Teen romance, prestige TV and a run of period roles in heavy prosthetics or heavy sideburns.
1The Creature (Frankenstein)Elordi's Oscar-nominated turn as the Creature in Guillermo del Toro's 2025 Frankenstein.1000pts
2Nate Jacobs (Euphoria)The controlling quarterback of HBO's Euphoria.733pts
3Felix Catton (Saltburn)The golden aristocrat of Emerald Fennell's 2023 thriller Saltburn.599pts
4Noah Flynn (The Kissing Booth)The brooding love interest of Netflix's Kissing Booth trilogy, his breakout role.599pts
5Elvis Presley (Priscilla)Sofia Coppola's 2023 Elvis, seen through Priscilla's eyes.0pts
6Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights)Emerald Fennell's 2026 Wuthering Heights, opposite Margot Robbie.0pts
7Dorrigo Evans (The Narrow Road to the Deep North)The Australian surgeon and prisoner of war in the 2025 miniseries of Richard Flanagan's novel.0pts
8Julius (On Swift Horses)A card-sharp drifter in the 1950s drama On Swift Horses (2025), opposite Daisy Edgar-Jones.0pts
9Leonard Fife (Oh, Canada)Elordi plays the young draft-dodging filmmaker whose life Richard Gere's dying older self recounts in Paul Schrader's 2024 Cannes competition drama Oh, Canada.
10Charlie De Lauzun (Deep Water)The charming young pianist flirting with Ana de Armas's Melinda under her jealous husband's gaze in Adrian Lyne's 2022 erotic thriller Deep Water.
11Bobby Falls (He Went That Way)A charismatic hitchhiking serial killer riding along with Zachary Quinto's animal trainer in the 1960s-set road thriller He Went That Way, released in 2024.
12Hig (The Dog Stars)A grieving pilot surviving in post-pandemic Colorado in Ridley Scott's 2026 adaptation of Peter Heller's novel, a performance praised even by critics cool on the film.
Photo credits
- Leonard Fife (Oh, Canada) — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Charlie De Lauzun (Deep Water) — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Bobby Falls (He Went That Way) — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hig (The Dog Stars) — JoshPopov, CC BY 4.0
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His Creature in del Toro's film earned him a first Oscar nomination, for supporting actor. The role among thirteen other Frankenstein angles: https://youpick.best/articles/frankenstein-ranked-many-ways
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