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***Baker's Dozen: Foreigners playing iconic roles/people from other countries PART II*** [CLOSED]


This can be TV or Movie

From Part 1:

1. Kevin Costner - Played Robin Hood, iconic English hero.
2. John Lithgow as Winston Churchill in The Crown
3. Henry Cavill as Superman / The Witcher
4. Daniel Day Lewis - Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln 2012
5. British Vivien Leigh playing southern belle from bestselling book made into movie, Gone with the Wind (1939)
6. Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady
7. Clark Gable - Played Fletcher Christian in Mutiny on the Bounty
8. Liam Neeson - Oskar Schindler - Schindler's List 1993
9. Mel Gibson as William Wallace in Braveheart
10. James Mason - Erwin Rommel - The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)
11. Tom Hiddleston - as Hank Williams, I Saw The Light
12. Kristen Stewart playing Princess Di in Spencer
13. John Adams (HBO miniseries) - Stephen Dillane as Thomas Jefferson, Tom Wilkinson as Benjamin Franklin, Rufus Sewell as Alexander Hamilton

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1. George Lazenby as James Bond in OHMSS
2. Cynthia Erivo as Harriet Tubman in Harriet
3. Adrian McLoughlin as Stalin in The Death of Stalin (2017)
4. Michelle Yeoh as Aung San Suu Kyi in The Lady (2011)
5. Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes
6. Mick Jagger as Australian Outlaw Ned Kelly (1970)
7. Sir Ben Kingsley as Gandhi in Gandhi (1982)
8. Dennis Hopper as Australian Outlaw Mad Dog Morgan in film of same name (1976)
9. Charlize Theron as Aileen in Monster
10. Anthony Hopkins as John Quincy Adams in Amistad (1997)
11. John Wayne as Genghis Khan (The Conqueror 1956) surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet.

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1. George Lazenby as James Bond in OHMSS
2. Cynthia Erivo as Harriet Tubman in Harriet
3. Adrian McLoughlin as Stalin in The Death of Stalin (2017)
4. Michelle Yeoh as Aung San Suu Kyi in The Lady (2011)
5. Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes
6. Mick Jagger as Australian Outlaw Ned Kelly (1970)
7. Sir Ben Kingsley as Gandhi in Gandhi (1982)
8. Dennis Hopper as Australian Outlaw Mad Dog Morgan in film of same name (1976)
9. Charlize Theron as Aileen in Monster
10. Anthony Hopkins as John Quincy Adams in Amistad (1997)
11. John Wayne as Genghis Khan (The Conqueror 1956) surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet.
12. Forest Whittaker as Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland

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1. George Lazenby as James Bond in OHMSS
2. Cynthia Erivo as Harriet Tubman in Harriet
3. Adrian McLoughlin as Stalin in The Death of Stalin (2017)
4. Michelle Yeoh as Aung San Suu Kyi in The Lady (2011)
5. Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes
6. Mick Jagger as Australian Outlaw Ned Kelly (1970)
7. Sir Ben Kingsley as Gandhi in Gandhi (1982)
8. Dennis Hopper as Australian Outlaw Mad Dog Morgan in film of same name (1976)
9. Charlize Theron as Aileen in Monster
10. Anthony Hopkins as John Quincy Adams in Amistad (1997)
11. John Wayne as Genghis Khan (The Conqueror 1956) surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet.
12. Forest Whittaker as Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland
13. Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela (Invictus)

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Good topic

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jovovich as joan of arc has to be off

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Another good example, I'm surprised I didn't think of non French who have played Joan of Arc.

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ingrid bergman

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Leelee Sobieski

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bergman played her in the 1948 movie - she got an oscar nomination for the role.

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