What makes an actor charismatic?

I guess being charismatic is combination of how good human being you are and art of living/ success. How person deal with life challenges and maintain his/ her own personality or reputation. It is all about how the person is who perform flawless success and inspire others to be like him/ her.

I don't find George Cloony charismatic.With tom and Brad , the camera loves them . They are find actors. they are not just movie idols , they are actors. They seem to not know how beautiful they are.it isn't anything you can teach. You either have it or not.

I don't know. Just what is charisma. I work with a man - autistic, developmentaly disabled. For all intensive purposes is non-verbal. Yet, he has charisma, everyone that meets him likes him, no one forgets his name. People go out of there way to find him and say hi to him when he is around. He has charima-- but I still don't know what it is.

Hiya Carl, long time no see. I think for me, its their looks and their personality. I like a boy next door loook. Like ashton kuethcer or Johnny depp. Brad pitt is abit too rugged for me. I think its who you talk too as what makes aperson charismatic.

good looks, talent and networking skills are what is required. it is all well and good to have the looks and the talen, but at the end of the day, that is no good if you do not have the appropriate introduction. that is, if you do not have the right person putting you in touch with others who can make you a star then that is as good as useless. you have to be able to pimp yourself like hell. it is no longer about just sleeping with the director, the stakes are higher now. but what with the advent of the internet and youtube it is a little easier to be discovered and, well there is the myriad talent shows that are on tv just lately, ahhhhh gotta love reality tv.

I don't know what is, because i don't like brad pitt or tom cruise... so i don't think is his beauty, i prefer geoge clooney or nicolas cage that they are not so beautiful but they are so fascinating!!! I love nicolas cage in his movie "city of angels"... it is my favourite movie!!!

I think it does exist, though it may be hard to define. It can come from an actor's acting skill, or course, or his or her confidence, ability to create empathy, etc. Or a combination of all of these. And as you say, some people who are not actors are charismatic in real life. These people may not even be particularly attractive, but have something that appeals to people.

I can't tell you about charisma in actors but I will tell you about a person I know, He is in his late 30's, he is not an overly handsome man but he is not ugly either. He is probably 80 or so pounds overweight. People just flock to him! I should add he is mentally retarded and is Autistic. He is non-verbal. Yet, when I take him out in public, people remember him and they greet him. People love him, they flock to him. They want to be with him. Whatever charisma is, he has it. He oozes it. It is not tangible in any way shape or form, It can't be defined. BTW I think Tom lost his charisma when he got into the scientology thing...he became an obnoxious piece of everyone's anatomy.