Most times when watching an actor/actress, I don't see a huge transformation in their personalities. Their role may be that of a detective or a gangster or a business man but seldom do they transform themselves into a character so completely different that you forget who the actors are.
A few movies I revisited recently with actors that impressed the hell of of me were Billy Bob Thornton's "Sling Blade", Tom Hank's "Philadelphia" and Charlize Theron's "Monster". The performances of these actors were of such quality that I cannot imagine anyone else in the rolls.
Whose impressive performances are on your list?
BTW, in a lesser roll, how many of you knew that W. Earl Brown, aka Dan Dority of Deadwood fame, played Mary's brother Warren in "There's Something About Mary"?
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March 11, 2019, 05:29 PM
Ryanp225
Daniel Day Lewis in just about everything but especially Lincoln.
March 11, 2019, 07:43 PM
parabellum
Casey Affleck as Robert Ford in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
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March 11, 2019, 07:48 PM
Rolan_Kraps
I believe that Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill in "Darkest Hour" fits the bill.
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March 11, 2019, 08:26 PM
armored
I was always impressed with many of the performances Marylin Chambers performed.
March 11, 2019, 08:59 PM
Gustofer
Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart.
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March 11, 2019, 09:36 PM
2000Z-71
Glenn Ford in the original 3:10 to Yuma.
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March 11, 2019, 09:41 PM
YooperSigs
Dennis Quaid as Doc Holliday. Amazing resemblance! And Jeff Bridges is consistently good. He is The Dude.
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March 11, 2019, 10:11 PM
Brother
Heath Ledger as the Joker.
March 11, 2019, 10:37 PM
Ripley
I first saw Leonardo Dicaprio in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" and I was floored. As annoying as he can be, I've respected his work since. He's had good advice on selecting scripts so that helps.
Jennifer Lawrence moved me just as much in "Winter's Bone". She's been increasingly harder to enjoy since, not a disaster but yeah, a pantload for sure and it's hard to see past the reality of Jennifer Lawrence.
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March 11, 2019, 11:07 PM
Jim Shugart
Jim Gandolfini as Tony Soprano.
Also:
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March 11, 2019, 11:42 PM
TMats
Melinda Dillon as Theresa, in Absence of Malice.
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March 11, 2019, 11:43 PM
k5blazer
Sean Penn in Mystic River. John Hurt in the Elephant Man. Wilhelm Dafoe in Platoon. Kathleen Turner in Body Heat. Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke. Denzel Washington in Training Day. Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird.
March 11, 2019, 11:47 PM
Jim Shugart
quote:
Originally posted by TMats: Melinda Dillon as Theresa, in Absence of Malice.
Good pick. That's an awesome flick.
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March 12, 2019, 12:17 AM
Prefontaine
Deniro in Taxi Driver.
Bale in American Psycho.
Daniel Day Lewis and Phillip Seymour Hoffman in anything they’ve done.
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Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday in Tombstone. He frankly never really impressed me as an actor but he OWNS that role!
March 12, 2019, 06:08 AM
ArtieS
George C. Scott as Patton.
Sir Anthony Hopkins in "Remains of the Day".
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March 12, 2019, 08:51 AM
szuppo
Jeff Bridges in just about any role he plays and Ian McShane as Al Swearengen.
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March 12, 2019, 09:00 AM
MikeGLI
Christian Bale in The Fighter.
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