# Most underrated (big time) actor/actress of our time is...

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 16, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-underrated-big-time-actor-actress-of-our-time-is/169170 "2003-04-16T21:08:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-underrated-big-time-actor-actress-of-our-time-is/169170/61 "2003-04-21T22:13:03Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Treviathan \*  
> \*\*Since **John C. Reilly** is finally getting the accolades he deserves, I’ll go with **David Strathairn** , even though I haven’t seen him in anything since _L.A. Confidential_. He plays greasy so well that I can feel my arteries clogging just watching him.
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> Another David, British actor **David Thewlis** , was outsanding in Mike Leigh’s _Naked_. Terribly underrated. \*\*

I gotta add **David Strathairn** and **David Thewlis** to my list… so unrecognized that I forgot them

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**Author:** ![Lux\_Interior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@Lux\_Interior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Interior)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-underrated-big-time-actor-actress-of-our-time-is/169170/62 "2003-04-22T13:59:40Z")

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\<b\>CCH Pounder\</b\> Simply because of her name.

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