13 Great Actors Who Star In Multiple Film Franchises

11. Samuel L. Jackson

What You Get: The Star Wars Franchise, The Marvel Franchise, The Die Hard Franchise You're also tagging along a lot of Quentin Tarantino movies, pulpy fun films, and even Scorsese's Goodfellas. You get your fair share of awful films, but Jackson's filmography is so enormous that you can bear a few rotten apples. You also get some boasting rights with the fact that you chose a man willing to defend your honor even if your plane has become overrun with snakes.

10. Jennifer Lawrence

What You Get: The Hunger Games Franchise, The X-Men Franchise The only female on the list (yeah, yeah, I hear you Halle Berry/Famke Janssen fans. They almost made it.), Lawrence has a few advantages many on this list do not; first, she's already proven herself in Hollywood not only as a young actress who became Oscar-nominated, but she's not only been a part of a franchise, she's the lead of it. And let's also not forget something else: she's not just the only female on the list; she's the youngest. That means that even if her film work isn't already impressive enough for you (though it damn well should be), the fact that she's only just begun her career and is currently only 22 should definitely give her some votes for people invested in the future.

9. Jeremy Renner

What You Get: The Mission Impossible Franchise, The Bourne Franchise, The Marvel Franchise Renner's really come in and shaken things up. Doubly Oscar-nominated and taking over both Tom Cruise and Matt Damon's franchises is no easy task, but Renner sprinted through his first outings with relative ease. He's also the second youngest on the list (though at 41) but seems to be taking everything he can. You're bound to see him appear a few more times on the red carpet, ready to get his Academy Award, so it'd do you well to keep him in mind before you hit that button.
 
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