i gotta say johnny depp.

he's been:
guy with scissors as hands
pirate
willy wonka
ichabod crane
police officer


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can also post thoughts on characters with limited character types

12/3/2005 9:27:24 PM

i could agree with johnny depp

you forgot to add drug lord, crazy dark historian, and astronaut

12/3/2005 9:32:04 PM

for nondiverse, ill say gene hackman...seems like he's always a military guy

12/3/2005 9:36:45 PM

The Rock.

12/3/2005 9:48:04 PM

christian bale
batman
starving, sickly looking guy in machinist
psycho is american psycho
awesome dude in equilibrium
cartoon voice in howl's moving castle
dragon slayer in reign of fire
jesus in a made for tv movie

from


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12/3/2005 9:50:20 PM

He always plays the brooding manly douche.

12/3/2005 9:57:00 PM

^jesus and a starving dude don't fit that

12/3/2005 10:04:13 PM

Starving dude was 1)brooding, and 2)a douche.

Jesus, well, I haven't seen him play Jesus.

12/3/2005 10:05:19 PM

Gary Oldman is up there w/ Johnny Depp.

Beethoven
Dracula
That crazy fuck in Fifth Element
A young Commisioner Gordon
Sid Vicious
Lee Harvey Oswald
Sirius Black
Mason Verger in Hannibal (guy who cuts his own face all to shit)
Drexl (the wigger in True Romance)

and a bunch of others

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12/3/2005 10:15:15 PM

^also a terrorist in

12/3/2005 10:19:35 PM

i think tom hanks should have an honorable mention, and robin williams...he can go from funny to very serious and make it believable

12/3/2005 10:22:17 PM

I'd put Leonardo DiCaprio in there as well, if only for his portrayal as a retard in What's Eating Gilbert Grape (also w/ Depp). Best fucking retard I've ever seen, even better than Corky from Life Goes On and he WAS retarded.

[Edited on December 3, 2005 at 10:29 PM. Reason : ha]

12/3/2005 10:29:14 PM

how you gonna list all the characters gary oldman played and leave this one out

12/3/2005 10:50:04 PM

i like kevin spacey, though others listed are as good or better.

12/3/2005 10:59:04 PM

as much as i hate to admit it, i have to agree with dicaprio

12/3/2005 10:59:51 PM

^^^of course how could I forget Leon

12/3/2005 11:09:21 PM

would you say Jack Nicholson is on the list?

12/3/2005 11:54:06 PM

the joker
army guy
whatever he was in as good as it gets
psychotic guy
cuckoo's nest

sure

12/3/2005 11:55:16 PM

edward norton...

1) Primal Fear (alter boy)
2) People vs. Larry Flynt (attorney)
3) Fight Club (schizophrenic)
4) Rounders (card shark)
5) The Score (retard)
6) American History X (white supremist)
7) Keeping the Faith (priest)

12/4/2005 1:15:18 AM

^don't forget death to smoochy

12/4/2005 1:25:04 AM

and italian job

12/4/2005 1:55:35 AM

I found out that Gary Oldman was Mason Verger in Hannibal. BLEW MY MIND.

He has my vote due to sheer number and the fact that sometimes it takes me a while to realize that it's him.

12/4/2005 2:38:11 AM

Ben Kingsley is up there with anyone.

Gandhi
loser-evil bad guy dude in Sneakers
chess coach in Searching for Bobby Fischer
jewish clerk in Schindler's List
bad ass in Sexy Beast
Iranian family man in House of Sand and Fog

and tons more from movies i have and haven't seen.

12/4/2005 2:53:03 AM

Christopher Guest.

12/4/2005 2:55:26 AM

^^definitely. and his performance in sexy beast is amazing. his character's so bad but so hilarious.

12/4/2005 3:13:20 AM

Most nondiverse of all time has to be Noel Gugliemi

http://imdb.com/gallery/granitz/3729/Events/3729/NoelG_Cohen_6246073_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Gugliemi,%20Noel

He plays a mexican thug in every movie he's in, and its in his contract that he has to say 'homes' at least once per movie. Credits include Training Day, Bruce Almighty, and Swat.[

[Edited on December 4, 2005 at 3:20 AM. Reason : grammar nigga

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12/4/2005 3:19:44 AM

I think Charlize Theron should atleast be in the running for this one. Her ability to adapt to so many different (and usually difficult) characters is simply brilliant. She hasn't been around long enough to get an array like that of Johnny Depp, but she's still done some pretty off the wall stuff in her relatively short time on the big screen.

12/4/2005 4:33:45 AM

Quote :

"would you say Jack Nicholson is on the list?"

Quote :

"the joker army guy whatever he was in as good as it gets psychotic guy cuckoo's nest sure"

Except in most of the roles you just named he really just played...Jack Nicholson.

12/4/2005 7:09:25 AM

Lon Cheney
Peter Sellers
Marlon Brando (ehe)

12/4/2005 10:25:54 AM

12/4/2005 11:04:19 AM

Quote :

"for nondiverse, ill say gene hackman...seems like he's always a military guy"

football coach in the replacements
cop in french connection
blind man in young frankenstein


dustin hoffman is really diverse as well

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12/4/2005 11:17:07 AM

^ thnx u, i knew i had this discussion like a month ago about a specific person and i couldnt recall who.

it was after watching meet the fockers and thinking about the messenger.

12/4/2005 11:28:35 AM

Naomi Watts is pretty diverse. I mean she looks the same, but her roles are really different.

12/4/2005 11:52:39 AM

peter sellers

robert duvall

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12/4/2005 12:08:44 PM

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"Most nondiverse of all time has to be Noel Gugliemi"

hahaha, i knew who you were talking about before i even saw his picture. he's got a good "home" line in bruce almighty too

12/4/2005 12:29:41 PM

Mike Myers played several characters in the Austin Powers movies. Does that count?

Plus Wayne's World.

12/4/2005 12:37:35 PM

How has no one said Hank Azaria!!!!

roughly half of the minor simpsons charactors (moe, apu, professor Frink)

plus all of his movie acting jobs.

12/4/2005 12:46:48 PM

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don't forget Newsies!!!!

but my vote is for Tom Hanks

12/4/2005 1:06:32 PM

Quote :

"plays a mexican thug in every movie he's in, and its in his contract that he has to say 'homes' at least once per movie. Credits include Training Day, Bruce Almighty, and Swat"

Don't forget Danny Trejo! If a movie EVER needs a badass MexiCAN (or bartender), they call him up.

Sin City 2 (2006) (pre-production)
The Devil's Rejects (2005) .... Rondo
The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005) .... Harold
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) .... Cucuy
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) (VG) (voice) .... Umberto Robina
xXx (2002) .... El Jefe
The Salton Sea (2002) .... Little Bill
Reindeer Games (2000) .... Jumpy
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (2000) (V) .... Razor Charlie
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999) (V) .... Razor Eddie
The Replacement Killers (1998) .... Collins
Con Air (1997) .... Johnny 'Johnny-23' Baca
Anaconda (1997) .... Poacher
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) .... Razor Charlie
Heat (1995) .... Trejo
Desperado (1995) .... Navajas

12/4/2005 1:40:16 PM

as far as mexicans goes, he wins, but as far as GOOD actors w/ most diverse characters goes, gotta go to someone like johnny depp

12/5/2005 12:53:17 PM

^^i posted him here: http://www.thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=369743&page=1

he plays the same role in every movie

12/5/2005 1:36:51 PM

christian bale was also in Little Women as Laurie

12/5/2005 1:48:22 PM

Quote :

"Except in most of the roles you just named he really just played...Jack Nicholson. "

Yeah, Jack is definitely one of my favorite actors, but he usually just plays himself. And gets nominated for the Academy Award.

12/5/2005 1:50:46 PM

"Funny guy, Tom Hanks. Everything he says is a stitch."

"I have AIDS."

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

12/5/2005 1:51:42 PM

Bill Murray

12/6/2005 9:23:00 AM

did someone say dustin hoffman?

-mid-mid life crisis sufferer
-autistic man
-captain hook
-numerous other conventional serious roles

12/6/2005 1:52:29 PM

Quote :

"Except in most of the roles you just named he really just played...Jack Nicholson."

That's very true. He always plays some cynical, slightly off-balanced fellow in most of his roles. Think about it: Joker (crazy supervillian), As Good as It Gets (crazy, obsessive-compulsive neighor and prick), Cuckoo's Nest (guy pretending to be crazy who ends up so), etc. Love him as an actor, but as it was said, Jack Nicholson plays, well, Jack Nicholson.

Personally, I'd have to go with Gary Oldman; again, there are a lot of times I don't even realize its him until halfway into the movie.

12/6/2005 4:08:36 PM

What he said.^


Johnny Depp, Ed Norton, Christian Bale, and Gary Oldman are all good choices.

Gary Oldman beats them all by far. Half of the times I knew he was in the movie, but didn't figure out who he was until later. Completely changes his persona. He was also that terrorist in Air Force One.

Jack Nicholson always plays a psychotic dude. That's who he is.



[Edited on December 6, 2005 at 4:26 PM. Reason : a]

12/6/2005 4:24:44 PM

William H. Macey

Jared Leto

12/6/2005 4:52:00 PM

Dafoe

12/6/2005 4:54:14 PM