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  • actors that only do heroic etc roles
  • mikewsmith
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    I’ll call you on Seeeen Beeeean for Alec Trevalyn in Goldeneye
    http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0000276/?ref_=tt_cl_t2

    I’m not sure if you could put Bruce/Butch in Pulp Fiction as a bad guy, though it may be that there are no good guys in Pulp Fiction

    jimjam
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    wallop – Member

    Seeeeeeean Beeeeeeeean

    Patriot Games, Ronin.

    markrh
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    Robert Redford.

    Actually no, this is harder than you think 😕

    mikewsmith
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    I’ll pitch in young, I reckon Emma Watson hasn’t played a bad one yet and Daniel Radcliff.

    wallop
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    See, this is the problem now – I’ve not seen these:

    Patriot Games, Ronin.

    I suck at this game.

    jimjam
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    Clint Eastwood.

    squirrelking
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    Nearly said Kurt Russel until I remembered Death Proof.

    Antonio Banda…nope (ooh new Machete film!)
    Steve Busce…nope
    Nicholas Ca…nope
    Milla JovohFFS

    Hulk Hogan and Mr T both have a Rocky film to thank for their downfall.

    The Hoff? I did find one entry which may suggest he played a ‘hard man’ though.

    1976 Caught with their Pants Down
    Boner

    squirrelking
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    Eastwood? Ignoring Dirty Harry, The Man With No Name and Escape from Alcatraz characters then then? He’s more the anti-hero type.

    jimjam
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    squirrelking
    Eastwood? Ignoring Dirty Harry, The Man With No Name and Escape from Alcatraz characters then then? He’s more the anti-hero type.

    Yes but he’s never the antagonist. Not that I can remember anyway.

    whatnobeer
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    Nicholas Ca…nope

    Not always the ‘hero’ but I thought this was interesting:

    Originally, Nicolas Cage turned down the role of Castor Troy, citing a lack of interest in playing a villain. However, once he was told that he would actually be playing the hero for a majority of the film, he quickly signed on.

    matt damon i think

    Could be a good shout. Not seen all of his films, but struggling to think of any where he’s a bad guy.

    mikewsmith
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    I think as mentioned already Matt Damon drops it for The Departed & The Talented Mr Ripley

    phil40
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    Julia Roberts? (Never seems to play a baddie, not sure if she would be classed as a heroic one though!)

    Robert Downey junior?

    PrinceJohn
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    George clooney. And Clint Eastwood?

    squirrelking
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    Cage also kidnaps a baby in Raising Arizona. Matt Damon also protagonist in The Zero Theorem.

    Not sure about Downey Jr, a lot of his older stuff is so unwatchable who knows what he’s done.

    Aha, Cage did Lord of War, knew he had a definite ‘bad’ part.

    loum
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    Harrison Ford

    jimjam
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    What Lies Beneath. Cowboys and Aliens.

    Kuco
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    Robert Downey Jr played a bad agent in US Marshals.

    I’m struggling to think of an actor who’s been around for a while who hasn’t played a baddie.

    jimjam
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    Kuco

    I’m struggling to think of an actor who’s been around for a while who hasn’t played a baddie.

    I think Clooney and Eastwood are the only ones mentioned so far.

    Kuco
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    Some of Eastwood’s early westerns the characters he played were of a questionable character for example in High Plain Drifter he rapes a woman and takes advantage of the town.

    jimjam
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    Kuco

    Some of Eastwood’s early westerns the characters he played were of a questionable character for example in High Plain Drifter he rapes a woman and takes advantage of the town.

    Questionable character yes, but not the villain. not the antagonist. In High Plains Drifter his character is brutal, but he is there to punish the people of the town as they are greedy, corrupt, racist and let their sheriff die.

    You can have characters with questionable morals/no morals who dad bad things who are still the heroes.

    Rich_s
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    Has anyone debunked Seagal yet? Do I win a prize?

    jimjam
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    Machete.

    Rich_s
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    Bugger. Ok then. Shatner.

    jimjam
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    White Comanche.

    phil40
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    We used to pose a similar question in the staff room, name a director who hasn’t made a bad film?

    The strange thing was that all the male teachers really got into it and arguing their case, whilst the female teachers looked on in pity!

    phil40
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    Ben Dover, I know it’s leftfield but I am pretty sure plumbing is a heroic profession 8-0

    Rich_s
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    White Comanche.

    That’s cheating!

    T1000
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    How about movie stars who were hero’s in real life instead….

    Jimmy Stewart…

    ChrisL
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    mikewsmith – Member
    Reckon Bruce has a 99% record except for playing the Jackal http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119395/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_67

    He was an anti-hero at best in Last Man Standing, there were no heroes in that film.

    ton
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    john wayne.

    Cougar
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    The Hoff? I did find one entry which may suggest he played a ‘hard man’ though.

    He played Garth Knight, Michael’s hirsute evil twin.

    jimjam
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    Rich_s – Member

    White Comanche.

    That’s cheating!

    Fine, Loaded Weapon 1.

    mrhoppy
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    Keanu Reeves.

    Christopher Reeve.

    jimjam
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    mrhoppy – Member

    Keanu Reeves.

    Man of Tai Chi.

    stevomcd
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    To further de-bunk Tom Cruise, see also Vanilla Sky, Minority Report.

    chestrockwell
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    I think Clooney

    Hardly a ‘good guy’ in From Dusk Til Dawn.

    Cougar
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    Hardly a ‘good guy’ in From Dusk Til Dawn.

    Kind of an antihero rather than a villain though. He tries to keep Seth in check throughout.

    squirrelking
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    Keanu Reeves played Evil Ted in Bill and Teds Bogus Journey.

    Pauly Shore? (now we really are scraping the barrel)

    cheekymonkey888
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    JCVD
    Cameron diaz
    and Butch Lee as my father called him 🙂

    squirrelking
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    Cameron diaz

    See “The Last Supper”.

    JCVD as said fights himself in just about every movie.

    Not sure about Bruce Lee.

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