Seconded with gusto. Love that role. Movie is somewhat flawed (even the Director’s Cut version), but Norton was awesome.
Claude Rains in The Invisible Man is the obvious winner, although (spoiler alert for an 80 year-old film) you do briefly see his face at the end, after he dies.
I didn’t think the movie was flawed, but I did like the director’s version better. Slower pace, better exposition and motivations. Norton stole every scene in that movie he was in, while in a supporting role that didn’t show his face.
Why? I never got the love for that character. He had what, one line in ESB? I can’t even remember him saying ANYTHING in ROTJ. He ran the gamut of emotions from A to B. Several of the Ewoks warrant more praise, and I hated the Ewoks.
… Return Of The Pain Of The Ass?
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Oddly, I think most of the love for Boba Fett comes from the Holiday Special. There was an animated segment that introduced him and showed him as a far more complex and grey character than the movies ever did. Easily the only part of the HS worth watching.
There may be some EU stories that built off of that version of the character, but I think that’s the one everyone is thinking of when they say how much they like Boba Fett.
Douglas Rain for his portrayal of the HAL 9000 in 2001 - A Space Odyssey.
Thanks. I was into Star Was as much as any 11-year-old boy when it came out in 1977. Loved Empire Strikes Back, but was always puzzled by the Boba-Fett love, even at that age. He wasn’t anything more than walk-on role - they might as well have fixated on John Ratzenberger’s portrayal of a Rebel soldier. ROTJ didn’t help me figure it out either. I began to think as I got older there was some sort of subliminal suggestion on-screen that I missed when I went to the bathroom.
I actually saw the Christmas Special, but I must’ve put myself in a protective medical coma by the time Fett hit the screen.
Her face was seen, though, through the bars of the cage.
The voice of HAL 9000 was initially to have been provided by Martin Balsam, but Kubrick decided he sounded “too New York.” Then a British actor was hired for the part, but after a few weeks Kubrick thought he was just “too English.” Canadian actor Douglas Rain wasn’t cast for the role until post-production, so during the filming an assistant director with a strong Cockney accent read HAL’s lines off-camera (“'Ere, Dave, I can tell yer upset; why not take a stress pill?”). [Keir] Dullea said it took some getting used to.
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I came in to say this. Didn’t even know it was him til the credits rolled.
He also had an awesome action figure.
The very tall cop in Police Squad.
I have no particular love for the character of Boba Fett; I think that Jeremy Bulloch, mostly though a subtle physical performance, conveyed the kind of menacing bad-ass that Fett was supposed to be (before dying like a little bitch, in what I still believe was Lucas’ middle-finger to the fans for elevating his one-off character into a fan-driven icon).
Eh. Reading other people’s nominations, I’ll readily concede that mine is not the best nomination; Ed Norton in Kingdom of Heaven is a very good nom.
Woody Allen, Radio Days.
Kevin Costner in The Big Chill, just because it’s the one role when he manages not to annoy me.
Lucas sure wasn’t shy about dragging him back into the story again though, was he? I mean, fercrissakes, Boba Fett’s DAD provided the genetic material for the clones? Yeah, I’m sure he had that scripted out for decades, and didn’t just pull that out of his ass for fanservice and toy sales.
Dammit, you’re making me think about Star Wars again. Stop it. 
In both movies, Anthony Dawson does the body, with Eric Pohlmann providing the voice. Dawson had previously played Professor Dent in Dr. No. Some sources say that Joseph Wiseman did the voice in Thunderball, but wikipedia says they are mistaken.
Alan Rickman as Marvin in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Deadpan melancholic awesomeness.