October 25, 200718 yr Of course this is subjective. These are my picks for actors who lift a movie to watchable just because they are in it. Feel free to add more. Robert Mitchum Edward G. Robinson Gene Hackman Ed Harris Morgan Freeman
October 25, 200718 yr I agree on Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman. I didn't care much for Ed Harris in "Eye for an Eye". I'll add Greg Kinnear to the list. Very underrated actor. Gene Hackman may be the most underrated of all time. His career would have been in the crapper had he gotten the role of Mike Brady ahead of Robert Reid. Can you imagine?
October 25, 200718 yr I agree on Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman. I didn't care much for Ed Harris in "Eye for an Eye". I'll add Greg Kinnear to the list. Very underrated actor. Gene Hackman may be the most underrated of all time. His career would have been in the crapper had he gotten the role of Mike Brady ahead of Robert Reid. Can you imagine? Pretty good actor for someone who did not decide they wanted to be one until after they were already over 30 years old. I liked him in Mississippi Burning & Hoosiers.
October 25, 200718 yr Of course this is subjective. These are my picks for actors who lift a movie to watchable just because they are in it. Feel free to add more. Robert Mitchum Edward G. Robinson Gene Hackman Ed Harris Morgan Freeman You haven't seen "The Contract" have you? Morgan Freeman was TERRIBLE in that movie. That movie was TERRIBLE.
October 25, 200718 yr Don Cheadle and Edward Norton... They've probably done bad movies, but I haven't seen them so they make my list.
October 25, 200718 yr Don Cheadle and Edward Norton... They've probably done bad movies, but I haven't seen them so they make my list. :thumb::thumb: Edward Norton is one of my favorite actors. American History X is great.
October 25, 200718 yr Don Cheadle and Edward Norton... They've probably done bad movies, but I haven't seen them so they make my list. I agree with both of these guys. I can't think of one movie I didn't like these guys in. What about Denzel Washington? I'm sure I haven't seen all of his movies, but he's been great in the ones that I did see.
October 25, 200718 yr I like a lot on those lists and am glad Norden was on there. He was awesome in Primal Fear!
October 25, 200718 yr Denzel in Training Day, John Q, Remember The Titans & soon to be American Gangster.
October 25, 200718 yr My list would be: Edward Norton Robert DeNiro Will Smith Matt Damon Johnny Depp Oh..and Denzel.
October 25, 200718 yr Robert DeNiro Jack Nicholson James Earl Jones Al Pacino Robin Williams Robert DeNiro is a fine actor but he's had a bad habit of accepting ANY role offered to him the last 15 years or so. He can't make this list with movies like: Analyze That, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, The Fan and Angel Heart. Jack Nicholson gets disqualified for Wolf and Man Trouble. James Earl Jones would just as soon forget Alan Quartermain and the Lost City of Gold, Soul Man, The Meteor Man and The Best of the Best. Al Pacino is out because of Gigli, Two for the Money, Simone, The Devil's Advocate and Dick Tracy. Robin Williams has been very bad several times: Bicentennial Man, Flubber, Death to Smoochy (he was even nominated for a Razzie for Smoochy and Bicentennial), and Jumanji. All of the above actors have had great performances and certainly are great a lot of the time. But in the case of Pacino, Nicholson and Williams they are prone to overacting while Jones and DeNiro seem to be willing to act in anything to cash a check.
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