Which movie or television character portrayal of a real-life U.S.A. Medal of Honor recipient or a similar awardee is most worthy of commendation?
Take companion poll: Fictional Medal of Honor Movie/Television Portrayals
as played by Robin Williams in the Night at the Museum (2006) franchise
as played by Tom Berenger in Rough Riders (1997)
as played by James Stewart in The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
as played by Greg Kinnear in We Were Soldiers (2002)
as played by Jeff Daniels in Gettysburg (1993)
as played by Jeff Daniels in prequel Gods and Generals (2003)
as played by Henry Fonda in The Longest Day (1962)
as played by Richard E. Byrd in With Byrd at the South Pole (1930)
as played by Richard E. Byrd in Byrd 1933 (2015)
as played by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in Black Hawk Down (2001)
as played by Paul Newman in Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976)
as played by Joel McCrea in Buffalo Bill (1944)
as played by Spencer Tracy in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
as played by Alec Baldwin in Pearl Harbor (2001)
as played by Sam Shepard in The Right Stuff (1983)
Congressional silver medal "equivalent to a noncombat Medal of Honor"
as played by Gary Cooper in The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
* Congressional gold medal "equivalent to a Medal of Honor"
as played by Robert Conrad in Black Sheep Squadron (1976)
as played by Ricky Schroder in The Lost Battalion (2001)
as played by Gregory Peck in MacArthur (1977)
as played by Tommy Lee Jones in Emperor (2012)
as played by Tom Hanks in Apollo 13 (1995)
* Congressional Space Medal of Honor
as played by Fred MacMurray in Captain Eddie (1945)
as played by Various in The Great Locomotive Chase (1956)
* Some raiders did not receive the Medal due to their civilian status.
as played by Ed Harris in The Right Stuff (1983)
* Congressional Space Medal of Honor
as played by Fred Ward in The Right Stuff (1983)
* Congressional Space Medal of Honor
as played by Scott Glenn in The Right Stuff (1983)
* Congressional Space Medal of Honor
as played by Ryan Gosling in First Man (2018)
* Congressional Space Medal of Honor
added 10 October 2018
as played by Jeremy Irvine in The Last Full Measure (2019)
added 20 April 2019
as played by George Brent in The Fighting 69th (1940)
added 10 August 2022
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