Salinger is portrayed by Chris Cooper in James Steven Sadwith's 2015 film Coming Through the Rye.[2] Salinger appears as a character (voiced by Alan Arkin) in several 2015–2016 episodes of BoJack Horseman (season 2 episodes 6, 7, 8, 10 and season 3 episode 1), where he is said to have faked his own death to escape public attention and ironically pursue a career in television production.