Roadie has been chattin with a lady.  (He does that from time to time).  But the idea of a mans man came up.  Yes other things do come up other than Roadie.  Get your mind outta the gutter.

THE  QUESTION  What movie charater or actor mosts depicts your idea of a mans man????
Feel free to elaborate.

My first response was Bond, James Bond.  ( I always wanted to be him)  

And she differed.  And to make thing worse she made sense. lol.

Agree: James Bond is the baddest.
I look forward to any occasion that I can wear a tux simply so I can pretend.  I got to drive an Aston-Martin 2 yrs ago for Christmas.  Wow.

John Wayne! Even in his last years, he was still a mans man!!!

http://static.thefrisky.com/2012-01-03/clint-eastwoods-best-friend-is-a-squirrel-named-lola-plus-12-other-pet-obsessed-celebs/

http://www.azcentral.com/ent/celeb/articles/2012/01/02/20120102clint-eastwood-gets-visits-set-from-squirrel-named-lola.html

It was acting, but the SOB drove his motorcycle directly into barbed wire, plus, like me, he was big into F1.

Now thats a man I have always adored

Paul Newman in Hombre is a man's man.  Strong. Quiet. Resourceful. Brave.

...downright ancient...or I just have a soft spot for the classics....

    Clark Gable

John Wayne is the original and IMO will always be the standard for other actors/characters to be judged by.

I gotta admit though that Sam Elliot doesn't get the attention he deserves, he's usually a supporting role, but he also has that "i'm bad, but I'll let you take center stage" vibe.

Relatively new to the scene is Timothy Olyphant, I really like him, he's like my old pit bulls, just kinda there, keeping an eye on everything and not really bothering anyone, but poke him or cross him and ya better look out, it very well may be the last thing you do.