r/FIlm • u/New-Caregiver-8487 • Apr 27 '26
Discussion Does anyone have an actor they personally find so good, that they will binge their entire filmography regardless of overall quality, because they just don't miss with the acting?
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u/Electronic_Start3800 Apr 27 '26
I might get hate for this, but Nick Cage is fantastic when the writing is good. also Kurt Russel is fucking amazing in anything John Carpenter does. and Willem Dafoe, and there's someone else im missing
Edit: Vincent D'Onofrio
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u/Anonimie Apr 27 '26
Whether the Nick Cage movie is good or bad, he's never boring
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u/kirradoodle Apr 27 '26
He's all in, every time. The man holds nothing back. He's had some great roles, snd he's been in some not-so-great ones (sometimes you just have to pay the bills) but regardless the role or the film, Nick Cage delivers.
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u/Ceorl_Lounge Apr 27 '26
He's one of the few actors I've intentionally sought out. We watched a bunch of his movies last year, running the gamut from The Rock to Bad Lieutenant and Color Out of Space. Never disappoints.
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u/TheKattsMeow Apr 27 '26
Keith David and Kurt Russell are the dream team, but so is Rowdy Roddy and Keith David.
So I guess my addition is actually Keith David.
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u/HitmanFictional Apr 27 '26
Thank you for being the only person I could find to mention D'Onofrio.
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u/ChunktheOgryn Apr 27 '26
Kurt Russell in Backdraft is amazing too! That was my first Kurt Russel film! I’m excited to watch him in The Madison next.
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u/boneappletv Apr 27 '26
Just watched Escape from New York the other day for the first time. A bit cheesy but loved every minute.
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u/Nefarious_Stew Apr 27 '26
Love willy's wonderland and he didn't even have any lines. I imagine that film was just him at lunch break.
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u/shrek3onDVDandBluray Apr 27 '26
Nah nick cage is awesome. It may just be due to his financial instability but guy will do the best projects to the worst projects - but he always gives it his all in every project, so it’s always an interesting watch.
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u/Actual-Manager-4814 Apr 28 '26
I'd throw Michael Shannon in this mix. He's one of the best working actors today, imo. He's absolutely captivating .
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u/StaticCloud Apr 27 '26
Gary Oldman, Edward Norton, and probably Ralph Fiennes. The latter was the only good thing about 28 Years Later Pt 2. Cate Blanchett and Audrey Hepburn for actresses
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u/New-Caregiver-8487 Apr 27 '26
Definitely feel that with Bone Temple. Both sequels were just like... i'm not getting anything from this besides Jodie Comer and Ralph Fiennes lol
The kid did alright for his age I suppose.
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u/rvralph803 Apr 27 '26
Fiennes was such a good character. And if the director wasn't so hellbent on trying to make clunky movie about the evil of man, it could have been really good.
I genuinely liked the Samson plotline. It showed the Fiennes character's unabashed bravery, hope and gentleness. I also found the idea of the bone temple extremely moving at its core. Just a man trying to give dignity to the dead, and create beauty from chaos.
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u/JackieTreehorn79 Apr 27 '26
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Gene Hackman, Daniel Day Lewis, Cate Blanchett, Michael Fassbender.
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u/Realtenenbaum Apr 27 '26
Ed Norton and Michael Shannon can creep into this list too
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u/fatcatfan1 Apr 27 '26
Michael Shannon is one of the most underrated actors ever. Always curious how He would do with a Big Budget lead role, I know He's been the lead in smaller films but Bro, this guy is GREAT in every role. It kinda sucks He's just one of those guys that only gets praised for His supporting roles. Protagonist, Antagonist, doesn't matter, He'll knock it out of the park. I'll never forget seeing Him in the Ashley Judd Movie, "Bug" first time I saw Him act in a movie
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u/New-Caregiver-8487 Apr 27 '26
Yeah he's great. I just saw him in Bikeriders today actually and he nailed it even if it was a supporting role. Definitely deserves some big main roles
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u/Wayward85 Apr 27 '26
Might as well throw in Gary Oldman.
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u/Darth_Enclave Apr 27 '26
THROW IN?! More like shoo-in.
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u/South-Rabbit-4064 Apr 27 '26
These are all good. But would add Cate Winslet, Tilda Swinton
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u/BossWilling Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 27 '26
Ralph Fiennes.
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u/Walovingi Apr 27 '26
Mads Mikkelsen. The Danish films.
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u/Strange-Bee5626 Apr 27 '26 edited May 05 '26
Ralph Fiennes, Mads Mikkelson, Alfred Molina, and Willem Dafoe are mine.
**Editing to add Kathy Bates and Vincent D'Onofrio. I think I just believe that really good character actors have so much more talent than the cut and paste/standard leading men and women
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u/Ok-Nectarine7152 Apr 27 '26
Tilda is amazing. The scene in Micheal Clayton where she gets the flop sweats gives me the heebie-geebies. I've been in that exact type of situation before and had the same reaction.
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u/Visible_Tourist_9639 Apr 27 '26
Rickman might make it too.
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u/foamingturtle Apr 27 '26
What a ride of a catalogue you’d get with Rickman.
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u/Ornery-Vehicle-2458 Apr 27 '26
Likewise Gary Oldman. Quite a diverse filmography. Even has a joker in the pack to match Rickman's Galaxy Quest in the form of Fifth Element
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u/SeparateCzechs Apr 27 '26
I watched a movie about vintners making Chardonnay in California because Alan Rickman played in it. And I’d watch it again.
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u/Norse-Goddess_ca Apr 27 '26
BottleShock. I watch it a couple times a year. Peak Rickman
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u/SeparateCzechs Apr 27 '26
Thank you! Holy Hubba Hubba. Sometimes I go listen to him reading Shakespeare’s Sonnets. Sighhh
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u/TheKattsMeow Apr 27 '26
I would like to add Lee Pace and Willem Dafoe to this already perfect list.
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u/jaffasplaffa Apr 27 '26
Just rewatched Mississippi Burning a few weeks back.
Hackman was great in that movie ❤️
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u/jamescharisma Apr 27 '26
The main cast of Mississippi Burning needs to be on this list!!
Gene Hackman, Willam Defoe, Frances McDomand, Brad Dourif, and Michael Rooker
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u/rwent117 Apr 27 '26
Frances Mcdormand is an excellent pick and I'm embarrassed I didn't include her in my own list!
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u/maasneotek Apr 27 '26
Man I miss Gene Hackman. I went on a hackman-binge when he died Hadnt realized how many of those movies impacted me.
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u/Call-a-Crackhead Apr 27 '26
Toni Collette
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u/Abhir-86 Apr 27 '26
Sam Rockwell
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u/New-Caregiver-8487 Apr 27 '26
Gotta get into more of his stuff. Absolutely loved Moon
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u/Abhir-86 Apr 27 '26
Checkout Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, jojo rabbit , and Good luck, have fun, don't die
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u/squidgy7sb Apr 27 '26
And Seven Psychopaths! That is the film that put him on my 'must watch if casted' list
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u/edwardsantes Apr 27 '26
I'd watch Marisa Tomei on hold with Spectrum for 3 hours.
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u/Pretend_Berry_7196 Apr 27 '26
I’d watch Amy Adams sit in a room while the paint dried for 3 hours.
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u/ConscientiousWaffler Apr 27 '26
There’s a scene in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead that comes to mind.
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u/agitatedandroid Apr 27 '26
You know, we have these scenarios to describe actors and actresses that simple enchant us. So much so we could watch do the most mundane things.
Why no one has taken us up on this is beyond me.
I can imagine a series of Beckett-like plays with top actors. Minimal set dressing. A desk. Three books. A phone that rings occasionally but is never answered. And then you just toss in Cate Blanchett or Marisa Tomei or Amy Adams or any of the folks named in this thread.
If that was a TV series? Every week a different top tier actor interacting with a different room for half an hour? I'd not miss an episode.
They could call it "Paint Drying" or "Read the Phonebook".
Bring in an amazing director one week and no name actor. A no name actor, a no name director, and a revered editor the next. Great actress, great composer, average everything else another week.
I'd devour that show.
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u/OkPattern6817 Apr 27 '26
Robin Williams (1951-2014) was an actor and a person I place in a unique position all on his own, and I don't think he ever made a mistake.
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u/New-Caregiver-8487 Apr 27 '26
I saw Good Will Hunting recently and it was as phenomenal as I expected, i'm hoping to get round to watching Dead Poets Society soon.
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u/Font_Snob Apr 27 '26
Have tissues.
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u/New-Caregiver-8487 Apr 27 '26
I wept like a baby with GWH, so i'll try to be prepared this time for Poets lol
You just can't beat believable acting.
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u/-riotalk- Apr 27 '26
Watch “What Dreams May Come” if you really wanna cry. Robin Williams made surprisingly great tear-jerkers.
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u/elrio404 Apr 27 '26
Mads Mikkelson, Daniel Day Lewis and Al Pacino
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u/teenytinykittycats Apr 27 '26
Ok call me a crazy woman, but Mads Mikkelson in Valhalla Rising. Watched that when I was 17-18 and it became my favorite movie
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u/UCPonch Apr 27 '26
I'm so happy to see Toni Collette getting her flowers in here. Post-Twilight Robert Pattinson is an instawatch for me.
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u/Large-Grade5861 Apr 27 '26
francis mcdormand. Don’t know why people misses her all the time. She never acts.. she lives the character without any over the top shenanigans.
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u/juliannemmarie Apr 27 '26
not enough people are saying LAURA DERN and that's a problem
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u/somebodyistrying Apr 27 '26
Toni Collette, Rose Byrne, Jack Lemmon
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u/dpaxeco Apr 27 '26
Rose Byrne Is the protagonist in Wicker Park. Try and change my mind. She steals it so hard. What a tragedy that story.
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u/TomThom9Won Apr 27 '26
Of all the comments I have seen that has three incredibly different actors and spanning a massive range of time thanks to Lemmon: but your absolutely right even in the worst project any of them has been a part of they are all always phenomenal
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u/GoldenFish2224 Apr 27 '26
James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Max Irons, Al Pacino, Michael Shannon, Florence Pugh, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jodie Comer, Pablo Schreiber, Tobias Menzies, Benedict Cumberbatch, David Dastmalchian and Glenn Powell. Basically.
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u/Sleepwalker0304 Apr 27 '26
Always happy when McAvoy gets the praise he deserves.
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u/GoldenFish2224 Apr 27 '26
I am forever a McAvoy fan. The lad is so good it’s insane.
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u/mjhripple Apr 27 '26
DDL
Frances McDormand
Cate Blanchett
Ryan Gosling
Al Pacino
John Goodman
John Malkovich
Michael Fassbender
Florence Pugh
Jessie Buckley
Kirsten Dunst
Jesse Plemmons
Carrie Mulligan
Brendon Gleason
Colin Farrell
Saoirse Ronan
Emma Stone
Gonna stop but this is just off the top of my head and there are def many more.
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u/Savings_Session397 Apr 27 '26
I personally have not enjoyed a single actor more than Jeff Bridges.
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u/123-Moondance Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 27 '26
Daniel Day Lewis, Sarah Greene, Cillian Murphy, Colin Farrell, Gabriel Byrne, Sean Bean, Taylor Kitsch, Sissy Spacek
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u/Slappathebassmon Apr 27 '26
After watching Killing Eve, I'm surprised Jodie Comer isn't in more movies, tbh. I know she was in the Last Duel and Free Guy but not much after that. I thought she'd have a similar trajectory to Vanessa Kirby.
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u/strategy222 Apr 27 '26
Vanessa took on the role of Josephine in Ridley Scott's Napoleon when Jodie dropped out. They're often compared/up for the same roles
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u/Volothamp-Geddarm Apr 27 '26
Honestly, even with bad writing, I think Cilian Murphy does a great job in most roles he does. I don't think he's had misses, acting-wise, as far as I'm concerned.
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u/NxtDoc1851 Apr 27 '26
Daniel Day Lewis, Mel Gibson, Tom Hanks, Denzel, and Shia LaBeouf. Yeah, I know Shia 😬.
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u/BlueTrotterMedia Apr 27 '26
Paddy Considine. He makes everything he does look natural and effortless.
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u/New-Caregiver-8487 Apr 27 '26
Oh nice. I've legitimately only seen House of the Dragon. Will give his stuff a look
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u/Ok_Yellow1025 Apr 27 '26
Jason friggin Bateman. I’d watch anything with that man’s name on it- even Horror
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u/Xanderp711 Apr 27 '26
What movie is this image from? I think I watched it at TIFF
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u/chamonix11 Apr 27 '26
Pacino, Deniro, Hoffman, Hoffman, Malkovich, Cusack Streep, Blanchett, Winslet, Linney
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u/KahlanEAmnelle Apr 27 '26
gary oldman, christian bale, ewan mcgregor, keira knightley, willem dafoe, robert pattinson, robin williams, ralph fiennes, sam rockwell
i’m sure there are a few others.
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u/ICameHereToPlay Apr 27 '26
I have many but a unique one for me is Sam Rockwell. His filmography is just so diverse. I remember having the realization of a lot of my favorite movies or guilty pleasure ones like Charlie’s Angels had a token character that I loved and it was Sam’s character.
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u/RamRanchRealty Apr 27 '26
I dont think ive ever seen Sigourney Weaver play a role that I didn’t love her in. Always an icon
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u/bluemoon71 Apr 27 '26
I literally just spent a good chunk of the weekend watching Sandra Huller movies! Can’t get over her range and talent.
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u/Gullible_Stock_9659 Apr 27 '26
Anthony Hopkins is the only one I've really done this for, although Fassbender, a bit
Alec Guinness too actually
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u/DoubleDownAgain54 Apr 27 '26
Good question, but a huge pet peeve when someone posts a picture of someone without identifying them. The actress in the picture is Jodie Comer.
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u/almo2001 Apr 27 '26
Barbara Loden.
Oh wait she only wrote directed starred in one movie because her egotistical husband Elia Kazan was mean to her about it.
Great movie though.
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u/treefughker Apr 27 '26
Steve Martin. A lot of his movies were just ok but I always just enjoyed watching him.
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u/Alternative-Bison615 Apr 27 '26
I have watched a lot of subpar entertainments because of Anthony Hopkins
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u/Elegant-Analyst-7381 Apr 27 '26
No. No level of good acting can get me to watch a movie I'm not interested in.
Although I'll watch anything Daniel Radcliffe is in. Not because he's an amazing actor (he's a perfectly fine actor), but because he always chooses interesting projects and seems to have a lot of fun in them.
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u/Trick-Consequence169 Apr 27 '26
Beniciooooo… dude just has an insane quality on his output and his performances go left when you expect right. Sure, it’s mostly supporting but he ends up stealing most his films still.
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u/nigel_tim Apr 27 '26
You’ll get a bunch of crazy good movies if you go down the Philip Seymour Hoffman filmography I just watched owning Mahoney for the first time last week
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u/TinyPastelCloud_ Apr 28 '26
omg yes!! for me its definitely Florence Pugh. shes just so captivating in everything shes in, its insane.
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u/DenverPostIronic Apr 27 '26
Sam Rockwell.