Every Jack Ryan Actor Ranked, From Alec Baldwin to John Krasinski

The first season of Amazon’s “Jack Ryan” show is finally here, with John Krasinski being the fifth actor to take on the role. So it feels like a good time to look back at every Jack Ryan and figure out who did it best.

5. Chris Pine

There’s a reason why nobody remembers this movie even though it only came out like four years ago, because it’s a really slight and unremarkable experience aside from Kenneth Branagh’s delightful Russian baddie. Pine is just kinda there.

4. John Krasinski

Jack Ryan is kind of a blank slate, generic white guy of a character, and so whether I like an actor in the role often largely depends on how good the thing he’s in is. Unfortunately for Krasinski, Amazon’s “Jack Ryan” is not good, and it drags him down with it. He’s fine, whatever.

3. Harrison Ford

It’s not hard to imagine Ford’s Jack Ryan as Indiana Jones after retiring and going straight, because that’s kinda the mode Ford is in in “Patriot Games” and “Clear and Present Danger.” Which is a pleasure to watch even though it’s not overly interesting.

2. Ben Affleck

The Ben Affleck of “The Sum of All Fears” was before he solidified himself as a Serious Actor, and his turn as the “boy scout” Jack Ryan is pretty unique in his filmography. It’s fun to watch him as an un-cynical good dude.

1. Alec Baldwin

Baldwin is an actor who definitely has a type of role he usually does, and so it’s easy to forget that he didn’t always play characters who are jerks. The standard Baldwin character would be like Jack Ryan’s boss trying to keep him from taking the initiative to do the right thing, so having him as Jack Ryan himself is really fascinating. And also Baldwin just kills it.

Read original story Every Jack Ryan Actor Ranked, From Alec Baldwin to John Krasinski At TheWrap