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May 12, 2006

Have a little character!

Over at the blog du ***Dave, he has found a list of 10 character actors who should be in every film. And the only one anyone's ever heard of is Gary Cole. I wonder if the list is supposed to be limited to current actors, but even at that, it leaves off Steve Buscemi, Ian Holm, Chris Cooper, and many others, I am sure.

So, today's mission is to come up with a list of our 10 favorite character actors ever.

You can go to our trusty Wikipedia for a definition or a starter list. Plus, there are a few sites that have pictures with their lists, because even though I don't necessarily agree with the list Dave found, it is true that you would recognize most character actors by face, rather than by name.

Here are a couple lists to start with:

MovieActors.com
What A Character!

Posted by Solonor on May 12, 2006 08:02 AM | Cosmos | Tags | Bloglines

Comments

Burgess Meredith comes immediately to mind.

Posted by: *** Dave at May 12, 2006 09:08 AM

Of course Steve Buscemi should be on that list.

The first one that come to my mind was Clint Howard.

We could do this all day, you know.....

Posted by: Ric the Schmuck at May 12, 2006 09:54 AM

I know. :D

Posted by: Solonor at May 12, 2006 10:02 AM

definitely Steve Buschemi, Ian Holm, Chris Cooper.
what about Sam Rockwell?

Posted by: bran at May 12, 2006 01:26 PM

Stephen Tobolowsky
And maybe chubby Alec Baldwin.

Posted by: WHiRRKat at May 12, 2006 02:49 PM

i thought steve buscemi was already in every film... at least it seems that way sometimes.

Posted by: geeky at May 12, 2006 03:15 PM

i'm obsessed, i have to add to them:

top of the list: Miranda Richardson, the little scene stealer! she's awesome in everything.
John Turturro (Cohen Bros. films)
John Rhys-Davies - my fave of his roles is the evil MAN-RAY in Spongebob Squarepants!
Jeffrey Jones
Michael Gambon

Posted by: the bran next door at May 12, 2006 04:08 PM

Jeffrey Jones, yes. And Christopher Lloyd.

Posted by: *** Dave at May 12, 2006 09:38 PM

Jeffrey Jones was my first thought, and so posted at ***DDtB. I have just added Jeffrey Combs, as well.

I've heard of very few of those you guys have mentioned. I'm just not a pop-culture kind of guy.

Now, if we were to list character actors from the 30s and 40s...

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