More recognition needs to be seen for one of the greatest actors of all time.




One of the most underrated villians ever. Probably my favorite movie from childhood.

"Now they will learn why they are afraid of the dark. Now they will know why they fear the night"

Conan largely gets remembered for Arnold swinging a sword and cussing at Krom, but James shined in a badass wig, with a badass set of henchman, as a silky smooth almost pimp-like cult leader and sorcerer.


The Kings daughter was powerless against a pimp game like this. Gave Conans mom a look like this then cut her head off for no apparent reason. Excellent.



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Without him, you have no Darth Vader. An argument could be made that his voice made the entire franchise what it was. Certainly without him it was just a silly science fiction tale with good special effects for its time. With him, its a science fiction tale with the greatest villian of all time. (well, him or Hannibal Lector)

Even represented as a cartoon lion and the King of Zumunda.




What you got?

Also, under-discussed badasses are welcome in this thread. James was just the first i could think of.

Don't forget he led the US Tae Kwon Do team to a landslide moral victory over the shady Koreans.

If it wasn't for Coach Kuzo, Tommy would have been murdered by Dae Han just like his brother.

He also taught C. Thomas Howell a thing or two about race relations as a no nonsense law professor.



I was gonna be Dae Han for halloween this year but I thought of it too late and couldn't locate a proper gi. Next year it's either Dae han or Kato from the Green Hornet.

He gave one of the great movie speeches of all time in Field of Dreams.

Brand management

James Earl is a fellow University of Michigan grad so

Don't forget he was also the cool blind guy in the Sandlot, that's range!

Last I saw of him was an episode of House. He was a dictator forcing some peasant chick to give her blood for him and daring some doctor bitch to kill him. After a brief yet intense stare down...she backed off. She probably saw Conan as a kid.

James Earl Jones is great, badass for sure, but I don't ever recall him being the lead in much... shame.

He was also great in Matewan.

Definitely an underrated badass.

DangerDong, I have to admit I don't spend any time giving respect to JEJ but I will after reading your excellent summary and analysis. Solid.

Just noticing that while other badasses were welcomed, nobody mentioned any.

You could take that as an indicator of his badass-ness.

for truth

He's not on the same level as a James Earl Jones, but nobody else would've mentioned him, so...



Al Leong

Check out this list of shit he's been in:

Twilight Zone Movie
The A-Team
Big Trouble in Little China
Lethal Weapon
Action Jackson
MacGyver
Die Hard
They Live
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Death Warrant
Rapid Fire
Escape from LA
That 70's Show
24
Deadwood

And he's done stunts in even more movies.

Gangster.

Hell yeah, this guy is in EVERYTHING.

His best scene is in Die Hard when he's surveying the hallway, machine gun in hand, when he spots the free candy. In the next scene he's munching on a KitKat. Or was it a Crunch bar?

Luis is definitely an under-recognized badass.


Great roles in a number of quality films. His voice is unmistakable.

He perfectly plays the semi-supporting actor role. You nkow, he's usually the best friend of the supporting actor, sometimes he's the best friend of the main character too.

Who could forget him saying to Pacino in Carlito's Way, "Come on, poppy. Let's kill him! Be like ol' times, poppy, be fun!"

His other roles...

Short Eyes (1977) as Unknown
Heartbeat (1987) as Gang Member #2
No Picnic (1987) as Arroyo
*batteries not included (1987) (uncredited)
Crocodile Dundee 2 (1988) as Jose
Rooftops (1989) as Martinez
Q&A (1990) as Detective Valentin
The Hard Way (1991) as Det. Benny Poole, NYPD
McBain (1991) as Papo
Walker Texas Ranger (1992) as Gomez
Innocent Blood (1992) as Morales
Carlito's Way (1993) as Pachanga
The Cowboy Way (1994) as Chango
Stonewall (1995) as Vito
The Substitute (1996) as Rem
Boogie Nights (1997) as Maurice TT Rodriguez
Out of Sight (1998) as Chino
The Limey (1999) as Eduardo Roel
The Bone Collector (1999) as Eddie Ortiz
Magnolia (1999) as Luis
Traffic (2000) as Ray Castro
Double Whammy (2001) as Juan Benitez
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) as Ricardo Díaz
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) as Jacopo
The Salton Sea (2002) as Quincy
Punch-Drunk Love (2002) as Lance
The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002) as Felix Laranga
Welcome to Collinwood (2002) as Cosimo
Anger Management (2003) as Lou
Confidence (2003) as Officer Omar Manzano
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003) as Ray
Runaway Jury (2003) as Jerry Hernandez (uncredited)
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) as Bald Man
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power (2005) as Nacho
Waiting...(2005) as Raddimus
Dreamer (2005) as Balon
Fast Food Nation (2006) as Benny
School for Scoundrels (2006) as Seargent Moorehead
Hard Luck (2006) as Million Dollar Mendez
War (2007) as Benny
Cleaner (2007) as Detective Wallace
Maldeamores (2007) as Ismael
Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008) as Chucho (voice)
Nothing Like the Holidays (2008) as Johnny
Yes Man (2008) as Jumper
He's Just Not That into You (2009) as Javier (uncredited)
Fighting (2009) as Martinez
Still Waiting... (2009) as Raddimus
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) as Ramos

He was hilarious in Coming To America.

Conan is ass.




I thought it was a snickers?

And LMAO at Gang Member #2 as a role for Luis.

I know he's wearing a vest and a trenchcoat (I think) here...but I really don't think I have ever seen this dude actually wear a shirt.

Luis was also in a Miami Vice episode. Yes, I rewatched the first two seasons when the DVDs came out about five years ago.

Nice to see the thead taking off. Very good entries so far as well. Al Leong is definately under the radar.

Also i feel like he should be in this thread.



First black dude i ever saw that carried a scary movie. And If for nothing else, Candyman alone was one of the best horror movies ive ever seen. Seriously, go back and watch it. NO stereotypes and hollywood cliches or endings to be found here. Just raw shit. Disregard the sequels, cant blame him for cashing in.

Also everything hes in, he manages to be either badass or creepy as shit (his face was made for scary movies imo).

You can't talk badasses without mentioning AQ.

Bolo.

Not sure how underrated he is but Ving Rhames plays a great badass

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