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Started by celedhring, March 25, 2016, 04:33:35 PM

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What's the best actor in the proud history of film muscleheads?

Arnold Schwarzenegger
22 (51.2%)
Sylvester Stallone
5 (11.6%)
Dwayne Johnson
4 (9.3%)
Michael Clarke Duncan
4 (9.3%)
Dolph Lundgren
1 (2.3%)
Jean-Claude Van Damme
2 (4.7%)
Lou Ferrigno
0 (0%)
Vin Diesel
2 (4.7%)
Carl Weathers
1 (2.3%)
Write-in (name)
2 (4.7%)

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celedhring

March 25, 2016, 04:33:35 PM
Inspired by the "best gridiron player turned actor" thread. We are talking real mountains of muscle here, not just fit dudes, who exploited such physiques during their movie career.

The requisite is that they must have based their careers in exploiting their physiques. So no Tom Hardy, Hugh Jackman or Mark Wahlberg, which are buff actors but who have a built a body* of work outside of appearing shirtless in movie posters.

*I'm so good at puns, am I not?

garbon

#1
March 25, 2016, 04:38:58 PM
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

celedhring

#2
March 25, 2016, 04:39:56 PM
Personally, I'm going with Clarke Duncan. I think he was a fine actor that never got many chances to showcase it (besides Green Mile) because of his hulking physique.

dps

#3
March 25, 2016, 04:40:37 PM
Duncan, easily, though I'm not even entirely sure he belongs on your list--the other guys are mostly known for action movies, and those aren't really what he's known for.  Other than Duncan, probably Stallone.

I'd also say that a lot of these guys, maybe because of their build, are actually under-rated as actors, except Lundgren (who is a really smart guy, but not much of an actor IMO) and maybe Ferrigno (who I've not seen in anything except the old Hulk TV series, where he didn't even get any dialogue).

Martinus

#4
March 25, 2016, 04:42:19 PM
Why not Arnold? He had some dramatic roles and wasn't too bad at them.

celedhring

#5
March 25, 2016, 04:43:30 PM Last Edit: March 25, 2016, 04:49:40 PM by celedhring
I almost left out Ferrigno because his career was really short and he didn't even speak in his most famous role. But he's probably one of the buffest actors ever so I kinda felt I had to put him in.

Clarke Duncan almost always played bouncers/hitmen/etc... despite not really being a leading action man. His physique really drove his career.

Eddie Teach

#6
March 25, 2016, 04:48:04 PM
One of the first things I noticed about Sin City 2 was that Dennis Haysbert wasn't nearly as intimidating as Duncan in that role.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

celedhring

#7
March 25, 2016, 04:54:34 PM
Quote from: Martinus on March 25, 2016, 04:42:19 PM
Why not Arnold? He had some dramatic roles and wasn't too bad at them.

Fun fact, I grew up thinking Arnie was a great actor. The man that voiced him in Spanish dubs had a deep, imposing, baritone voice (he also voiced Darth Vader for example) and was a pretty decent actor himself. Imagine my surprise when I bought my Terminator 2 DVD in the mid-90s and I set the English track to hear him talk for the first time; my world was shattered :lol:

Razgovory

#8
March 25, 2016, 05:12:23 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 25, 2016, 04:38:58 PM


Man, you really let yourself go Garbon.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Drakken

#9
March 25, 2016, 06:07:47 PM
If I had to choose which I liked the most, I would have gone with Dolph Lundren. But as the question is about which is the best, I have to go with Ah-nold.

Eddie Teach

#10
March 25, 2016, 06:08:23 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on March 25, 2016, 05:12:23 PM
Man, you really let yourself go Garbon.

:lol:
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

garbon

#11
March 25, 2016, 06:21:37 PM
Big, bold and beautiful. :angry:
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Razgovory

#12
March 25, 2016, 06:22:03 PM
Well, big anyway.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

CountDeMoney

#13
March 25, 2016, 06:26:38 PM
Arnold, hands down.  He is the archetype.  All others merely followed, even Sly.

Eddie Teach

#14
March 25, 2016, 06:50:44 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 25, 2016, 06:26:38 PM
Arnold, hands down.  He is the archetype.  All others merely followed, even Sly.

I got to agree, especially when it's stipulated that muscular actors who can really act don't count.
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