor Breck ! scope="row" | Kolp ! scope="row" | Lisa ! scope="row" | MacDonald ! scope="row" colspan="6" style="background:#ddf;" |
 * colspan="3"
 * Don Murray
 * colspan="3"
 * colspan="2" | Severn Darden
 * colspan="3"
 * colspan="2" | Natalie Trundy
 * colspan="3"
 * Hari Rhodes

Introduced in Battle for the Planet of the Apes
! scope="row" | Abe the Teacher ! scope="row" | General Aldo ! scope="row" | Alma ! scope="row" | Cornelius II ! scope="row" | The Lawgiver ! scope="row" | MacDonald ! scope="row" | Mandemus ! scope="row" | Mendez ! scope="row" | Virgil
 * colspan="4"
 * Noah Keen
 * colspan="4"
 * Claude Akins
 * colspan="4"
 * France Nuyen
 * colspan="4"
 * Bobby Porter
 * colspan="4"
 * John Huston
 * colspan="4"
 * Austin Stoker
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 * Lew Ayres
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 * Paul Stevens
 * colspan="4"
 * Paul Williams
 * }

Reboot series
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width: to 99%" ! rowspan="3" style="width:7.6%;" | Character ! style="text-align:center; width:7.6%;"| Rise of the Planet of the Apes ! style="text-align:center; width:7.6%;"| Dawn of the Planet of the Apes ! style="text-align:center; width:9.5%;"| War for the Planet of the Apes ! style="text-align:center; width:9.5%;"| Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes ! 2011 !! 2014 !! 2017 !! 2024 ! scope="row" colspan="5" style="background:#ddf;" |

Introduced in Rise of the Planet of the Apes
! scope="row" | Caroline Aranha ! scope="row" | Caesar ! scope="row" | Cornelia ! scope="row" | Robert Franklin ! scope="row" | Hunsiker ! scope="row" | Steven Jacobs ! scope="row" | Koba ! scope="row" | Dodge Landon ! scope="row" | John Landon ! scope="row" | Maurice ! scope="row" | Rocket ! scope="row" | Charles Rodman ! scope="row" | Will Rodman ! scope="row" colspan="5" style="background:#ddf;" |
 * Freida Pinto
 * colspan="3"
 * colspan="3" | Andy Serkis
 * N/A
 * Devyn Dalton
 * colspan="2" | Judy Greer
 * Tyler Labine
 * colspan="3"
 * David Hewlett
 * colspan="3"
 * David Oyelowo
 * colspan="3"
 * Christopher Gordon
 * colspan="2" | Toby Kebbell
 * Tom Felton
 * colspan="3"
 * Brian Cox
 * colspan="3"
 * colspan="3" | Karin Konoval
 * Karin Konoval
 * colspan="3" | Terry Notary
 * N/A
 * John Lithgow
 * colspan="3"
 * James Franco
 * James Franco
 * colspan="2"

Introduced in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
! scope="row" | Alexander ! scope="row" | Ash ! scope="row" | Blue Eyes ! scope="row" | Carver ! scope="row" | Cornelius ! scope="row" | Dreyfus ! scope="row" | Ellie ! scope="row" | Luca ! scope="row" | Malcolm ! scope="row" | McVeigh ! scope="row" | Werner ! scope="row" colspan="5" style="background:#ddf;" |
 * Kodi Smit-McPhee
 * colspan="2"
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 * Doc Shaw
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 * Nick Thurston
 * Max Lloyd-Jones
 * Max Lloyd-Jones
 * Kirk Acevedo
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 * colspan="2"
 * N/A
 * Devyn Dalton
 * N/A
 * N/A
 * Gary Oldman
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 * colspan="2"
 * Keri Russell
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 * colspan="2"
 * Scott Lang
 * Michael Adamthwaite
 * Michael Adamthwaite
 * Jason Clarke
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 * colspan="2"
 * Kevin Rankin
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 * colspan="2"
 * Jocko Sims
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 * colspan="2"

Introduced in War for the Planet of the Apes
! scope="row" | Bad Ape ! scope="row" | Boyle ! scope="row" | Lake ! scope="row" | Colonel J. Wesley McCullough ! scope="row" | Nova ! scope="row" | Preacher ! scope="row" | Red ! scope="row" | Winter ! scope="row" colspan="5" style="background:#ddf;" |
 * colspan="2"
 * Steve Zahn
 * colspan="2"
 * Chad Rook
 * colspan="2"
 * Sara Canning
 * N/A
 * colspan="2"
 * Woody Harrelson
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 * Amiah Miller
 * colspan="2"
 * Gabriel Chavarria
 * colspan="2"
 * Ty Olsson
 * colspan="2"
 * Aleks Paunovic

Introduced in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
! scope="row" | Anaya ! scope="row" | Proximus Caesar ! scope="row" | Dar ! scope="row" | Koro ! scope="row" | Korina ! scope="row" | Lightning ! scope="row" | Mae / Nova ! scope="row" | Noa ! scope="row" | Raka ! scope="row" | Soona ! scope="row" | Sylva ! scope="row" | Trevathan
 * colspan="3"
 * Travis Jeffery
 * colspan="3"
 * Kevin Durand
 * colspan="3"
 * Sara Wiseman
 * colspan="3"
 * Neil Sandilands
 * colspan="3"
 * Dichen Lachman
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 * Ras-Samuel Weld A'abzgi
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 * Freya Allan
 * colspan="3"
 * Owen Teague
 * colspan="3"
 * Peter Macon
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 * Lydia Peckham
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 * Eka Darville
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 * William H. Macy
 * }
 * }