I love both of them but those are two of the least chameleon like actors out there. With the exception of maybe Raging Bull, it’s De Niro and Pacino doing De Niro and Pacino in every single movie.

"Hoo-hah!" & "Look at me ..."

Both great actors, though. Chameleons? Yeah, maybe not so much.

Maybe it's because it's so early in his career, but watching Taxi Driver, there is no De Niro, there is only Travis Bickle and he is scary.

yes he does disappear on his performances


yeah I’m on th e fence on Bale. He does go all out but I still see Bale

I love the man but he does have a very charismatic personality that bleeds into his roles

Probably my current favorite actor. But the jury still out on how good he blends

need to watch Orphan Black. I saw he on She-Hulk and I think she did great

maybe is time I watch that damn movie

yeah…. I love them both but DeNiro and Pacino are the complete opposite of what I asked

When you watch Scarface and Carlito's Way you would have no idea Pacino was Italian and he played a Cuban gangster and a Spanish gangster and you would never thought he was a white guy playing another race.

De Niro in Awakenings and Cape Fear showed his range and two completely different characters and he nailed both of them.

Maybe in the 2000's except for a few roles here and there they probably mail it in and don't care about being method but in their primes they were the best.

you do have a point with Pacino on Scarface. Growing up in Miami he nailed the accent and mannerism to a T

All of her characters have lisps.

Billy Bob Thornton Is a good example of an actor whose face and body seems to uncannily change throughout different roles along with his mannerisms, voice and patterns of speaking.

Good call! Seeing him transform into Karl Childers on Inside The Actors Studio was amazing.

Which Spanish gangster? Carlito in Carlito's Way is supposed to be Puerto Rican.

Sorry I forgot.

Ethan Hawke seems to never play the same or same kind of guy though maybe you see Ethan Hawke in the role??

Although DeNiro, Pacino or Jack Nicholson all have one or two parts where they completley melt with the role, for me they are the examples of actors who always play themselves, so the complete opposite of chameleons. Saying one couldn't tell that Pacino isn't Puerto Rican or Cuban is not really a chameleon. If it is easy to make impressions of the actor, they probably don't blend into their roles that much.

Alec Guinness was the perfect example of a chameleon actor.

Jessica Chastain and Michael Shannon

Will Smith. Just kidding; Will Smith only knows how to play Will Smith.

I was thinking about Pacino and this thread recently during a re-watch of "Heat." It's an absolutely fantastic movie, but it also seems to be the movie where Pacino went full "screaming lunatic" as a way to emote. There was no coming back for him after this role.

I always figured it was Scent of a Woman and all his “Hoo Ah” stuff. Once you win an Oscar, you stick with the schtick.

yeah when in most of your filmography you play the same type I don’t think you will be remember as a chameleon actor

Willem Dafoe never does the same thing twice.

For a guy who has such a unique face, that's really impressive.

Very true, you never hear anyone say "Willem Dafoe, he's that actor who sorta reminds me of ..."

Rudy Giuliani?

Before Kevin Spacey was exposed as a predator and cancelled by the public, he was a pretty good chameleon actor. He played a vast assortment of unique characters in his career.