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Which actors could you watch in just about anything?

165 replies

WallabyWay · 11/12/2022 14:06

I'm thinking of their talent as an actor but I'll let you decide what makes them so watchable.

Ralph Fiennes for me.

And I've just forgotten the rest of my list.

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WildImaginings · 11/12/2022 21:32

Keeley Hawes
Ruth Wilson

Giggorata · 11/12/2022 21:46

Peter Capaldi for me. Riveting in everything.
Delighted to see Jason Watkins get a mench upthread.
I would also like to add Kevin Eldon, Anne Reid and Adheel Akhtar

Ratonastick · 11/12/2022 22:31

Toby Jones. He is often in the background or a supporting character but always compelling. And The Detectorists is sublime and utterly brilliant.

Usernameisgone · 11/12/2022 22:33

Stephen Graham
Nicola Walker
David Tennant

PenelopeTitsDrop3121 · 11/12/2022 22:52

Kiefer Sutherland 🥰

tiredpuppymum · 11/12/2022 22:58

Nicola Walker is my all time fave I friggin LOVE her in everything.
Also:
Sarah Lancashire
Ruth Wilson
Suranne Jones
Sarah Paulson
Jessica Lange

I also like Jodie Comer but killing Eve was a bit naff after the first couple.

Fleurdecerisier · 11/12/2022 23:17

Sam Rockwell
Toni Collette
Allison Janney
(And just realised they're all in The Way Way Back, great film 😁)

Dontsayyouloveme · 11/12/2022 23:23

For acting ability:

Jason Watkins
Eddie Redmayne
Stephen Graham

for hotness:

Ben Feldman
James Murray

Dontsayyouloveme · 11/12/2022 23:25

Oh and Toni Colette

NiLunNiLautre · 11/12/2022 23:39

LondonWolf · 11/12/2022 20:10

Christian Bale. For me he becomes the part he plays. I love him.

I love Christian Bale, he's always excellent!
Used to love Johnny Depp, but gone off him.
Frances McDormand
Florence Pugh
Ralph Fiennes
Donald Sutherland
Leonardo DiCaprio

HelloIsItYouImLookingFor · 11/12/2022 23:47

Yy to Nicola Walker. Love her!
Bradley Cooper

Itsoktogiveup · 11/12/2022 23:59

Nicole Kidman

Leo DiCaprio

They just have fab taste, everything they agree to make is a story I enjoy.

Oh and Chris Hemsworth for um different reasons

HeleneLagonelle · 12/12/2022 00:08

Simon Russell Beale, Harriet Walter, Alex Jennings, Brendan Gleeson, Natalie Baye, Fiona Shaw, Mikel Murfi, Olwen Foueré.

NiLunNiLautre · 12/12/2022 00:13

I forgot Christopher Walken from my list!

NerdyBird · 12/12/2022 00:21

Jodie Comer
Nicola Walker
Daniel Mays

RoseMadderAsHell · 12/12/2022 07:08

Jack Nicholson, unique and amazing in anything. Sadly retired now.
And Mark Rylance.

louderthan · 12/12/2022 11:15

Michael Sheen. He is a shape-shifter.

ErrolTheDragon · 12/12/2022 11:59

If I had to pick just one of each sex, Nicola Walker and David Tennant.

Obviously there are others in the 'don't know what this series/film is about but of it's got X in then worth trying' category. The latest such for me was A Spy Among Friends (Anna Maxwell Martin and Damian Lewis).

kittyk66 · 09/02/2023 07:30

Sgtmajormummy · 11/12/2022 15:00

Tommy Lee Jones.
Pity he’s not around much nowadays.

definitely tommy lee jones, the voice.....

Mondayforthebin · 09/02/2023 07:33

Adam Driver, Sam Rockwell & currently Murray Bartlett.

Mondayforthebin · 09/02/2023 07:35

And agree with Florence Pugh, she’s magnetic. Oh and Donald Glover, Bryan Tyree Henry & LaKeith Stanfield (currently deep into Atlanta).

LubaLuca · 09/02/2023 07:35

WallabyWay · 11/12/2022 14:06

I'm thinking of their talent as an actor but I'll let you decide what makes them so watchable.

Ralph Fiennes for me.

And I've just forgotten the rest of my list.

He popped straight into my head, but then I realised I wouldn't watch 'Maid in Manhattan' so that's ruined it 😄

postwarbulge · 09/02/2023 08:32

Jim Broadbent and Kristen Scott Thomas

postwarbulge · 09/02/2023 08:33

..and Roger Allam.

OneFrenchEgg · 09/02/2023 08:35

postwarbulge · 09/02/2023 08:33

..and Roger Allam.

Saw him live, he's amazing. Love Sheila Hancock too.

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