Editing Odysseus (section)

===Television and film===

The actors who have portrayed Odysseus in feature films include [[Kirk Douglas]] in the Italian ''[[Ulysses (1955 film)|Ulysses]]'' (1955), [[John Drew Barrymore]] in ''[[Guerra di Troia|The Trojan Horse]]'' (1961), [[Piero Lulli]] in ''[[The Fury of Achilles]]'' (1962), [[George Clooney]] in ''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]'' (2000), [[Sean Bean]] in ''[[Troy (film)|Troy]]'' (2004), and [[Ralph Fiennes]] in ''[[The Return (2024 film)|The Return]]'' (2024).<ref>{{Cite web |title=THE RETURN {{!}} Directed by Uberto Pasolini |url=https://bleeckerstreetmedia.com/the-return |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=bleeckerstreetmedia.com |language=en}}</ref> He is set to be played by [[Matt Damon]] in the [[The Odyssey (2026 film)|upcoming 2026 film]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chitwood |first=Adam |date=February 17, 2025 |title=Matt Damon Is Odysseus in First Look at Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' |url=https://www.thewrap.com/matt-damon-odysseus-christopher-nolan-the-odyssey-image/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250217162736/https://www.thewrap.com/matt-damon-odysseus-christopher-nolan-the-odyssey-image/ |archive-date=February 17, 2025 |access-date=February 17, 2025 |website=[[TheWrap]]}}</ref>

In TV miniseries he has been played by [[Bekim Fehmiu]] in ''[[The Odyssey (1968 miniseries)|L'Odissea]]'' (1968), [[Armand Assante]] in ''[[The Odyssey (TV miniseries)|The Odyssey]]'' (1997), and by [[Joseph Mawle]] in ''[[Troy: Fall of a City]]'' (2018).

''[[Ulysses 31]]'' is a French-Japanese animated television series (1981) that updates the Greek mythology of Odysseus to the 31st century.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ulysses-31.com/| title = ''Ulysses 31'' webpage| access-date = 21 June 2016| archive-date = 13 April 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190413011938/https://www.ulysses-31.com/| url-status = live}}</ref>