# The Best Angel **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 22, 2012, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-angel/616482 "2012-03-22T10:55:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-angel/616482/21 "2012-03-23T00:04:25Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > I was going to suggest Walken. Creepiest angel, at least. > > Sweet jesus was she gorgeous in that stupid movie. I think I was literally stunned by her beauty when I watched that piece of crap on HBO back in the day. She’s also pretty ethereal in Manon de Source. I always thought she was going to be a HUGE STAR. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-angel/616482/22 "2012-03-23T00:15:03Z")
Castiel and it isn’t even close. [“Hey, ass-butt!!”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=E6nCBQXJdRg#t=36s) ---
**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-angel/616482/23 "2012-03-23T00:15:17Z")
Another vote for Tilda Swinton. [Perfectly exemplifies ‘Good is not nice’.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-sFPLGwwYg) Even though Gabriel ain’t. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-angel/616482/24 "2012-03-23T01:25:13Z")
I’m slightly biased 😃 I love the fire and brimstone doing God’s work angels. _Mighty Kushiel, of rod and weal_ I love the whole cast of Kaori Yuki’s **Angel Sanctuary** , but in particular, Alexiel, Rosiel, Uriel, Raphael and Lucifer. Now that I think about it, there’s a lot of angel imagery in anime/manga even for non-ange lcharacters. Every time CLAMP draws a character with wings, God kills a weeaboo. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-angel/616482/25 "2012-03-23T01:57:53Z")
Christina Ricci in Moby’s video for Natural Blues. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Diivu9XqmNU/hqdefault.jpg "Moby - Natural Blues HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Diivu9XqmNU) ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-angel/616482/26 "2012-03-23T02:03:51Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > Bruno Ganz’s Damiel in Wim Wenders’ **Wings Of Desire** is my favorite angel, followed closely by Peter Falk in that same movie. That’s what I came to say. ---
**Author:** ![GovernmentMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9c0ed/32.png) [@GovernmentMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GovernmentMan)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-angel/616482/27 "2012-03-23T03:55:25Z")
Tilda Swinton as Gabriel in Constantine or Christopher Walken also as Gabriel in The Prophecy ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-angel/616482/28 "2012-03-23T16:06:24Z")
OK, so Bruno Ganz is already mentioned, but Otto Sander also deserves mention for his Cassiel. The best-looking angel would, of course, be Rie Rasmussen in Angel-A ---
**Author:** ![Meltdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meltdown)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-angel/616482/29 "2012-03-23T16:16:59Z")
Emma Thompson in the HBO version of [Angels in America](http://sexualityinart.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/angels-in-america-5.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-angel/616482/30 "2012-03-23T16:21:16Z")
Rickman … Dogma. Thirded. ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-angel/616482/31 "2012-03-23T16:39:14Z")
I’ve got to go with Paul Hogan. Though maybe it doesn’t count, because he’s only “Almost an Angel” > **[Almost an Angel (1990) ⭐ 5.5 | Comedy, Drama](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099018/)** > > 1h 35m | PG [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-angel/616482.md?page=1)