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dadgumblah 03-08-12 02:13 AM

Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
Okay, I started a thread about taglines, only to have it closed as a repeat thread, so I'm trying to tread carefully here. I've used the "Search" function in the forums for this, so I'm trying to play by the rules here.

I'd like to know who you're favorite character actor is, or someone who seems to get supporting roles most of the time and not starring roles. If they have been the lead in a movie or two, that's cool, just not a huge star. I'll start with a few of my favorites and show you what I'm aiming for:

Liam Cunningham: I really like this guy. The first time I ever saw him was in Dog Soldiers and I've seen him in quite a few since. He lends a pretty intense and tough presence to whatever he's in. Has also been in films such as Clash of the Titans (2010), Centurion, Blood: The Last Vampire, War Horse.

James Gammon: The late actor was a favorite of mine. He of the unmistakable gruff voice, craggy face, with the mischevious glint in his eyes. Some of my faves of his are Major League, Revenge, Silverado. The list goes on and on.

Jeffrey DeMunn: Although The Walking Dead on cable is his most recent claim to fame, he's been around for a long time, in The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption, The Mist, The Blob (1988), Hollywoodland, and many, many more.

Elizabeth Banks: She's been in mainly supporting roles for a long time in films like Slither, Seabiscuit, The 40 Year Old Virgin, yet she's set to bust loose in The Hunger Games films. This, despite that being a supporting role...her pancaked face and over-the-top clothing in the trailers really make her stand out. Look forward to whatever she does.

Okay, mods, if this is a repeat thread, please delete. If not, have fun, folks!

cinemaafficionado 03-08-12 06:15 AM

Robert Duval, John Torturo, Jerry Orbach, William Devine.
Of course, Robert Duval went on to star in movies and even get an Oscar for Tender Mercies.
I think of a character actor as one that 's really good at his craft but does not necessarily became a star do to the fact that his image does not translate into a star. Often character actors are better actors than stars and not all stars are really good actors.
Robert Mitchum was lucky enough to have the image to go with his acting, on the other hand Robert Ryan didn't, although his performances were ceratinly great enough ( Wild Bunch ) for example.
Guys like Ernest Bognine and Lee Marvin did great work but were they more bankable than Cary Grant or Rock Hudson, no they weren't.
Hary Dean Stanton would be a great example of a great character actor that never became a star.
James Dean and Marlon Brando became stars from the get go.
Paul Newman could have been a bigger star if he hadn't been in Brando's shadow.
Kenneth Branagah can act circles around Tom Cruize, but is he a star?

Bigplatts 03-08-12 12:45 PM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
Dennis Farina, he's been in a few films I liked like Snatch, Saving Private Ryan and Manhunter. He's always playing a gangster or policemen or something along those lines and he's a really solid actor- wish he got more parts though.

cinemaafficionado 03-08-12 09:15 PM

I guess the same could be said of James Gandolfino.

dadgumblah 03-09-12 01:12 AM

Well, Loner, since the last post in that thread was in 2005, do we go on with this one, close it, or join the two? I'd prefer to go on with this since noboby has posted in that one in seven years. I do see several threads here that are almost duplicate but are not closed, so...

Good choices, everbody! You get what I'm shooting for. :cool:

I'll add:

Michael Ironside: Love this guy! He's been around since the '70s, but really making an impression in the early '80s with Scanners, Top Gun, going on to Total Recall, Free Willy, Starship Troopers, lots of cheesy SyFy Channel movies that he makes watchable with his appearances, and on and on. I will watch garbage just to see what he'll do. :)

Ving Rhames: I really noticed him first in Pulp Fiction, but he's become really prolific since, and could carry any movie by himself in my opinion.

Thomas Jane: Has been in several leads, but for some reason has never really been what I'd condiser a "star," rather a great actor in starring roles or supporting roles. Such stuff as Deep Blue Sea, The Punisher (2004), The Mist, are just a few places to see him.

Strother Martin: He is one of my all-time favorite actors and an ultimate character actor. The late actor has lent support to innumerable Westerns among other genres, such as The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Wild Bunch, The Ballad of Cable Hogue, True Grit, and other great movies like Cool Hand Luke, Slap Shot, and Up in Smoke (yes, I consider that one great). I like that he was quoted as saying that he "excelled at playing prairie scum." :)

cinemaafficionado 03-09-12 01:28 AM

Did you see Thomas Jane in Killshot (2008) with Mickey Rourke and Diane Lane? Loved that movie.

dadgumblah 03-09-12 02:42 AM

No, cinemaafficionado, I haven't seen that one. I'll definitely check it out. Looks like a great cast there, especially Diane Lane! ;)

cricket 03-09-12 07:52 PM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
Harvey Keitel
Christopher Walken
Dennis Hopper
Ray Winstone
Laurence Fishburne
Joe Pesci
Steve Buscemi
Ray Liotta
Don Cheadle
William H Macy
Phillip Seymour Hoffman

Nausicaä 03-09-12 08:03 PM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
No, cinemaafficionado, I haven't seen that one. I'll definitely check it out. Looks like a great cast there, especially Diane Lane! ;)
Read the book, a lotttttttt better. Killshot was turned to only decent by stupid test audience reactions. But it is an interesting film to see because some shots/delivery show that Joseph Gordon Levitt would have made a brilliant choice to take over the Joker role after Ledger in the Nolan universe of Batman.

Cenydd Ros 03-10-12 01:04 AM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
Brad Dourif
Brad is one of America's greatest actors.

LOTR
http://www.gonemovies.com/www/Wanado...Wormtongue.jpg

Deadwood
http://www.celebrityring.info/images...d-Dourif-1.jpg

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
http://www.fempop.com/wordpress/wp-c...lly-Bibbit.gif

Dune
http://nathanditum.files.wordpress.c...19m28s1391.png

Alien: Resurrection
http://www.scifi-movies.com/images/d...084/image8.jpg

...oh, yeah
http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/Ac...4838-24156.gif


and many dozen more performances.

Deadite 03-10-12 01:25 AM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
Gary Oldman.

mark f 03-10-12 01:33 AM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
Chief Dan George
Bruce Dern
Eugene Pallette
Lionel Stander
Sydney Greenstreet
Peter Lorre
Walter Huston
Walter Brennan
Claire Trevor
Gloria Grahame
Marjorie Main
Anne Revere
Beulah Bondi
Diane Ladd

That's a start.

My two fave males actors, Humphrey Bogart and Alec Guinness, were character actors even when they were playing the star. That's probably why they're my faves.

dadgumblah 03-10-12 07:51 AM

Wow, lots of great choices here! Thanks for the suggestions. I need to check some of these out. Nausicaä, thanks for the heads-up on the book.

Seeing your list, cricket, makes me want to see all those guys together in some epic movie.

Cenydd, Brad Dourif is certainly great. I loved him in Ragtime and Excorcist III also.


Deadite, Gary Oldman is one of the greats. I can't believe this year was his first year to get an Oscar nod. I even love him in movies that a lot of people dislike, like Romeo Is Bleeding.

Mark f, that is an impressive list, and I like that you included a lot of the classic, older-movie actors in there. Wow, Beulah Bondi, you'd be hard-pressed to find a star these days who even knows who she was. She was playing older parts even when she was relatively young, but she did it with class. I first remember seeing Bruce Dern in The Cowboys when I was young. I saw it at the theater and I walked out of the theater stunned at what he had done to John Wayne. I hated him for a while till I was old enough to realize how great of an actor he was to make me hate his character. He's still awesome.

Mountaineer 03-10-12 03:26 PM

Originally Posted by cinemaafficionado (Post 796482)
Robert Duval, John Torturo, Jerry Orbach, William Devine.
Of course, Robert Duval went on to star in movies and even get an Oscar for Tender Mercies.
I think of a character actor as one that 's really good at his craft but does not necessarily became a star do to the fact that his image does not translate into a star. Often character actors are better actors than stars and not all stars are really good actors.
Robert Mitchum was lucky enough to have the image to go with his acting, on the other hand Robert Ryan didn't, although his performances were ceratinly great enough ( Wild Bunch ) for example.
Guys like Ernest Bognine and Lee Marvin did great work but were they more bankable than Cary Grant or Rock Hudson, no they weren't.
Hary Dean Stanton would be a great example of a great character actor that never became a star.
James Dean and Marlon Brando became stars from the get go.
Paul Newman could have been a bigger star if he hadn't been in Brando's shadow.
Kenneth Branagah can act circles around Tom Cruize, but is he a star?

Harry Dean Stanton.....character actor extraordinaire. He's been around for decades and he is still active!

James Cromwell.........You may remember him being Archie Bunker's pal in the All in the Family 70's sitcom. Some years later, he proved himself to be a very capable character actor. And who could forget him as the evil, corrupt police captain in LA Confidential?

Anthony James..............He often played sleazy, creepy types. You may not have known his name. But you would recognize his face. Sort of a strange looking guy. He retired from acting years ago, and last I heard he was an artist.

Dan Hedaya.......I used to watch him play Nick Tortelli on Cheers sitcom. He was also good in wisecracking, no-nonsense cop or villain roles.

Rip Torn is another prolific character actor.

Characters actors are like the unsung heroes of Hollywood. They may not play the leading roles, but they bring so much to a film.

dadgumblah 03-10-12 09:35 PM

Anthony James! Mountaineer, my Dad and I noticed him in a commercial when I was a kid...he played a purse snatcher who dodged in-and-out of a crowded sidewalk. I'll never forget that face. Even later, when I found out his name, we still called him "purse snatcher." Thanks for triggering that memory. :)

Cenydd Ros 03-11-12 12:12 AM

Originally Posted by Deadite (Post 796947)
Gary Oldman.
Gary Oldman is the greatest living actor, whether in the lead role or not.

Tyler1 03-11-12 12:36 AM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
Buster Keaton and Bruce Lee have always been my heroes.

Loner 03-11-12 05:17 AM

Originally Posted by dadgumblah (Post 796687)
Well, Loner, since the last post in that thread was in 2005, do we go on with this one, close it, or join the two? I'd prefer to go on with this since noboby has posted in that one in seven years. I do see several threads here that are almost duplicate but are not closed, so...
I say go with this one for reasons you stated. :)

I'll remove my post above.

dadgumblah 03-11-12 06:20 AM

Thanks, Loner, I appreciate it. :cool:

Another great character actor is Clancy Brown. He's been in too many to mention but I first saw him in the original Highlander as The Kurgan and I've tried to follow him since.

Andrew Robinson: He played one of the greatest psychopaths I've ever seen in Dirty Harry yet has gone on to do other great stuff, including a long run on tv in Deep Space Nine. Funnily enough, he was in Shoot To Kill with Clancy Brown, and there were several backpackers in the wilderness with a killer hiding among them, and boy, throwing Robinson and Brown together was a genius move, not knowing if it was one of them, or if they were red herrings, making you not notice the other guys. I won't tell in case you haven't seen the movie, but it's good stuff.

L.Q. Jones: This guy has been in scores of Westerns, but he excels at other character parts also. He's been in Ride the High Country, Major Dundee, Hang 'Em High, The Wild Bunch, etc. But one of my favorite roles of his was in a "modern" Western, Lone Wolf McQuade, yes, a Chuck Norris movie, but he almost steals the movie. I see on his IMDB listing that he hasn't done anything since 2006, so I don't know what's going on with him. I wish him the best whatever the case may be.

Mountaineer 03-11-12 07:01 PM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
L.Q. Jones is one of the best examples of character actor I have seen. If there was a definition in the encyclopedia, it should include a photo of him.

Deadite 03-11-12 08:51 PM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
James Cromwell is also really good.

dadgumblah 03-11-12 09:34 PM

Cromwell is great. I first remember him from Explorers and he's still going strong.

Deadite 03-11-12 09:41 PM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
Yeah, he was fantastic in L. A. Confidential but I absolutely adored him in First Contact.

mark f 03-12-12 10:26 AM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
Here's some more of my fave old-timey male character actors. I'll list some more female ones later.

Charles Coburn
Juano Hernandwz
Eric Blore
Edmund Gwenn
Sam Jaffe
Edward Arnold
Edward Everett Horton
Charles Ruggles
Sig Ruman
Felix Bressart
William Demarest
Ward Bond
Barry Fitzgerald
Victor McLaglen
Jack MacGowran
Peter Ustinov

Powderfinger 03-12-12 10:32 AM

Originally Posted by cinemaafficionado (Post 796482)
Robert Duval, John Torturo, Jerry Orbach, William Devine.
Of course, Robert Duval went on to star in movies and even get an Oscar for Tender Mercies.
I think of a character actor as one that 's really good at his craft but does not necessarily became a star do to the fact that his image does not translate into a star. Often character actors are better actors than stars and not all stars are really good actors.
Robert Mitchum was lucky enough to have the image to go with his acting, on the other hand Robert Ryan didn't, although his performances were ceratinly great enough ( Wild Bunch ) for example.
Guys like Ernest Bognine and Lee Marvin did great work but were they more bankable than Cary Grant or Rock Hudson, no they weren't.
Hary Dean Stanton would be a great example of a great character actor that never became a star.
James Dean and Marlon Brando became stars from the get go.
Paul Newman could have been a bigger star if he hadn't been in Brando's shadow.
Kenneth Branagah can act circles around Tom Cruize, but is he a star?
There is a movie with Robert Duval and he plays a drunk preacher or something, but I cant remember the name of it? It was really good.

mark f 03-12-12 10:40 AM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
The Apostle.

Yoda 03-12-12 11:58 AM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
Mark nailed it; it's The Apostle, and it's one of my all-time favorites. It's a tremendous film and Duvall's performance is staggering. Can't recommend it enough.

Deadite 03-12-12 12:08 PM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
Agreed. Great movie.

mark f 03-12-12 08:06 PM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
The Apostle reminds me of Elmer Gantry, and that's crammed with great character actors, such as Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger, Edward Andrews, John McIntire, Hugh Marlowe, Rex Ingram, Philip Ober, John Qualen and others.

MovieBuff67 03-13-12 12:36 AM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
Current...the great Steve Buscemi and William H. Macy.....and from the past....Donald Crisp.

Mountaineer 03-14-12 12:53 AM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
J.D Cannon.
Denver Pyle.
Dub Taylor

ozgen 03-17-12 10:01 AM

Bruno Ganz
Max von Sydow
Tim Robbins
Juliette Binoche
Faye Wong
Bill Murray
Marcello Mastroianni
Giulietta Masina
Vincent Cassel
and Taner Birsel :)

dadgumblah 04-21-12 10:32 PM

Just watched a movie with another of my favorite character actors, Eddie Marsan. Not that I've seen everything he's been in, but I've seen several that he stood out in.

Including: War Horse, Sherlock Holmes, The Disappearance of Alice Creed (particularly in this one), The Illusionist, Mission Impossible III, V For Vendetta and the list goes on and on.

alivia 04-23-12 11:28 PM

I like the movie characters-
James Bond and Jack Sparrow. After watching Bond movies of Pierce Brosnan, I don't like him in his other movies.

dadgumblah 04-24-12 09:20 PM

Alivia, you should check out Brosnan in Nomads (1986), a supernatural movie he did. He's quite good in it.

TylerDurden99 06-25-12 08:35 AM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
John C. McGinley. I've seen him in a lot of stuff, from Scrubs to Platoon to On Deadly Ground to Se7en to The Rock. Love the guy!

Flimmaker1473 06-26-12 04:03 AM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
Phillip Seymour Hoffman
Gene Hackman
John C. Riely

earlsmoviepicks 06-26-12 12:55 PM

I always liked William Hickey

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w...liamHickey.jpg

dadgumblah 06-26-12 09:32 PM

Hickey was awesome, especially in Prizzi's Honor. The scene where he yells at Anjelica Huston to "Shaddup!" then immediately and sweetly asks a child, "Wanna a cookie?" is aces. :)

genesis_pig 06-26-12 09:46 PM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
I always liked David Warner.

Frokane 06-27-12 11:35 AM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
Brian Cox!! Mother****ing BRIAN COX
he always always always delivers, even in bad movie, this man is simply a joy to watch and listen to.
http://www.mtv.com/news/moviehouse/p...9/bourne-1.jpg

rannyann 06-27-12 11:49 AM

My favorite Character Jason Statham.
He is very awesome actor and he performed action very fantastic.
I saw his all movie.
In Expendables movie he perform supporting actor.

Nausicaä 06-27-12 11:50 AM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
Jason Statham + very awesome actor = :nope:

Gabrielle947 06-27-12 01:01 PM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
Maybe Barry Pepper? I think he was really good in 25th Hour and Saving Private Ryan.He also appeared in True Grit,The Green Mile,We Were Soldiers.
Also I can't get out of my mind Brittany Murphys' performance in Spun,I think she was a really talented woman.
Robert Duvall and John Cazale are also worth a mention.Great actors.

dadgumblah 06-27-12 07:38 PM

Frokane, I love Brian Cox. For some reason, my favorite role of Brian's is in The Long Kiss Goodnight. He provides some important exposition in the movie and has several hilarious lines.

Gotta love the Stath-man. Aside from his lead roles, he gave great support in several Guy Ritchie movies and is continuing to play support in The Expendables movies.

Barry Pepper is a very good actor. Gabrielle947, if you haven't seen him opposite Tommy Lee Jones in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, I highly recommend it. He's pretty great in it. Good film also.

Genesis pig, David Warner is great. The first thing I ever saw him in was The Omen. Since then, I've gone back to his earlier work like Straw Dogs and The Ballad of Cable Hogue...hmm, both Sam Peckinpah films...and enjoyed his work. For the longest time, he seemed to be the go-to guy for bad guy roles, like in Tron and Time Bandits (one of my favorites of his).

I'd like to add Robert Carlyle to the list. I like this guy even when he plays a bad guy. First thing I saw him in was The Full Monty, then The World Is Not Enough, and on and on. I still have yet to see Trainspotting, with Carlyle in a supporting character role, but I hear it's a great flick. When I rent a movie, I always seem to go past it on the shelf, so no excuses for me!

SFactor123 07-24-12 08:56 AM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
My best movie characters ever are:
Captain Jack Sparrow-Pirates of the Caribbean
Nina Sayers-Black Swan
The Joker-The Dark Knight
Aron Ralston-127 hours
Wladyslaw Szpilman-The Pianist

Miss Vicky 07-24-12 11:05 AM

Originally Posted by SFactor123 (Post 829445)
My best movie characters ever are:
Captain Jack Sparrow-Pirates of the Caribbean
Nina Sayers-Black Swan
The Joker-The Dark Knight
Aron Ralston-127 hours
Wladyslaw Szpilman-The Pianist
Please read thread titles before posting. The subject of this thread is NOT favorite movie characters, it's favorite character actors or supporting actors.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_actor

Critics 07-24-12 01:16 PM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
Brad Dourif
Bill Murray

The Rodent 07-24-12 10:55 PM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
I've got two...


Henry Kingi

Al Leong



Stuntmen and usually henchmen to the lead villain. Both always make a mark on the film when you see their faces...

Watch_Tower 07-25-12 11:53 AM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
Brad Dourif is class!! Joe Pesci always steals every scene his in. I'd add Andy Serkis, his work with CGI and motion capture has been ground breaking.

AmericanNoir 08-04-12 04:21 AM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
Sean Bean. He's always the lead in b-movies. In "A" movies, he's the bad guy or the guy that dies.

Oldman for sure.

I wish Timothy Olyphant would pick better movies. His tv show is decent though.

I'm also going to throw out there that Bill Murray is the lead in quite a few movies recently. They are just smaller budget indie films because that's what he want's to do, but he has been more prolific since 2000 or so then he was in the 80's.

dadgumblah 08-04-12 05:54 AM

A great character actor that was a supporting actor is almost everything he did, is R.G. Armstrong. He died on July 27th. He played the General who briefed Arnold Schwarzenegger in the opening scenes of Predator, and probably every tv Western known to man, plus many other movies you'll remember if you look up his massive list of credits on IMDB. Plus, his profile pic is immediately recongnizable. Definitely one of those, "Oh, that guy!"

TylerDurden99 08-05-12 02:23 AM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
One of my favourite character actors is one Robert Davi. In case you don't know the name, this is him.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ol_Records.jpg

He's been a favourite of mine for a long time. Most people know him as Special Agent "Big" Johnson from Die Hard, but he also starred in a few of my other favourites. His best performance, in my opinion, is his turn as druglord and Bond villian Franz Sanchez. It was nice to see a Bond villian who wasn't over the top or scenery chewing, and Davi played the role with intelligence and charm. He was also the highlight in Arnie dud Raw Deal and infamous turkey Showgirls and he was good as one third of the villainous family in The Goonies. He also had a bit of fun as a small town sheriff in the surprisingly decent Swamp Shark.

"Whoohoo! Just like *******' Saigon, hey Slick?"

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DRTuPmAe4z...640_SY484_.jpg

medusa2012 08-05-12 03:52 AM

Originally Posted by Watch_Tower (Post 829922)
I'd add Andy Serkis, his work with CGI and motion capture has been ground breaking.
That is not acting it is invisible modelling like leg and hand models

medusa2012 08-05-12 03:54 AM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
Did you see Andy Sirkis in the biopic of Ian Dury? Not a very enjoyable movie to watch, to say the least- Snot and miserable despair, leaves you depressed. He suited it well.

medusa2012 08-05-12 03:56 AM

Originally Posted by Frokane (Post 822428)
Brian Cox!! Mother****ing BRIAN COX
he always always always delivers, even in bad movie, this man is simply a joy to watch and listen to.
http://www.mtv.com/news/moviehouse/p...9/bourne-1.jpg
I agree. Always brilliant, because he has a very strong likable character.
I like Philip symour hoffman also

Nausicaä 08-05-12 10:58 AM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
Andy Sirkis in the biopic of Ian Dury
He was absolutely brilliant as Ian Dury. Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll was the film.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...krollmovie.jpg

Watch_Tower 08-05-12 01:46 PM

Originally Posted by medusa2012 (Post 833791)
That is not acting it is invisible modelling like leg and hand models
Noway, especially in regards to Golem, you could see every facial expression. It was great. Hand and leg modelling is static, with no final say over the modelled product. You could say all acting is modelling to a certain extent but Serkis' performance was crucial to creating Golem and making us loathe him, yet pity him at the same time.

Watch_Tower 08-05-12 01:46 PM

Originally Posted by medusa2012 (Post 833793)
I like Philip symour hoffman also
Couldn't agree more! and someone mentioned Sean Bean, absolute class. Loved him in Ronin.

Nausicaä 08-05-12 02:02 PM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
^ Don't get him started on all that Serkis performance/CGI stuff again, he has gone on about it in another topic, a whole 9 pages...

Here is the topic: http://www.movieforums.com/community...396#post825396

Yoda 08-05-12 02:12 PM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
Aye. Please relegate your opinions about CGI and motion capture to the existing arguments. This is a thread for people to list their favorites. You can agree or disagree, but arguing about the broad criteria is somewhat off-topic, okay? :) You can argue about Serkis' performance, specifically, but anything more expansive than that should probably be somewhere else.

Watch_Tower 08-05-12 02:14 PM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
No problem, I won't go on about CGI performances here :)

Watch_Tower 08-05-12 02:15 PM

Originally Posted by Nausicaä (Post 833875)
^ Don't get him started on all that Serkis performance/CGI stuff again, he has gone on about it in another topic, a whole 9 pages...

Here is the topic: http://www.movieforums.com/community...396#post825396
9 pages....I can't compete with that lol

Slimgee55 08-06-12 12:12 AM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
Alan Rickman anybody!?

TylerDurden99 08-06-12 01:10 AM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
Another one of my favourites, he was great in Die Hard, Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves & Love, Actually.

Mysticalunicornfart 08-06-12 01:34 AM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
Sammy Rockwell..

Brad Dourif.

TylerDurden99 08-06-12 01:38 AM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
Can't leave out one of the ultimates:

http://kaispace.files.wordpress.com/...oint-break.jpg

earlsmoviepicks 08-06-12 05:34 PM

Yes yes yes

Originally Posted by Mysticalunicornfart (Post 833988)
Sammy Rockwell..

Brad Dourif.

AmericanNoir 08-07-12 04:06 AM

Sam Rockwell is one of the top five American actors alive. Ray Winstone was another actor I was going to mention.

VaporNation 08-08-12 06:42 PM

joe pisci

VaporNation 08-13-12 04:12 PM

joe pisci

Nausicaä 08-13-12 06:16 PM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
http://www.msn101.com/content/emotic...ous_DXD5FP.gif

arian 10-26-12 07:28 AM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
Giovanni Ribisi
Andy Serkis
Gary Oldman
Alan Rickman

Swede74 10-26-12 08:01 PM

Originally Posted by Frokane (Post 822428)
Brian Cox!! Mother****ing BRIAN COX
he always always always delivers, even in bad movie, this man is simply a joy to watch and listen to.
http://www.mtv.com/news/moviehouse/p...9/bourne-1.jpg
It's absolutely true that Brian Cox is among the best of actors who seem to get mostly supporting roles. James Rebhorn is another one that falls into the same category, and Kurtwood Smith is a third.

I think few people would say that Eric Roberts has a lot to be proud of, but I think he deserves credit for what he did in the second season of Crash (Dennis Hopper's last TV-series)

Peacelover 11-08-12 12:30 AM



Bruce Willis
Andy Lau
Steven Seagal
Phoebe Cates
Jessica Alba



honeykid 11-08-12 01:20 PM

Originally Posted by Peacelover (Post 855772)


Steven Seagal



Really? Character actor? You can't mean he's a supporting actor as the only thing he supports are the clothes he's standing in and his ex-wife.

Exist 11-08-12 01:42 PM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
Great creepy guy from Gravyard Shift to Mississipi Burning, Brad Dourif.

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Also the Coen fav. Steve Buscemi, I need to watch Boardwalk Empire.

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bighuey 11-08-12 10:11 PM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
Michael Keaton in Graveyard Shift.

zenderella 11-08-12 11:04 PM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
Oh easy. The God among men that is Stanley Tucci.

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6...zr68o1_400.jpg

He is one of my all time favourite actors. He seems to slide by being absolutely perfect in so many movies.

The Lovely Bones, Captain America, Under Cover Blues, The Devil Wears Prada, Julie & Julia, The Hunger Games, The Terminal. I lub him. (I even created a webpage devoted to him because I'm a big nerd)

Now, I admit Stanley doesn't always physically transform as often as many other great character actors do. One of my favourites that certainly does to to the point that people don't even realise he is in the movie is Vincent D'onofrio

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma...69b3o1_500.jpg

Da man.

Honestly I could go on naming people all day but I thought I'd pick one last one that might be unexpected...

Chris Evans

Yes he has been a lead in things, I mean he is Captain America for gosh sakes.

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/i...0xrzS118pYeBrN

But I am always surprised at how many people don't realise Chris was also..

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One of the 7 evil ex's in Scott Pilgrim vs The World

and

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Jensen in The Losers

Maybe it's partly a level of fame thing, but I seriously think he is one to watch.

Powderfinger 11-08-12 11:28 PM

Re: Favorite character actor or supporting actor...
 
Steve Buscemi

http://images3.cinema.de/imedia/5474...OxAsM8iA==.jpg

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8...5bjeo1_400.jpg

http://www.thefancarpet.com/uploaded...757_Medium.jpg




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Con Air (1997)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Armageddon (1998)
Ghost World (2001)
Youth In Revolt (2009)


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