Everything what’s his face did in Mr. Selfridge. Ruined the show, he did.
Al Pacino in almost anything, but especially Scent of a Woman.
If it’s not Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura Pet Detective I don’t have a clue what this topic is about.
Flying blind on a rocket cycle!?!
Bless Brian Blessed
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Jack Nicholson in The Witches of Eastwick.
I’m not going to comment on the others, but Nicholson’s acting was exactly as scripted. It’s not an example of an “over the top” performance.
I bet the script said “over the top.”
Oh well, who wants to live forever? DIVE!!!
Does anyone remember his performance as Augustus in I, Claudius? In particular the scene where he questions the men accused of sleepling with his daughter.
He was brilliant.
Ben Stiller as Alex the Lion. Just can’t take him seriously, compared with the Chris Rock, Jadda P. Smith and David Zwimmer characters.
I thought he was pretty good in The January Man and The Big Chill?
Raul Julia, in both the Addams family movies, and most especially in the awful Street Fighter.
Ugh. Jeremy Piven was completely miscast for that role.
my Pacino choice is Heat
Cristoph Walz in Big Eyes.
That’s BD Wong, playing it pretty much as written, I’d say.
My Heston impression, even though misquoted, “Gettttttt your filthy pawwwwwwwws offa meeee you dahmmmmmmm durty aihppppppppppppppp”
John Schuck in almost everything, but most especially (and jarringly) when he took over as Draal in Babylon 5. The very first time I saw him I wondered why the director and the entire cast didn’t just stop and tell him to dial it back.
He’s great in Inglourious Basterds, as a Nazi who genuinely enjoys good strudel just as much as he enjoys hunting Jews. I mean, that’s a damned thankless role, but the thing is that he truly seems delighted by everyone he meets: he’s upbeat, he’s laughing, he’s playful – and, sure, all of that’s in the service of cold-blooded murder, but that’s not going to stop him from embodying, uh, joie de vivre.
Richard Burton in Hammersmith Is Out! and Exorcist II-The Heritic