Actor I would choose: Chris Evans - though I'm tempted to use him for Talon.
Chris has strong masculine features and proved he can do more than play an arrogant punk (human torch) when he took the Captain America role.
In my Chest of Souls Epic Fantasy, Rube Jynn is a hard-working young man whose life ambition is to learn. Raised among farmers with high standards and astounding work ethic, he is loyal and fiercely protective of friends and family.
With that said, he has deep emotional conflict. His father, a Ryke (birds) Master, remarried and his stepmother can't stand him. He leaves to work the farms in Lander. Leaving home is okay with Rube because if there is one thing he never wants to do, it's inherit and take care of the family Ryke business.
Rube's strengths are knowledge and loyalty. Of all the men that become Talon's "Elite" Rube is taken the farthest out of his comfort zone (he's never had to fight) and once he is taken prisoner he has to adapt to a brutal environment that life hasn't prepared him for.