A list of movies I know I have seen (prior to 2024) but far from all.

Carlos Sainz in Sainz: Vivir para competir (2021)

James Caan, Shelley Fabares, and Billy Dee Williams in Brian's Song (1971)

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)

Sandra Hüller, Milo Machado-Graner, and Samuel Theis in Anatomy of a Fall (2023)

Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman, Ashley Tisdale, Vanessa Hudgens, Zac Efron, and Lucas Grabeel in High School Musical (2006)

Takeshi Kitano, Omar Epps, and Claude Maki in Brother (2000)

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