Reply With QuoteJake Gyllenhaal in nightcrawler!!
Joseph Gordon-Levitt...
Last edited by pacifichrono; 4th April 2016 at 21:27.
Jake Gyllenhaal in nightcrawler!!
Eddie Marsan - this guy, if the name's unfamiliar:
He puts in a very solid performance in Black Mass, so much so I caught myself thinking "I forgot Jonny Depp could act!".Originally Posted by smokey99
Good callEddie Marsan - this guy, if the name's unfamiliar:
Another Brit whose name folks may not know but his face they will, he's been doing some sterling work -
Toby Jones
Did anyone see The Big Kahuna with Kevin Spacey, Danny Devito and Peter Facinelli? All those actors were fantastic in that movie, that movie was all about having to be able to act.
He was fantastic in this, so much so he creeped me out
Steven Toast
How could I have missed him out?
Wonderful.
Cheers,
Neil.
Another Brit whose name folks may not know but his face they will, he's been doing some sterling work -
Toby Jones
Excellent in everything I've seen him in.
Cheers,
Neil.
Very true!
I agree, but I'm not sure he doesn't just play one character, with shades of likeability. He's definitely very watchable though and I'll happily watch anything he's in.
M
Last edited by snowman; 5th April 2016 at 10:55.
Sir Iain McKellan,
Anthony Hopkins 90% of the time,
Don't like him but DiCaprio,
Al Pacino in Scarface,
Jim Carrey...
Much more TV but David Jason is one that comes to mind immediately - I never think of his other characters when he is playing Del Boy, Granville, Insp Frost etc.
Kevin Spacey, Pete Postlethwaite, Maggie Smith, Jim Broadbent, Bill Nighy, Stanley Tucci.......
I think British actors are on average better than others.
I'd agree with David Jason, but a few of those often seem to play one character to me (Jim Broadbent and Bill Nighy, for example)...
John Thaw could get a mention, Reagan AND Inspector Morse - Both coppers, but very different... Plus his character in "Goodnight Mister Tom", again a totally different character.
M.
Last edited by snowman; 5th April 2016 at 11:38.
Staying on the TV theme, Vicky McClure is a gem of an actress.('This is England')
Films wise, you've got to admire Heath Ledgers' depiction of the Joker in Batman.
I think a couple of those might be American :-)
?? The two sentences weren't (meant to be) connected - as everyone knows that Dame Maggie Smith and the late Pete Postlethwaite is/was American!
Last edited by vagabond; 5th April 2016 at 14:48.
David Cameron
Gray
Man on Fire is an superb film.
He should be in the other thread.
Always a ham performance.
Cheers,
Neil.
Gene Hackman
Kevin Spacey (always plays the same character but is brilliant at it)
Patrick Stewart
Jodie Foster
DeNiro
Tom Hanks
Ralph Fiennes
Ben Kingsley
Denzil Washington
Sydney Poitier
It is.
I really enjoyed Flight recently and Glory was brilliant too, to name just two amongst many, many films.
M.
Don't know why, but I can't stomach Bill Nighy.
Oh? He was excellent in Meerkat Manor.
I was going to post his name also. Amazing performance in 'Bridge of Spies' and a well deserved Oscar.
One I think not mentioned yet
Giovani Ribisi - Played a lot of supporting roles and was brilliant in Saving Private Ryan
Also,
Ray Liotta
Jack Nicholson
Robin Williams (RIP)
The Equaliser is great too, well he is in it.
No sure about Ray Liotta, I sat through this once
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460780/
Ray Liotta playing a wizard wasn't his finest moment.
Would also add Bryan Cranston, superb in what he does
Haley Joel Osment was incredible in The Sixth Sense and A.I., but doesn't seem to have had any decent roles since then.
Very much agree. Johnny depp, de niro, nicholson,and Hopkins are excellent.
I think Jim Carrey shows is skill in a few films, take away the Ace Ventura zany stuff and watch him in The Truman Show and Number 13 he's brilliant.
In a similar vein, Ben Wishaws characters in Layer Cake vs Bond is incredible.
Special mention for Denzel just for Training Day.
Finally Bruno Ganz in Downfall is jaw dropping.
Yes, he does have quite a range - he was very good in that BBC2 series about the gay man that had a MI6 lover (I can't remember the name!).
London Spy - And, yes, I agree - I didn't realise it was "M" for a couple of episodes and he was in something else again recently and I said to the wife "Isn't he in something else" and she (after the credits) said "You we're right, he's "M" in the new Bond films".
M
Last edited by snowman; 6th April 2016 at 08:30.
He is 'Q', not 'M'.
Pah, I knew it didn't sound right as I wrote it
M.
Just thought of another
Sean Penn - 21 Grams, Mystic River, I am Sam and Dead Man Walking. All worth a watch if you haven't seen them
I'd rather stick needles in my eyes than watch Sean Penn.
How strange...
M.
Not sure if he's been mentioned...
Liev Schreiber. Cracking actor.
Daniel Brühl is consistently good, in English and German; both he and Chris Hemsworth acted their Nomex socks off in 'Rush'.
Domininc Monaghan (Merry from Lord of the Rings) can play characters that I actively dislike, and that's always a sign of good acting ability.
^ This, or +1, or whatever the current vogue for agreeing is...
I saw Liev Schreiber on stage in A View From The Bridge, with Scarlett Johansson (she was in the play, not sat with me sadly) and he was excellent.
There's something so cool about the parts he plays. I'm just watching season 7 of CSI again in which he guests in four episodes, he owns the screen.
Steven Seagal
Brando
Nicholson
Elisabeth taylor & richard burton
Okay...then my REAL favorite is William Claude Dukenfield, AKA, W.C. Fields.
Jennifer Jason Leigh - Miami Blues, Single White Female, The Hateful 8
Emile Hirsch - The Girl Next Door, Alpha Dog, Into The Wild
Vincent D'Onofrio
Kevin Spacey
Anthony Hopkins
Peter Ustinov
Jürgen Prochnow
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