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Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance in The Shining and also and Col Jessup in A Few Good Men
Alec Baldwin as Jack Ryan Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones Gregory Peck as General Savage in Twelve O'Clock High Jackie Gleason as Sheriff Justice in Smokey and the Bandit Tom Cruise as Nathan Algren in The Last Samurai Morgan Freeman as Red in The Shawshank Redemption (Although the character in the book is a redheaded Irishman I think Freeman makes the movie, as well as a much better Red, with his performance) Clint Eastwood as Gunny Highway in Heartbreak Ridge I know in GD it is really popular to hate Hollywood and rant and rave about Hollywood Libs but there is no denying that over the years they have turned out MANY stellar movies. |
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Sean Penn as that retard.
Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool. He was born for that role. |
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Went through the first couple pages and all my picks have been named already. Tony Soprano was going to be my #1 then I had a few more.
One that may not have been mentioned, but I still think is underrated was Dwight Yoakam as Doyle in Sling Blade. Doyle was such a perfect asshole stepdad archetype; he totally nailed it. Fuck Doyle! |
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John de Lancie as Q on Star Trek. If he hadn't nailed it in the pilot episode, I don't think Q would have come back.
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clark gable as rhett butler
burt reynolds as jack horner in boogie nights (and reynolds hated the movie). |
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Quoted: I thought Karl Urban as Judge Dredd was good. https://i.imgur.com/cwTcHoU.jpg?1 Also, Peter Weller will always be Robocop. https://i.imgur.com/IYSw2lP.jpg?1 View Quote Is that you Murphy? & Red will always be Clarence |
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Burgess Meredith in The Story of G.I. Joe/ He played Ernie Pyle
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Always thought Gene Hackman and Tommy Lee Jones were generally cast well.
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Quoted: Ed Harris as Virgil "Bud" Brigman in The Abyss https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/170028/9F1BFBB2-BFC4-42AD-A66B-19EFBCB7B815_jpe-2291932.JPG View Quote Good movie, but John Glenn in The Right Stuff |
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Quoted: Good movie, but John Glenn in The Right Stuff View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Ed Harris as Virgil "Bud" Brigman in The Abyss https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/170028/9F1BFBB2-BFC4-42AD-A66B-19EFBCB7B815_jpe-2291932.JPG Good movie, but John Glenn in The Right Stuff Makes sense the same man traveled to the lowest and highest parts of Earth. We won’t talk about his role in Enemy at the Gates… |
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Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool.
And Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, even if he's a foot taller than he should be |
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Quoted: He was only really good in one movie which was "raising arizona". Perfect role for a guy with a face like a sedated basset hound. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Nicolas Cage in every movie he’s been in. He was only really good in one movie which was "raising arizona". Perfect role for a guy with a face like a sedated basset hound. I think he did decent as the "chemical super freak" in The Rock, but as any kind of ex-military in Con Air? Not with that hunchbacked, gangly ass posture. |
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Quoted: I think he did decent as the "chemical super freak" in The Rock, but as any kind of ex-military in Con Air? Not with that hunchbacked, gangly ass posture. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Nicolas Cage in every movie he’s been in. He was only really good in one movie which was "raising arizona". Perfect role for a guy with a face like a sedated basset hound. I think he did decent as the "chemical super freak" in The Rock, but as any kind of ex-military in Con Air? Not with that hunchbacked, gangly ass posture. I liked Drive Angry, kind of cheesy. but had the vengeance thing, & muscle cars |
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Quoted: Rust Cole, True Detective. His performance was unforgettable. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oX2xFo7JA4 View Quote I came here to post this: Attached File Performance of a lifetime. Woody was great as well and she didn’t hurt the show either. Attached File |
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Quoted: I don't like the question. Most of the roles you cant fathom another actor playing are because you've only seen that actor in the role. Some actors rise to the challenge and don't need to be "perfectly cast". Dan Lewis and Gary Oldman come to mind. If you've played the whiney guy for all your roles and a casting director needs a whiney guy, then calls the whiney guy, that's not really a great achievement. View Quote Good points. And in some cases, the actors MADE the characters/roles. Eg. Johnny Depp's weird friggin mannerisms made the Jack Sparrow character that way. |
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Ian McShane as Al Swearingen and Garrett Dillihunt as both his characters in Deadwood. I don’t know that I could be civil with Dillihunt if I met him due to his portrayal of Wolcott.
Really the whole cast killed it, though. |
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Ian McShane in Pillars of the Earth
Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting Wes Studi in Last of the Mohicans (Madeline Stowe and DDL were awesome as well) Willem Defoe in Flight of the Intruder (have to read the book) |
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Quoted: Tim Roth as Archibald Cunningham. View Quote While my top pick for 'The Chameleon' goes to Gary Oldman, Tim Roth is on the list (wide range from playing the Bellboy in Four Rooms, to various other roles). It seems like a lot of British actors are versatile enough to blend into the roles they play, vs turning the role into some version of themselves every time. Gary Oldman Daniel Day Lewis Tim Roth Ralph Fiennes Kenneth Branagh Ian Holm Was also impressed by Sharlto Copley going from playing the meek pencil pusher in District 9, to the unstable bad guy in Elysium. |
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Keating's Class |
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Quoted: Respectfully disagree. Reynold's wit and sarcasm are "him" he's not really acting when he's playing Deadpool, and he comes across exactly as Deadpool would. Anyone else and it would be "forced". View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: I think Deadpool could’ve been played by just about anyone. It was a breakthrough movie with good writing. Respectfully disagree. Reynold's wit and sarcasm are "him" he's not really acting when he's playing Deadpool, and he comes across exactly as Deadpool would. Anyone else and it would be "forced". Agreed. Ryan Reynolds really fit the sarcastic, wisecracking character from the comic books. |
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Billy Bob Thornton as Karl in Slingblade. (He got robbed of a Best Actor Oscar).
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Quoted: Quoted: Yeah, Kilmer gets my vote. His finest role by far. Jason Robards was a good Doc also He's one of my favorite actors. He was fantastic in "Death of a Salesman" , "Once Upon a Time in the West"and "A Big Hand for a Little Lady", among a lot of others. |
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Quoted: Ed Harris as Virgil "Bud" Brigman in The Abyss https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/170028/9F1BFBB2-BFC4-42AD-A66B-19EFBCB7B815_jpe-2291932.JPG View Quote He was an excellent Gene Kranz too: (the actual Gene Kranz, not Harris) |
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Quoted: He's one of my favorite actors. He was fantastic in "Death of a Salesman" , "Once Upon a Time in the West"and "A Big Hand for a Little Lady", among a lot of others. View Quote "The Ballad of Cable Hogue" is great also. Something wicked this way comes is the movie i first saw him in as a kid |
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