r/moviecritic • u/First_Fist • 1d ago

Which actor or actress always elevates any film they’re in?

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u/IngVegas 1d ago

John Goodman.

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u/Lazy_Experience_8754 1d ago

Over the line!!!!!!

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u/Amazing-Quit-141 1d ago

There are fucking rules here, this isn't Nam Smoky!

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u/Marble-Boy 23h ago

"Am I the only person around here who cares about the rules?!"

My favourite is,

"you want a toe, I can get you a toe... green nail polish and everything."

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u/pearldrum1 20h ago

Yeah but I wuddnt over

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u/bygggggfdrth 17h ago

“No kuzco, no kuzcotopia. Takes care of my problem”

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u/joeypublica 22h ago

Y’all seen the end of Big Dan Teague.

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u/MigitAs 21h ago

I’ll show you the life inside the mind!!!

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u/coderedmountaindewd 1d ago

Stanley Tucci

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u/Master_Bee9130 23h ago

Absolutely one of my favorite actors of all time

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u/ewd389 1d ago

Underrated, fantastic actor

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u/m-juliana-27 20h ago

Agreed. Love his acting. He's so memorable in any role he's in.

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u/ElectricalOcelot7948 20h ago

He’s so good in Margin Call 

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u/drowning_in_honey 1d ago

Cate Blanchett. Woman has a presence

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u/psilocybin_therapy 1d ago

Check out the show Disclaimer if you haven’t already

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u/Sure_Information3603 1d ago

I’m no prude, but the sex scene with her and the recent high school grad was the most cringe thing ever and completely knocked me out of that show.

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u/psilocybin_therapy 1d ago

Well that was a different actor, but I thought those scenes were incredibly hot. You should keep watching because you might feel differently once more is revealed later. Show made me laugh, cry, get turned on, and surprised me. Thought it was a masterpiece by the end.

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u/jdarksouls71 1d ago

Apart from Borderlands, yes. Nothing and nobody could elevate that trash.

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u/Business-Coffee-4705 1d ago

Walton Goggins

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u/RonIsIZe_13 23h ago

Really looking forward to next season of white lotus

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u/CoolStanBrule 22h ago

Didn’t know he was gonna be in it that’s so amazing.

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u/WeathermanOnTheTown 1d ago

Sam Rockwell and John Goodman.

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u/Realistic-Assist-396 1d ago

Steve Buscemi

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u/surebudd 1d ago

Shut the fuck up donnie

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u/Cultural_Actuary_994 1d ago

You’re way out of your element, Surebudd

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u/surebudd 1d ago

I didn’t watch my brothers die face down in the mud to take this kind of sass cultural_actuary_994!!

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u/Ivan_Redditor 23h ago

Do you think God stays in heaven because he too lives in fear of what he has created?

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u/echoi69 22h ago

“I don’t tip because society says I have to. All right, if someone deserves a tip, if they really put forth an effort, I’ll give them something a little something extra. But this tipping automatically, it’s for the birds.”

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u/TheGreenTuna 1d ago

Jeff Bridges and Steve Buscemi

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u/shgrizz2 1d ago

And John Goodman. The big lebowski really was lightning in a bottle.

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u/Cultural_Actuary_994 1d ago

Jeff Bridges is pure gold

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u/Ultranagibator-3000 1d ago

Willem Dafoe

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u/WhatInTheBlueFuck_ 23h ago

OMG just saw Nosferatu yesterday and he (of course) was so good! The movie is a masterpiece IMO, but then I’m a Roger Eggers fan. Except for the Northmen. We don’t talk about the Northmen.

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u/Valuable_Emu1052 20h ago

I've watched the Northman seven or eight times. It just gets better with each viewing.

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u/Pitiful_Winner2669 9h ago

Was gunna say, the Northman was bad? My wife and I love that movie.

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u/Lol_iceman 23h ago

came here to say this.

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u/ProfessionalTruck976 19h ago

Yea, John Wick one really benefits from his presence

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u/Skinnypuppy81 1d ago

Gary Oldman

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u/Candybunny16 23h ago

Came to say his name..he melts into every role like butter.

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u/kjnew85 22h ago

A true chameleon

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u/hoohoohaaa 22h ago

Goldman!

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u/ApplesOverOranges1 1d ago

J. K. Simmons 👍

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u/Lol_iceman 23h ago

Not quite my tempo.

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u/winsav 22h ago

I see what you did there.

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u/NeverForNoReason 19h ago

I see how you rushed to comment…. Or did you drag to comment? 😏

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u/Chiaki_Ronpa 21h ago

Got stressed out just reading this and hearing his voice in my head.

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u/Bax2021 20h ago

Dr Emile Skoda makes everything better

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u/Wice_BRS 1d ago

Morgan Freeman

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u/StinkyDeerback 1d ago

Daniel Day Lewis

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u/SavageParadox32 23h ago

How is this not higher

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u/Kitty_gaalore1904 11h ago

Litwrally the only reason I keep watching Gangs of New york.

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u/Betelgeuse-2024 1d ago

Sam Rockwell, he's great in everything.

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u/Business-Coffee-4705 1d ago

I want to say Moon is the movie that made me realize how damn good he is

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u/unbssedgodd 1d ago

Meryl Streep. No matter the movie, she always brings her A-game and makes every scene better.

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u/DocInDocs 1d ago

Alan Rickman

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u/Immediate-Ad-6776 23h ago

Shoot. The. Glass

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u/lawyersgunsmoney 1d ago

Gary Oldman

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u/Iamoldsowhat 1d ago

Cate Blanchett

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u/Ok_Poetry_1650 1d ago

Woody Harrelson. Jeff goldblum

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u/travispickle123 1d ago

Philip Seymour Hoffman

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u/Johnsendall 23h ago

Still can’t believe he’s gone.

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u/EmployerMain3069 1d ago

Toni Collette and James McAvoy

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u/Drwuwho 23h ago

I am biased as fuck. But Tim Curry and Chirstopher walken !

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u/XXXKokoaPuff 15h ago

Tim Curry didn't miss, severely underrated imo. Loved him even in bit rolls like Congo and Home Alone 2.

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u/SimilarMidnight870 1d ago

Brendan Gleeson.

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u/Galderick_Wolf 1d ago

Yes, Tom Hardy, indeed. Do you really think Venom would sell this well if it's not him?

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u/Ok_Passenger_5966 1d ago

Kurt russell

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u/HitBoxBoxer 1d ago

Samuel L Jackson

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u/chicity1616 1d ago

Billy Zane. Why do you think Titanic made all that money

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u/Candybunny16 23h ago

Come for Billy and stay for Decaprio

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u/chicity1616 19h ago

Billy Zane makes his own Luck 🦹‍♀️

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u/Delicious-Status9043 12h ago

“A real man makes his own luck,” Billy Zane ~Dwight Shrute

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u/XXXKokoaPuff 15h ago

The Phantom

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u/Afoith 22h ago

Christian Bale

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u/Affectionate-Ad-6934 1d ago

Terry Crews

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u/Apocalypse_NotNow 1d ago

What?

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u/Cultural_Actuary_994 1d ago

Well, its kinda true 😆

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u/tiredoldman55 21h ago

He was good in Malibu's most wanted. You are right he makes everything better.

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u/Rox_xe 1d ago

Willem Dafoe is the only actor that's made me go willingly watch a superhero movie (No Way Yome) so yes, him.

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u/LayneCobain95 1d ago

Gary Oldman seems to be able to do any role well

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u/rh-summers 1d ago

Denzel Washington

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u/kikijane711 21h ago

Kate Winslet

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u/amaze656 22h ago

Willem Dafoe, Christian Bale, Steve Buschemi,

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u/therealsancholanza 19h ago

I don’t care what film it is, if Jennifer Connelly is in it, I love it

What plot?

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u/psilocybin_therapy 1d ago

Anthony Hopkins

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u/Callidonaut 23h ago

Ron Perlman. Whether he's playing the lead or a bit-part or just doing a voice-over, his presence always helps.

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u/ThirstyBeagle 22h ago

Tom Cruise

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u/anxietyevangelist 22h ago

Stephen Root.

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u/snotstuff 22h ago

Bill Nighy

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u/Itchy-Ad-4314 21h ago

Bill Paxton

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u/Gorr-of-Oneiri- 20h ago

Michael Fassbender. He’s the only decent thing in those Alien prequels

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u/kingspooky93 12h ago

Jesse Eisenherg

Dave Franco

Simon Pegg

Evan Peters

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u/KuribohTheDragon 11h ago

Keanu Reeves

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u/PineapplePikza 1d ago

Michael Shannon

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u/JuniorSentence 1d ago

Sam Elliot

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u/Cultural_Actuary_994 1d ago

Jesse Plemmons

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u/Smooth-Physics-69420 1d ago

Nicholas Cage

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u/STAMMREIN5 1d ago

Honestly I found him super annoying in all Venom movies

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u/iwaskosher 1d ago

That's because he was the lead role

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u/Aggravating-Long9877 22h ago

Tilda Swinton makes every movie a little weird

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u/Swimming-Compote-168 22h ago

Sean Bean and Jared Harris

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u/ReplacementNo9014 22h ago

Toni Collette.

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u/Maleficent-Box9913 21h ago

Willem Dafoe

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u/InterPunct 21h ago

Kerri Russell

Alan Tudyk

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u/Ok-Release-1463 21h ago

Angela Bassett

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u/WatchNo4780 21h ago

Sam Rockwell

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u/LopsidedLoad 21h ago

Mine is Jeff Bridges.

And the present top two comments are John Goodman and Steve Buscemi.

Big Lebowski!

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u/mickeyflinn 21h ago

It sure isn't Tom Hardy..

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u/ts405 20h ago

john turturro… no matter how small the role

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u/Estarfigam 20h ago

Brian Blessed.

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u/pravin4u 19h ago

Nana Patekar

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u/Norrland_props 19h ago

The answer is always Gary Oldman

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u/CMJMartino 19h ago

Adrian Brody

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u/Cee5ob 19h ago

You can just use the word actor for both. It’s not the fifties

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u/seth_uz 19h ago

Kevin spacey e.g. Seven

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u/PsychoEazyEyuh 19h ago

Michael fassbender

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u/LordMysjkin 18h ago

Tom Hanks & Denzel Washington for me, each in their own way.

Christian Bale need a mention also...

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u/Neurotica678 18h ago

Jake Gyllenhaal

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u/jensalik 17h ago

Alan Tudyk

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u/michealplf 16h ago

Tom Hardy

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u/NO_GUEYJOSE 16h ago

Christian bale.

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u/XXXKokoaPuff 16h ago

Leonardo Dicaprio Tom Hardy Denzel Washington Walton Goggins Johnny Depp Noomi Rapace Daniel Craig Christoph Waltz Morgan Freeman Kurt Russell Mel Gibson John Candy Sinbad Micheal Fassbender

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u/Ok-Drive1712 15h ago

Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Anthony Hopkins

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u/Hot_Singer_4266 13h ago

Gary Oldman

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u/KingSauruan128 13h ago

Ryan Reynolds

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u/Cricket730 12h ago

Gary Oldman

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u/Delicious-Wolf-8850 9h ago

Cilan Murphy

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u/Ok-Mud3439 5h ago

Ralph Fiennes

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u/TheGreatOne_11007 2h ago

Josh Brolin

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u/Tigertail831 2h ago

Jack Nicholson Samuel L Jackson Joe Pesci

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u/duramman1012 33m ago

Willem Dafoe

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u/Brightlightingbolt 1d ago

Robert De Niro

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u/Proof-Mechanic-3624 20h ago

I honestly see him as one-note. It's a fantastic one-note though. He's a terrific dramatic actor. However, I absolutely hate every comedy he's ever been in. The Fockers movies, and Analyze this/that. Never watched the grandpa movie, but I'm sure its awful.

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u/BeacanWentFishn 1d ago

Denzel Washington has this power to make any okay movie he's in good, and any good movie he's in usually becomes great. Inside Man (2006) was nothing special besides clive owen and denzel's performances

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u/Murky_Historian8675 23h ago

Christian Bale and Walton Goggins

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u/gabriot 1d ago

Joel Kinnaman

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u/heartofpompeii 1d ago

colin farrel

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u/ProperTeaching 1d ago

John Candy

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u/No_Zebra_3871 1d ago

this has just become a massive list of every A-lister rofl

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u/Savings_Marsupial204 1d ago

Michael Shannon , Sam Rockwell

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u/KnotForNow 23h ago

Anyone who had a significant role in Boardwalk Empire.

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u/Mafroe 23h ago

Christoph Waltz

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u/DisinTdvsnr 23h ago

Michael Shannon

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u/thefunzone1 22h ago

Benicio Del Toro

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u/NorseShieldmaiden 22h ago

Alicia Vikander

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u/Low_Kitchen_9995 22h ago

Michael K. Williams, RIP 🕊️

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u/WaiLinTun78 22h ago

Tom Hank.

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u/the1hoonox 22h ago

Bill 'ghostbustin' ass' Murray.

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u/Consistent-Doubt964 22h ago

Gary Oldman

Joaquin Phoenix

Philip Seymour Hoffman

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u/WeightAndAngles 22h ago

Samuel L. Jackson

One guy I’ll always show up for too is Ving Rhames. Dude does not get enough credit.

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u/3-2-1_liftoff 22h ago

Frances McDormand

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u/Kyhunsheo 21h ago

Michael Fassbender. Great all around actor. The only thing I liked about Assassin's Creed was his performance.

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u/isabelleromy77 21h ago

Um Charlize Theron elevated that film. Next...

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u/Xandania 21h ago

Peter Lorre. Still one of my favourite actors :)

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u/No-Ad-9867 21h ago

Willem dafoe!

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u/HezronCarver 21h ago

Jared Leto. /s

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u/Yorkshirelad32 21h ago

Christian bale

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u/No_Consequence_9757 21h ago

Maybe I missed it, but how has no one said Idris Elba. Unless he did something horrible... I hope not.

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u/PsychoTruck 21h ago

Bette Davis, Laurence Olivier.

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u/MigitAs 21h ago

Phillip Seymour Hoffman

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u/yukon_actual 21h ago

Tim Blake Nelson

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u/Gte8954 21h ago

De Niro

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u/Whitefryar700 20h ago

Tom Hardy

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u/Educationalidiot 20h ago

Tilde Swinton

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u/Bookssmellneat 20h ago

Toni Collette

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u/voirloup 20h ago

Boyd Holbrook does a very solid job in every role he's in !

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u/Obi_wan_jakobii 20h ago

Danny devito

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u/pravin4u 19h ago

Tom Hardy

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u/Environmental_Log418 19h ago

Charlize Theron

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u/Dry-Poem6778 19h ago

Eric Bana Christian Bale Micheal Cane Emma Thompson

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u/jerda81 19h ago

John Malkovich and Gary Oldman

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u/thrussie 19h ago

Bautista

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u/AbjectScar3729 19h ago

Vinnie Jones