Olivia Newton-John roller skated her way through Xanadu as Kira, a representation of Terpsichore, the Muse of Dance.
In the original Clash of the Titans, the future Professor McGonagall played the Greek sea goddess Thetis. Splashy.
Here's a fact you probably don't know unless you're a meganerd: The wizards of The Lord of the Rings are actually demigods (technical term: Istari), putting Ian McKellen-- and Christopher Lee, for that matter-- firmly in the god category.
It's no secret that The Chronicles of Narnia are based in Christian theology, with Aslan supplying the Son part of the whole Father, Son, and Holy Ghost trinity.
Thor may be a Marvel superhero, but he's also the Norse God of Thunder.
Olivia Newton-John roller skated her way through Xanadu as Kira, a representation of Terpsichore, the Muse of Dance.
Newly-minted Tony winner Trey Parker provides the voice of God on South Park.
Sean Bean seems to be the go-to guy for fantasy, so it's only natural that he would don the armor of Zeus in Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.
One of Uma Thurman's first roles was Venus in Terry Gilliam's 1988 film The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.
Two Pythons have played God over the years: Graham Chapman in the film Monty Python's Holy Grail and John Cleese in the musical version Spamalot.
Things we didn't know until Dogma: God loves Skeeball.
Way back before anyone knew who he was, The Man Who Would Be Sylar and Spock played one of the many incarnations of God on the television show Joan of Arcadia.
I may not have been a big fan of Bruce Almighty, but casting Morgan Freeman as God was a stroke of genius.
It was only in the third Pirates of the Caribbean film that we found out the mysterious Tia Dalma was actually the goddess Calypso in human form.


































