Which actor plays the best "badass" character?

Clint Eastwood (Dirty Harry, Nameless, Josey Wales)

Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones, Han Solo, Deckard)


Arnold Schwarzenegger ("Dutch", Terminator, John Matrix)

Sylvester Stallone (John Rambo, Rocky Balboa, Barney Ross)

Dwayne Johnson (Luke Hobbs, Jack Bruno, Maui,

Donnie Yen (Ip Man, Chirrut Imwe, Iron Monkey)

Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman, Gisele)

Uma Thurman (The Bride, Mia Wallace, Poison Ivy (*Pfft))

Sigourney Weaver (Ellen Ripley, Gwen Demarco)


Keanu Reeves (John Wick, Neo, Constantine)


Sean Connery (James Bond, Marco Ramius, John Patrick Mason)

Hugh Jackman (Wolverine, Charlie Kenton)

First of all, how is Denzel not on that list, but if the truth be told, when I saw the title of the thread, Clint was the first person that popped into my head.

Out of those choices I'm torn between Ahhhnold and Sean Connery. But my favorite action/adventure actor is this man:

I voted Clint and it was an easy decision.

I could make a good case for Denzel and even Morgan Freeman (in a passive sort of way) but right now the iconic bad-ass character role is dominated by the white man.

Only had 12 spots, sorry bud.

Clint and Sean.

Clint.

Omissions:

Lee Marvin
Charles Bronson
Samuel L. Jackson
Toshiro Mifune
Kurt Russell
Bogart
Mitchum

BRUCE LEE!

JACKIE CHAN!

Bruce Lee is a badass but I think Donnie Yen fits this role more.

Jackie Chan? Not so much.

Clint. An easy decision. He is the definition of badass. If someone is acting all tough, he thinks he's Clint Eastwood. Cop acts like a badass, he's Dirty Harry. And old man shows the young punks who's boss, we all think: "Get off my lawn!"

Yeah.

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HOW is Gal Gadot on here and not Linda Hamilton?

*ragequits the thread*

It was tough and I was tempted to go with Clint because everyone tries to whisper like him but I had to choose Sigourney Weaver for her Alien/Aliens roles. She's not just tough as nails in the showdown sections of the film but also a straight shooter. She's grounded and could kill you with a look during the scenes leading up to the finale. That's the power of a beautiful woman. She doesn't have any illusions and she'd sense it if you had any, and be sure to let you know that she knew...that you were being a tool. I get a lot from her in the movies she is in, not just Alien franchise. I love Clint and Harrison Ford and Arnold, but to me, they are all cartoons of tough guys. Not reality based imo.

If he was on the list, I would've picked him haha

I was very tempted to out her in the poll but I didn't think I needed two Terminators.

Also, Gal Gadot has an entire career of badass in front of her as Wonder Woman. Linda was a one trick pony.

I would've put R Lee Ermey in front of Lee Marvin, sorry.
Samuel L. Jackson also deserved a spot on the list.

I know, right? It's OK, though. How do you make a poll like this? I may wanna try one at some point, once I've earned some stripes.

Don't talk about "earning stripes", LOL. You might think you're new but you've been on this thread a whole 20 days more than I have.

All you have to do to make a poll is check off the "make a poll" option whenever you post a thread.

Like Kaplan said, Clint is definition of badass

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Tony Montana and Jules Winfield should be on the list.

Eastwood is hard to go past. My fav single bad man is Robert de Niro in Cape Fear. Pyschologically menacing.