Favorite Comedian Gone Dramatic
 

What is the best dramatic performance you've seen of a comedian? Mine is Jim Carrey in Man on the Moon and Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting and Jack Black did a decent job in Bernie!

For a couple of oldies, I like:

Shelley Berman in The Best Man (1964)

Don Rickles in Casino (1995)

And Robin Williams was good in One Hour Photo (2002)

Yeah, that was an (literally) insane performance by Williams.

My fave is Tom Hanks.
He went from pure comedic roles, carrying the occasional seriousness and emotion, like Big, The Money Pit, The 'burbs, Dragnet, Turner And Hooch, A League Of Their Own... to full on dramatic roles in Philadelphia, Saving Private Ryan, Bridge Of Spies etc.
He still carries that comedic timing though, which I think marks him as one of the best actors of the past 40+ years.

Sam Kinison. Back to School.

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Albert Brooks in Drive

Re: Favorite Comedian Gone Dramatic
 

Robin Williams is a good example, especially in "Good Will Hunting" where his humanity cannot be denied.

Dave Johns from I,Daniel Blake (2016)

Robin Williams was bone-chilling in One Hour Photo

Jim Carrey should have received an Oscar nomination for The Truman Show and Will Farrell impressed in Stranger than Fiction and Everything Must Go.

Bernie was a good movie. I thought I was the only person on the planet who had seen it...a link to my review:

https://www.movieforums.com/reviews/2031865-bernie.html

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I love Jack Black but he did have the great Shirley MacLaine to play the monster he was up against.
Great pairing there, in Bernie.

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Have you seen Being There? Peter Sellers did a wonderful performance, but ruined it by showing outtakes during credits. Breaking the magic!

You should check out Rickles in a 1960 film called The Rat Race

Good tip. I vaguely recall that movie. I'm pretty sure I saw it. Went to the pictures a lot in '60 --saw a lot of Curtis and Reynolds-- and, I'm from Pittsburgh..;)

I always liked him in X: The Man With the X-Ray Eyes

Richard Pryor was awesome in Superman 3.