Al Leong. He's been a character actor in about 57 films, according to IMDB, and a stunt man in 30 others.
You'd know him if you saw him...
I also like Clint Howard.
OK, so who's your favorite supporting character actor who sort of flies by under the radar?
My Favorite is Peter Stormare, the Swedish actor who played the psycho murderer Gaear Grimsrud in Fargo.
He also played the crazy Russian Cosmonaut Lev Andropov on the space station MIR in Armageddon.
He was Satan in Constatine with Keanu Reeves.
And one of my favorites was in the off the wall movie The Million Dollar Hotel, where he played a character named Dixie who thought he was the fifth Beatle that no one remembers. His John Lennon-like Liverpool accent in that role was hilarious.
And, he's a guitar player as well...
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Al Leong. He's been a character actor in about 57 films, according to IMDB, and a stunt man in 30 others.
You'd know him if you saw him...
I also like Clint Howard.
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John Turturro
I think he's the greatest actor of his (or any other) generation. He can play such a wide variety of roles from slapstick to dead serious and he plays them all perfectly.
Some notable roles of his which stand out to me are:
Oh Brother! Where Art Thou - Pete
The Bronx is Burning - Billy Martin
The Big Lebowski - Jesus Quintana
Barton Fink - Barton Fink
The Good Shepherd - Ray Brocco
He Got Game - Coach Sunday
Clockers - Det. Larry Mazilli
Quiz Show - Herb Stempel
Do The Right Thing - Pino
Mo Better Blues - Moe Flatbush
Illuminata - Tuccio (I think he wrote and directed this one as well)
Here's a link to his imdb page where you can see his entire filmography.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001806/
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Turturro is a great choice. terrific actor.
Couple more.
Harry Dean Stanton. One of my favorite roles was his turn in Repo Man.
Strother Martin. No not because of his last name. Cool Hand Luke, "What we have here is a failure to communicate"
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Harry Dean Stanton is an amazing actor. He and Turturro were both excellent in The Man Who Cried.
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In addition to some of the above, I like John C. Reilly.
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* 1998 : Culture : Bill
* 1998 : Montana : Duncan
* 1998 : (Next Stop Wonderland) : Sean
* 1998 : The Big Lebowski de Joel Coen: Brandt
* 1998 : Happiness de Todd Solondz : Allen
* 1998 : (Patch Adams) de Tom Shadyac : Mitch Roman
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How about William H. Macy ?
+10000 on Peter Stormare! He is a great actor. He also worked with the legendary Ingmar Bergman in Sweden.
My favourite under the radar actor...hmmm, besides Stormare I would also want to mention Benicio del Toro and Robert Downey Jr.
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Great actor, love his appearances as Adrian's brother on Monk.Originally Posted by R_of_G
However, he's no Bugs Bunny.
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If Robert Downey Jr. is "under the radar" then the radar needs to be re-calibrated. He's an excellent actor, always has been, but he's not exactly unheralded. Still, I like his work. Benicio is also good, he just needs to take some better roles. He's always excellent, but many of the movies he's in are terrible.
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Fair enough Roland. I always thought of Downey Jr as a supporting actor, but maybe those days are past (Ironman). As for del Toro, well Traffic, Sin City, 21 Grams, The Usual Suspects, The Pledge weren't bad movies.
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I heard that Del Toro is fantastic in his new film in wich he plays ''The Che"" Gevara ..Comin soon at .....
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I agree, except about Traffic which I didn't care for (though Benicio was good). He was also great in Snatch (albeit a very small role) and let's not overlook his fantastic performance in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, probably the best film he's been in overall. One film he was in that I hated was The Fan. How you can have Del Toro and DeNiro in the same film and have it suck is a mystery to me. Well, ok, not so mysterious since it was directed by Tony Scott who I think is a total hack.Originally Posted by Robert
As for Downey Jr., he's definitely getting leading roles now. Even before that though, he's never quite been what I'd call "unheralded." Before his legal/drug troubles he was one of the more respected and lauded actors of his generation and once he got his act together (pun intended) he was right back getting critical acclaim. He deserves it, I think he is a very talented actor, just not under the radar.
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I liked him in The Hunted with Tommy Lee Jones. It had knife fighting in it :Originally Posted by Blazes
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[QUOTE=tunghaichuan]I liked him in The Hunted with Tommy Lee Jones. It had knife fighting in it :
Yeah, pretty good knife fighting scene in there. Only to be bested by the fight scene in BOURNE: THE ULTIMATUM. Since I had studied knife fighting, it was a pleasure to see.
Downey Jr was never unheralded as an actor. He was the tops of his class. The only thing that took him off the radar was his drug/legal troubles.
William H. Macy gets my vote. Fabulous actor plus....the dude got Felicity Huffman (Lynette on Desperate Housewives) to marry him. :
Harry Dean Stanton has already been mentioned, but he's a fave. He has that world-weariness down great. In addition to Repo Man, he was very good in Alien.
Speaking of Repo Man, another very good character actor was in that, the guy who played Miller (I love how all their names are beers), Tracey Walter:
The guy who played the speaking brother Larry in "Newhart," was also very good in Blade Runner, William Sanderson:
Both these guys have more credits than you could shake a stick at.
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Oh, and how did we leave out Steve Buscemi:
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Only because I was going one at a time or I'd surely have gotten to Buscemi. Like Turturro, Buscemi's versatility is unlimited. He'll probably never make a greater impact on me than he did as Mr. Pink in Reservoir Dogs, but he has certainly had a lot of other great performances.Originally Posted by Brian Krashpad
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