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Re: Favorite “non-showy" actors?

Holding out for the Oldboy thread of Favorite “Showy”, somewhat A-list actors.
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Re: Favorite “non-showy" actors?

William Fichtner
John Hawkes
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Re: Favorite “non-showy" actors?

Meryl Streep
Cate Blanchett
Laura Linney

Leonardo DiCaprio
Daniel Day-Lewis
Matt Damon

These are actors who just act. Sure they will do press and red carpets for their movies and show up at the Oscars when they're nominated, but that's it. You won't see them attending the opening of an envelope or famewhoring it up. Their private lives are just that -- private. Dicaprio in particular must have a phenomenal team of people working for him as he is a notorious partier but keeps it all zipped up to the press.
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Re: Favorite “non-showy”, somewhat A-list actors?

Originally Posted by JeffTheAlpaca
Brolin is ok but but for the most part with the exception of W I would not consider a great actor.

My pick Steve Buscemi

Totally Steve Buscemi and Paul Giamatti win this thread
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Re: Favorite “non-showy" actors?

Kurt Russell seems like a regular guy who could be your neighbor. Lives out the public eye and just shows up to work.

Couple of deceased ones. Charles Bronson and Robert Mitchum.
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Re: Favorite “non-showy" actors?

Originally Posted by Giantrobo
Stanley Tucci

Even if he's in a movie that sucks...HE is never the reason why the movie sucked.
Mark Strong

Same as Tucci, no matter what Strong is always good in his roles. And both seem to not be widely known and acknowledged by the general public and aren't in the Pop News all the time.
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Re: Favorite “non-showy" actors?

Originally Posted by rw2516
Kurt Russell seems like a regular guy who could be your neighbor. Lives out the public eye and just shows up to work.

Couple of deceased ones. Charles Bronson and Robert Mitchum.
Kurt Russell is not a great actor.


John Turturro, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Daniels, Richard Jenkins, and Mark Ruffalo, are some names though Dafoe and Daniels have done talk shows and podcasts.

Ruffalo was on Fallon last week but he is not in the spotlight 24/7.
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Re: Favorite “non-showy" actors?

^ I don’t know. If we’re talking “great” actors I don’t think Ruffalo should be in the conversation. The dude rivals Mark Wahlberg for always looking confused throughout his movies.
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Re: Favorite “non-showy" actors?

Originally Posted by JeffTheAlpaca
Kurt Russell is not a great actor.
you obviously have not seen "Overboard".
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Re: Favorite “non-showy" actors?

Originally Posted by GoldenJCJ
^ I don’t know. If we’re talking “great” actors I don’t think Ruffalo should be in the conversation. The dude rivals Mark Wahlberg for always looking confused throughout his movies.
He was good in Infinately Polar Bear, The Normal Heart, and mostly everything though maybe he mails it in for the Avengers movies.

No way is he in Wahlberg or Channing Tatum territory of mediocre or bad actors.
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Re: Favorite “non-showy" actors?

Joel Edgerton

He has been doing quality work for years and he directs too.

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Re: Favorite “non-showy" actors?

Originally Posted by JeffTheAlpaca
Kurt Russell is not a great actor.


John Turturro, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Daniels, Richard Jenkins, and Mark Ruffalo, are some names though Dafoe and Daniels have done talk shows and podcasts.

Ruffalo was on Fallon last week but he is not in the spotlight 24/7.
He is too! Great film!!!


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John Goodman would be my first pick. Tremendous actor with an impressive resume, yet seems really down to earth, guy next door. The kind of actor that you could catch shopping in the local supermarket. I'm also partial to Margo Martindale as she's from East Texas like me.
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Re: Favorite “non-showy" actors?

Not entirely sure what the thread is about but I'll throw my hat in the ring:

Guy Pearce



Seems to be great in everything he does. He also seems to actively avoid the spotlight, and never takes roles you'd expect him to.
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Re: Favorite “non-showy" actors?

My 2 choices would be Gary Oldman...





...and Jeremy Irons

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Re: Favorite “non-showy" actors?

Originally Posted by GoldenJCJ
^ I don’t know. If we’re talking “great” actors I don’t think Ruffalo should be in the conversation. The dude rivals Mark Wahlberg for always looking confused throughout his movies.
Haha love Ruffalo but thats kinda true

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Re: Favorite “non-showy" actors?

Originally Posted by kd5
My 2 choices would be Gary Oldman...
Gary Oldman was my answer, too.
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Re: Favorite “non-showy" actors?

Originally Posted by kd5
My 2 choices would be Gary Oldman...
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Originally Posted by mndtrp
Gary Oldman was my answer, too.
Not everyone can pick Gary Oldman...

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Re: Favorite “non-showy”, somewhat A-list actors?

Originally Posted by leacha
"Actor" may be a stretch but I'd say Keanu Reeves. he's always on time to readings and shoots, knows his lines, doesn't get confrontational, eats with the working class and is an all around nice guy.
Yeah I've heard a lot of stories about how he's an all around nice guy and does normal things.

https://www.thedailyliberator.com/10...ero-real-life/
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https://www.warhistoryonline.com/ins...k0le33hlHTvPpU

Add Gary Sinise to the mix
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Re: Favorite “non-showy" actors?

Originally Posted by nando820
Haha love Ruffalo but thats kinda true

No way can you compare Ruffalo to Wahlberg.

One guy has talent and can act and you know who that is.

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