Name some 'lesser' actors you like.

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: Shadow Conception
Michael Cera

I'm pretty sure this guy can act, it's just that all of his roles have been the exact same character... and it helps that I really like that character anyway.

Hmm. I alwasy figured he was just playing himself

i agree. i don't think he play anything else. i hate his characters.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

J.K. Simmons - (Juno's Dad, Jonah Jameson, Top CIA official in 'Burn After Reading')

OP's list is good, yes. I totally disagree with Michael Cera. I liked him in Superbad, then after Juno and Nick & Norah, I have no faith in his versatility. Not that I expect actors to have incredible range (just about every actor has a niche/genre that they're best at) but his characters appear to have NOTHING to separate them. Hell, Seth Rogen plays the same basic character in all his movies but at least he makes them stand apart.

 

[nageov3t]

I'm in love with Sebastian Stan since Kings.

also wish Sarah Michelle Gellar was in more stuff.

 

[dbk]

Originally posted by: theprodigalrebel
J.K. Simmons - (Juno's Dad, Jonah Jameson, Top CIA official in 'Burn After Reading')

OP's list is good, yes. I totally disagree with Michael Cera. I liked him in Superbad, then after Juno and Nick & Norah, I have no faith in his versatility. Not that I expect actors to have incredible range (just about every actor has a niche/genre that they're best at) but his characters appear to have NOTHING to separate them. Hell, Seth Rogen plays the same basic character in all his movies but at least he makes them stand apart.

yeah JK is awesome.. he was also in Oz and in the Law and Order series. Pretty much any regular or recurring actor/actress from Law and Order series are great because a lot of them have theater backgrounds.

 

[Arkaign]

Ryan Reynolds. He's really good in stuff like The Nines and Chaos Theory, and wasted in comedies (though Van Wilder had some laughs).

 

[Gibsons]

Parker Posey

 

[shortylickens]

Originally posted by: loki8481
I'm in love with Sebastian Stan since Kings.

also wish Sarah Michelle Gellar was in more stuff.

Yeah, she was huge for a little while and then disappeared off the face of the earth.
Who knows? Maybe she wanted it that way. Maybe she got tired of the fame and decided to slow down a bit.
Anyone know if she's married or has kids?

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: shortylickens

Originally posted by: loki8481
I'm in love with Sebastian Stan since Kings.

also wish Sarah Michelle Gellar was in more stuff.

Yeah, she was huge for a little while and then disappeared off the face of the earth.
Who knows? Maybe she wanted it that way. Maybe she got tired of the fame and decided to slow down a bit.
Anyone know if she's married or has kids?

Didn't she marry Freddy Prinze Jr or someone?

 

[DangerAardvark]

Originally posted by: theprodigalrebel
J.K. Simmons - (Juno's Dad, Jonah Jameson, Top CIA official in 'Burn After Reading')

OP's list is good, yes. I totally disagree with Michael Cera. I liked him in Superbad, then after Juno and Nick & Norah, I have no faith in his versatility. Not that I expect actors to have incredible range (just about every actor has a niche/genre that they're best at) but his characters appear to have NOTHING to separate them. Hell, Seth Rogen plays the same basic character in all his movies but at least he makes them stand apart.

You forgot his best role of all: Schillinger on Oz.

 

[Locut0s]

Steve Buscemi

 

[Locut0s]

Originally posted by: theprodigalrebel
J.K. Simmons - (Juno's Dad, Jonah Jameson, Top CIA official in 'Burn After Reading')

OP's list is good, yes. I totally disagree with Michael Cera. I liked him in Superbad, then after Juno and Nick & Norah, I have no faith in his versatility. Not that I expect actors to have incredible range (just about every actor has a niche/genre that they're best at) but his characters appear to have NOTHING to separate them. Hell, Seth Rogen plays the same basic character in all his movies but at least he makes them stand apart.

Nothing will ever beat his role as Vernon Schillinger

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: Lonyo

Originally posted by: shortylickens

Originally posted by: loki8481
I'm in love with Sebastian Stan since Kings.

also wish Sarah Michelle Gellar was in more stuff.

Yeah, she was huge for a little while and then disappeared off the face of the earth.
Who knows? Maybe she wanted it that way. Maybe she got tired of the fame and decided to slow down a bit.
Anyone know if she's married or has kids?

Didn't she marry Freddy Prinze Jr or someone?

yup. like, late 90's / early 00's.

I think she's pregnant right now.

 

[ktehmok]

Originally posted by: Locut0s
Steve Buscemi

Try as I might, I cannot think of Steve Buscemi as a lesser actor. The guy practically shit's talent.

 

[PottedMeat]

Originally posted by: Rill22
Bruce Campbell. I can't exactly bring myself to consider him a "lesser" actor, but I just wish I would see him in more movies.

I think he likes it that way. He's got bit parts in a bunch of Coen Bros. and the later Sam Raimi stuff.

 

[villageidiot111]

Steve Buscemi

 

[dennilfloss]

Originally posted by: Lonyo

Originally posted by: shortylickens

Originally posted by: loki8481
I'm in love with Sebastian Stan since Kings.

also wish Sarah Michelle Gellar was in more stuff.

Yeah, she was huge for a little while and then disappeared off the face of the earth.
Who knows? Maybe she wanted it that way. Maybe she got tired of the fame and decided to slow down a bit.
Anyone know if she's married or has kids?

Didn't she marry Freddy Prinze Jr or someone?

Yup. She's pregnant, due this fall. Really beaming nowadays.:heart:

http://www.celebrity-gossip.ne...egnant-shopper-216706/

 

[Mani]

Originally posted by: PottedMeat

Originally posted by: Rill22
Bruce Campbell. I can't exactly bring myself to consider him a "lesser" actor, but I just wish I would see him in more movies.

I think he likes it that way. He's got bit parts in a bunch of Coen Bros. and the later Sam Raimi stuff.

Really? He plays the exact same guy in every movie.

 

[dennilfloss]

The people I mentioned are less well known, not less talented.

 

[angminas]

Takashi Shimura

Franka Potente

Juergen Prochnow

Paul Bettany

Clancy Brown

David Rappaport

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: Clair de Lune
I just wanna share some I like a lot, or for whatever reason, have a very good feeling towards them:

Aaron Eckhart- I liked him when I first saw 'Thank You for Smoking'. He looks like a decent guy & quite comedic. It was good to see him with more exposure in Batman (Two Face). I just saw a trailer with him as a main lead with Aniston for a romance movie.

Terrance Howard- I love his emotional acting. I think he's been in many 'black' movies, but I know he was GREAT in Crash, also hilarious in Iron Man. I love his 'emotional' way about him. It's shown well in Crash and in this ad here

Don Cheadle- Another great "I'm fucking ON" type of intense actor. He wasn't special in Family Man (with Cage). I think it was in his NFL ads that he was very good in. I wish his well-deserved lead in Hotel Rwanda fared better because the movie itself just sucked. Funny enough, Cheadle and Howard were both in Crash and we know Cheadle will replace Howard in Iron Man 2.

Matt Dillon- I fucking love this guy ever since I saw him in Something About Mary. His sleazy character truly made that movie, it was hilarious. He was also absolutely amazing in the car rescue scene in Crash. Very emotional.

What are your thoughts and share your own.

Terrance Howard and Don Cheadle were the first two I thought of. Aaron Eckhart is a good choice, too.

I'd like to add Rosario Dawson. yum.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: Clair de Lune

Originally posted by: dbk
mark walberg

Ehhh...he was good in Shooter and The Departed.. but he just maintains his pissed off face all the time. I'm always reminded of that Andy Samberg's SNL skit of him. "Hey say hello to your mother for me, alright?" ROFL.

what? You didn't see Boogie Nights? :Q

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: Clair de Lune

Originally posted by: DangerAardvark
Wha wha wha whaaa?
W

Way too long and dragged on too much and anti climatic? It's reminds me of terribly long snoozefests like Thin Red Line or Walk the Line (Ray was much better).

except the Thin Red Line is way better than you.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
don cheadle will forever be basher from ocean's 11 for me. love that movie.

"so basically you're getting twice the bass with the TK-421, you got yourself a system here..."

And four more quads per channel!

LOL

:beer: probably my favorite role of his.

also needs mentioning:

John C Riley.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: Mani

Originally posted by: PottedMeat

Originally posted by: Rill22
Bruce Campbell. I can't exactly bring myself to consider him a "lesser" actor, but I just wish I would see him in more movies.

I think he likes it that way. He's got bit parts in a bunch of Coen Bros. and the later Sam Raimi stuff.

Really? He plays the exact same guy in every movie.

I don't remember seeing Bruce Campbell in a single Coen Bros flick...I've seen the all, though spotty memory of a few of them (Hudsucker, Intolerable Cruelty, etc)

 

[sestrugen]

Jena Malone