Actors Who Are The Best At Fake Crying Skip To ContentHomepageSign InSearch BuzzFeedSearch BuzzFeedlol Badge Feedwin Badge Feedtrending Badge FeedCalifornia residents can opt out of "sales" of personal data.Do Not Sell My Personal Information 2022 BuzzFeed, Inc PressRSSPrivacyConsent PreferencesUser TermsAd ChoicesHelpContactSitemapPosted on 5 May 2022 These Actors Cried So Realistically We Were Genuinely Worried For Them "Gina Rodriguez in Jane the Virgin — her breakdown scene where she gets the call about Michael. That cry is so authentic and heartbreaking." by Benjamin DzialdowskiBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestTwitterMailLink All actors should know how to cry right But sometimes an actor s sobbing is so convincing that it just makes you think Wow that s some serious acting as you begin to weep too Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 20th Century Fox So we recently asked the BuzzFeed Community which actor has the best onscreen cry of all time and they sent in some excellent weepers Here are 27 of the most popular submissions 1 Ewan McGregor as Christian in Moulin Rouge 20th Century Fox "When Satine (Nicole Kidman) dies and he lets out this loud, heartbreaking sob. The first time I saw it was a shock, and now it breaks my heart every time I watch it." —Lunacorn_13 "After Satine dies in his arms. It’s guttural and honest and still gets me 20 years later. We don’t see a lot of cries like that." —wreckabex View this video on YouTube youtube.com 2 Olivia Colman as Sarah in Heartstopper Netflix "When Nick came out to her! It is such an emotional scene, and it really shows how brilliant an actor she is!" —fuzzywuzzykoala View this video on YouTube youtube.com 3 Sandra Oh as Cristina in Grey s Anatomy ABC "When Derek takes her fishing to try to get her operating again, she catches that fish and tilts her head up, eyes closed, and starts crying. She finally takes back control of her life, and you can just feel everything she was feeling at that moment. She is such an incredible actor." —ariellej4 4 Matthew McConaughey as Cooper in Interstellar Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Paramount Pictures "When he's driving away from his kids at the beginning. Knowing he's willingly leaving his children for a reason bigger than them is so touching. It's a gut punch of a scene every time." —kimitapet264 View this video on YouTube youtube.com 5 Timothée Chalamet as Elio in Call Me by Your Name Sony Pictures Classics / Warner Bros. Pictures "The pain you see on his face when he cries... My heart aches just thinking about it." —lynda View this video on YouTube youtube.com 6 Adam Driver as Charlie in Marriage Story Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Netflix "In the huge fight scene between his and Scarlett Johansson's characters. The buildup to the anger and frustration is so powerful! He just loses it and slowly crumples onto the floor. I felt like he ripped my own heart out and stomped on it." —agl512 View this video on YouTube youtube.com 7 Sebastian Stan as Bucky in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Walt Disney Motion Studio Pictures "Specifically, the scene where Ayo helps him realise that he's finally free from Hydra's brainwashing and he has full control over his mind again." —jamier483771985 "The portrayal of PTSD in this character throughout the series is outstanding. Even though the trauma is entirely fantastical, it's still a very relatable process of dealing with it." —sandcat View this video on YouTube youtube.com 8 Tom Hanks as Captain Phillips in Captain Phillips Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Sony Pictures Releasing "At the end, when he hears 'You’re safe now'. In this scene, the acting is so powerful and authentic, it moves me to tears every time." —KeM80 "When he is being seen by a real-life medic. He just starts crying, and that scene always makes me cry." —[deleted] View this video on YouTube youtube.com 9 Gina Rodriguez as Jane in Jane the Virgin The Cw "Especially her breakdown scene where she gets the call about Michael. That cry is so authentic and heartbreaking. No matter how many times I watch that show, if Jane cries, I cry, but that particular moment always gets me the most." —kristin_liz View this video on YouTube youtube.com 10 Ellen Burstyn as Sara in Requiem for a Dream Artisan Entertainment "Her performance gets me every time. The speech to her son when she talks about how lonely she is and how futile the daily tasks are is so real and so touching. Understated and beautiful." —rhiank2 View this video on YouTube youtube.com 11 Toni Collette as Muriel in Muriel s Wedding Roadshow Entertainment "When she’s telling her ‘friends’ that she’s not nothing. Every time I see it, it makes me want to simultaneously cry my heart out along with her and give her a massive hug." —little_v View this video on YouTube youtube.com 12 Michael Clarke Duncan as Coffey in The Green Mile Warner Bros. "When he was with the two girls. Oh my god, no, I cannot watch that film because I know I will bawl like a baby just watching him cry." —UmmmOKThen View this video on YouTube youtube.com 13 Jared Padalecki as Sam and Jensen Ackles as Dean in Supernatural Warner Bros. Television Distribution "When Sam had to kill his werewolf girlfriend (the first girl he loved) after his would-be fiancé was killed. He looks back at Dean as he goes to kill her, and the look of absolute heartbreak is like a kick in the nuts." "Also, when Dean is hit with a memory curse and loses his memory. He looks in the mirror and repeats information about his life friends and family, and his eyes well up as you can see him losing the memories — absolutely devastating." —clairetasmic View this video on YouTube youtube.com 14 Alison Brie as Ruth in Glow Netflix "The moment when Ruth and Debbie finally let out all the hurt they’ve caused each other and argue in the hospital is heartbreaking. But Ruth just sitting in the hospital bed and sobbing into her hands is so raw and real. It's honestly mind-blowing and kills me every rewatch." —amyi4117d500c 15 Rami Malek as Elliot in Mr Robot Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF USA Network "Especially in the episode when Krista helps him find out about his childhood. Every time he cries, I end up feeling so bad for him, to the point where I feel like hugging him, especially because of the huge amount of trauma he endured." —tanyam44ab2253d View this video on YouTube youtube.com 16 Emmy Rossum as Fiona Gallagher in Shameless US Showtime "She absolutely gets me every time, particularly when she gave her mom the monologue on what a bad parent she was. Every one of her performances was mind-blowing, and she deserved so many awards. I will die on this hill." —- a "When Fiona confronted Monica about how she failed at being her mother and how Fiona was the one raising her younger siblings all these years." —chillmagazine10 View this video on YouTube youtube.com 17 Viola Davis as Rose in Fences Paramount Pictures "I could have chosen various Viola Davis roles, but her iconic cry in Fences is an example of an actor going full cry. None of this unrealistic cutesy crying — Viola really makes you feel the pain and emotion of her situation. Best. Crier. Ever."—casualgem30 View this video on YouTube youtube.com 18 Diane Keaton as Kay in The Godfather II Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Paramount Pictures Studios "When she is explaining to Michael that their marriage is over. She subtly cries as she tells him about her abortion and lets him know that he can't keep her from their children." —dellarock View this video on YouTube youtube.com 19 Elizabeth Henstridge as Simmons in Agents of S H I E L D Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF ABC "Anytime she cried, I was absolutely shattered. She is so incredibly heartbreaking, and you feel her grief so viscerally, no matter the circumstances." —mollyconnelley View this video on YouTube youtube.com 20 Luke Kirby as Lenny Bruce in The Marvelous Mrs Maisel Amazon Prime Video "This was definitely more of a subtle cry, but the combination of the tears in his eyes with his delivery of the line 'If you blow this, Midge, I swear, you will break my fucking heart' was so emotional and powerful."—bundtcake12 View this video on YouTube youtube.com 21 Tom Hanks as Andrew in Philadelphia Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF TriStar Pictures "After he’s been turned down as a client by the law firm. He stands there, staring out onto the street, looking just hopeless. I have never seen a more realistic look/feeling of hopelessness and despair in a movie." —MissL View this video on YouTube youtube.com 22 Demi Moore as Molly in Ghost Paramount Pictures "At the end, when she can hear Sam for the first time after his death. The tears just start to spill over, but she keeps her composure and her eyes open because she doesn't want to miss a single thing. It gets me ugly-crying every single time. I'm tearing up just thinking about it." —witchyribbon84 View this video on YouTube youtube.com 23 Will Smith as Christopher Gardner in The Pursuit of Happyness Sony Pictures Releasing "Both when he’s sleeping in the public bathroom with his son and when he gets the job at the end. Kills me every time!" —Olivia "He never overdoes it, and I love how he shows his vulnerability by conveying a lot of discomfort in crying in front of other people. He captures that part of crying so well, and you’ll notice he doesn’t do the same when he cries alone in scenes." —imgracekim View this video on YouTube youtube.com 24 Rupert Grint as Ron and Oliver Phelps as George in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II Warner Bros. Pictures "When Ron is reunited with his family and finds out that Fred has died, it's so emotional. The moment Ron and George hugged and sobbed together, I ugly-cried. Their acting was phenomenal in that scene and isn’t appreciated enough." —Peynor View this video on YouTube youtube.com 25 Danielle Brooks as Taystee in Orange Is the New Black Netflix "Every single time she cried, I was blubbering along with her. The most notable was her impassioned impromptu speech at the height of the riot, where she cut Judy King off and spoke from the heart." —emmahadleyuk View this video on YouTube youtube.com 26 Miguel Ángel Silvestre as Lito in Sense8 Netflix "Particularly in the scene with Sun where he sobs in his adorable onesie. In multiple scenes throughout the series, Miguel Ángel Silvestre is a master at both bringing comedic relief and provoking deeper emotions through his weeping." —bundtcake12 27 Anthony Hopkins as C S Lewis in Shadowlands Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF United International Pictures "After his wife, Joy, has died and he's talking with her young son, who says he misses her, Lewis says, 'So do I' and wraps him in his arms, and they weep. Nobody could stay dry-eyed watching that." —extralatte5 View this video on YouTube youtube.com Note: Some submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity. 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