There comes a time in every actors life when he must take the bull by the hyde and get photographed in a leather jacket. If you are an actor entering the ‘leather jacket’ stage of your career, then you could do worse than follow the lead of these luminaries. J.T

Kingsley giving us his jacket style jacket with patented ‘ponder finger’.

Hemsworth proving that even the very young can enjoy the acting confidence which comes with a good leather jacket.

Petherbridge enjoys the exploded sheep look.

McKellen enjoyed being photographed as an off duty policeman in this jacket style number.

The governer! Nobody wears a blouson big collar like Caine. Nobody.

Stewart channeling an East End gangster boy, in this collar-free design. Perhaps the collar was shot off in a shooting fight.

WRONG! Suchet is wearing suede.