Actors: My Favorite
Submitted by dgeiser13 on Mon, 10/08/2001 - 01:07
- Christian Bale - American Psycho (2000); Reign of Fire (2002); Equilibrium (2002); The Machinist (2004); Batman Begins (2005); The New World (2005); Rescue Dawn (2006); The Prestige (2006); 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
- Kate Beckinsale - Much Ado About Nothing (1993); Cold Comfort Farm (1995); Shooting Fish (1997); The Last Days of Disco (1998); Serendipity (2001); Underworld (2003); Van Helsing (2004)
- Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth (1998); Pushing Tin (1999); The Gift (2000); The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
- Toni Collette - Muriel's Wedding (1994); The Sixth Sense (1999); About a Boy (2002); Connie and Carla (2004
- Jennifer Connelly - Creepers (1985); Some Girls (1988); Career Opportunities (1991); The Rocketeer (1991); Dark City (1998); Requiem for a Dream (2000); A Beautiful Mind (2001)
- Billy Crudup - The Hi-Lo Country (1998); Almost Famous (2000)
- Cliff Curtis - The Piano, Desperate Remedies, Three Kings, Blow, Training Day, Collateral Damage, Whale Rider
- Embeth Davidtz - Army of Darkness, Schindler's List, Bridget Jones's Diary
- Rosario Dawson - 25th Hour, The Rundown, Sin City
- Benicio Del Toro - The Usual Suspects, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Snatch., The Way of the Gun, Traffic, Sin City
- Johnny Depp - Cry-Baby, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Before Night Falls
- Zooey Deschanel - Almost Famous, Elf
- Minnie Driver - Circle of Friends, Big Night, Grosse Pointe Blank, Good Will Hunting, Return to Me,
- Jenna Fischer - "The Office" (2005)
- Ben Foster - Hostage (2005); 3:10 to Yuma (2007); 30 Days of Night (2007); Pandorum (2009)
- Jon Gries - Real Genius, Napoleon Dynamite
- Nicky Katt - Dazed and Confused, The Way of the Gun, Sin City
- Catherine Keener - Walking and Talking, Out of Sight, Being John Malkovich, Lovely & Amazing, The 40 Year Old Virgin
- Jude Law - Gattaca, eXistenZ, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Enemy at the Gates, Artificial Intelligence: AI, Road to Perdition, I Heart Huckabees
- Jennifer Jason Leigh - Miami Blues, The Hudsucker Proxy, eXistenZ, The Machinist
- Laura Linney - You Can Count On Me, Love Actually, Kinsey, The Exorcism of Emily Rose
- Virginia Madsen - Creator, Candyman, The Prophecy,
- Kate Mara - Shooter (2007); Transsiberian (2008); Iron Man 2 (2010)
- Alfred Molina - Raiders of the Lost Ark, Boogie Nights, Spider-Man 2
- Frances O'Connor - Love and Other Catastrophes, Mansfield Park, Artificial Intelligence: AI, The Importance of Being Earnest,
- Gary Oldman - Track 29, Bram Stoker's Dracula, True Romance, Léon, The Fifth Element, Hannibal
- Timothy Olyphant - Go
- Miranda Otto - Love Serenade, Human Nature, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Franka Potente - Run Lola Run, The Bourne Identity
- Giovanni Ribisi - Saving Private Ryan, Boiler Room, The Gift, Basic
- Sam Rockwell - Box of Moon Light, The Green Mile, Galaxy Quest, Charlie's Angels, Heist, Welcome to Collinwood, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Matchstick Men
- Paul Rudd - Wet Hot American Summer, "Friends", Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
- Peter Sarsgaard - Garden State
- Chloë Sevigny - Trees Lounge, Palmetto, The Last Days of Disco, American Psycho
- Tom Sizemore - True Romance, Natural Born Killers, Red Planet, Pearl Harbor
- Kang-ho Song - Joint Security Area (2000); Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002); Memories of Murder (2003); Lady Vengeance (2005); The Host (2006); Thirst (2009)
- Alanna Ubach - "Beakman's World"; The Brady Bunch Movie; Denise Calls Up; Meet the Fockers
- Christopher Walken - Annie Hall; The Dead Zone; King of New York; True Romance; Pulp Fiction; Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead, The Prophecy; Suicide Kings; Blast from the Past; Sleepy Hollow; Scotland, Pa.; Joe Dirt; Catch Me If You Can
- Rachel Weisz - The Mummy (1999); About a Boy (2002); Confidence (2003); Constantine (2005)
- Olivia Williams - Rushmore (1998); The Sixth Sense (1999); Born Romantic (2000); X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
- Zhang Ziyi - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000); Rush Hour 2 (2001); Hero (2002); House of Flying Daggers (2004)
Author Comments:
...and the roles in which they shine.
My choices in movie watching usually revolve around The Director, The Screenwriter and The Cinematographer but for these actors I'll make an exception.
How embarrassing (for me) . . . I didn't recognize your first entry. Having looked up Cliff Curtis, I've seen quite a few of his movies (although I missed Hercules in the Underworld :-).
Cliff Curtis is a chameleon. He's from New Zealand and I'm guessing has a standard Kiwi accent. So far I think I've seen him in 8 diferent films.
In The Piano he plays one of the Maori. In Desparate Remedies he plays a regular Kiwi rogue. In Deep Rising he plays a standard Middle Eastern lacky. In Three Kings he plays the head of the Iraqi group which is trying to make their way to the border. In The Insider he plays a Saudi Sheik. In Blow he plays Pablo Escobar and in Training Day he plays a menacing East L.A. tough. I've never seen him in a role where I wasn't completely convinced that he was that guy! He's amazing.
One thing I really like about this list here dan, is the star power of these people. Aside from Depp and a couple of others, these are really just role playing actors. All of which I might add are wonderful. It's good to see more lists like this that gives recognition to the lesser known actors.
Sam Rockwell also shone in Galaxy Quest. A scene-stealer in a cast of scene-stealers.
i think Gary oldman is one of the best there is. have you seen his performance in True Romance?
:-) i'll take that edit as a yes
Yes. I had my favorite roles up there before but I was re-working the list. :-)