History Main / TransCharacterCisActor

* ''Series/RayDonovan'': Cis male actor Alex Saxon as trans woman Chloe. Particularly unfortunate as Saxon has come out as gender-critical, unlike star Creator/LievSchreiber, the proud father of a trans daughter.

* On the SoapOpera ''Series/TheCity1995'', transgender woman Azure C. was played by cis female Carlotta Chang.

* ''Manga/BlackButler'': Grell Sutcliff, who is transfemme, is voiced by Creator/JunFukuyama in Japanese and Daniel Fredrick in English, both of whom are cis male actors.

** Yamato the trans man is voiced by the cisgender actress Creator/SaoriHayami in the Japanese dub.

* ''Series/JudgingAmy' - Cis actor Ryan James plays trans girl Sasha Wilmer.

# In the case of dubbing to another language, their culture and country has a [[ValuesDissonance very different views and tolerance of gender and the queer community]] compared to the country the work originated from; resulting in most queer performers from that region and cultures staying in the closet or even actively being persecuted (Eastern Europeans, Middle Easterners, Koreans and Chinese are the two most prominent examples who consume Western media).

** ''Film/MixedNuts'' has Creator/LievSchreiber as a trans girl. The original French version, Le Père Noël est une ordure (1982) has cis male actor Christian Clavier in the same role.

* ''VideoGame/TheMissingJJMacfieldAndTheIslandOfMemories'': [[spoiler:Cisgender actress Kellie Holway voices J.J. in her dream self as a transwoman, while [[TheOtherDarrin cisgender actor Steve Wiley]] voices her pre-transition real-world self.]]

* ''VideoGame/DreamDaddy'': Jason Larock, a cis actor and writer in game development, voices gay trans dad Damien Bloodmarch.

* ''Series/TheBoldAndTheBeautiful'': Cisgender actress Karla Mosley plays transgender actress Maya Avant, who became first trans female character to feature on a US daytime soap opera as a series regular and the first transgender bride to be married on a US daytime soap opera.

# In the case of dubbing to another language, their culture and country has a [[ValuesDissonance very different views and tolerance of gender and the queer community]] compared to the country the work originated from; resulting in most queer performers in that region and cultures are in the closet or even actively being persecuted (Eastern Europeans, Middle Easterners, Koreans and Chinese are the two most prominent examples who consume Western media).

# In the case of dubbing to another language, their culture and country has a [[ValuesDissonance very different views and tolerance of gender and the queer community]] compared to the country the work originated from; resulting in most queer performers in that region and cultures are in the closet or even actively being persecuted (Russian and Chinese are the two most prominent examples who consume Western media).

* ''Series/DeadOfSummer'': Trans man Drew was played by the cisgender actress Creator/ZeldaWilliams.

* In ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration'': Adam is a trans boy played by a cis actress Creator/JordanTodosey.

* In ''Series/CoronationStreet'', the character Hayley Cropper (a trans woman and the first transgender character to feature in the series) was played by cisgender actress Julie Hesmondhalgh. In ''Series/CrownCourt'' "The Change" features cis actress Judy Loe as a trans woman.

** ''Series/PlayForToday'': The episode 'Even Solomon' casts cis actor Paul Henley as a young man who eventually realises he is Susan Piper, a trans woman.

* In ''Series/CoronationStreet'', the character Hayley Cropper (a trans woman and the first transgender character to feature in the series) was played by cisgender actress Julie Hesmondhalgh. In ''Series/CrownCourt'' "The Change" features cis actress Judy Loe as a trans woman.

** ''Series/PlayForToday'': The episode 'Even Solomon' casts cis actor Paul Henley as a young man who eventually realises he is Susan Piper, a trans woman.

* In the 2009 episode "Make Over" of the police detective drama ''Series/TheCloser'', cis actor Beau Bridges played a trans woman, who had previously been known to one of the regulars as a male detective friend. This character found it very difficult to accept his good buddy in the persona of a woman.
** The spinoff, Major Crimes featured cis boy actor Tanner Buchanan as a trans girl, Michelle Brand.
* In ''Series/CoronationStreet'', the character Hayley Cropper (a trans woman and the first transgender character to feature in the series) was played by cisgender actress Julie Hesmondhalgh.
** ''Series/CrownCourt'' - The Change features cis actress Judy Loe as a trans woman.
* In ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration'': Adam is a trans boy played by a cis actress, Creator/JordanTodosey.

* Series/LADoctors featured (the very androgynous) cis man Keram Malicki-Sanchez as trans man Alex.

* L.A. Doctors featured (the very androgynous) cis man Keram Malicki-Sanchez as trans man Alex.

* ''Series/ER'': Cis male actor Vondie Curtis-Hall as a trans woman, and cis female actress Megan Vint as a trans girl.

* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'': Birdo, one of the earliest examples of a trans female in video games, has been voiced by cisgender actors, both male and female, since the 2000s. In the UpdatedRerelease of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2'', ''Super Mario Advance'', she was voiced by Creator/JenTaylor, whereas starting with ''[[VideoGame/MarioGolf Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'', she has consistently been voiced by Creator/{{Nintendo}} composer Kazumi Totaka. It's a downplayed example though, as later games in the series are more [[AmbiguousGenderIdentity ambigious]] as to whether or not Birdo is trans.

* ''Manga/Heaven'sDesignTeam'': Kanamori or Venus, one of the main designers at Designer Department, a flamboyant and beauty-obsessed designer woman whose masterpiece is the bird. She is voiced by Creator/DaisukeKishio.