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Favorite Thespians

I think that whenever someone asks you what your 'favorite something' is, it is so hard to answer. Favorite right now? Favorite for when I am in a good mood? Favorite for when I am in a hurry? The answer depends so much on how you are feeling and what you are doing!

Well, I decided to get to the bottom of who my favorite movie thespian was, but in a more scientific way! I am going to see which actors and actresses I have seen the most movies of.

I picked a bunch of my favorites and then also some that I thought I had seen a lot of and then went through IMDB and noted which of their movies that I have seen. I eliminated all IMDB entries for things that are voice credits, uncredited roles or aren't movies.

A problem with this is that some of the roles these people had were only bit parts that don't really deserve credit. Because it would have been incredibly time consuming to go through each person and each of their movies to decide if it should be counted, I didn't pay any attention to this. If you were in a movie you get credited for it.

Anyway, without further ado, the list!

(you can click on a person's name to see which movies of theirs I have seen)

Actors:

Adam Sandler (10/24) = 42%
Ben Affleck (13/34) = 38%
Billy Crystal (6/18) = 33%
Brad Pitt (23/35) = 66%
Edward Norton (9/19) = 47%
Emile Hirsch (4/11) = 36%
George Clooney (14/29) = 48%
Harrison Ford (20/37) = 54%
James Franco (7/32) = 22%
Jim Carrey (14/28) = 50%
Johnny Depp (15/38) = 40%
Leonardo DiCaprio (12/22) = 55%
Mark Whalberg (7/22) = 32%
Matt Damon (24/31) = 77%
Michael Cera (5/11) = 45%
Michael J. Fox (6/22) = 27%
Seth Rogen (8/12) = 67%
Tobey Maguire (6/19) = 32%
Tom Hanks (19/35) = 54%
Will Ferrell (11/29) = 38%
Will Smith (10/18) = 56%

Actresses:

Drew Barrymore (16/41) = 40%
Kate Winslet (5/23) = 22%
Jennifer Aniston (6/19) = 32%
Meg Ryan (8/32) = 25%
Reece Witherspoon (10/24) = 42%
Zooey Deschanel (12/28) = 43%

So, the top 5 watched thespians:

Matt Damon (24)
Brad Pitt (23)
Tom Hanks (19)
Drew Barrymore (16)
Johnny Depp (15)

And, then because there is an advantage to those who have made more movies, the top 5 highest percentage watched thespians:

Matt Damon (77%)
Seth Rogen (67%)
Brad Pitt (66%)
Will Smith (56%)
Leonardo DiCaprio (55%)

And there you have it!

All in all I have to say it didn't work too bad. Of the two lists I would say Seth Rogen is the only one I don't absolutely love.

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