Rank Comic Book Movie Castings/Character Portrayals As Decided By You

Rank Comic Book Movie Castings/Character Portrayals As Decided By You

It's time for another poll! This time, we as a community determine the best casting choices / actor portrayals of a comic book character in film.

Editorial Opinion
By PeterPetrelliParker - Jun 04, 2017 05:06 PM EST
Filed Under: Marvel Comics



Over the years, we have been blessed with some incredible depictions of our favorite superheroes and villains on the big screen. Today, we as a community determine the best casting choices / actor portrayals of a comic book character in a theatrically-released film (no televison, maybe another time). So here's how it works:

- Choose your Top 10 favorite castings/portrayals in a live-action (non animated), theatrical comic book movie and rank them 1-10. (This can include heroes, villains, side characters, etc.)
- When listing your ranking, write next to it in paranthesis the specific film you're ranking them for, here's an example:
1. Hugh Jackman - Wolverine (Logan)
- At the end, to determine the winners, I will total up the votes based on both ranking and frequency.

Let's determine which characters were done justice! Let the voting begin!
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PeterPetrelliParker
PeterPetrelliParker - 6/4/2017, 5:43 PM
Here's my ranking and an example of how to format it:

1. Hugh Jackman - Wolverine (Logan)
2. Heath Ledger - The Joker (The Dark Knight)
3. Michael Fassbender - Magneto (X-Men First Class)
4. Ryan Reynolds - Deadpool (Deadpool)
5. Andrew Garfield - Spider-Man (The Amazing Spider-Man)
6. Gal Gadot - Wonder Woman (Wonder Woman)
7. Patrick Stewart - Charles Xavier (Logan)
8. Christian Bale - Batman (Batman Begins)
9. Emma Stone - Gwen Stacy (The Amazing Spider-Man)
10. Robert Downey Jr. - Iron Man (Captain America: Civil War)
BlackIceJoe
BlackIceJoe - 6/4/2017, 6:32 PM
1: Michael Keaton (Batman 89)
2: Christopher Reeve (Superman)
3: Ron Perlman (Hellboy)
4: Patrick Stewart (X-Men: Logan)
5: Ian Mckellen (X-Men 2)
6: Jack Nicholson (Batman 89)
7: Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
8: Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man)
9: Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool)
10. Hugh Jackman (X-Men: Logan)
NoMeaning45
NoMeaning45 - 6/4/2017, 7:35 PM
1. Hugh Jackman (Logan)
2. Tobey Maguire (Spider-Man)
3. Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman)
4. Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
5. Michael Shannon (Man Of Steel)
6. Andrew Garfield (The Amazing Spider-Man)
7. Chris Pine (Wonder Woman)
8. Henry Cavill (Man Of Steel)
9. Emma Stone (The Amazing Spider-Man)
10. Chiwetel Ejifor (Doctor Strange)
DetectiveCinema
DetectiveCinema - 6/4/2017, 10:19 PM
1. Heath Ledger ... The Joker (The Dark Knight)
2. J.K. Simmons ... J.Jonah Jameson (Spider-Man)
3. Margot Robbie ... Harley Quinn (Suicide Squad)
4. Ryan Reynolds ... Wade Wilson / Deadpool (Deadpool)
5. Michael Fassbender ... Erik Lensherr / Magneto (X-Men: Days of Future Past)
6. Emma Stone ... Gwen Stacy (The Amazing Spider-Man)
7. Hugh Jackman ... Logan (Logan)
8. Michael Caine ... Alfred Pennyworth (The Dark Knight)
9. Chris Pine ... Steve Trevor (Wonder Woman)
10. Michelle Pfeifer ... Selina Kyle / Catwoman (Batman Returns)
PeterPetrelliParker
PeterPetrelliParker - 6/5/2017, 7:16 AM
For those who voted in my last ranking, feel to vote here again if you choose

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Menks123
Menks123 - 6/5/2017, 7:32 AM
1. Chris Evans (Captain America: WS & CW)
2. RDJ (Ironman)
3. Heath Ledger (TDK)
4. Michael Fassbender (X-Men First Class DoFP)
5. Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool)
6. Hugh Jackman (Logan)
7. Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman)
8. Chadwick Boseman (Captain America: CW)
9. James McAvoy (X-Men First Class & DoFP)
10. Christian Bale (Batman Begins)

So many great characters in each universe that I had to leave out or want to see more of like Margot Robbie, Ben Affleck, Tom Holland, etc. Off the top of my head, this is what I was able to come up with!
MiKi
MiKi - 6/5/2017, 11:21 AM
1.Hugh Jackman (Logan)
2 Gal Gadot (wonder woman)
3.Hugo Weaving (v for vendetta)
4.Christopher Reeves (superman)
5.Chris Evans (captain america)
6.Heath Ledger (TDK)
7.Michael Keaton (batman)
8.Sir Patrick Stewart (x-men)
9.Paul Rudd (ant-man)
10.Henry Cavill (mos)

10 isn't enough!haha Had to leave out loads such as Batfleck, Pratt,Robbie, Holland etc.
No doubt my list would look rather different in a couple of years.
AzorAhai
AzorAhai - 6/5/2017, 11:57 AM
1. Sir Patrick Stewart - Prof X
2. Jackie Earle Haley - Rorschach
3. Heath Ledger - Joker
4. Mark Strong - Sinestro
5. JK Simmons - JJJ
6. Henry Cavill - Superman
7. Ben Affleck - Batman
8. Alfred Molina - Doc Oct
9. Jeffrey Dean Morgan - Comedian
10. David Hasselhoff - Nick Fury
TheDayman
TheDayman - 6/5/2017, 12:51 PM
1. Heath Ledger - The Joker
2. Chris Evans - Captain America (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
3. Robert Downey Jr. - Iron Man (Iron Man 1)
4. JK Simmons - J. Jonah Jameson (Spider-Man 2)
5. Daniel Bruhl - Zemo (Civil War)
6. Michael Fassbender - Magneto (First Class)
7. Tom Holland - Spider-Man (Civil War)
8. Patrick Stewart - Professor X (Logan)
9. Ian McKellan - Magneto (X-Men 1)
10. Tom Hardy - Bane (The Dark Knight Rises)
ThouBear8
ThouBear8 - 6/5/2017, 1:43 PM
1.Heath Ledger - Joker (The Dark Knight)
2.Hugh Jackman - Wolverine (Logan)
3.Robert Downey Jr. - Iron Man (Captain America: Civil War)
4.Patrick Stewart - Professor X (X-Men)
5.Michael Fassbender - Magneto (X-Men: Days of Future Past)
6.Chris Evans - Captain America (Captain America: Winter Soldier)
7.J.K. Simmons - J. Jonah Jameson (Spider-Man 2)
8.Ryan Reynolds - Deadpool (Deadpool)
9.Christopher Reeve - Superman (Superman)
10.Ian Mckellan - Magneto (X-Men 2)

(honorable mention: Gary Oldman - Commissioner Gordon (TDK), Andrew Garfield - Spider-Man (The Amazing Spider-Man), Chris Hemsworth - Thor (Thor), Wesley Snipes - Blade (Blade), James MacAvoy - Professor X (X-Men: Dofp), Willem Dafoe - Green Goblin (Spider-Man), Michael Keaton - Batman (Batman Returns), Jack Nicholson - Joker (Batman), Chris Evans - Human Torch (Fantastic Four), Alfred Molina - Doc Ock (Spider-Man 2), Mickey Rourke - Marv (Sin City), Jackie Earl Haley - Rorschach (Watchmen)
CaptDeadpool
CaptDeadpool - 6/5/2017, 2:25 PM
1. Hugh Jackman: Logan
2. Ryan Reynolds: Deadpool
3. Patrick Stewart: Professor X
4. Wesley Snipes: Blade
5. Chris Hemsworth: Thor
6. Robert Downey Jr: Tony Stark
7. Jk Simmons: J Jonah Jameson
8. Margo Robbie: Harley Quinn
9. Ron Perlman: Hellboy
10.TIE- Heath Ledger/Jared Leto: Joker
MUTO123
MUTO123 - 6/5/2017, 10:01 PM
1. Chris Evans - Captain America
2. Robert Downey, Jr. - Iron Man
3. Heath Ledger - The Joker
4. Hugh Jackman - Wolverine
5. Michael Fassbender - Magneto
6. Scarlett Johansson - Black Widow
7. Mark Ruffalo - Hulk
8. Patrick Stewart - Professor X
9. Tom Hiddleston - Loki
10. JK Simmons - J Jonah Jameson
(runner-up 5: Christian Bale as Batman, Emma Stone as Gwen, Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman, Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man, Chris Hemsworth as Thor)
MUTO123
MUTO123 - 6/5/2017, 10:04 PM
More runner-ups: Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange, Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther, Tilda Swinton as the Ancient One, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Alfred Molina as Dock Ock, Willem Dafoe as Green Goblin)

This is a [frick]ing tough list. I actually wasn't gonna do it at first because there's so many GREAT performances in these movies.
DaLaBrAcK
DaLaBrAcK - 6/6/2017, 10:30 PM
1. JK Simmons - Jameson (Spider-man)
2. Ryan Reynolds - Deadpool (Deadpool)
3. Willem Dafoe - Green Goblin (Spiderman)
4. Robert Downey Jr. - Iron Man (Iron Man)
5. Patrick Stewart - Xavier (X-men)
6. Samuel L Jackson - Nick Fury (Avengers)
7. Chris Evans - Captain America (First Avenger)
8. Hugh Jackman - Wolverine (Logan)
9. Sir Ian Mckellan - Magneto (X-men)
10. Michael Keaton - Batman (Batman)

This is tough, but I focused on actors who really embodied the comic book character rather than made it there own, hence no Heath Ledger, and Jackman being lower on the list. Yes, JK Simmons is, to me, the most inspired casting of a comic book character ever, he just IS J. Jonah Jameson.
theandrewahern
theandrewahern - 6/7/2017, 5:44 AM
1. Gal Gadot - Diana Prince/Wonder Woman (Wonder Woman)
2. Ben Affleck - Bruce Wayne/Batman (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)
3. Henry Cavill - Clark Kent/Superman (Man of Steel)
4. Heath Ledger - Joker (The Dark Knight)
5. Christian Bale - Bruce Wayne/Batman (Batman Begins)
6. Hugh Jackman - Logan/Wolverine (X:Men: Days of Future Past)
7. Chris Evans - Steve Rogers/Captain America (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
8. Ryan Reynolds - Wade Wilson/Deadpool (Deadpool)
9. Michael Fassbender - Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto (X:Men: Days of Future Past)
10. Jesse Eisenberg - Lex Luthor (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)

PeterPetrelliParker
PeterPetrelliParker - 6/8/2017, 1:09 PM
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I'm posting the results on Saturday, anyone else want to vote?
aresww3
aresww3 - 6/8/2017, 11:54 PM
IN TERMS OF GREATEST PERFORMANCES AND COMIC ACCURATE

1. CHRISTOPHER REEVES SUPERMAN (EASY TOP)
2. HEATH LEDGER JOKER
3. JACKIE EARL HAYLEY RORSCHACH and JEFFERY DEAN MORGAN THE COMEDIAN
4. Catwoman Michelle Pfiefer
5. CHLOE GRACE MORITZ AND NICOLAS CAGE HAVE TO CHEAT HERE BUT HIT GIRL AND BIG DADDY FROM KICK ASS
6. MICKY ROURKE MARV SIN CITY
7. Chris Pine and Gal Gadot (wonder woman and BvS) Steve Trevor and Wonder Woman
8. Amanda Waller Viola Davis (very underrated. She is Amanda Waller)
9. Only for Batman Begins Christian Bale (terrible in Dark Knight)
10. Margot Robbie and shout out to Will Smith Suicide Squad
frenzyrules
frenzyrules - 6/9/2017, 9:34 AM
Top Ten best comic book movie performances...
1. Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark
2. Chris Evans as Captain America
3. Patrick Stewart as Professor Xavier
4. Tom Holland as Spider-man
5. Hugh Jackman as Wolverine
6. Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner
7. Michael Fassbender as Magneto
8.Tom Hiddleston as Loki
9. Michael Keaton as Batman
10. Micheal Chiklis as Ben Grimm The Thing

aresww3
aresww3 - 6/29/2017, 12:33 AM
Apart from first two in no particular order

1. Chris Reeves Superman
2. Heath Ledger Joker
3. Amanda Waller Viola Davis
4. Wonder Woman Gal Gadot (I'd be remiss to also mention Chris Pine here)
5. Hit Girl Chloe Moritz (I'd be remiss to not also mention Cage as Big Daddy here)
6. Robert Downey Iron Man
7. JK Simmon Joe Jameson
8. Alfred in Nolan trilogy
9. Catwoman Michelle Pfiefer
10. The Comedian and Rorshach
11. whoever played sameer in wonder woman :) loved that guy.
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