Richard Nixon, the37th President of the United States, has inspired or been portrayed in numerous cultural works.

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• What the Dead Men Say, a 1964 short story byPhilip K. Dick predicting the election of Nixon in 1968
• Our Gang, a 1971 novel byPhilip Roth
• The Public Burning, a 1977 novel byRobert Coover
• Watchmen, a 1986 comic book byAlan Moore
• The Two Georges, a 1996 alternate history book byHarry Turtledove andRichard Dreyfuss
• Transmetropolitan, a 1997–2004 series of comics, where one of US presidents 'The Beast' looks like Richard Nixon.

• 18½, a 2021 comedy thriller about the 18½-minute gap in theNixon White House tapes, portrayed byBruce Campbell
• The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared, a 2016 Swedish comedy, portrayed by Darrell Duffy
• All the President's Men, a 1976 political thriller about theWatergate scandal
• Black Dynamite, a 2009 Americanblaxploitation action comedy film, portrayed byJames McManus
• The Butler, a 2013 biopic about White House butlerEugene Allen, portrayed byJohn Cusack
• Dick, a 1999 comedy film that parodies the Watergate scandal, portrayed byDan Hedaya
• Elvis & Nixon, a 2016 comedy-drama film that focuses on the December 21, 1970, meeting between the two men at the White House, portrayed byKevin Spacey
• Elvis Meets Nixon, a Canadian mockumentary film, portrayed byBob Gunton
• Forrest Gump, a 1994 film, portrayed byJoe Alaskey
• Frost/Nixon, 2008 film based on the eponymous play, portrayed byFrank Langella
• J. Edgar, a 2011 biopic aboutJ. Edgar Hoover, portrayed byChristopher Shyer
• J. Edgar Hoover, a 1987 made-for-television film about Hoover, portrayed byAnthony Palmer
• Millhouse, a 1971 documentary
• Nixon, a 1995 biopic, portrayed byAnthony Hopkins
• Pawn Sacrifice, a 2014 biopic ofBobby Fischer, portrayed byEdward Yankie
• The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover, a 1977 film
• Secret Honor, a 1984 film, portrayed byPhilip Baker Hall
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon, portrayed by John Tobin
• Watchmen, a 2009 super-hero movie, portrayed byRobert Wisden
• The Werewolf of Washington, a 1973 satire of Nixon's presidency
• X-Men Days of Future Past, a 2014 super-hero movie, portrayed byMark Camacho
• Born Again, a 1978 movie, based on Charles Colson's book, portrayed byHarry Spillman
• Million Dollar Duck, a 1971 Disney comedy, and uncredited Nixon impersonator has one line.

• Futurama featured a fictionalized version of Nixon as a recurring character, President of Earth. A headlessSpiro Agnew is his vice president, Portrayed byBilly West.
• In 1979, Nixon was portrayed byRip Torn in the miniseriesBlind Ambition.
• Nixon, as portrayed byStuart Milligan, appeared in theDoctor Whosixth series episodes "The Impossible Astronaut" and "Day of the Moon".^[1]
• Nixon appears in the season 1 episode "The Watergate Tape" of the NBC seriesTimeless, where he is portrayed by Sheldon Landry. In the episode, Lucy, Wyatt, and Rufus travel to June 7, 1972, to stop Flynn from using the Nixon tape with the 18 1/2-minute gap and someone called the "Doc" to reveal Nixon's involvement with Rittenhouse.
• Nixon, as portrayed byPaul Ganus, appeared in theLegends of Tomorrowfourth series episode "The Getaway".
• Nixon was portrayed byLane Smith, in the television movieThe Final Days based on a book byBob Woodward andCarl Bernstein. The television movie was released in 1989 and nominated for four Primetime Emmy awards.^[2]
• Nixon makes a guest appearance in the 2018 television seriesTrust.
• Slow Burn, anEpix documentary
• White House Plumbers (miniseries), an HBOMax limited series.
• Agent Elvis features a fictionalized meeting between Nixon and Elvis Presley. Nixon is voiced by Gary Cole.^[3]
• Paul Wilson plays Nixon in the anthology seriesThe First Lady.
• Nixon is portrayed by Danny Winn in theStarz limited seriesGaslit.
• A digitaldeepfake version over abody double of Nixon appears in thecold opening ofDuster's episode: "Ravishing Light and Glory" directed bySteph Green.

Hundreds of songs have been released about or referencing Richard Nixon, with a significant portion focused on the Watergate scandal.^{[4][deprecated source]} Many songs also focus on the Vietnam War, as identified by theVietnam War Song Project. Music historian Justin Brummer writes that in 1968 "Richard Nixon won the election and soon became the focus of protest". This included songs about theMoratorium to End the War in Vietnam, theKent State shootings, thePentagon Papers, and theSilent majority.^[5]

Stage productions include:

• Frost/Nixon, a 2006 play aboutThe Nixon Interviews
• Nixon in China, a 1987 opera aboutRichard Nixon's 1972 visit to China

Since 2008, a popularparody account on Twitter, run by playwright Justin Sherin, has been imitating Nixon's mannerisms and commenting on politics and current events.^[6]

Richard Nixon is a playable character in theCall of Duty: Black Ops Zombies map "Five", which takes place inThe Pentagon, alongsideJohn F. Kennedy,Robert McNamara, andFidel Castro. He is voiced byDave Mallow.

A fictionalized version of Richard Nixon appears in the main campaign ofTropico 4 and it's 'Modern Times' expansion as the character 'Nicholas "Nick" Richards'.

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