The internet is abuzz with the real-life drama surrounding The Apprentice , Ali Abbasi’s Donald Trump biopic. According to its subject, the film paints him in an unfairly negative light, and Trump’s legal team have been quick to issue a cease and desist letter to try to block its US release. In less complicated times, Trump courted Hollywood producers and even impersonated his own publicist to get in front of the camera (more on that later).
The former president has an impressive 32 acting credits on IMDB – so which cameos stand out? We survey the highlights ...
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jpg"} Donald Trump’s first “acting” credit was for a music video featured on the Ghostbusters II soundtrack. Photo: YouTube Trump’s first acting credit is for the 1989 Bobby Brown music video “On Our Own” from the Ghostbusters II soundtrack. In a video stacked with New York celebrities, Trump is first to appear.
Sauntering out of Trump Tower, he looks left and right before spotting a projection of Brown singing and dancing on the building’s facade. Trump was sitting pretty in the city of his birth at this point, five years after GQ published a profile tit.