Okay, first off, congratulations to BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES which won best Comic Book TV Show ever, defeating Daredevil by only 3 votes (22-19). Noting that Daredevil looked the goods early on, but Batman came home strong.
Now, let's have a go at determining the best comic book movie actor that has graced our screens.
There's THOUSANDS of Actors that qualify. So I had to narrow the field when selecting 120 Actors.
- Only Marvel/DC films (but others can still win)
- I picked 4 actors from each film (but no repeats), which turned out to be 328 Actors!
- I narrowed that list to 120, based on my critic performance, significance and number of films they've been in
- I seeded a Top 16 based on an article that rated the best 50 performances ever (this one). I randomised the draw after that (except for the 16 seeded actors).
- I've left four wild card options open (For any actor from any CBM - not just Marvel/DC actors). I've no doubt missed some actors that people think I should have left in, so based on nominations from you guys, I'll pick the 4 best of those to play in Round 2.
So, if you are keen, let's play!
The Battle
Pick one actor from each battle based on COMIC BOOK performances only (can include CBs outside Marvel/DC also). So no other works, just the comic book movies they were in. Just copy and paste in the comments, and feel free to leave blank if you don't want to/can't choose. The winning actor goes through to the next round, and the losing actor is eliminated.
PLUS if you feel I've missed an actor that should be in it (From any comic book movie, not just Marvel/DC), NOMINATE them in the comments, and if they are among the 4 actors with the most nominations, I'll add them in as Wild Cards in the 2nd round.
Some interesting battles this week (remember this was random except for the 16 seeds) including:
- Green Goblin v Hit Girl
- Superman v Professor X
- Ra's Al Ghul v Blade
- Lex Luthor v Superman! Tough Round 1
- Scarlet Witch v Hulk (which we've already seen)
- Spider-Man v Hulk
But the MATCH OF THE ROUND has to be Deadpool v Black Widow, a brutal first round match up, between two actors that use to be married. I swear, this was random.
Copy and Paste into comments, and pick the winner
1 1 Hugh Jackman v Jeffrey Dean Morgan
2 Aaron Taylor-Johnson v Jessica Alba
3 Zoe Saldana v Marlon Brando
4 Willem Dafoe v Chloe Grace Mortez
5 2 Heath Ledger v Stellan Skarsgard
6 Taron Egerton v Anne Hathaway
7 George Reeves v Hugo Weaving
8 3 Christopher Reeve v James McAvoy
9 George Clooney v Martin Sheen
10 Ellen Page v Dave Bautista
11 James Franco v Terrence Howard
12 4 Robert Downey Jr. v Natalie Portman
13 Chris Hemsworth v Gary Oldman
14 Tom Hardy v Idris Elba
15 Liam Neeson v Wesley Snipes
16 5 Patrick Stewart v J.K. Simmons
17 Jeremy Renner v Anna Paquin
18 Chiwetel Ejiofor v Evan Peters
19 Kevin Spacey v Kim Basinger
20 6 Michael Keaton v Hayley Atwell
21 Tommy Lee Jones v Michael Fassbender
22 Jeremy Irons v Keanu Reeves
23 Morena Baccarin v Michael Caine
24 7 Jack Nicholson v Samuel L. Jackson
25 Eric Bana v Marion Cotillard
26 Russell Crowe v Jennifer Garner
27 Morgan Freeman v Liv Tyler
28 8 Gene Hackman v Henry Cavill
29 Elizabeth Olsen v Mark Ruffalo
30 Adam West v Famke Janssen
31 Jeff Bridges v Burt Ward
32 9 Michelle Pfeiffer v Val Kilmer
33 Alfred Molina v Margot Robbie
34 Viola Davis v Jackie Earle Haley
35 10 Tobey Maguire v Edward Norton
36 Ben Kingsley v Kevin Bacon
37 Karl Urban v Aaron Eckhart
38 Anthony Hopkins v James Marsden
39 11 Ian McKellan v Clark Gregg
40 Benedict Cumberbatch v Gwyneth Paltrow
41 Dafne Keen v Ben Affleck
42 12 Margot Kidder v Ray Stevenson
43 Christian Bale v Don Cheadle
44 Nicholas Hoult v Tilda Swinton
45 13 Chris Evans v Kirsten Dunst
46 Ron Perlman v William Hurt
47 Mark Strong v Maggie Gyllenhaal
48 Jennifer Lawrence v Colin Firth
49 14 Ryan Reynolds v Scarlett Johansson
50 Anthony Mackie v Paul Rudd
51 Robert Redford v Richard Pryor
52 Andrew Garfield v Terence Stamp
53 15 Chris Pratt v Amy Adams
54 Michael Shannon v Gal Gadot
55 Michael Douglas v Emma Stone
56 Danny DeVito v Rosemary Harris
57 16 Tom Hiddleston v Halle Berry
58 T.J. Miller v Sebastian Stan
59 Cesar Romero v Will Smith
60 Viggo Mortensen v Nicholas Cage