Favourite actor, best scene, memorable performance

[robsa]

entropy said:

Favourite actor: Robert De Niro

Memorable performance: Mean Streets plays a despicable c*** who owes money to the mob to perfection.

Best scene: Heat - driving to the airport with g/f beside him you can read his thoughts through facial expression alone, Wayne Groe on his mind and ruminating on whether to complete one final job.

My favourite De Niro role: King of Comedy. Just utterly amazing. "The more scribbled the name, the bigger the fame"

[Big Nanas]

One more.
Benicio Del-Torro in the lineup in The Usual Suspects.

[Mortarboard]

For horror fans:
Dieter Laser as the mad doctor in human centipede. Completely dead-pan evil. "I don't like humans"

Passed away a few years ago.

Another left-field one is Colin Cunningham's portrayal of "Julian Slink" in the trashy series "blood drive"

More mainstream- Ecclestone's death scene in "Cracker". "This is the statement of a dying man....."

M.

[AnotherClarkey]

I think the modern age of TV series gives actors more opportunity to develop characters compared with film. I was particularly blown away by Matthew Macfadyen as Tom Wambsgans in Succession.

[Jeanboi]

Voldemort said:

Chris Tucker as Ruby Rhod in The Fifth Element.

Yes, very good! I have no idea if the character was portrayed how Tucker wanted or how he was directed to but he sure makes him memorable.

There are many stand out performances in that film, such as Gary Oldman's.

[easyhome]

Bruno Ganz as Hitler in Downfall. An amazing portrayal.

[Hedobot]

easyhome said:

Bruno Ganz as Hitler in Downfall. An amazing portrayal.

Good shout, indeed superb

[shaunsmith]

Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin together in Midinight Run.
So many countless brilliant outstanding scenes, the Litmus Configuration in Reds bar especially is sheer class….

[m3cs]

My favourite movie is Michael Mann's The Insider. A real slow burn movie, which I didn't 'get' the first time, especially after watching Mann's previous high watermark, Heat.

This is my favourite scene, where a very frustrated Al Pacino finds out he's the only journalist with principles still working for 60 Minutes. Based on a true story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbGqeyemofU&pp...

[Jim H]

I remember watching this movie back in the early nineties, and at the end of it I was left with the feeling of WTAF?

Mental.

From what I’ve read, Hopper absolutely pestered and bombarded Lynch for the role of Frank. Apparently he considered (himself): “Thats me”.

Although it’s against my original premise, as Hopper is in the movie throughout, it definitely left me - well I don’t know what? Every time I hear the Roy Orbison song ‘In Dreams’ I think of this scene..

By all accounts Orbison had to be seriously coerced to to allow his song for the scene.

Definitely NSFW…..

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hQOIZZUbGU0&pp=y...

[hepy]

Paddy Considine, all of Dead Mans Shoes, the bar scene in particular.

“You, you C……”

[Jim H]

Mortarboard said:

For horror fans:
Dieter Laser as the mad doctor in human centipede. Completely dead-pan evil. "I don't like humans"

Passed away a few years ago.

Another left-field one is Colin Cunningham's portrayal of "Julian Slink" in the trashy series "blood drive"

More mainstream- Ecclestone's death scene in "Cracker". "This is the statement of a dying man....."

M.

Hmmm absolutely.

I was having a look on YouTube the other night, Robert Carlisle was pretty memorable in his early career as Albie Kinsella (to be a somebody) Cracker.

Sadly there is not much stuff out there, Carlisle, it’s all VHS converted to YouTube and low quality.

Coltrane was fantastic in that series, and Ecclestone was on form.

Another good series from that era was Our Friends in the North - again Ecclestone.

And a very little know actor by the name of Daniel Craig.

I digress.

[Scabutz]

m3cs said:

My favourite movie is Michael Mann's The Insider. A real slow burn movie, which I didn't 'get' the first time, especially after watching Mann's previous high watermark, Heat.

This is my favourite scene, where a very frustrated Al Pacino finds out he's the only journalist with principles still working for 60 Minutes. Based on a true story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbGqeyemofU&pp...

"I'm alone on this."

One of my favourite films and think Crowe should have got the Oscar for it.

The scene at the driving range is really good.

[ClaphamGT3]

Jeremy Irons in Margin Call. Everyone raves about the boardroom scene - which is very good - but the real gem is the scene in the directors dining room at the end of the day where they fire-sale their sub-prime mortgage book

[Jim H]

Paddy Cosidine. Most rave about him in Dead Man's Shoes. There is more.

Early on in his career, he actually was Rob Gretton in 24 hour party people.

Equally Andy Serkis as Martin Hannett

I’ve read a lot of books about that scene, Wilson, Hannet, Gretton, the Hacienda.

A few of my mates used to go there often ( The Hacienda) and could remember the square root of jack after.

They all died really young didn’t they? Gretton, Hannet, Wilson. And of course Ian Curtis.

Peter Hook survives, an excellent book by him: ‘The Haciena - How not to run a club’.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=90j6V8EjSuI&pp=y...

[Hill92]

The first appearance of the the President in the pilot episode of The West Wing was show stealing:



Rob Lowe (Sam) was supposed to be main the lead in the ensemble cast with Martin Sheen only appearing in 3-4 episodes a season. But Sheen's performance in the pilot saw him upgraded to a full season regular.

Went on to give this performance in Two Cathedrals:

[DickyC]

Jim H said:

Paddy Cosidine. Most rave about him in Dead Man's Shoes. There is more.

Early on in his career, he actually was Rob Gretton in 24 hour party people.

The jumpy journalist in Mission Impossible and the contemplative Mr Whicher, the suspicions thereof. That's a broad pallette.

[Regbuser]

Two exceptional actors

[C5_Steve]

Hill92 said:

The first appearance of the the President in the pilot episode of The West Wing was show stealing:



Rob Lowe (Sam) was supposed to be main the lead in the ensemble cast with Martin Sheen only appearing in 3-4 episodes a season. But Sheen's performance in the pilot saw him upgraded to a full season regular.

Went on to give this performance in Two Cathedrals:

There are many or Sheen's performances that I'd say are right up there. The whole show was (mostly) phenomenal but Sheen especially.