# Favorite Character Actors -- Semi Finals

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-character-actors-semi-finals/650665>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 18, 2013, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-character-actors-semi-finals/650665 "2013-02-18T04:11:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-character-actors-semi-finals/650665/21 "2013-02-20T22:30:37Z")

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Updating after **lieu** and \*\*Labdad \*\* had posted:

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Steve Buscemi (14)

Harry Dean Stanton (13)

Frances McDormand (12)

Chris Cooper (10)  
Peter Lorre (10)  
Stephen Root (10)

John Goodman (9)  
David Strathairn (9)  
Stanley Tucci (9)

Strother Martin (8)  
Claude Rains (8)  
M. Emmet Walsh (8)

Sydney Greenstreet (7)  
Slim Pickens (7)  
JT Walsh (7)  
Jack Warden (7)

Charles Durning (6)  
Jack Elam (6)  
Walton Goggins (6)  
George Kennedy (6)  
Cloris Leachman (6)  
== 21

Ned Beatty (5)  
Jim Broadbent (5)  
Joan Cusack (5)  
Garret Dillahunt (5)  
John Hawkes (5)  
Ben Johnson (5)  
Warren Oates (5)  
Tim Roth (5)  
J.K. Simmons (5)  
== 30

Elisha Cook Jr (4)  
Dan Hedaya (4)  
Carol Kane (4)

Margaret Dumont (3)

Giovanni Ribisi (2)  
== 35

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**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-character-actors-semi-finals/650665/22 "2013-02-20T23:16:03Z")

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Jim Broadbent  
Steve Buscemi  
Chris Cooper  
Joan Cusack  
Charles Durning  
Walton Goggins  
John Goodman  
Frances McDormand  
Stephen Root  
Tim Roth  
J.K. Simmons  
Harry Dean Stanton  
David Strathairn  
Stanley Tucci  
M. Emmet Walsh

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**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-character-actors-semi-finals/650665/23 "2013-02-20T23:53:35Z")

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Ned Beatty  
Steve Buscemi  
Chris Cooper  
Joan Cusack  
Charles Durning  
Jack Elam  
John Goodman  
John Hawkes  
George Kennedy  
Frances McDormand  
Giovanni Ribisi  
J.K. Simmons  
Harry Dean Stanton  
David Strathairn  
Stanley Tucci

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-character-actors-semi-finals/650665/24 "2013-02-21T04:41:54Z")

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After the votes/posts by **JohnM** and **Honey** I’m thinking of expanding the size of the Final Poll to include all those getting five or more votes rather than being a slave to the arbitrary “maximum 20” I mentioned in the OP.

Should I just go ahead and include this whole group of 35?

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Steve Buscemi (16)

Harry Dean Stanton (15)

Frances McDormand (14)

Chris Cooper (12)

John Goodman (11)  
Stephen Root (11)  
David Strathairn (11)  
Stanley Tucci (11)

Peter Lorre (10)

M. Emmet Walsh (9)

Charles Durning (8)  
Strother Martin (8)  
Claude Rains (8)

Joan Cusack (7)  
Jack Elam (7)  
Walton Goggins (7)  
Sydney Greenstreet (7)  
George Kennedy (7)  
Slim Pickens (7)  
J.K. Simmons (7)  
JT Walsh (7)  
Jack Warden (7)  
== 22

Ned Beatty (6)  
Jim Broadbent (6)  
John Hawkes (6)  
Cloris Leachman (6)  
Tim Roth (6)

Garret Dillahunt (5)  
Ben Johnson (5)  
Warren Oates (5)  
== 30

Elisha Cook Jr (4)  
Dan Hedaya (4)  
Carol Kane (4)

Margaret Dumont (3)  
Giovanni Ribisi (3)  
== 35

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