Top Tough Guys

I watched a couple of movies today that got me thinking about my favorite tough guys; some that maybe aren't as well known as others. I'm thinking specifically of actors, not characters.


Tom Sizemore: perennial tough guy; that's pretty much his schtick, whether it's in Saving Private Ryan, Black Hawk Down, or any number of other war or gangster movies.


James Caan: Sometimes he's a hothead like in The Godfather; other times he's very cool, like in Men with Guns (saw this today); and still other times he's kinda sensitive as in Thief. But he's always tough.

That should get the ball rolling again. I'll post more when I think of them.

My top ten tough guys;

10. Roarschac 'Watchmen'
9. Dutch Schaefer 'Predator'
8. Marv 'Sin City'
7. Bullet Tooth Tony 'Snatch'
6. Porter 'Payback'
5. Man with No Name 'The Good, The Bad, The Ugly'
4. Kyle Reece 'Terminator'
3. Mr Lee 'Enter The Dragon'
2. John Creasy 'Man on Fire'
1. John Mclane 'Die Hard'

Others that I missed;

Jules 'Pulp Fiction'
Oh Dae-Su 'Old Boy'
Budroux 'Hard Target'
John Matrix 'Commando'
Joe Hallenbeck 'The Last Boy Scout'
Gino Felino 'Out For Justice'

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If at his council I should turn aside, Into that ominous tract which all agree, Hides the Dark Tower. Yet aquiescingly I did turn as he pointed, neither pride nor hope at the end descried, so much as gladness that some end might be.

Robert Browning 'Childe Roland to The Dark Tower Came'

As I said in my post, I was thinking of actors, not characters.
What are some of your favorite tough guys actors (or actresses?)

If thats the case,

Mickey Rourke
Bruce Willis
Arnie
Steven Seagal
Jean Claude van Damme
Lawrence Fishburne
Bruce Lee
Matt Damon (just for the Bourne Trilogy)
Leonardo Dicaprio
Mark Wahlberg
Clint Eastwood

Charles Bronson
Steve McQueen
Yul Brynner (for The Magnificient Seven, not The King and I, lol)
Robert Mitchum
Humphrey Bogart
John Wayne
Lee Marvin

Yep, I was thinking about those older/classic guys...

My Favorites:
Harrison Ford
Bruce Willis
Paul Newman (in Cool Hand Luke at least)
Sean Connery
John Wayne

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Clint Eastwood
Kurt Russel
Vinnie Jones (that's his name right?)
Wesly Snipes.

i kinda agree with Madhatter

Clint and Wesly are strong

but i think
arnold schwarzenegger

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no one else is dealing with your demons friend - tyler joseph.

Just an opinion, but I'd say Boromir is tougher than Aragorn, but I'm just basing that on the whole "I have three arrows in my chest but I'll still cut you in half" thing.
Clint Eastwood as just about anyone, but special mention to Walter Polack in Gran Torino. Even if he is in his seventies, when that man tells you to get off his lawn, you get off his ******* lawn.
I'd have to say Wolverine, but he could possibly be disqualified on the basis that he is basically unkillable.