Movies: Each Actor's Most Iconic Role

[Neutrinos]

Some are pretty easy

Arnold Schwarzenegger
Terminator

Sylvester Stallone
Rocky

Robert Downey
Ironman

Leonardo DiCaprio
Titanic

Tom Hanks
Forrest Gump

Bruce Willis
Die Hard

Frances McDormand
Fargo

Johnny Depp
Pirates Of The Caribbean

Sean Connery
James Bond

Russell Crowe
Gladiator

Anthony Hopkins
Silence Of The Lambs

Wesley Snipes
Blade

Keanu Reeves
The Matrix

Kevin Costner
Dances With Wolves

Heath Ledger
The Dark Knight


While others are much tougher to narrow down

Denzel Washington
Malcom X or Training Day

Tom Cruise
Top Gun, Mission Impossible, or Jerry McGuire

Harrison Ford
Han Solo or Indiana Jones

Ian McKellen
Lord Of The Rings or X-Men

Julia Roberts
Erin Brockovich or Pretty Woman

Samuel Jackson
Pulp Fiction or the Marvel films

Mel Gibson
Braveheart, Lethal Weapon or Mad Max

Al Pacino
The Godfather or Scarface

Kevin Spacey
Seven, American Beauty or The Usual Suspects

Clint Eastwood
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly or Dirty Harry

Paul Newman
The Sting, Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid or Cool Hand Luke

Robert Redford
The Sting or Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid

Robert DeNiro
The Godfather II, Taxi Driver or Raging Bull

Jim Carrey
Ace Ventura, The Mask or Dumb & Dumber

Brad Pitt
Too many to list

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[izzy]

harry potter and frodo

majority of the MCU actors

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Honestly you can argue that Pacino may be more known to majority for Scarface

Scarface is more iconic with younger generations then Godfather

Also disagree with Gibson he and Glover will always be mostly associated as Riggs and Murtaugh first and foremost to people

 

[Trap Jesus]

Sometimes it's tough to separate a popular or notable movie from a great performance. Like Robert Pattinson most would think of him from Twilight, but I think of him from Good Time.

I think an obvious one is Anthony Hopkins is Silence of the Lambs

 

[Sombastate]

I once played me in my own music video.

I mean... I think i take the cake here.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Al Pacino and Bobby D we be hard to nail down same with Harvey Keitel

 

[Jumptheshark]

Harrison Ford as Jack Ryan?

 

[Ralph Spoilsport]

Mel Gibson = Mad Max

DeNiro...Travis Bickle (maybe Jake LaMotta?)

 

[Preds Partisan]

Harrison Ford as Jack Ryan?

What?

 

[Jumptheshark]

What?

they have tried to reboot it 3 times and all actors are compared to him--not baldwin

 

[Neutrinos]

they have tried to reboot it 3 times and all actors are compared to him--not baldwin

That doesn't make it his most iconic role

It just means he's the most iconic Jack Ryan

 

[reckoning]

Jack Nicholson: Randall McMurphy or Jack Torrance?

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

^
Could throw in the Joker as well for consideration for Jack

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Hugh Jackman = Wolverine
Patrick Stewart = Captain Jean-Luc Picard
William Shatner = Captain James T. Kirk
Robert Englund = Freddy Kruger
Viggo Mortenson = Aragorn
George C. Scott = General George S. Patton
Ben Kingsley = Gandhi
Michael Douglas = Gordon Gecko
Jeff Bridges = Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski

 

[plank]

Jack Nicholson: Randall McMurphy or Jack Torrance?

Randall P. McMurphy

 

[Neutrinos]

Jack Nicholson: Randall McMurphy or Jack Torrance?

 

[Tkachuk4MVP]

Hanks, Snipes, and Keanu all have a few that could qualify.

 

[I am not exposed]

Honestly you can argue that Pacino may be more known to majority for Scarface

Scarface is more iconic with younger generations then Godfather

Also disagree with Gibson he and Glover will always be mostly associated as Riggs and Murtaugh first and foremost to people

I definitely think of Mad Max when it comes to Mel Gibson.

 

[CartographerNo611]

Daniel Radcliffe is Harry Potter

Peter Dinklage is Tyrion Lannister

Robert Downey Jr will always be Iron Man

Mark Hamill is the Joker

 

[Neutrinos]

Daniel Radcliffe is Harry Potter

Peter Dinklage is Tyrion Lannister

Robert Downey Jr will always be Iron Man

Mark Hamill is the Joker

Let's keep it real

Only a small handful of the population knows he ever voiced The Joker

The majority know him as Skywalker

 

[Neutrinos]

Hanks, Snipes, and Keanu all have a few that could qualify.

I originally had Hanks for multiple roles, but it really does have to be Forrest Gump

Keanu's iconic role is easily Neo from The Matrix

And Snipes's iconic role is definitely Blade

 

[Neutrinos]

Jim Carrey is an interesting one

I'm inclined to go with Ace Ventura

 

[Tkachuk4MVP]

I originally had Hanks for multiple roles, but it really does have to be Forrest Gump

Keanu's iconic role is easily Neo from The Matrix

And Snipes's iconic role is definitely Blade

Keanu’s done Bill and Ted, Point Break, Speed, and now the John Wick series. Any of those could qualify IMO.

And maybe it’s because I’m a Snipes fan, but there’s a slew of movies I think of when I think of him.

 

[SniperHF]

Like 8 years ago we did a bunch of polls on these, you should make some it could be fun

All the old ones would have gotten wrapped up in the purge.

 

[SniperHF]

Julia Roberts
Erin Brockovich or Pretty Woman

I don't think Brockovich has stood the test of time, it's not a movie commonly brought up in my experience. It's Pretty Woman. One of the most iconic films in a cornerstone genre.

Brad Pitt
Too many to list

I don't think he has one. I'm sure I could pick one if I had to but he's mostly notable for being Brad Pitt more so than any particular role.