welcome to Madagascar these actors are
the vocal chameleons of the big and
small screens you know could see would
not be pleased that you've been to feed
with this business now you know who I
alright welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we're counting down our picks for
the top 10 actors who can pull off
foreign accents only hey can you bring
yourself to do better for this list
we're looking at male actors who have
shown an incredible command of accents
other than their natural one be it
American British or otherwise this
extends to different regional accents
and dialects even if those come from
their home country number 10 Peter
Sellers an English actor like no other
sellers most famous characters have
ironically been non-english ones he
mastered the look and accent of an
Indian in the party pulled off a lovable
French accent with the clumsy inspector
Jacques Clouseau in the Pink Panther
series in a strange way you know when I
admire this man he's a we do say a
unique flair for the dramatic
and took on three characters and three
accents in the unforgettable war comedy
dr. Strangelove I knew is that why he
was a man of mystery who's failed
personal relationships and insecurities
were as numerous as the accents he
learned well listen how do you think I
feel about it his memorable foreign
characters still live on to this day mr.
but I can tell from the way they're
enjoying ourselves it wasn't a very
humorous anecdote because the way were
laughing just shows how it enjoyed it
number 9 Sacha Baron Cohen indulge me
for one second pretend that I'm an idiot
born in West London England Baron Cohen
quickly gained fame as a comedian actor
and writer but almost completely four
characters diametrically different from
his actual persona
I'm not a Leviathan some of his most
famous have included Borat the
journalist from Kazakhstan very much you
know Bruno the flamboyant Austrian
fashion show presenter modeling a lot of
people Signet sees they but it's the
hardest job in the world isn't that an
admiral general aladeen in the dictator
a 2012 comedy in which he fakes an
Arabic accent you had Nadal executed
Supreme Leader do that whether he's
playing a man or an animated lemur wait
I have a plan unless his name was in the
credits we'd never guessed that it's
actually him let's go and meet the pond
see number 8 Hugh Jackman though this
Australian hunk has played characters
from the land down under most obviously
and notably for Australia in 2008 his
biggest successes and box-office hits
have been playing American characters
that's a rare thing the people like us
his first massive hit was in 2000
portraying the mutant Wolverine in x-men
and although an unknown before the
superhero film his became a household
name
overnight sequels in the x-men franchise
as well as standalone films like real
steel relax kid you've got a whole life
of fine living ahead ease and the
prestige showed that his place in
American cinema won't disappear anytime
soon well then I guess you've got
nothing to worry about do you
number 7 Robert Downey jr. but have I
made it clear how much the movies
terrified born in Manhattan New York
Downey's ability to disguise himself
both physically and vocally has proved
to be one of his greatest assets because
they feel what I say dangerous his first
oscar-nominated performance was actually
as the British actor and filmmaker
Charlie Chaplin it must be near as his
film career continued he became
proficient at the Australian
displaying it notably first for the
journalist Wayne gale in Natural Born
Killers
and later as Kirk Lazarus in Tropic
Thunder hoping the nectar is not
different than being a rugby player
construction worker say for the fact
that my tools are the mechanisms that
trigger human emotion though he's
african-american manner of speaking in
the 2008 film is even more memorable you
wanna step in real a mine won't that be
mother number 6 Colin Farrell
you know operating under my supervision
the Dublin born actor has showed off his
Irish lilt in films such as on Dean and
in Bruges something but many American
moviegoers were surprised to learn of
his heritage
due to his flawless American inflection
his command of the accent has been shown
time and again in action films like
Minority Report powers always been with
the priests Total Recall you believe
those stories and Miami Vice we're safe
but whether he's holding us at the edge
of our seats or making us laugh with
comedy roles like Bobby pellet in
Horrible Bosses yes one thing's for sure
as far as we're concerned for the length
of the film he is American now I'm
sneezing dust bunnies
number five Viggo Mortensen hey I'm
driver I go left I go right they go
straight ahead that's it
born in New York City New York Mortensen
probably never guessed starting out that
some of his most famous roles would be
playing non-americans and though his
role in the Lord of the Rings trilogy
was an accented one and probably his
most famous perhaps his greatest
accented performance was his
oscar-nominated role as Nikhil illusion
a member of the Russian mafia in 2007's
Eastern Promises Thank You Mortensen
further demonstrated that his expertise
at accents was not limited that if I may
say sir is an exquisitely Protestant
remark wowing us with a spot-on British
accent with hints of Austrian for
Sigmund Freud in a Dangerous Method and
his gruff southern accent in Hidalgo
thank you sir
number four Christian Bale
this hugely talented and successful
actor was born in Wales spent his
childhood in England and Portugal and
eventually moved to the u.s. in his
teens it may be this exposure to
different cultures that equipped him to
take on non British roles time I only
shared my dreaded such as his
internationally acclaimed role as Batman
in the Dark Knight trilogy with such
ease come on you know an English actor
is good when directors choose him for
films like American hustle and American
Psycho over actual you know Americans I
like to dissect girls did you know I'm
utterly insane number three Leonardo
DiCaprio American Americans usually are
much can be said about the talent of
this multiple oscar-nominated actor but
his skills in the accent Department are
highly regarded
for no matter what part of the United
States his characters may come from
he gets the inflection every time
whether it's for Frank Abagnale and
catch me if you can or jordan belfort in
the wolf of Wall Street I gave them each
a thousand bucks and told him what
Nikolas had done the make kicked his ass
DiCaprio has even gone non-domestic for
his characters portraying a white
Zimbabwean in Blood Diamond and an Irish
born New Yorker in gangs of new york to
great effect fine you what in the hell
that meant I'd be inclined to take
offense number two Daniel day-lewis I
like our chances now the winner of more
Oscars for Best Actor than any other
actor ever necessary hindrance it's no
surprise that he has also made our list
for his excellent grasp of various
accents every day though born in London
England
some of day-lewis's best performances
have been of non-english characters
including Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln and
Daniel Plainview in there will be blood
milkshake whether he's playing a
protagonist as in the last of the
Mohicans suppose there are women and
children alone on the farms not yours or
an antagonist such as in gangs of New
York
there can be no denying that day-lewis
can be whatever he chooses to be I'm New
York don't you never come in here
empty-handed again you gotta pay for the
pleasure of my company before we unveil
our top pick here are a few honorable
mentions like I said man I was getting
married November I just take that fanger
you're in I went out on this here map
where this part is being held this is
hard for me because I am the source of
all your trap
and like the snows of yesteryear gone
from this earth
jolly good sir once so mother Teresa got
breast implants is that human eyes er or
not number one gary oldman
is that fine for billy in your youth we
dare you to find an accent that Oldman
cannot do in his long and storied career
the english actor has played a russian
loyalist
in Air Force One I'm not sure that's
very comforting
an American police officer in the Dark
Knight trilogy sir the Joker card had
traces of your DNA a Transylvanian
vampire and Bram Stoker's Dracula even a
dreadlocked racially mixed up villain in
true romance I know I'm pretty
in fact with so many accents in his
repertoire he's recently claimed to have
lost his original accent needing
coaching to get it back so I had a voice
coach too I had to brush up my English
regardless of that the fact is that you
never quite know what to expect when
walking into an Oldman movie well what
do you say and that's the way we like it
do you agree with our list which actor
do you think has the best command of
foreign accents I suspect that wouldn't
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