Good movies with a dramatic/straight actor playing a comedic role.

[Colonels_Wear_Blue]

I don't know how well the movie stands up 20-some-odd years later, but Jeff Daniels in Dumb & Dumber was pretty great...

[mcpapa]

Dustin Hoffman, "Tootsie".

[afi100guy]

"Wag The Dog" - Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro

[lawildcat]

DeNiro - Meet the Parents

[Mack The Knife]

DeNiro-"Midnight Run"

Edward G Robinson-"The Whole Town's Talking"

Robert Duvall-"Network"

George C Scott-"Dr. Strangelove"

Lee Marvin-"Cat Ballou"

Jack Palance-"City Slickers"

Sir Alec Guinness-"Kind Hearts And Coronets", "Lavender Hill Mob"

[Getslow]

Ralph Finnes - The Grand Budapest Hotel

[Jumper_Dad]

Gary Cooper - Your in the Navy now!

[mcpapa]

Tommy Lee Jones - Men in Black

[coldweatherfan]

Robert Duvall - Secondhand Lions and

Four Christmases

 

Denzel Washington - 2 Guns

 

Liam Neeson - Love Actually

[PepRock01]

I was fond of DeNiro in Stardust.

[dpeevh]

Lloyd Bridges and Leslie Nielsen were both known for dramatic roles and then starred in Airplane. They were re cast from then on as comedic actors. Funny movie

[Lil Sebastian]

Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder.

[Bluto]

Cary Grant in Charade.