| Athlete |
Nation(s) |
Sport(s) |
Role(s) |
Era |
Notes |
| José Padilla |
 PHI |
BOX |
Olympics |
1932—1936 |
Appeared in his first movie in 1931 and had his last appearance in 1974 earning 168 credits in the International Movie Database. |
| Leander Paes |
 IND |
TEN |
Olympics / Opening Flagbearer |
1992—2016 |
Rajdhani Express |
| Roberto Pangaro |
 ITA |
SWM |
Olympics |
1972—1976 |
Made a brief appearance in the 1978 Ruggero Deodato film _L’ultimo sapore dell’aria_ (The last taste of the air), playing himself in a cameo |
| José Panizo |
 ESP |
WRE |
Olympics |
1960—1964 |
Was Arnold Schwarzenegger's stunt double in Conan the Barbarian |
| Raoul Paoli |
 FRA |
ATH/WRE |
Olympics / Non-starter / Opening Flagbearer |
1908—1928 |
Appeared in French movies of the 1920s and 30s. Notably alongside Clara Bow in "Her Wedding Night" (1930). |
| László Papp |
 HUN |
BOX |
Olympics |
1948—1956 |
In 1957 László Papp himself played the main role in the movie of "Heavy Gloves". |
| Tony Parker |
FRA |
BKB |
Olympics / Torch Bearer |
2012—2024 |
Asterix at The Olympic Games |
| Ken Patera |
 USA |
WLF |
Olympics |
1972 |
The Wrestler |
| Carly Patterson |
USA |
GAR |
Olympics |
2004 |
Stick It |
| Eva Pawlik |
 AUT |
FSK |
Olympics |
1948 |
Three Love Letters from Tyro |
| Gary Payton |
USA |
BKB |
Olympics |
1996—2000 |
Fear Not; Eddie; and others |
| Carlo Pedersoli |
ITA |
SWM |
Olympics |
1952—1956 |
Under the pseudonym Bud Spencer. |
| Ana Peleteiro-Compaoré |
ESP |
ATH |
Olympics |
2020—2024 |
Parallel Mothers |
| David Pelletier |
 CAN |
FSK |
Olympics / Closing Flagbearer |
2002 |
Small part in Blades of Glory. |
| Nat Pendleton |
USA |
WRE |
Olympics |
1920 |
114 credits on IMDb from 1924-1956. |
| Ray Pettigrove |
 AUS |
ARF |
Non-Medal |
1956 |
Extra in the 1963 film "Mutiny On The Bounty" |
| Nicola Pietrangeli |
ITA |
TEN |
Non-Medal |
1968 |
Two films in the 1980s |
| Scottie Pippen |
USA |
BKB |
Olympics |
1992—1996 |
Space Jam |
| Félix de Pomés |
ESP |
FEN |
Olympics |
1924—1928 |
75 credits on IMDb from 1928-1967. |
| Pat Porter |
USA |
ATH |
Olympics |
1984—1988 |
Without Limits |
| Harry Prieste |
USA |
DIV |
Olympics |
1920 |
Played small parts in silent movies |
| Norman Pritchard |
IND |
ATH |
Olympics |
1900 |
Beau Geste; Jayne Eyre; and others |
| Pedro Quartucci |
 ARG |
BOX |
Olympics |
1924 |
69 credits on IMDb from 1916-1981. |
| Sam Rabin |
 GBR |
WRE |
Olympics |
1928 |
The Private Life of Henry VIII, The Scarlet Pimpernel |
| Ota Rademacher |
 CZE
 TCH |
BOX |
Olympics |
1948 |
16 IMDB credits as an actor and stunt performer from 1963-1976 |
| Ragnheiður Ragnarsdóttir |
 ISL |
SWM |
Olympics |
2004—2008 |
From 2018 to 2020 series TV "Vikings" |
| Aly Raisman |
USA |
GAR |
Olympics |
2012—2016 |
Charlie's Angels |
| Tapio Rautavaara |
 FIN |
ATH |
Olympics |
1948 |
27 credits on IMDb from 1945-1970. |
| Mary Lou Retton |
USA |
GAR |
Olympics |
1984 |
Scrooged; Naked Gun 33 1/3 |
| Pierre Richard-Willm |
FRA |
ART |
Olympics |
1924 |
Notably as Edmond Dantès in Le comte de Monte Cristo (1943). |
| Ken Richmond |
GBR |
WRE |
Olympics |
1948—1960 |
The Iron Petticoat; Mad About Men; Fast and Loose; Night and the City |
| Mitch Richmond |
USA |
BKB |
Olympics |
1988—1996 |
Eddie |
| Cathy Rigby |
USA |
GAR |
Olympics |
1968—1972 |
McKenna Shoots for the Stars |
| Charles Rigoulot |
FRA |
WLF |
Olympics |
1924 |
À la manière de Sherlock Holmes; Jamais deux sans trois; L'aventure est au coin de la rue; Paris mes amours; Un soir de bombe |
| Ronnie Robertson |
USA |
FSK |
Olympics |
1956 |
Summer On Ice; Once Upon A Christmas Time |
| David Robinson |
USA |
BKB |
Olympics |
1988—1996 |
Forget Paris; Uncle Drew; Like Mike |
| Pétur Rögnvaldsson |
ISL |
ATH |
Olympics / Opening Flagbearer |
1960 |
Notably as Hans in Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959). |
| Dagmar Rom |
AUT |
ALP |
Olympics / Non-starter |
1948—1952 |
Nacht am Mont-Blanc |
| André Roosevelt |
FRA
USA |
ATH/RGB |
Olympics / Non-starter |
1900 |
As a fictionalized version of himself in "Man Hunters of the Caribbean" (1936) |
| Ronda Rousey |
USA |
JUD |
Olympics |
2004—2008 |
Charlie's Angels, The Expendables 3 |
| Satu Ruotsalainen |
FIN |
ATH |
Olympics |
1988—1992 |
5 credits on IMDB film and series TV from 1994-2005 |
| Bill Russell |
USA |
BKB |
Olympics |
1956 |
On The Right Track |
| Toni Sailer |
AUT |
ALP |
Olympics / Opening Flagbearer |
1956 |
Auster Mit Senf; and others |
| Harold Sakata |
USA |
WLF |
Olympics |
1948 |
Notably as henchman Oddjob in the Bond movie Goldfinger (1964). |
| Jamie Salé |
CAN |
FSK |
Olympics / Closing Flagbearer |
1994—2002 |
Small part in Blades of Glory. |
| Todd Sand |
USA |
FSK |
Olympics |
1992—1998 |
Small part in Blades of Glory. |
| Enrique Sarasola |
ESP |
EJP/EVE |
Olympics |
1992—2000 |
Notably as Dracula in Killer Barbys versus Dracula |
| Yuka Sato |
 JPN |
FSK |
Olympics |
1992—1994 |
Small part in Blades of Glory. |
| Katerine Savard |
CAN |
SWM |
Olympics |
2012—2020 |
Nadia, Butterfly (2020) |
| Jazmin Sawyers |
GBR |
ATH/BOB |
Olympics / YOG |
2012—2020 |
Fast Girls |
| Gaetano Scala |
ITA |
MPN |
Olympics |
1960 |
Over 60 credits in IMDB as actor, stuntman |
| Luigi Scarabello |
ITA |
FBL |
Olympics |
1936 |
Under the pseudonym Sergio Landi. |
| Scottie Scheffler |
USA |
GLF |
Olympics |
2024 |
Played himself in Happy Gilmore II |
| Mark Schultz |
USA |
WRE |
Olympics |
1984—1988 |
Foxcatcher |
| Tiffany Scott |
USA |
FSK |
Olympics |
2002 |
Blades of Glory – as a stunt double |
| Briana Scurry |
USA |
FBL |
Olympics / Non-starter |
1996—2004 |
As a fictionalized version of herself in High Expectations |
| Bob Seagren |
USA |
ATH |
Olympics |
1968—1972 |
21 credits on IMDb from 1967-1988. |
| Maren Seidler |
USA |
ATH |
Olympics |
1968—1976 |
Personal Best |
| Yavuz Selekman |
 TUR |
WRE |
Olympics |
1964 |
Numerous films from the 1960s until his death |
| Saleh Selim |
 UAR |
FBL |
Olympics |
1960 |
Co-started in the 1962 Egyptian film "Black Candles" |
| Frank Shorter |
USA |
ATH |
Olympics |
1972—1976 |
Personal Best, Without Limits |
| Umberto Silvestri |
ITA |
WRE |
Olympics |
1936—1952 |
17 credits on IMDb from 1941-1970. |
| Floyd Simmons |
USA |
ATH |
Olympics |
1948—1952 |
20 credits on IMDb from 1956-63; notably as Commander Harbison in South Pacific |
| Vijender Singh |
IND |
BOX |
Olympics / Closing Flagbearer |
2004—2012 |
Fugly |
| Grzegorz Skrzecz |
 POL |
BOX |
Olympics |
1980 |
Small roles in Polish films and TV shows |
| Dean Smith |
USA |
ATH |
Olympics |
1952 |
100+ Movies – as a stuntman |
| John Smith |
USA |
ATH |
Olympics |
1972 |
Personal Best |
| Chris Soule |
USA |
SKN |
Olympics |
2002—2006 |
Stuntman in GI Jane (1997). |
| Pam Spencer |
USA |
ATH |
Olympics |
1976—1984 |
Personal Best |
| Leon Spinks |
USA |
BOX |
Olympics |
1976 |
Risen |
| Michael Spinks |
USA |
BOX |
Olympics |
1976 |
Speed Zone |
| JoJo Starbuck |
USA |
FSK |
Olympics |
1968—1972 |
The Cutting Edge |
| John H. Stracey |
GBR |
BOX |
Olympics |
1968 |
The Krays; Risen; The Man Who Beat the Man |
| Sergey Suslin |
 RUS
 URS |
JUD |
Olympics |
1972 |
He played episodic roles as a stuntman in the films "Golden Mine", "Trans-Siberian Express" (stand-in for the main character). |
| Donald Sutherland |
CAN |
|
Olympic Flagbearer |
2010 |
More than 200 film and television credits on IMDb from 1962-2023 |
| John Svanberg |
 SWE |
ATH |
Olympics / 1906 |
1906—1908 |
Svanberg i täflan med kapplöpningshästar på Jägersro, a 1909 silent film. |
| Carlos Takam |
 CMR |
BOX |
Olympics |
2004 |
As Joe Frazier in the biopic of George Foreman |
| Catherine Tanvier |
FRA |
TEN |
Non-Medal |
1984 |
Film Socialisme |
| Ştefan Tapalăgă |
 ROU |
FEN |
Non-starter |
1952 |
Appeared in more than 20 films from 1958 to 1993 |
| Levan Tediashvili |
 GEO
URS |
WRE |
Olympics |
1972—1976 |
Starred in Brighton 4th in 2021. |
| Gustavo Thoeni |
ITA |
ALP |
Olympics / Referee / Opening Flagbearer |
1972—1994 |
Un centesimo di secondo |
| Iwan Thomas |
GBR |
ATH |
Olympics |
1996—2000 |
Fast Girls |
| Kurt Thomas |
USA |
GAR |
Olympics |
1976 |
Gymkata |
| Wayman Tisdale |
USA |
BKB |
Olympics |
1984 |
Eddie |
| Jean Todt |
FRA |
|
Administrator |
2009—2021 |
Asterix at The Olympic Games |
| José Torres |
USA |
BOX |
Olympics |
1956 |
The Last Fight |
| Hisakichi Toyoda |
JPN |
SWM |
Olympics |
1932 |
3 credits on IMDb from 1936-1937. |
| Adelle Tracey |
GBR
 JAM |
ATH |
Olympics / Other / Torch Bearer |
2012—2024 |
Fast Girls |
| Luis Trenker |
ITA |
BOB |
Olympics |
1924 |
35 credits on IMDb from 1924-82. |
| Oleksandr Usyk |
 UKR |
BOX |
Olympics |
2008—2012 |
The Smashing Machine |
| Nelson Vails |
USA |
CTR |
Olympics |
1984 |
Quicksilver |
| John Vande Velde |
USA |
CTR |
Olympics |
1968—1972 |
Played one of the Cinzano cyclist "bad guys" in Breaking Away |
| Geoff Vanderstock |
USA |
ATH |
Olympics |
1968 |
Appeared in the 1979 movie track & field movie Goldengirl, and the Sylvester Stallone / Kurt Russell movie from 1989, Tango & Cash (playing a federal agent), among others. |
| Nelson Vargas |
USA |
FBL |
Olympics |
1996 |
Played [John Souza]() in "The Game of Their Lives |
| Harold Walden |
GBR |
FBL |
Olympics |
1912 |
The Winning Goal |
| Andre Ward |
USA |
BOX |
Olympics |
2004 |
Creed |
| Martha Rae Watson |
USA |
ATH |
Olympics |
1964—1976 |
Personal Best |
| Freddie Webb |
PHI |
BKB |
Olympics |
1972 |
Numerous credits in Phillipines movies between the 1970s and 2010s |
| Johnny Weissmuller |
USA |
SWM/WPO |
Olympics |
1924—1928 |
13 movies as Tarzan; multiple as Jungle Jim in movies and television; and others |
| John Weldon |
 IRL |
ART |
Olympics |
1924 |
Rob ‘Em Good |
| Bruce Wells |
GBR |
BOX |
Non-starter |
1952 |
Doctor Who and The Daleks |
| Bill Wennington |
CAN |
BKB |
Olympics |
1984 |
Space Jam |
| Jerry West |
USA |
BKB |
Olympics |
1960 |
Uncle Drew |
| Mac Wilkins |
USA |
ATH |
Olympics |
1976—1988 |
Prefontaine |
| Hillary Wolf |
USA |
JUD |
Olympics |
1996—2000 |
Notably as Megan in Home Alone (1990). |
| Richie Woodhall |
GBR |
BOX |
Olympics |
1988 |
The Reverend |
| Yang C. K. |
 TPE |
ATH |
Olympics |
1956—1964 |
There Was A Crooked Man; and others |
| Michelle Yeoh |
 MAS |
|
Administrator |
2023 |
Appeared in over 50 films and continues to act actively thru her IOC election, most notably an Oscar winner for Everything Everywhere All at Once (2023) and also appeared as a Bond girl in "Tomorrow Never Dies". |
| Yuan Xiaochao |
 CHN |
WSU |
Non-Medal |
2008 |
Tai Chi Hero (2012), Tai Chi Zero (2012) |
| John Zimmerman |
USA |
FSK |
Olympics |
2002 |
Small part in Blades of Glory. |
