15 Actors Who Have Played More Than One Iconic Character in Films

[caj]

Bette Davis - Julie Marsden (Jezebel), Margo Channing (All About Eve) and Baby Jane Hudson (Whatever Happened To Baby Jane)

[MajorHoy]

Cary Grant: Roger Thornhill (North by Northwest), Walter Burns (His Girl Friday), C.K. Dexter Haven (The Philadelphia Story), John "The Cat" Robie (To Catch a Thief), etc.

[From The Shadows]

Cate Blanchett - Galadriel, Hela

[Powerboy]

Clint Eastwood: Harry Callahan and the Man with No Name.

John Wayne: McClintock, Davy Crockett, John Chisum, etc.

Audrey Hepburn: Eliza Doolittle (My Fair Lady), Holly Golightly (Breakfast at Tiffany's), etc.

[caj]

Margot Kidder - Lois Lane (Superman) and Kathy Lutz (The Amityville Horror)

[Kirby101]

Wow, the definition of "iconic" is very loose here. I guess it's "a movie I remember".

[JBatmanFan05]

Wow, the definition of "iconic" is very loose here. I guess it's "a movie I remember".

Yeah, it's a bit fuzzy. I didn't recognize some characters on CBR's list (like I've seen all the Potter films but had to look up Cedric Diggory because that's how little I know that name).

[Tofali]

Wow, the definition of "iconic" is very loose here. I guess it's "a movie I remember".

I think Iconic in film now means Iconic to a specific generation and not to film history.

[CaptCleghorn]

Bela Lugosi should meet the iconic definition with Dracula and with his Igor in the Frankenstein movies.

Dustin Hoffman for Raymond Babbitt (Rain Man) and Ratzo Rizzo (Midnight Cowboy)

[Powerboy]

Bela Lugosi should meet the iconic definition with Dracula and with his Igor in the Frankenstein movies.

Dustin Hoffman for Raymond Babbitt (Rain Man) and Ratzo Rizzo (Midnight Cowboy)

And Ted Kramer: Kramer versus Kramer which was iconic to that generation of movie goers.

[krazijoe]

And Ted Kramer: Kramer versus Kramer which was iconic to that generation of movie goers.

Did everyone forget about Tootsie? You know, probably his most famous role.

[MajorHoy]

Did everyone forget about Tootsie? You know, probably his most famous role.

I thought Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate was a more famous role for him?

[Powerboy]

I thought Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate was a more famous role for him?

I would say so.

I'd also nominate Charlton Heston: Colonel George Taylor, Ben Hur, Moses, John the Baptist, Mark Antony, Andrew Jackson, Buffalo Bill Cody, Michelangelo, Cardinal Richilieu, King Henry VIII, Josef Mengele, and that's not even half of his famous characters.

Although the second movie is more genre fan than famous with the general public, I'll still say Ricardo Montalban for Khan and Armando in the original Planet of the Apes series of movies.

[ChrisIII]

Sean Connery played Robin Hood, although the character of Robin Hood is iconic although Connery's potrayal might not be, although Robin & Marion is still considered a decent RH film. Also kind of interesting his Sheriff Of Nottingham is Robert Shaw, who he faced as Bond in FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE and his William Scarlet is played by Denholm Elliot, who of course he had scenes with towards the end of Last Crusade.

He later had a cameo in Costner's Robin Hood as King Richard, which was later parodied by Patrick Stewart in Mel Brook's. (same year he "Played" "Robin Hood" in Star Trek TNG Qpid)

[ZuLuLu]

Yeah, it's a bit fuzzy. I didn't recognize some characters on CBR's list (like I've seen all the Potter films but had to look up Cedric Diggory because that's how little I know that name).

Cedric Diggory is pushing it in terms of "iconic" character.

Based on the standards set in this list I feel like iconic here means memorable character in a popular movie franchise.

I'll add;

• Jennifer Lawrence - Katniss Everdeen, Mystique
• Angelia Jolie - Lara Croft, Maleficent
• Natalie Portman - Padme, Jane Foster
• Emma Stone - Gwen Stacy, Cruella and Wichita