Who is your favorite under rated actor??

[Parche]

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[mnhtnbb]

1. Willem Dafoe

[Skittles]

2. Chris Cooper

yes INDEED

[Amarise]

3. I don't think Chris Cooper is underrated...

He won an Oscar and is an amazing craftsman. I actually like Brad Pitt's acting, which has been overshadowed by his (now fading) looks.

[bigwillq]

6. Hello.

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[muffin1]

8. Fading looks?

Sure, he looks different than he did in "Thelma and Louise", but he is still one fine looking mo-fo, imho.

Welcome to DU!:)

Oh, and one of my favorite underrated actors is JK Simmons.

[Skittles]

24. Brad is still looking FINE!

yes INDEED!

[Democrat_in_Houston]

69. Love Chris Cooper.

[asdjrocky]

4. Me.

I killed in True West. Absolutely killed.

[styersc]

11. Geez. Beat me to it.

I was going to say asdjrocky.

[asdjrocky]

27. You're too kind.

No autographs, please.

[bigwillq]

5. Ryan Gosling (nt)

[muffin1]

9. Totally fell in love with him in "The Notebook".

I know, I know it's a sappy chick flick, but I was home sick with the flu, it was on...yummy!

[dustbunnie]

7. Don Cheadle. He's brill!!

[bigwillq]

12. Good choice.

I love him.

[dustbunnie]

65. Me too. :-) I thought of him because The Family Man has been on incessantly lately.

I keep thinking of him in Hotel Rwanda and how he should be making more movies like that, rather than being wasted playing back up angel characters in light comedy Nicolas Cage vehicles.

[Ikonoklast]

10. Paul Giamatti

Guy knows his craft.

[bigwillq]

13. He does nothing for me.

I just don't like him personally. I find him annoying.

[Ikonoklast]

15. See, that's how good he is.

He wants to be found annoying.

[bigwillq]

16. All the time?

:shrug: :P

[Ikonoklast]

18. He's amazing, isn't he?

Hard to completely immerse oneself in the role to the point where reality and acting become blurred.














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[Swede]

14. Harry Dean Stanton.

He's always does great work.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

17. Scott Bakula

He was f'n incredible in Quantum Leap. Every episode could have been an Actor's Studio exercise. He was amazing and has never gotten the recognition I think he deserves.

[csziggy]

46. +1

[Tikki]

53. +2

Tikki

[styersc]

19. That old Italian guy, what's his name. DeNiro?

Yeah, Robert DeNiro.

That "Meet the Fockers" was great. And he was a great back-up to Billy Crystal in "Analyze This".

I think that DeNiro guy may be something one day.

[Quantess]

33. Never heard of him.

[Maccagirl]

67. Did you know that DeNiro is actually 3/4 Irish

It actually amuses him that he's so indentified as being 100% Italian when only his paternal grandfather is Italian.

[Mike_03]

20. Willem Dafoe for his work in Scorcese's LAST TEMPTATION OF

CHRIST and Paul Schrader's work especially AUTOFOCUS, produced, incidentally, by some very brave friends of mine.

[peekaloo]

51. Welcome to DU!

'To Live and Die in L.A.' is another.

:hi:

[dixiegrrrrl]

60. Shadow of the Vampire...he was supurb in that, I thought.

And welcome.
:hi:

[Capn Sunshine]

21. Eric Roberts

Great actor. But he's a major fuckup IRL and his sister Julia has "banned" him from the system because of it. So he only gets indie work. Check out "Coca Cola Kid" or "King of the Gypsies"

[Bucky]

34. Coca Cola Kid was an awesome movie.

He's so talented. It really made me sad when I read about how he wouldn't even look in on his own kids after one of his divorces and his sister took up the slack.

[femmocrat]

22. Bryan Brown.

He's an Australian actor who was in The Thorn Birds, Breaker Morant, and A Town Like Alice. I haven't seen much of him lately, though.

[Kingofalldems]

23. Robert Loggia

[SoxFan]

25. Michael Emerson

If you can call a guy with two Emmys (Lost and The Practice) underrated...

[Quantess]

26. Peter Krause.

He's a great actor and he's also gorgeous.

[asdjrocky]

28. Miachael K Williams

Omar Little, in The Wire.

[Midwestern Democrat]

29. Well, I don't know if he's critically underrated, but I've often thought that

Jeff Bridges should have had Michael Douglas's career - Bridges is a far more versatile and deeper actor and could have played any of Douglas's roles while Douglas certainly could not have played many of Bridges's roles (such as the Starman). I guess Bridges has the consolation that because his career was based on talent rather than bankability, he's remained relevant in today's acting scene, but he should have enjoyed the best of both worlds.

[fishwax]

35. Maybe he'll get his oscar this year for Crazy Heart

He won the Critics Choice award for it. I'm sure he'll get his fifth nomination, and maybe he'll get the win. I haven't seen the movie yet, but it looks damn good.

[jobycom]

74. I sometimes have trouble believing that the same actor

played The Dude and Charles Howard (Seabiscuit). He plays complete opposites and does them equally well.

I would say he's underrated as far as talent goes. No one puts him up there with DeNiro and Pacino, but I think he belongs there.

I wouldn't mourn his career much, though. He's been in Iron Man, Seabiscuit, The Big Lebowski, Texasville, Tucker, and a lot of other lucrative and acclaimed films. And he's not dead yet. He's playing Marshal Rooster Cogburn in the Coen Brothers' remake of True Grit. Michael Douglas--who is a decent actor but lacks range--is doing a sequel to "Wall Street." So Bridges is winning there.

Michael Douglas will always have to live with the fact that he will never be as cool as his dad, too. I think Bridges has at least matched his famous father. :)

just my weak opinion. :)

[Broken_Hero]

30. hmm,

most underrated actor?-Ron Perlman

most underated actress?-Kate Beckinsale(sp).

[Rhythm]

32. I was thinking of Ron Perlman as well... n/t

[Broken_Hero]

66. I change my mind on Kate Beckinsale for

best underrated actress, I want to change that to Katey Sagal.

[Kaleva]

31. Those character actors seen in many movies but whose names we don't recall

http://www.playbrass.com/kingspud/sel_by_actor_index_1.php

"Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinkin' badges!" Alfonso Bedoya

[fishwax]

36. John C. Reilly

He's done several silly comedies lately, and his acting isn't always great in those (even when they're fun to watch), but he's done a lot or great work over the years.

[Kaleva]

39. He's great in "Walk Hard".

[caitxrawks]

57. agreed! he was

brilliant in Chicago. He was the only character who was truly good in the end, I felt so sorry for him. My husband and I are big fans =)

[Bucky]

37. Bruce Weitz and Ken Howard

Weitz was so intense on Hill Street Blues as Belker, the resident Serpico-like under cover cop, then sort of dropped off the map. The only parts he plays now are bit parts as nerdy characters.

Ken Howard is also spot on in everything he does, but he's so pasty looking that he only gets really bland parts.

[Robeson]

38. L. Q. Jones.

[Shining Jack]

40. Rob Schneider.

Oh,wait...Can you repeat the question ?

[Quantess]

42. There's another thread for Favorite OVERrated actors.

I think he belongs in that thread.

[Shining Jack]

49. But,but...

He's not my Favorite anything !

[AsahinaKimi]

41. Oda Yuji

in Tokyo Love Story he was awesome however where he really shined was playing the part of a rookie Tokyo Police officer in the movie Bayside Shakedown (Odoru daisosasen and Odoru daisosasen II).

In the film, someone kidnaps the Chief of Police, shortly after he is transfered to the new department, and He, the rookie cop is the one who finds the kidnappers by accident! There were some very intense scenes as well as some rather funny ones!

Oda Yuji has been a while for quite some time, doing many J-doramas however, he has been very underrated in Japan. I would love to see him get a few more starring roles. He is very good!

[PassingFair]

43. Jason Bateman.

I think he's under-rated because he was a child "star" and
people still see him as a kid.

I think with the right role, he will by DYNAMITE.

[Quantess]

45. Good one! He does comedy really well.

I loved Arrested Development!

[grace0418]

59. If he does nothing else ever after being Michael Bluth, he will still be a genius to me.

I never watched him as a child star (although I did watch Justine on Family Ties), so he was fresh to me when I started watching Arrested Development. And he's freaking gorgeous to boot. Funny, snarky, smart and cute-perfect combination for me. :loveya:

[BrklynLiberal]

44. Sam Elliot

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000385/

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

50. I respect your choice, but my husband and I always make jokes

about the Sam Elliot School of Acting. He had only one trick in his arsenal, which you can clearly see in the pictures you posted - head tilted down, gazing upward through his eybrows. He apparently did graduate one disciple ----- Mark Harmon.

He is one great voice-over artist however. And he does what he can to keep the Western genre alive. And he had the good sense to marry Katharine Ross. They seem very happy, an unusual Hollywood marriage.

[dixiegrrrrl]

62. Oh my...I have to agree with the similarity, re: Harmon.

For some reason, Harmon Turns me off.
Maybe it was because of his role as Bundy...dunno.
Kinda cute, but flat, ya know?

[BrklynLiberal]

64. Have you watched NCIS? He is very enjoyable in that...and much cuter and even

has a character that shows a sense of humor.

When a new agent asked him what the Medical Examiner...played by David McCallum..looked like when he was younger, Harmon's character hesitated..and then said "Ilya Kuryakin". The young agent had no idea who that was...

[BrklynLiberal]

63. Yes..He and Mark Harmon are VERY much alike...in looks as well as style.

I guess I just go for the strong silent type.

Harmon also made a good choice in marriage...Pam Dawber. You hear nothing about them either.

[old mark]

47. Mos Def. He amazed me in 16 Blocks with Bruce Willis, and the

TV/HBO movie Something The Lord Made. He was brilliant.

mark

[Ten Bears]

48. Steve Buscemi

[tigereye]

52. Mark Rufalo

[dixiegrrrrl]

54. Stanley Tucci.

My favorite movie of his is Big Night.
He was also in The Devil Wears Prada, Murder One, and more recently Julie and Julia ( played husband to Streep's Julia).
Fortunately he is getting noticed more and more.

William H. Macy and Daniel DeFoe are also fabulous, I watch any films they are in.

added pic:

[grace0418]

58. I love Stanley Tucci and I love Big Night

That is one of my favorite movies ever, and he is wonderful in it.

[dixiegrrrrl]

61. the movie is a hidden gem., isn't it?

[graywarrior]

55. Jeff Bridges

[caitxrawks]

56. joseph gordon levitt

=)

He's my new Heath Ledger. I think I am finally ready to quit grieving his loss.

[Democrat_in_Houston]

68. Gene Hackman

Sure, he's won some awards, but he's not the leading man type that you first think about. I think he's been brilliant in some roles.

[pokerfan]

70. Donald Pleasence

Over 200 credits on imdb. No Emmy or Oscar wins.

[Pryderi]

71. David Strathairn n/t

[smoochpooch]

72. Edward James Olmos

So say we all!!:)

[wickerwoman]

73. Brad Dourif

Just amazing in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Mississippi Burning. Chronically overlooked in everything else.

[jobycom]

75. John Turturo. Dennis Quaid. Jeff Daniels.

[JCMach1]

76. Jeremy Irons

Brideshead Revisited
Lolita

My two personal favorites...

and on and on and on

just check the filmography http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000460/filmoyear

[mochajava666]

77. Jon Favreau

Like his choices in movies. Same with Steve Buscemi and Paul Giamatti.

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

78. Giovanni Ribisi

never a star but a solid actor

[RFKHumphreyObama]

79. Lisa Banes, Elizabeth Morehead, Marita Geraghty,

Are the immediate ones who come to mind