Who is the spookiest actor?

[Cthulhudrew]

Heh- When my dad was living up in LA several years back, he used to go to the Chateau Marmont on Sunset a lot. One night he saw Christopher Walken there, and he went up to him and said, "I just wanted to tell you, you've given me many hours of nervous pleasure."

Apparently Christopher Walken enjoyed the compliment, because they talked together for a while afterwards. (Of course, he asked my dad first if he was involved in the business; my dad said he had a feeling that if he had been, or said he had been, that would have ended the conversation. Not that I can blame Walken- I'm sure the last thing he wanted to do was talk to someone who was trying to make a connection.)

In any case, I'd have to throw my hat in the ring on the Walken suggestion.

 

[Szatany]

Yes, Christopher Walken is great, but lets not forget good old Brad Douriff.

 

[James Heard]

Sam Neil, because In The Mouth of Madness is my favorite scary-screw-me-up horror film ever. George C Scott gets a nod too, because his character in Firestarter is creepier than little girls who blow things.

Walken just makes me giggle actually. It's not that I don't think he's a fine actor, but he doesn't "do it for me" as far as scary any more than Vincent Price did. Oh well, I don't see what the big deal is about Angeline Jolie either and people keep telling how great she is too.

 

[Ashrem Bayle]

I'm a little surprised I haven't seen more mention of John Malkovich.

 

[Thanee]

Klaus Kinski

Bye
Thanee

 

[fett527]

I'm a little surprised I haven't seen more mention of John Malkovich.

Thakns for bringing this back around, I missed it the first time.

Anyone see American Psycho?

I know he may have ruined the image with Batman Begins, but Christian Bale was way creeeeepy.

 

[mhacdebhandia]

Don't try to tell me there's anyone more terrifying than this man.

 

[Jarrod]

Christopher Walken.

So I'm reading this, and say (out loud) "Duh. Christopher Walken." My wife looks at me and says "A thread about the scariest man alive?"

And if anyone's played Privateer 2, he's actually a good guy... but I kept expecting him to stab me in the back. I mean, it's _Christopher Walken_.

 

[Steel_Wind]

Christopher Walken, clearly. I saw the title of the thread and that's the first thing I thought of, before I clicked on it. Apparently I wasn't the only one.

Agreed. Me too.

 

[sniffles]

I don't know about anyone else, but Killian Murphy really creeped me out in
Batman Begins (the evil psychiatrist/Scarecrow). Haven't seen him in anything else, though.

I would have voted for Chris Walken, except I think he's actually really charming. He started his career as a dancer, which is why he's so good in the Fatboy Slim video. Brad Dourif is much creepier, because he's creepy in real life too!