Favorite movie actor who has never recieved his due....

[WCGreen]

To me that would be Chris Cooper.

The first time I say him was in a dark movie about the mine union wars in the early part of the 20th century. Matewan.

Then he was in Lonesome Dove and I was on my way to liking this unassuming and always low keyed actor. I have seen about hallf of his 60 movies knowing when going in it would be a good project.

He was in the Bourne movies as well.

So, who is your fav...

[RiffRandell]

1. He was great in American Beauty.

One of my favorite movies.

[bigwillq]

2. He won an Oscar.

I think he's doing ok!

[Myrina]

3. Willem Dafoe

n/t

[davsand]

5. That was my thought as well.

I'll grant you he's had a couple of projects I was not fond of, but his acting has always been very good even if the material was not to my taste.



Laura

[HopeHoops]

4. Ben Chapman.

[Tom Ripley]

6. Brian Cox

[CBHagman]

8. Yes, yes, wonderful actor.

And he turns up everywhere.

I also have no idea why Ian Holm hasn't won an Oscar, though he has been nominated -- once.

Same goes for Judy Davis.

[sarge43]

16. Second that about Ian Holm

The man isn't capable of a bad performance. Ash in Alien is one of the creepest screen villians ever.

[Bertha Venation]

24. Judy Davis + 1

[WCGreen]

38. Judy Davis has such kinetic energy that you can't keep your eyes off her...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. Chris Cooper is an excellent choice...

I like Sam Elliott.

Lifeguard, for one...

Mask for another

Damn good actor.

[Wait Wut]

31. Sam Elliott... /sigh

That voice. Those eyes.

Damn. I'm blushing.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

34. I am right there with ya!

[peacefreak]

39. Sam Elliott?

See if you can find a movie called Off the Map. One of my favorite movies ever & Sam Elliott like you usually don't see him.

[monmouth]

53. Oh lordy, yessssss...n/t

[dogknob]

47. Sam Elliott shaved his moustache...

... to play the White House Chief of Staff in The Contender, an excellent film.

[femmocrat]

9. Bryan Brown

"In 1980, Brown became known to international audiences for his performance in Breaker Morant. While he continued appearing in Australian productions, he also appeared in American TV mini-series, winning popularity in the United States in A Town Like Alice (1981).

He is best known to American television audiences for his Golden Globe and Emmy nominated role as Luke O'Neil in The Thorn Birds (1983), starring Richard Chamberlain and Rachel Ward, whom he later married.

He starred in several international productions including Tai-Pan with Joan Chen, Gorillas in the Mist with Sigourney Weaver, and Cocktail with Tom Cruise."

(wikipedia)

[applegrove]

10. Keith David. Played Mary's dad in "There's Something About Mary". Was also in Platoon. Great

character actor. He always seems so shakespearian in his roles.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

13. He had a KILLER role in "Blue In The Face"...

**********POSSIBLE SPOILER FOR ANYONE WHO HASN'T SEEN "BLUE IN THE FACE"**********

The movie was a "sort of" sequel to the movie "Smoke" (although I like B.I.T.F. much better). It's supposedly made up of improv pieces filmed during the production of "Smoke."

Setting is a Brooklyn cigar store. Vinny, the owner, wants to sell. Harvey Keitel, who runs the store, tries to talk him out of it.

One day, the owner is visited by...for lack of a better term...the "ghost" of baseball legend Jackie Robinson. Jackie is played by Keith David, and you only see him from behind, but it is a wonderful, powerful performance. Through the "visitation," and without giving any "advice," Jackie lets Vinnie feel "the spirit of Brooklyn." Vinnie didn't realize how deep those waters flowed. All of a sudden, selling the store isn't such an easy decision.

And if that's not enough, he had the co-starring lead role in the LEGENDARY "They Live."

[Orrex]

15. I always get him mixed up with David Keith

Probably because they look so much alike.

[applegrove]

29. LOL!

[Canis Mala]

11. Nick Nolte

He's so good, I guess he's supposed to be perfect every time.

[EmeraldCityGrl]

19. +1000 And now "Luck" has been cancelled when he was doing some of his best work. n/t

[Broken_Hero]

12. Speaking of Chris Cooper

I usually see him usually as an intense bad guy, or intense kick ass type in his roles, but I saw his role in the new Muppet Movie and he just cracked me the hell up, never in a million years did I expect to see such a goofy/yet funny performance from an actor that usually brings intensity to his roles.

[CBHagman]

22. Watch him im Matewan, Lone Star, or Silver City.

All three movies are by John Sayles, who deserves his own thread.

In the first Cooper is a labor organizer; in the second, a sheriff who forever faces comparison with his deceased father; in the third, a handpicked gubernatorial candidate who happens to be the not particularly bright scion of a powerful family.

Bring popcorn.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

40. All John Sayles movies are wonderful!

[CBHagman]

42. Sayles is a treasure.

And a Sayles movie is always worth the time -- Matewan, The Brother from Another Planet, Return of the Secaucus Seven, Limbo, Eight Men Out, Silver City, Lone Star, and more.

And he works with terrific actors, Strathairn and Cooper among them, but also Mary McDonnell.

[Bertha Venation]

25. Did you see "Breach"?

Talk about intense. WOW.

[Justice wanted]

14. Kevin Bacon, Wilhem Defoe, Colin Firth, Bruce Campbell, Michael Hurst.

[Tunkamerica]

17. Jack Nance. And I doubt he will since he died over 15 years ago.

[CBGLuthier]

35. Great in Twin Peaks and weird in Eraserhead and Dune

Yeah his passing was a damned shame.

[EmeraldCityGrl]

18. Marisa Tomei

Even when she received her Oscar it was tainted by their saying
the presenter was old and drunk and read the wrong name.

I would like to see Guy Pierce work more and my favorite is Melissa Leo.

[Tunkamerica]

20. "So, tell me, how is it that a man like you, so bald and so quirky and funny... how is it you're not

taken?"

-Marisa Tomei

[CBGLuthier]

36. She was incredible in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

and I am not just talking about that incredible opening scene.

Loved Melissa Leo since Homicide days.

[rucky]

21. Speaking of Sayles films...

David Strathairn

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000657/

[EmeraldCityGrl]

23. one more, one more Brian Cox !

oh my dog, look at this man's filmography sometime, he's extraordinary!

[Bertha Venation]

26. Ed Harris

His movies just off the top of my head

The Abyss
Places in the Heart
the one about Jackson Pollock
The Hours (oh, my god)
the one with Laurence Fishburne, Sean Connery and Blair Underwood
The Right Stuff (John Glenn)

Dammit, why can't I think of any others? Pressure, I guess.

He is my favorite.

[CBGLuthier]

37. KnightRiders and History of Violence

Those are two that I can think of worth seeing for certain.

[fifthoffive]

27. Alan Rickman

He's doing OK, and never seems to have the Oscar-worthy role, but I enjoy his performances so much.

John Hurt comes to mind also, but he's been Oscar-nominated twice, so maybe he doesn't really qualify as not receiving his due.

[fizzgig]

30. i love alan rickman

his casting as professor snape was absolute genius.

have you seen closet land? very unsettling, but incredible.

[fifthoffive]

48. Closet Land

Disturbing film. Watched it once, but can't make myself watch it again.

Rickman loves to do odd little indie films.

[fizzgig]

52. i had to watch it in a poli sci class in college

i don't know that i can watch it a second time, either

[Wait Wut]

33. One of my absolute favorites!

He was fantastic in "Rasputin" (I'm still waiting to get it in this country...wtf?).

I also just watched "Bottle Shock" and it was a much different role than I've seen him in previously. He was perfect for the part!

[fifthoffive]

50. Rasputin

was a good role for Rickman. Allowed him to put his more over-the-top tendencies on display. For contrast, see Sense and Sensibility. Very subtle performance.

[kentauros]

46. "By Grapthar's hammer,

"Dr. Lazarus... "

Sir Alexander Dane: {Interrupts} "Don't do that! I'm not kidding."

[fifthoffive]

49. Galaxy Quest

is a good film. All the actors managed to be both hilarious and touching in equal measure.

Rickman is really good at comedy: Galaxy Quest, Dogma, Bottle Shock, even Robin Hood.

[auburngrad82]

28. William H Macy is great in everything he does nt

[HERVEPA]

41. 100% agree!

[Tunkamerica]

44. Shameless is awesome. Better than the British version (in my American opinion).

[Flaxbee]

32. I like Chris Cooper a lot, too. Great in Seabiscuit

Also like Brian Cox. I think that may be one reason I liked the Bourne movies so much - they had terrific supporting actors - Cox, Cooper, David Straithern, Joan Allen....

[ohiosmith]

43. Current: Edward Norton. Past: Montgomery Clift.

[kentauros]

45. Jack Burton

Or Rudy Russo.

No wait, I mean Kurt Russell

And from the movie "Big Trouble in Little China" with Kurt Russell, I'd add James Hong. If anyone deserves an Oscar, it's him. He'll probably only get it posthumously, unfortunately.

[HopeHoops]

51. Marty Feldman

[Blue_Tires]

54. I always like the "do everything" supporting actors

That you can see in big/small/walk on roles, every genre, from blockbuster production to shoestring budget made-for-TV hack Alan Smithee project...

People like Robert Loggia, Charles Durning, Robert Prosky, and I know there are a bunch more...These guys won't ever get oscars, but they are the "duct tape" that kind of keeps moviemaking together...

[Burma Jones]

55. Paul Giamatti, maybe.....

He is pretty well respected.......

[Giantsfootball10]

56. I'll go with a She

Diane Lane. Really does great work but does not get talked up much at all.

[GCP]

57. OMG - before I even read your post, I was thinking Chris Cooper

I love his work, and I'd actually like to see him in a romantic role for a change.

[whistler162]

58. J. Carroll Naish.....

one of the great somewaht known character actors.

[fadedrose]

59. I Love Luigi....

with J. Carroll Naish. That, Amos and Andy, and Burns and Allen were the greatest radio programs...

Of course, when I was a kid, it was that Royal Mounted Policeman and his dog King....ran home from school ever day to hear it...

[kaitcat]

60. JT Walsh

Maybe because he did so suddenly and so young, only 54. He was awesome.

[solara]

61. Mark Ruffalo, John Heard, Gary Oldman,

David Strathairn, Chris Cooper, Lance Henriksen, Harry Dean Stanton, Bruce Campbell

[TorchTheWitch]

62. Peter O'Toole

Genius actor yet never won an Oscar.