I was just looking at his filmography, and there are many to choose from.
Chet from Weird Science, the bit part as the anonymous Punk in The Terminator, and you know many of the rest (Tombstone, even Twister, Aliens of course, Big Love, Frailty, True Lies, Apollo 13, A Simple Plan, Edge of Tomorrow, and more...).
Any dude who can not take himself too seriously is actually cool, to me. Like his role in True Lies, funny.
Or Weird Science...
I thought he delivered in Edge of Tomorrow, too. And I enjoyed Big Love (HBO series).
One of the few actors whose untimely passing bummed me out. I liked him in everything you mentioned. Twister being a favorite because Bill Paxton finally got a leading role and the movie was released right around the time and I finished USAF 1W031 weather apprentice school.
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Some under the radar ones I enjoyed: The Dark Backward, One False Move, a bit part in The Last Supper, and especially, Near Dark! "Finger-Lickin' good!"
Any of you guys out there fans of Joe R. Lansdale? He does the Hap & Leonard books — some were adapted for the Sundance TV show now on Netflix. He's really good at answering fan questions online. I asked Joe if he thought the actors on the show were cast well, as I always pictured Leonard as a bigger guy in my head, like Forest Whitaker. He told me if he had to cast the characters, a younger Laurence Fishburne would be his Leonard, and Hap would be his dear departed old pal Bill Paxton. I thought that was interesting.
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A Todd up between Aliens and Edge of Tomorrow. I’d have to take Aliens only because “GAME OVER, MAN!”
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Originally posted by LastCubScout: Some under the radar ones I enjoyed: The Dark Backward, One False Move, a bit part in The Last Supper, and especially, Near Dark! "Finger-Lickin' good!"
Any of you guys out there fans of Joe R. Lansdale? He does the Hap & Leonard books — some were adapted for the Sundance TV show now on Netflix. He's really good at answering fan questions online. I asked Joe if he thought the actors on the show were cast well, as I always pictured Leonard as a bigger guy in my head, like Forest Whitaker. He told me if he had to cast the characters, a younger Laurence Fishburne would be his Leonard, and Hap would be his dear departed old pal Bill Paxton. I thought that was interesting.
Last Supper is a sleeper. I dig it.
Is Hap and Leonard good? I'm not familiar with the books. Does Omar do a good job in the show?
