Winner and a Movie: 10 Athletes and Actors Who Can Play Them on the Big Screen

How there hasn't been a good movie yet about Michael Jordan, I have no idea—and no, Space Jam doesn't count.

Washington would be the ideal choice to play Jordan. He's one of the best actors out there, and he could perfectly portray Jordan's intensity. And we know from He Got Game that Denzel can ball.

Mortensen is most famous for playing a King in the The Lord of the Rings trilogy, so he would fit right in playing the Great One.

And let's face it, the resemblance is there.

You would need somebody playing McGwire to have comparable biceps, which John Cena obviously does.

Just have Cena grow a goatee and color his hair red, and I think he would make a great McGwire. Throw in a scene where he goes on a 'roid rage and starts smashing up the locker room with a bat, and we have a movie that I'm willing to pay to see.

For anyone who has seen Dexter or Lost, you might recognize Mark Pellegrino. If not, you still have to admit that he does look at lot like the legendary quarterback.

If Joe Namath can get his own flick, I say that Montana, one of the greatest quarterbacks ever, should get his own too. Heck, put it on a fast track and get it out the same time as the Namath movie.

It could be Joe vs. Joe at the box office.

Pale? Check.

Goofy hair? Check.

Tall and kinda gangly? Check.

Yep, I think Pattinson would be a great Larry Bird. If nothing else, he would introduce millions of screaming pre-teens to the game of basketball.

Jim Thorpe was possibly the greatest overall athlete of all time. That deserves a movie.

Adam Beach would play him. There's no doubt about that. He has automatic dibs on any good Native American role in Hollywood.

He would snatch this one up in a second.

With people trying to figure out who was better, Roger Federer or Pete Sampras, Hollywood should cash in with a movie about Sampras.

Entourage's Adrian Grenier would be perfect. He's got the dark features and wavy hair of Sampras.

I think it would be a good movie. It would at least be better than Medellín.

If Will Smith bulked up a little bit more, he could definitely play a young Jim Brown.

He would have to bulk up a lot to play