Name the 5 best "character actors" of all time! They can be either male or female.
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BrokeDog
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Mine are: Brian Cox - The Bourne Identity movies & The Ring John Hawkes - The Perfect Storm & X-Files John C. Reilly - Casualties of War & Boogie Nights Veronica Cartwright - Alien & X-Files Patricia Clarkson - The Station Agent & The Dead Pool William Fichtner - Prison break & Armageddon All great in their own way, and all have an extensive collection of work! And, I must say, (for honorable mention), as a foreign actor, Rade Serbedzija, (of "Space Cowboys" and "Mission Impossible II" fame) has an outstanding body of work! P.S. I totally forgot Leon - from "Cliffhanger" and Joe Morton - from "Terminator 2" and "Speed I & II"! Once you start, you can't stop with these fine actors who may never be considered leading men/women.
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Depends on how you define Character Actor: some people use that to mean Actor Who Isn't Handsome Enough To Be A Leading Man But Is Nonetheless Very Talented. ;) These are my picks, although I'll probably think of a bunch more later: 1) Steve Buscemi 2) Tilda Swinton 3) Peter Lorre 4) Forrest Whitaker 5) Kathy Bates Edited to add: Don Cheadle, William H. Macy, Garret Dillahunt (tv actor, look him up - you know him)
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1. Mario from Mario Bros 2. Toad from Mario Bros 3. Master Chief/ Spartan 117 from Halo 4. Baird from Gears of War 5. Mario Lopez
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It's hard to find out only 5 from ANY category in the world. I'd just mention some that I can remember from games. lara croft father vincent- silent hill 3 james sunderland- silent hill 2 lucas kane- indigo prophecy/fahrenhiet agent 47- hitman series
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1.Stellan Skarsgård 2.Frank Whaley 3.Peter Stormare 4.Dylan Baker 5.William Atherton/Paul Gleason
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Scarlet O'Hara I love her. Darth Vader Captin James Kirk Spong bob Hannibal Lecter
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I think most of you are younger than I am by the actors you've chosen for your answers. But to choose the really great characters on film you have to go back to the people who started it all and go back to the 30s and 40s. Character actors are basically actors who support the leads and do so without the panache of the stars. They do, however, capture your attention by being what their title implies, characters. A Dusin Hoffman, for example, could not be considered a character actor because he does not exude a single character's personality on the screen. He is simply a great actor. Steve Buscemi, however, is a character actor in the traditional sense because his "character" is instantly recognizable and he has most of the credentials for being one (The character actor's credentials are: he or she must be amusing to look at---Peter Lorre---or have a distinctive appearance---George Macready---possess a sense of comedy---James Gleason and many others---and possess marvelous acting skills). Having said that, my favorite character actors are Peter Lorre, Sidney Greenstreet, George Macready
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Captin Jack Sparrow quagmire- from family guy peter griffen- from family guy stewie griffen- from family guy philip fry- from futurama bender- from futurama meatwad- from auqa teen hunger force fry lock- from auqa teen hunger force master shake- from auqa teen hunger force
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1) Basil Fawlty: Fawlty Towers 2) Professor Snape: Harry Potter 3) Stewie Griffin: Family Guy 4) Niles Crane: Frasier 5) Frank Spencer: Some Mothers Do Have 'Em
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William H. Macy (the best contemporary character actor, IMHO) Roddy McDowell (my favorite of all time) Vaughn Armstrong (he's been more aliens in Trek than anybody else) Kathy Bates Forrest Whittaker Morgan Freeman (Okay, so that was six...)
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John Turturro Harry Dean Stanton M. Emmet Walsh Walter Brennan John Malkovich
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1-Paul Giamatti 2-Brian Cox 3-Tim Roth 4-James Cromwell 5-Tom Wilkinson
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In no particular order: Ruth Gordon John Candy Stephen Root Christopher Walken Thelma Ritter
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"Walter Brennan" "Marjorie Main" "Mary Wickes" "Claude Akins" "Chill Wills"
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Trevor Moore Tracy Morgan Keenan Ivory Wayans Michael McDonald Mo Collins
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5. Gabby Hayes 4. Andy Devine 3. Anne Ramsey 2. Keenan Wynn 1. Denver Pyle
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pheobe rachel monica joey ross
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Tom Hanks Denzel Washington Kevin Costner Kevin James Adam Sandler
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Anthony Hopkins--Red Dragon--Hannibal Lector Russel Crowe--Gladiator--Maximus Decimus Meridius Nicholas Cage & John Travolta--Face Off--Castor Troy Denzel Washington--Training Day--Alonzo Tom Hanks--Forrest Gump
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Tom Hanks- Forest Gump Gregory Peck- To Kill A Mockingbird Heath Ledger- The Dark Night Gary Cooper- The Pride of The Yankees Tatum O'Neal- Paper Moon Bonus*** Jessica Alba- Into The Blue (For non-acting reasons)
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Al Pacino Robert De Niro Isabelle Adjani Gad Elmaleh Marion Cotillard
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1.samuel L. jackson That movie where he had to keep calling a man, from a payphone. I forgot the name. 2.angelina jolie in the movie where she was a model and she messed up by using. I forgot the name of that one. 3.penelope cruz-Vanilla sky 4.oprah -in the color purple 5.Zac Efron-High school musical
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Johnny Depp. Heath ledger Adam Sandler Angelina Jolie Tom Hanks
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Christopher Walken Vincent Price Johnny Depp Heath Ledger John Travolta
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John Turturro Christopher Walken Vincent Price Johnny Depp Tim Curry
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Haha, guess I Shoulda done my homework. I just wrote my fav. actors/actresses.
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Peter Lorre, James Earl Jones, Gary Oldman, Charles Durning, Maggie Smith
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I just have one name to add to everyone's list: ROY SCHEIDER! Known for playing mostly cops, his humble performance seldom receives the attention it deserves!!
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Add Roy Scheider. He was a legend!
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1. M. Emmet Walsh 2. J.T. Walsh 3. Paul Dooley 4. John Goodman 5. Brian Cox
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