LIST OF ACTORS WHO HAVE PLAYED THE SAME CHARACTER IN MORE THAN 3 FILMS
We are immersed in the "era of sagas". It is becoming profitable: telling a story in multiple movies or multiple stories that have to do with each other in different movies. Thanks to this fact, the actors return again and again to play the same role. These are the actors who have played the same character the most times.
1. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint / Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley in the "Harry Potter" movie series.
The leading trio of the most famous wizard saga in film history begin the list. Each one carries a total of 8 films behind her. A fairly large number and it must be borne in mind that they started at a very young age, which makes them the youngest to get more than 3 films of the same character.
2. Vin Diesel and Paul Walker / Dominic Toretto and Brian O'Conner in the “Full Speed” movie saga.
Here we have a case very similar to the one mentioned above. Both began a saga of films that has not ended yet and that catapulted them to fame. Both have performed the same role within the saga up to 6 times, albeit with cheating. Paul Walker appeared in "Full throttle 2" as the protagonist while Vin Diesel only appears as a cameo in the third part "Full throttle: Tokyo Race", a film that did not have either of them as the protagonist. After the premiere of the seventh part, it was confirmed that there will be more sequels, so it is expected that Vin Diesel will exceed this mark while Paul Walker, for now, will not appear in more films of the franchise after his death just 2 years ago.
3. Chris Evans / Steve Rogers-Captain America in the movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
No one may have noticed yet but after the premiere of "Captain America: Civil War", Chris Evans has appeared in a total of 6 films: The three Captain America films (The First Avenger, The Winter Soldier and Civil War) , the two of the Avengers (The Avengers and The Avengers: Age of Ultron) and in the Ant-Man post-credits. And it is also expected to appear in future Avengers movies and in some other Marvel Studios. It is clear that no one imagines anyone other than Chris Evans playing the super soldier.
4. Harrison Ford / Indiana Jones in the IndianaJones saga / Han Solo in the Star Wars saga.
Here we have a case that few actors have achieved. Harrison Ford has played the same role, more than 3 times, in 2 different franchises.
We are talking about the Star Wars films and the Indiana Jones films, where at the moment there are 4 films in each saga. And I say for now because it was confirmed just a few weeks ago that his presence will be guaranteed in the future Indiana Jones 5. Quite a fact to highlight.
5. Sylvester Stallone / Rocky Balboa in the Rocky / John Rambo saga in the Rambo saga.
Like Harrison Ford, Sylvester Stallone has managed to appear playing the same role more than 3 times in two different sagas.
But this time the American actor has managed to appear in 7 Rocky movies, with the recent "Creed", and in 4 Rambo movies at the moment. We also say for now because there is a possible production in sight of a new Rambo installment. We'll see if it works and if we'll see good old Stallone back.
6. Milla Jovovich / Alice Abernathy in the Resident Evil movie saga
After the premiere of "Resident Evil" in 2002, up to 5 films have been released with Milla Jovovich as the protagonist and in 2017 we have the premiere of a new installment entitled "Resident Evil 6: The final chapter" film in which we will presumably see how the Ukrainian actress finishes playing the role.
7. Hugh Jackman / Logan-Wolverine in the X-Men movie saga.
Like Chris Evans, Jackman has made the role of Wolverine his own and no one or almost no one can see another actor playing the bloodthirsty mutant. Currently Hugh Jackman has released 7 films playing the role of Wolverine (one of them as a cameo in X-Men: First Generation) but he is expected to appear in X-Men: Apocalypse which opens this week and is currently shooting the future film Wolverine solo that will be released in 2017, so the Australian actor could reach 9 films. Quite a phenomenon!
8. Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher / Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa in the Star Wars saga
This couple of actors, like Harrison Ford, carry 4 films from the "Star Wars" saga behind them and it is more than likely that they will return for Episode VIII that will be released in December 2017, so they could reach the number of 5 films playing the same role. Something to praise for the long period that has elapsed since his first film in 1977.
9. Sean Connery / James Bond in the James Bond franchise
With a long career, the British actor has managed to play the most famous spy in the world up to 7 times, becoming the first of a legion of actors who have played the character and who have not yet been able to overcome.
10. Robert Downey Jr. / Tony Stark-Iron Man in the movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
And finally, we find an actor that nobody gave a penny for him due to his problems with alcohol and drugs and that after Iron Man in 2008 his life took a major turn. To date he has appeared in 7 Marvel films and it is confirmed that he will appear in the new Spider-man movie in 2017 and that his presence will be guaranteed in one in the next two Avengers films so he could reach ten times he plays the same role. It should be noted that one of those films in which he has appeared has been as a cameo in a post-credits scene in The Incredible Hulk (2008).
Other actors who could have made the list are Samuel L. Jackson, who has played Nick Fury in the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies up to 6 times (one of her in a post-credits scene from Iron Man (2008) and another in a couple of seconds at the end of "Captain America: The First Avenger" (2011)) but he has also played the character in two chapters of the Marvel series: Agents of SHIELD. Also Scarlett Johanson in the Marvel Cinematic Universe who has played Black Widow up to 5 times by now. Tom Cruise has played Ethan Hunt in the Mission Impossible saga up to 5 times with a film pending release next year. Johnny Depp has played Jack Sparrow in “Pirates of the Caribbean” up to 4 times with a movie pending release next year. And Santiago Segura who has played the role of the worst Spanish cop, Torrente, up to 5 times.