What is the record for actors playing the same character?
1 Kwan Tak-hing / Wong Fei-hung — 77 Movies
This actor sets the record for playing the same character the most number of times in cinematic history. Decades after Tak-hing's death, this record still is still holding strong.
As of 2024, William Roache holds the Guinness World Record for the longest-serving actor in a television soap opera, having played Ken Barlow on Coronation Street since 1960.
What is the longest movie series with the same actor?
I'm pretty sure you're correct when you say that Desmond Llewellyn is the longest running actor with his role as 'Q' in the James Bond series. (17 films, 1963-1999). The only other actors to appear in more films (over less time though) are Arthur Lake and Penny Singleton as 'Dagwood and Blondie'. (28 films, 1938-1950).
Who is the longest actor playing the same character?
What is the longest playing movie ever?
The longest film ever made, according to Guinness World Records, is "The Cure for Insomnia" (1987), directed by John Henry Timmis IV. It lasts 85 hours and is considered an extraordinary achievement in the film industry.
The latest celebration in order is for fan favorite Ice T as Sergeant Odafin "Fin" Tutuola for becoming the longest-running male actor in a TV series for his role on SVU.
The German comedian and character actor Curt Bois (1901 - 1991), who made his film debut at the age of seven in Der Fidele Bauer (1908), had a film career lasting 79 years, with his final role being as 'Homer' in Der Himmel über Berlin (English title Wings of Desire Ger 1987).
Who is the longest serving television star in a continuous role?
Roache is the longest-serving cast member in Coronation Street having appeared in the show continuously since its first broadcast on 9 December 1960. He is listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest-serving television star in a continuous role.
Has anyone won an Oscar for playing the same character?
Yes, this has happened three times. Ariana DeBose and Rita Moreno have both won for playing Anita from West Side Story. Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix have both won for playing the Joker.
Amitabh Bachchan (pronounced [əmɪˈt̪ɑːbʱ ˈbətːʃən]; born as Amitabh Srivastava; 11 October 1942) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema. With a cinematic career spanning over five decades, he has played pivotal roles in over 200 films.
Anthony Hopkins won twice, for The Silence of the Lambs (1991) & The Father (2020)—the latter rendering him the overall oldest acting winner, at age 83. Al Pacino won for Scent of a Woman (1992). Tom Hanks won twice consecutively, for Philadelphia (1993) & Forrest Gump (1994).
1. Branka Veselinović (September 16, 1918 – February 8, 2023) After the recent passing of Marsha Hunt, Branka Veselinović is now the oldest living actor in the world as the age of 104!
Ice-t is being celebrated as the longest-running male actor in a TV series for his role on “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit”. Having joined the series in 2000, with over 400 episodes under his belt, the Sergeant Odafin “Fin” Tutuola actor has reached this impressive milestone achievement.
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Extended Edition) (2004) If you didn't want the Lord of the Rings movies to ever end, well, Peter Jackson delivered the next best thing with his conclusion to the series: a four hour-plus epic.
On 14 August, 1975, The Rocky Horror Picture Show had its premiere, almost immediately turning viewers off. But 48 years later, it remains a cult classic and the longest-running theatrical release in film history.
Coming in at 126 minutes, Fantasia is by far the longest Disney movie. This feat is all the more stunning in light of the fact that there have been nearly 60 films since Fantasia was released. That said, this movie is broken into 8 segments or episodes, each performed in sync with different works of classical music.
