Favourite actor, best scene, memorable performance

[DickyC]

Jim H said:

Dead Man’s Shoes is another favourite of mine.

Paddy Considine is an extremely versatile performer in pretty much everything he’s done.

You beat me to it.

"What you lookin at?"
"You, you ."

Three words to stop a local hard man being hard.

[C5_Steve]

remedy said:

Jack Nicholson for me. I see he has been mentioned a few times.
He just excels as an actor and everything he has ever done, I think, has been wonderful.

Stand outs are Batman, as Joker (Ledger was incredible), As Good as it Gets as the autistic/OCD character and A Few Good Men.

Yep, I thought it was fantastic in The Departed also, just so unhinged.

There's a great story about the way his mind works as an actor told by Matt Damon (who does a very good impression):



Some potential NSFW content in that clip just in terms of his suggestions for the scenes FYI.

[Terzo123]

Ronald Lee Ermy as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket.

Just sensational.

[The Don of Croy]

The Color of Money - another payday for Tom Cruise but the scene with Paul Newman telling him the way it is (how to run a game but hide your true talent) was (I thought) the best bit. Mr. Newman schools the upstart, every which way.

The Dirty Dozen - the scene where they run through the recruits and their backgrounds, and John Cassavetes just nails it (for me) - given the talent on display it's quite a performance.

Given the OP mention of D. Sutherland, his role in Kellys Heroes is another romp, and so well done you really don't mind hippy's like him had yet to be invented.

Laurence Olivier in The Battle of Britain - his stoic RAF leader explaining grim warfare but somehow embodying a deeper fear (the all too real danger of a successful Nazi invasion) has several great scenes. Robert Shaw was good as the Sqdn Ldr too.

Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder - a superb comedy piece. Wish he did more of that calibre.

I could go on...and on...

[Kuwahara]

Terzo123 said:

Ronald Lee Ermy as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket.

Just sensational.

[DickyC]

Jack Rovello as the young Richie Brown in The Hours. Just excellent. Ed Harris played the character as an adult.

Good film. Stick with it if you're thinking of giving up early on.

[Jim H]

Evening Folks,

Here’s one that popped into my head.

Javier Bardem just about robs every scene in No County for Old Men.

However, Woody Harrelson runs him close in this one.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PZlwofdi3yg&pp=y...

[cerb4.5lee]

The Don of Croy said:

The Color of Money - another payday for Tom Cruise but the scene with Paul Newman telling him the way it is (how to run a game but hide your true talent) was (I thought) the best bit. Mr. Newman schools the upstart, every which way.

Granted I was only 13 at the time, but I remember walking out of the cinema watching that film. I was bored to tears! I ought to revisit it again now to see if my opinion on it has changed though I reckon.

[carl_w]

Cary Grant, North by Northwest. Also includes a great performance by James Mason.

[paulguitar]

Al Pacino in Godfather, a couple of minutes of sheer brilliance:

[WhisperingWasp]

Not sure if this completely hits the brief - best scene part I guess - but if I think about a scene that I search for on YT or rewind whilst watching, this is up there:

Casablanca La Marseillaise
https://youtu.be/HM-E2H1ChJM?si=9R1A7bo86AeyxqMG

[cologne2792]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlQ9KLrC4Us

This one because it came out of nowhere.

Incredible stuff!

[Risonax]

Jim H said:

Evening Folks,

Here’s one that popped into my head.

Javier Bardem just about robs every scene in No County for Old Men.

And he stood out in a minor role as a regretful Mexican drug lord in "Collateral", which I think was his first mainstream English-language role. Almost unrecognisable compared to later.

[BryanC]

Henry Fonda - Once Upon a Time in the West

....those eyes - so unexpected evil.

[Riley Blue]

Dame Judi Dench in 'Shakespeare In Love'. On screen for just a few minutes, stole the film and won an Oscar.

[Voldemort]

Chris Tucker as Ruby Rhod in The Fifth Element.

[Roofless Toothless]

I am going to nominate not a film but an episode of a TV series. In 1995 there was an episode of The Bill called Deadline, that featured a young David Tennant, playing a psychopathic kidnapper who, although caught by the police, was refusing to reveal the location of his young female victim.

It was an astonishing performance that set me reeling, and I remember thinking at the time that this young man was going to be a major talent. The whole thing is available on YouTube. It is well worth a watch.

[Bas Jaski]

C5_Steve said:

Yep, I thought it was fantastic in The Departed also, just so unhinged.

There's a great story about the way his mind works as an actor told by Matt Damon (who does a very good impression):



Some potential NSFW content in that clip just in terms of his suggestions for the scenes FYI.

Never seen that interview, that's awesome. Thanks!

[rallye101]

I think I need to go watch natural born killers!

I'm teased by my my crap choices but Anthony Hopkins, the world's fastest Indian does it for me

[DickyC]

Kevin Costner in the opening scene of Black and White where he sits and tries to come to terms with his wife's death. Some actors would have been gurning and wringing their hands in grief. Costner just sits and takes you with him on his agonising journey.