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Lucy Liu in Lucky # Slevin is looking like she might make this list today...(watching it right now as I try to recover from Friday night)

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Lucy Liu in Lucky # Slevin is looking like she might make this list today...(watching it right now as I try to recover from Friday night)

that's a really good focking movie BTW

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Yep saw it last year, but my friend rented it last night and I took it home to watch it again before returning it.

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Naming the character, not the actor...

 

Kaiser Soze in The Usual Suspects

Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt's character) in Fight Club

Jeffery Goines in 12 Monkeys (Brad Pitt is good at playing the insane)

Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Carribean

Donnie Darko in Donnie Darko

Henry Fonda's character in 12 Angry Men

 

 

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Dennis in Monty Python and the Holy Grail

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Some of my favorites (in no particular order)

 

-Luke - Paul Newman (Cool Hand Luke)

-Dragline - George Kennedy (Cool Hand Luke)

-Randle P. McMurphy - Jack Nicholson (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)

-Tommy DeVito - Joe Pesci (GoodFellas)

-Hannibal Lechter - Anthony Hopkins (Silence of the Lambs)

-Norman Bates - Tony Perkins (Psycho)

-Charles Foster Kane - Orson Welles (Citizen Kane)

-Scarlett O'Hara - Vivian Leigh (Gone With the Wind)

-Indiana Jones - Harrison Ford (Raiders of the Lost Ark)

-Forrest Gump - Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump)

-George Patton - George C. Scott (Patton)

-Karen Silkwood - Meryl Streep (Silkwood)

-Jim Morrison - Val Kilmer (The Doors)

-Travis Bickle - Robert DeNiro (Taxi Driver)

-Don Corleone - Marlon Brando (The Godfather)

-Michael Corleone - Al Pacino (The Godfather)

-Annie Wilkes - Kathy Bates (Misery)

-Lynn Brackin - Kim Basinger (LA Confidential)

-Howard Beale - Peter Finch (Network)

-Red - Morgan Freeman (Shawshank Redemption)

-Jeff Spiccoli - Sean Penn (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)

-Paul Rusesabagina - Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda)

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natalie portman in the professional as mathilda

r. lee ermey in full metal jacket as sgt. hartman

yul brynner in the ten commandments as rameses

bill murray in groundhog day as phil connors

edward norton in american history x as derek

holly hunter, nicholas cage and john goodman in raising arizona (a pox to the geek who thought of this reference first!!)

chris tucker in friday as smokey (hey, he was funny)

jeremy irons in the lion king as scar (he was good!!)

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r. lee ermey in full metal jacket as sgt. hartman

 

 

Lee Ermey focking ruled in that movie. He showed the world almost eggszactley how Marine Corp Boot Camp use to be. :banana:

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Josey Wales

 

 

Bounty hunter: You're wanted, Wales.

 

Josey Wales: Reckon I'm right popular. You a bounty hunter?

 

Bounty hunter: A man's got to do something for a living these days.

 

Josey Wales: Dyin' ain't much of a living, boy.

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I have not seen this one yet:

 

Rex Kramer in Kentucky Fried Movie

 

 

Funny as shiat!!!

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A couple I haven't seen yet:

 

 

Randall in Clerks

 

Frankie Pentangeli in Godfather II

 

Hyman Roth in Godfather II

 

Colonel Kilgore in Apocalypse Now :thumbsdown: :clap:

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Let's not forget John Travolta. He has had some major "Stud" roles.

 

Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever

 

Danny Zuko in Grease

 

Bud Davis in Urban Cowboy

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Kumar in Harold and Kumar go to White Castle

"The Old Man" (Ralfy's Father) from A Christmas Story

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I have not seen this one yet:

 

Rex Kramer in Kentucky Fried Movie

Funny as shiat!!!

 

Great movie

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Jack Torrance - Jack Nicholson (The Shining) can't believe I forgot that one before

 

Hell, just about every role Jack has played has been great, mostly because of him.

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Samuel L. Jackson - Rules of Engagement / Pulp Fiction

 

Gene Hackman - Uncommon Valor / Bat 21

 

Russel Crowe - Gladiator

 

Robert Duvall - The Great Santini / Lonesome Dove / Open Range / Apocalypse Now

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Gene Hackman -- Coach Norman Dale -- Hoosiers. -- :dunno:

 

 

 

Jackie Earl Haley ---- Mooch ---- Breaking Away

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A few I haven't seen mentioned among many favs

Brando as Don Vito Corleone(Godfather)

 

DeNiro as Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull & young Don Vito Corleone(Godfather 2)

 

Pacino...Michael Corleone(Godfather series) and Frank Serpico(Serpico)

 

Eastwood-Dirty Harry Callahan

 

 

I mentioned both Brando and Pacino & added Caan too, Sonny rocked.

 

:cheers: for GlenGary GlenRoss, entire cast could be noted for the incredible job they did.

 

ETA: Just about any role of Steve Bushemi.

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Rocky/Rocky IV

 

Jerry Dandridge/Fright Night

 

Paul Kersey/Death Wish

 

Martin Riggs/Lethal Weapon

 

Axel Foley/Beverly Hills Cop

 

Lester Burnham/American Beauty

 

Derek Vinyard/American History X

 

Pamela Wells/Teen Wolf

 

Betty Childs/Revenge of the Nerds

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Rocky/ Rocky IV

 

Jerry Dandridge/ Fright Night

 

Paul Kersey/ Death Wish 3

 

Martin Riggs/ Lethal Weapon

 

Axel Foley/ Beverly Hills Cop 2

 

Lester Burnam/ American Beauty

 

Derek Vinyard/ American History X

 

Pamela Wells/ Teen Wolf

 

Betty Childs/ Revenge of the Nerds

good list :o

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Another one or two characters

 

Richard Crenna ....Col. Samuel Trautman on Rambo I, II, & III was an outstanding character.

 

 

 

 

Brian Dennehy as Sheriff Will Teasle in First Blood was a great role.

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Josh Hartnett as the lucky number sleven.

 

matthew mcconaughey as Fenton Meiks in frailty

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