# Actors you seek out **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 31, 2007, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-seek-out/390204 "2007-01-31T01:16:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-seek-out/390204/1 "2007-01-31T01:16:45Z")
In honor of the thread about actors you avoid (Mr. Hanks, Mr. Cruise your train is leaving the station) - name some actors, mainstream or indie, who you actively seek out in movies. I’m sure someone will say this topic has been done before, but frankly hasn’t all of this board been done before :-)? Tim Roth Joaquin Phoenix Kate Winslet William H. Macy Mark Ruffalo ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-seek-out/390204/2 "2007-01-31T01:21:28Z")
Christopher Walken ---
**Author:** ![Beaucarnea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c0e974/32.png) [@Beaucarnea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beaucarnea)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-seek-out/390204/3 "2007-01-31T01:26:59Z")
Gary Oldman ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-seek-out/390204/4 "2007-01-31T01:28:29Z")
Kate Mara Rachel McAdams Anna Paquin Sarah Polley Zach Braff Donal Logue Mark Ruffalo Adam Sandler Bruce Willis ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-seek-out/390204/5 "2007-01-31T03:22:20Z")
I wouldn’t say I seek him out, but [Chris Cooper](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0177933/) has made a lot of movies I enjoy. He has very good taste in selecting scripts, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-seek-out/390204/6 "2007-01-31T03:24:43Z")
Maggie Cheung Zhang Ziyi Michelle Yeoh Gong Li ---
**Author:** ![Sonia\_Montdore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Sonia\_Montdore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonia_Montdore)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-seek-out/390204/7 "2007-01-31T03:27:05Z")
Neil Dickson Ron Cook Kate Hodge Anton Rodgers ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-seek-out/390204/8 "2007-01-31T03:49:23Z")
John Cusack Christopher Walken Johnny Depp Peter O’Toole Peter Riegert Lili Taylor Tim Roth Harvey Keitel Steve Buscemi Kevin Smith Jason Lee ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-seek-out/390204/9 "2007-01-31T05:52:51Z")
Sam Rockwell Eric Roberts Johnny Knoxville Stacey Dash Jaime Pressly ---
**Author:** ![JCorre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3da27b/32.png) [@JCorre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JCorre)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-seek-out/390204/10 "2007-01-31T06:28:33Z")
Clive Owen ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-seek-out/390204/11 "2007-01-31T07:54:29Z")
Jason Schwartzman ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-seek-out/390204/12 "2007-01-31T08:00:41Z")
Adrien Brody Peter O’Toole ---
**Author:** ![DataZak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@DataZak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DataZak)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-seek-out/390204/13 "2007-01-31T08:04:28Z")
Robert Downey Jr. Johnny Depp Richard E. Grant John Malkovich Eddie Izzard ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-seek-out/390204/14 "2007-01-31T08:10:36Z")
Anthony Hopkins ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-seek-out/390204/15 "2007-01-31T11:47:42Z")
Johnny Depp ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-seek-out/390204/16 "2007-01-31T13:12:57Z")
Miranda Richardson Forest Whitaker (this has burned me on occasion, but it’s still worth it) Ray Winstone ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-seek-out/390204/17 "2007-01-31T13:29:50Z")
Tim Curry Harvey Keitel Steve Buscemi Alan Rickman ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-seek-out/390204/18 "2007-01-31T14:14:40Z")
Wow, several of my choices are already listed. Gary Oldman Alan Rickman Christian Bale Tim Roth Joe and Ralph Fiennes Daniel Day-Lewis ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-seek-out/390204/19 "2007-01-31T14:20:53Z")
Jessica Alba. While I haven’t seen her in any non-sci-fi type stuff, my desire to see them is raised a couple notches merely from her being in them, to the point that I _consider_ seeing movies I would never even think of if she were not in them. Oh, and I don’t consider her a bad actress: although she won’t win an Academy Award, she has her moments. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-seek-out/390204/20 "2007-01-31T15:27:49Z")
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