AFI's 50 Greatest Movie Heroes

Entertainment: Movies Awards: AFI

The actors listed are those who portrayed the screen heroes. In some case the actor portrayed two or (in Gary Cooper's case) three heroic roles that made the top 50. Also in some cases it was a heroic team. Missing: Pal The Dog (#39)

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1

0

AFI (American Film Institute)

Organization

100% (1 of 1 votes)

43

1

Gregory Peck

Actor

0% (0 of 2 votes)

30

2

Harrison Ford

Actor

28.51% (128 of 449 votes)

17

3

Sean Connery

Actor

38.24% (13 of 34 votes)

47

4

Humphrey Bogart

Actor

0% (0 of 4 votes)

11

5

Gary Cooper

Actor

40.0% (2 of 5 votes)

16

6

Jodie Foster

Actress

38.71% (12 of 31 votes)

21

7

Sylvester Stallone

Actor

32.43% (24 of 74 votes)

35

8

Sigourney Weaver

Actress

16.67% (1 of 6 votes)

18

9

James Stewart

Actor

33.54% (53 of 158 votes)

41

10

Peter O'Toole

Actor

0% (0 of 1 votes)

19

11

James Stewart

Actor

33.54% (53 of 158 votes)

46

12

Henry Fonda

Actor

0% (0 of 4 votes)

42

13

Liam Neeson

Actor

0% (0 of 7 votes)

31

14

Harrison Ford

Actor

28.51% (128 of 449 votes)

25

15

Sally Field

Actress

31.71% (65 of 205 votes)

38

16

Alan Ladd

Actor

5.88% (1 of 17 votes)

3

17

Clint Eastwood

Actor

80.0% (4 of 5 votes)

52

18

Errol Flynn

Actor

0% (0 of 0 votes)

37

19

Sidney Poitier

Actor

7.69% (1 of 13 votes)

7

20

Robert Redford

Actor

57.53% (42 of 73 votes)

15

20

Paul Newman

Actor

39.13% (27 of 69 votes)

51

21

Ben Kingsley

Actor

0% (0 of 11 votes)

36

22

Kirk Douglas

Actor

11.11% (2 of 18 votes)

34

23

Marlon Brando

Actor

18.18% (2 of 11 votes)

2

24

Susan Sarandon

Actress

84.62% (22 of 26 votes)

10

24

Geena Davis

Actress

44.64% (25 of 56 votes)

13

25

Gary Cooper

Actor

40.0% (2 of 5 votes)

29

26

Christopher Reeve

Actor

30.56% (11 of 36 votes)

33

26

Superman

Hero

20.83% (5 of 24 votes)

6

27

Robert Redford

Actor

57.53% (42 of 73 votes)

26

27

Dustin Hoffman

Actor

31.37% (16 of 51 votes)

45

28

Henry Fonda

Actor

0% (0 of 4 votes)

44

29

George C. Scott

Actor

0% (0 of 1 votes)

14

30

Paul Newman

Actor

39.13% (27 of 69 votes)

20

31

Julia Roberts

Actress

32.61% (30 of 92 votes)

48

32

Humphrey Bogart

Actor

0% (0 of 4 votes)

49

33

Frances McDormand

Actress

0% (0 of 10 votes)

40

34

Johnny Weissmuller

Actor

0% (0 of 1 votes)

12

35

Gary Cooper

Actor

40.0% (2 of 5 votes)

5

36

John Wayne

Actor

60.06% (212 of 353 votes)

54

37

Alec Guinness

Actor

0% (0 of 3 votes)

32

38

Charlie Chaplin

Actor

26.32% (10 of 38 votes)

55

39

Lassie

Animal

0% (0 of 5 votes)

50

40

Al Pacino

Actor

0% (0 of 1 votes)

8

41

Robert Donat

Actor

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

53

42

Spencer Tracy

Actor

0% (0 of 1 votes)

9

43

Charlton Heston

Actor

46.77% (29 of 62 votes)

28

44

Gene Hackman

Actor

30.60% (41 of 134 votes)

39

45

Tyrone Power

Actor

0% (0 of 1 votes)

4

46

Michael Keaton

Actor

66.67% (2 of 3 votes)

27

47

Meryl Streep

Actress

30.77% (16 of 52 votes)

24

48

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Actor

32.00% (80 of 250 votes)

22

49

Tom Hanks

Actor

32.35% (22 of 68 votes)

23

50

Russell Crowe

Actor

32.14% (18 of 56 votes)