# Coolest dude in movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 23, 2008, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-dude-in-movies/474166 "2008-11-23T23:39:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-dude-in-movies/474166/41 "2008-11-24T19:41:00Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > There is no “Tao of Randolph”, no “Tao of Charles”, no “Tao of Humphrey”. There is only a “Tao of Steve.” 'Nuff said. Gutenberg? Seriously? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-dude-in-movies/474166/42 "2008-11-24T19:47:19Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Gutenberg? > > Seriously? Well the Stonecutters helped him. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-dude-in-movies/474166/43 "2008-11-24T20:47:16Z")
Don’t know about top ten, but Ricardo Montalban deserves top twenty status certainly. ---
**Author:** ![Mariemarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@Mariemarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mariemarie)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-dude-in-movies/474166/44 "2008-11-24T21:03:44Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > Jeff Bridges is _ **The** _ Dude. I don’t see how anyone else can even compete. 😛 That, or uh, his Dudeness, or uh Duder, or uh El Duderino, if, you know, you’re not into the whole brevity thing–uh. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-dude-in-movies/474166/45 "2008-11-24T21:33:35Z")
\*\*lissener, \*\* While I enjoyed the output of your latest newsletter, it seems way to U.S. centric. While we agree on McQueen, Mitchum and Bogart, your leaving out Eastwood and Newman shows a lack of judgement. Belmondo squeezes into the list, but there are other dudes that I rate higher, to wit: **Jean Reno** **Richard Burton** **Peter O’Toole** **John Malkovich** Also, when you publish your list of coolest dudettes, should Ellen Barkin not appear, I will cancel my subscription. Sincerely, Charlie Tan ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-dude-in-movies/474166/46 "2008-11-24T21:43:06Z")
Clint Eastwood - The dude is fucking Dirty Harry for Christ’s sake. The Man With No Name? Samuel L Jackson - The guy is so cool, he can intentionally make a movie as bad as Snakes on a Plane and still make it cool. Bruce Willis - He would be on that list if he never made another movie after Die Hard. Clive Owen - He’s too new to really be compared to some of the other guys, but have you ever seen a movie where he wasn’t cool? George Clooney - His real life is actually probably cooler than his movies. And those are pretty freakin cool. Sean Connery - He started off as James Bond and just kept getting cooler. > [@SuntanTigerTamer](#): > > John Cusack belongs on that list. Somewhere near the top. He’s like Gen-X cool. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-dude-in-movies/474166/47 "2008-11-24T22:47:57Z")
James Coburn and Lee Van Cleef. The problem with most current actors is that so few of them are cool in the classic mold. Daniel Craig and Samuel L. Jackson are exceptions because the coolest actors carry an air of sociopathic menace wherever they go. Clive Owen is cool in a world weary, Bogart manner. Harrison Ford and Bruce Willis try, but they just don’t have It. John Cusack, on the other hand, is the complete polar opposite of cool. And Jeff Bridges? Are you in the wrong thread? His dad, sure. Lloyd es mas macho. But Jeff is barely cooler than Beau. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-dude-in-movies/474166/48 "2008-11-24T22:50:09Z")
I was coming in here to say George Clooney, but **msmith537** beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-dude-in-movies/474166/49 "2008-11-24T22:57:07Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Well there is a Tao of Pooh but I don’t think he’s very cool at all. 😉 Pooh is the epitome of cool. Indeed, with Pooh everything is nothing but cool. Tail fall off? That’s cool, Pooh’ll find it and nail it back on (and you’ll like it). Want to mount an expotition to the North Pole? Pooh will find it without a second thought. Who else could fall out of a tree whilst pointing out the errors in the plan on the way down, as well as admitting his flaws? > [@](#): > > "If only I hadn’t – " he said, as he bounced twenty > feet on to the next branch. > > ``` > "You see, what I meant to do," he explained, as he > > ``` > > turned head-over-heels, and crashed on to another branch thirty > feet below, "what I meant to do – " > > ``` > "Of course, it was rather -- " he admitted, as he > > ``` > > slithered very quickly through the next six branches. > > ``` > "It all comes, I suppose," he decided, as he said > > ``` > > good-bye to the last branch, spun round three times, and flew > gracefully into a gorse-bush, "it all comes of liking honey so > much. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanTigerTamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@SuntanTigerTamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanTigerTamer)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-dude-in-movies/474166/50 "2008-11-25T00:59:33Z")
Said re John Cusack: > [@msmith537](#): > > He’s like Gen-X cool. Yeah. He’s also like kick your ass, smoke a cigarette, then impregnate your girlfriend and make you raise his child cool… I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: I would renounce my heterosexuality if I thought I’d have a shot with Mr Cusack. That’s a sexy sexy man. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-dude-in-movies/474166/51 "2008-11-25T02:57:13Z")
Paul Newman Steve McQueen Cary Grant Robert Mitchum Sean Connery Lee Marvin James Dean ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-dude-in-movies/474166/52 "2008-11-25T18:45:52Z")
> [@SuntanTigerTamer](#): > > Yeah. He’s also like kick your ass, smoke a cigarette, then impregnate your girlfriend and make you raise his child cool… Yeah, and all I have to do is make one comment, he’ll go into an existential crisis, start pining over some ex-girlfriend and I’ll take him out with a quick snap-kick to the gnads while he’s defenseless holding a boom-box over his head. > [@SuntanTigerTamer](#): > > I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: I would renounce my heterosexuality if I thought I’d have a shot with Mr Cusack. That’s a sexy sexy man. Well, I’ve been told on several occassions that I look like him so I’ll have to agree with you there. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-dude-in-movies/474166/53 "2008-11-29T23:30:00Z")
No mention of Jason Statham? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-dude-in-movies/474166/54 "2008-11-29T23:47:07Z")
Harrison Ford surely makes the list? Indiana Jones, ladies and gentlemen, was EXTREMELY cool. The definition of cool, a man who was cool without trying to be cool, which is what cool’s all about. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-dude-in-movies/474166/55 "2008-12-10T23:37:18Z")
Chiwetel Ejiafor ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-dude-in-movies/474166/56 "2008-12-11T00:16:26Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Gutenberg? > > Seriously? Try Donal Logan. ---
**Author:** ![Claptree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Claptree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claptree)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-dude-in-movies/474166/57 "2008-12-11T00:34:49Z")
Michael Caine. ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-dude-in-movies/474166/58 "2008-12-11T00:53:02Z")
I’m a bit disappointed by the exclusion of Clint Eastwood and Paul Newman. You know, maybe there should be 3 lists for male actors: Cool, Tough, and Badass. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-dude-in-movies/474166/59 "2008-12-11T03:47:05Z")
> [@SuntanTigerTamer](#): > > I would renounce my heterosexuality if I thought I’d have a shot with Mr Cusack. That’s a sexy sexy man. Well, I don’t have any heterosexuality to renounce, but Cusack’s not my type. Gary Cooper, on the other hand . . . ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-dude-in-movies/474166/60 "2008-12-12T12:44:07Z")
An oldie but a greaty Burt Lancaster. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-dude-in-movies/474166.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-dude-in-movies/474166.md?page=4)