Santa Claus

Santa and his sleigh

Santa Claus is a traditional, historical figure of Christmas good cheer who is the best known (at least in modern times) mascot of Christmas, developed in the United States as an amalgam of the story of St. Nicholas and various other seasonal folk heroes, with many aspects provided by A Visit From St. Nicholas. He is based largely on the Dutch holiday of "Sinterklaas" (a hastily pronounced "St. Nicholas," who comes down the chimney on the 5th / 6th of December) and the imagery of the Saint in question carried over to his North Pole incarnation.

Santa is a fat-bellied, happy elderly man with a long white beard dressed in a red coat with a white collar and cuffs, white gloves, white-cuffed red pants, and black leather belt and boots (though his outfit constantly differs) who carries a bag full of toys and gifts usually for children. He lives at the North Pole in a large workshop staffed by elves who produce toys year round. Every Christmas Eve, he sets out in his flying sleigh pulled by at least 8 reindeer, delivering toys and other gifts to the children and children-at-heart of the world out of the improbably large sack he carries with him, entering their houses by the chimney, filling their stockings, putting larger gifts under the tree, partaking of whatever food and drink the family left out for him (traditionally cookies and milk), then leaving how he arrived.

Santa appears in many Christmas specials and films. His portrayal in them varies in many ways, as listed below.

Portrayals

Santa has been portrayed in many films, shows, and television specials. Here is a partial list of the actors who have portrayed him.

Live-action

Picture	Performer	Feature	Year	Notes
20th Century Fox
	Edmund Gwenn	Miracle on 34th Street	1947	In his Oscar-winning performance, Gwenn portrays Kris Kringle, the resident of a Long Island old age home who takes up a job at Macy's Department Store in New York City, and wins the heart of an office executive.
	Ed Wynn	Miracle on 34th Street	1959	The famous TV (and former vaudeville) comic played Kris Kringle in a live telecast on NBC.
	Sebastian Cabot	Miracle on 34th Street	1974
	Sir Richard Attenborough	Miracle on 34th Street	1994
	Jim Belushi	Jingle All the Way	1996	Howard meets Santa at the mall and he tells him he wants to get his son Jamie a Turbo Man doll.
Disney
	Paul Maxey	Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color: "Holiday Time at Disneyland"	1962
	Jan Rubes	One Magic Christmas	1985	Santa and Gideon the Christmas Angel help Ginny Grainger's mother find the spirit of Christmas.
	Douglas Seale	Ernest Saves Christmas	1988
	Tim Allen	The Santa Clause	1994	Scott Calvin is a divorced father who is down on his luck when he accidentally kills the previous Santa and inadvertently becomes the new Father Christmas. He reappeared in The Santa Clause 2 and 3.
	John B. Lowe	The Ultimate Christmas Present	2000	Two pre-teen girls find a weather machine owned by Santa who has a secluded shack in the woods somewhere in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area and use it to create snow, only to find out it is more than they can handle.
	Leslie Nielsen	Santa Who?	2000
	George Wendt	Santa Buddies: The Legend of Santa Paws	2009	George Wendt portrays Santa for this film.
	Donovan Scott	Zeke and Luther: Bro Ho Ho	2010	Donovan Scott plays a mall Santa, who may or may not be the real deal.
	Jim O'Heir	Austin & Ally: Santas & Surprises	2015
Jim Henson Productions (and related shows)
	Art Carney	The Great Santa Claus Switch	1970	Carney portrayed Santa and his evil doppelganger Cosmo Scam, who plans to take over Santa's workshop in this Jim Henson-created special edition of The Ed Sullivan Show.
		Christmas Eve on Sesame Street	1978	Big Bird sits out on the roof of 123 Sesame Street to catch Santa in the act of delivering presents. Santa appears when Big Bird dozes off and is only seen in shadow, disappearing the moment Big Bird awakes. His voice is previously heard over a telephone swallowed by Cookie Monster (the voice provided by Jon Stone).
	Charles Durning	Elmo Saves Christmas	1996	When Elmo helps him get unstuck from the chimney on Christmas Eve, Santa grants three wishes to Elmo. When he wishes that everyday was Christmas, Santa, along with Lightning the Reindeer, shows Elmo the consequences of that wish.
	Charles Edward Hall	Elmo's World: Happy Holidays!	2002	Elmo visits Santa at his home in the North Pole. Hall also portrays Santa in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular starring The Rockettes.
	Kevin James	Elmo's Christmas Countdown	2007
	Richard Griffiths	A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa	2008
Nickelodeon
		All That: Episode 225	1995	At the beginning of the episode, Santa visits the greenroom, where the cast members tell him what they want for Christmas. Later, he appears in an Adventures of Superdude sketch in which he gets captured by Milkman, but is fortunately rescued by Superdude.
		Kenan and Kel: "Merry Christmas, Kenan"	1996	At the end of the episode, Santa brings Kenan the Roadblazer Deluxe Elite mountain bike that he wanted.
	Michael Bell	SpongeBob SquarePants: "Christmas Who?"	2000	A live-action Santa flies over Bikini Bottom after Squidward finds a note from him.
		Team Umizoomi: "Santa's Little Fixers"	2010	A live-action Santa appearing in an animated series.
	Donavon Stinson	A Fairly Odd Christmas	2012	As this film is a follow-up to The Fairly OddParents, this Santa is meant to be the same version from the series' Christmas episodes.
Miscellaneous
	Art Carney	The Twilight Zone: "Night of the Meek"	1960	A rare videotaped telecast of CBS' sci-fi series created and written by Rod Serling saw Carney as a department store Santa.
	John Call	Santa Claus Conquers the Martians	1964	Santa gets kidnapped by martians who believe their planet needs someone like him. In the end, he suggests that a martian named Dropo be the Mars equivalent of him.
	Jay Ripley	Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny	1972	Santa's sleigh gets stuck in the sands of Dania Beach, Florida, near the Pirates World Amusement Park. Summoning nearby children to help rescue him so he can resume his annual deliveries, but to no avail, he tells the children one of two non-Christmas fairy tales and is rescued by a man in a rabbit suit who drives an antique fire engine.
	Art Carney	The Night They Saved Christmas	1984	Jackie Gleason's long-time second banana once again portrayed Santa, this time saving his workshop from evil oil prospectors.
	David Huddleston	Santa Claus: The Movie	1985	The story of Santa's origins are revealed from the days before he became a Christmas hero all over the world.
	Richard Mulligan	The Twilight Zone: "Night of the Meek" (1985 remake)	1985	Mulligan (left) takes over the role of a drunken department store Santa made famous by Art Carney in the remake.
		Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends: "Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree"	1986	Santa makes a cameo appearance as a guest dropped off by Harold the Helicopter. He is also mentioned by Thomas in "Thomas and Percy's Christmas Adventure."
	Kort Falkenberg	The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!: "Santa Claus Is Coming to Flatbush"	1989	Santa pays a visit to Mario and Luigi.
	Henry Hammack	Barney: Waiting for Santa	1990	Barney reads The Night Before Christmas to Michael and Amy, children he has befriended, all while Santa himself is in the living room doing his usual work. He falls asleep just as he comes to "With a little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick." Santa whispers the last quotation to the camera after that.
	Lloyd Bridges	'Tis a Gift	1990	Santa (also known as Mr. Nicholas) visits Shining Time Station. He catches a train called "The Northern Star."
	Robert Miliam	Wee Sing The Best Christmas Ever!	1990	Poofer the Elf brings in Santa to the workshop. Santa helps Gusty to figure out the problem, so he brings Dermie to try on some brand-new glasses. On Christmas morning, he gives the Smith parents, Barbara and Larry a doll and a football.
		Robyn Archer - Eating on the Plane	1991	Santa, who is dressed up by one of the children and on the plane, is working on the computer while making a cameo appearance.
	Don Mincey	Kidsongs: We Wish You a Merry Christmas	1992	The Kidsongs Kids and Ms. Morganstern visit Santa and Mrs. Claus at the North Pole.
	Robert Fliss	Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: "I'm Dreaming of a White Ranger"	1995	Santa's workshop is overrun by Goldar and Rito Revolto, forcing the Power Rangers to save him and the elves.
	Charles Durning	Mrs. Santa Claus	1996	Durning played Santa twice in the same year as the co-star of Angela Lansbury's titular character in this made-for-TV movie musical.
	Jonathan Mill	Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas	1997	Santa appears during "Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas," "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," "Go Santa Go," "Christmas Picnic," "Let's Clap Hands for Santa Claus," and "Jeff's Christmas Tune."
	William Hootkins	Like Father, Like Santa	1998	Santa is the father to a son (Harry Hamlin) who is a ruthless tycoon in the toy industry.
	Cameron Lewis	The Wiggly Big Show	1999	Santa returns to do "Wiggly Christmas Medley."
	Gerry Parkes	Must Be Santa	1999
	Fred Gaffney	Yule Be Wiggling	2001	Santa appears on The Wiggles for the third time.
	Ed Asner	Elf	2003
	Charles Durning	Mr. Saint Nick	2004	Durning dons the red suit a third time, portraying Kelsey Grammer's father in this made-for-cable film.
	Franko Torrelli	Santa's Rockin'!	2004	Santa makes an appearance in The Wiggles once again.
	George Wendt	Santa Baby	2006	Santa falls ill and his daughter (Jenny McCarthy) has to fill in for him on Christmas Eve.
	John Goodman	The Year Without a Santa Claus	2006
	Paul Giamatti	Fred Claus	2007	Santa is the younger brother of the titular character.
	George Wendt	A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!	2008	Wendt appeared as St. Nick in Steven Colbert's Christmas special.
	Paul Sorvino	Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe	2009	In this sequel to Santa Baby, Paul Sorvino took over the role previously played by George Wendt.
	W. Morgan Sheppard	Farewell Mr. Kringle	2010	Sheppard portrays Santa in a live-action role.
	R.D. Reid	The Night Before the Night Before Christmas	2010	Santa is in a jam at a house on December 23.
	James Cosmo	The Santa Incident	2010	An inept U.S. Homeland Security agent holds Santa for invading U.S. airspace.
	George Wendt	Merry-In-Laws	2012	George Wendt once again portrays Santa, this time with Shelley Long (who previously starred alongside him on Cheers) appearing as Mrs. Claus.
	Bert Newton	Go, Santa, Go!	2013	Bert Newton appears as Santa in The Wiggles' latest Christmas DVD.
	Nick Frost	Doctor Who: Last Christmas	2014	Santa first makes a small appearance at during a mid-credits scene in the Series 8 finale Death in Heaven. In the special, Santa has two elves named Ian and the Wolf, but has only three reindeer: Rudolph, Donner, and Blitzen.

Animated

Picture	Performer	Feature	Year	Notes
Disney
	Allan Watson	Santa's Workshop	1932	Santa reads letters from children as he prepares for his big night. This same version of Santa was seen again the following year in The Night Before Christmas as he embarks upon a home filled with children.
	Hal Smith	Bonkers: "Miracle at the 34th Precinct"	1993	While testing out in his new sleigh, Santa accidentally falls out and lands in Burbank, California, where he loses his memory and hangs out with Fall-Apart Rabbit, who nicknames him Jim.
	Edward Ivory	The Nightmare Before Christmas	1993	Santa is held captive by Oogie Boogie while Jack Skellington poses in his place.
	Daran Norris	The Schnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show: "Jingle Bells, Something Smells"	1995
	James Earl Jones	Recess: "Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave"	1998	In this special, the real Santa is an African-American man with a cleanly-shaven beard.
	Earl Boen	Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: "Holiday Time"	2000	Santa operates out of the planet North Polaris, where utilizing an interstellar sleigh and a time-manipulation device, delivers presents to all the planets within the Galactic Alliance. He recruits Buzz's help in retrieving his Chronal Disruptor from Zurg.
	Corey Burton	House of Mouse: "Clarabelle's Christmas List"	2002	This version of Santa appears to be the same one from the Silly Symphonies shorts.
	Chuck McCann	Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas	2004
	John Astin	Higglytown Heroes: "Twinkle's Wish"	2004
	Dee Bradley Baker	Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: "Mickey Saves Santa"	2006	This version of Santa later reappeared in the hour-length episode "Choo-Choo Express."
	Jeffrey Tambor	My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie	2007
	Daran Norris	The Replacements: "Dick Daring's All-Star Holiday Stunt Spectacular V"	2008	Appears in a sketch where Todd Daring tries to replace him with different types of Santas.
	Clancy Brown	Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation!	2009	Santa arranges for Dr. Doofenshmirtz to build the Naughtyinator with which to ruin Christmas, and a CD of him singing (under the alias Sal Tuscany) for Perry to use to foil the doctor's plan. He later uses the sauna in the rest stop that Phineas and Ferb built for him and reads Phineas' letter, saying all Phineas wished for was to be like him.
	W. Morgan Sheppard	Prep & Landing series	2009	Santa is code-named "The Big Guy." His face is never fully shown onscreen, except from a distance in a few shots in Operation: Secret Santa.
		Doc McStuffins: "A Very McStuffins Christmas"	2013
	Kevin Michael Richardson	Duck the Halls: A Mickey Mouse Christmas Special	2016	Santa's design here is based off of the Silly Symphonies version.
Rankin/Bass
	Stan Francis	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer	1964	A skinny (and very cranky) Santa fattens himself up before asking Rudolph to guide his sleigh through the stormy weather on Christmas Eve.
	Paul Frees	Frosty the Snowman	1969	Hocus Pocus flags down Santa as the only magical being who can bring Frosty back to life after he's melted in a greenhouse.
	Mickey Rooney	Santa Claus is Comin' to Town	1970	Main article: Santa Claus (Santa Claus is Comin' to Town) This same version reappeared in The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974), Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1976), and Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979). Notably, he was instead voiced by Paul Frees in Rudolph's Shiny New Year.
		'Twas the Night Before Christmas	1974
		Pinocchio's Christmas	1980	Santa is seen in a fantasy sequence where Pinocchio is teaching his toys to dance (this scene is cut from ABC Family's broadcasts). He later shows up to bring Pinocchio and Dr. Cricket back home to Geppetto's workshop.
	J.D. Roth (Young Claus) Earl Hammond	The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus	1985	Santa, known at this time as just Claus, grew up in the Forest of Burzee and was raised by the immortal Necile.
Warner Bros.
		The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives	1933
	Mel Blanc	Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales	1979	Santa does not appear onscreen, but is instead only heard talking to his wife.
		National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation	1989	A clumsy Santa is depicted during the film's opening title sequence.
	Earl Boen	A Pinky and the Brain Christmas	1995
	Tom Hanks	The Polar Express	2004	Hanks' role in this CGI film was one of many in this 2004 adaptation of Chris Van Allsburgh's story.
	Mickey Rooney	A Miser Brothers' Christmas	2008	As this special is a sequel to The Year Without a Santa Claus, this version of Santa is meant to be the same as the above-mentioned version from that special (albeit with a slightly different design). Mickey Rooney reprised the role for this special.
	Fred Tatasciore	Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays	2012
	Barry Corbin	The Looney Tunes Show: "A Christmas Carol"	2012
	Robert Morse	Teen Titans Go!	2015
Hanna-Barbera
	Hal Smith	The Flintstones: "Christmas Flintstone"	1965	When he is sick with a flu, Santa has Fred substitute for him.
	Hal Smith	A Christmas Story	1972
	Hal Smith	A Flintstone Christmas	1977	Like in the first Flintstones Christmas production, Santa has Fred substitute for him.
	Hal Smith	Casper's First Christmas	1979	All Casper wants for Christmas is for his friend Hairy Scary's house to not be torn down. Even though Hairy doesn't believe in Christmas, Santa nevertheless delivers him a deed to the condemned house.
	Hal Smith	Yogi's First Christmas	1980
	Peter Cullen	Christmas Comes to Pac-Land	1982
		Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone: "Santa-Napped"	1990
	Hal Smith	The Town Santa Forgot	1993	To repay Jeremy Creek for his unexpected kindness, Santa makes him his assistant in his annual trek. This would notably be the last production in which Santa was voiced by Hal Smith, who died the following year.
	T. K. Carter	What a Cartoon!: "George and Junior's Christmas Spectacular"	1995
DiC Entertainment
		Heathcliff: "North Pole Cat"	1986
		The Super Mario Bros. Super Show: "Koopa Klaus"	1989
	Frank Welker	Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas	1992
	Jay Brazeau	Sonic Christmas Blast	1996	At the end of this special, Santa retires and gives his position to Sonic.
		Super Duper Sumos: "Santa's a Big Fat Sumo"	2000
Nickelodeon
	Neil Ross	Rugrats: "The Santa Experience"	1992
	Brian Doyle-Murray	CatDog: "A Very CatDog Christmas"	1999
	Tom Arnold (Corporate Santa); Kevin Michael Richardson (Magic Santa)	The Fairly OddParents	2001	According to "Christmas Every Day!", Santa has the image and personality of a corporate CEO outside of Christmas. Every Christmas Eve, all the fairies transfer their magic to him, transforming him into his more familiar jolly appearance. However, he is always depicted in his familiar jolly form in his later appearances in the series (including "Merry Wishmas").
		Merry Nickmas: "Holiday Party"	2002	Based loosely off of the version from the Rankin / Bass Rudolph special, he is referred to as St. Nick as a direct reference to the channel's name and laughs to the tune of the Nickelodeon jingle.
	Howie Dorough	Dora the Explorer: "A Present for Santa"	2002	The Backstreet Boys member voiced Santa in the first Christmas episode of the Nick Jr. animated series.
	Mel Brooks	The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: "Holly Jolly Jimmy"	2003	Santa is shown to be a super genius, much like Jimmy.
	Pat Fraley	My Life as a Teenage Robot: "A Robot for All Seasons"	2004
	Harry Chase	Dora the Explorer: "Dora's Christmas Carol Adventure"	2009	Santa looks the same as in the first Dora the Explorer Christmas special, but has a different voice actor this time.
	Conan O'Brien	The Backyardigans: "The Action Elves Save Christmas Eve"	2009	Though never seen, Snappy the elf talks to Santa by cell phone.
	Kevin Michael Richardson	Back at the Barnyard: "It's an Udderful Life"	2009	Santa comes down with a case of ferret fever.
	Matthew W. Taylor	T.U.F.F. Puppy: "A Doomed Christmas"	2011	In T.U.F.F. Puppy, Santa is depicted as an anthropomorphic polar bear.
	John Goodman	SpongeBob SquarePants: "It's A SpongeBob Christmas!"	2012	Unlike in the first SpongeBob Christmas special, Santa is depicted as resembling an anthropomorphic "sea pig".
		PAW Patrol: "Pups Save Christmas"	2013
Cartoon Network
	Jeff Bennett	Dexter's Laboratory: "Dexter Vs. Santa's Claws"	1998	Dexter attacks Santa and shaves his beard in an attempt to prove he is really his father in a costume.
	Tom Bosley	Johnny Bravo: "Twas the Night"	1997	Johnny mistakes Santa for a burglar and accidentally knocks him out, forcing him to take over for Santa. At the end of the episode, Santa gives Johnny boxing gloves, vowing that next year is "Round 2".
	Earl Boen	A Johnny Bravo Christmas	2001	In the second Johnny Bravo Christmas episode, Johnny travels to the North Pole when he forgets to send his and his mother's letters to Santa. Upon being reminded of the previous episode's events, Santa upholds his promise to Johnny.
	Michael Bell	The Powerpuff Girls: 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas	2003	Santa is tricked into thinking that all the children in the world are naughty after Princess Morbucks switches the headlines around on his nice and naughty lists. Ultimately, Santa discovers Princess' ruse and places her on the Permanent Naughty Plaque.
	Danny Antonucci	Ed, Edd n Eddy's Jingle Jingle Jangle	2004	Santa appears briefly near the end where he drops his sack of gifts on top of Eddy.
	Tom Kane and Phil LaMarr	Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: "A Lost Claus"	2005	Pictured here are a pair of a imaginary Santas who are created every Christmas by kids fighting with each other. The real Santa is never shown onscreen in this special.
	Gilbert Gottfried	Billy & Mandy Save Christmas	2005
	Dee Bradley Baker	Codename: Kids Next Door: "Operation: N.A.U.G.H.T.Y."	2005	Santa doesn't actually go flying around the world; instead, he uses a sleigh-shaped computer to transport presents and coal into the homes of good and bad children.
	Tom Kenny	Camp Lazlo: "Kamp Kringle"	2007
	Ed Asner	Regular Show: "The Christmas Special"	2012	Santa doesn't look a lot like how most people imagined he'd look like (he says TV producers made that appearance up). He has really long hair, which he has tied back into a ponytail. He wears a black jacket that is unbuttoned, revealing a red shirt, which is tucked in. He also wears brown pants, a belt, and a red scarf, and does not wear the familiar Santa hat. The only thing people got right about him was his beard. He also isn't fat at all; in fact, he has a six-pack.
	Brian Blessed	The Amazing World of Gumball: "Christmas"	2012	As a result of being struck by a car, he believes he is a random homeless man. Richard and the kids believe him to be Santa, but he hasn't the faintest clue what they are talking about. The kids' attempts at getting his memories back only succeed in annoying him. Eventually, Nicole reveals that Santa Claus is non-existent, making him to realize how worthless he is. At the lowest point in his depression, he is struck in the head again, causing him to regain his memories.
	Bob Joles	Uncle Grandpa: "Christmas Special"	2014
20th Century Fox
	Ed Asner	Olive, the Other Reindeer	1999
	Hank Azaria	The Simpsons: "Simpsons Christmas Stories"	2005
	Bruce McGill	Family Guy: "Road to the North Pole"	2010
	Dan Castellaneta	The Simpsons: "The Fight Before Christmas"	2010	In Bart's Polar Express-inspired dream, Santa is portrayed by Krusty.
	Billy Gardell	Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas	2011
Miscellaneous
	Frank Welker	A Chipmunk Christmas	1981
		Fairy Princess Minky Momo: "Please, Santa Claus"	1982
		The Snowman	1982
	Carrol O'Connors	The Glo Friends Save Christmas	1985
		George and the Christmas Star	1985
	Les Lye	Babar and Father Christmas	1986
	Andrew Hill Newman	A Wish For Wings That Work	1991	Somewhat like in Prep & Landing, Santa's face is almost never fully shown onscreen, except from a distance.
		Santaclaus of Chimeny	1991
	Mel Smith	Father Christmas	1991	This is the same one that featured in The Snowman. This special shows him going on holiday and is also shown to own a cat, a dog, and two reindeer.
		Up on the Housetop	1992
	Jim McNabb	The Teddy Bears' Christmas	1992
	William Shatner	Eek! The Cat: "It's a Very Merry Eek's-Mas"	1993
	Jim Cummings	Spot's Magical Christmas	1995
	Jim Cummings	The Mask: "Santa Mask"	1995
	Keith Knight	The Busy World of Richard Scarry: "Sally Cat's Christmas Dream"	1995	In Sally Cat's dream, Santa is portrayed by Huckle and Sally's father John Cat.
	Ed Asner	The Story of Santa Claus	1996
	Jim Cummings	Earthworm Jim: "For Whom the Jingle Bell Tolls"	1996	Queen Slug-For-A-Butt captures Santa and brainwashes him into helping her plant brainwashing microchips in the brains of all the children on Earth. Fortunately, Santa is returned to normal after a speech by Jim and defeats the Queen, revealing to the heroes that he is also Woltan, the Norse God of Judgement.
	Trey Parker	South Park	1997
	Jim Cummings	The Online Adventures of Ozzie the Elf	1997
	Jonathan Winters	Santa vs. the Snowman	1997
	John Goodman	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie	1998
	Takko Ishimori (Japanese) Ted Lewis (English)	Pokémon: "Holiday Hi-Jynx"	1998	In the Pokémon world, Santa works with Jynx as his elves and a team of Rapidash.
	Ricky Tomlinson (UK)/ James Belushi (US)	Robbie the Reindeer	1999	Appears in Hooves of Fire
		Hamtaro: "Merry Christmas!"	2000
	Robby Benson (young) Jim Cummings (old)	The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus	2000	Santa, known at this time as just Claus, grew up in the Forest of Burzee and was raised by the immortal Necile.
	Jim Staahl	Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer	2000
	Gary Chalk	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys	2001	As this special is a sequel to Rankin / Bass's Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, this version of Santa is meant to be the same as the above-mentioned version from that special (albeit with a slightly different design).
	David Kaye	Jackie Chan Adventures: "A Jolly J-Team Xmas"	2002
	Mickey Rooney	The Happy Elf	2005	Referred to as "Big Red" by Eubie, Santa is again voiced by Mickey Rooney, but is otherwise not meant to be the same version from Santa Claus is Comin' to Town.
	Andy Griffith	Christmas is Here Again	2007
		Super Why!: "'Twas the Night Before Christmas"	2008	Super Why and his friends learn what makes Santa give gifts to children on Christmas Eve.
	William Shatner	Gotta Catch Santa Claus	2008
		Kid vs. Kat: "Kid vs. Kat vs. Christmas"	2009	Santa is a pie maker who makes pies at Bootsville. Kat gets angry when he finds out he was not the real Santa.
	Simon Pryce	Dorothy the Dinosaur Meets Santa Claus	2009
	Carl Reiner	Merry Madagascar	2009	Santa is mistaken for the Great Red Night Goblin that comes every "Julienary" throwing black rocks at the animal residents of the east African island. Alex the Lion accidentally causes Santa to crash and catch a case of amnesia, prompting Alex, Marty, Gloria, Melman, and the penguins to substitute for him. This same version of Santa reappears in The Penguins of Madagascar episode "The All Nighter Before Christmas", with Reiner reprising the role.
	Jim Broadbent	Arthur Christmas	2011	In this film, his real name is Malcolm and it is revealed that Santa Claus is a hereditary title, which he passes down to his youngest son Arthur.
		Hoops & Yo-Yo Ruin Christmas	2011	Santa gets his first visit from Hoops and Yoyo as a young stableboy who makes a special toy.
		The Elf on the Shelf: An Elf's Story	2011	Jolly Old Saint Nick is in charge of all the Scout Elves.
		The Snowman and the Snowdog	2012
	John Rhys Davies	Mukpuddy: "Missing Christmas"	2012
		SheZow: "SheZon's Greetings"	2013
	Colin Murdock	"Bob's Broken Sleigh"	2015	Santa is nearly forced to cancel his Christmas deliveries when a villainous puffin who seeks a sophisticated, but malfunctioning, sleigh built by one of his elves.
File:Imagedmtscsc.jpeg	Brian Blessed	Danger Mouse: "The Snowman Cometh"	2015	This version of Santa is portrayed as a polar bear. His magical hat (which helps him deliver his presents in one night) is stolen by a villain called the Snowman.
	Hugh Bonneville	Stick Man	2015	In this short film, Santa gets stuck in a chimney, but is helped out by Stick Man. As gratitude, Santa returns Stick Man to his family.

See also

• Santa Claus Impersonators
• Mrs. Claus

External links

• Santa Claus on Wikipedia
• Disney Wiki: Santa Claus
• Nickelodeon Wiki: Santa Claus
• Fairly OddParents Wiki: Santa Claus
• Muppet Wiki: Santa Claus
• Phineas and Ferb Wiki: Santa Claus
• Rise of the Guardians Wiki: Nicholas St. North