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You know the type. They take different roles but they play basically the same personality no matter if it’s an action thriller or romantic comedy. Ryan Reynolds comes to mind. Another is Billy Bob Thorton. He plays either Karl Childers or the same wise ass as Tommy Norris. | ||
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Deniro, al pacino, jason statham | |||
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Sean Connery "I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak!" - Calvin, "Calvin & Hobbes" | |||
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Jack Nicholson. | |||
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Seriously  If you think they always play the same character, you haven't seen their best work. They have mostly been 'phoning it in' the past 25 years or so, I'll give you that. | |||
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Charles Bronson Clint Eastwood Always the quiet tough guys. Q | |||
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Just about anyone who came from SNL or SCTV. _____________________________ Pledge allegiance or pack your bag! The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money. - Margaret Thatcher Spread my work ethic, not my wealth | |||
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Morons: Adam Sandler Will Farrell --------------------- DJT-45/47 MAGA !!!!! “Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.” "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it." — Mark Twain “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.” — H. L. Mencken | |||
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Owen Wilson Been watching Stick on Apple. I am enjoying the show, not because of him though. He plays the same whiney asshole he always does | |||
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John Wayne My daughter can deflate your daughter's soccer ball. | |||
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Giancarlo Esposito Breaking Bad Revolution Star Wars He's basically the same bad guy, I'm sure there are other shows and movies I've missed. | |||
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Kevin Costner is really good at playing Kevin Costner... 'veritas non verba magistri' | |||
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Jason Statham. Every single Movie. He's literally the same guy. Train how you intend to Fight Remember - Training is not sparring. Sparring is not fighting. Fighting is not combat. | |||
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I agree, early in their careers, they were quite good in being able to play different characters. Travis Bickle, Vito Corleone, and Jake LaMotta- that is quite a diverse line up for De Niro, whose acting has become a parody of himself in the later part of his career. But is seems the majority of movie stars/actors throughout history fit the "one character" premise of this thread, they simply can't deviate from their physical looks and traits, voice, mannerisms, etc. As mentioned, John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, both made excellent films. But also Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, Jimmy Stewart, Spencer Tracy, guys who seem to mostly play themselves on screen. "I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965 | |||
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Jesse Eisenberg. Same whiny bitch every film. Please quit acting. Go form a bowling team! What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone | |||
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I suppose you haven't seen Uncut Gems... He plays against his usual type in that, and it's by far his best acting. Similar to Robin Williams' serious turns in One Hour Photo, or Insomnia. Or Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, or Dark Crimes. | |||
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^^^ And, Reign Over Me. As for, "Playing themselves..." Danny DeVito Jack Nicholson Dwayne Johnson Jeff Goldblum Forrest Whittaker Denzel Washington Jake Gyllenhaal Not saying any the majority of them are poor actors, and I like most of them and they fit when cast for when that is the persona of the character needed, and once in a while, some "break character" and it's a pleasant change. "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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Jim Carrey in The Number 23. Train how you intend to Fight Remember - Training is not sparring. Sparring is not fighting. Fighting is not combat. | |||
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Will Farrell immediately came to mind. He's so repetitive that I can't find humor in his performances. Adam Sandler has actually has demonstrated some decent chops in serious roles. In addition to the ones already mentioned, I thought he was great in Spanglish and in Hustle playing a scout for the 76ers. "You know, Scotland has its own martial arts. Yeah, it's called Fuck You. It's mostly just head butting and then kicking people when they're on the ground." - Charlie MacKenzie (Mike Myers in "So I Married an Axe Murderer") | |||
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