Role-Play: Hollywood’s Ultimate Hero & Villain actors
Sometimes at the movies you can figure out who the hero or villain is based just on the actors. So, we’ve dug through the archives to find out which modern-era Hollywood stars have played the most heroes and villains. We searched for actors of all genders but, unsurprisingly, the results for both bad and good 'guys’ were mostly men. Find out who made the cut...
Playing the Hero
So which actors have played the most heroes and villains at the movies? View our dropdown lists below to discover which famous faces may have a hero complex and who just loves being bad. You can also find out which films and roles gave them their heroic or villainous breakthroughs…
- Villains
- HEROES
Actor
Number of movies they
appear in as a villain
appear in as a villain
Robert De Niro
19
#
Role
Film
1
VITO CORLEONE
The Godfather Part II
2
JIMMY CONWAY
Goodfellas
3
NEIL MCCAULEY
Heat
4
MAX CADY
Cape Fear
5
LOUIS CYPHRE
Angel Heart
6
AL CAPONE
The Untouchables
7
SIMON SILVER
Red Lights
8
GIL RENARD
The Fan
9
LOUIS GARA
Jackie Brown
10
TRAVIS BICKLE
Taxi Driver
11
FRANK SHEERAN
The Irishman
12
JAKE LAMOTTA
Raging Bull
13
NOODLES
Once Upon a Time in America
14
ACE ROTHSTEIN
Casino
15
THE CREATURE
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
16
DON LINO
Shark Tale
17
DWIGHT HANSEN
This Boy's Life
18
FEARLESS LEADER
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
19
SENATOR JOHN MCLAUGHLIN
Machete
Peter Stormare
17
#
Role
Film
1
ULI KUNKEL / KARL HUNGUS
The Big Lebowski
2
DIETER STARK
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
3
SATAN
Constantine
4
GAEAR GRIMSRUD
Fargo
5
ALEXEI
Bad Boys II
6
DINO VELVET
8mm
7
DR. ARTHUR HAIL
Boot Camp
8
SHERIFF BERRINGER
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
9
THE GHOST
22 Jump Street
10
FRANCIS O'CONNELL
Tokarev
11
LORD DREGG
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
12
WERNER ZYTLE / VERTIGO
Arrow
13
TORSTEN
The Hunters 2
14
THOMAS BURRELL
The Last Stand
15
FRANK FOWLER
Get the Gringo
16
JOHN ABRUZZI
Prison Break
17
ERNST RÖHM
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
Ron Perlman
16
#
Role
Film
1
JOHNER
Alien Resurrection
2
MAYOR WILLIAMS
Bad Ass
3
NINO
Drive
4
NICOLA
Bunraku
5
DIETER REINHARDT
Blade II
6
KONSTANTINE KONALI
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
7
SLADE WILSON / DEATHSTROKE
Teen Titans
8
THE LICH / LICH KING
Adventure Time
9
XIBALBA
The Book of Life
10
WARHAWK
Kim Possible
11
FIRELORD SOZIN
Avatar: The Last Airbender
12
COLLIE ENTRAGIAN
Desperation
13
THE STABBINGTON BROTHERS
Tangled
14
DREKK
Men in Black: The Series
15
JUSTICE
Afro Samurai
16
CLAY MORROW
Sons of Anarchy
Tim Curry
15
#
Role
Film
1
FARLEY CLAYMORE
The Shadow
2
ROGER CORWIN
Charlie's Angels
3
CARDINAL RICHELIEU
The Three Musketeers
4
HERKERMER HOMOLKA
Congo
5
DR. YEVGENIY PETROV
The Hunt for Red October
6
MR. HECTOR
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
7
DR. FRANK N. FURTER
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
8
DARKNESS
Legend
9
IT / PENNYWISE THE DANCING CLOWN
It
10
HEXXUS
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
11
VON TALON
Valiant
12
KILOKAHN - SUPERHUMAN SAMURAI SYBER
Squad
13
BELIAL
The Legend of Atlantis
14
WADSWORTH
Clue
15
MAESTRO FORTE
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
James Woods
15
#
Role
Film
1
NED TRENT
The Specialist
2
JACK BENYON
The Getaway
3
MARTIN WALKER
White House Down
4
BYRON DE LA BECKWITH
Ghosts of Mississippi
5
HADES
Hercules
6
MAXIMILIAN BERCOVICZ
Once Upon a Time in America
7
LESTER DIAMOND
Casino
8
H.R. HALDEMAN
Nixon
9
CARL PANZRAM
Killer: A Journal of Murder
10
THE FALCON
Stuart Little 2
11
LEX LUTHOR / REPULSE
Justice League Action
12
HIMSELF
Family Guy
13
OWLMAN
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
14
DR. PHILLIUM BENEDICT
Recess: School's Out!
15
CAPTAIN AHAB
The Adventures of Moby Dick
Vinnie Jones
14
#
Role
Film
1
JUGGERNAUT
X - Men: The Last Stand
2
MARCO
Swordfish
3
SARGON
Year One
4
MAHOGANY
The Midnight Meat Train
5
BOYD
Fire with Fire
6
MONGREL
Tooth & Nail
7
SMASHER O'DRISCOLL
Strength and Honour
8
EWAB MCSTARLEY
The Condemned
9
BULLET TOOTH TONY
Snatch
10
BIG CHRIS
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
11
DRAKE
Escape Plan
12
DANNY "BRICK" BRICKWELL
Arrow
13
ROMMEL
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
14
SEBASTIAN MORAN
Elementary
Gary Oldman
14
#
Role
Film
1
CARNEGIE
The Book of Eli
2
NORMAN STANSFIELD
Léon
3
COUNT DRACULA
Bram Stoker's Dracula
4
FLOYD BANNER
Lawless
5
LORD SHEN
Kung Fu Panda 2
6
JEAN-BAPTISTE EMANUEL ZORG
The Fifth Element
7
EGOR KORSHUNOV
Air Force One
8
DREXL SPIVEY
True Romance
9
DR. ZACHARY SMITH
Lost in Space
10
SIR RUBER
Quest for Camelot
11
MASON VERGER
Hannibal
12
GENERAL GRAWL
Planet 51
13
DREYFUS
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
14
VLADISLAV DUKHOVICH
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Christopher Walken
14
#
Role
Film
1
MAX ZORIN
A View to a Kill
2
THE HESSIAN
Sleepy Hollow
3
HICKEY
Last Man Standing
4
MR. SMITH
Nick of Time
5
MAX SHRECK
Batman Returns
6
ROBERT C. "BOBBY" CAHN
Wayne's World 2
7
FRANK WHITE
King of New York
8
GABRIEL
The Prophecy
9
KING LOUIE
The Jungle Book
10
COLONEL CUTTER
Antz
11
SALVATORE "SAL" MAGGIO
Kangaroo Jack
12
CORNELIUS HATCHER
The Rundown
13
VINCENZO COCCOTTI
True Romance
14
REED THIMPLE / BENNY BOGSWAGGLE
The Country Bears
Malcolm McDowell
14
#
Role
Film
1
ALEX DELARGE
A Clockwork Orange
2
DANIEL LINDERMAN
Heroes
3
THE EMPLOYER
The Employer
4
LEONARD
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
5
KESSLEE
Tank Girl
6
DR. TOLIAN SORAN
Star Trek Generations
7
CALIGULA
Caligula
8
COL. F.E. COCHRANE
Blue Thunder
9
GANGSTER 55
Gangster No. 1
10
KANE
Doomsday
11
SINCLAIR
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
12
LORD MALICE
Happily Ever After
13
DR. CALICO
Bolt
14
TERRANCE MCQUEWICK
Entourage
Samuel L Jackson
13
#
Role
Film
1
ELIJAH PRICE / MR. GLASS
Unbreakable
2
GERALD OLIN
1408
3
ORDELL ROBBIE
Jackie Brown
4
CHANEY
Oldboy
5
THE OCTOPUS
The Spirit
6
RICHMOND VALENTINE
Kingsman: The Secret Service
7
STEPHEN
Django Unchained
8
ABEL TURNER
Lakeview Terrace
9
JULES WINNFIELD
Pulp Fiction
10
MR. BARRON
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
11
AGENT ROLAND COX
Jumper
12
CHANEY
Oldboy
13
LIEUTENANT COLONEL PRESTON PACKARD
Kong: Skull Island
Actor
Number of movies they
appear in as a hero
appear in as a hero
Henry Fonda
88
#
Role
Film
1
Tom Joad
The Grapes of Wrath
2
Dan Harrow
The Farmer Takes a Wife
3
David Bartlett
Way Down East
4
Jonathan "Johnny" Street
I Dream Too Much
5
Dave Tolliver
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
6
Anthony Amberton / John Smith
The Moon's Our Home
7
Townsend Middleton
Spendthrift
8
Kerry Gilfallen
Wings of the Morning
9
Eddie Taylor
You Only Live Once
10
Slim Kincaid
Slim
11
Jack V. Merrick, Jr.
That Certain Woman
12
Ives Towner
I Met My Love Again
13
Preston Dillard
Jezebel
14
Marco
Blockade
15
Jim Kimmerlee
Spawn of the North
16
Peter Ames
The Mad Miss Manton
17
Frank James
Jesse James
18
Brick Tennant
Let Us Live
19
Thomas Watson
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
20
Abraham Lincoln
Young Mr. Lincoln
21
Gilbert Martin
Drums Along the Mohawk
22
Alexander Moore
Lillian Russell
23
Frank James
The Return of Frank James
24
Chad Hanna
Chad Hanna
25
Charles Pike
The Lady Eve
26
John Murdock
Wild Geese Calling
27
Peter Kirk
You Belong to Me
28
Prof. Tommy Turner
The Male Animal
29
John Wheeler
Rings on Her Fingers
30
Thadeus Winship Page
The Magnificent Dope
31
George
Tales of Manhattan
32
Augustus "Little Pinks" Pinkerton II
The Big Street
33
Cpl. Colin Spence
Immortal Sergeant
34
Gil Carter
The Ox-Bow Incident
35
Town Marshal Wyatt Earp
My Darling Clementine
36
Joe Adams
The Long Night
37
Fugitive Priest
The Fugitive
38
Peter Lapham
Daisy Kenyon
39
Lank Solsky
On Our Merry Way
40
Lt. Col. Owen Thursday
Fort Apache
41
Lt. Douglas A. Roberts
Mister Roberts
42
Count Pierre Bezukhov
War and Peace
43
Manny Balestrero
The Wrong Man
44
Davis, Juror #8
12 Angry Men
45
Morgan Hickman
The Tin Star
46
Lewis Easton
Stage Struck
47
Clay Blaisedell
Warlock
48
Willie Bauche
The Man Who Understood Women
49
Robert A. Leffingwell
Advise & Consent
50
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
The Longest Day
51
Jethro Stuart
How the West Was Won
52
Clay Spencer
Spencer's Mountain
53
Sen. William Russell
The Best Man
54
The President
Fail Safe
55
Frank Broderick
Sex and the Single Girl
56
Marion 'Howdy' Lewis
The Rounders
57
Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
In Harm's Way
58
Dimitri Koulov
The Dirty Game
59
Lt. Col. Daniel Kiley
Battle of the Bulge
60
Meredith / Ben Bailey
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
61
Mayor Will Blue
Welcome to Hard Times
62
Bob Larkin
Firecreek
63
Commissioner Anthony X. Russell
Madigan
64
Frank Beardsley
Yours, Mine and Ours
65
John S. Bottomly
The Boston Strangler
66
Capt. John G. Nolan
Too Late the Hero
67
Harley Sullivan
The Cheyenne Social Club
68
Sheriff Woodward Lopeman
There Was a Crooked Man...
69
Henry Stamper
Sometimes a Great Notion
70
Allan Davies
Night Flight from Moscow
71
Mark Sawyer
Ash Wednesday
72
Jack Beauregard
My Name Is Nobody
73
Cardinal Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster
Last Days of Mussolini
74
Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
Midway
75
Mr. Whitehead
Tentacles
76
Simon Davenport
Rollercoaster
77
Elegant John Howard
The Great Smokey Roadblock
78
Brig. Gen. Harold Foster
The Greatest Battle
79
President of the Academy
Fedora
80
Dr. Walter Krim
The Swarm
81
Chief Albert Risley
City on Fire
82
Old Prospector
Wanda Nevada
83
The President
Meteor
84
Norman Thayer Jr.
On Golden Pond
85
Ben Chamberlain
Stranger on the Run
86
Carl Tiflin
The Red Pony
87
Mark Forbes
The Alpha Caper
88
Clarence Darrow
Clarence Darrow
Tom Hanks
75
#
Role
Film
1
Jim Lovell
Apollo 13
2
Fred Rogers
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
3
Alan Clay
A Hologram for the King
4
Jimmy Dugan
A League of Their Own
5
Professor Robert Langdon
Angels & Demons
6
Rick Gassko
Bachelor Party
7
British Officer
Band of Brothers
8
Josh Baskin
Big
9
Finch
BIOS
10
Kip/Buffy Wilson
Bosom Buddies
11
James B. Donovan
Bridge of Spies
12
Captain Richard Phillips
Captain Phillips
13
Woody Car
Cars
14
Chuck Noland
Cast Away
15
FBI Agent Carl Hanratty
Catch Me If You Can
16
Charlie Wilson
Charlie Wilson's War
17
Dr. Henry Goose/Hotel Manager/
Cloud Atlas
18
Detective Pep Streebek
Dragnet
19
Mailbox Elvis
Elvis Has Left the Building
20
Colonel Tom Parker
Elvis
21
David Bradley
Every Time We Say Goodbye
22
Thomas Schell Jr.
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
23
Trouble Boy #1
Fallen Angels
24
Ned Donnelly
Family Ties
25
Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump
26
Abraham Lincoln/Charles E. Wood/Daniel Boone
Freedom: A History of US
27
Jean-Luc Despont
From the Earth to the Moon
28
Commander Ernest Krause
Greyhound
29
Dr. Dwayne Twitchell
Happy Days
30
Sheriff Woody
Hawaiian Vacation
31
Elliot
He Knows You're Alone
32
Professor Robert Langdon
Inferno
33
Mr. Macauley
Ithaca
34
Joe Banks
Joe Versus the Volcano
35
Larry Crowne
Larry Crowne
36
Gene the Astronaut
Maya & Marty
37
Robbie Wheeling
Mazes and Monsters
38
Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd
News of the World
39
David Basner
Nothing in Common
40
Sheriff Woody
Partysaurus Rex
41
Andrew Beckett
Philadelphia
42
Steven Gold
Punchline
43
Older Mike/Narrator
Radio Flyer
44
Various characters
Saturday Night Live
45
Walt Disney
Saving Mr. Banks
46
Captain John H. Miller
Saving Private Ryan
47
Sam Baldwin
Sleepless in Seattle
48
Sheriff Woody
Small Fry
49
Allen Bauer
Splash
50
Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger
Sully
51
Baxter
Tales from the Crypt
52
Gordon
Taxi
53
Mr. White
That Thing You Do!
54
Sherman McCoy
The Bonfire of the Vanities
55
Ray Peterson
The 'Burbs
56
Professor Robert Langdon
The Da Vinci Code
57
David S. Pumpkins
The David S. Pumpkins Animated Halloween Special
58
Mr. Gable
The Great Buck Howard
59
Paul Edgecomb
The Green Mile
60
Rick Martin
The Love Boat
61
Richard Harlan Drew
The Man with One Red Shoe
62
Walter Fielding, Jr.
The Money Pit
63
The Conductor/Boy/Father/
The Polar Express
64
Ben Bradlee
The Post
65
Viktor Navorski
The Terminal
66
Sheriff Woody
Toy Story 2
67
Sheriff Woody
Toy Story 3
68
Sheriff Woody
Toy Story 4
69
Sheriff Woody
Toy Story of Terror!
70
Sheriff Woody
Toy Story
71
Sheriff Woody
Toy Story That Time Forgot
72
Detective Scott Turner
Turner & Hooch
73
Lawrence Whatley Bourne III
Volunteers
74
Joe Fox
You've Got Mail
75
Gene the Astronaut
Maya & Marty
Robin Williams
54
#
Role
Film
1
John Keating
DEAD POETS SOCIETY (1989)
2
Vladimir Ivanov
Moscow on the Hudson
3
Tommy Wilhelm
Seize the Day
4
Tom Dobbs
Man of the Year
5
Theodore Roosevelt
Night at the Museum
6
Theodore Roosevelt
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
7
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt &
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
8
T.S. Garp
The World According to Garp
9
Sean Maguire
Good Will Hunting
10
Roger
The Face of Love
11
Reverend Frank
License to Wed
12
Professor Philip Brainard
Flubber
13
Popeye
Popeye
14
Peter Banning / Peter Pan
Hook
15
Paul Barnell
The Big White
16
Patch Adams
Patch Adams
17
Pappass
House of D
18
Osric
Hamlet
19
Nolan Mack
Boulevard
20
Mel
Deconstructing Harry
21
Maxwell "Wizard" Wallace
August Rush
22
Leslie Zevo
Toys
23
Lance Clayton
World's Greatest Dad
24
Joey O'Brien
Cadillac Man
25
Jakob Heym
Jakob the Liar
26
Jack Powell
Jack
27
Jack Moniker
Club Paradise
28
Jack Holden
Shrink
29
Jack Dundee
The Best of Times
30
Henry Altmann
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
31
Henry "Parry" Sagan
The Fisher King
32
Hector
Being Human
33
Hans Hänkie
The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch
34
Genie and Peddler (voices)
Aladdin
35
Genie (voice)
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
36
Gabriel Noone
The Night Listener
37
Father Monighan
The Big Wedding
38
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The Butler
39
Dr. Malcolm Sayer
Awakenings
40
Dr. Kosevich
Nine Months
41
Donald Quinelle
The Survivors
42
Doctor Cozy Carlisle
Dead Again
43
Dennis the Dog (voice)
Absolutely Anything
44
Daniel Hillard / Euphegenia Doubtfire
Mrs. Doubtfire
45
Dan Rayburn
Old Dogs
46
Dale Putley
Fathers' Day
47
Chris Nielsen
What Dreams May Come
48
Bob Munro
RV
49
Armand Goldman
The Birdcage
50
Andrew Martin
Bicentennial Man
51
Alan W. Hakman
The Final Cut
52
Alan Parrish
Jumanji
53
Adrian Cronauer
Good Morning, Vietnam
54
"Rainbow" Randolph Smiley
Death to Smoochy
Kevin Costner
52
#
Role
Film
1
Ray Kinsella
Field of Dreams
2
Al Harrison
Hidden Figures
3
Beau Burroughs
Rumor Has It
4
Ben Randall
The Guardian
5
Billy Chapel
For Love of the Game
6
Bud Johnson
Swing Vote
7
Charley Waite
Open Range
8
Crash Davis
Bull Durham
9
Denny Davies
The Upside of Anger
10
Ed
Chasing Dreams
11
Eliot Ness
The Untouchables
12
Elliot Anderson
Black or White
13
Enzo (voice)
The Art of Racing in the Rain
14
Ethan Renner
3 Days to Kill
15
Frank Farmer
The Bodyguard
16
Frank Hamer
The Highwaymen
17
Gardner Barnes
Fandango
18
Garret Blake
Message in a Bottle
19
George Blackledge
Let Him Go
20
Jack Dolan
The Company Men
21
Jake
Silverado
22
Jerico Stewart
Criminal
23
Jim Garrison
JFK
24
Jim White
McFarland, USA
25
Jimmy Scott
Shadows Run Black
26
Joe Darrow
Dragonfly
27
John James
The New Daughter
28
John Logan
Sizzle Beach, U.S.A.
29
Jonathan Kent
Man of Steel
30
Jonathan Kent
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
31
Kenny O'Donnell
Thirteen Days
32
Larry Bloom
Molly's Game
33
Lieutenant Commander Tom Farrell
No Way Out
34
Lieutenant John J. Dunbar
Dances with Wolves
35
Luther Adler
Frances
36
Marcus Sommers
American Flyers
37
Mariner
Waterworld
38
Michael "Jay" Cochran
Revenge
39
Newlywed Husband
Table for Five
40
Phil Pitkin
Testament
41
Ringside Fan
Play It to the Bone
42
Robert "Butch" Haynes
A Perfect World
43
Robin Hood
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
44
Roy "Tin Cup" McAvoy
Tin Cup
45
Sonny Weaver, Jr.
Draft Day
46
Stephen Simmons
The War
47
Ted
The Gunrunner
48
The Postman
The Postman
49
Thomas Harper
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
50
Thomas J. Murphy
3000 Miles to Graceland
51
Will Bonner
Stacy's Knights also titled: The Touch
52
Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp
Denzel Washington
50
#
Role
Film
1
Malcolm X
Malcolm X
2
Anthony Hubbard
The Siege
3
Arnold Billings
Power
4
Bleek Gilliam
Mo' Better Blues
5
Demetrius Williams
Mississippi Masala
6
Detective John Hobbes
Fallen
7
Don Pedro of Aragon
Much Ado About Nothing
8
Doug Carlin
Déjà Vu
9
Dr. Jerome Davenport
Antwone Fisher
10
Dr. Philip Chandler
St. Elsewhere
11
Dudley
The Preacher's Wife
12
Easy Rawlins
Devil in a Blue Dress
13
Eli
The Book of Eli
14
Frank Barnes
Unstoppable
15
Frank Lucas
American Gangster
16
George McKenna
The George McKenna Story
17
Gray Grantham
The Pelican Brief
18
Herman Boone
Remember the Titans
19
Jake Shuttlesworth
He Got Game
20
Joe Miller
Philadelphia
21
John Q. Archibald
John Q.
22
John W. Creasy
Man on Fire
23
Keith Frazier
Inside Man
24
Kirk
Flesh & Blood
25
Lincoln Rhyme
The Bone Collector
26
Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Serling
Courage Under Fire
27
Lt. Commander Ron Hunter
Crimson Tide
28
Lt. Parker Barnes
Virtuosity
29
Maj. Ben Marco
The Manchurian Candidate
30
Martin Sawyer
License to Kill
31
Matt Lee Whitlock
Out of Time
32
Melvin B. Tolson
The Great Debaters
33
Napoleon Stone
Heart Condition
34
Nick Styles
Ricochet
35
Private First Class Melvin Peterson
A Soldier's Story
36
Private Silas Trip
Glory
37
Reuben James
For Queen and Country
38
Robert "Bobby" Trench
2 Guns
39
Robert Eldridge – age 18
The Wilma Rudolph Story
40
Robert McCall
The Equalizer
41
Robert McCall
The Equalizer 2
42
Roger Porter
Carbon Copy
43
Roman J. Israel
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
44
Rubin Carter
The Hurricane
45
Sam Chisolm
The Magnificent Seven
46
Steve Biko
Cry Freedom
47
Tobin Frost
Safe House
48
Walter Garber
The Taking of Pelham 123
49
William "Whip" Whitaker Sr.
Flight
50
Xavier Quinn
The Mighty Quinn
Harrison Ford
49
#
Role
Film
1
Han Solo
Star Wars
2
Alexei Vostrikov
K-19: The Widowmaker
3
Allie Fox
The Mosquito Coast
4
Bob Falfa
American Graffiti
5
Colonel Dolarhyde
Cowboys & Aliens
6
Colonel Hyrum Graff
Ender's Game
7
Colonel Lucas
Apocalypse Now
8
David Halloran
Hanover Street
9
Det. Capt. John Book
Witness
10
Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones Jr.
Raiders of the Lost Ark
11
Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones Jr.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
12
Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones Jr.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
13
Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones Jr.
Indiana Jones and the
14
Dr. Norman Spencer
What Lies Beneath
15
Dr. Richard David Kimble
The Fugitive
16
Dr. Richard Walker
Frantic
17
Dr. Robert Stonehill
Extraordinary Measures
18
Dutch Van Den Broeck
Random Hearts
19
Frank Crowder
Judgment: The Court Martial of Lieutenant William Calley
20
Han Solo
The Empire Strikes Back
21
Han Solo
Return of the Jedi
22
Han Solo
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
23
Henry Turner
Regarding Henry
24
Jack Ryan
Patriot Games
25
Jack Ryan
Clear and Present Danger
26
Jack Stanfield
Firewall
27
Jack Trainer
Working Girl
28
Jake
Getting Straight
29
Jock Goddard
Paranoia
30
John Thornton
The Call of the Wild
31
Ken Boyd
Heroes
32
Linus Larabee
Sabrina
33
Lt. Colonel Mike Barnsby
Force 10 from Navarone
34
Mack Tannen
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
35
Mark Blackwood
Dynasty
36
Martin Stett
The Conversation
37
Max Brogan
Crossing Over
38
Max Drummer
The Expendables 3
39
Mike Pomeroy
Morning Glory
40
Paul Winjam
The Possessed
41
Quinn Harris
Six Days, Seven Nights
42
Rick Deckard
Blade Runner
43
Rick Deckard
Blade Runner 2049
44
Rusty Sabich
Presumed Innocent
45
Sgt. Joe Gavilan
Hollywood Homicide
46
Tom Lillard
The Frisco Kid
47
Tom O'Meara
The Devil's Own
48
William Jones
The Age of Adaline
49
Willie Bill Bearden
Journey to Shiloh
Tom Cruise
44
#
Role
Film
1
Ethan Hunt
Mission: Impossible
2
Barry Seal
American Made
3
Bill Harford
Eyes Wide Shut
4
Billy
Endless Love
5
Brian Flanagan
Cocktail
6
Charlie Babbitt
Rain Man
7
Claus von Stauffenberg
Valkyrie
8
Cole Trickle
Days of Thunder
9
David Aames
Vanilla Sky
10
David Shawn
Taps
11
Ethan Hunt
Mission: Impossible 2
12
Ethan Hunt
Mission: Impossible III
13
Ethan Hunt
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
14
Ethan Hunt
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
15
Ethan Hunt
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
16
Frank T. J. Mackey
Magnolia
17
Jack
Legend
18
Jack Harper
Oblivion
19
Jack Reacher
Jack Reacher
20
Jack Reacher
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
21
Jerry Maguire
Jerry Maguire
22
Joel Goodson
Risky Business
23
John Anderton
Minority Report
24
Joseph Donelly
Far and Away
25
Les Grossman
Tropic Thunder
26
Lestat de Lioncourt
Interview with the Vampire
27
Lt. Daniel Kaffee
A Few Good Men
28
Lt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell
Top Gun
29
Maj. William Cage
Edge of Tomorrow
30
Mitch McDeere
The Firm
31
Narrator
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
32
Narrator
Space Station 3D
33
Nathan Algren
The Last Samurai
34
Nick Morton
The Mummy
35
Ray Ferrier
War of the Worlds
36
Ron Kovic
Born on the Fourth of July
37
Roy Miller
Knight and Day
38
Senator Jasper Irving
Lions for Lambs
39
Stacee Jaxx
Rock of Ages
40
Stefen Djordjevic
All the Right Moves
41
Steve Randle
The Outsiders
42
Vincent
Collateral
43
Vincent Lauria
The Color of Money
44
Woody
Losin' It
Frank Sinatra
43
#
Role
Film
1
Clarence Doolittle
Anchors Aweigh
2
Frankie Machine
The Man with the Golden Arm
3
1st Lt. Sam Loggins
Kings Go Forth
4
Alan Baker
Come Blow Your Horn
5
Alfred Boone
Not as a Stranger
6
Angelo Maggio
From Here to Eternity
7
Barney Sloan
Young at Heart
8
Capt. Edward Delaney
The First Deadly Sin
9
Capt. Tom Reynolds
Never So Few
10
Charlie Y. Reader
The Tender Trap
11
Chief Pharmacist Mate
None but the Brave
12
Chip
On the Town
13
Colonel Joseph L. Ryan
Von Ryan's Express
14
Dan Edwards
Marriage on the Rocks
15
Danny Ocean
Ocean's 11
16
Danny Webson Miller
It Happened in Brooklyn
17
Danny Wilson
Meet Danny Wilson
18
Dave Hirsh
Some Came Running
19
Dennis Ryan
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
20
Det. Sgt. Joe Leland
The Detective
21
Dingus Billy Magee
Dirty Dingus Magee
22
Father Paul
The Miracle of the Bells
23
Fictional version of Himself
Young at Heart
24
First-Sergeant Mike Merry
Sergeants 3
25
François Durnais
Can-Can
26
Glenn Russell
Step Lively
27
Harry
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
28
Joe E. Lewis
The Joker Is Wild
29
Joey Evans
Pal Joey
30
Johnny Concho
Johnny Concho
31
Johnny Dalton
Double Dynamite
32
Major Bennett Marco
The Manchurian Candidate
33
Mark Brittain
Assault on a Queen
34
Miguel
The Pride and the Passion
35
Mike Connor
High Society
36
Nathan Detroit
Guys and Dolls
37
Ricardo
The Kissing Bandit
38
Robbo
Robin and the 7 Hoods
39
Sam Laker
The Naked Runner
40
Tony Manetta
A Hole in the Head
41
Tony Rome
Tony Rome
42
Tony Rome
Lady in Cement
43
Zack Thomas
4 for Texas
Steve Carell
34
#
Role
Film
1
Andy Stitzer
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
2
Brick Tamland
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
3
Brick Tamland
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
4
Bobby Riggs
Battle of the Sexes
5
David Sheff
Beautiful Boy
6
Uncle Arthur
Bewitched
7
Phil
Café Society
8
Cal Weaver
Crazy, Stupid, Love
9
Dan Burns
Dan in Real Life
10
Phil Foster
Date Night
11
Gru
Despicable Me
12
Gru
Despicable Me 2
13
Gru and Dru
Despicable Me 3
14
Barry Speck
Dinner for Schmucks
15
Evan Baxter
Evan Almighty
16
John Eleuthère du Pont
Foxcatcher
17
Steven Goldstein
Freeheld
18
Maxwell Smart
Get Smart
19
Dr. Bernie Feld
Hope Springs
20
Ned McDodd
Horton Hears a Who!
21
Gary Zimmer
Irresistible
22
Larry "Doc" Shepherd
Last Flag Flying
23
Frank Ginsburg
Little Miss Sunshine
24
Walt Wagner
Melinda and Melinda
25
Hammy
Over the Hedge
26
Dodge Petersen
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
27
Officer Sherman Shiner
Sleepover
28
Ben Cooper
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
29
Mark Baum
The Big Short
30
Burt Wonderstone
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
31
Trent
The Way, Way Back
32
Mailroom Guy without Glasses
Tomorrow Night
33
Donald Rumsfeld
Vice
34
Mark Hogancamp
Welcome to Marwen
Leonardo DiCaprio
23
#
Role
Film
1
Jack Dawson
Titanic
2
Amsterdam Vallon
Gangs of New York
3
Arnie Grape
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
4
Arthur Rimbaud
Total Eclipse
5
Brandon Darrow
Celebrity
6
Danny Archer
Blood Diamond
7
Dom Cobb
Inception
8
Fee "The Kid" Herod
The Quick and the Dead
9
Frank Abagnale, Jr.
Catch Me If You Can
10
Frank Wheeler
Revolutionary Road
11
Hank
Marvin's Room
12
Howard Hughes
The Aviator
13
Hugh Glass
The Revenant
14
J. Edgar Hoover
J. Edgar
15
Jay Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
16
Jim Carroll
The Basketball Diaries
17
King Louis XIV / Philippe
The Man in the Iron Mask
18
Richard
The Beach
19
Rick Dalton
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
20
Roger Ferris
Body of Lies
21
Romeo Montague
Romeo + Juliet
22
Tobias "Toby" Wolff
This Boy's Life
23
William "Billy" Costigan
The Departed
Note
Some of these roles can be described as ‘modern heroes’, when an actor portrays ‘the good guy’ in the movie.
Brit-Picking: Voices of Villainy
What did Scar from the Lion King and Aladdin’s Jafar have in common? A British accent, of course. British English accents are the most ‘wicked’ foreign accent of all, according to a recent study of kids’ TV shows, which analyzed over 30 programs and around 1,500 characters.
The study, conducted by sociolinguist Calvin Gidney and Julie Dobrow, a senior lecturer who specializes in children’s media issues, found that the British accent is the most commonly attributed to villains. German and Slavic accents were close behind but if there’s a Brit in your movie, the smart money says they are a baddie.
All American Heroes: What Are the Accents of Hollywood’s Top Villains & Heroes?
- villains
- heroes
Peter Stormare
Swedish
Tim Curry
English
Vinnie Jones
English
Gary Oldman
English
Malcolm McDowell
English
Robert De Niro
American
Ron Perlman
American
James Woods
American
Christopher Walken
American
Samuel L Jackson
American
Henry Fonda
American
Tom Hanks
American
Robin Williams
American
Kevin Costner
American
Denzel Washington
American
Harrison Ford
American
Tom Cruise
American
Frank Sinatra
American
Steve Carell
American
Leonardo DiCaprio
American
Methodology
We worked out which actors play heroes and villains most often in the modern Hollywood era, so we could calculate which stars are the ultimate goodies and baddies of US cinema. But we didn’t stop there - we also explored whether there was a pattern between which type of role each actor played and their accent. As mentioned in the intro, our research found only male actors for both the hero and villain roles.
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