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Actors with the BEST range

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RhodieAg
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I'm going with Duvall, hands down.







3 William 56
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Tom Hanks
Will Smith
redd38
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Edward Norton











[This message has been edited by redd38 (edited 8/31/2010 7:53p).]
Sweet Kitten Feet
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Gary Oldman
Willem Dafoe
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Woody Harrelson

- a sadistic serial killer in Natural Born Killers

-a blind man in 7 Pounds

-a transvestite male prostitute in Anger Management

-a comedic athlete in Semi Pro

-an athlete in White Men Can't Jump

-a crippled man in The People -vs- Larry Flynt (nominated for Oscar in this role)

-a middle aged Zombie killer in the hit Zombieland

a retiring alcoholic marine in The Messenger (nominated for Oscar in this role)

Woody can...and Woody DOES DO IT ALL.

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Gig em G
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I'm going with Tom Hanks as well.









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Ulrich
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It's Tom Hanks. He could play a Senegalese lesbian and everyone would buy it.
AgPediRPh
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Daniel Day-Lewis. Gary Oldman is a distant second.
Christian Pulisic FanBoy
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All good choices... I give you....

John Lithgow...











[This message has been edited by Rudyjax (edited 8/31/2010 9:50p).]
mazag08
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The Rock
Lee Van Cleef
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Russell Crowe:

A Beautiful Mind
Gladiator
The Insider
American Gangster
A Good Year
Master & Commander
BBQ4Me
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Samuel L. Jackson

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Christian Pulisic FanBoy
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It's not a reach to play an angry black man all the time.
Ol Jock 99
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I'd toss character actors (Gary Oldman, philip seymour hoffman) out...because that is their job.

For leading actors, I think the good ones have been names:
DDL
Johnny Depp
Ed Norton
Tom Hanks

Harrelson isn't a bad pick. Smith is either a comedian or action star (or comedic action star). Duvall...maybe he should make the list. He is often a tough guy, whether western or mobster or war...but he often shows a sensitive side too...ok...add Duvall to the list.
CDub06
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Michael Cera

/eot
Whos Juan
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It's not a reach to play an angry black man all the time.


CalvinMurphy
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Gary oldman is the only one mentioned that has actually played a midget. It should count for something.
gogreengo
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Don Cheadle
Willem Dafoe
Robert DeNiro
+1 Ed Norton
+1 Johnny Depp
Gerard Butler
Dustin Hoffman
Brad Pitt (Snatch, Legend of the Fall, Se7en, Oceans movies, A River Runs through it, Inglorious Basterds, Ben Button, Seven Years in Tibet, Fight Club, and Burn After Reading)

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gazelle01
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Derek Zoolander hands down. Look at the emotional range captured here:



To go from the warm soil of the Earth simplicity of Magnum to the almost jump-through-your-screen intensity of Blue Steel almost takes your breath away.
Worm01
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I think Leo Dicaprio deserves to atleast be in the conversation.
3 William 56
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Smith is either a comedian or action star (or comedic action star).

Ali, Seven Pounds, Pursuit of Happyness
Christian Pulisic FanBoy
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Comedic actors have more range than serious actors. Most comedians in a serious role blow it out of the water.
Stupe
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It's not a reach to play an angry black man all the time.


It's not a challenge to have sarcasm go over Rudy's head.
Stupe
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I think Leo Dicaprio deserves to atleast be in the conversation.


Not a big fan, but I agree with that.
Christian Pulisic FanBoy
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It's not a challenge to have sarcasm go over Rudy's head.


And stupes as wel..
SJEAg
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Sean Penn

Savage10
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I think Morgan Freeman wins. The guy has done it all.
Ashley96
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I rather like Geoffrey Rush. I haven't seen much of him lately, but he has a pretty impressive resume.
3 William 56
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I think Morgan Freeman wins. The guy has done it all.

including his step-daughter
mhayden_original
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Kane Hodder

The character development he was able to give Jason from Friday the 13th VII to Friday the 13th VIII very few could have accomplished.
The Anchor
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+1 for Brad Pitt. I will probably get flamed for it, but oh well.












and so on.....
Ol Jock 99
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Pitt is a great actor, I just don't see him as having a great range.
TMoney2007
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Sean Penn


No. Bad.

He may be a great actor, but his inability to shut up about political issues makes it impossible for to enjoy anything that he does.
Face
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[This message has been edited by Face (edited 9/1/2010 4:17p).]
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