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5 Actors Who've Played Jesus

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4:00 AM PDT, April 18, 2014

From Jesus Christ Superstar to The Passion of the Christ, check out five actors who have played the part of Jesus.

First up, Diogo Morgado isn't the first actor to take on the role of Jesus Christ, but he's certainly gotten everyone's attention on the wildly popular History Channel miniseries The Bible and the 2014 feature film Son of God.

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Righteous Role

From Jesus Christ Superstar to The Passion of the Christ, check out five actors who have played the part of Jesus.

First up, Diogo Morgado isn't the first actor to take on the role of Jesus Christ, but he's certainly gotten everyone's attention on the wildly popular History Channel miniseries The Bible and the 2014 feature film Son of God.

Willem Dafoe

The Last Temptation of Christ, 1988

Will Ferrell

Paramount
Superstar, 1999

Ted Neeley

Jesus Christ Superstar, 1973

Christian Bale

Mary, Mother of Jesus, 1999

Jim Caviezel

The Passion of the Christ, 2004

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