Underrated Actors

[Drizzt240]

Sorry if this has been down before, I just haven't seen a thread like this in a long time.

This is a discussion where you tell who you think is an underrated actor or an actor that you feel is getting cheap roles when he deserves better ones. Debate, argue, kill, and stay on topic.

http://dudes.super-site-1.com/male-pics/edward-norton/edward-norton-010.jpg
Everyone knows this man can act, but he is still getting some cheap roles. I thought they gave him a role in The Italian Job that anyone can do.

http://us.ent4.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/oscars/73rd_academy_awards_preshow_photos/joaquin_phoenix/oscars2.jpg
I thought he was good in Gladiator, Signs, and The Village.

[BigMike1963]

i think ron perlman is underrated. sure he gets roles but they arent good quality roles. my dog could play most of the roles hes had but hes a great actor. and not true with norton. have u ever seen his filmography. he has so many good roles

[dustindame]

Drizz, i can see both of those guys being underrated.

[Drizzt240]

Yeah especially Edward Norton. He's played his part great in every movie I have seen. Pheonix has had less screen time, but what I have seen he acts great.


BTW, this is Ron Perlman.

http://www.mtv.com/shared/media/news/images/m/movies/sq-ron-perlman-2003-intv.jpg
Usually gets tough guy roles.

[Rizor]

Sean Bean.

[Halofan1]

Tom Cruise. Far better actor than he's given credit for.

[BigMike1963]

IMO tom cruises only movies that i liked were The last samurai and mission impossible1

[neo5595]

sean
jeff daniels

[Hitman]

Val Kilmer
Jean Reno

[Darth Barth]

Paul Bettany
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v115/bmbrth1/WebGraphics/knightstale01.jpg

This guy always plays second fiddle...he need to get a movie of his own, he would be great!

[Drizzt240]

Paul Bettany has his own movie coming up with Kirestin(spelling) Dunst. It's about Tennis.

[Drizzt240]

Here is Sean Bean
http://puledroimpennato.immaginario.net/film/img/cast/sea.gif
Played in LOTR, Don't say A Word, Troy and Equilibrium.

His part in Equilibrium was brief, but it made an impression on me.

[ruban]

Paul Bettany has his own movie coming up with Kirestin(spelling) Dunst. It's about Tennis.

Ya, its called "Wimbledon."

..and yes Sean Bean IS underrated.

another one is Brian Cox.

http://www.lyceum.org.uk/sites/press/images/Uncle%20Varick/Brian%20Cox.jpg

I absolutley love this guy, and was the reason I wanted to see Troy.
Just to hear him say "..then every son of Troy, shall die."

[Drizzt240]

Yeah if you ask me, Cox has the voice of a villain.

[dustindame]

Cox is kinda scary looking to me.

[BigMike1963]

Jim Caviezle. hes a great actor but he has maybe 3 major roles including passion of the christ but u know he can act from the Count of Monte Cristo.

[Mistinguett]

Vincent D'onofrio. He plays detective Robert Goren on Law and Order:Criminal Intent. He also played the seriel killer in the movie The Cell. He's a wonderful actor that I think doesn't get as much recognition as he should.

[Doomsday]

I was gonna say Ed Norton, but he's pretty much recognized by everyone as one of the best and most serious actors out there.

[SnoBorderZero]

Here are mine and some of their good roles even if the movies werent so great:

Sean Astin
http://www.jeremiah.tv/images/sean.jpg
Where The Day Takes You(1992)...Greg
Rudy(1993)...Rudy
The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring(2001)...Sam Gamgee
The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers(2002)...Sam Gamgee
The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King(2003)...Sam Gamgee

Ewan McGregor
http://www.cinemacafri.com/img/foto/grande/Ewan-McGregor.jpg
Shallow Grave(1994)...Alex Law
Nigh****ch(1997)...Martin Bells
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace(1999)...Obi-Wan Kenobi
Black Hawk Down(2001)...Spec. John Grimes
Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones(2001)...Obi-Wan Kenobi
Big Fish(2003)...Albert Bloom <<< His best

Eric Bana
http://www.laurenbergman.com.au/ericbana/ericnew.jpg
Black Hawk Down(2001)...SFC Norm Hooten
Finding Nemo(2003)...Anchor
Hulk(2003)...The Hulk/Bruce Banner
Troy(2004)...Hector

Those are mine.

[Rizor]

I agree with Bana and to some lesser extent McGregor (because he's more well known).

[moviespud]

Sean Bean, Sean Astin, Edward Norton,Paul Bettany, Joaquin Phoenix(but he's actually getting better more leading man roles) and Eric Bana are great names mentioned.
I'd also throw in Liev Schrieber, Bill Paxton, and Robert Patrick to name just a few that come to mind.
Brian Cox is a superb actor but more of a character actor. I also like Brendan Gleason.

[dustindame]

Sean Astin is one of my favorite actors and i was just about to say him in here when i was pleased to know that someone else already thinks so.

[Gomamon]

Edward Norton
Eric Bana
Jeff Bridges
Sean Bean
Val Kilmer

[fineus fog]

Sean Bean
Benicio Del Toro (****ing awesome)
Hayden Christensen (in Shattered Glass)
Christina Ricci
Paul Bettany
Matt Damon (always in that twerp Affleck's shadow for some reason)

[Highfire]

Jennifer Garner

http://bb.domaindlx.com/Highfire97/JG.jpg


Dakota Fanning

http://bb.domaindlx.com/Highfire97/DF.bmp

[Drizzt240]

I agree with Dakota.

I also forgot to mention Haley Joel Osment.
http://adorocinema.cidadeinternet.com.br/personalidades/atores/haley-joel-osment/haley-joel-osment01.jpg

[DavidGale]

John Cusack
Billy Crundup-from big fish
Robert Downey Jr.
Michael Keaton
Kurt Russell
Christian Slater
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Matthew Modine
Dylan Walsh-Radio Inside
Elizabeth Shue
James Spader
Joseph Finnes
Craig Shieffer-from a river runs through it.
Ralph Finnes
Dennis Hopper
Jared Leto
Kevin Bacon
Laurnence Fishburne
Rachel Leigh Cook
Brandon lee
Mira Sorvino
Paul sorvino
Ray Liotta
Thomas Jane
Nick Nolte
James CoBurn
Fred Ward
Greg Kinnear
Patrick Dempsey
Dan Ackroyd

[Drogobaggins]

Kevin Bacon
Sean Astin
Haley Joel Osment
Ian Holm
Jennifer Garner
Brian Cox
James Garner

[Jack Sparrow]

John C. Reilly, I've just always liked him in pretty much everything he did.

[BlackJack&Coke]

Ben Affleck..... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Just Kidding :D

[Nillone]

Eli Wallach

His performance in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is IMO the best performance ever.

Ian McKellen

His performance as Gandalf in The Fellowship of the Ring was outstanding.

Liam Neeson

His performance in Schindler's List was great.

[winter]

Michael Wincott
Viggo Mortensen
Jason Issacs
David Thewlis

Kyra Sedgwick
Samantha Morton
Alison Lohman

[evildeadfan]

bruce campbell he was great in buhba ho tep

[dustindame]

I believe in Sean Bean better now. Just watching FOTR again and then also seeing Equilbrium.

[redman]

John C. Reilly, I've just always liked him in pretty much everything he did.

yep. he's the no. 1 under rated actor on my list. he's great in everything.

[BlackJack&Coke]

bruce campbell he was great in buhba ho tep

That was a beautiful movie. :)

[project Doom]

my choices for underrated actors/actresses



Kevin Bacon
Josh Brolin
Michelle Pfeiffer
John Cusack
Jake Gyllenhall
Diane Lane (I think she's severely underrated!)
Vinent D'Onofrio
Josh Lucas
Noah Taylor
Geoffrey Rush
Adrien Brody (Although recently he's been getting lots of exposure)
Jef Goldblum
Katie Holmes
Ryan Gosling
Rachel McAdams (Looks like she's good at comedy and serious roles -The Notebook)
Stephen Baldwin (He just needs to get better roles, but he can act IMO)!

[BlackJack&Coke]

Ed Norton and Van Wilder

[Xjoeyb123X]

Edward Norton
Kevin Bacon
Sean Penn
This may sound weird...but Ashton Kutcher was amazing in The Butterfly Effect
Cuba Gooding Jr.

[Drizzt240]

http://www.famous-couple.com/pics/emilio_estevez.jpg
Anybody know what the hell happen to Emilo?

[dustindame]

http://www.famous-couple.com/pics/emilio_estevez.jpg
Anybody know what the hell happen to Emilo?


I think he is still coaching the Ducks, and they should be going for there next championship.

[Dilophosaurus89]

Daniel-Day Lewis
Joaquin Pheonix
Bryce Dallas Howard
Liam Neelson

[Drizzt240]

I think he is still coaching the Ducks, and they should be going for there next championship.
:angry:

[dustindame]

:angry:


I was trying to make you quote of the week.

[soylentmcmuffin]

Sean Bean.

I was pissed they killed him in Equilibrium so soon. A HIGHLY underrated dystopic masterpiece IMO

[soylentmcmuffin]

Christian Slater has his moments, i.e. Heathers

http://www.webcom.com/collectr/ce/images/cpslaterc.jpg

Patricia Arquette

http://utenti.lycos.it/Dallex/Patricia_Arquette_jpg.jpg

Bill Pullman

http://www.pax-ton.com/IMAGES/03-1-PORTRAITjpgs/03-BPULLMAN-branches.jpg

[Malitos_Sahkir]

Eric Bana is only just starting out in Hollywood and he's already been in Black Hawk Down. He's been Bruce Banner, and now Hector in Troy. Underrated? I don't think so.

[sniktawt]

Most Of those names you guys are listing are not Underrated , Falling on hard times maybe , but most are not underrated.

Saying Neeson , Day-Lewis , Norton , Penn , Geoffrey Rush , Ian McKellen are underrated is just ridiculous.They are A List Actors.

[dustindame]

Most Of those names you guys are listing are not Underrated , Falling on hard times maybe , but most are not underrated.

Saying Neeson , Day-Lewis , Norton , Penn , Geoffrey Rush , Ian McKellen are underrated is just ridiculous.They are A List Actors.

Exactly, you dont always have to be in huge movies to be the best at what you do.

[winter]

Most Of those names you guys are listing are not Underrated , Falling on hard times maybe , but most are not underrated.

Saying Neeson , Day-Lewis , Norton , Penn , Geoffrey Rush , Ian McKellen are underrated is just ridiculous.They are A List Actors.

I heartily concur. Except for Day-Lewis, who has basically given up acting (when is his wife's movie ever coming out?), everyone else is very busy.

[tripleddd27]

Giovanni Ribisi
Terrance Howard
Larenz Tate

[dustindame]

Has Ian McKellen been in any other movies and if so what are they.

[thereisnospoon9]

i think ving rhames (mission impossible, pulp fiction, entrapment) is very underrated, he is just cool and i'd like to see him in more movies, even if its the sidekick tough/cool guy roles, same with jason statham but he's getting more popular i guess

[Citizen Kane]

Brendan Gleeson
Bryan Cox
Bruce Campbell
Michael Madsen
Paul Bettany
Bill Pullman
Bill Paxton
Crispin Glover
Tom Sizemore
Ron Perlman
Charles S. Dutton
James Woods
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Steve Buscemi

[kel thuzad]

i dont think Steve Buscemi is underrated - he always plays incredible characters

[Moridin]

Ya, its called "Wimbledon."

..and yes Sean Bean IS underrated.

another one is Brian Cox.

http://www.lyceum.org.uk/sites/press/images/Uncle%20Varick/Brian%20Cox.jpg

I absolutley love this guy, and was the reason I wanted to see Troy.
Just to hear him say "..then every son of Troy, shall die."

Hey, isn't he the guy who will be playing Mad-Eye Moody in the Goblet of Fire?

[BlackJack&Coke]

Eric Bana is only just starting out in Hollywood and he's already been in Black Hawk Down. He's been Bruce Banner, and now Hector in Troy. Underrated? I don't think so.

I think he is overrated myself.

[Cartagia]

Hey, isn't he the guy who will be playing Mad-Eye Moody in the Goblet of Fire?

Nah, his brother in Troy (Brendan Gleeson) is Mad-Eye.


My choices

John Corbett and Joshua Molina, maybe not even so much underrated as really really underutilized.

[Moridin]

Nah, his brother in Troy (Brendan Gleeson) is Mad-Eye.


Damn, this guy looked pretty much like Mad-Eye.

[dustindame]

I seen some different opinions about Eric Bana and to me he is not really overrated because he was good in Troy and not underrated because he is not that outstanding of an actor. So to me he is not under or over but i dont really know what to call that.

[Citizen Kane]

i dont think Steve Buscemi is underrated - he always plays incredible characters

He does, but I don't think he gets enough credit for it.

[ziggy_fudpucker]

For me, its:

Will Patton
Jake Gyllenhall
Ron Perlman
Karel Roden

[Tenaciousd1212]

Jon Favreau (Made, Swingers, Very Bad Things, The Big Empty)
Steve Buscemi (BRAVO ON THE SOPRANOS)
Giovanni Ribisi (Basic, Sky Captain, The Gift)
Ray Liotta (Adults know him as Henry Hill, teens know him as Tommy Vercetti)
Luke Wilson (The Royal Tenenbaums, Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, Old School)
Frank Vincent (Goodfellas, GTA III, The Sopranos, Raging Bull)
John Hawkes (Steven Spielberg presents Taken, From Dusk 'til Dawn, Identity)
Ron Livingston (Swingers, Office Space)
Billy Zane (Titanic, Tales from the crypt presents: Demon knight)
Nick Stahl (Terminator 3, Carnivale)
Christian Slater (True Romance, Windtalkers)
Bill Paxton (Aliens, Club Dread, Frailty)
Jake Gyllenhaal (Donnie Darko,The Day After Tommorow, The Good Girl, Bubble Boy)
Matthew Lillard (Thirteen Ghosts, SLC Punk)
Rider Strong (Cabin Fever)
Ethan Suplee (American History X, The Butterfly Effect)
Jason Lee (Mallrats, Dogma, Stealing Harvard, Dreamcatcher)
Damien Lewis (Band of Brothers, Dreamcatcher)
John Turturro (Secret Window, Mr. Deeds, The Big Lebowski, O Brother Where Art Thou)
Timothy Olyphant (The Girl Next Door, Dreamcatcher)
Karl Urban (The Bourne Supermacy, Ghost Ship, LOTR: ROTK, LOTR:TTT)
Keith David (They Live, The Thing)

[ruban]

Wlliam H. Macy

http://www.virginia.edu/insideuva/2003/18/images/macy.jpg





and Bill Paxton. I love this guy

http://adorocinema.cidadeinternet.com.br/personalidades/atores/bill-paxton/bill-paxton01.jpg

[Drizzt240]

http://www.allposters.com/IMAGES/PEPH/GP2B1.jpg
Guy Pearce. Great in LA Confidential and Momento.

[dustindame]

Am i the only one that really liked Guy Pearce in The Time Machine. Or even liked the movie.

[stonefaced_1]

willem dafoe

"A day without sex, is a day wasted."

[The Highlander]

Damn I really want to see Memento, heard its great, with a awesome twist in the end. and cause Nolan is directing Batman which is going to kick ass. I though Time Machine was ok, good special effects 2 1/2 out of 4. I thought it was good with all the time traveling scenes in the future were cool, and when the moon was breaking a part but when he went too far in the future and fought the creatures, thats when the movie sucked all the way till the end. I also thought a scientist like him shouldnt know how to fight so well, shouldnt be an action star. I still dont get why he couldnt save his girlfriend each time he went back in time, and who the heck was Jeremy Irons character, what were those creatures? Bill Paxton is very under rated, he was awesome in Aliens, True Lies, Wierd Science and he did an awesome directorial job with Frailty, very underrated movie, get it now!!!!! Ewan McGregor and Christian Bale are also very underrated talented actors, right????

[Drizzt240]

I thought Dafoe was awesome in Boondock Saints.

[dustindame]

Dafoe does kick some ass when i see him in movies.

[The Highlander]

But not when he's playing a Mexican in Once Upon a Time in Mexico, which was laughable character, or when he's playing a terrorist with a bomb on a boat in Speed 2 CRUISE CONTROL, I dont even remember the plot it was so horrible, or when he's banging Madonna in movies, or when he's in a Power Ranger costume throwing pumpkins :nono: What good roles does he have left? The Platoon one? :confused:

[dustindame]

How many stars go through there career with never making a bad movie or one that is just a bit sub par. Not many.

[Drizzt240]

Highlander is just trying to annoy everyone.

How many crappy roles has Reeves had?

[dustindame]

Thats exactly what i was thinking Drizz

[The Highlander]

Let's compare who had the better, fun and famous roles in good movies between Keanu and Willem, ok? Lets see, Keanu had Speed, Point Break, Dracula, classic Ted Theodore Logan of Wyld Stallions, Devils Advocate, the Gift was pretty good, we might as well add Constantine to it cause it looks awesome, and of course the kickass character of them all, Neo in all three Matrix movies. Dafoe had Clear and Present Danger, Platoon, Shadow of Vampire, and Spider-man if you consider that a good movie :funny: Know any other good Dafoe roles? Keanu seems to have the better career don't you think? If u add Boondock Saints which I didnt see, Keanu would still have better roles. Dafoe is doing XX2 with Ice Cube, cant wait for that :hehe: now whos with me?

[Mr. Blonde1]

Tim Roth. He's fantastic in every movie he's in. Hell, he made Planet of the Apes (2001) worth watching.

[Tenaciousd1212]

The Gift was damn good.
-Keanu Reeves as woman beating redneck
-Katie Holmes boobs
-It was directed by Sam Raimi
-Giovanni Ribisi rocked as that crazy ass guy he played

BTW, Greg Kinnear is in some ways underrated ( i say some ways cuz i partially think he deserves it)

[dustindame]

Let's compare who had the better, fun and famous roles in good movies between Keanu and Willem, ok? Lets see, Keanu had Speed, Point Break, Dracula, classic Ted Theodore Logan of Wyld Stallions, Devils Advocate, the Gift was pretty good, we might as well add Constantine to it cause it looks awesome, and of course the kickass character of them all, Neo in all three Matrix movies. Dafoe had Clear and Present Danger, Platoon, Shadow of Vampire, and Spider-man if you consider that a good movie :funny: Know any other good Dafoe roles? Keanu seems to have the better career don't you think? If u add Boondock Saints which I didnt see, Keanu would still have better roles. Dafoe is doing XX2 with Ice Cube, cant wait for that :hehe: now whos with me?

Sorry, well you make it sound like Keanu had the greatest career ever.