List of animals in film and television

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The following is a list of individual animals which have performed in film and television, sometimes called animal actors.

Bears[]

Cats[]

Chimpanzees[]

Dogs[]

Dolphins[]

Horses[]

Other[]

  • Akeela, Kollchek, Levi, and Sasha—a quartet of melanistic Siberian wolves—played the lupine form of Etienne of Navarre, the former Captain of the Guard of Aquila, in the 1985 film Ladyhawke.[65]: 141 
  • Chip and Salsa, two macaws, appeared separately in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) and its sequels, Dead Man's Chest (2006) and At World's End (2007) as Cotton (David Bailie) parrots.[66]
  • Crystal (capuchin monkey)
    • "Dexter" in Night at the Museum (2006)
    • "Dexter" in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
    • "Drug-dealing Monkey" in The Hangover Part II (2011)
    • "Donald the Monkey" in Zookeeper (2011)
    • "Dr. Rizzo" in Animal Practice (2012)
    • "Security" in Total Dhamaal (2019)
  • Esmeralda, a sea lion
    • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)[67]
  • Gift (c.1979–2 or 3 Dec 2014)[68][69] and Ladyhawke (d. May 2007) (named Spike II until 2000),[70] two female red-tailed hawks, played the avian form of Isabeau of Anjou, daughter of the Comte d'Anjou in the 1985 film Ladyhawke.
  • Gizmo, a snowy owl, played Hedwig in Harry Potter series (2001–2011).[71] Hedwig was also played by Ook and Sprout.[72] Ook was presumably one of the extra owls used for flying shots.[73] Further owls were Kasper, Swoops, Oh Oh, Elmo and Bandit.[74][75]
  • Kitty, a snake (Burmese Python)
    • Snakes on a Plane (2006)[31]
  • Milton Fox, a penguin actor
    • Quick, Before it Melts (1964)
  • Oreo, a raccoon, by motion capture with Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe features Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019).[76]
  • Oscar the Parrot
    • Alex's brother, Stan's pet parrot in Home Alone 3 (1997)
    • A parrot on the television series Fantasy Island (1977–1984)
    • The parrot in the indie romantic-comedy film A Bird of the Air (2011)[77]
  • Rancho
  • Spunk, a mouse
  • Snuff, a capuchin monkey

See also[]

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