There are some actors who appear die more than others whenever they show in a film. Whether it’s the characters they play or the script just thinking the audience wants to see them die, I’m not sure, but this group of guys just can’t seem to stay alive in movies. You might think the reigning champ is Sean Bean up there, and he does clock in at 25 deaths onscreen, but he’s not. There’s someone with FORTY. Read on to see who populates the list…
Leonardo DiCaprio (12 Deaths)
- The Quick and the Dead
- Total Eclipse
- Romeo + Juliet
- Titanic
- Blood Diamond
- The Departed
- J. Edgar
- Django Unchained
- The Great Gatsby
Tim Curry (10 Deaths)
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Clue
- Legend
- Congo
- The Shadow
- Oliver Twist
- The Colour of Magic
- McHale’s Navy
- Charlie’s Angels
- Scary Movie 2
Bruce Willis (11 Deaths)
- Billy Bathgate
- Mortal Thoughts
- Death Becomes Her
- Twelve Monkeys
- The Jackal
- Armageddon
- The Sixth Sense
- Hart’s War
- Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle
- Sin City
- Grindhouse: Planet Terror
Stellan Skarsgard (11 Deaths)
- The Hunt for Red October
- Savior
- Ronin
- Deep Blue Sea
- No Good Deed
- Dogville
- Helen of Troy
- King Arthur
- Angels & Demons
- Melancholia
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Danny Trejo (11 Deaths)
- Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
- Desperado
- Heat
- From Dusk till Dawn
- Anaconda
- Point Blank
- The Replacement Killers
- XXX
- Once Upon a Time in Mexico
- Halloween
- Predators
Johnny Depp (12 Deaths)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street
- Platoon
- Freddy’s Dead
- Ed Wood
- Dead Man
- The Astronaut’s Wife
- From Hell
- The Libertine
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- Public Enemies
- The Brave
- 21 Jump Street
Gary Oldman (12 Deaths)
- The Book of Eli
- State of Grace
- Bram Stoker’s Dracula
- The Fifth Element
- Leon
- Air Force One
- True Romance
- Lost in Space
- JFK
- Sid and Nancy
- Hannibal
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Robert De Niro (17 Deaths)
- Bloody Mama
- Bang the Drum Slowly
- Mean Streets
- 1900
- Brazil
- The Mission
- Cape Fear
- This Boy’s Life
- Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
- Heat
- The Fan
- Jackie Brown
- Great Expectations
- 15 Minutes
- Hide & Seek
- Machete
- New Year’s Eve
Gary Busey (19 Deaths)
- The Magnificent Seven Ride
- Lolly-Madonna XXX
- Hex
- The Buddy Holly Story
- Straight Time
- Lethal Weapon
- Hider in the House
- Predator 2
- Point Break
- Wild Texas Wind
- The Firm
- Under Siege
- Drop Zone
- Surviving the Game
- Man with a Gun
- Lethal Tender
- The Rage
- Soldier
- The Gingerdead Man
Mickey Rourke (19 Deaths)
- A Prayer for the Dying
- Rumble Fish
- Johnny Handsome
- Picture Claire
- Iron Man 2
- Once Upon a Time in Mexico
- Sin City
- Killshot
- Passion Play
- Immortals
- Double Team
- Francesco
- White Sands
- Bullet
- Fall Time
- Desperate Hours
- The Last Outlaw
- Spun
- Man on Fire
Sean Bean (25 Deaths)
- Caravaggio
- War Requiem
- The Field
- Lorna Doone
- Patriot Games
- GoldenEye
- Airborne
- Essex Boys
- The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
- Don’t Say a Word
- Equilibrium
- The Island
- Far North
- The Hitcher
- Outlaw
- Cash
- Death Race 2
- Black Death
- Age of Heroes
- Game of Thrones
- Tell Me That You Love Me
- Clarissa
- Scarlett
- Henry VIII
- Red Riding
Vincent Price (33 Deaths)
- Tower of London (1939)
- Green Hell
- Brigham Young
- The Long Night
- Rogues’ Regiment
- Dangerous Mission
- The Mad Magician
- The Ten Commandments
- The Bat
- House of Usher
- Master of the World
- The Pit and the Pendulum
- Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile
- Tales of Terror
- Tower of London (1962)
- Diary of a Madman
- The Haunted Palace
- Twice-Told Tales
- The Comedy of Terrors
- The Last Man on Earth
- The Masque of the Red Death
- The Tomb of Ligeia
- Witchfinder General
- More Dead Than Alive
- Scream and Scream Again
- Cry of the Banshee
- Theatre of Blood
- Scavenger Hunt
- House of the Long Shadows
- The Great Mouse Detective
- From a Whisper to a Scream
- Catchfire
- Edward Scissorhands
John Hurt (40 Deaths)
- The Wild and the Willing
- Sinful Davey
- A Man for All Seasons
- 10 Rillington Place
- The Ghoul
- East of Elephant Rock
- Spectre
- Alien
- The Elephant Man
- Heaven’s Gate
- The Osterman Weekend
- The Hit
- After Darkness
- The Black Cauldron
- Jake Speed
- Spaceballs
- Aria
- Deadline
- Little Sweetheart
- Scandal
- L’Oeil qui ment
- Monolith
- Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
- Contact
- The Climb
- All the Little Animals
- You’re Dead
- Lost Souls
- Hellboy
- Pride
- Tabloid
- The Proposition
- V for Vendetta
- Outlander
- Boxes
- An Englishman in New York
- Ultramarines
- Whistle and I’ll Come To You
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- I, Claudius
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You forgot Con Air.
Tim Curry….you forgot IT, he was Pennywise the Clown
And The Three Musketeers .
However he did not die in the three Musketeers. The last that you see of him in the film is when the King punches him knocking him into the river. Here is the Wikipedia article for reference (2nd to last paragraph of the plot section) or just watch the film.
I was going to mention this also!!
This roll will stick with me forever!
At first I thought this was a TV list and I was like, “Where’s Michael Shanks?”
Surely Michelle Rodriguez gets a guest mention – or does she top the actress list?
Surprised James Franco didn’t make it on this list.
No Alan Rickman?
I would have thought so too. And not just cause he is up there w/my favs oldman and dicaprio.
Jensen Ackles – As Dean Winchester, died 102 times in the ep 3.11 Mystery Spot on the show Supernatural.
BOOM! Suck it!
Didn’t Sean Bean die in a Resident Evil movie.
Where is Steve Buscemi?
Danny Trejo head exploding on a back of a tortoise in Breaking Bad! Classic!
You forgot Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler
In the last frame of the film, we assume he was going to die afterwards. We never really see it. So 19 deaths is still accurate.
Danny Trejo also died on Breaking Bad.
John Hurt did not die in A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS.
But Hurt died in Caligula which is not listed lol!
I just stumbled across this article. Sorry I’m a little late but what about Bokeem Woodbine? He’s the go to “a black man must die in scene” guy. Seriously. You may not recognize his name but you KNOW his face.(click link) http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2978322688/nm0940158
de niro didnt die in mean streets scorese even said he didn’t
Not a single mention of Bill Paxton? WTF?
Johnny Depp did NOT die in Ed Wood.
What about Willis in Looper?
Gary Oldman died in The Professional as well.
Léon’s in the list :p
You forgot to list The Professional as a movie Gary Oldman died in.
Oldman also died in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
The proper name for the movie is Leon. It is also known and Leon: The Professional. So yes actually it was listed.
technically johnny depp died in pirates of the carribean dead mans chest
True!
How could you forget Rutger Hauer???? seriously. I counted at least 24 and possibly more. Blade Runner- anyone…..
I don’t believe it actually showed Gary Oldman die in The Book of Eli.
Maybe they’re just good at dying.
Does anyone else find it ironic that the star of five “Die Hard” movies is on this list.
Johnny Depp also died in Once Upon a Time in Mexico, doesn’t seem much research was put into this article.
Technically John Hurt died in Dr. Who…he regenerated at the end of the 50th Anniversary special.
It should be 41 deaths for John Hurt not the 40 you claim! Didn’t you see the last Doctor Who? John Hurt’s aspect of the Doctor came to an end, with his rejuvenation fully underway at the end of the show. Considering the show’s 50 year plot line when a Doctor dies he rejuvenates into the next version of the Doctor, played by a different actor. This should count as a death for that actor’s version of the world’s most famous Time Lord!
Gary old an didn’t die in book of Eli
Depp didn’t die in Ed Wood. At the end of the movie there was something written about his life subsequent to the time portrayed in the movie, and when he died, but that’s not really dying during the movie.
john hurt technically died on doctor who
You missed Doctor Who 50th anniversary special for John Hurt (well, he regenerates…same difference.)
Johnny Depp died in “A Nightmare on Elm Street” Not Freddy’s dead.
Though he did get his head bashed in by a frying pan during a cameo in Freddy’s Dead lol. XD
John Hurt also died in “Doctor Who: Time of the Doctor” which was released in theaters as well as T.V.
Gary Oldman also died in The Professional (maybe that’s the Leon reference.)
john hurt regenerates in doctor who, is that called dying?