Quick!
Who are your favorite character actors? Let's go for batches of three like:
1) Eve Arden
2) Warren Oates
3) Chris Penn
Oh, yeah. There was this time I was pinned down by this guy that played left tackle for varsity... Well, at least he used to before he was a vampire... Anyway, he had this really, really thick neck, and all I had was a little, little Exact-O knife ... You're not loving this story.
Buffy ,'Beneath You'
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DavidS - Nov 30, 2006 5:40:43 pm PST #6046 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Lee - Nov 30, 2006 5:46:57 pm PST #6047 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
David Straithran. Lili Taylor Eva Gardner
Scrappy - Nov 30, 2006 5:51:14 pm PST #6048 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Cuddles Szakall
Ruth Hussey
Frank Morgan
beekaytee - Nov 30, 2006 6:21:06 pm PST #6049 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
My list:
Vincent Schiavelli
Tracey Walter
Jeffrey Wright
(with bonus status for Kathy Bates)
Fela's list:
Parker Posey
Ian McKellen
Forrest Whitaker
DavidS - Nov 30, 2006 6:22:55 pm PST #6050 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Cuddles Szakall
I've never seen this name before! My education is woefully lacking.
Ruth Hussey
I am hot for Ruth.
Eve Arden
Janeanne Garofalo described her role in Reality Bites as "The Grunge Eve Arden." That's how I think of you.
DavidS - Nov 30, 2006 6:26:14 pm PST #6051 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Vincent Schiavelli
"Gnarly!" I love that he married the receptionist from Moonlighting.
Jeffrey Wright
Just admiring his work in Broken Flowers this weekend.
(with bonus status for Kathy Bates)
But she's a lead!
Parker Posey
Sort of an indie lead. But I was loving her haircut in subUrbia recently.
Forrest Whitaker
Esp. in The Color of Money.
I guess character actors can be leads.
Where's the JT Walsh love?! Where's the M. Emmett Walsh Love?! Hmmm, need more women character actors... Where's the Amanda Plummer love?
beekaytee - Nov 30, 2006 6:29:31 pm PST #6052 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
You just named two that were on my mind but 3 is 3! JT and M. Emmett are long-time faves...except/even though, they sort of creeped me all the way out at the end of their careers.
Amanda Plummer was fantastic in everything she did. Now, I'ma havta go off and research because character actors really are my favorite actors and there is an entire stable of them that I fantasize about casting in my movie.
Oh, and Fela says Sidney Greenstreet...
eta: and busted on the lead thing, but Kathy has played so many great characters...as have lots of characters who have periodically hit it big. I guess my idea of a terrific character actor is someone who has longevity.
Like Gene Hackman. Is he a lead? He's opened a few flicks, no doubt, but he and, say, Michael Caine are characters to the bone. Just characters with clout.
DavidS - Nov 30, 2006 6:35:08 pm PST #6053 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Is he a lead?
Yes, he is. I mean...Dustin Hoffman obviously can play a lot of different types of characters but he's really more of a lead.
Old school: Laird Cregar. Short career...but very creepy and distinctive.
erikaj - Nov 30, 2006 6:37:56 pm PST #6054 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Adrienne Shelly Lili Taylor Used to be Jeremy Piven, but he's not that guy anymore, is he?
DavidS - Nov 30, 2006 6:42:17 pm PST #6055 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Adrienne Shelly
::sniff::
Though really also a lead. And didn't do a ton of character work.
Lili Taylor
Definitely a character actor. Not getting a lot of work lately. She must've hit the 35 wall in Hollywood.
Damn you, Hollywood!
I wonder if Tim would hire her for Drive?