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Poll: Decade Defining Actors — The 1980s

A poll by pere-25366
Which of these decade defining actors of the 1980s do you believe to be the most influential?

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After voting, you may discuss the poll here.

Also vote on: Most Influential Decade Defining Actor

Results of 1,992 votes:

  1. 1.

    Tom Cruise in Risky Business (1983)

     
    Tom Cruise
  2. 2.

    Harrison Ford in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

     
    Harrison Ford
  3. 3.

    Arnold Schwarzenegger, Darrell Mapson, Patrick Pinney, Bill W. Richmond, and Bob Ritchie in The Terminator (1984)

     
    Arnold Schwarzenegger
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