Underrated actors/actresses you like for their pure acting skills:

[echo4747]

how about Michael Cera?

 

[Ichinisan]

Bob Odenkirk (not sure if I spelled that correctly)

Saul/Jimmy McGill in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.

Also, the guy that plays Mike Ehrmantraut (spelling?).

 

[YBS1]

Jason Bateman

 

[foghorn67]

I'll 2nd some of you guys.
Terrance Howard - I saw Red Tails. Terrible movie. They had a palette of good story opportunities and made it numbing and formulaic. And they had ILM magic.
I fell asleep and woke up to this movie, and few minutes later, Howard's character straightens someone out. The dialogue was bad towards the end, it follows a cookie cutter script where he softens out and lets his subordinate go without punishment.
But, golly, Howard kind of made that scene awesome for a few moments.

Michael Pena - I pretty much enjoy everything is he in. He does it well, and if it wasn't for looking distinctive, he would have a bit more of the Gary Oldman morphing techniques.

My own offerings:
Dwayne Johnson - he will be forever typecasted in the same role. That's okay. He does the charismatic bro thing so well.

Armie Hammer - I would like to see more movies with him, he seems to do a good job even in mediocre movies.

 

[Gooberlx2]

I'm going to add Emile Hirsch to the list.

 

[tortoise]

Vera Farmiga

 

[sdifox]

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007210/


Actually met the guy once at a sushi restaurant in Toronto during TIFF.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Bruce Campbell.

 

[Captante]

Kathy Bates

Gene Hackman

 

[Anubis]

Vincent D'Onofrio. The guy from Full Metal Jacket and Law and Order, also MIB.

his char on law and order is why I don't watch that law and order version

good god its horrid

 

[Oyeve]

Jaquin Phoenix. A very good actor.

 

[wabbitslayer]

Riley Reid

 

[MomentsofSanity]

Already been said but Don Cheadle for me as well. His supporting roles in a few movies have made those movies for me.

 

[TechBoyJK]

Riley Reid

oh yeaaaa

 

[Strk]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/underrated

 

[Gooberlx2]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/underrated

Perhaps under-appreciated applies better for many of these.

 

[Oyeve]

JK Simmons. Yeah, he recently won an oscar but I feel he's still underrated.

 

[Ichinisan]

Jaquin Phoenix. A very good actor.

Is he under-rated though? I think most people think of him as a great actor.

Same with Daniel Day Lewis (probably the greatest living actor).

 

[Zeze]

JK Simmons. Yeah, he recently won an oscar but I feel he's still underrated.

I agree. That is the only movie I know of where he played anything significant that was popular.

He seldom appeared playing minor ass roles like being a dad in Juno, etc.

 

[randay]

heath ledger

 

[purbeast0]

jake gyllenhal still sucks and always sucked.

leo is far from "underrated" you must be living under a rock.

 

[Jeffg010]

Adam Driver
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3485845/?ref_=tt_cl_t5

He plays the boyfriend in HBO Girls but his acting in it outstanding.
He is going to be in the new Star Wars so he could be come super star.

 

[soulcougher73]

For me:



Leonardo Dicaprio: Of course he's uber famous, but he was just a pretty boy for girls in Titanic & Romeo + Juliet. I wrote him off as a little sh*t at that time. As he got older, man, did he become a real man. He sort of caught my attention with Catch Me If You Can. But by Blood Diamond, I was applauding his acting chops. And holy hell, Revolutionary Road was jaw droppingly haunting. What a performance from the reunion of Kate Winslet and Leo. Both matured into some serious bad asses.



Yours?

Check out What's Eating Gilbert Grape. He was awesome then. This was before Titanic made him big so when i first saw the movie i thought it was a real tard playing the role

 

[soulcougher73]

Juaquin Phoenix

 

[soulcougher73]

Vera Farmiga

So hawt