Top 10 Actors Who Can Pull Off Foreign Accents

welcome to Madagascar these actors are the vocal chameleons of the big and small screens you know could see would not be pleased that you've been to feed with this business now you know who I alright welcome to watchmojo.com and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 actors who can pull off foreign accents only hey can you bring yourself to do better for this list we're looking at male actors who have shown an incredible command of accents other than their natural one be it American British or otherwise this extends to different regional accents and dialects even if those come from their home country number 10 Peter Sellers an English actor like no other sellers most famous characters have ironically been non-english ones he mastered the look and accent of an Indian in the party pulled off a lovable French accent with the clumsy inspector Jacques Clouseau in the Pink Panther series in a strange way you know when I admire this man he's a we do say a unique flair for the dramatic and took on three characters and three accents in the unforgettable war comedy dr. Strangelove I knew is that why he was a man of mystery who's failed personal relationships and insecurities were as numerous as the accents he learned well listen how do you think I feel about it his memorable foreign characters still live on to this day mr. but I can tell from the way they're enjoying ourselves it wasn't a very humorous anecdote because the way were laughing just shows how it enjoyed it number 9 Sacha Baron Cohen indulge me for one second pretend that I'm an idiot born in West London England Baron Cohen quickly gained fame as a comedian actor and writer but almost completely four characters diametrically different from his actual persona I'm not a Leviathan some of his most famous have included Borat the journalist from Kazakhstan very much you know Bruno the flamboyant Austrian fashion show presenter modeling a lot of people Signet sees they but it's the hardest job in the world isn't that an admiral general aladeen in the dictator a 2012 comedy in which he fakes an Arabic accent you had Nadal executed Supreme Leader do that whether he's playing a man or an animated lemur wait I have a plan unless his name was in the credits we'd never guessed that it's actually him let's go and meet the pond see number 8 Hugh Jackman though this Australian hunk has played characters from the land down under most obviously and notably for Australia in 2008 his biggest successes and box-office hits have been playing American characters that's a rare thing the people like us his first massive hit was in 2000 portraying the mutant Wolverine in x-men and although an unknown before the superhero film his became a household name overnight sequels in the x-men franchise as well as standalone films like real steel relax kid you've got a whole life of fine living ahead ease and the prestige showed that his place in American cinema won't disappear anytime soon well then I guess you've got nothing to worry about do you number 7 Robert Downey jr. but have I made it clear how much the movies terrified born in Manhattan New York Downey's ability to disguise himself both physically and vocally has proved to be one of his greatest assets because they feel what I say dangerous his first oscar-nominated performance was actually as the British actor and filmmaker Charlie Chaplin it must be near as his film career continued he became proficient at the Australian displaying it notably first for the journalist Wayne gale in Natural Born Killers and later as Kirk Lazarus in Tropic Thunder hoping the nectar is not different than being a rugby player construction worker say for the fact that my tools are the mechanisms that trigger human emotion though he's african-american manner of speaking in the 2008 film is even more memorable you wanna step in real a mine won't that be mother number 6 Colin Farrell you know operating under my supervision the Dublin born actor has showed off his Irish lilt in films such as on Dean and in Bruges something but many American moviegoers were surprised to learn of his heritage due to his flawless American inflection his command of the accent has been shown time and again in action films like Minority Report powers always been with the priests Total Recall you believe those stories and Miami Vice we're safe but whether he's holding us at the edge of our seats or making us laugh with comedy roles like Bobby pellet in Horrible Bosses yes one thing's for sure as far as we're concerned for the length of the film he is American now I'm sneezing dust bunnies number five Viggo Mortensen hey I'm driver I go left I go right they go straight ahead that's it born in New York City New York Mortensen probably never guessed starting out that some of his most famous roles would be playing non-americans and though his role in the Lord of the Rings trilogy was an accented one and probably his most famous perhaps his greatest accented performance was his oscar-nominated role as Nikhil illusion a member of the Russian mafia in 2007's Eastern Promises Thank You Mortensen further demonstrated that his expertise at accents was not limited that if I may say sir is an exquisitely Protestant remark wowing us with a spot-on British accent with hints of Austrian for Sigmund Freud in a Dangerous Method and his gruff southern accent in Hidalgo thank you sir number four Christian Bale this hugely talented and successful actor was born in Wales spent his childhood in England and Portugal and eventually moved to the u.s. in his teens it may be this exposure to different cultures that equipped him to take on non British roles time I only shared my dreaded such as his internationally acclaimed role as Batman in the Dark Knight trilogy with such ease come on you know an English actor is good when directors choose him for films like American hustle and American Psycho over actual you know Americans I like to dissect girls did you know I'm utterly insane number three Leonardo DiCaprio American Americans usually are much can be said about the talent of this multiple oscar-nominated actor but his skills in the accent Department are highly regarded for no matter what part of the United States his characters may come from he gets the inflection every time whether it's for Frank Abagnale and catch me if you can or jordan belfort in the wolf of Wall Street I gave them each a thousand bucks and told him what Nikolas had done the make kicked his ass DiCaprio has even gone non-domestic for his characters portraying a white Zimbabwean in Blood Diamond and an Irish born New Yorker in gangs of new york to great effect fine you what in the hell that meant I'd be inclined to take offense number two Daniel day-lewis I like our chances now the winner of more Oscars for Best Actor than any other actor ever necessary hindrance it's no surprise that he has also made our list for his excellent grasp of various accents every day though born in London England some of day-lewis's best performances have been of non-english characters including Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln and Daniel Plainview in there will be blood milkshake whether he's playing a protagonist as in the last of the Mohicans suppose there are women and children alone on the farms not yours or an antagonist such as in gangs of New York there can be no denying that day-lewis can be whatever he chooses to be I'm New York don't you never come in here empty-handed again you gotta pay for the pleasure of my company before we unveil our top pick here are a few honorable mentions like I said man I was getting married November I just take that fanger you're in I went out on this here map where this part is being held this is hard for me because I am the source of all your trap and like the snows of yesteryear gone from this earth jolly good sir once so mother Teresa got breast implants is that human eyes er or not number one gary oldman is that fine for billy in your youth we dare you to find an accent that Oldman cannot do in his long and storied career the english actor has played a russian loyalist in Air Force One I'm not sure that's very comforting an American police officer in the Dark Knight trilogy sir the Joker card had traces of your DNA a Transylvanian vampire and Bram Stoker's Dracula even a dreadlocked racially mixed up villain in true romance I know I'm pretty in fact with so many accents in his repertoire he's recently claimed to have lost his original accent needing coaching to get it back so I had a voice coach too I had to brush up my English regardless of that the fact is that you never quite know what to expect when walking into an Oldman movie well what do you say and that's the way we like it do you agree with our list which actor do you think has the best command of foreign accents I suspect that wouldn't be too much trouble for you for more great top 10s published every day be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com like this just my masterpiece you [Music]

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Keywords: movies, television, actors with accents, actors good with accents, can pull off foreign accents, gary oldman, daniel day lewis, leonardo dicaprio, christian bale, viggo mortensen, colin farrell, robert downey jr, hugh jackman, sacha baron cohen, Actor (Profession)

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Length: 11min 25sec (685 seconds)

Published: Sun Nov 09 2014