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Celebrities in Cowboy Hats: Who Fills Out All 10 Gallons?

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Seriously Random Lists | Comments (50)

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Jason Statham — celebrity cockney shitkicker — is currently filming Parker for director Taylor Hackford (Ray) making Statham the fourth actor to take on the principled thief character from Donald Westlake’s pulp novels, including Lee Marvin, Chow Yun Fat and Mel Gibson. More importantly, as the above on-set photo illustrates, Statham will be wearing a cowboy hat (via ComingSoon).

Jason Statham. In a cowboy hat. How does he keep it on when he’s round-house kicking a guy in the jugular?

But how does he stack up some some of cinema’s other biggest stars in cowboy hats? That’s a rhetorical question. I don’t really care how he stacks up. It’s late, and I needed to run a post, Jason Statham was wearing a cowboy hat, suddenly I get Ben Affleck from Phantoms (yo!) on the brain, and now you get to look at photos of stars wearing cowboy hats.

You can thank me later.

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Comments

Snoop looks like a doped out Hasidic Jew.

Posted by: Roland at September 21, 2011 12:10 AM

Timothy Olyphant can wear anything! Just when I was trying to recover from seeing him in a tux at the EMMYS. Him and Kit Harington.............Oh Damn

Posted by: dl at September 21, 2011 12:16 AM

that michael madsen isn't on this list is a disservice.

Posted by: gp at September 21, 2011 12:25 AM

Vagina. Aneurism.

I'll be in my bunk.

Posted by: L-Za at September 21, 2011 1:21 AM

I dunno... Statham in a cowboy hat is kinda wrong.

I'D STILL DO HIM, THOUGH.

Posted by: MM at September 21, 2011 1:56 AM

mmmhmmm, Statham can wear a cowboy hat and nothing else.

I still won't watch even 24 frames of his movies, though.

Posted by: Jerry at September 21, 2011 2:07 AM

One frame at a time, Jerry, with good long intervals between.

Posted by: cinekat at September 21, 2011 3:14 AM

Yes to all but McConaughey, Obama and Affleck. McConaughey suuuuuuuuuucks. And I'm on the fence about Statham - not a good style for him. A resounding yes to Jolie and Olyphant. Snoop and Harrison Ford have earned the right to do whatever they please.

Posted by: Iheartlasagne at September 21, 2011 5:23 AM

It's a tough look to pull off; no question about that.

For my money only Olyphant manages it out of this lot.

McConaughey looks like a jee-wizz simpleton ranch-hand.
Dr Who is a knobhead generally; there he is just a knobhead in a hat.
Snoop doesn’t know where he is.
Emma Watson is...is...
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Wait, what was I doing?

Posted by: zeke the pig at September 21, 2011 5:34 AM

Maybe it's just the angle, but I'm pretty sure Emma Watson is not wearing a cowboy hat. ...and I'm missing the point here, aren't I? :-)

Posted by: KatSings at September 21, 2011 8:21 AM

Same cowboy hat on Statham and McConahagwhatever. On Statham it looks piss-poor and the kind of cheap that you get in a biker shop along Main Street in Daytona Beach, but on McConag-I'll-learn-to-spell-it-another-day...well, damn, I'd actually watch that movie. Damn (I say, again).

Posted by: stardust at September 21, 2011 8:27 AM

Timothy Olyphant is the reason they still make cowboy hats. I didn't think I had a "cowboy thing" until seeing him in Deadwood. Heath Ledger also looks just dusty and intensely squinty enough in that photo to make me believe he belongs in that hat.

Joel Mchale looks like he's dressed up for a western themed Backstreet Boys video and Brad Pitt looks like he belongs in that movie they're making about Channing Tatum's life. The Statham is the worst though.

Posted by: becks at September 21, 2011 8:47 AM

1. Olyphant

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Everyone else

Posted by: Fredo at September 21, 2011 8:57 AM

I raved about BD Wong yesterday, so I feel compelled to mention his bitchin' hat in The Salton Sea.

LOOK!

Posted by: Ghisent at September 21, 2011 9:05 AM

Who would have thought it was possible to make Statham look silly? Is it intentional? Is he wearing the hat ironically?

Forgive them Sam Elliott. They know not what the hell they are doing. Except Olyphant, and maybe Craig.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at September 21, 2011 9:07 AM

I'd like to suggest something from the classics. No two men have ever rocked cowboy hats better than these two gentlemen right here.


We deal in lead, friend.

Posted by: TK at September 21, 2011 9:10 AM

We all know Raylan Givens wins this. We all know. It's not even a thing.

Posted by: Nadine at September 21, 2011 9:20 AM

OLYPHANT. No one else even comes close.

Posted by: Mel C. at September 21, 2011 9:24 AM

Wow. You know it's a slow week when this SRL gets the most comments.

Posted by: logan at September 21, 2011 9:42 AM

Timothy Olyphant can wear nothing!

FTFY dl.

Posted by: Socrates_Johnson at September 21, 2011 9:46 AM

I know everyone hates him but I still love John Travolta in Urban Cowboy. When that camera pans up those long, Wrangler-clad legs and we get to his (fuck you, you have to admit it was) pretty face and he's wearing that black hat? Hhhhhhhhotttttt.

Oh, and Debra Winger rocked the hell outta cowboy hat too.

And as Mrs. Julien mentioned a while back, we can add Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones, the gentlemen of Lonesome Dove.

Posted by: Shonda at September 21, 2011 9:56 AM

Actually she said Sam Elliot, which is spot on. Just sayin....

Posted by: logan at September 21, 2011 10:02 AM

I think cowboy hats ( which I hate with the fire of a thousand suns) do not belong anywhere except on a horse on the open range (on the cowboy, not the horse). Maybe that's why they look so dated on these actors, they really don't make westerns anymore. All of the actors from the 30's to the 70's looked good in them, I think John Wayne was even born with one on. But now......uh uh.

Lee Marvin's name was Walker in Point Blank, not sure what Mel Gibson's name was in Payback, the remake. Did they change the name?

Posted by: kirbyjay at September 21, 2011 10:06 AM

Josh Brolin rocked one in No Country For Old Men.

Posted by: Mattfactor at September 21, 2011 10:27 AM

"not sure what Mel Gibson's name was in Payback, the remake. Did they change the name?"

Porter.

Posted by: Ghisent at September 21, 2011 10:28 AM

Gibson's name in Payback is Porter. We actually named our family dog after him.

Posted by: Mel C. at September 21, 2011 10:32 AM

Ok...so a bit of background. I grew up where wearing cowboy boots and a hat with a business suit passed without comment. I know a thing or two about hats and their ettiquette, mmmmkay?

First of all, the hat should never be worn indoors. (Instead, one should go around with a goofy hat ring pressed into your hair.) I'll give Pitt a pass, since he's clearly...ahem...riding a horsey...in that pic. The ladies get a pass, too since that rule only applies to the cowpokes. (Insert obligatory pokes vs. pokees joke here.) The rest of these schmucks have no excuse.

Secondly, generally speaking hats are worn without adornment other than a simple band (usually artfully pleated in some way). Feathers, etc. are generally proof positive of your city-slicker status. That said, I don't know what the hell Jolie is thinking, up there. A rattlesnake? Really?

And finally, yeah, not sure that Emma's hat is technically a cowboy/girl hat. But you know what...she's got her cute little shoulder sticking out and wearing her "piss me off and I'll shove prickly pears down your shorts" face. I'll let her go with it.

Posted by: NateS1973 at September 21, 2011 10:56 AM

Heeeeeeeeyyyy Duuuuuuuuuude...

Posted by: branded at September 21, 2011 11:28 AM

I like that we're making up reasons to post photos of the Olyphant on a daily basis. Keep up the good work, Pajiba.

Posted by: MG at September 21, 2011 11:34 AM

Statham and Obama (sorry, Mr. President, everyone knows you're Chicago city folk) look ridiculous and are wearing silly hats for their build.

Ford has been wearing beautiful hats exceptionally well since his acting career began. Cowboys and Aliens was no exception, despite the film's questionable quality. It was costumed well.

Craig wore a fedora (country / cavalry style) in Cowboys and Aliens, not a western style ("cowboy") hat. It likewise suited him well.

Ledger and the guy with the six gun (come on, staff, would you guys PLEASE start putting names in these lists, we don't all know every single face you put in these things, good grief) are wearing what actually appear to be hats worn with a purpose. A real rancher would never be caught dead looking like he just brought his hat home on the turnip truck yesterday. Hence the argument that feathers do indeed absolutely prove someone's "city slicker status".

The biggest problem with this list is the minority of straw hats. You know you're dealing with a movie costumer when you've got a crapload of fur-felt hats in the blazing hot southwest. Pitt's pointless silly hat looks as if it might be straw. Miss Watson's may also be straw (I'd argue, as well, though that it isn't a western style hat) and Miss Jolie's silly absurdity is definitely straw. Ledger's entitled to a felt hat in the colder climes. Snoop is obviously wearing felt because straw wouldn't match is outfit. It surprises me that he pulls the look off, I'll be honest.

Finally, TK is right.

Posted by: lubeg at September 21, 2011 11:53 AM

Um...you forgot Sawyer on Community.

Posted by: lizzy at September 21, 2011 12:05 PM

The problem most folks have with trying to wear cowboy hats is they choose(or have chosen for them) hats with brims that are too large for their heads/faces. Not all cowboy hats have to be huge, people. They come in a variety of sizes and styles.

As much as I love Statham, that hat looks absurd.
Where is the pic of Sam Elliot? Any picture of him in a cowboy hat is a good one.

Posted by: Reba at September 21, 2011 12:30 PM

The guy with the six gun is Matt Damon.

and Statham's hat looks like a plastic Halloween costume cowboy hat.

Posted by: kirbyjay at September 21, 2011 12:56 PM

In front of this guy in a cowboy hat, everybody on this list will be shitting in their pants.

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1094812672/nm0000142

Posted by: NG at September 21, 2011 1:13 PM

Ford and Craig did the cowboy hat proud. And Craig gets special mention for the chaps.

THE CHAPS! Ghaaaaaaa. *bites fist*

Posted by: klingonfree at September 21, 2011 1:31 PM

Shonda,

You remembered! I actually tried to find a picture of Duvall to link to, but I couldn't find one I liked, and then I decided to go with Sam Elliott and had a delightful few minuutes researching those pictures, but then I realised that I didn't know how to imbed a link and that I didn't like the way it looks when someone just adds an endless address string into their comment (and I considered asking the crowd for information on how to do so, but decided that was a PLove kind of question), so I changed my mind and went with the straight up Elliott reference because, and I have meant this from the bottom of my heart since I was TEN, DAYUM that is a man who justifies anyone's longing for a cowboy and his hat and said cowboy wearing said hat and tilting his head to one side; unfortunately, I got caught up in work and couldn't come back here until now to follow up and here I find that you are expressing solidarity and I am not pounding my chest and raising my fist with you to show that you ARE HEARD and APPRECIATED, and phooey on logan for not understanding.

Many kisses inside your heart (a Brazilian man once signed a Christmas card to me that way and isn't it the most awesome thing ever?),

Mrs. Lysander Julien

P.S. The chaps klingonfree! Sweet fancy Moses the chaps! I would climb him li- [deleted for being unladylike].

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at September 21, 2011 2:06 PM

As someone who wears a cowboy hat on a regular basis (I ride horses, and a 'full brimmed hat or helmet' is required for most sanctioned barrel races and rodeos) I agree it isn't an easy look to pull off.

Straw is definitely more forgiving than felt and, God forbid, oilskin (worn when raining - straw is not so good at keeping water out). However, a cowboy hat seems to come standard with big trucks, hunting rifles, and certain brands of cheap beer here in dairy country. It's a look you just get used to, I guess. Like hipster glasses and lady jeans on guys in bigger cities.

Posted by: hersheygirl at September 21, 2011 2:15 PM

I thought that might be Damon, but I wasn't sure.

Posted by: lubeg at September 21, 2011 2:22 PM

This list is pointless without Tim Riggins.

Posted by: Quanion at September 21, 2011 3:20 PM

When I saw the words "cowboy hat," I salivated with anticipation of seeing Sam Elliott featured here, looking directly at me, eyes glimmering with the promise of bodice-ripping action in store for us tonight... but, alas, no. Thanks to Mrs. J, logan, reba, for setting the record straight. Dustin obviously needs an adjustment on his hunk-o-meter.

When I see pictures of Matthew McConaughey, I wanna slap that bubba-smirk right off of his little IQ-malnourished head.

Posted by: Stinky at September 21, 2011 5:34 PM

Actually, by Pajiba's wrongful exclusion of Sam Elliott from this list, I now find myself in the unenviable throes of cowboy-hattus-interruptus.

Posted by: Stinky at September 21, 2011 6:13 PM

HEY Mrs. J! How could I... I just meant... No one could...

*takes off hat*

Sorry ma'am.

Posted by: logan at September 21, 2011 6:39 PM

Logan: Ha, pfftttt! :P~~~~~

Mrs. Julien knows. Oh yes, she knows.

(And that is the greatest ending salutation I have ever seen. I think I would've died if I got something like that. That's just fucking charming, that is.)

Posted by: Shonda at September 21, 2011 7:49 PM

Where the hell is Sam Elliot? How can you have a cowboy hat post and not post the quintessential cowboy?

Jeez, I wonder about this place sometimes.

Posted by: dahlia6 at September 21, 2011 9:38 PM

SEEEEE!

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at September 21, 2011 10:11 PM

ExACTly!

Posted by: Stinky at September 21, 2011 10:45 PM

Can you JUST imagine Sam's manly, coarse hands running up and down your body as he whispers, huskily, in your ear, "C'mon baby, you KNOW I know what you like."

*Hands over face (somewhat stifled) scream.*

In the words of Mrs. J, "Is it hot in here or is that just me?"

Pant. I think it's obvious who's in extremis here....

Posted by: Stinky at September 21, 2011 11:26 PM

Um. The little Stinkies just got fussed at by Mr. Stinky because Mom was AWOL, "playing" on the computer, and they all wandered outta bed....

Where were we? Yes, SAM ....

Jeez. I have the hiccups now.

Never mind. 'Nighty, night.

Posted by: Stinky at September 22, 2011 12:11 AM

Russell Crowe and Christian Bale in 3:10 to Yuma?

No?


.. I'll see myself out.

Posted by: Amanda6 at September 23, 2011 1:18 AM

These celebrities really pull off these hats. I think that cowboy hats are great. For me they aren't an every day item but they are great for certain events. They can really spruce up and outfit and get you feeling like a true cowboy.

Posted by: David Wallace at October 6, 2011 2:42 PM