Actors who are Underrated
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apropos the overrated thread
I think Liev Screiber and Daniel Craig always seem to improve films.
they were both in the excellent Defiance
I always find Mel Gibson consistenly good.
I think Liev Screiber and Daniel Craig always seem to improve films.
they were both in the excellent Defiance
I always find Mel Gibson consistenly good.
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I also think most of the Carry On team were underrated, particularly Hattie Jacques and Bernard Bresslaw. Jon Finch is another one, he starred in two of my favourite films, Frenzy and Death on the Nile, and was great in them both, but I doubt anyone knows who he is.
Lothaire Bluteau (probably best known for his leading role in Jesus of Montreal from the 1980s)
Warren Oates
John Savage
Eileen Brennan
Ben Foster
Catherine O’Hara
Charles Martin Smith
Angela Bassett
Annie Corley
and controversially, Jude Law.
I felt he performed well in Gattaca (he practically stole the film), Road to Perdition, The Talented Mr Ripley and Wilde. He does often ham it up, especially when using a painfully bad accent, but when with a good director, he's pretty decent. However, not many could get past his 'sleazy prettyboy film star' image.
I mean, he'll never be as good as, say, Robert Shaw, but certainly miles better than the likes of Robert Redford, even though Redford has far better (and more likeable) screen presence than Law's. My friend once described Law as "Robert Redford's sleazy nephew", which is pretty apt. There, that's my case for Law presented.
Underrated actors who're kept being typecast (no female actor as this list was a response to the friend's other question):
Paul Bettany
Stephen Tobolowsky
Peter Lorre
Brad Dourif
Frederic Forrest
Yaphet Kotto
Lance Henriksen
John Vernon
Bruce McGill
Christopher McDonald
Richard Jenkins
Joe Morton
Harry Dean Stanton
Billy Drago
She gets tons of hostility mainly due to a backlash against Twilight
But if anyone has seen her work beyond Twilight, she proves she's a good actress.
Only seen him play bad guys so far but he's done it extremely well indeed.
Oh, you were referring to him? I thought Richard Jenins was a different actor. Typo, eh?
He usually does authoritarian-type roles. Senior corporate minion, business man, school principal, manager, military senior, politician, father, etc. Usually as an self-serving obstacle. He's also frequently confused with James Cromwell, who's also typecast in similar roles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Jenkins
I was reminded of him when watching the Hitchcock film last night, he plays the real-life Ed Gein that the Psycho story was loosely based on. Have not see him for a while.
He has not made that many films, but I always find he has a great, laconic and often menacing presence, and one of the most distinctive, gravelly voices ever.
Here's a good example from one of his more high profile roles in The Crow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_NS0vAYGVk
Always brings a touch of class to whatever he's in, and certainly held his own against a rather showy, hammy William Hurt in The Challenger the other night.
Stanley Tucci
Paul Giamatti
Kevin Bacon
Gary Oldman
Donald Sutherland
Guy Pearce
Geoffrey Rush
How sad
Yes, I do mean him.
Some examples where I thought her was terrific:
The Hoax
Primal Fear
Internal Affairs
Power
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
To be honest, I think he's been pretty good in most films he's been in, often better than the film itself.
Jeff Daniels. Terrific actor, and watching him in The Newsroom just confirms this.
William Hurt
Sam Waterston
Paul Giamatti
Ed Norton
Kevin Kline
Brian Dennehy
Eli Wallach
I presume we can include females - they use they term 'actors' for both sexes these days
Joan Allen
Laura Linney
Joan Cusack
Kathleen Turner
Diane Lane
Sela Ward
Barbara Hershey
Cynthia Nixon
Stanley Tucci
Famke Janssen
Oliver Platt
Hal Holbrook
We always have the same shout in this
Spot on. She's not even that bad in Twilight, but either way, that series is the main reason why some people portray her as a not very good actress, when she's actually bloody good. Cant actually remember seeing her in anything bad. Bloody brilliant in Welcome To The Rileys, Adventureland and The Runaways. Still need to see On The Road, but overall she's much better than a lot of people give her credit for.