20 Best Actors to portray Comic Book to Movie Heroes + Villians

You have may guessed this from my comments that i mention in Hiddleston's placement comment. The role of the Joker was totally his own, surpassing all of the other Jokers ever to take the spot. Now if you think of Joker, you will think Ledger. Not Nicholson, and definitely not Hamill, nor the others, or even the original played by Cesar Romero in the 1966 Adam West TV Show. Roles that are iconic and legendary are in a league of their own. If i were to take that previous sentence and create another list, Ledger would probably grab 1 2 or 3. The mind of Ledger is a mysterious one. And i thought seeing Dr. Parnassus was just to say goodbye and my respects to an incredible actor

Jackman has picked up the medal blades 5 times (x1,2,3, origins, and the cameo in first class). Number six is the sequel to Origins: Wolverine, called The Wolverine where he travels to another country. Giving him the number two spot is really tough, mainly because out of everyone on this list, Jackman is not tired of playing the same role more than once. I hope that the character is retired sooner than later, giving Jackman more to move on to

Sir Ian McKellen has done some amazing roles in his life, but none more sinister than baddie Eric Lensherr/Magneto. His Role as the vicious Magneto was more than excelling, it was a suspenseful joy ride. I choose my wording here to be different than my earlier entry with Edward Norton. McKellen did one hell of an amazing job playing another big baddie in the Marvel Unverse, which puts him over Tom Hiddleston.

I have newcomer Stephen Amell in the number 4 spot for one reason: He is the new guy to watch to take over the Role of Oliver Queen/Green Arrow from Justin Hartley in the new CW show ARROW. Hartley did a great job as the GA in smallville, but its clear that this new series is more done in a style similar to Chris Nolan's Batman. I can't wait to see him and how the role will become his and how differently the new GA is portrayed

Cobie Smulders, starts the Top 5 countdown, is more known as the role of Robin Scherbatsky in the TV show How I Met Your Mother. Smulders beat out Morena Baccarin, Jessica Lucas, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead for the part of Maria Hill. IMO, she was the most underrated actor of the entire Avengers movie. She wasn't given enough air time. So why give her the number 6 spot? Sexy newcomer Cobie Smulders never gave much thought to acting. But she excels at it without trying very hard

I might be sexist and a little judgmental here, but Johansson's role as Black Widow was Extraordinary! So why put her in the top ten, but not the top 5? That's easy, She wanted the role so badly so she dyed her hair red. I'm sorry my dear, everyone does something like that for a role every once in a while. Another list that i have is top 10 Sexiest Women. Johannsen is number 1 on that list, but number two is Natalie Portman. Shaving her hair off in V, was a bold and controversial thing to do. Getting back on topic, My number one hottie gets top ten material on this list.

Welling did one hell of an excellent job as Clark Kent/Superman. He deserves a top ten spot mainly because he has played more than one role on the show. He had also played Superman's exact opposite, Ultra Man, and Bizarro. Welling proves that he can be more than just a hero, but a good villian as well. In one season 4 episode, he even takes to the footsteps of Lionel Luthor. Another reason why he gets slot 7 is that he turned down the role twice before accepting it. Welling thought the role was too big for him, but the show was a success, turning his name into a household name.

For the big baddie villian in Avengers, why give him number 8? Easily, comparing him to Heath Ledger, Ledger out ranks him in this top ten. Both great villians, even in comparison. But what gives ledger that top 5 spot is that he puts his heart and soul into the role. Hiddleston looked like he enjoyed the movie, but i noticed that his head wasn't fully into the game. I don't think he enjoyed getting knocked around by the Hulk, heck i don't think anyone would. Then again, his role as Loki was similar to Hitler, they even mention that in the movie. The main difference between Hiddleston and Ledger, Ledger's role was all his own versus Hiddleston where his role was noticable and done before

Vandervoort's performance as Kara Kent/Linda Danvers in Smallville, i'd have to say is one of the best performances i've ever seen. I loved the episode where Helen Slater appears as Lara El along with Kara El in the Kent Barn. To me this is as iconic of the passing of the Super Girl role, as when Christopher Reeve's appeared on the show, passing the role of Clark Kent/Superman to Tom Welling. Vandervoort's sexy body has been seen in Smallville as well. Putting her at 9, shows you can be sexy, smart, independent, and still can pull out an excellent performance

Out of all of the actors that have played the hulk, my favorite will always be Norton. At number ten, he proves that you can be on the run and still be a hero. Bana's Hulk doesn't even rank on my list (in the 300s at least). And Ruffalo did a good job (i'd say in the 100s), But Norton makes it at 10 because, his movies and roles always put me feeling like a roller coaster of suspense.

Heading into the Top 10, and placing Stewart at number 11. What am i thinking? Out of all the roles Stewart has played, Professor X still is the most memorable role he has ever played. So why would i place him at 11? He might've done an amazing job, especially playing opposite Ian McKellen in the x-men movies. But this is a toss up, because this role was phenomenally done, because the role wasn't really original. I noticed some similarities to his Star Trek Role

I said that this list is to include some baddies too. Roth's performance as Abomination in Norton's Incredible Hulk 2008 movie. I want to say first and foremost that this movie was better than the Bana Hulk 2003 movie. That movie was all over the place. Roth takes 12 because of the amazing job he played in the movie. He started out just a regular soldier wanting the power and more to destroy the hulk.

I just need to say that the slot of 13 goes to Evans, not for his role as Rogers/Cap America, but for the role of Johnny Storm in the F4 movies. I know that this might be stretching it a bit, but here me out. First of all, Alba and Evans said no to making F4 3, but thats not this reason. I loved him as Jonny Storm, being so that this role is more difficult than the thing. Having the powers of the sun is more dangerous than being transformed into a walking rock. Evans has yet to make a movie that i dislike. All of his roles are enjoyable.

Slots 10 to 14 are going to be a little more difficult for me to chose, as oppose to even harder it'll get to for slots 6-9, and then extremely difficult for slots 1-5. Men In Black was a comic long before the movies. Originally by Aircell Comics, which got bought out to Malibu Comics, then sold to Marvell Comics. Smith Starts the difficult choices at 14, because he has excelled at singing, acting, modeling, and more. Smith was the first actor to have successfully tried other avenues and excelled at them. I look forward to seeing Agent J one more time in MIB 3.

Some people might have forgotten Stillers Role as Mr. Furious in the 1999 Dark Horse Comic turned movie, Mystery Men. He is the perfect candidate for slot 15 of my list, mainly because he did a good job. But yet the movie was weak in certain elements. At number 15, Stiller starts the countdown to the actors that excelled at their roles

So this one might cause some controversy, depending on whose looking at this list. The number 16 spot goes to Jim Carrey, not for his role as riddler, but for the role of the Mask. Yes The Mask, the comedic 1994 role was a dark horse comic before the movie. Although his role is not top 15 material, he still deserves a spot on this list

Ok, i loved him as Rorschach in Watchmen, but i don't think he deserves a spot in the top 15 of this list, i thought 17 was reasonable for my reasons. Don't get me wrong he did a good job, but the movie itself also had some similarities to other comic heroes (night owl II to batman) that gave me another reason to not have him in the top 15.

Ok, i know what some people might think for me putting hartley at 18. But here me out, This is not for the role of Green Arrow, but for the role as Aqua Man. Yes i admit after watching the pilot i had mixed reviews, but i wanted to see more of hartley in this role mainly because i think he did a good job

i liked him as daredevil. The movie itself was a disaster for one reason. Too many characters and the need to introduce them.

at number 20 - he did a good job, i'll give him that, but i think the movies could have been done a little better