Criminally underrated actors......

[hardnox71]

A friend of mine and I were talking about this last night and we both decided that John Leguizamo and Giovanni Ribisi (Phoebe's half brother on Friends and the lead in Boiler Room) are both A-list actors with B-list celebrity.

Who else?

[Lex Diamonds]

I don't think Michael Caine ever got the respect he deserved, even at the height of his career.

Caine is a don. (y)

[kll]

Jeremy Piven and the rest of the cast of entourage...

[hardnox71]

Adam Sandler deserves an Oscar
I don't know what you're smoking, sweetie, but I want some, K?

[avignon]

Stanley Tucci

[paul jones]

The cast of The Young & The Restless

they are the shit!

[avignon]

The cast of The Young & The Restless

they are the shit!
Has Victor showed any signs of aging yet?

[hardnox71]

I forgot to mention Rob Sneider too, he's the master mind behind the brilliance.
I saw him one night on Rush Street (big touristy club and bar spot here in Chicago) about three years ago. You would swear he had won an Oscar the way the little arrogant prick acted. What a dick.

I met John Leguizamo at Oak Street Beach with his wife and his kids. Real nice guy he is.

[paul jones]

The Munchkins

[paul jones]

nononoooooooo
Bold and the Beautiful

oh yeah,now those motherfucks KNOW their method! (y)

[Lex Diamonds]

The Munchkins
WE REPRESENT
THA LOLLIPOP GUILD
THA LOLLIPOP GUILD.... THE LOLLIPOP GUILD!
AND IN THA NAME OF
THA LOLLIPOP GUIIIIIILD!!!!

WE WISH TO WELCOME YOU TO MUNCHKIN LAND!!!



Add the Oompa Loompas to that too. (y)

[paul jones]

WE REPRESENT
THA LOLLIPOP GUILD
THA LOLLIPOP GUILD.... THE LOLLIPOP GUILD!
AND IN THA NAME OF
THA LOLLIPOP GUIIIIIILD!!!!

WE WISH TO WELCOME YOU TO MUNCHKIN LAND!!!



Add the Oompa Loompas to that too. (y)


fuckin yeah ! Those lollipop fuckers were slick!

much better than those lullaby league twats!

[YoungRemy]

my votes go for the Paul Thomas Anderson / David Mamet crew

Luis Guzman, William H. Macy, Philip Seymour Hoffman, John C. Reilly

[kll]

my votes go for the Paul Thomas Anderson / David Mamet crew

Luis Guzman, William H. Macy, Philip Seymour Hoffman, John C. Reilly

good call...

[paul jones]

my votes go for the Paul Thomas Anderson / David Mamet crew

Luis Guzman, William H. Macy, Philip Seymour Hoffman, John C. Reilly


Macy should be the new James Bond (y)

[Lex Diamonds]

Macy should be the new James Bond (y)
Anyone seen The Cooler? Macy gets his hairy, wrinkly bum out about 5 times. It's bollocks.

[abcdefz]

Luiz Guzman, Tim Blake Nelson, Judy Davis, Tony Shalhoub, Joan Cusack, Don Cheadle, Stephen Soderbergh, Teri Garr, Lilly Tomlin, Shelly Duvall (swear to God), John Spencer.

[hardnox71]

Don Cheadle
I would agree with this completely if Hotel Rwanda had not come out. He really came into his own with a Best Actor Nomination for that one. He's definitely A-list now.

But I remember him in Devil With A Blue Dress with Denzel Washington way back in, like, '92 or '93. He was great in that movie but it took forever before anyone knew who the fuck he was.

[zippo]

well, yea, but its better they stay B-list actors and arent succumbed into selling out later on. although leguizamo annoys me, ribisi depends on which film it is.

mark ruffalo id say is a great example of this, off the top of my head

[zippo]

William H. Macy, Philip Seymour Hoffman, John C. Reilly

ha! william h.macy makes me cringe and i have this love/hate situation with seymou hoffman.

john c. reilly is one of my favorite actors ever.

[abcdefz]

mark ruffalo id say is a great example of this, off the top of my head



Yeah -- props to the entire You Can Count on Me leads -- Ruffalo, Linney, and Culkin. (y)

[abcdefz]

I would agree with this completely if Hotel Rwanda had not come out. He really came into his own with a Best Actor Nomination for that one. He's definitely A-list now.




I dunno. There was some PC tokenism going on with that nomination, I'm thinking. If someone really wanted to recognize him, they should've given him Out of Sight.

[zippo]

Yeah -- props to the entire You Can Count on Me leads -- Ruffalo, Linney, and Culkin. (y)

which is one of my favorite movies hehe
you know, theres not much brother/sister movies out there, i love this one, i love this one.


oh and joan cusack, couldnt agree more

[hardnox71]

well, yea, but its better they stay B-list actors and arent succumbed into selling out later on.
You think Cheadle sold out? How?

[zippo]

You think Cheadle sold out? How?

i was referring to actors in general...hollywood productions could never compare to small name movies

[YoungRemy]

i saw Ruffalo in his breakout stage performance in "This is Our Youth" off- Broadway...

it was written by Ken Lonergan, who wrote and directed "You Can Count on Me" (he also played the priest.)


I've been hooked on Mark ever since...

[hardnox71]

i was referring to actors in general...hollywood productions could never compare to small name movies
I agree with that one hundred percent. When I still had cable my TV stayed on IFC (Independent Film Channel). There are so many good fuckin movies that the majority of people will never know about because there is no major studio pouring 75 million dollars into making sure that every avenue of communication on the planet is saturated with ads for their up coming movie.

[avignon]

Anyone seen The Cooler? Macy gets his hairy, wrinkly bum out about 5 times. It's bollocks.
(y)

[CrankItUp!]

Ice Mother Fuckin' T ! Enough said. (y)

[Documad]

I recognize all kinds of great actors in small parts in movies (mostly foreign ones) but I can't ever remember their names. :o

There are also lots of actors like Tom Skerritt and Yaphet Kotto who are fabulous when they get a good part but they take so many really bad parts in really bad movies that you can't really recommend them. In fact, the whole crew of Alien was underrated. I'd be hard pressed to think of an action movie with more talent per capita.

I used to love Jonathan Pryce. Campbell Scott is always interesting. And I will always worship Judy Davis.

[Mr Films]

i didn't read the thread to see if he's already mentioned but:

Mark Walhberg (sp?)

[YoungRemy]

hope davis

[Medellia]

Tim Roth

[Yorkshire~Rose]

Repeating a few...

Jeremy Piven
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Luis Guzman
Joan Cusack

also...

Maggie Gyllenhaal
Zooey Deschanel

[enree erzweglle]

Patricia Clarkson
Andy Garcia
Rene Russo
Steve Buscemi (although maybe since Fargo, he's been noticed more)
John C. McGinley (from an awards perspective, he's the male Susan Lucci)
Eric Stoltz

I hate to say this, but I like the way Steve van Zandt portrays Silvio on the Sopranos.

And I like the way Peter Krause portrays Nate in Six Feet Under. I was a fan Sports Night and his character there was similar to SFU's Nate. I want to see him in some other roles to see if he has breadth. But I like him.

(I know a guy in real life who IS Nate from Six Feet Under. Looks like him head to toe, gestures like him, reacts/acts like him--everything is the same. It's fascinating but spooky at the same time.)

[adam_f]

Jason Lee
John Leguizamo
Chi McBride
James Woods
Ving Rhames
Seth Green
Joe Pantoliano
Kurt Russell
Forest Whitaker
Sean Astin
Donald Faison
Tim Daly
Keith David

[ToucanSpam]

Tim Roth
THANK YOU.



Also, I think Dakota Fanning is seriously underrated because she is so young.

[Anne Lauren]

I saw him one night on Rush Street (big touristy club and bar spot here in Chicago) about three years ago. You would swear he had won an Oscar the way the little arrogant prick acted. What a dick.

I met John Leguizamo at Oak Street Beach with his wife and his kids. Real nice guy he is.

Speaking of real dick celebrities. We ran into Stedman, Oprah's man, in Time Square and he wouldn't let us take his picture. He was like, "I'll tell Oprah you guys said hi." I'm sure you will, buddy. And Judge Judy is a bitch, too. She wouldn't let anyone take pictures with her.

The fans are the reason why these people are where they are in life. I just feel that it goes with the territory of being a celebrity.

[DroppinScience]

Peter Coyote. He's the man!

I'll never forget him as Keys from "E.T." (y)

[GetYourWarOn]

A friend of mine and I were talking about this last night and we both decided that John Leguizamo and Giovanni Ribisi (Phoebe's half brother on Friends and the lead in Boiler Room) are both A-list actors with B-list celebrity.

Who else?


javier bardem.

watch the dancer upstairs to see what i'm talking about.

[GetYourWarOn]

i would've put ian mcshane on this list, but he's finally getting some publicity for his work on deadwood.

[Medellia]

THANK YOU.
Spammy, you made my day with this. I was starting to feel sick that nobody had acknowledged Roth until I saw your post. AT LEAST SOMEBODY AGREES!!! :mad:

[Anne Lauren]

Peter Coyote. He's the man!

I'll never forget him as Keys from "E.T." (y)

Peter Coyote...hell yeah, that's a good one!

I always wondered what ever happened to him.