Foo - Most underrated performance by an actor

Either they were out of favor with those doing the voting or they were overshadowed by another actor in the same film. Perhaps they had never been given credit for having much "talent" to begin with. One that I keep thinking of is an actor in one of my favorite movies of all time. I'm talking about Matthew Broderick's performance in Glory. I've seen it many times and I think he did a marvelous job portraying William Gould Shaw, the young Massachussets Colonel commanding the 54th Regiment of black soldiers in the Civil War. It's hard to get much credit when you're playing opposite Denzel Washington and Morgan Freeman in the same movie, but I thought he was perfect for the role of the young colonel. How bout you? Wanna give credit to an actor or actress you felt was overlooked?

Paul Reubens in the original Buffy.

YouTube - Buffy Death of Pee Wee

I think a lot of films back in the 1960s and 70s had an ensemble mindset, with the story/plot at its center; not so much the film built around one big star with a host of familiar character actors and the story almost superfluous, which is the way it seemed in a lot of older films, and certainly seems to be what we've come back to again today (with special effects taking a lot of the glory away from human actors as well).

In such ensemble cases I would say no one is truly being overlooked, they're merely doing their bits and contributing towards the whole. That said, there are always standouts in a cast. One person that springs to mind is LeVar Burton in STNG (sorry, I know, a TV show, not a movie). In a cast with some awesome acting (Patrick Stewart) and not so awesome acting (no comment) he strikes me as a genius in the Spencer Tracy mold - a very natural and incidental presence on a show which, like most sci-fi, can often go way over the top. Geordie didn't get the girl or the glory very often but he was always a solid backbone of that show imo...

jean claude van damme, steven seagal and jackie chan.

i don't think they ever get the critical acclaim for their moving performances. i have low standards.

The cheerleader sqad, in DDD.

Gary Oldman in The Professional.
While a young Natalie Portman (12?) and Jean Reno won acclaim
Gary Oldman was sheer drug induced genius.
Actually I think Oldman is one very underated actor, watch him as Dracula he is absolutely
creepy.

Marty

Gary Oldman in The Professional.
While a young Natalie Portman (12?) and Jean Reno won acclaim
Gary Oldman was sheer drug induced genius.
Actually I think Oldman is one very underated actor, watch him as Dracula he is absolutely
creepy.

Marty

:thumb:

Parker Posey, choose a film. She never gets the props she deserves.

Tugg Speedman in "Simple Jack".
He would have won the Oscar if he didn't go full ******.

Parker Posey, choose a film. She never gets the props she deserves.

Best in Show...Where's the Busy Bee? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYLTqJMxmTY&NR=1) :D

Ivana Baquero in Pan's Labyrinth.

Not the most underrated but my pick.

Parker Posey, choose a film. She never gets the props she deserves.
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Best in Show...Where's the Busy Bee? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYLTqJMxmTY&NR=1) :D

She kills it in Waiting for Guffman (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5R1MsBHWdk&feature=PlayList&p=C7305413E19B6469&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=22) She nails the typical DQ employee to a tee.

Margo Martindale....played Hilary Swank's mom in Million Dollar Baby...

incorrect.

Yes, let's not forget the highly aclaimed Florida Film Critics Circle Awards for Best Ensemble Cast 2004
1997 Won Sundance Film Special Recognition for House of Yes.


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000205/awards

The most overrated actor is Tom Cruise.

Couch

+10000000

The most overrated actor is Tom Cruise.

Couch

He was pretty good in Tropic Thunder though. Just sayin':innocent:

He was pretty good in Tropic Thunder though. Just sayin':innocent:

I have to agree with you on that one. He was showing his true form there. LRH would have been proud.

Couch

The most overrated actor is Tom Cruise.

Couch

except for his cameo in Tropic Thunder..I could watch those 3 scenes over and over again..Les Grossman was the sh*t!

Yes, let's not forget the highly aclaimed Florida Film Critics Circle Awards for Best Ensemble Cast 2004
1997 Won Sundance Film Special Recognition for House of Yes.


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000205/awards
That film was overrated, but she did fine. I liked Party Girl better.

Gary Oldman has always been underrated. The guy was genius if not maybe a little over the top in the Professional but absolutely brilliant in Sid and Nancy and even his cheeky performances in Fifth Element and Batman are good.

Bill Murray as Bunny Breckinridge in Ed Wood.

That film was overrated, but she did fine. I liked Party Girl better.

I liked Party Girl too - great librarian's film.:)

I am gonna swim against the tide here; I think Gary Oldman has been shoved into very typecast psycho character roles in Hollywood. I do like some of his earlier stuff but I think he was so talented he really could have done so much more with his career.

A great example of an ensemble cast I mentioned earlier: All the President's Men.

Parker Posey, choose a film. She never gets the props she deserves.

Including Josie and the *****cats?

John Travolta is another overrated actor folks. Battlefield Earth was awful!

Couch

Yes, let's not forget the highly aclaimed Florida Film Critics Circle Awards for Best Ensemble Cast 2004
1997 Won Sundance Film Special Recognition for House of Yes.


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000205/awards

the simple fact that you cite an award as a sign of approval reveals that you don't get it.


Gary Oldman has always been underrated. The guy was genius if not maybe a little over the top in the Professional but absolutely brilliant in Sid and Nancy and even his cheeky performances in Fifth Element and Batman are good.

incorrect.

Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson- Unbreakable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmzbosye2-Y

Bruce Willis- Unbreakable.

That movie was made of AWESOME!

Couch

That movie was made of AWESOME!

Couch

That movie is the thing of which gods are made of.

Keanu Reeves - no review, no matter how terrible can possibly give him the full credit for suckitude that he deserves. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure cannot expiate his sins.

Alec Baldwin, is underrated.

John Travolta is overrated.

+1 on Baldwin. I would add Jennifer Jason Leigh. The two of them in Miami Blues were great.

They're both whack jobs in the real world, but on screen they're great.

I love Alec on SNL...he's pretty funny. He does a great Charles Nelson Reilly

Check out Alec Baldwin in1983's Malice with Nicole Kidman...

alec balwin in 30rock is the stuff of genius.

The most overrated actor is Angelina Jolie.

Couch

corrected.

corrected.

You are correct sir, I can't disagree with that.

Couch

Dennis Quaid in Savior.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120070/

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John Travolta is another overrated actor folks. Battlefield Earth was awful!

Couch

The movie was wierd, but I really liked the book... is that shameful? I feel like I need to justify liking L Ron Hubbard's fiction because he was nuts, but you figure that should make for good fiction right?

+1 on Baldwin. I would add Jennifer Jason Leigh. The two of them in Miami Blues were great.

They're both whack jobs in the real world, but on screen they're great.

Miami Blues was great but Fred Ward stole it.

Alec Baldwin was also great in State and Main.

William Shatner

Helena Bonham Carter

William Shatner


What exactly is Shatner underrated for?

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What exactly is Shatner underrated for?

Price line negotiator!

An actor I thought was horribly overrated when he was younger was Kevin Bacon. I saw him in a TV production of the play Mister Roberts in the early 80's and he stumbled with his lines through out the entire thing. His performance was so amateurish I refused to watch anything he was in after that. A few months ago I got a copy of The Woodsman from the library, not realizing he was in it, and his acting amazed me. The movie is hard to watch because of the subject matter, its about a pedophile after he's released from prison, but Bacon's performance was outstanding. Now I'm going to have to watch twenty five years of Kevin Bacon movies as an act of contrition.

Warren Oates in Dillinger. In my opinion, it's a way better movie than the recent one with Johnny Depp.

I think it was more popular before my time, but these days, few people seem to know about it.

http://images.filmstew.com/ReviewsViews/17574/DillingerOates.jpg

Shatner is a brilliant actor but does so many self parodies and is so well known for being Captain Kirk he does not get nearly enough credit for the thespian he is.

Timothy Dalton.

Just because he wasn't Sean Connery everyone hated him as Bond.

William Shatner

Helena Bonham Carter

Absolutely!

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Samuel L. Jackson in "snakes on a plane"