Hercules in popular culture

Filmography

Italian, 1950s–60s

• Hercules starring Steve Reeves
• Hercules Unchained starring Steve Reeves
• Goliath and the Dragon starring Mark Forest
• Hercules Vs The Hydra co-starring Mickey Hargitay & Jayne Mansfield
• Hercules and the Captive Women starring Reg Park
• Hercules in the Haunted World 1961 starring Reg Park
• Hercules in the Valley of Woe starring Frank Gordon as Hercules, 1961
• Ulysses Against the Son of Hercules starring Mike Lane, 1962
• The Fury of Hercules starring Brad Harris, 1962
• Hercules, Samson and Ulysses starring Kirk Morris, 1963
• Hercules vs Moloch starring Gordon Scott, 1963
• Son of Hercules in the Land of Darkness starring Dan Vadis, 1964..
• Hercules vs The Giant Warriors starring Dan Vadis, 1964
• Hercules Against Rome starring Alan Steel, 1964
• Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun starring Mark Forest, 1964
• Samson and His Mighty Challenge starring Alan Steel as Hercules, 1964
• Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon starring Rock Stevens, 1964
• Hercules and the Princess of Troy starring Gordon Scott, 1965 --- This U.S./ Italian co-production was made as a pilot for a Charles Band-produced TV series that never materialized & it was later distributed as a feature film.
• Hercules the Avenger starring Reg Park, 1965

• Hercules Against the Moon Men, Hercules Against the Barbarians, Hercules Against the Mongols and Hercules of the Desert were all originally Maciste films in Italy.
• Hercules and the Black Pirate and Hercules and the Treasure of the Incas were both originally Samson movies in Italy.
• Hercules, Prisoner of Evil was originally an Ursus film in Italy.
• Hercules and the Masked Rider was actually originally a Goliath movie in Italy.

Other films

• The Warrior's Husband, directed by Walter Lang, in which Hercules, played by Tiny Sandford, is a clumsy, cowardly, comic character.
• The Three Stooges Meet Hercules, American comedy with the Three Stooges and Samson Burke playing Hercules.
• Jason and the Argonauts, with Hercules as a member of crew of the Argo, searching for the golden fleece but leaving before they get there.
• Hercules in New York, with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
• Hercules and its sequel The Adventures of Hercules with Lou Ferrigno as the title character.
• Hercules, American animated feature, produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation.
• The Amazing Feats of Young Hercules, in which Hercules must complete four feats of heroism with his weasel companion Falina.
• Jason and the Argonauts, in which Hercules travels all the way to Colchis with the Argonauts.
• Little Hercules, Little Hercules travels from Mt. Olympus to live life as a mortal in Los Angeles played by Richard Sandrak.
• Immortals, in which Heracles is played as one of the Olympian gods by Steve Byers.
• The Legend of Hercules, directed by Renny Harlin and played by Kellan Lutz.
• Hercules, directed by Brett Ratner and played by Dwayne Johnson. Based on the comic series by Steve Moore.
• Hercules Reborn, directed by Nick Lyon and played by John Morrison.
• Hercules, a Bengali film where the timid lead is called Hercules in jest

  Television

• The Mighty Hercules, an animated series produced in 1963 by Adventure Cartoon Productions in connection with Trans-Lux Television.
• Space Sentinels
• The Freedom Force
• Hercules, based upon Hercules's fulfillment of the twelve labours.
• ', a TV series and several made-for-television movies in 1995–1999 starring Kevin Sorbo.
• ', a TV series based upon the 1997 Disney film.
• Young Hercules, a spin-off of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys which aired on Fox Kids from September 12, 1998 to May 12, 1999, starring Ryan Gosling.
• Hercules, a 2005 television mini-series done by Hallmark Entertainment.
• Hercules is the mentor and ancestor of Herry Hercules from Class of the Titans.
• Hercules appears in the BBC One series Atlantis where he is portrayed by Mark Addy.
• Hercules appears in the ABC fantasy drama Once Upon a Time, portrayed by Jonathan Whitesell.
• Hercules appears in the animated series DuckTales reboot, this version of him is depicted as a stork.

  Video games and pinball

• Hercules, Popularly considered to be the largest pinball machine made, Hercules was an oversized pinball machine released by Atari.
• The Return of Heracles is a video game designed by Stuart Smith and released for Atari 8-bit and Commodore 64 computers. It is a turn-based adventure/rpg designed around the Twelve Labours of Heracles, though you could play as any or all of several characters including Pegasus and Achilles. Its design is similar to Smith's earlier game Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.
• Hercules is the title character of the Hercules no Eikō series
• * Glory of Heracles, a video game for the Nintendo DS, in which you play a boy who lost his memories but is believed to be Heracles. Along his journey, he finds that others have also lost their memories and also believes they are Heracles. The game's story plot does not reflect the actual story of the mythology.
• Disney's Hercules, based on the animated film of the same name.
• *A variation of the Disney version appears as a supporting character in Kingdom Hearts , ', Kingdom Hearts II , Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, ' , Kingdom Hearts coded, and Kingdom Hearts III .
• Herc's Adventures is a comedy adventure-role-playing video game on the PlayStation where you must complete many tasks, many of which are not actually credited to Hercules anywhere else.
• ', based upon the. Released to Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color. The game pits Hercules against his evil half-brother Ares.
• Empire Earth features a character named Hierakles in the first mission of the Greek campaign, where he is the chieftain of an Anatolian tribe who must lead his people to Thessaly before the winter season sets in.
• Hercules is a hero character in Age of Mythology and ' for the Nintendo DS.
• In the Japanese visual novel Fate/stay night as well as its anime adaptation, Hercules appears as the Berserker servant, one of seven heroic spirits summoned to fight in the Holy Grail War. He has twelve lives to represent the twelve labors he underwent for immortality.
• Heracles: Battle with the Gods is a Nintendo DS & PlayStation 2 game where he must free Pegasus from the clutches of his uncle the evil god Poseidon.
• DragonFable by Artix Entertainment features a parody of the 12 labours in the form of a quest chain set by a chicken/cow god named Zeuster.
• Rise of the Argonauts, a video game for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Hercules appears as one of Jason's Argonauts during the game, as a NPC party character.
• God of War III, Hercules is a boss character and half-brother of the main character Kratos. He is portrayed as sinister and jealous of Kratos, believing Kratos was Zeus' favored son and comparing Kratos' tasks to have been more intense than Hercules' Twelve Labours. Hercules fights Kratos to claim the throne as God of War, which was left vacant after Zeus stripped Kratos of his powers, declaring it his thirteenth unofficial and final labour. He was voiced by Kevin Sorbo, who "reprised" the role from '. Kratos himself has some similarities to Hercules, specifically performing tasks for the gods to gain atonement for slaying his own family.
• ', Hercules appears in the multiplayer mode on the map called Forum of Hercules, modeled after the location of the boss fight in God of War III. Here, he acts as an environmental obstacle for players, and is the final boss for the Trials of the Gods game mode. Kevin Sorbo reprised the role.
• Smite, a video game in which he is known as the "Champion of Rome". He is depicted as a tall broad-shouldered man in his thirties with a tiny head and a humongous club. He also has another appearance, called a 'skin', which allow players to battle as a buff Kevin Sorbo with a beard and make exaggerated jokes about sorbets.
• Assassin's Creed Odyssey DLC "The Fate of Atlantis: Torment of Hades", a video game in which the protagonist fights Hercules armed with his club, in Tartarus.

  Books

• Percy Jackson & the Olympians: in this series by Rick Riordan, Hercules is portrayed negatively in The Titan's Curse, receiving help in getting the Golden Apples but giving no credit to his helpmate, Zoe Nightshade. He appears again as a minor antagonist in The Heroes of Olympus: The Mark of Athena.
• In author Kevin Given's novel Last Rites: The Return of Sebastian Vasilis. Thor/Hercules is an immortal that was struck by lightning several times and is now a special needs immortal that refers to himself as While in ancient Greece he was revered as Heracles and then in Norway he was worshipped as the thunder god which has led to his confusion about the past.

  Comic books

• Hercules, a 1941 DC Comics appearance in the first Wonder Woman story
• Hercules, a 1958 Dell comic adapting the film from the same year
• *Hercules Unchained, a 1959 Dell comic adapting the sequel to the 1958 film
• The Mighty Hercules, a 1963 Gold Key comic based on the animated series of the same name
• Hercules, a 1965 Marvel comic
• Hercules: Adventures of the Man-God, a 1967 Charlton comic
• Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, a 1996 Topps comic based on the
• Hercules, a 2008 Radical comic by Steve Moore

  Music

• "Hercules and his gifts" are mentioned in "Something Just Like This" by The Chainsmokers and Coldplay.
• Hercules is a 2019 broadway musical based on the 1997 Disney animated film.