The actor I believe would be Great to play Barack Obama is Peter Francis James from the Rosa Park Story and Angelia Bassett to play Michelle Obama

Harry Lenix

HARRY J LENNIX for Obama PLEASE! He looks and sounds like him! I would hate if Will Smith got this role

I think for once, it would be so much more interesting to find an unknown actress who not only has great acting chops but also looks like Michelle Obama! When an actor plays a character they do not resemble, yes, they can play that role but you don’t get swept up into the character as much as when the actor actually looks like the character. Jamie as Ray. Ben Kingsley as Ghandi. Makes a HUGE differene in the product! Why do we always have to see the same usual suspects (Halle, Angela, Gabrielle, Regina and now Taraji) playing every single part?? Box office draw is no excuse! If the movie is well made and compelling, it won’t make one dime of a difference at the box office if the actress who plays Michelle is an unknown and paired with a ‘known’ actor playing Barack (i.e. Harry Lennix who is the closest resemblance, Hill Harper probably knows the story best, but in the end…Will gets what Will wants! Note to any filmmaker thinking about doing a feature on The Obamas: Find an unknown Michelle matched with a known Barack to create the next classic romance film!!!

Logically speaking, a movie about Barack Obama probably won’t be made until maybe 10-20 years from now. Denzel and Will will be too old by then so you need a youner actor. BUMPER ROBINSON- no doubt!

I DON’T WANT TO SEE WILL SMITH AS OBAMA!!!!! Harry Lennix (5 Heartbeats) was born to play that role. Richard Dreyfuss would make a perfect McCain, and Diane Keaton or Dianne Wiest would do well as Hillary Clinton. Cast (or re-cast) John Travolta as Bill Clinton, or for that matter, how about David Morse to play another former President? Jeff Bridges for Joe Biden for sure, George Lopez in a cameo as Gov. Bill Richardson, and I’ll leave Sarah Palin to y’all (just not Tina Fey - she was perfect, but it’s played now and I’m sure with the glasses there are more qualified choices)… Oh yeah, Tangi Miller for Michelle Obama…

the people who think that will smith should play obama, don’t know who kristoff st. john is…emmy winner, great actor. and played denise huxtable’s boyfriend “david” in the 80s. look at pics of obama at columbia u and then look at that old episode of the cosby show. kristoff is the splitting image of obama as a teen and would look just like him as an adult.

I completely agree with those who suggested Harry Lennix. He is perfect! We loooove Will, but he and Denzel are not the only capable black actors in Hollywood. Another great candidate would be Wentworth Miller who also has a white mother and black father like Barack. He could play a younger Barack. He would have to wear brown contact lenses and change the hair a bit, but they can do amazing things in Hollywood. They have both worked togehter in the past on a move called The Human Stain. It is a great movie and I suggest that anyone who hasn’t checked it out to do so. It tells the sotry of many people in this country-including my own grandfather. These two gentleman would be perfect! Also,Tasha Smith would be a perfect Michelle Obama!

Bumper Robinson…he was instantly the first person to jump to my mind when I first saw Obama years ago. They look very similar, could pass for close siblings.

Aubrey Graham from Degrassi:The Next Generation as a young Obama and Kristoff St. John as the Obama of today.