Another glaring ommision from this list is Jack Bauer. If Jack Bauer came up to me right now and said – “I need to bum you – its a matter of national security.” I would bend over and comply – because you don’t say no to Jack Bauer. He’s the only guy that can cry and look manly whilst doing so.

This is a long shot – but surely Jin from Lost deserves a mention (not top 10 maybe), the guy is complete badass. He’s got his woman on a leash and kills people for a day job. Total legend.

King Leonidas was the most manly man a man could get!
he got his own kick and if any one ever says “this is madness” to me (even if im sitting down in a car) i turn and look them straight in the eye and screem “THIS IS SPARTA!” t there face and if i get the chance i would kick them in the chest (but i would kill some one if i did it with the this is sparter scean in my mind)

#3 you shame your self it should be #1

Dirty Harry barely ever raises his voice. He carries an air of “I’m a bad ass, and I don’t need to prove it.” Just the way he talks, the way he relates to people, the way he shoots a suspect in the leg from 50 yards and then steps on his leg while interrogating him, you SEE that he’s a manly man.
However, King Leonidas can’t go three lines without yelling something at the top of his lungs. It’s effective sometimes, yes, but it ultimately sounds like a plea for validity. Like he’s trying to prove that he’s a bad ass, as opposed to simply BEING one. Not to say that he didn’t prove it through the movie, but his persistant yelling sounds almost like he lacks complete confidence in himself.

-JD

Also that film is frickin awesome

Okay… there are a few REAL men that you have left out.. sure some maybe supporting but please…

Capt. Hilts (Steve McQueen Great Escape)
Don Corleone (Marlon Brando, The Godfather)
Indiana Jones
Mr. White (Reservoir Dogs)

and not a single SAM JACKSON or LEE MARVIN character?

c’mon kid…
C’mon

Indy should be on here before a goddamn cartoon Beowulf, who PRETENDS to be a badass man, but in fact, his entire legend is a damn lie based on him boning a hot demon with a freaky hairdo. Screwing your way to the top doesn’t make you a man’s man in my book. Beowulf is a FRAUD who has no business being included on this list.

James Bond isn’t a man’s man either. This list is for rough, tough badass men, not fruitcakes running around in suits who pose with their guns and order their drinks like a damn college girl. If Bond was a real man, he wouldn’t sit there and listen to EVERY SINGLE SUPERVILLAIN YAP ON AND ON ABOUT HIS DASTARDLY PLAN FOR WORLD DOMINATION. He’d just beat the guy’s ass and be done with it.