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Actors with the Biggest Range

Posted on 7/6/09 at 2:40 pm
Posted by Parliament
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Posted on 7/6/09 at 2:40 pm
(other than Tom Hanks)

Inspire by the "Virgil Earp in Roadhouse" thread.

Sam Elliot: He played an Army Soldier, a bouncer, and several westerns.

Billy Bob Thorton

What you got?
Posted by coloradoBengal
Member since Sep 2007
32608 posts
Posted on 7/6/09 at 2:41 pm to
Johnny Depp

... granted, its kind of a freaky range, but its still pretty wide.
Posted by TexasTigah
Houston, TX
Member since Mar 2006
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Posted on 7/6/09 at 2:42 pm to
Quickly off top of my head...Leo, DDL
Posted by Fletch F Fletch
The Seat of Caddo Parish
Member since Jan 2009
6474 posts
Posted on 7/6/09 at 2:42 pm to
Will Ferrell


I'm sorry, I'll just let myself out the back.....
Posted by novowels
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2008
2405 posts
Posted on 7/6/09 at 2:45 pm to
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Posted by msukb79
South Mississippi
Member since May 2009
10112 posts
Posted on 7/6/09 at 2:49 pm to
William H. Macy and Don Cheadle
Posted by manwich
You've wanted my
Member since Oct 2008
52680 posts
Posted on 7/6/09 at 2:53 pm to
Martin Lawrence
Jackie Chan
Orlando Bloom
Hayden Christiansen
James Franco
Posted by TexasTigah
Houston, TX
Member since Mar 2006
12183 posts
Posted on 7/6/09 at 2:54 pm to
quote:

Martin Lawrence
Jackie Chan
Orlando Bloom
Hayden Christiansen
James Franco
Forgot about them....All great IMO.
Posted by Fletch F Fletch
The Seat of Caddo Parish
Member since Jan 2009
6474 posts
Posted on 7/6/09 at 2:56 pm to
quote:

Philip Seymour Hoffman

I love his comedic roles. And I hate to bring this *back* up, but the steady grumbles about him playing The Penguin appeal to me as well
Posted by jojothetireguy
Live out in Coconut Grove
Member since Jan 2009
10534 posts
Posted on 7/6/09 at 2:57 pm to
quote:

William H. Macy and Don Cheadle


definitely
Posted by drizztiger
Deal With it!
Member since Mar 2007
42889 posts
Posted on 7/6/09 at 3:00 pm to
Heath Ledger (RIP)
Ed Norton
Woody Harrelson

And of course, Cheadle!
Posted by RGCjr01
Brookhaven / Jackson, Mississippi
Member since Dec 2008
4865 posts
Posted on 7/6/09 at 3:00 pm to
Woody Harrelson

Has played a crippled.

A blind man.

A woman/cross dresser.

an athlete

and a serial killer.


dramas, horrors, comedies, family friendly -Woody has done it.
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
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Posted on 7/6/09 at 3:03 pm to
quote:

Biggest Range

quote:

Sam Elliot

Maybe I'm confused on what you mean by "range." But playing characters with different jobs does not equal range. Sam Elliot is almost identical in every role he is in.

That's like saying Morgan Freeman has range. (though I think he has more than SE)
Posted by SJS Eagle 85
P-Town
Member since Apr 2009
5007 posts
Posted on 7/6/09 at 3:05 pm to
quote:

Leo
Gotta disagree here. Other than Depp's retarded brother in "...Gilbert Grape" when has Leo stepped outside of the norm? Even Mike Myers played a gay night club owner once.

IMO Depp, Oldman, and Billy Bob Thorton
Posted by Camron
Mi-Yayo
Member since Jun 2009
1907 posts
Posted on 7/6/09 at 3:08 pm to
Jack Black
Posted by Pilot Tiger
North Carolina
Member since Nov 2005
73673 posts
Posted on 7/6/09 at 3:09 pm to
quote:

Actors with the Biggest Range
quote:

Sam Elliot


Gary Oldman
Meryl Streep

are the top 2 IMO
Posted by coloradoBengal
Member since Sep 2007
32608 posts
Posted on 7/6/09 at 3:09 pm to
quote:

IMO Depp, Oldman, and Billy Bob Thorton


I've already given Depp his props, Oldman I completely overlooked but he is an outstanding choice. Bill Bob gets points for Slingblade, but I am trying to think of anything else that has stretched him.
Posted by Fletch F Fletch
The Seat of Caddo Parish
Member since Jan 2009
6474 posts
Posted on 7/6/09 at 3:11 pm to
quote:

Bill Bob gets points for Slingblade, but I am trying to think of anything else that has stretched him.

Probably Angelina Jolie's fist...
Posted by TexasTigah
Houston, TX
Member since Mar 2006
12183 posts
Posted on 7/6/09 at 3:11 pm to
quote:

hen has Leo stepped outside of the norm?
South African diamond smuggeler...Billionaire aircraft developer..retarded brother..Undercover cop..
Posted by Pilot Tiger
North Carolina
Member since Nov 2005
73673 posts
Posted on 7/6/09 at 3:11 pm to
I forgot Robert Downey Jr. Can play tons of different types of characters. his austrailian accents in NBK and in Tropic Thunder are great

he played:
Charlie Chaplin
an Austrailian actor playing a black soldier
Iron Man
and his latest, Sherlock Holmes
This post was edited on 7/6/09 at 3:14 pm
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