Film thread aside, always a good conversation.
I'll start, Michael Smiley. Always a good shift in most of what he's in. Can be the straight man or comedic. Regardless of what he's in always good to see him show up.
David Thewlis when he's not in Hollywood, watch Naked for a serious performance.
I always thought Krister Henriksson was great as Wallander in the Swedish TV series. It's all I've seen him in but he was wonderfully understated in the role.
Quote from: Carnage on July 10, 2021, 12:12:37 AM
David Thewlis when he's not in Hollywood, watch Naked for a serious performance.
Yep he's immense in Naked. He's not so much a lead these days. Would like to see him do another unhinged character.
Another one before the night ends, Toby Jones. Not always a main but very talented. (Funnily enough he appears in Naked for 60 seconds)
Toby Jones is great. The scene in Detectorists when he's looking for the squirrel in the apartment is phenomenal.
He's great in Berberian Sound Studio. Another English actor who's at his best in low-key roles. See also: Eddie Marsan.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on July 10, 2021, 03:22:45 AM
Toby Jones is great. The scene in Detectorists when he's looking for the squirrel in the apartment is phenomenal.
Aye it's unreal. That show is fantastic television.
Amazing show all round, yeah. Barberian was fantastic too.
Need to check out that show, I like Mackenzie Crook a lot too.
Yeah Jones is brilliant in Berberian Sound Studio, and plays a great Hitchcock in The Girl.
He's excellent in Tale of Tales too, which is overall just a fantastic movie if anyone hasn't seen it.
I've just seen 'Split' for the first time and been absolutely floored by James Mac Avoy's performance. Never really noticed/rated him before but that was something special. Anna Taylor Joy was superb in it too.
The performances from Keisha Castle Hughes and Cliff Curtis in 'Whale Rider' are outstanding.
The latter used to be a great stand in Mexican in other shows, he can probably still get away with it as he's a Maori and not a blue-eyed Devil. Antonio Banderas can forget about it now though.
Shea Whigam - you might not know his name but Google it - he's one of those "Oh... that guy!" guys. Still amazed that he has never had a leading role.
Michael Shannon. As intense as early days De Niro. He's incredible in "The Iceman". He's great in comedies too.
Walton Goggins. Always watchable - bit of mid-period Jack Nicholson about him. Ditto his "Justified" co-star Timothy Olyphant.
Elliott Gould. Not underrated but perhaps slightly forgotten when we talk about acting greats - I can watch anything with him in it from the 60s/70s.
Quote from: StoutAndAle on July 14, 2021, 04:06:48 PM
Walton Goggins. Always watchable - bit of mid-period Jack Nicholson about him.
Ya he's great. Equally adept at comedic or dramatic roles.
Quote from: StoutAndAle on July 14, 2021, 04:06:48 PMMichael Shannon. As intense as early days De Niro. He's incredible in "The Iceman". He's great in comedies too.
Take Shelter, that's the one to watch.
Chris Barrie - Famous for playing Arnold Rimmer in Red Dwarf. He is great in that role and I also liked the other Comedy he was, "The Brittas Empire" where he played the insufferable Gordon Brittas head of a Leisure Centre. He did many voices for Spitting Image are well and also read some of the Red Dwarf books for Audio Books and did the whole crews voices.
He's so funny in that episode of Black Adder he appears in too. His French accent is both very accurate and pure mockery :)
Quote from: Caomhaoin on July 15, 2021, 05:17:15 AM
He's so funny in that episode of Black Adder he appears in too. His French accent is both very accurate and pure mockery :)
:laugh: Yeah he's great.
Speaking of 'Red Dwarf', did anyone see that recent movie special they did called 'The Promised Land'? Any use? The problem I had with Red Dwarf was that at some point it stopped being a comedy series and started taking itself too seriously as sci fi, I remember bailing out of it at that point.
Quote from: Carnage on July 10, 2021, 08:55:17 AM
See also: Eddie Marsan.
Eddie Marsan is excellent.
Have you seen him in Mike Leigh's "Happy-Go-Lucky"? Pathetic and terrifying in equal measure.
That mention of Marsan, purely on a physical basis, made me think of Stephen Graham and his utterly incredible turn in The Virtues. Again, seriously unmissable stuff that, whether for the acting (his and others in it deliver, dare I say it, transcendent performances) or the direction and how the story is unfolded.
Stephen Graham is an unbelievable actor. His American accent isn't great, but I'm the This is England saga, he was head and shoulders above the others.
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Agreed. I watched the first episode of The Virtues and couldn't face continuing it. That episode was bleak enough, and from the looks of things it got worse before it got better. Frame of mind thing, I'll get to it eventually.
Haven't seen Happy Go Lucky, I'll look out for that. As we're talking about Eddie Marsan, it brings me to Tyrannosaur - he's great in a bastardly supporting role, but Peter Mullan and Olivia Colman knock it out of the park as the leads. I suppose you couldn't call an Oscar winner underrated, but she deserves a mention here, she's brilliant.
Eddie Marsan and Stephen Graham are the business.
Jaysus Mullan is another one. Savage actor.
Mentioned in the film thread. Paddy Consadine. Hilarious in Hot Fuzz, terrifying in Dead Mans Shoes.
Good shout. A serious buck.
In a contrasting note, some of the lads who got famous out of love/hate 😳😳😳😳😳
Rubbish acting in parts.
Inspired by a diversion in another thread, I think Ray Meagher more than deserves his mention in here. You may not know the name, but if you Google him you'll see he's one of those, "Of course, him! Lord and saviour of the small screen!" guys.
Small but memorable part in Breaker Morant (which is an excellent film), as well as the obvious.
Quote from: Caomhaoin on July 15, 2021, 09:29:56 AM
Stephen Graham is an unbelievable actor. His American accent isn't great, but I'm the This is England saga, he was head and shoulders above the others.
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quality actor alright. The Virtues is excellent, bit miserable, but very good. If you like this is England series it won't dissapoint.
Brad Dourif
Dourif is on the highest tier of actors alright.
Quote from: CorkonianHunger on September 25, 2023, 10:31:34 PMBrad Dourif
He is amazing in the Exorcist 3 which is probably the last great horror film to have been released and he is also great in the x-files. Deadwood was a good show but nothing amazing and I don't think I would ever feel the need to rewatch it. Lovejoy was the best character in it.
Yes to those, but also One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Mississippi Burning, Lord of the Rings, Dune. You never know what kind of character you're going to get with him, but you know it'll be nailed.
Exorcist 3 is amazing.
On topic, Jason Miller never got his dues (Ninth Configuration included).
Also, regarding Deadwood, Garret Dillahunt was brilliant in two roles. Must see if I've seen him in anything else before.
He is in a good few things. No Country for Old Men and I remember he played a pedophile in an episode of SVU. He was also in an episode of the X-Files.
Quote from: mickO))) on September 26, 2023, 07:05:07 PMHe is in a good few things. No Country for Old Men and I remember he played a pedophile in an episode of SVU. He was also in an episode of the X-Files.
Completely forgot he had a small role in No Country, which I love. He's in The Road too, and the Assassination of Jesse James..