Who played the U.S. President in the movie "Dave"?

Kevin Kline played the U.S. President in the movie Dave. In the 1993 political comedy, Kline performs a dual role as both President Bill Mitchell and Dave Kovic, an ordinary man who happens to be the president’s exact look-alike.

The Secret Service recruits Dave to stand in for Mitchell during a secret affair. The plan becomes far more complicated when the president suffers a major stroke, and the corrupt White House chief of staff, played by Frank Langella, wants to hide what happened from the public and the First Lady.

Dave is then pressured to continue impersonating the president. Kline’s performance creates the film’s central contrast: Dave lacks political experience but brings honesty and empathy to the office, while the real president is associated with scandal and misconduct.

The answer is sometimes confused because the movie’s title refers to Dave Kovic, not the president’s name. Kline plays both men, making him the actor who portrays the fictional U.S. president as well as the civilian stand-in. Sigourney Weaver plays the First Lady, Ellen Mitchell.