9 Actors Who Are Forever Remembered as an Iconic Character They Played

Sean Connery as James Bond

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Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones

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Leonard Nimoy as Spock

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Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker

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Christopher Reeve as Superman

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Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man (Tony Stark)

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Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow

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Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter

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Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump

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