Ryujin
Legend
Hopeful and aspirational characters should be written by people who think like Frank Capra, not Frank Miller.
What Actors In Specific Roles Are A Joy To Watch for You?
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Zardnaar
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I don't really follow actors but those two are very very good.
overgeeked
Open-World Sandbox
Arnold in Conan. Ford in Indiana Jones. Tom Baker, David Tennant, Peter Capaldi in Doctor Who. David Tennant in everything. Peter Capaldi in everything. John Cena in Suicide Squad and Peacemaker. Amitabh Bachchan in most things, though a few are mediocre at best. Ajay Devgn in everything, especially Bol Bachchan, Golmaal, and Action Jackson. Prabas in everything, especially in Baahubali. Diego Luna in Narcos and Star Wars. Pedro Pascal in everything. Joaquín Cosío Osuna in literally everything.
For me, it's David Carradine as Kwai Chang Caine in Kung Fu (the original series only; I'm not a fan of the follow-ons) and Patrick McGoohan as Number Six in The Prisoner. So much so that I have difficulties watching them in anything else. (And Patrick was the killer in like four different episodes of Columbo.)
Johnathan
Johnathan
Chartreuse
Villager
Keith David, both live action and voice work.
Chartreuse
Villager
Good point.
Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction. I don't think that anyone else could have played Jules. Just the right combination of menace, bombast, goofiness, and empathy.
Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction. I don't think that anyone else could have played Jules. Just the right combination of menace, bombast, goofiness, and empathy.
Ruin Explorer
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Specific actors in specific roles, just a few:
Avery Brooks as Sisko and Nana Visitor as Kira Nerys are two that I just don't think any other actors would have worked as well in. Both of them are an absolute joy to watch and re-watch (moreso even than people like Patrick Stewart as Picard, for my money)
David Tennant as Dr Who. Also David Tennant as The Purple Man, just perfect casting.
Peter Falk as Colombo, really surprised no-one has mentioned this yet. It would be such a bad show with almost anyone else in the role.
Andre Braugher as Det. Frank Pembleton in Homicide: Life on the streets. Just amazing. Set the bar for me, TV acting wise, and set it high. Really mad he didn't get more juicy roles like that, though he did clearly have fun in Brooklyn 99.
Ian Somerhalder as Damon in The Vampire Diaries - it's not a great show (though weirdly watchable) but god he makes that a fun character for the first three seasons or so. Nina Dobrev gets kind of a half credit because whilst Elena isn't special, Katherine is delightful.
Archie Panjabi as Kalinda in The Good Wife*. Entire seasons were rescued by Kalinda's acerbic presence, where we'd have been suffocated by the leads otherwise (though Josh Charles was also always a bright spot).
May be back with more later!
* = I must note that Robert/Michelle King seem to be exceptionally good showrunners, as they consistently get really good performances, cinematography, costumes**, set design and even lighting where so many others on similar budgets do not.
** = albeit sometimes on the implausibly expensive for the character side - can an investigator for the Catholic Church really afford a fully-painted custom leather jacket? Hmmmm. I guess I'll let it go because it looks so good. Maybe he's saving tons by living in the church attic!
Avery Brooks as Sisko and Nana Visitor as Kira Nerys are two that I just don't think any other actors would have worked as well in. Both of them are an absolute joy to watch and re-watch (moreso even than people like Patrick Stewart as Picard, for my money)
David Tennant as Dr Who. Also David Tennant as The Purple Man, just perfect casting.
Peter Falk as Colombo, really surprised no-one has mentioned this yet. It would be such a bad show with almost anyone else in the role.
Andre Braugher as Det. Frank Pembleton in Homicide: Life on the streets. Just amazing. Set the bar for me, TV acting wise, and set it high. Really mad he didn't get more juicy roles like that, though he did clearly have fun in Brooklyn 99.
Ian Somerhalder as Damon in The Vampire Diaries - it's not a great show (though weirdly watchable) but god he makes that a fun character for the first three seasons or so. Nina Dobrev gets kind of a half credit because whilst Elena isn't special, Katherine is delightful.
Archie Panjabi as Kalinda in The Good Wife*. Entire seasons were rescued by Kalinda's acerbic presence, where we'd have been suffocated by the leads otherwise (though Josh Charles was also always a bright spot).
May be back with more later!
* = I must note that Robert/Michelle King seem to be exceptionally good showrunners, as they consistently get really good performances, cinematography, costumes**, set design and even lighting where so many others on similar budgets do not.
** = albeit sometimes on the implausibly expensive for the character side - can an investigator for the Catholic Church really afford a fully-painted custom leather jacket? Hmmmm. I guess I'll let it go because it looks so good. Maybe he's saving tons by living in the church attic!
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