Name An Actor With Visible Talent

[Parche]

My Favorite Jack Nicholson



Jack Nicholson
AKA John Joseph Nicholson

Born: 22-Apr-1937
Birthplace: New York City <1>


Gender: Male
Religion: Atheist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor
Party Affiliation: Democratic

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Shining, Chinatown

Military service: US Air National Guard

[datasuspect]

1. lance surewood - porn superstar

or peter north

[Deja Q]

8. D'oh! You beat me to it!

:spray:

Of course, if I went into the industry...

:evilgrin:

[DS1]

9. Cytherea

on the flipside

[Wetzelbill]

23. she does have a special skill

bless her heart.

[Brigid]

2. Robin Williams.

Jack Nicholson is a fine choice, but even he can't quite match Williams in doing drama and comedy equally well.

[Aristus]

3. Edward Norton. The guy is so good, he's scary!

[azmouse]

4. Christopher Walken

[terrya]

5. Adrian Brody

An astonishingly good actor. Fucking brilliant in "The Pianist"

[jeff30997]

6. An Actor with visible talent ? Then I guess that guy doesn't stand a chance:

[devilgrrl]

19. You mean Claude Rains?

:silly:

[jeff30997]

35. Lol! That must be it because...

I have no idea who Claude Rains is.:)

[devilgrrl]

36. He's the original "Invisible Man"

[Swede]

7. Paul Newman

John Turturro.

[Fire Walk With Me]

10. Gary Oldman, for the first half of his career.

He used to be a shapeshifter.

[bridgit]

20. i still like Oldman...

:)

[martymar64]

11. Jeff Bridges

Notable films that demonstrate his talent:

The Big Lebowski

American Heart

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

Fabulous Baker Boys

[martymar64]

12. In foreign cinema

Toshiro Mifune

Takashi Shimura (Seven Samurai, Ikiru)

Shintaro Katsu (Zatoichi)

Bruno Ganz

Marcello Mastroianni

Raul Julia

Omar Sharif

[Katina]

17. I miss Raul Julia

always the consumate professional...and a brilliant Gomez! :7

[Wetzelbill]

22. I like Tatsuya Nakadai too

Ran, Kagemusha

[martymar64]

37. Right on!

I've always liked Japanese cinema, but in my old age I'm loving it more and more. Hollywood has grown ever so stale.

On Edit: I rent Kagemusha from Blockbuster in Van Nuys years ago and they lost it after I returned it and tried to stick me with the bill. I'm with Netflix now.

[supernova]

13. Sean Bean

Notable highlights of his career:

Caravaggio

Clarissa

The Sharpe Series about a hero of Lord Wellingtons Army

Goldeneye (totally outacted Pierce Brosnan)

Bravo Two Zero

Extremely Dangerous

Tom and Thomas (sweet children's film, if you can find it over here)

Lord of the Rings

Troy (totally outacted and outmachoed Brad Pitt and Eric Bana)

[momophile]

14. Alan Rickman nt

[saltpoint]

24. Yes.

Absolutely.

[saltpoint]

25. (dupe)

[vixengrl]

15. James Woods.

I have seen this guy take roles of people who were in no way sympathetic, and play them in no way sympathetic, but nonetheless play them human--I think that's a talent. What I like about him is summed up in this "Cigar Afficianado" interview:

Often drawn to unsympathetic characters, Woods feels that memorable villains are integral to the storytelling process. "Film is a dialectic. This is the thesis. This is the antithesis. And there is the synthesis. You guys have your great protagonists and great antagonists. It is a battle of wills. All great movies have that kind of a mano a mano thing going. I never make judgments about the character that I play. Never. I just play them. I mean, that's who he his. This guy is so evident in the interviews. He was so evident in the press. I saw all of his subterfuge and all these kinds of levels of bullshit. And how crafty he was. You know, I'd admire the guy more if he said, 'Look, I just don't like people who are different from me and I'd shoot them any chance that I get.' If you can convince me of that, fine. At least I'd say, 'Well the guy's a lunatic, but at least he has the balls to stand up for whatever lunacy he believes in.' But on top of everything else, he was a coward and a liar! I mean, he shot a guy in the back and then he lied about it!"

http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Profiles/People_Profile/0,2540,30,00.html

He's played characters like Roy Cohn (if you have not seen "Citizen Cohn"--I must recommend it), Rudy Giuliani, Byron DeLaBeckwith (actual people--that are "complicated"--even disliked!--this is to me, kind of brave) and characters that are unlikeable, like Lester Diamond in "Casino"--with verve--he sinks his teeth into the role and you just get that he's embodying a "person", not a cariacture. I am impressed with the challenges he gives himself as an actor.


I admit I don't understand his political affiliations and sometimes support of W and Giuliani (despite self-describing as a Democrat?) especially given his intelligence (rumored to be like, an IQ of 180--insanely high). But nonetheless, I find him a riveting actor. And he was kind of hot in that Vampires movie. And in Shark. Kind of. Though he's totally old as my dad.









Name : James Woods

Date of birth : 18 April 1947

Place of birth : Vernal, Utah, USA

Birth name : James Howard Woods

Height : 6' (1.83 m)

[mitchum]

16. Klaus Kinski...

dig this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O7KnPuP3c4

[martymar64]

38. God bless his crazy heart!

[philosophie_en_rose]

18. Viggo Mortensen, David Tennant, Sean Bean

:)

[Wetzelbill]

21. Eric Bana

In "Chopper" and "Black Hawk Down" especially.

[martymar64]

39. Bana rocks!

chopper was a fucking awesome movie!


Sorry for the potty mouth, I've been drinking.

[jpgray]

26. Katherine Hepburn

[saltpoint]

27. Mary Louise Parker, Geoffrey Rush, and the entire cast of

Zefferelli's ROMEO AND JULIET.

[dropkickpa]

28. Sir Iam McKellan

Simply wonderful.

[Dragonbreathp9d]

29. Robin Williams, Johnny Depp, Steve Buscheme

[jgraz]

30. Anthony Hopkins, Patrick Stewart, Alan Rickman

OK, that's three but they're all great.

[jgraz]

31. Ooh -- forgot Helen Mirren

[Mad_Dem_X]

32. Kevin Spacey. n/t

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[XemaSab]

40. Grovelbot

is a talentless hack.

It's all one note with that clown, all with a completely robotic delivery. :eyes:

[Deep13]

34. John Holmes.

Very visible talent. He's dead, though.

[Skittles]

41. Topher Grace

I am impressed with the film work I have seen from Mr. Grace.

I'm a Jack Nicholson fan too and have long enjoyed his work.

[Canuckistanian]

42. Harry Dean Stanton

http://imgred.com/

Shown here as "Trav" in Paris, Texas. One of my favorite movies.