John Malkovitch

6/22/2006 9:31:41 AM

For a while Morgan Freeman did nothing but those crime drama type movies.

6/22/2006 9:48:45 AM

how many of you have seen these actors when not acting, enough to know when they are and when they arent being themselves

6/22/2006 9:49:54 AM

we post online...we know everything.

6/22/2006 9:53:45 AM

God damn this thread.

The addition of sarcastic posts and morons makes for a very bad discussion.

HINT: Those people who said Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy, Gary Oldman, Kevin Spacey, Ed Harris, etc. were joking.

HINT: Type-cast actors is not the same thing as an actor who simply plays himself.

Eminem is a perfect example of an answer to this thread. Morgan Freeman, Jack Black, the Wilsons, Vince Vaughn, Adam Sandler, etc. are not.

6/22/2006 10:09:27 AM

Quote :

"No way. He ususally plays arrogant assholes (big lebowski, patch adams, magnolia, punch drunk love) but not always (boogie nights), but even so, his range of arrogant assholes is very very good. of course, this thread is about non-actors, so I guess that would mean PSH would have to be an arrogant asshole in real life, which i have no idea about."

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"? How in the world are Jim Gordon (Batman Begins) and Sirius Black (Harry Potter) acted at all in the same way?"

oh wow

you sad, sad people

even if you didnt realize he was joking from his post, and it should have been obvious

HE FUCKING SAYS HE IS JOKING LIKE 3 POSTS LATER

6/22/2006 10:38:29 AM

I think we're taking this a wee bit too seriously.

6/22/2006 11:15:43 AM

Henry Fonda
Cary motherfucking Grant

6/22/2006 11:18:47 AM

Barbra Streisand

6/22/2006 11:50:16 AM

woody allen ftw

6/22/2006 11:50:55 AM

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"Those people who said Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy, Gary Oldman, Kevin Spacey, Ed Harris, etc. were joking."

No, for real. Kevin Spacey.

Search your feelings. You know it to be true.

6/22/2006 12:41:56 PM

How has Ving Rhames not been mentioned yet?

6/22/2006 2:16:39 PM

Tom Cruise he plays the exact same character whether its a pilot/nascar driver/bartender/secret agent

6/22/2006 2:19:07 PM

In Tom Cruises defense...he hasn't played a crazy person but once or twice...so technically he isn't playing himself...just type casted as a poser douche

6/22/2006 2:23:32 PM

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"I disagree with Jack Black. He was not "playing himself" in Nacho Libre, Shallow Hal or King Kong."

On the contrary, jack was playing himself - the fat not funny annoying white guy.

Quote :

"Gary Oldman"

You are an idiot. Gary Oldman is arguably one of the most versatile actors out there is right now.

6/22/2006 4:16:39 PM

^ Read the thread!

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"woody allen ftw"

Hahahaha, yeah.

6/22/2006 4:18:58 PM

^^ Jesus learning disabled Christ.

6/22/2006 4:46:23 PM

i dont recall jack black making any music instrument noises in king kong

so, in that respect, the role was completely different than any he had played before

6/22/2006 5:03:48 PM

even though he's a great actor, Harrison Ford.

Also Hugh Grant ftl.

6/22/2006 5:10:45 PM

Haha. Doh. Sorry. I was just reading names. Not so much what people were saying. That one just hit me a quite odd.

6/22/2006 10:10:25 PM

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"even though he's a great actor, Harrison Ford."

harrison ford does not play himself

in every interview i've seen of him he appears to be clueless and ignorant about everything and very unlike any of the characters he plays

and its getting worse as he gets older

6/22/2006 11:50:52 PM

Pierce Brosnan.

You know what though, if he's really not like that in real life, then nobody tell me.

6/22/2006 11:53:35 PM

and the winner is .... Steven Seagal.

Jean Claude VanDamn as well, if you want to call him an actor.

6/23/2006 2:25:39 AM

Ding ding ding. Finally some intelligent nominees.

6/23/2006 4:32:05 PM

^who the fuck did you nominate, king judgemental

6/23/2006 4:35:13 PM

christopher walken

6/23/2006 4:36:30 PM

btw, my question was rhetorical. i know the answer is nobody.

all you did was critique others' selections

and you claim eminem, he has been in all of one movie, how can you judge his acting forte based off of one movie? this is like baseball, you have to have a minimum number of at bats to qualify or some shit.

6/23/2006 4:38:19 PM

^^^

As if trying to clear up this cesspool of a conversation wasn't enough of a contribution for you, I'll nominate a totally new and perfectly fitting actor: Jared Hess.

And although Enimem was only in one movie so far, he was simply playing himself.

[Edited on June 23, 2006 at 4:43 PM. Reason : meh. ]

6/23/2006 4:42:06 PM

vin diesel, the rock

6/23/2006 4:49:26 PM

^^ well it depends if you think their is a difference in value b/w a movie critic and a director

6/23/2006 4:54:20 PM

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"Gary Oldman"

i second creepy ass gary oldman.

6/23/2006 5:46:15 PM

Seriously, or jokingly? 'Cause there's been some confusion about Oldman despite the obvious joke.

6/23/2006 5:47:59 PM

seriously (and yes, previous pun intended). every movie i watch with him in it creeps me the fuck out. so one has to ask himself, "is he trying to be creepy, or does it just come naturally?" and yes this includes batman begins.

[Edited on June 23, 2006 at 5:52 PM. Reason : .]

6/23/2006 5:51:14 PM

I saw some ridiculous Jackie Chan movie in which he played a special forces member from Hong Kong named... Jackie Chan. But he got amnesia and forgot who he was.

6/23/2006 5:57:35 PM

^^idiot

6/23/2006 6:36:10 PM

damn, you people are acting like gary oldman is your meal ticket.

6/23/2006 8:09:18 PM

Maybe you got molested by a guy who happens to resemble Gary Oldman, and you haven't gotten over that yet.

6/23/2006 8:10:29 PM

^yet again.

6/23/2006 8:13:20 PM

Hugh Grant



you are british and slightly charming.
we get it.

6/23/2006 10:59:56 PM

jennifer anniston - she's rachel in every movie she's been in.

6/23/2006 11:57:51 PM

John Travolta.

6/24/2006 12:27:29 AM

I'm seconding Keanu. For the love of God, he was the same character in both the Matrix and Point Break. Give me a fucking break.

Quote :

"Alex Trebek:Why? Keanu Reeves has an impressive -$32,000. Keanu Reeves: I know kung-fu Alex Trebek: For the last time, no you don't. And finally, Hilary Swank in a commanding lead with zero."

Every time I think of that piece of shit, I see his typical awkward, yet serious head-tilt. Again, gimme a break.

[Edited on June 24, 2006 at 1:12 AM. Reason : blah]

[Edited on June 24, 2006 at 1:12 AM. Reason : blahblah]

6/24/2006 1:09:58 AM

...Chevy Chase anyone?

6/24/2006 1:11:22 AM

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"jennifer anniston - she's rachel in every movie she's been in."

Watch The Good Girl. Watch Friends With Money.

6/24/2006 1:13:08 AM

keanu is believable even though hes the same person all the time

samuel l jackson always plays a bad mofo

6/24/2006 1:43:19 AM

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"jennifer anniston - she's rachel in every movie she's been in. "

And Lisa Kudrow is pretty much Phoebe in every movie she's in.

[Edited on June 25, 2006 at 1:01 PM. Reason : as]

6/25/2006 1:01:41 PM

Sam jackson?

6/25/2006 1:06:06 PM

Brett Claywell.

I've known him since I was 8 years old, and he just acts like himself on the TV. (He's on One Tree Hill).

6/25/2006 1:38:04 PM