In the vein of Law's ginormous year, I want to honor him by crowning a Jude Law Award Winner every year to the actor or actress who had the biggest year. But before we crown a winner, let's look to see who the runners up were.
THE LIST OF TEN FIELD
Tom Hardy
NUMBER OF FILMS: 3
1) This Means War
2) The Dark Knight Rises
3) Lawless
Bruce Willis
NUMBER OF FILMS: 3
1) Moonrise Kingdom
2) The Expendables II
3) Looper
Jonah Hill
NUMBER OF FILMS: 3
1) 21 Jump Street
2) The Watch
3) Django Unchained
Kristen Stewart
NUMBER OF FILMS: 3
1) Snow White and the Hunstman
2) Twilight: Breaking Dawn (Part II)
3) On The Road
Taylor Kitsch
NUMBER OF FILMS: 3
1) John Carter
2) Battleship
3) Savages
Jennifer Lawrence
NUMBER OF FILMS: 3
1) The Hunger Games
2) The House At The End Of The Street
3) Silver Linings Playbook
Liam Neeson
NUMBER OF FILMS: 4
1) The Grey
2) Wrath Of The Titans
3) Battleship
4) Taken 2
Anna Kendrick
NUMBER OF FILMS: 4
1) What To Expect When You're Expecting
2) ParaNorman
3) End Of Watch
4) Pitch Perfect
Elizabeth Banks
NUMBER OF FILMS: 5
1) Man On A Ledge
2) The Hunger Games
3) What To Expect When You're Expecting
4) People Like Us
5) Pitch Perfect
Bryan Cranston
NUMBER OF FILMS: 6
1) Red Tails
2) John Carter
3) Rock of Ages
4) Madagascar III: Europe's Most Wanted
5) Total Recall
6) Argo
THE RUNNER UP
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
NUMBER OF FILMS: 4
1) The Dark Knight Rises
2) Premium Rush
3) Looper
4) Lincoln
THE WINNER
Channing Tatum
NUMBER OF FILMS: 5
1) Haywire
2) The Vow
3) 21 Jump Street
4) Magic Mike
5) 10 Years
There have been actors who have starred in more films in 2012 than Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Channing Tatum, but there is no doubt that these two were the cream of the crop. No disrespect to Elizabeth Banks or Bryan Cranston, but they played bit parts in everything they were in and were never asked to carry a film in 2012. These two actors are in essentially everything so of course they are going to appear in the most films. However, nobody would proclaim that 2012 was the year of Elizabeth Bank or Bryan Cranston. This was the year of Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Channing Tatum.
If JoGo and Tatum had made the same number of films then Gordon-Levitt would be my 2012 winner. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is my man-crush and I think he is the most talented young actor currently working in Hollywood. Gordon-Levitt starred in the best film (in my opinion) of 2012 [Looper], he stole every scene he was in in The Dark Knight Rises, he was great in the criminally underrated Premium Rush, and he was in America's consensus #1 film in 2012 [Lincoln].
If JoGo and Tatum had made the same number of films then Gordon-Levitt would be my 2012 winner. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is my man-crush and I think he is the most talented young actor currently working in Hollywood. Gordon-Levitt starred in the best film (in my opinion) of 2012 [Looper], he stole every scene he was in in The Dark Knight Rises, he was great in the criminally underrated Premium Rush, and he was in America's consensus #1 film in 2012 [Lincoln].
However, 2012 was undoubtedly the year of Channing Tatum. He was the actor that received the more buzz, he was (rightfully) named People Magazine's Sexiest Man Of The Year, and his meteoric rise to prominence seems unprecedented. He starred in his classic, go-to Nicholas Sparks movie, he was allowed to be an action guy in Haywire, he managed to be funnier than Jonah Hill in 21 Jump Street, and he managed to make ladies swoon in Magic Mike while also managed to make an incredibly dull movie somewhat entertaining through his charm, charisma, and general likeability. When people look back on 2012, they will undoubtedly say that this was the year of Channing Tatum. That 2012 Channing Tatum was easily like 2004's Jude Law.
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