He Like Me 0 Posted July 1, 2008 Maybe someone can go through his movies/TV career, but Giovanni Ribisi has a pretty diverse background from kid TV star, to his roll on Friends, to more dramatic rolls like Saving Private Ryan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DankNuggs 305 Posted July 1, 2008 Maybe someone can go through his movies/TV career, but Giovanni Ribisi has a pretty diverse background from kid TV star, to his roll on Friends, to more dramatic rolls like Saving Private Ryan. Boiler Room is underrated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sho Nuff 720 Posted July 1, 2008 Boiler Room is underrated. The only time I have liked Vin Diesel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peenie 1,703 Posted July 1, 2008 Gary Oldman: Beethoven (Immortal Beloved) Stansfield (drug-lord-cop-guy in The Professional) Sirius Black (HP and The Order of The Phoenix) ALSO!@#@! Mason Verger (handicapped-homo-with wild pigs from Hannibal) Dracula (Bram Stoker's Dracula) ugh!!! i was going to post him!! luckily you forgot: true romance Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peenie 1,703 Posted July 1, 2008 That's who I was going to say as well, but I was going to mention these two movies too:True Romance (narced out pimp) Sid and Nancy (as Sid Vicious) bastard!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kilroy69 1,037 Posted July 1, 2008 Lol....@ Cusack fan. and HUGE LOL @ being an adamant Cusack fan.... Sums yourself up pretty well. Go eat some bon bons, flip on a Cusack flick and have a good cry you flaming homosexual. I guess you would know how to spot a homo for sure. Seeing as how you look at one every day in the mirror. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,693 Posted July 1, 2008 Maybe someone can go through his movies/TV career, but Giovanni Ribisi has a pretty diverse background from kid TV star, to his roll on Friends, to more dramatic rolls like Saving Private Ryan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bigtraine 24 Posted July 1, 2008 Kevin Spacey Se7en The usual suspects American Beauty (and I personally thought he did very well in Pay It Forward and a personal favorite, LA Confidential) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheNewGirl 1,093 Posted July 1, 2008 The only time I have liked Vin Diesel. You're kidding right?! He kicked ass in Pitch Black, not to mention The Pacifier. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kutulu 1,564 Posted July 1, 2008 Christopher Walken The Deer Hunter Catch Me If You Can Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hdamien 0 Posted July 1, 2008 Kevin Spacey Se7en The usual suspects American Beauty (and I personally thought he did very well in Pay It Forward and a personal favorite, LA Confidential) This is what I was coming here to post. And don't forget Glengarry Glen Ross. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Foghorn Leghorn 0 Posted July 2, 2008 Robert De Niro Godfather 2, Goodfellas, Untouchables, etc. - mob guy Raging Bull - self-destructive boxer Taxi Driver - social outcast Meet The Parents/Fockers - comedic father Sleepers - priest Cape Fear - convicted rapist stalking the lawyer (and family) that put him away Midnight Run - bounty hunter The Deerhunter - smalltown war hero And many more. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Savage Beast 1 Posted July 2, 2008 Jack Nicholson Chinatown=Private Detective Goin' South=Outlaw scam artist Shining=Demon possed man The Postman Always Rings Twice=Adulterous drifter Batman=The Joker Wolf=Book editor bitten by a werewolf Hoffa=Jimmy Hoffa As Good As It Gets=Sarcastic loner writer who is homophobic and is no good with women And the list goes on..................................... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zmanzzzz 1 Posted July 2, 2008 james garner. support your local sheriff, he played a sheriff. support your local gunfighter, he played a gunfighter. in gunfight at the o.k. corrall, he played a marshall. in the rockford files he played a private investigator. a very diverse talent. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lionsjunkie 1 Posted July 2, 2008 Joaquin Phoenix ~ Reservation Road - Plays a father that loses it after a tragedy Walk the Line - Johnny Cash Ladder 49 - Fireman U Turn - plays Toby N. Tucker, aka TNT Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kutulu 1,564 Posted July 2, 2008 Robert De NiroCape Fear - convicted Sleepers - priest And many more. We're No Angles Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nobody 2,113 Posted July 2, 2008 Matt Damon Bourne Identity - Action hero who's as dangerous as he is vulnerable Good Will Hunting - Troubled student Ocean's 11,12, and 13 - An unp and coming con-man Dogma - The angel of death determined to get back heaven The Departed - Dirty cop Although almost every role he plays is some guy trying to find and accept himself. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Angry White Male 0 Posted July 2, 2008 Charlton Heston as Moses: "Let my people GO!" as George Taylor: "Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!" as himself: "Well we have...probably a more mixed ethnicity than other countries..." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bigtraine 24 Posted July 2, 2008 Joaquin Phoenix ~ Reservation Road - Plays a father that loses it after a tragedy Walk the Line - Johnny Cash Ladder 49 - Fireman U Turn - plays Toby N. Tucker, aka TNT Good call. A couple others that he didn't play the lead in but did really well was Gladiator and 8MM. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bigtraine 24 Posted July 2, 2008 This is what I was coming here to post. And don't forget Glengarry Glen Ross. I've never actually seen that movie. Worth checking out? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,777 Posted July 2, 2008 Must be some hella good nuggs Dank... Norton didn't play in Devil's Advocate I think the retard role you are speaking of is Primal Fear you're both wrong. he played a kid with multiple personalities in Primal Fear, neither of which was retarded and he played a retard for maybe 20 minutes in The Score. Edward Norton is one of the best actors we have going, don't fock up his movies please. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hellothere 1 Posted July 2, 2008 Anthony Hopkins Silence of the Lambs - Hannibal Lecter - King of all psyco's Nixon - Richard Nixon - Nervous, devious, cowardly, confused Amistad - John Q. Adams - Wise old good-guy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,777 Posted July 2, 2008 Christian Bale American Psycho - Played one of the best serial killers in any movie ever The Machinist - Played an industrial worker that didn't sleep for a very long time and started to become insane. The Prestige - Played a cunning magician Harsh Times - Plays an ex army ranger that just goes loco after he doesn't get a job working for the LA PD 3:10 to Yuma - Played a rancher that agrees to help capture Ben Wade Batman - He was batman if you haven't seen all of these, I suggest you add them to your netflix. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,777 Posted July 2, 2008 Matt Damon Bourne Identity - Action hero who's as dangerous as he is vulnerable Good Will Hunting - Troubled student Ocean's 11,12, and 13 - An unp and coming con-man Dogma - The angel of death determined to get back heaven The Departed - Dirty cop Although almost every role he plays is some guy trying to find and accept himself. because he's the gay in real life. so it works perfectly Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bishop82 61 Posted July 2, 2008 Kevin Spacey Se7en The usual suspects American Beauty (and I personally thought he did very well in Pay It Forward and a personal favorite, LA Confidential) Even thought I didn't care for the movie, but K-Pax is another good diverse role. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lionsjunkie 1 Posted July 2, 2008 you're both wrong. he played a kid with multiple personalities in Primal Fear, neither of which was retarded and he played a retard for maybe 20 minutes in The Score. Edward Norton is one of the best actors we have going, don't fock up his movies please. Retard/multiple personalities...all the same thing to me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Isotopes 1 Posted July 2, 2008 you're both wrong. he played a kid with multiple personalities in Primal Fear, neither of which was retarded and he played a retard for maybe 20 minutes in The Score. Edward Norton is one of the best actors we have going, don't fock up his movies please. Technically didn't he play a kid faking multiple personalities or am I thinking of a different movie? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jets24 6 Posted July 2, 2008 Daniel Day Lewis My Left Foot- Christy Brown Last of the Mohicans- Hawkeye There will be Blood- Daniel Plainview What do I win? Cause that is about as diverse as it gets. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jets24 6 Posted July 2, 2008 Ben Kingsley Gandhi- Gandhi Bugsy- Meyer Lansky Schindlers List- Itzak Stern Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hdamien 0 Posted July 2, 2008 I've never actually seen that movie. Worth checking out? Absolutely. Not necessarily for Spacey, but for Pacino, Arkin, Baldwin and Lemmon. It's a David Mammet play/film, so the dialog is great. It's worth it for Alec Baldwin's scene alone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kutulu 1,564 Posted July 3, 2008 Christopher Walken True Romance Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jvirne 0 Posted July 3, 2008 ugh!!! i was going to post him!! luckily you forgot:true romance "Marty, you know who we got here? Motherfooking Charlie Bronson!" Very underrated role. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jvirne 0 Posted July 3, 2008 you're both wrong. he played a kid with multiple personalities in Primal Fear, neither of which was retarded and he played a retard for maybe 20 minutes in The Score. Edward Norton is one of the best actors we have going, don't fock up his movies please. I've always thought Norton is one of the most talented young(ish) actors out there. He just never got his knockout role. American History X was close. His biggest problem is he accepts way too many roles in crappy movies. Yet he finds ways to shine in them. The Score is a great example. He plays a supporting role in an average Hollywood action flick, and turned in an amazing performance as a con man pretending to be retarded. He did both parts so well (the con man and the retard) that you ended up believing his character really was THAT good of a con man: he could convince a bunch of people that he was legitimately retarded for months. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frank M 181 Posted July 3, 2008 I didn't like him when he first came out, but Brad Pitt has played some different roles: Psycho killer-Kalifornia Hotshot cop-Seven Suave thief-Oceans 11, 12, 13 Death-Meet Joe Black Vampire-Interview with the Vampire Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lambert58 56 Posted July 3, 2008 Going to get trashed for this but Kevin Bacon is vastly under rated as an actor. Animal House Footloose Apollo Thirteen Wild Things Mystic River Murder in the First (Incredible performance) Diner He did a great job in all of those. There is nothing more diverse than his performance in Footloose and Murder in the First. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MisanthropicAnthropoid 0 Posted July 3, 2008 I didn't like him when he first came out, but Brad Pitt has played some different roles: Psycho killer-Kalifornia Hotshot cop-Seven Suave thief-Oceans 11, 12, 13 Death-Meet Joe Black Vampire-Interview with the Vampire Don't forget insane leader of an animal rights group. (12 Monkeys) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frank M 181 Posted July 3, 2008 Don't forget insane leader of an animal rights group. (12 Monkeys) Right. Strange movie, but I liked it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MisanthropicAnthropoid 0 Posted July 3, 2008 Right. Strange movie, but I liked it. Agreed on both counts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cribdog 0 Posted July 3, 2008 Going to get trashed for this but Kevin Bacon is vastly under rated as an actor.Animal House Footloose Apollo Thirteen Wild Things Mystic River Murder in the First (Incredible performance) Diner He did a great job in all of those. There is nothing more diverse than his performance in Footloose and Murder in the First. I agree that he is very underated, but how can you throw Animal House in there...what did he have, 3 lines? Thank you sir, may I have another. All is well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kutulu 1,564 Posted July 3, 2008 How can he be underated? Dude has a game named after him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites