cribdog 0 Posted July 1, 2008 that pulled them all off. I think this defines who a good actor is. John Travolta in: Grease...50's high school greaser gang member Phenomenon...small town regular guy gets super smart Broken Arrow...Army captain mean SOB Thought he was great in all 3, all 3 very different. He has come a long way from Vinnie Barbarino... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DankNuggs 305 Posted July 1, 2008 Ed Norton: Devils Advocate: Played a retard American History X: Played a nazi Fightclub: Played a hybrid of the 2 Hulk: Played a big green man. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KSB2424 3,082 Posted July 1, 2008 Dustin Hoffman Rainman Tootsie Outbreak Meet the Fockers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cribdog 0 Posted July 1, 2008 Dustin Hoffman Rainman Tootsie Outbreak Meet the Fockers Good one! Throw the Graduate in there and you see why he is one of the best of all time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,631 Posted July 1, 2008 Benecio Del Toro Sin City (2005) .... Jackie Boy ... aka Frank Miller's Sin City (USA: complete title) 21 Grams (2003) .... Jack Jordan Traffic (2000) .... Javier Rodriguez ... aka Traffic - Die Macht des Kartells (Germany) The Way of the Gun (2000) .... Mr. Longbaugh Snatch. (2000) .... Franky Four Fingers Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) .... Dr. Gonzo / Oscar Z. Acosta The Fan (1996) .... Juan Primo The Usual Suspects (1995) .... Fred Fenster Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fenster 6 Posted July 1, 2008 Benecio Del Toro The Usual Suspects (1995) .... Fred Fenster Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,631 Posted July 1, 2008 Dustin Hoffman Rainman Tootsie Outbreak Meet the Fockers HORRIBLE in outbreak. HORRIBLE. Him and Cuba Gooding together? Good Focking LORD. The monkey did a pretty good job though. Hard to recover after getting kicked off a popular show like Friends. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
patweisers44 697 Posted July 1, 2008 Sean Penn Fast Times at Ridgemont High I am Sam Dead Man Walking Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lionsjunkie 1 Posted July 1, 2008 Ed Norton:Devils Advocate: Played a retard American History X: Played a nazi Fightclub: Played a hybrid of the 2 Hulk: Played a big green man. 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DankNuggs 305 Posted July 1, 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 good call, spot on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brad GLuckman 518 Posted July 1, 2008 Steven Segall Under Siege - Plays a badass chef Out for a Kill - Plays a badass professor Exit Wounds - Plays a badass COP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mighty_thor 115 Posted July 1, 2008 Tom Hanks Forest Gump - Dim witted guy Philadelphia - Homo Saving Private Ryan - Captain in the Army Charlie Wilsons War - Womanizing boozer Congressman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,631 Posted July 1, 2008 I wouldn't even know where to start with this one: Johnny Depp Has probably played as diverse a resume {wrong word, what am I looking for?} as any actor ever to grace the screen. Certainly the most diverse of any major modern actor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DankNuggs 305 Posted July 1, 2008 Steven Segall Under Siege - Plays a badass chef Out for a Kill - Plays a badass professor Exit Wounds - Plays a badass COP WINNAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheNewGirl 1,020 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) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DankNuggs 305 Posted July 1, 2008 I wouldn't even know where to start with this one: Johnny Depp Has probably played as diverse a resume {wrong word, what am I looking for?} as any actor ever to grace the screen. Certainly the most diverse of any major modern actor. yes and no, his wheelhouse roles really haven't changed a heck of a lot from Edward Scissorhands.... Compare Edward Scissorhands to Sweeney Todd. Eccentric, withdrawn, poetic language... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,631 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) Nicely done. Seriously bad-axx actor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheNewGirl 1,020 Posted July 1, 2008 yes and no, his wheelhouse roles really haven't changed a heck of a lot from Edward Scissorhands.... Compare Edward Scissorhands to Sweeney Todd. Eccentric, withdrawn, poetic language... Yes, but if you also take into account the Pirates of the Carribean movies, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, and BLOW, he is quite diverse and doesn't seem to always fit into those cookie-cutter roles. Many actors do one or two movies and are totally type-cast, and it's hard for them to branch out from that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,631 Posted July 1, 2008 Yes, but if you also take into account the Pirates of the Carribean movies, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, and BLOW, he is quite diverse and doesn't seem to always fit into those cookie-cutter roles. Many actors do one or two movies and are totally type-cast, and it's hard for them to branch out from that. Exactly. Dank's got a serious fallacy going on there: "If I take all the roles that are similar, you'll find that they all have similar qualities to them." Let's not forget Donny Brasco either. Or Ed Wood, or Fear and Loathing, or Platoon, or his ground-breaking work in Jump Street. - Too many to list. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DankNuggs 305 Posted July 1, 2008 Exactly. Dank's got a serious fallacy going on there: "If I take all the roles that are similar, you'll find that they all have similar qualities to them." Let's not forget Donny Brasco either. Or Ed Wood, or Fear and Loathing, or Platoon, or his ground-breaking work in Jump Street. - Too many to list. Not trying to insult you here... Awesome in Blow and FLLV... when you mentioned he was the most diverse, he takes alot of roles that has similar nuances which fit his skillset perfectly. aloof is a good adjective for it. Willy Wonka Ed Scissorhands Sweeney Todd etc... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BMoney 0 Posted July 1, 2008 Tom Hanks Forest Gump - Dim witted guy Philadelphia - Homo Saving Private Ryan - Captain in the Army Charlie Wilsons War - Womanizing boozer Congressman as well as being in Bachelor Party Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,631 Posted July 1, 2008 Not trying to insult you here... Awesome in Blow and FLLV... when you mentioned he was the most diverse, he takes alot of roles that has similar nuances which fit his skillset perfectly. aloof is a good adjective for it. Willy Wonka Ed Scissorhands Sweeney Todd etc... Agreed. I think it shows some real ballz to do that. I don't think you'd see most of the actors listed herein even read for these parts. Those aren't easy roles to do without either cartooning them or trashing your career. For that reason, I think he's probably had more of an impact on American film (in terms of bringing to life these bizarre characters - Film Diverstity) than most of the image-conscious, "does the test-auidience like me?" actors out there these days. (cough - Tom Cruise) In my opinion, guys like Depp and Del Toro who actively pursue a hugely diverse* multitude of roles - regardless of career impact - are true actors in the most basic sense of the word. * Need a better word for that too. Damn, my skillz suck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,631 Posted July 1, 2008 as well as being in Bachelor Party His most underrated role EVAH! I wonder why they never bring this up when they give him lifetime achievement, etc. awards??? "That's a waste of some perfectly good fat!" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bishop82 61 Posted July 1, 2008 Rodney Dangerfield in Caddyshack - Rich guy throwing money around humorously Back to School - Rich guy throwing money around humorously My 5 Wives - Rich guy throwing money around humorously Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DankNuggs 305 Posted July 1, 2008 Agreed. I think it shows some real ballz to do that. I don't think you'd see most of the actors listed herein even read for these parts. Those aren't easy roles to do without either cartooning them or trashing your career. For that reason, I think he's probably had more of an impact on American film (in terms of bringing to life these bizarre characters - Film Diverstity) than most of the image-conscious, "does the test-auidience like me?" actors out there these days. (cough - Tom Cruise) In my opinion, guys like Depp and Del Toro who actively pursue a hugely diverse* multitude of roles - regardless of career impact - are true actors in the most basic sense of the word. * Need a better word for that too. Damn, my skillz suck. Agreed. Despite my comments, my two favorite depp movies are blow and FLLV hands down, which speak to his abilities far outside of what originally made him famous. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DankNuggs 305 Posted July 1, 2008 Rodney Dangerfield in Caddyshack - Rich guy throwing money around humorously Back to School - Rich guy throwing money around humorously My 5 Wives - Rich guy throwing money around humorously Genius isn't always diverse. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
patweisers44 697 Posted July 1, 2008 His most underrated role EVAH! I wonder why they never bring this up when they give him lifetime achievement, etc. awards??? "That's a waste of some perfectly good fat!" "I just bet my ballz...and i shook on it." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kilroy69 993 Posted July 1, 2008 John Cusack Pushing Tin, Nick Falzone overstressed Air traffic controller who focks billy bob thortans wife. Con Air, U.S. Marshal Vince Larkin good guy that just wants to catch cyris the virus before he gets all nuts on the vegas strip. Grosse Pointe Blank, martin blank is a hitman that is hired to kill his old flames dad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sho Nuff 719 Posted July 1, 2008 Tom Hanks Forest Gump - Dim witted guy Philadelphia - Homo Saving Private Ryan - Captain in the Army Charlie Wilsons War - Womanizing boozer Congressman Add in Bachelor Party - damn funny silly guy trying to marry an 80s hottie. With plenty of drugs, boobs, and a donkey. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
patweisers44 697 Posted July 1, 2008 Val Kilmer Real Genius - Chris Top Gun - Iceman The Doors - jim morrison Tombstone - doc holliday Batman Forever - Batman Wonderland - John Holmes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sho Nuff 719 Posted July 1, 2008 as well as being in Bachelor Party Beat me to it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sho Nuff 719 Posted July 1, 2008 His most underrated role EVAH! I wonder why they never bring this up when they give him lifetime achievement, etc. awards??? "That's a waste of some perfectly good fat!" Rudy: Let's have a bachelor party with chicks and guns and fire trucks and hookers and drugs and booze! Gary: Yeah! Yeah yeah! All the things that make life worth living for! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
posty 2,296 Posted July 1, 2008 Tom Hanks Forest Gump - Dim witted guy Philadelphia - Homo Saving Private Ryan - Captain in the Army Charlie Wilsons War - Womanizing boozer Congressman Not a big fan of him, but Bosom Buddies was a great show... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sho Nuff 719 Posted July 1, 2008 John CusackPushing Tin, Nick Falzone overstressed Air traffic controller who focks billy bob thortans wife. Con Air, U.S. Marshal Vince Larkin good guy that just wants to catch cyris the virus before he gets all nuts on the vegas strip. Grosse Pointe Blank, martin blank is a hitman that is hired to kill his old flames dad. Hi Fidelity - record store owner who is a whiny music snob. Pretty odd character and kind of annoying really. Though, this movie was the last time Jack Black was not annoying as shiot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DankNuggs 305 Posted July 1, 2008 John CusackPushing Tin, Nick Falzone overstressed Air traffic controller who focks billy bob thortans wife. Con Air, U.S. Marshal Vince Larkin good guy that just wants to catch cyris the virus before he gets all nuts on the vegas strip. Grosse Pointe Blank, martin blank is a hitman that is hired to kill his old flames dad. He plays the exact same whiny role in every movie. Guy is more one dimensional than Costanza. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
craphouse rats 0 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) Don't forget Drexl Spivey True Romance Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kilroy69 993 Posted July 1, 2008 He plays the exact same whiny role in every movie. Guy is more one dimensional than Costanza. I don't really agree.We all have our own opinions. You just hapen to have a wrong one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
He Like Me 0 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) 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) Very good actor! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skins1967 0 Posted July 1, 2008 Dustin Hoffman Rainman Tootsie Outbreak Meet the Fockers Captain Hook in "Hook" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DankNuggs 305 Posted July 1, 2008 I don't really agree.We all have our own opinions. You just hapen to have a wrong one. 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
