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Added 2021-12-09 20:41:25 +0000 UTCPart II of most underrated actors and actresses. Be sure to give an explanation!
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Geoffrey Rush. Although being well respected among fellow actors, he is less a name for the general audience (except for playing Barbossa in "Pirates of the Caribeen", maybe). He stands out by his incredibly passionate, iridescent performances. "The Life And Death of Peter Sellers", "Elizabeth", "The King's Speech" and "The Best Offer" being some of the highlights. I don't know of any other actor that exhibits the same quality of intense joy in acting. And even though his performance is outstanding, there is a modesty at the same time that never steals the main character(s) the show. His rooting in stage theatre being clearly visible. Observing his presence on screen is always a delightful and inspiring experience.
Laro
2021-12-10 08:51:27 +0000 UTCGary Cole. He's one of those actors who just seems to permeate Hollywood. He's been around since the early 1980s, usually in memorable supporting roles. He's probably thought of more as a comedic actor these days, but he's had many excellent dramatic roles too. As is sometimes said of actors, "He may have been in some bad movies, but HE'S never been bad IN a movie." As a sign of his flexibility, consider that he played Mike Brady in the made-for-TV movie "The Brady Bunch in the White House" in 2002 (which was just as ridiculous as it sounds, but Cole, as always, nailed the satirical look at the character), and yet his acting reputation remained strong enough that he went on to play vice-president Bob Russell in The West Wing, arguably the best TV show ever made, the very next year. The vehicles in his career have been a roller coaster of highs and lows, but Cole himself is always well worth watching, whether anyone around him is or not...
Derek H.
2021-12-10 06:59:14 +0000 UTCNick Nolte. With his large frame and gruff manner, Nolte could have made a career solely playing badasses and heavies, but he has gone out of his way to play complex roles that undercut his masculinity and expose hidden layers of vulnerability, and he is absolutely compelling to watch when he does so. His best characters are flawed men beset by demons of obsession and violence, and those that try to stand tall against them don’t always win. He makes you feel the tragedy of that. When the conversation comes up about who our greatest actors are in the last 50 years, his name deserves to be mentioned. And it doesn’t get mentioned nearly enough. For anyone wanting a refresher course on some of his best work, check out New York Stories (1989), Q & A (1990), Cape Fear (1991) (underrated), The Prince of Tides (1991), and Warrior (2011). But his crowning achievement will always be his small-town cop in Paul Schrader’s Affliction (1997), in which he plays a man who struggles to escape the violent legacy of his father. It’s the consummate Nolte performance.
Bennett Oliver
2021-12-10 03:06:49 +0000 UTCLee Remick. She's one of the most underrated beauties with the most gorgeous eyes. She started her career with some surprisingly unpleasant but complex roles in A Face in the Crowd, Anatomy of a Murder, and Days of Wine and Roses that most women, even in the late 50s and early 60s, wouldn't want to be any part of. It's too bad she lost that high level of quality roles immediately afterwards which is probably why I don't see much discussion about her and she's really only known as Damien's mother in The Omen which is a far cry from what she's really capable of.
Wolfman Brandon
2021-12-09 23:34:05 +0000 UTCTim Allen is a CRIMINALLY underrated actor. Yes, he's a hilarious comedian, but, he showed some great range in The Santa Clause films, first two at least, showing both a very energetic comedic style but also a heart-warming dramatic side that I wish we got more of that from him in his later films.
Tony Moro
2021-12-09 20:47:21 +0000 UTC
