Welcome to watchmojo.com, and today were counting our picks for the top 10 actors who Always Die Onscreen.
For this list we've chosen actors who seek to bite it importantly often in
films
and on TV but we're ranking them not necessarily based on the quantity
but on the quality and their on-screen deaths.
"Bring me his head."
And it should go without saying but...
Spoiler alert.
Number 10: Bruce Willis
as John McClain, he's unstoppable
"it's the fly in the ointment Hans, the monkey and the wrench."
actually, you might even call Willis Unbreakable
but unfortunately, that skill doesn't carry over to all his movies.
He's had his fair share on-screen deaths
some were deserved
some are shocking
some are tear jerkers
some are black and white
some are patriotic
and more than one has been at the hands of his ex-wife.
Either way even if he just goes *POOF!* its memorable.
Number 9: Danny Trejo
Trejo is used to dishing it out on the big screen
But if you're gonna play a bunch of bad dudes, you're gonna get in trouble.
Like, head-on-a-turtle trouble.
Like, multiple-Tarantino-rage-stabs-to-the-chest trouble.
Like, pool-cues-through-the-heart trouble.
Like, clothes-lined-with-a-gas-pump trouble.
Sometimes people are gonna go through Hell just to send you there.
Number 8: Leonardo DiCaprio
Poor Leo, he cannot catch a break when it comes to his on-screen love life.
Just when he finds the girl of his dreams...
something gets in the way, like death.
Or icebergs.
With his choice of roles, it seems this A-lister's got something against sequels...
since he consistently bites the big one,
often in fairly in painful ways.
Honestly, put him out of his misery.
Okay, that was unnecessary!
Number 7: Gary Oldman.
He's a master of disguise and a phenomenal actor, which is why when he kicks it in a flick we definitely feel something.
whether it's madness, sadness, or just plain gladness.
Oldman's chameleon skills let him disappear into doomed bio-pic roles,
doomed book-to-film roles and doomed eccentric psychotic roles.
where we've seen him die from drugs...
gun, explosions,
stabbings, pigs and uh,
well this...
"Get off my plane."
We should really be expecting this by now.
Number 6: Steve Buscemi.
It's rare Buscemi makes it through a movie. And when he does, he's presumably creeping us out.
but what makes this talented character actor a perfect candidate for
on-screen demise is his fantastic dying base
which he shone off as he's been knifed
ice picked, axed and wood chipped, and shot
A lot
Actually, there are quite a few instances where we're thinking 'Really? Did he have to die?'
Number 5 Mickey Rourke
Even before he took one too many blows to the face
Mickey Rourke played the bad guy and bad guys gotta die
they blow themselves up or get strangled in dinners
or go to the electric chair.
pretty standard
even when we identify with one of Rourke's characters,
they bite it
and although we might question whether he died in the wrestler
this movie leaves left to interpretation
number four Gary Busey
we're not sure why but there's a certain satisfaction you get when
Busey buys the farm on-screen
especially when it comes after a mud wrestling match
honestly, Busey knows how to take a bullet like a man
Alright we're not always happy to see him go but when he pulls off something like this
well he takes the cake
or cookie
number three Robert De Niro
you may be thinking but De NIro doesn't check out in his most famous movies
and you'd be right but it's an occupational hazard the greats deal with
make as many movies as De Niro, you will end up dead
a lot
and since De Niro is most adept at playing mobsters
he stares down the barrel of a gun enough
and rarely lives to tell the tale
number two John Hurt the name says it all
for over half a century this British actor has sacrificed himself for our
entertainment
it's not like you takes the easy way out either
he's been hanged
shot,
stabbed
beaten
et cetera and most of these more than once
in fact not only does hurt have over 40 on-screen steps to his name
he's also part of one of the most famous death scenes
ever put to film
number one Sean Bean
you may know him better as, 'that guy
who dies in all movies!'
Sure, sometimes he's asking for it
but unlike many of our choices Bean often plays beloved heroes
who meet their makers and leave us wanting more
and tops the list because he's died so often and in such
inventive ways
there are the standards
but he's also been stampeded by cows
dismembered by horses
bow and arrowed'
and of course
beheaded
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