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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Pick one male or female actor, who you really admire for their acting skills, not one you fancy, but think is an amazing actor.
Mine is Spencer Tracy, amazing actor who knew how to be the part and look as though he really was listening and responding to what the other actors were saying on screen.
Films;
Inherit the wind
Bad day at Black Rock
Guess who's coming to dinner
Nuremberg
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By *LCCCouple
over a year ago
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"Tim Curry. He has an amazing presence on screen and he makes all his characters his own."
Argh, can't stand that man, he makes my skin crawl!
I would go for Gary Oldman, such a chameleon, unrecognizable from one role to another. From Leon to Fifth Element to Batman to Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Tim Curry. He has an amazing presence on screen and he makes all his characters his own.
Argh, can't stand that man, he makes my skin crawl!
I would go for Gary Oldman, such a chameleon, unrecognizable from one role to another. From Leon to Fifth Element to Batman to Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy "
Noooooooo 
Though, on the subject of Gary Oldman, have you watched True Romance? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Micheal Caine...
Sleuth
Italian job
Alfie
Man who would be king
Get Carter
Ipcress files
Fourth protocol
The whistle blower
Cider house rules
Zulu
Bridge too far
Eagle has landed
Hanna and her sisters
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And my personal favourite
The muppets Christmas Carol
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"Micheal Caine...
Sleuth
Italian job
Alfie
Man who would be king
Get Carter
Ipcress files
Fourth protocol
The whistle blower
Cider house rules
Zulu
Bridge too far
Eagle has landed
Hanna and her sisters
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And my personal favourite
The muppets Christmas Carol
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And Dirty Rotten Scoundrels  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Tim Curry. He has an amazing presence on screen and he makes all his characters his own.
Argh, can't stand that man, he makes my skin crawl!
I would go for Gary Oldman, such a chameleon, unrecognizable from one role to another. From Leon to Fifth Element to Batman to Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy "
I thought his portrayal of Smiley was as good as Alec Guinness. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Micheal Caine...
Sleuth
Italian job
Alfie
Man who would be king
Get Carter
Ipcress files
Fourth protocol
The whistle blower
Cider house rules
Zulu
Bridge too far
Eagle has landed
Hanna and her sisters
..
And my personal favourite
The muppets Christmas Carol
And Dirty Rotten Scoundrels "
Get Carter is one of the best films ever, and MCs best performance in my opinion. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Tim Curry. He has an amazing presence on screen and he makes all his characters his own.
His Devil was the best thing about
'Legend'  "
My favourite's still Rocky Horror. No one could play Frank like him  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Robert Shaw
Sir John Mills love Ice Cold and Dunkirk
Richard Burton
Love the era they were about in. "
I know I was only allowed to pick one greedy sorry |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Robert Shaw
Sir John Mills love Ice Cold and Dunkirk
Richard Burton
Love the era they were about in. "
Me too. Burton was amazing, never forget him in ' Where Eagles Dare@ the scene in the Castle with the double cross. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Ian McKellen.
Not just a great actor but a great person, beyond that though he was Gandalf and Magneto...
I'll just leave that there "
Simply brill! |
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By *icky999Man
over a year ago
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"Micheal Caine...
Sleuth
Italian job
Alfie
Man who would be king
Get Carter
Ipcress files
Fourth protocol
The whistle blower
Cider house rules
Zulu
Bridge too far
Eagle has landed
Hanna and her sisters
..
And my personal favourite
The muppets Christmas Carol
And Dirty Rotten Scoundrels "
weren't they all one great micheal cane impression? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Walter Matthau..
great comedy actor - the odd couple.
great serious actor - The taking of Pelham 123."
Pelham is another favourite of mine, including the music score. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Marlon Brando changed how acting is taught in America
Samuel L Jackson just because he's totally awesome
Judi Dench because she has a very distinguishable presence |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I think Kevin spacey is a very under rated actor
He was spectacular in K-Pax.
brilliant as keyser soze in the usual suspects  "
Kevin spacey is awesome, love him in American beauty |
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"I think Kevin spacey is a very under rated actor
He was spectacular in K-Pax.
brilliant as keyser soze in the usual suspects
Kevin spacey is awesome, love him in American beauty"
He's also spectacularly fabulous in House of Cards! |
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By *LCCCouple
over a year ago
Cambridge |
"Tim Curry. He has an amazing presence on screen and he makes all his characters his own.
Argh, can't stand that man, he makes my skin crawl!
I would go for Gary Oldman, such a chameleon, unrecognizable from one role to another. From Leon to Fifth Element to Batman to Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Noooooooo
Though, on the subject of Gary Oldman, have you watched True Romance?"
Yeah, he is a long haired small time drug dealer right? He is such as adaptable actor |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I think Kevin spacey is a very under rated actor
He was spectacular in K-Pax.
brilliant as keyser soze in the usual suspects "
Mesmerising in house of cards...current binge watch.  |
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By *LCCCouple
over a year ago
Cambridge |
"I think Kevin spacey is a very under rated actor
He was spectacular in K-Pax.
brilliant as keyser soze in the usual suspects
Kevin spacey is awesome, love him in American beauty
He's also spectacularly fabulous in House of Cards! "
Yes, Yes, Yes, he has been in many great films. But superman returns sucked! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Jean Reno. Never seen him in a duff.
James Gandolffini. A true great.
Philip Seymour Hoffman. Made some wonderful films.
Rosamund Pike. Everything I've seen her in I've thoroughly enjoyed. |
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By *LCCCouple
over a year ago
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"Christoph Waltz...
And controversial. ..leo dicaprio. He has actually done some cracking films."
Leo has done some brilliant films. I cant wait to see the new one with Tom Hardy in ye olde American settler times. That film looks like its going to seriously blow people away. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I'm going to be a little controversial and say Jackie Chan.
He may not be a great actor but he is truly dedicated to the art of film making. The list of serious injuries sustained while making his films proves that. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Merle Oberon which I l now sounds like a mans name.
She was Anglo Indian by heritage and not a natural beauty but neither am I!
She was in the 1930;s Withering Heights along with Lawrence Olivier and equaled him.
Its the only film that has stuck to the spirit of the book and Bronte would recognize |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My favourite actor, who I'm always stunned by, is the late Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Actress is probably Cate Blanchett, or the lady who played Mercedes in Pan's Labyrinth. |
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"My favourite actor, who I'm always stunned by, is the late Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Actress is probably Cate Blanchett, or the lady who played Mercedes in Pan's Labyrinth."
Cate Blanchett was brilliant in Blue Jasmine. |
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By *onnie55Man
over a year ago
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Richard Burton - from my town. Met him when I was a kid, my father played piano in a local nightclub in the 60s and he came to the club on a visit back to Port Talbot. My father played loads of requests for him and they had a long chat afterwards, resulting in my Dad being invited to take me to Burton's local the day after to meet him and some of his family.. A wonderful actor, awesome presence and the best Welsh voice ever! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"My favourite actor, who I'm always stunned by, is the late Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Actress is probably Cate Blanchett, or the lady who played Mercedes in Pan's Labyrinth."
I was watching PSH monday night in Catching Fire, love him. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Well, ad the best ones have been mentioned (in my opinion) I'll throw Adam Sandler out there.,, always makes me laugh. Films include:
Happy Gilmore
50 first dates
Billy Madison
The Wedding Singer
Bulletproof
Longest Yard
Big Daddy
Could carry on but I'll stop now |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Cannot pin it down to one but I love Jean Reno,Natalie Portman and Gary Oldman and it was like the perfect storm seeing them in Leon "
My favourite film  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"John cusack
Denzel Washington
Thandie newton
Gene Hackman
John Cusack is massively underrated. I loved him in Grosse Point Blank and Better Off Dead."
He was great in Grosse Point Blank. And in Hi Fidelity, although his character was vile . |
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"Jean Reno. Never seen him in a duff.
James Gandolffini. A true great.
Philip Seymour Hoffman. Made some wonderful films.
Rosamund Pike. Everything I've seen her in I've thoroughly enjoyed. "
The last two are the ones I was thinking about, Rosamund Pike in Gone Girl was chillingly brilliant! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"John cusack
Denzel Washington
Thandie newton
Gene Hackman
John Cusack is massively underrated. I loved him in Grosse Point Blank and Better Off Dead.
He was great in Grosse Point Blank. And in Hi Fidelity, although his character was vile ."
I love his interactions with Dan Aykroyd in Grosse Point Blank. Very dark but hilarious and very well written. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"John cusack
Denzel Washington
Thandie newton
Gene Hackman
John Cusack is massively underrated. I loved him in Grosse Point Blank and Better Off Dead.
He was great in Grosse Point Blank. And in Hi Fidelity, although his character was vile ."
Being John malkovich.
Quality film. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"John cusack
Denzel Washington
Thandie newton
Gene Hackman
John Cusack is massively underrated. I loved him in Grosse Point Blank and Better Off Dead.
He was great in Grosse Point Blank. And in Hi Fidelity, although his character was vile .
Being John malkovich.
Quality film. "
Absolutely! I really love Charlie Kaufman's writing. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is one of my very favourite films. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"John cusack
Denzel Washington
Thandie newton
Gene Hackman
John Cusack is massively underrated. I loved him in Grosse Point Blank and Better Off Dead.
He was great in Grosse Point Blank. And in Hi Fidelity, although his character was vile .
Being John malkovich.
Quality film. "
Totally agree. Even Cameron Diaz was excellent in it. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Grosse Point Blank is right up there as one of my all time favourite films.
And least we forget
Minnie driver and an outstanding Joan cusack
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Joan Cusack was brilliant, I agree. It's definitely in my top ten films. In Bruges was in a similar vein and equally as good. |
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I admire Leo Di Caprio...didn't at first because I thought he was just another pretty boy but he has grown into someone who isn't afraid to play characters his PR people may not agree with. Same with Denzel Washington really, he plays bad very good
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"John cusack
Denzel Washington
Thandie newton
Gene Hackman
John Cusack is massively underrated. I loved him in Grosse Point Blank and Better Off Dead."
GPB ids excellent |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I admire Leo Di Caprio...didn't at first because I thought he was just another pretty boy but he has grown into someone who isn't afraid to play characters his PR people may not agree with. Same with Denzel Washington really, he plays bad very good
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I agree, Dicaprio has come a long way, Inception was amazing. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Mark Walberg has been in several films that I've really liked. His portrayal of Marcus Luttrel was brilliant in Lone Survivor.
He's a bloody good comedy actor too. |
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"Grosse Point Blank is right up there as one of my all time favourite films.
And least we forget
Minnie driver and an outstanding Joan cusack
Joan Cusack was brilliant, I agree. It's definitely in my top ten films. In Bruges was in a similar vein and equally as good."
In Bruges throws up another underrated actor with an impressive filmography- Brendan Gleeson |
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"Micheal Caine...
Sleuth
Italian job
Alfie
Man who would be king
Get Carter
Ipcress files
Fourth protocol
The whistle blower
Cider house rules
Zulu
Bridge too far
Eagle has landed
Hanna and her sisters
..
And my personal favourite
The muppets Christmas Carol
And Dirty Rotten Scoundrels "
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels ..I was crying buckets @ the whipped legs scene  |
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"Grosse Point Blank is right up there as one of my all time favourite films.
And least we forget
Minnie driver and an outstanding Joan cusack
Joan Cusack was brilliant, I agree. It's definitely in my top ten films. In Bruges was in a similar vein and equally as good.
In Bruges throws up another underrated actor with an impressive filmography- Brendan Gleeson"
Brendan Gleeson/In bruges... best dying scene EVER |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Well, ad the best ones have been mentioned (in my opinion) I'll throw Adam Sandler out there.,, always makes me laugh. Films include:
Happy Gilmore
50 first dates
Billy Madison
The Wedding Singer
Bulletproof
Longest Yard
Big Daddy
Could carry on but I'll stop now "
Just as he should have stopped 10 years ago... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Grosse Point Blank is right up there as one of my all time favourite films.
And least we forget
Minnie driver and an outstanding Joan cusack
Joan Cusack was brilliant, I agree. It's definitely in my top ten films. In Bruges was in a similar vein and equally as good.
In Bruges throws up another underrated actor with an impressive filmography- Brendan Gleeson"
Most definitely.
Even Colin Farrell was good in that film and Ralf Fiennes was fantastic. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Robin Williams, his acting in his serious and somewhat darker roles where amazing, the awakenings, insomnia, one hour photo, dead poets society to name a few, guy was a legend, and sadly missed  |
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I couldn't argue with any of the above names and coming late into the thread it is a bit difficult to find one (does it have to be one?) not already mentioned.
Anyway I will chuck these two into the mix.
From America Robert Duval. Just something about him that makes you always see the character and never the actor.
From the UK I can't understand why no-one has mentioned David Jason. From Granville to Jack Frost he has never put a foot wrong. |
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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago
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Patrick Stewart. He has a ten minute scene in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. His scene is shot in one room, opposite Alec Guinness who is playing George Smiley. Guinness does all of the talking, Stewart not saying a word, just acting with his face. This is a superb scene.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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ChrisTOPHer WAlKen is quite HARD to beat. Very FEW, can match HIS delivery of A mundANE line and make it SING like he DOES.
And hes a hell of a good dancer! |
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"Paul Whitehouse."
I think it was Brad Pitt who said that Paul Whitehouse was the best actor he had ever worked with.
Not as famous as he should be and certainly doesn't get the recognition he deserves. A very good addition to the list.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Paul Whitehouse.
I think it was Brad Pitt who said that Paul Whitehouse was the best actor he had ever worked with.
Not as famous as he should be and certainly doesn't get the recognition he deserves. A very good addition to the list.
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Sorry, but when I posted this, I was very, very d*unk! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Michael Shannon.
Boardwalk Empire
The Iceman (Based on true story)
Superman Man Of Steel (General Zod)
This guy can pull off the cold dead emotionless killer so damn good.
Reminds me of my ex ya know cold and emotionless lol. |
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Ohh Samuel l Jackson ! Just ozzes cool ,gets killed by a shark half way through a movie and was in pulp fiction and a star wars film!! Just seems to have fun with what he does and never takes himself too serious.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Al pacino amazing actor my fav has got to be
scent of a woman"
His performance as an AIDS sufferer in denial in the mini-series Angels in America : wow |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Really like Brendan Gleeson- he manages a good balance between comedy and emotional depth
In Brugues
The Guard
Calvary"
In Bruges was just a great little movie
Ralph Fiennes another great actor
Colin Farrell nice to look at |
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By *el65Man
over a year ago
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too many , to choose when I was a kid I loved old cagney movies angels with dirty faces , white heat, thought Richard burton was amazing ,malcom mcdowall has always been brilliant to , from clockwork orange,if,gangster no 1, |
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By *onnie55Man
over a year ago
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"Paul Whitehouse.
I think it was Brad Pitt who said that Paul Whitehouse was the best actor he had ever worked with.
Not as famous as he should be and certainly doesn't get the recognition he deserves. A very good addition to the list.
Sorry, but when I posted this, I was very, very d*unk! "
Didn't Johnny Depp do a sketch with him and Mark Williams? The 'suits you, sir' guys? |
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God can't choose one!
I'm really surprised nobody has mentioned Vincent D'onofrio. Hugely versatile and so unrecognisable in some roles you'd have a hard time convincing people its the same actor examples
Full metal jacket and adventures in babysitting - the same year completely different roles
Mystic pizza
JFK
Ed wood
Strange days...
Yes also love John Cusack. Sorry can't stand Adam Sandler and think tom Hank's overrated.
Actresses
Torn between Susan sarandon and sally field
People generally think of sally field in her less serious roles but I think her roles in Sybil and eye for an eye and the scenes in steel magnolias where she's reading to her daughter in hospital and at the funeral show she's also underestimated
Mary Elizabeth mastrantonio is great too but has I think missed out on roles due to Hollywood politics.
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"Cannot pin it down to one but I love Jean Reno,Natalie Portman and Gary Oldman and it was like the perfect storm seeing them in Leon
My favourite film "
A woman of great taste and awesome makeup skills lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I've always really liked Dirk Bogarde. Even when I was really young. There's something about him. He could do comedy and then go and play a really mean, sinister character. |
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"I've always really liked Dirk Bogarde. Even when I was really young. There's something about him. He could do comedy and then go and play a really mean, sinister character. "
The Night Porter
Excellent film |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Paul Whitehouse.
I think it was Brad Pitt who said that Paul Whitehouse was the best actor he had ever worked with.
Not as famous as he should be and certainly doesn't get the recognition he deserves. A very good addition to the list.
Sorry, but when I posted this, I was very, very d*unk!
Didn't Johnny Depp do a sketch with him and Mark Williams? The 'suits you, sir' guys?"
Oooh...he did sir! |
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