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Your Favourite underated Actors/Actresses??

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Old 09-11-2009, 12:31 PM   #1
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Your Favourite underated Actors/Actresses??
Interesting Topic here.

Who, among your favourite actors/actresses, do you think deserves more credit, or roles for their acting ability. Who do you consider underrated or underused as an actor/actress, and should be in bigger roles to exploit their acting ability.

I think it would be cool to give a few names and their movies which you thought, made an impact:

My actors/actresses would be:

Cuba Gooding Jr. - Men of Honour, Radio
Joel Gretsch - The 4400
Aaron Standford - Live Free or Die, Flakes, The Hills have Eyes
Jonathon Tucker - The Black Donnellys, The Ruins
Kate Mulgrew - Star Trek Voyager, The Black Donnellys
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Old 09-11-2009, 2:02 PM   #2
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Re: Your Favourite underated Actors/Actresses??
A couple spring to mind so far

Peter Stormare
David Strathairn
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Old 09-11-2009, 2:44 PM   #3
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A couple spring to mind so far

Peter Stormare
David Strathern
Peter Stormare definately!
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Old 09-11-2009, 8:25 PM   #4
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Re: Your Favourite underated Actors/Actresses??
Toby Kebbell - Dead Mans Shoes, Rock n Rolla
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Old 09-11-2009, 10:34 PM   #5
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Lucy Lawless

Regards

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Old 10-11-2009, 9:59 AM   #6
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Re: Your Favourite underated Actors/Actresses??
Jason Isaacs

Ben Whishaw

Robert Duvall (best of his generation IMO)
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Old 10-11-2009, 2:03 PM   #7
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Re: Your Favourite underated Actors/Actresses??
Some that often appear in Coen Brother Films.
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Old 10-11-2009, 9:53 PM   #8
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Re: Your Favourite underated Actors/Actresses??
Someone who I like to see in movies / tv programmes is:

William Fichtner



He's been in a few 'big' movies like Heat, Contact, Armegeddon, The Perfect Storm, Pearl Harbour, Black Hawk Down & The Dark Knight without ever actually being the 'star' of the film, as well as having a major role in Prison Break from seasons 2-4
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Someone who I like to see in movies / tv programmes is:

William Fichtner


He's been in a few 'big' movies like Heat, Contact, Armegeddon, The Perfect Storm, Pearl Harbour, Black Hawk Down & The Dark Knight without ever actually being the 'star' of the film, as well as having a major role in Prison Break from seasons 2-4
...But the real star of Prison Break was Robert Knepper
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Old 10-11-2009, 11:52 PM   #10
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Re: Your Favourite underated Actors/Actresses??
Diane Lane... soooo underrated as an actress.
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Old 10-11-2009, 11:54 PM   #11
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nice pictures.
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Old 11-11-2009, 8:13 AM   #12
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Re: Your Favourite underated Actors/Actresses??
Hard to say it because he's been in loads (100+) but I still think he's underused and deserves that massive, definitive role.

my number one, most underused, underrated actor is Christopher Walken.

I think the guy is great
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Old 11-11-2009, 6:32 PM   #13
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Re: Your Favourite underated Actors/Actresses??
I'd like to see David Tennant back in something.
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Old 11-11-2009, 6:35 PM   #14
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Hard to say it because he's been in loads (100+) but I still think he's underused and deserves that massive, definitive role.

my number one, most underused, underrated actor is Christopher Walken.

I think the guy is great
+1
Great performance again recently in The Maiden Heist.
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Old 11-11-2009, 6:43 PM   #15
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Re: Your Favourite underated Actors/Actresses??
Probably my favourite underated actor at the moment would be Chris Evans (Sunshine, Fantastic 4, Push etc...). Seems to be able to do a bit of everything.
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Old 14-11-2009, 12:14 AM   #16
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Re: Your Favourite underated Actors/Actresses??
William Fichtner is a very good shout.

Michael Shannon
Samantha Morton
Jason Issacs
Wes Studi
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Old 14-11-2009, 3:12 AM   #17
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Re: Your Favourite underated Actors/Actresses??
as this is Underated thread.

I like Jason Issacs a lot to .

Brian Dennehy made some really good movies that wernt big box office

Charles Durning many great parts one of those actors you always see in films but dont get much of a mention.

Marilu Henner - great in Taxi back in the day and a cracking looker.Done some great Tv parts.

Brian Brown - prob biggest movie was cocktail supporting Tom Cruise but made some really good stuff like the FX movies.

Im also going for Jack Lemmon - i know hes highly rated but really as a comic actor . As a serious actor hes brilliant see Glengary Glen Ross.

I personally wouldnt allow Christopher Walken in this thread as i think hes a highly rated actor (and rightly so) but if your gonna have him then people like James Woods should be then.
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Re: Your Favourite underated Actors/Actresses??
Gina McKee. Like quite a few names mentioned here she is a very successful character actor, but I wished she got more leading roles.
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Old 16-11-2009, 9:20 PM   #19
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Michael Keaton. What ever happened to him?

My favourite batman and he does a great unhinged/psycho/villain type like in Pacific Heights.
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Agree with Michael Keaton, William Fichtner, Diane Lane...

How about Micheal Biehn ? He was in ALIENS, TERMINATOR, THE ABYSS, THE ROCK, GRINDHOUSE (PLANET TERROR), and loads of other films yet still remains largely overlooked and underrated. Anyone agree?
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Philip Seymour Hoffman
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Old 17-11-2009, 2:01 AM   #22
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Philip Seymour Hoffman
He is not underrated. He is an Oscar winner.
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Rod Taylor, Cant help like anything he’s in, always seem to radiate some charisma, two of my favourite films ar the George Pall The Time Machine and also The Mercenaries (aka The Dark of the Sun).
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Ed Harris is always worth a watch
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I have a thing for Julian McMahon (NIP/TUCK & Fantastic 4 actor)
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Ed Harris is always worth a watch
You see i don't think Ed Harris is underrated always getting mentioned highest rated actors of his generation.
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