Reply With QuoteYeah I was going to say that guy with the crazy teeth was a good one. He gets my vote too.Originally Posted by Brian Krashpad
Oh, and how did we leave out Steve Buscemi:
Everyone's fave annoying weasel.
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Great picks, Brian! All those guys are excellent. Fargo has both Buscemi and Stormare, both in great roles!
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Yeah I was going to say that guy with the crazy teeth was a good one. He gets my vote too.Oh, and how did we leave out Steve Buscemi:
Everyone's fave annoying weasel.
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Peter Krausse
He played Nate in Six Feet Under and now plays Nick George in Dirty Sexy Money. He is one of the most real actors I've ever seen and really drags me into his part.
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Another one...Chris Cooper...
He's another actor who, like Peter Stormare, just about everyone has seen, but most don't know his name.
Just a few movies Chris Cooper's been in:
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Supremacy
Sea Biscuit
The Patriot
The Horse Whisperer
American Beauty
Adaptation
Capote
TV-
Lonesome Dove
Law & Order
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I really liked him in "Sports Night"
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Chris Cooper is awesome.... agree with you fully.
William Fichtner is another great actor most have seen, but hardly anyone would know his name.
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William Fichtner is another good one.
Black Hawk Down
The Perfect Storm
Armageddon
Just a few off the top of my head...
I remember seeing an interview with Jack Elam, one of the westerns most famous character actors. In it he described the progression of a character actor.
(Paraphrased) First, you struggle to get a part, any part. Then if they like you, the next time they'll say, "Get that strange guy with the weird eyes. You know who I mean." Then the next time they say, "Get Jack Elam for the part." And finally once you're known and making good money they say, "Get a Jack Elam kind of guy for the part."
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I find that the uglier the actor the better character actor he is.
For example: Forrest Whitaker, John Malkovich or even Steve Buscemi
I dunno if Id call any of them "unheralded"...but they are excellent "character actors".
But in my book John Malkovich is the best.
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I still have his SNL episode on DVR. Will have to watch that this week. Got hancock in from netflix tonight though, gonna give that a whirl.
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