Best Comic Book Character Portrayals In Movies

The Top Ten
1 Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man) Robert John Downey Jr. (born April 4, 1965) is an American actor and producer. His career has included critical and popular success in his youth, followed by a period of substance abuse and legal troubles, and a resurgence of commercial success in middle age.

RD Jr. was a great actor himself but this role made him memorable as he gives the best Iron Man performance that will be the foundation of future actors

The actor was very good not just good magnificent. His role in iron man made me love him so much!

In Avengers EndGame he gave one of his best performances as Tony Stark/Iron Man

He is Tony Stark the greatest Avenger that will ever be in my book. Go Iron Man!

2 Heath Ledger (The Joker)

What's even more haunting about his outstanding performance is The Joker literally stole his life forever, which gives me chills to this day, making it unforgettable.

Even though his performance was brilliant he wasn't true to his character of the comic Joker instead he acts differently than his predesscsor Jack.

He defined the joker like joker became more popular because of him!

Outstanding performance! One of the best I've seen!

3 Chris Evans (Captain America) Christopher Robert Evans is an American actor. Evans is best known for his superhero roles as the Marvel Comics characters Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Human Torch in Fantastic Four.

Chris Evan is my favorite actor of all time, it even made me love him more when he played captain america. He was very good at acting weak in the first movie, after that. You could see how he puts emotions in his face, and how his body and voice fits the acting perfectly.

One of my favourite actors of all time. No one will ever be able to act Cap better than Chris does

He should be on the first people! That guy acted brilliant in the role

I Heard He's Sadly Leaving After Avengers 4 In 2019

4 Hugh Jackman (Logan/Wolverine) Hugh Michael Jackman (born October 12, 1968) is an Australian actor, producer and musician. Jackman has won international recognition for his roles in major films, notably as superhero, period, and romance characters.

The actor was so good, in real life he is a guy who is humorous and fun. In the movie he acted so damn good, he act like the angry temper sassy cool guy I love him!

He is my all time favorite

5 Christopher Reeve (Superman)
6 Michael Keaton (Batman) Michael John Douglas (born September 5, 1951), professionally known as Michael Keaton, is an American actor. He is best known for portraying the DC Comics superhero Bruce Wayne / Batman in the films Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992), and is set to reprise the role in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) ...read more.

Everyone hated the idea that Keaton would play Batman originally. But, he turned out to be one of the greatest character portrayals of a comic-book superhero of all time. He just fit the role so well, he was dark, serious, vengeful, but when he was Bruce Wayne he rocked as the casual, rich ass. I salute you, Keaton. You proved all the naysayers wrong!

7 Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool) Ryan Rodney Reynolds is a Canadian actor and producer. He portrayed Michael Bergen on the ABC sitcom Two Guys and a Girl, Billy Simpson in the YTV Canadian teen soap opera Hillside, as well as Marvel Comics characters Hannibal King in Blade: Trinity, Wade Wilson / Weapon XI in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and the title character in Deadpool.

Yeah nobody else could ever come close to portraying dp like he did

Great performance in deadpool.

He Was Hilarious In This

8 Andrew Garfield (Spider-Man) Andrew Russell Garfield is a British-American actor. Born in Los Angeles, California and raised in Epsom, Surrey, Garfield began his career on the UK stage and in television productions. He's best known for The Amazing Spider-Man films, and The Social Network (a film about the founding of Facebook), in 2021 he returned as Spider-Man in Spider-Man No Way Home. Garfield intentionally said he wasn't in the movie, claiming that the leaked footage was "photoshop" and that he wasn't the "werewolf", however, when the movie was released said claims ended up being proven false. Proving that he was lying probably as part of a Non-Disclosure Agreement thing most likely.

Andrew definitely was a good actor, better than toby himself. He was mostly good at the humor!

The definitive Spider-Man, the only issue was the age difference

9 Tom Hiddleston (Loki) Thomas William Hiddleston is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Loki in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in Thor, The Avengers, and Thor: The Dark World.

He should be higher.

10 Jack Nicholson (The Joker)
The Contenders
11 Emma Stone (Gwen Stacy)

Emma was a good actress, a very good one! She made me love gwen when I watch the movie. You just like how sassy she is, and how she stands up and saves peter's ass.

She was absolutely outstanding, the best superhero girlfriend ever.

And she is hot

12 Margot Robbie (Harley Quinn)
13 Jackie Earle Haley (Rorschach)
14 Tobey Maguire (Spider-Man) Tobias Vincent "Tobey" Maguire is an American actor and film producer who gained recognition for his film roles in Pleasantville, The Cider House Rules, Wonder Boys, Spider-Man, Seabiscuit, Spider-Man 2, The Good German, Spider-Man 3, Brothers, and The Great Gatsby. He was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe Awards and received two Saturn Awards, including one for Best Actor. Newer films he's been in include Pawn's Sacrifice, The Boss Baby, The 5th Wave, and Spider-Man No Way Home.

Why is Andrew Garfield higher than Tobey?! Tobey was a much better Spider-Man, really was made for the role.

I like Tobey's acting in emotion but the body and the tone wasn't so good in the movies

He is a cry-baby, sucks!

Yay! He's in 7th place!

15 J.K. Simmons (J. Jonah Jameson)
16 Christian Bale (Bruce Wayne/Batman) Christian Charles Philip Bale (born 30 January 1974) is an English actor. Known for his versatility and physical transformations for his roles, he has been a leading man in films of several genres. He has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. Forbes magazine ranked him as one of the highest-paid actors in 2014... read more

He did great justice to his character
He was an amazing Bruce Wayne and a very good Batman

He is a very good actor himself, it feels like he fit the role perfectly.

Best actor on this list.

17 Chris Hemsworth (Thor)

Love Chris Hemsworth as Thor.
and I did like very much love and thunder.

18 Gene Hackman (Lex Luthor) Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman is a retired American actor and novelist. In a career that spanned nearly five decades, Hackman was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning Best Actor in The French Connection and Best Supporting Actor in Unforgiven.
19 Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow) Scarlett Johansson (born November 22, 1984) is an American actress, model, and singer. She made her film debut in North.

Johansson is considered one of Hollywood's modern sex symbols, and has frequently appeared in published lists of the sexiest women in the world. As of February 2017, she is the highest-grossing actress of all time in North America, with her films making over $3.6 billion.

She... read more

Everyone would've preferred Blunt, but Johansson blew us away anyway

20 Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury) Samuel Leroy Jackson is an American actor and film producer. He achieved prominence and critical acclaim in the early 1990s with films such as Jungle Fever, Patriot Games, Amos & Andrew, True Romance, Jurassic Park and his collaborations with director Quentin Tarantino including Pulp Fiction, Jackie ...read more.
21 Anne Hathaway (Selina Kyle/Catwoman) Anne Jacqueline Hathaway is an American actress and singer. Born in Brooklyn, New York and brought up in Millburn, New Jersey, Hathaway was inspired to act by her mother and as a high school student, was nominated for the Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award for Best Performance by a High School Actress ...read more.
22 Jeremy Irons (Alfred J. Pennyworth)
23 Wesley Snipes (Blade)
24 Chris Pratt (Starlord)
25 Tom Holland (SpiderMan) Thomas Stanley "Tom" Holland is an English actor and dancer. Holland is known for playing Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and starring in the 2012 film The Impossible. He started his career in 2008 when he played the lead role named Billy Elliot in Billy Elliot The Musical on Broadway in the Victoria Palace Theater, London, England.

Nailed it! Andrew Garfield needs to get lost!

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