Underrated/Unsung Actors/Actresses

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  1. islstl

    islstl Playoff committee is a group of great football men Staff Member

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    Actors:

    1. Philip Seymour Hoffman (Flawless, Capote, Doubt)
    2. Paul Giamatti (Private Parts, Sideways, John Adams)
    3. William H. Macy (Fargo, Jurassic Park III, Seabiscuit)
    4. Chris Cooper (American Beauty, Seabiscuit, Breach)
    5. Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton, John Adams, Valkyrie)

    Actresses:

    1. Julianne Moore (Hannibal, The Hours, Far From Heaven)
    2. Toni Collete (Sixth Sense, Little Miss Sunshine, The Night Listener)
    3. Angela Bassett (What's Love Got to Do With It, Waiting to Exhale, Meet the Browns)
    4. Kimberly Elise (Set it Off, Beloved, Diary of a Mad Black Woman)
    5. Natalie Portman (Where the Heart Is, V for Vendetta, The Other Boleyn Girl)
     
    islstl, Jun 22, 2009
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  2. BAY0U BENGAL

    BAY0U BENGAL I'm a Chinese Bandit

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    The guy that played Van of Reba. Saw him in Still Waiting... Thought he was funny.
     
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  3. locoguano

    locoguano Founding Member

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    I've always liked Oliver Platt...
     
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  4. MLUTiger

    MLUTiger Secular Humanist

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    1. Vincent D'Onofrio
    2. Jeffrey Wright
    3. Edward Norton
    4. Don Cheadle
    5. Emile Hirsch
    6. Elizabeth Banks
    7. Clive Owen
    8. Viggio Mortenson
    9. Thandie Newton
    10. Zooey Deschanel
     
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  5. islstl

    islstl Playoff committee is a group of great football men Staff Member

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    Really nice list.

    Jeffrey Wright was an egregious omission on my part. Simply outstanding in the series "Angels in America". Also in the movie Basquiat.
     
    islstl, Jun 26, 2009
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  6. stevescookin

    stevescookin Certified Who Dat

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    The Texas player who had a belt malfunction, but Matt Flynn's performance was more memorable.
     
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  7. LaSalleAve

    LaSalleAve when in doubt, mumble

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    HA i was thinking the same thing when that happened, i started bitching about it, but then i thought of matt flynn and stopped.
     
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  8. SabanFan

    SabanFan The voice of reason

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    Renee Zellweger. She can do no wrong. I would leave my wife and sell my dogs if she'd have me.
     
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  9. CajunlostinCali

    CajunlostinCali Booger Eatin Moron

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    Frank Langella. Arguably the best Dracula ever in my opinion.
     
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  10. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Chloe Sevigny

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