10 Actors Who Have the Most Brutal Roles of All Time – A blog on the top 10 actors that have the most brutal roles of all time.

Some actors have it. They can play any role. But, there are some actors who are known for their brutal, unsympathetic and violent roles. It’s what they do best. Here is a list of the ten actors with the most brutal roles of all time.

10. Tom Hardy

Hardy is perhaps best known for his role as Bane in The Dark Knight Rises; a role that required him to wear a mask for most of the movie. Before TDKR, Hardy has been in a number of films where he had to play brutally violent characters such as Bronson (2008) and Warrior (2011). There is no doubt that Hardy’s acting ability is exceptional, but he would be much higher on this list if he hasn’t played roles in which he had to portray his characters as more than just physically intimidating, like in Lawless (2012) and Locke (2013).

9. Dakota Fanning

Fanning started her career at an early age playing innocent little girls in movies such as Uptown Girls (2003), Man on Fire (

Debate all you want about who the best actors are, but there is one thing we can all agree on: these 10 actors have the most brutal roles of all time.

Nicolas Cage

Cage has played a variety of roles in his career, but the most brutal by far were those in Raising Arizona and The Wicker Man. The fact that he is this high on the list is a testament to his range as an actor. Most other actors would have been destroyed by the emotional toll of playing these parts, but Cage soldiered on until he finished filming both movies.

Heath Ledger

Although it may be tempting to say that Ledger was just another pretty face, there’s no denying that his role in The Dark Knight was absolutely brutal. He set out to make himself as unlikable as possible, and succeeded where many others before him had failed. His portrayal of a man so thoroughly devoted to being evil is up there with the best performances ever put on screen. And at least part of that was due to how brutal it was for him to play the part at all.

Juliette Binoche

She won an Academy Award for her completely unconvincing performance in Chocolat, and she won a BAFTA for

Here are 10 of the most brutal actors of all time. The roles that these actors have played are some of the most brutal in film history. These characters and actors have shaped cinema and television as a whole and will be remembered for their iconic roles.

Marlon Brando is often credited with being the first to break away from the old style of cinema acting, which was about delivering a polished performance in as exciting a way as possible. He was the pioneer of method acting, and usually plays characters that are raw, troubled, and filled with emotion. He also has an on-again off-again relationship with his craft, wherein he has retired from acting for a period of time before coming back.

Brando’s most famous role is undoubtedly Vito Corleone in The Godfather. The reason that this role is so brutal is not because it’s particularly violent or action packed (although it does have its moments), but because of the sheer intensity that Brando brings to it. In one scene where he is talking to his son who has just been shot, he becomes so emotional and angry that it seems like there is real danger in the room.

It’s easy to see why moviegoers were so impressed by Brando’s performance in this film. It was like nothing they had ever seen before. It may not have been “brutal” in the classic sense of the word, but it did change the game for movie acting forever!

10. Brad Pitt (Fight Club)

9. Edward Norton (Fight Club)

8. Christian Bale (American Psycho)

7. Vincent Cassel (Irreversible)

6. Jared Leto (Fight Club)

5. Tom Hardy (Bronson)

4. Sean Penn (Milk)

3. Riz Ahmed (Four Lions)

2. Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)

1. Tom Hanks (Castaway)

1. Leonardo DiCaprio

2. Stanley Tucci

3. Tom Hardy

4. Daniel Day-Lewis

5. Philip Seymour Hoffman

6. Christian Bale

7. Heath Ledger

8. Ryan Gosling

9. Mickey Rourke

10. Johnny Depp