Least Convincing Tough Guys
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Least Convincing Tough Guys

Schwarzenegger and Stallone are born tough guys. Other actors... not so much. Which of these wannabes is the worst?

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1 Shia LaBeouf
He's whiny, tiny and angry. That worked in Transformers (2007) but not in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). 136 258
2 Shaquille O'Neal
A beast on the b-ball court, once he played the genie in Kazaam (1996), his Steel (1997) hero could not be taken seriously. 64 210
3 Nicolas Cage
Even more ridiculous than Cage as a tough FBI Agent in Face/Off (1997)? Cage playing a devious criminal mastermind in Face/Off. 59 231
4 Ben Affleck
In movies like Daredevil (2003) and Armageddon (1998), something just isn't quite right when Affleck is in the center of the action. 47 191
5 Keanu Reeves
In Speed (2004), he's meant to be the enforcing cop. But we all know the movie's real bad ass is Sandra Bullock. 40 224
6 Tom Cruise
Even when he's doing a great job, like as a hotshot pilot in Top Gun (1986), it just always seems like everyone could beat him up. 33 193
7 Brendan Fraser
Fraser's forte: Endearing goofballs. His swashbuckling in The Mummy was a nice try, but should be buried under sand. 31 217
8 Mark Hamill
In Jedi (1983), Luke Skywalker is meant to be macho one. But across the galaxy, everyone really thinks it's Han. 30 200
9 John Travolta
Blame Grease for making Travolta unbelievable as a tough guy. In The Punisher, we worry he might start swiveling his hips at any moment. 15 211
10 Pierce Brosnan
Some people are a little too good looking and a little too refined to be tough guys ... even as Bond. -37 179