This is a list of fictional doctors (characters that use the appellation "doctor", medical and otherwise), from literature, films, television, and other media.
Shakespeare created a doctor in his play Macbeth (c 1603) [1] with a "great many good doctors" having appeared in literature by the 1890s [2] and, in the early 1900s, the "rage for novel characters" included a number of "lady doctors". [3] Solomon Posen had collected a list of books with "a doctors as a principal figure" which he says resulted in a list of over 10,000 works as of 2005. [4]
Early cinematic and television representations of doctors typically characterized the practice of medicine as being "in safe (male) hands," [5] with 90% of doctors on television through 1989 being male. [6]
Program | Fictional doctor | Actor |
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3 lbs | Dr. Thomas Flores Dr. Douglas Hanson Dr. Adrienne Holland Dr. Jonathan Seger | Armando Riesco Stanley Tucci Indira Varma Mark Feuerstein |
30 Rock | Dr. Leo Spaceman | Chris Parnell |
7th Heaven | Dr. Matt Camden Dr. Sarah Glass-Camden Dr. Hank Hastings Dr. Jonathan Sanders | Barry Watson Sarah Danielle Madison Ed Begley, Jr. Nick Zano |
Program | Fictional doctor | Voice actor |
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A Certain Magical Index | The Heaven Canceller | Cole Brown |
Black Butler | Madam Red | Lydia Mackay |
Black Jack | Black Jack | Kirk Thornton |
Fruits Basket | Dr. Hatori Sohma | Kent Williams |
Fullmetal Alchemist | Dr. Tim Marcoh | Brice Armstrong |
Full Moon o Sagashite | Dr. Keiichi Wakaoji | Gerrick Winston |
Monster | Dr. Kenzo Tenma | Liam O'Brien |
Neon Genesis Evangelion | Dr. Ritsuko Akagi | Sue Ulu |
One Piece | Dr. Tony Tony Chopper | Lisa Ortiz Brina Palencia |
Steamboy | Dr. Edward Steam Dr. Lloyd Steam | Alfred Molina Patrick Stewart |
Zoids | Dr. D | Dave Pettitt |
Comic series or source | Fictional doctor | Character alter ego | Publisher |
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The Adventures of Tintin | Doctor Müller (and others) | Le Petit Vingtième | |
The Atom and other series | Dr. Ray Palmer | The Atom | DC Comics |
Batman | Dr. Leslie Thompkins Dr. Matthew Thorne | Crime Doctor | DC Comics |
Dick Tracy | Doc (1944) Doc Hump(1934) Dr. Cyros Freezedrei (1983) Dr. Klippoff {1968} Dr. Lunquist (1944) Dr. Plain (1951) Dr. Rex (1942) | Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate | |
DC vs. Marvel Doctor Strangefate | Doctor Strangefate | Charles Xavier | Amalgam Comics (DC Comics & Marvel Comics) |
Dr. Kildare | Dr. James Kildare | Dell Comics | |
Dr. Weird , Star-Studded Comics #1 (original appearance), multiple other series | Dr. Rex Ward | Doctor Weird | Big Bang Comics |
Flash Gordon | Dr. Hans Zarkov | King Features Syndicate | |
Garfield | Dr. Elizabeth "Liz" Wilson | Random House | |
Schlock Mercenary | Dr. Edward Bunnigus Dr. Todd "Lazarus" Lazcowicz | Self-published | |
Superman | Dr. Emil Hamilton Dr. Albert Michaels | Atomic Skull | DC Comics |
Tales to Astonish #27 Jan. 1962 (original appearance), multiple series including Ant-Man | Dr. Henry Pym | Ant-Man Giant-Man Yellowjacket | Marvel Comics |
Tomb of Dracula | Dr. Quincy Harker Dr. Rachel van Helsing | Marvel Comics | |
Weekly Shōnen Champion | Dr. Kuro Hazama | Black Jack | Akita Shoten |
Assorted "Doctors" in various DC Comics titles, not found in own singular standalone title/series (or still needing info here on own singular standalone title/series or origin title) | Dr. Karl Hellfern | Doctor Death | DC Comics |
Dr. Simon Ecks | Doctor Double X | DC Comics | |
Dr. Victor Fries | Mr. Freeze | DC Comics | |
Dr. Joar Mahkent | Icicle | DC Comics | |
Dr. Pamela Isley | Poison Ivy | DC Comics | |
Dr. Arthur Light | Doctor Light | DC Comics | |
Dr. Will Magnus | Doc Magnus | DC Comics | |
Dr. Kirk Langström | Man-Bat | DC Comics | |
Dr. Jon Osterman | Doctor Manhattan | DC Comics | |
Dr. Beth Chapel | Dr. Midnight | DC Comics | |
Dr. Pieter Cross | Dr. Mid-Nite | DC Comics | |
Dr. Charles McNider | Dr. Mid-Nite | DC Comics | |
Dr. Achilles Milo | Professor Milo | DC Comics | |
Dr. Moon | Doctor Moon | DC Comics | |
Dr. Alex Sartorius | Doctor Phosphorus | DC Comics | |
Dr. Harleen Quinzel | Harley Quinn | DC Comics | |
Dr. Jonathan Crane | Scarecrow | DC Comics | |
Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana | Doctor Sivana | Fawcett Comics DC Comics | |
Dr. Terrence Thirteen | Doctor Thirteen | DC Comics | |
Assorted "Doctors" in various Marvel Comics titles, not found in own singular standalone title/series (or still needing info here on own singular standalone title/series or origin title) | Dr. Lester Verde | Doctor Bong | Marvel Comics |
Dr. Douglas Birely | Doctor Demonicus | Marvel Comics | |
Dr. Victor von Doom | Doctor Doom | Marvel Comics | |
Dr. Anthony Ludgate Druid | Doctor Druid | Marvel Comics | |
Dr. Reed Richards | Mr. Fantastic | Marvel Comics | |
Dr. Robert Bruce Banner | The Hulk | Marvel Comics | |
Dr. Calvin Zabo | Mister Hyde | Marvel Comics | |
Dr. Curtis Connors | Lizard | Marvel Comics | |
Dr. Karla Sofen | Moonstone | Marvel Comics | |
Dr. Otto Octavius | Doctor Octopus | Marvel Comics | |
Dr. Cecilia Reyes | Cecilia Reyes | Marvel Comics | |
Dr. Leonard Samson | Doc Samson | Marvel Comics | |
Dr. Walter Langkowski | Sasquatch | Marvel Comics | |
Dr. Michael Twoyoungmen | Shaman | Marvel Comics | |
Dr. Walter Newell | Stingray | Marvel Comics | |
Dr. Stephen Strange | Doctor Strange | Marvel Comics | |
Dr. Karl Malus | Doctor Karl Malus | Marvel Comics | |
Dr. Sun | Doctor Sun | Marvel Comics | |
Assorted "Doctors" in other publisher's titles, not found in own singular standalone title/series (or still needing info here on own singular standalone title/series or origin title) | Dr. Rex Morgan | Rex Morgan, M.D. | King Features Syndicate |
Dr. Raymond Solar | Doctor Solar | Gold Key Comics | |
Dr. Peter Starr | Doctor Stellar | Big Bang Comics | |
Doctor Gorpon | Doctor Gorpon | NOW Comics |
Web page/program | Fictional doctor | Creator(s) |
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The Adventures of Dr. McNinja | Dr. McNinja | Chris Hastings Kent Archer |
Childrens Hospital | Dr. Cat Black Dr. Brian Dr. Blake Downs Dr. Valerie Flame Dr. Ed Helms Dr. Owen Maestro Dr. Jason Mantzoukas Dr. Glenn Richie Dr. Nate Schacter Dr. Lola Spratt Dr. Max Von Sydow | Rob Corddry |
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog | Dr. Horrible | Joss Whedon |
The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd | Dr. Floyd J. Floyd Jr. Dr. Floyd J. Floyd Sr. Dr. Grant Dr. Steve | Grant Baciocco Doug Price |
The Spoony Experiment | Dr. Insano | Noah Antwiler |
TikTok | T.J. “Pax” Hardy | T.J. “Pax” Hardy SnackpaxEpi, Lies.the.moon.tells |
"Time Cube" | "Dr." Gene Ray | Gene Ray |
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