#underrated actors

[thelastcinematicgirl]

carey ate with this performance

[seph7]

J.T. Walsh Roles - Scumbag Scale Edition!

Let's face it, he played a lot of 'scumbag' characters, so I thought I'd collate where I would place some of them on a scale of worst to... least worst!

Starting with who I think was the best of a bad bunch - Ins. Terence Niebaum - The Negotiator (1998). Niebaum took bribe money to help cover up some dirty cops stealing from the collective police pension fund.

Next, Martin Swayzak - Backdraft (1991). Shut down some fire stations, reducing the numbers of paid firefighters, meaning fewer available fighters which resulted in some unnecessary deaths. Again, I think there was money involved.

Then we have Sgt. Maj. Dickerson - Good Morning, Vietnam (1987). A man wound so tight that Robin Williams' character described him as 'in more dire need of a blowjob than any man in human history'. He was just an overall arsehole and his commanding officer called him mean and shipped him off to Guam!

Now we're getting to the larger ego characters - Charles F. Drucker - Crazy People (1990). A man with command and charisma, and very little moral compass as he takes advantage of mentally ill patients who are making him money with their 'honest ads' campaign and getting very little in return.

It was scary how well he was able to play creepy characters, and Cake - Persons Unknown (1996) was definitely a bit of a creeper! Seemed to be playing all angles at once, even going so far as to attempt to assault a woman in a wheelchair.

I wasn't sure where to put Danforth Keeton III - Needful Things (1993) initially, but, he does have a terrible gambling addiction and kills his wife... He's a fabulous character though! This first scene is my favourite!

On the face of it, Wayne Brown - Red Rock West (1993) doesn't seem too terrible, but he does plot to have his wife murdered and did embezzle $2 million...

Lt. Quinn - Black Day Blue Night (1995) starts off by appearing to be chasing down a bunch of bank robbers, only for it to be discovered that he was one of them and has been stiffed of his share! Uses anyone and everyone to track down the money, killing multiple people along the way... Definitely a dirty cop!

Stephen Seldes - Defenseless (1991) starts off as a businessman who unknowingly lets out a building to an adult entertainment company who hires underaged girls to star in their films. It is quickly discovered that not only did he know about the company, he was taking money directly from them and was grooming and pimping out his own underage daughter. Definitely up there in the scumbag rating!

Lt. William Eyler - Gang in Blue (1996) was scummy on a whole other level. He actually starts a baseball team with his partner at some point in the late 60's, early 70's called The Phantoms, using it as a cover to hide racist extracurricular activities against people of colour. His entire department is part of the club and falls under FBI investigation.

Second to last, we have Charles Bushman - Sling Blade (1996). A seemingly sex-obsessed murderer who loves nothing better than to tell anyone who will listen about his exploits before he was caught. The only reason he isn't number one scumbag is largely down to whether any of the stories he told were genuinely true, or if they were embellished...

And, our number one scumbag is... Warren 'Red' Barr - Breakdown (1997). Do we really need to say why?! Kidnapping, extortion, theft, murder... You begin to wonder if there was anything he wouldn't do! He has very few redeeming features, other than the fact that his son seems to idolise him... Which, given what he was spending his time doing, wasn't exactly a good thing...

[burningdreambanana]

John Castle

[eternallpast]

Sasha Mitchell, 1988 🤍

Photo by Patrick Demarchelier

“Acting’s great, if you can make people laugh or you can teach somebody a story, I love doing that, I really do…”

— S.M

Mitchell is best known for his role as Cody Lambert in the 90’s sitcom series ‘Step By Step’ but he also took on the role of the character David Sloan for three of the ‘Kickboxer’ movies from the franchise and of James Beaumont on the hit soap opera ‘Dallas’ amongst a few other films. Preceding his acting career, he had a short modeling career mainly modeling for Bruce Weber campaigns. He was also a martial artist; he has a black belt in taekwondo and was also an amateur kickboxing champion. The first movie he ever acted in was ‘Spike of Bensonhurst’ in 1988. <3

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[psyrapmafia]

i literally love all the roles he's ever played and i will never get tired of drawing his lil face

[womandust]

Hear Me Out…Richard Kiel

I wonder if part of Jaws’ popularity came from Richard being good-looking, acromegaly and all. He was said to be quite kind, unlike his characters. Yeah, he played some big tough guys, but that was part of his appeal. 😍

[rowynbriarsalix]

[fan-a-tink]

My God, the way Edwin's expression here moves from exhaustion and anger to disbelief and love in less than a second is a freaking masterstroke. I think this is the moment where it sinks in for him that this is real, that Charles did come for him, that there is no version of this where Charles would have left him in hell. That Charles does love him enough to not let him go, now or ever. And as soon as he allows that thought to sink in, the stress and trauma of the last hours are completely forgotten and he knows he needs to tell Charles he loves him right here, right now. Because if he gets to live in the version of reality in which he is so important to Charles that he does come to rescue him, then Charles needs to know that he is just as important, that he is just as loved in return.

[bellamysgriffin]

get to know me meme >> Favorite Movies [38/?] Obvious Child

My God, you guys, stop it with the crazy jokes. Why do you care what he needs to know or not? You are the one who has to get this procedure, pay for it, wear the fucking pad with the big wings, okay? You think if he was pregnant, he would be worrying about you right now? No, he'd be trying to get that fucking thing out of his body. God damn it! You guys, we already live in a patriarchal society where a bunch of weird old white men in robes get to legislate our cunts. You just need to be worrying about yourself. And why are you looking at me like that, you little bitches? Everything you are saying is valid, but you are scaring my dick off.

[seph7]

Just as with J.T. Walsh, Stephen Lang is another I wish I could have seen on stage. Stage actors make the best film actors.

Stephen as "Rosencrantz" in a 1987 Roundabout Theatre production of the play "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead".

[thelastcinematicgirl]

one of the most versatile actors of his generation

[seph7]

Let's have some J.T. Walsh back p*rn!

From Silent Fall 1994

From Why Me? 1990

From Tequila Sunrise 1988

[burningdreambanana]

A young Tom Wilkinson

[lokiskywklr]

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Hyhun-ju's icons pt2 🎀

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