Where does Tom rate on the ultimate list?
There are classic tough guys from a bygone era like Burt Lancaster and Ernest Borgnine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfk-JTdQ_0I
And of course these two dudes are even tougher:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1COT5g8c7c
When Seven Samuri was made there were no stunt men. All that actors had to do everything themselves. IMHO that's puts Toshiro Mifune at No.1. But Charles Bronson is a close second.
To underscore how phony Hollywood is: In Out For Justice, Steven Seagal lays a beating on stuntman/actor Nick Dimitri. In the real world, Dimitri would turn him into a tomato can.
Hard Times: Bronson vs Dimitri: Tom learned from this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEdpUobc7c8