6. Jeff Goldblum & The Rest of the Cast
Long before his film career took something of a nose-dive, Goldblum was the most unlikely candidate for action movie star, but his appearances in Jurassic Park in 1993 and Independence Day in 1996 confirmed to Hollywood that his self-effacing, wit-laced charm would translate well to such an opportunity. Then The Lost World came out, and some people began to suspect they might have made a mistake. But in Independence Day, Goldblum was a gold-mine, offering substantially more brains than the rest of the largely impulsive, macho male cast members, as well as some personal problems that gave him a humanist note, and a comic relationship with his almost stereotypically written father (Judd Hirsch). He was funny, charming and vulnerable in the same way that he had been as show-stealer Dr Ian Malcolm in Jurassic Park, and his ultimate odd-couple team-up with Will Smith for the film's pay-off made a fittingly heroic tribute to the character. He wasn't the only one though - the cast of Independence Day is packed with quality from Smith and the comedic Hirsch, through Bill Pullman's everyman President and Mary McDonnell's tragic first lady via the dependable Robert Loggia to great cameos from Randy Quaid and Star Trek's Brent Spiner. And that's not to mention Margaret Colin or Vivica A Fox. They might not all have been A-List, but they made for a great ensemble (aside perhaps from the completely unnecessary "comic relief" offered by Harvey Fierstein).