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I saw this thread title, thought, "How silly," then took a shower and couldn't stop thinking about it.
Jack in Chinatown- Even though Jake Gittes is wrong about almost everything, he's cool and sardonic at first until things spiral out of control. Then he becomes desperate until he's finally crushed at the end. Amazing.
Keanu in My Own Private Idaho- IF Keanu is doing some theatrical/minimalist thing (which I'll admit is an "if"), then he's generally underrated. From insouciant tramp to hard-ass ("I don't know you, old man"), the transformation is complete.
Rod Steiger in Pawnbroker
Peter Lorre in damn near everything
Jennifer Carpenter in Quarantine- Not a great flick, but she's fantastic. Best known as the sister in Dexter. After watching the movie the first time, I went back to the first DVD chapter, then skipped to the last. I fully bought that she was scared shitless.
Daniel Craig in Casino Royale- He found dark, dark layers to Bond that no previous actor had ever found, stuff I'm sure Ian Fleming wasn't aware of. Plus, an utterly fascinating face.
Catherine Deneuve in Belle de Jour. Or maybe Repulsion.
Mia Farrow in Purple Rose of Ciaro
Leo in What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
Martin Sheen in Apocolypse Now- Especially that meltdown at the beginning. I guess this is a cheat, since from what I understand, he wasn't really acting.
Laurence Olivier- Just to be pretentious. No, he really is rather good. I'll pick, I dunno, Richard III.
Ian McKellen- Richard III
Gary Oldman- Bram Stoker's Dracula. Hey, you try to act under 50 lbs. of makeup.
John Hurt- Elephant Man- Same thing
Buster Keaton- Everything. My favorite actor of all time. The great "stoneface" does very little emoting, yet manages to get across every human emotion with authenticity. A minimalist master.
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