I've heard of some guy called Charlie Chaplin...

@Fools_Requiem

9 жыл бұрын

Chaplin wasn't really a noted actor until after he started directing the films he starred in.

@martinpitts3861

9 жыл бұрын

Victim of Lag Perhaps he wasn't noted as an actor yet, but his tramp character was gaining in popularity with audiences before he started directing himself. Following a train of thought, where's Buster Keaton on this list?

Without watching, Clint Eastwood is number one.

@rybrentmannftw

9 жыл бұрын

Yep, I was right. And he definitely deserved it.

@turbowarrior23

9 жыл бұрын

Unforgiven is my favorite.

@turbowarrior23

9 жыл бұрын

442hoeky Yeah it's an amazing film. Really puts other Westerns in perspective after watching it.

@superlex611

9 жыл бұрын

where is Sly Stallone, George Clooney and Kevin Costner ?

@michaelmonthey5974

3 ай бұрын

He is about to turn 94, and he is currently in production on his 40th movie as a director.

You missed Kevin Costner. He did win an Oscar for directing.

I would have said Tommy Wiseau, but I believe he was both at the same time.

@MightyBl00d

9 жыл бұрын

Yes, he is the greatest. Kubrick ain't got shit on him.

@Gameflyer001

9 жыл бұрын

That didn't stop most of these people from being on the list; as they were oftentimes both.

@andreass7937

6 жыл бұрын

Oh, hi Mark.

@akevomsahungyo9299

3 жыл бұрын

Your tearing me apart Lisa

Ever heard of a little known actor turned director named WOODY ALLEN??? Also, Kevin Costner deserves a mention. Not for The Postman, obviously, but for Dances With Wolves and Open Range!

My only issue with this list is that you included Mel Gibson's directing abilities without even mentioning Apocalypto. Its an amazing movie. And you need one hell of a director to create a beautifully-shot, 2 hour action film that takes place in thick central American jungle and spoken entirely in the now dead Mayan Yucaton language. The cinematography, the stunts, the truly epic story.... Gibson deserves more praise for it than he deserves. I'd say it even on par with Braveheart, or even better.

@hussambu

9 жыл бұрын

My favorite adrenaline-rush movie. For me it's definitely better than Braveheart.

No love for Ben Stiller? Zoolander and Tropic Thunder were hilarious.

@tanner1ie

9 жыл бұрын

Check out The Cable Guy too, if you haven't seen it :) .

@nomansland312

9 жыл бұрын

and personally, I know its an unpopular opinion, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty I thought was great.

Clint Eastwood is legend

Clint Eastwood was the first thought in my mind when I read the title of this list. What a great all-round talent of a man. Still inspires me.

Ben Stiller should have been in the list as well. I mean look at his lineup: Reality Bites, The Cable Guy, Zoolander, Tropic Thunder and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty; the last 3 are one of my favorite movies. In my personal list, Stiller would be one of the Top 10. Still, a good list :)

@alexmeyer5260

9 жыл бұрын

I think they're focusing on actors and directors whose movies have gotten awards recognition.

@thedoorsforever256

9 жыл бұрын

Agreed!!! Tropic Thunder is my favorite comedy ever, right up there with The Big Lebowski, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and a few other classics. Tropic Thunder is just... every line is gold. Every. Line. And it avoids what I hate about modern Judd Apatow-ish comedies: it never has the dramatic twist 3/4ths of the way through to give the characters more heart. It's just ridiculous fun from start to finish. And The Secret Life of Walter Mitty legitimately changed my life. I saw it at a bad time of life, and now I'm living on the road. I went to Italy for a month, then southern california, now I'm in China (using a VPN to get to KZread).

@TheCharnstar

9 жыл бұрын

He was a director first.

@batgurrl

9 жыл бұрын

good point _I really like Reality Bites and Tropic Thunder was a laugh riot - haven't seen Walter Mitty yet, but the other 2, well, they are not for everyone. No offense intended.

@dianaoosterhart8376

8 жыл бұрын

+batgurrl Love me some Zoolander! Can't wait for Zoolander 2! Tropic Thunder was funny, too, though the majority of the reason it was was because of Robert Downey Jr. That 'commercial' of his character and Tobey MacGuire playing monks...oh, my God! I laughed so hard I thought I'd spit,. especially at the title!

Tommy Wiseau for #1 LOL!

@MinimiMax

9 жыл бұрын

This is a list of actors turned directors, not list of people who think they can be a director and actor.

@muertinix

9 жыл бұрын

I knew someone wouldn't resist the urge to correcting me. I know that. I know what Tommy Wiseau is. It was only a joke, and apparently not that funny.

@redactedredacted6656

9 жыл бұрын

I thought the joke was funny.

@MinimiMax

9 жыл бұрын

Martin Leon ... Ok. Thanks for telling me that an obvious joke was a joke.

@muertinix

9 жыл бұрын

MinimiMax Any time, brother ;)

Clint Eastwood has to be #1

@franklind.roosevelt3984

4 жыл бұрын

In fact he’s the first

You forgot to mention that Clint Eastwood is also the most BADASS actor/director on the list.

Ben Affleck is one of my movie idols, The Town kicked ass, Argo is a masterpiece. I think he gets to much hate for films like Daredevil. Overall, great actor and director.

@eribertomedrano1579

9 жыл бұрын

Yeah, hopefully, he'll also play an awesome Bruce Wayne/Batman.

@MasterVideoStudios

9 жыл бұрын

Eriberto Medrano We'll see dude.

@Sly88Frye

9 жыл бұрын

Eriberto Medrano I really like that outlook on him. I get tired of people just being outraged by the fact that he will be the next Batman, but let's just wait and see first. I heard that people were outraged when Heath Ledger was going to play the Joker, but look how awesome he was. R.I.P Heath Ledger

@SexyButCurious

9 жыл бұрын

I'm going to lie I don't like Ben Affleck at all. Just something about him that annoys me. I've never seen The Town and somewhat watch Argo, which I heard were good, but just like him.

@Sly88Frye

9 жыл бұрын

***** His movies "The Town", "Argo", and "Gone Girl" are incredible and you are missing out.

After you've watch this video be sure to check out these other director related clips! Top 10 Modern Film Directors Top 10 Worst Hollywood Directors Top 10 Alfred Hitchcock Movies Top 10 Classic Directors

@Louthsk8er

9 жыл бұрын

These lists are so good, keep it up guys!

@theincompetentgnome6668

9 жыл бұрын

No

@myroastisruined7119

9 жыл бұрын

Clint Eastwood is the best! Thank you a LOT!

@ImJustWatchingSorry

9 жыл бұрын

IncompotentGnome 2.0 yes

@AsianFly007

9 жыл бұрын

What about orson wells?

Unforgiven is one of my favorite movies of all time. The way Clint Eastwood portayed redemption and vengeance is so epic. The most ruthless man in the west becomes a humble, lowly pig farmer and tries to lead a life of peace but reverts back into his former self in order to keep his peaceful way of living.

I'm guessing #1 to be Clint Eastwood ... ... ... OOOH YEEAAA!!! I'm not surprised. The dude is awesome

You forgot Rob Reiner's "Misery," with Kathy Bates in her Oscar winning role as Annie Wilkes.

@alexmeyer5260

9 жыл бұрын

They also forgot to mention Stand By Me.

I say Clint Eastwood is number 1.

@alis5581

9 жыл бұрын

Told ya

we need to find the immortal drug, clint eastwood is 80+, we dont want another legend be leaving us.

It's good to see Eastwood is #1. He's on my list at least. Good actor (a lot of good roles) and a good director. I especially like his two-fold 'Flag of Our Fathers' and 'Letters From Iwo Jima'. Especially the last one is such an unrated movie. :)

0:40 doesn't he look and sound like Joffery

@koolkoala

9 жыл бұрын

Holy Mother of Lannister.

@ironpunch22

9 жыл бұрын

i was thinking the exact same thing

@Groovymagee

9 жыл бұрын

indeed

0:41 king Joffrey?

Really interesting. Thanks for this vid

I just came here to see if Clint Eastwood was in the first place. He was. I am happy. Thank you.

@mistermcclain

9 жыл бұрын

Jesus Christ Is this your first time watching a KZread video? Why would you ever read the comments before watching the video? That's just silly. Thought you were Jesus! He would have known better. And come up with a much more original cut-down

In case you were wondering how the Mojoholics voted in our poll, see the votes and entries here: watchmojo.com/suggest/Top+10+Actors+Turned+Directors Note, of course, that viewer votes are just one of the hundreds of data points and variables that we consider and look at when we create our lists. Make sure to sign up and participate on future lists at www.WatchMojo.com/suggest

@snipaxthebulldog

9 жыл бұрын

Trevor Philips He is first a director. Acting is secondary for him.

@filippom.prandi5439

9 жыл бұрын

WatchMojo.com Don't you guys feel like you've left somebody out of the list? I don't know.... Warren Beatty, maybe? Charlie Chaplin? Orson Welles? Warren Beatty and Orson Welles are THE ONLY TWO PEOPLE WHO GOT OSCAR NOMINATIONS FOR BEST PICTURE (being the producers), BEST DIRECTING, BEST ACTING AND BEST SCREENWRITING FOR THE SAME PICTURE!!!! Orson Welles achieved that only once, for "Citizen Kane". Warren Beatty achieved that twice! For "Heaven Can Wait" and "Reds"!!! Plus he's been nominated for Best Directing for "Dick Tracy" as well and for best Writing for "Shampoo" and "Bulworth". Seriously: how can you mention Jodie Foster (proud director of crappy movies like "The Beaver"), Christopher - I can only direct silly comedies - Guest and not Warren - I won the Oscar for Best Directing - Beatty? DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT CINEMA HISTORY, GUYS?!?!?!?!

Totally agree with Eastwood for #1! He has made so many great movies as a director, Million Dollar Baby being my favorite!

Clint Eastwood is the Best, Bestest, Bestesttt infinity times. He is greater than the Beatles. Greater than Chuck Norris. Greater then Bruce Lee. Greater than Taj Mahal. Greater than Statue of Liberty. Greater than Blue Whale. Greater than Bill O'Reilly. Greater than Kim Jong Il. Greater than the Easter Bunny and the Santa Claus. Last but not the least, Greater than Kung Fu. Also Greater than WWE.

@mikeyflaherty6628

9 жыл бұрын

It was Clint who build the Pyramids

@NathanPratyksh

9 жыл бұрын

Mikey F He is the Sphinx! -_-

@mikeyflaherty6628

9 жыл бұрын

My mind is totally blown!!! With comments that good I'm starting to think your Clint himself -_-

@Sly88Frye

9 жыл бұрын

Good comparisons. Well, I think a lot of people are greater than Bill O'Reilly. lol! And especially a lot of people greater than Kim Jong Il over his craziness. I imagine his son who has been in charge for a while now won't be much better.

@NathanPratyksh

9 жыл бұрын

Sly88Frye So let me put this way. Clint Eastwood is bigger than politicians. He serves instance justice.

Stallone should've at least gotten an honorable mention here

"Balance" is hardly the word I'd use to describe Iron Man 2. But I think Elf is one excellent Christmas movie.

@alexmeyer5260

9 жыл бұрын

Favreau also did a brilliant job directing the indie movie Chef that came out earlier this year. And I can't wait to see what he'll do with Disney's live-action remake of The Jungle Book.

OOOOHHHHHH that was Ben Affleck on the thumbnail. I thought that was Taco.

Ben Stiller,Joseph Gordon-Levitt,Alan Rickman,Clint Eastwood,Mel Gibson,Elizabeth Banks and Angelina Jolie.

BACHI BALLS! Lol what a delivery.

Sylvester Stallone

what about harold ramis, bless him; stripes, ghostbusters, groundhog day?

@Fools_Requiem

9 жыл бұрын

this is a list of actors who became directors later in their careers. If anything, Ramis was a screenwriter turned, actor/director.

This was great and you got the top 2 right. Eastwood and Howard are the top 2 directors today along with Scorsese and Tarantino. It doesn't get any better than these 4.

When mentioning Rob Reiner, how could you NOT mention Stand By Me

Clint Eastwood became better with age and when he moved behind the camera. He also did his best works later on. Ben Affleck really does better behind the camera, than in front of it, but he still has his moments as actor. With George Clooney, situation is opposite. Mel Gibson does fine in both. Ron Howard never should have been actor since that he can't do.

Totally saw top 3 coming.

TOP 10 LONG (ONE0SHOT) TAKES!!! PLEASE (goodfellas, gravity,children of men, munich, x-files, true detective pleaseeeeeee)

@MicrowaveBackground

9 жыл бұрын

It's been done, dipshit

@chadmurray8230

9 жыл бұрын

It has been done

@iApollo722

9 жыл бұрын

They already did top 10 long takes in movies but it'd be kind of cool if they did a list for tv long takes, I'm not sure how many there are to choose from though

@WreeckCreational

9 жыл бұрын

The one from Children of Men is probably the best I've ever seen.

Other notable Directors. Warren Beatty. Penny Marshall. Woody Allen. Orson Welles. & Sylvester Stallone

Im glad y'all put Clint at #1. By far my favorite actor/director

@samkresil6011

7 жыл бұрын

I thought Ben Affleck would be at Number 1.

1) Clint Eastwood 2) Charlie Chaplin 3) Orson Welles 4) Woody Allen 5) Rob Reiner 6) Ron Howard 7) Elia Kazan 8) Laurence Olivier 9) George Clooney 10) Ben Affleck Honorable Mentions: Jon Favreau Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones Robert Redford

I agree in Clint being the best but i feel Jon Favreau could've been a bit higher up.

Dear KZread content provider. I would like to apologize as I currently have ad-block enabled as I can not stand the McDonald's football commercials any longer. Ad-block should be disabled again in a week or two when KZread, hopefully, gets new ads.

You gotta give credit to Gibson's Apocalypto! One of his best movies in my opinion!

This should become a top 20 list. You didn't mention Orson Welles, Denzel Washington, Sofia Coppola, Kevin Costner, Danny Devito, Jordan Peele, Greta Gerwig, Taika Watiti and Ben Stiller.

@lexkanyima2195

5 ай бұрын

Sly Stallone

Angelina Jolie, Tom Hanks, Ben Stiller, Johnny Depp, Charlie Chaplin, Kevin Costner, Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Alan Rickman, Shia LaBeouf, Frank Oz, Elizabeth Banks, Denzel Washington, Leonard Nimoy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Edward Norton, Danny DeVito and Sofia Coppola.

Awesome list here. Once I saw who #1 was, there was no denying it. He has done so well since directing films.

The Town, i think is afflecks best.

Hey WatchMojo.com do you think you can include the IMDb ratings?

You should do a top ten tattoo, like the most common ones

Heel yaeh! First number one perfectly match.:D

Sofia Coppola? I mean, I feel like she deserves to be in this list. Started off poorly in acting now she's a top director.

what about Charlie Chaplin?!

@tastebudswithtariq2330

6 ай бұрын

A living legend. Why isn't he on the list?

The guy in the thumbnail looked like Ian Hecox from Smosh.

Not even an Honorable Mention for Billy Bob Thornton? Actually, he should get a top ten performances video too. Anyone agree?

Warren Beatty? He won the Oscar for Best Directing in 1982!!!!!

What about Ben Stiller? He is an awesome director. His work in Tropic Thunder and Zoolander was great not to mention he stars in his directed movies too.

Would have put Affleck way higher on your list.

Clint eastwood will be no.1!

@filmenthusiast2374

9 жыл бұрын

I was correct.

I'm happy to see Clint Eastwood at the top.

Kenneth Branagh in George V look likes Joeffery from Game of Thrones

The modern Cary Grant? Sounds accurate.

Gibson is a spectacular director. I wish Hollywood would give him a break so he can make another movie.

Watchmojo should update this to a Top 20 or 30 or more list so that Kevin Costner, Elizabeth Banks, John Krasinski, Ben Stiller, Bradley Cooper, and several others can be included in it.

Ben Affleck, George Clooney, Mel Gibson, Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood, Robert Redford, Jodie Foster...

Not all that surprising to be honest. Into the Wild & The Town are two of my favorite movies of all time.

Will you do Top 10 clithces in videogames next?

@lavense4ever

9 жыл бұрын

They have done two

I was really expecting to see Takeshi Kitano on that list...

I already knew before watching that Clint Eastwood would be NUMBER ONE.

9:05 in, best line in braveheart

Only an honourable mention for Jodie Foster and nothing for Sarah Polley, Grant Heslov (who you mentioned when talking about George Clooney) or Sofia Coppola? :_ .

7:45 Into the Wild is such a good film

Christopher Guest shouldn't be an honorable mention, he should have been officially recognized on this list.

At the 42 second mark Kenneth looks like goeffery from game of thrones

My top three choices are easy: Ben Affleck, Clint Eastwood, Mel Gibson And the best for me of this 3 is Mel Gibson :)

Zach Braff? Also, is tehre any chance for a Scrub themed top 10 sometimes? :)

Yes Kenneth Branagh! He is so underrated.

harold ramis says hi.

@wnwascar1

9 жыл бұрын

RIP

i love number one

Lockhart's character was awesome and extremely funny!

top 10 broadway productions turned films

WOW! the guy who played Gilderoy Lockhart DIRECTED Thor?! That's just genius. Two of my favorite franchises (from which i mean by thor the marvel cinematic universe, because i like captain america 2 more)

@TheBlond49

9 жыл бұрын

And he did a cameo in Thor The Dark World.

the guy at number nine has a nice chin

This was actually a list I agree with watch mojo on everything except I think Kevin Costner should've had an honorable mention but good list mojo!

Ben Stiller deserved an honorable mention

What about Sylvester Stallone, Kevin Costner or Mel Brooks???

Clint #1? thumbs up from me.

affleck faverou clooney eastwood my favs

did anyone notice that at 0:39 Kenneth branah looked like king joffrie on game of thrones

13:20 thats why hes number 1 pulling out the 45 1911 and delivering that line

@GertBFrobe-gy2ox

9 жыл бұрын

With the hammer back too Nothing pisses me off more than a man pulling out that model gun in a movie and the hammer being down oh and when they still fire it with the hammer down too c'mon man! Seen it about 16 times in the new purge movie and almost that much in expendables blehh

I was thinking Orson Welles

Top 10 occasions when an actor played two (or more) unrelated characters in the same show

I knew Clint Eastwood would be number 1. Play Misty For Me is good.

Ha! I freaking called it. Before I even saw this video, I knew that Clint Eastwood, Ron Howard, and George Clooney were going to be on this list somewhere, and it looks like i was right. I freaking called it. lol.

I can't believe Dennis Hopper has not even been given an honourable mention on this list. Also What about Warren Beatty he should easily be in the top half of this list.

Respect: Cinefix Disrespect: Watchmojo

Ayoade!!

clint eastwood is very cool person i love him