Best Versatile Actor

naturalborn103 · Post by **naturalborn103** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 8:32 pm

Denzel
Brad Pitt
Sean Penn
Cheadle
DiCaprio

Quick one for some who cant but still get love
De Niro
Bruce Willis
All action stars

ThaJim2 · Post by **ThaJim2** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 8:37 pm

The god Steven Seagal. He has played everything from a Russian mob enforcer to a police officer coming out of coma.

The Aluminum Falcon · Post by **The Aluminum Falcon** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 8:38 pm

PopeyeJones · Post by **PopeyeJones** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 8:40 pm

To take this seriously,

Denzel Washington really?

I don't think I've ever seen Denzel Washington in anything and even for a split second forgotten that I was watching Denzel Washington.

Also, just calling him "Denzel" is reserved for middle-aged, mom jeans black women who have a pre-negotiated "one celebrity I can fuck if I get the chance" joke with their husbands.

Truth. · Post by **Truth.** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 8:49 pm

Denzel plays Denzel Washington like nobody else

blastmaster · Post by **blastmaster** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 8:53 pm

ThaJim2 wrote:The god Steven Seagal. He has played everything from a Russian mob enforcer to a police officer coming out of coma.

Not to mention his polar opposite accent work in Out For Justice and Ruslan

Gregg Popabitch · Post by **Gregg Popabitch** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 8:55 pm

i don't understand thread title.

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:31 pm

Gilbert Subpoenas wrote:i don't understand thread title.

Roy Johnson · Post by **Roy Johnson** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:58 pm

ThaJim2 wrote:The god Steven Seagal. He has played everything from a Russian mob enforcer to a police officer coming out of coma.

Tell me more about Steven Seagal's versatility.

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 10:06 pm

Shitty thread is really shitty

Lyric783 · Post by **Lyric783** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 11:41 pm

And for Will Smith to not be on that top list is beyond me

LONDON! · Post by **LONDON!** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 5:30 am

samuel l jackson
giancarlo esposito
brad pitt

peanut butter · Post by **peanut butter** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 5:49 am

Actors who can played dirt

PEACE

ackbar · Post by **ackbar** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 6:08 am

dog. your thread

Sankofa · Post by **Sankofa** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 6:18 am

Brad Pitt is garbage.

John Turturro

JaH BLaZe · Post by **JaH BLaZe** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 3:48 pm

denzel washington is a good actor. thats not what my point is gona be. but d. washington is no versatile actor. when have you ever seen him in a role when he wasnt shit. you know, not a strong part. when he plays a buck toothed down home louisiana fagot that develops a new system for irigation but gets pushed around by his white neighbors for being a fagot. and a nigger. then I will put him on my list for versatile actors. hes will smith but without the jokes. and true story about him, he has it in all his contracts that he does not have any kisses or fuckings with white bitches. i dont know if thats good or bad. i guess he wants to keep it legit in the black communities.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 3:51 pm

this conversation should've started and ended at John C Reilly. Some decent suggestion made otherwise, but nobody is matching this guy's range in this day and age. Sam Rockwell could maybe be a runner up.

360 · Post by **360** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 4:08 pm

No DDL love?

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 4:12 pm

he is easily one of the greatest actors of our times but it's hard to express versatility when you lumber out of a remote irish cave once every 6 years to grace us with your presence in a super important film event (barring Nine of course). Riley takes far more chances and most of the time he nails them

360 · Post by **360** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 4:16 pm

drizzle wrote:he is easily one of the greatest actors of our times but it's hard to express versatility when you lumber out of a remote irish cave once every 6 years to grace us with your presence in a super important film event (barring Nine of course). Riley takes far more chances and most of the time he nails them

Agreed, however the range of characters he has played are nothing if not versitile. From the My Left Foot all the way to Gangs.

And wtf is up with Nine. I truly gave a genuine effort in watching that flick but I jsut couldn't get through it. Those songs were beyond terrible. WTF was he thinking? Out of the mountain of scripts that were blocking the entrance to his bathroom, he chose Nine.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 4:19 pm

i agree that his roles are def not 'samey' in the same way that denzel's are, but he still limits himself to heavy drama overall. incidentally that might just explain why he chose 9, to break out of the dour into something more lighthearted i guess.

as far as the movie itself, i'd say just watch the og 8 1/2 which is pretty much one of the greatest statements ever recorded on the process of movie making and the artistic process in general

AWAE · Post by **AWAE** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 7:41 pm

Sankofa · Post by **Sankofa** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:10 pm

AWAE wrote:

great call

the brow · Post by **the brow** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:41 pm

[quote="ackbar"]dog. your thread

Jayou Ayen · Post by **Jayou Ayen** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:51 pm

[quote="the brow"][quote="ackbar"]dog. your thread

Kelron · Post by **Kelron** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:03 pm

Sam Rockwell is completely underrated. After watching Galaxy Quest and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, I would have though him to make the perfect Tony Stark.

Co-sign on Bruce Willis.

PopeyeJones · Post by **PopeyeJones** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:33 pm

LONDON! wrote:samuel l jackson

Ralph Fiennes has shown a gang of range over the years.

Probably not the most popular answer, but Meryl Streep also shits on a lot of the people mentioned as far as range goes.

Ramen · Post by **Ramen** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 11:52 pm

Kelron wrote:Co-sign on Bruce Willis.

really? isnt he just john mcclane in every movie?

Ramen · Post by **Ramen** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 12:04 am

Paul Giamatti
Phillip Seymour Hoffman

squareboy · Post by **squareboy** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 12:20 am

a quick joke, turned debacle.

bicker on....