Top 15 Movie Superhero Beards Ranked
Find out which superhero has the best beard. Who do you think will be number one?
Throughout history attitudes about beards have varied widely. Whether people love them or hate them has a lot to do with where and when the person lives. Some religions (like as Islam and Sikhism) consider a full beard a requirement. Some cultures look down on a beard as showing the man to be savage or uncivilized. Others see a beard as a sign of a man's virility, wisdom, strength, sexual prowess.
Superheroes with beards are relatively rare in movies mainly because they contradict the idea of superheroes being good and pure. But occasionally one pops out with a truly powerful set of whiskers.
Love them or hate them. Here are the manliest chin whiskers in the comic book movies.
15. Bucky Barnes
He grew it out for Infinity War, so we'll probably see more of it in the Falcon and Winter Solider series coming to Disney+.
14. Batman
But the beard came back in a goatee after his self-imposed exile at the beginning of The Dark Knight Rises. Then he becomes the clean-shaven hero Gotham needs and not the one they deserve.
13. Star-Lord
In Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, he grows a thicker one. It’s OK. The comic version of Quill didn't have a beard but recently grew one after the first movie opened.
12. Superman
Superman has always been clean-shaven, but he did grow a beard in the comics. He wore a fake beard in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #23 (1957) and a huge one in Superman: At Earth's End (1995). Since it's too glorious to miss I'm adding it below.
It’s a good looking beard and matches Cavill's hairy chest. The less said about his needlessly hairless lip in Justice League the better.
11. Doctor Strange
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| Avengers: Infinity War (2018) - Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) |
For the movie Doctor Strange, Benedict Cumberbatch grows out a beard in his search for the secrets of the universe. He shaves it into a neat goatee when he returns and becomes the protector of our world. It's nicely shaped and rivals Tony Stark with its precision, but lacks the sense of smarmy style that goes with it. It does give Strange the sense of world-weariness that the character demands.
In the comics, Doctor Stephen Strange has a Fu Manchu, but he’s occasionally grown it into a big beard.
10. M' Baku
“He’s such a Jabari man,” Duke explained to Vanity Fair. “He’s got the full beard, strong hair, very present. All these things. That’s a Jabari warrior right there.”
In Infinity War Duke takes his beard to the next level and cuts the edges to match his hairstyle.
9. Nick Fury
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| Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) - Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) |
It’s an amazing beard. It also looks a little bushier in Spider-Man: Far from Home.
8. Falcon
The comic version of Sam Wilson is cleanly shaven most of the time but does have a goatee on occasion.
7. Thor
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| Thor: The Dark World (2013) - Thor (Chris Hemsworth) |
When Thor starts out in the comics he's a clean-shaven superhero with long hair. But in the Ultimate alternative Marvel universe, he’s a long haired bearded barbarian. The movie takes inspiration from that. Chris Hemsworth has a close cut beard.
That is until the guilt from Infinity War drives him on a downward spiral of depression. He gains
weight and grows a long unkempt beard.
It gets neatly braided after he becomes Thor again. He trims it short later on. All the beards are pretty impressive.
6. Deadshot
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| Suicide Squad (2016) - Flloyd Lawson / Deadshot (Will Smith) |
It’s a good look and really gives his edgy character some attitude and the feel of a wild west gunslinger. Especially since Smith still looks like a teenage Fresh Prince. Black don't crack.
5. Captain America
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| Avengers: Infinity War (2018) - Steve Rogers / Captain America (Chris Evans) |
"He's such a monastic character and he has such a quotidian approach to his existence," Evans said about his beard. "I imagine when he wakes up in the morning, there is a routine. Part of that is in his nature, part of that is just to keep his sanity, and that all kind of goes out the window a little bit after (2016's Captain America: Civil War). You see a guy who doesn't stop caring but just puts down some of that obligation."
Sadly the beard disappeared in Endgame.
4. Aquaman
Mamoa first grew the beard to play Kahl Drago on Game of Thrones back in 2011. He shaved it off after left the show that year but grew it back. When Zack Snyder cast him as Aquaman for Batman v Superman he’s got an amazing thick beard.
In the comics, Aquaman grows a beard and long hair, but he also has a hook for a left hand. The movies take inspiration for that look. No word on if we’ll see the hook anytime soon. But he promises to grow it back for Aquaman 2.
3. Iron Man
2. Black Panther
Black Panther doesn’t usually have a beard in the comics. I imagine having facial hair under a mask would be insanely annoying but that gives him attitude.
1. Wolverine
It’s hard to find someone who crafts his beard as much as Wolverine. It must take him hours every day. But the results are worth it.
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