We Now Know Which Movie Star Curses The Most, Thanks To A New Study

Bad language is nothing new in movies, but some actors do it a lot more than others. A new study of popular films has revealed which films, actors, and characters are the most foul-mouthed.

The movie with the most swears in it is The Wolf of Wall Street, which has 715 expletives, followed by Uncut Gems with 646 cuss words. The Scorsese mobster movie Casino follows with 606 instances of strong language.

Leading the way by star is actor Jonah Hill, who has spoken the highest number of cuss words in the film industry, reaching 376 total swear words for an average of 22.9 instances of potty language per 1,000 words spoken. As you may recall, Hill swore a great many times in Superbad, but he credits his starring role in Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street in helping him set the record.

"So many people to thank," Hill said on Instagram. "Martin Scorsese, thanks for pushing me over the edge. Humbled."

Leonardo DiCaprio (361), Samuel L. Jackson (301), Adam Sandler (295), and Al Pacino (255) round out the top five actors who swear the most in movies. There are no surprises there.

In terms of the movie character who swears the most, that record belongs to DiCaprio's Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street. The character swore an incredible 332 times in that movie. Sandler's Uncut Gems character, Howard, followed with 295 cuss words.

This study was conducted by Buzz Bingo. Its team looked at 3,565 movie scripts, collected instances of swearing, and ranked them by severity as determined in part by Ofcom's list of "potentially offensive language and gestures on TV and radio."

The survey is missing some key data, it seems. If DiCaprio spoke 332 swears as Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street, that would leave only 29 additional cuss words to reach his lifetime tally of 361 as calculated by Buzz Bingo. DiCaprio swore numerous times in The Departed and Django Unchanged, but those films--and many--do not appear to have been tracked.

Separately, it is understood that The Wolf of Wall Street set a record for most f-bombs in a popular movie, featuring 506 instances of the word. Scorsese's The Departed includes 237 instances of the word "f**k," which is believed to be the highest total ever for Best Picture-winning movie.