5. Chris Pine

In “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” (2014), Pine, 33 at the time, shows Ryan’s nerdy, data-analysis side, sussing out a Russian financial scheme designed to crash the U.S. economy.

However, Pine’s solid, earnest document sleuth takes too quickly to field work, demonstrating a skill set that would qualify Ryan for Tom Cruise’s “Mission: Impossible” team but doesn’t work as well for an analyst more comfortable doing research. The portrayal yields a potent Ryan but comes at a price: the loss of the fish-out-of-water charm that is central to Jack’s appeal.