Michael Shannon in My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009)

Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Premium Rush (2012)

Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, and Sean Young in No Way Out (1987)

Antonio Banderas and Meg Ryan in My Mom's New Boyfriend (2008)

Cripping-up is when a non-disabled actor takes the role of a disabled character. That character could be from a comic book, a historical figure known to be disabled or a literary figure.  With so few opportunities being offered to disabled actors beyond disabled characters, cripping-up should really go to a disabled actor first, however in practice this rarely happens. This is a list of TV Shows and Movies where non-disabled actors have been cast in disabled roles. Some of them also have disabled actors, but often these are just supporting roles.

Cripping-up in Films and TV Dramas. Which is Where Non-Visibly Disabled Actors Played Visibly Disabled Roles.

Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart in The Upside (2017)

Damian Maffei, Lea Enslin, and Emma Bellomy in The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018)

Anthony Hopkins, Jude Law, Rachel Weisz, and Ben Foster in 360 (2011)

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