GQ Presents: Iconic Characters 2021

Casey Affleck breaks down his most iconic roles, including his characters in 'Manchester by the Sea,' 'Gerry,' 'The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,' 'Gone Baby Gone,' 'Ain't Them Bodies Saints,' 'Out of the Furnace,' 'A Ghost Story,' 'Light of My Life,' 'The Old Man & The Gun,' 'Our Friend' and 'The World to Come.'

Jared Leto breaks down his most iconic roles, including his characters in 'Suicide Squad,' 'Dallas Buyers Club,' 'Blade Runner 2049,' 'Fight Club,' 'The Thin Red Line,' 'Requiem for a Dream,' 'Mr. Nobody' and 'The Little Things.'

Bob Odenkirk breaks down his most iconic characters, including his roles in 'Breaking Bad,' 'Better Call Saul,' 'Mr. Show with Bob and David,' 'Nobody,' 'Curb Your Enthusiasm,' 'The Larry Sanders Show,' 'Nebraska' and 'Seinfeld.'

Salma Hayek breaks down her most iconic characters, including her roles in 'Desperado,' 'Once Upon a Time in Mexico,' 'From Dusk Til Dawn,' 'Dogma,' 'Frida' and 'Hitman's Wife’s Bodyguard.'

Tom Hiddleston breaks down his most iconic characters, including his roles in 'Thor,' 'The Avengers,' 'Thor: Ragnarok,' 'Loki,' 'Only Lovers Left Alive,' 'Crimson Peak,' 'Archipelago' and 'The Deep Blue Sea.'

David Harbour breaks down his most iconic characters, including his roles in 'Stranger Things,' 'Hellboy,' 'Black Widow,' 'Revolutionary Road,' and much more. David talks about his reaction to the first time he read the script for 'Stranger Things' as well what it was like acting alongside Leonardo DiCaprio as a fan of his work.

Wes Studi breaks down his most iconic characters, including his roles in 'Dances With Wolves,' 'Avatar,' 'Mystery Men,' 'The Last of the Mohicans,' 'Geronimo: An American Legend,' 'Street Fighter,' 'Heat' and 'Hostiles.'

Sean Penn breaks down his most iconic characters, including his roles in 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High,' 'Mystic River,' 'Milk,' 'I Am Sam,' 'The Thin Red Line,' 'Dead Man Walking,' '21 Grams,' 'Flag Day' and 'Sweet and Lowdown.' Penn explains what it was like to recently bump into his real-life inspiration for Fast Times at Ridgemont High's Jeff Spicoli.

Elijah Wood breaks down his most iconic characters, including his roles in 'The Lord of the Rings' Trilogy (Frodo Baggins), 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,' 'Sin City,' 'Wilfred,' 'Maniac,' 'Grand Piano,' 'Come to Daddy' and 'No Man of God.'

Tony Leung breaks down his most iconic characters, including his roles in 'Chungking Express,' 'Happy Together,' 'Hard Boiled,' 'In the Mood for Love,' '2046,' 'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,' 'Hero,' 'The Grandmaster' and 'Lust, Caution.'

Matt Damon breaks down his most iconic characters, including his roles in 'Good Will Hunting,' 'Saving Private Ryan,' 'The Talented Mr. Ripley,' 'Ocean's 11,' 'Ocean's 12,' 'Ocean's 13,' 'The Bourne Identity,' 'The Bourne Ultimatum,' 'The Bourne Supremacy,' 'The Bourne Legacy,' 'The Departed,' 'Invictus,' 'Contagion,' 'The Martian,' 'True Grit' and 'Stillwater.'

Adrien Brody breaks down his most iconic characters, including his roles in 'The Pianist,' 'The Darjeeling Limited,' 'The Grand Budapest Hotel,' 'King Kong,' 'The Village,' 'Peaky Blinders,' 'Succession,' 'Love the Hard Way,' 'Summer of Sam,' 'The French Dispatch' and 'Clean.'

Jeff Daniels breaks down his most iconic characters, including his roles in 'Dumb and Dumber,' 'The Squid and the Whale,' 'The Newsroom,' 'Something Wild,' 'Terms of Endearment,' 'Arachnophobia,' 'Speed' and 'American Rust.'

Henry Cavill breaks down his most iconic characters, including his roles in 'Man of Steel,' 'The Witcher,' 'Mission Impossible: Fallout,' 'Enola Holmes,' 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.,' 'Immortals,' 'The Tudors' and 'The Count of Monte Cristo.'

Jeremy Renner breaks down his most iconic characters, including his roles in 'Dahmer,' 'The Town,' 'The Hurt Locker,' 'Hawkeye,' 'The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,' 'Arrival,' 'American Hustle,' 'The Bourne Legacy,' 'Wind River' and 'Mayor of Kingstown.'

Jeff Goldblum breaks down his most iconic characters, including his roles in 'Independence Day,' 'Jurassic Park,' 'The Fly,' 'Thor: Ragnarok,' and 'The World According to Jeff Goldblum.'