 Michael Bailey Smith played Ben Grimm in his human form while Carl Ciarfalio played The Thing in "The Fantastic Four" film from 1994, Michael Chiklis portrayed the Thing in the 2005 film "Fantastic Four" and its 2007 sequel "", while Jamie Bell acted the part in "Fantastic Four" (2015).In 2011, IGN ranked the Thing 18th in the "Top 100 Comic Book Heroes", and 23rd in their list of "The Top 50 Avengers" in 2012.The Thing was named "Empire" magazine's tenth of "The 50 Greatest Comic Book Characters" in 2008.