CycleChat Investigates - Hard Men

[Alex321]

No such list could possibly be complete without Mike Ehrmantraut (Breaking Bad).

 

[MichaelW2]

An actor who is a tough guy IRL ?
Rio Torn, Micky Rourke, Charles Bronson
An actor who, using secret thespian skills
passed down from master to student in a remote monestary in Asia who can make you believe that they are a tough guy ?
Arnie, The Rock, Van Diesel.

 

[Beebo]

In real life the real hard men are usually the ones with mad eyes and absolutely no thought about taking a step backwards. It’s innate in some people.
I imagine Oliver Reid could be very scary, especially when he was a young man.

 

[Hicky]

I call people handy if they’re good with their fists, to me hard men are the type who can endure…think SF types. McNab, Slattery(US type) et al Randolph Finnenes(so?)comes to mind also.

 

[tyred]

What about Frank Spencer?

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Ben Kingsley as Don Logan in Sexy Beast would get my vote, he was truly frightening. Check out the plane scene on YouTube

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You're in trouble - Sir Ben to you, proll. (And yes, he does insist, I understand!)

 

[Profpointy]

Robert Carlyle as Begbie in trainspotting?

 

[presta]

Jack Carter.

 

[Profpointy]

At the risk of being serious and perhaps raising the tone, this chap is a seriously tough man.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirmal_Purja

He climbed all the 8000m peaks in a single season.
This is beyond all reason, and a feat of toughness, skill and luck. Along the way he did 3 8000m summits, Lhotse, Makalu and Everest in a single round over 48 hours, which, not surprisingly, has never been done before either, and he was also subsequently amongst the first to do K2 in wintee

Oh and on the other meaning of "hard man" he was a Gurkha soldier and in the SBS too

 

[AndyRM]

Danny Trejo. Thread over.

 

[Gunk]

You're in trouble - Sir Ben to you, proll. (And yes, he does insist, I understand!)

I think you’ll find that it’s Prole not “Proll” at least get it right if you’re going call people names

 

[stephec]

Got to be Roger Moore.

As Simon Templar, James Bond, and Lord Brett Sinclair, he could flatten any number of baddies with just a flick of the eyebrow, all whilst beating off the ladies with the proverbial sh!tty stick.

And once finished all he needed to do was give his tie knot a quick adjustment.

 

[Rocky]

Got to be Roger Moore.

As Simon Templar, James Bond, and Lord Brett Sinclair, he could flatten any number of baddies with just a flick of the eyebrow, all whilst beating off the ladies with the proverbial sh!tty stick.

And once finished all he needed to do was give his tie knot a quick adjustment.

Roger more…….always an ambition of mine when I was in my 20s

 

[Bonefish Blues]

I think you’ll find that it’s Prole not “Proll” at least get it right if you’re going call people names

It was said in a light-hearted way to make a point about Sir Ben being something of a luvvie. I sincerely apologise if I have offended you.

 

[Gunk]

It was said in a light-hearted way to make a point about Sir Ben being something of a luvvie. I sincerely apologise if I have offended you.

You didn’t, I was just being a bit of a twat!

blame the 9% Belgium beer