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Comedic Actors Who Switched To Serious Roles

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October 01, 2019, 05:29 PM
ridgerat
Comedic Actors Who Switched To Serious Roles
Steve Martin.


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April 23, 2020, 03:03 AM
Hey Pal
Ray Romano in the series Get Shorty.
April 23, 2020, 07:28 AM
irreverent
Woody Harrelson.


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April 23, 2020, 08:00 AM
MRBTX
quote:
Originally posted by Sig209:
Michael Keaton has done a couple 'serious' roles

definitely Tom Hanks (as previously mentioned)

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Yeah, it's tough to see Keaton as Batman, after a role like he had in "The Other Guys".
April 23, 2020, 08:39 AM
SBrooks
Did anyone mention Bill Murray Razz


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April 23, 2020, 03:34 PM
GarandGuy
quote:
Originally posted by AllenInWV:
Will Ferrell in Everything Must Go.


Also Will Ferrell in “Stranger Than Fiction”


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April 23, 2020, 03:54 PM
az4783054
Does Al Franken count? He wasn't very good at either.
April 23, 2020, 04:43 PM
kramden
Rickles and Gleason.
April 23, 2020, 05:26 PM
smschulz
A lot of actors do both ~ don't think they are "switching".
April 23, 2020, 06:14 PM
ensigmatic
I was just mentioning this to my wife, earlier: Jennifer Aniston. I only ever saw her in one non-comedy role before and hated the movie. (Assumed it would be a comedy, a la Along Came Polly. Nope.) Now she's starring, along with Reese Witherspoon and Steve Carell, in an Apple TV+ original drama, The Morning Show, and she's kicking ass in the role.


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