# The largest prick character actor in Hollywood? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 5, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-largest-prick-character-actor-in-hollywood/542070 "2010-06-05T16:10:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-largest-prick-character-actor-in-hollywood/542070/61 "2010-06-07T19:17:25Z")
Another one for the thread - [Robert Davi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Davi). ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-largest-prick-character-actor-in-hollywood/542070/62 "2010-06-07T19:25:27Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Another one for the thread - [Robert Davi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Davi). And his twin in skin, Michael Ironside. ---
**Author:** ![Chrissyminn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Chrissyminn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chrissyminn)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-largest-prick-character-actor-in-hollywood/542070/63 "2010-06-07T21:11:17Z")
Robert Davi --not only plays the bad guy but he plays good guys as well —He is one of the best out there and I find me even liking something about the bad guys he plays - he humanises them in such a way that they have a ton of texture — very interesting quality in his performing --and sexy ---
**Author:** ![Chrissyminn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Chrissyminn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chrissyminn)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-largest-prick-character-actor-in-hollywood/542070/64 "2010-06-07T21:12:34Z")
> [@zeldar](#): > > and his twin in skin, michael ironside. davi rocks ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-largest-prick-character-actor-in-hollywood/542070/65 "2010-06-07T21:33:39Z")
[Brion James](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001397/) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-largest-prick-character-actor-in-hollywood/542070/66 "2010-06-07T23:33:52Z")
I haven’t seen a lot of his movies, but I seem to remember **Tim Roth** being a dick in a few roles, most notably in _Rob Roy_. ---
**Author:** ![Lethal\_Babydoll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3be4f8/32.png) [@Lethal\_Babydoll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lethal_Babydoll)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-largest-prick-character-actor-in-hollywood/542070/67 "2010-06-08T00:13:01Z")
[Chelcie Ross](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0743304/) makes me want to slug him. I mean, he almost didn’t let Rudy into the game. not to mention many other roles he was an ass as. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-largest-prick-character-actor-in-hollywood/542070/68 "2010-06-08T19:57:04Z")
How about [David Patrick Kelly?](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0446314/) I haven’t seen all of the movies listed there, but in the ones I have seen, he was a bastard. > [@Shoeless](#): > > I haven’t seen a lot of his movies, but I seem to remember **Tim Roth** being a dick in a few roles, most notably in _Rob Roy_. Tim Roth’s character in that movie made me physically ill when I watched it. I can’t bring myself to watch it again solely because of him. Which, I suppose, is the mark of a great actor - I like him in everything I’ve ever seen him in. ---
**Author:** ![pinkyvee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6de8d8/32.png) [@pinkyvee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkyvee)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-largest-prick-character-actor-in-hollywood/542070/69 "2010-06-08T20:11:01Z")
James Woods. He is a bit of a prick in real life too. I know he is a good, maybe great, actor, but he is not too far away from the pricks he usually portrays. My husband has known him for years. Shark? More than you know. He delayed $$$$$ production (made everyone wait for hours) while he played online poker. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-largest-prick-character-actor-in-hollywood/542070/70 "2010-06-08T23:39:58Z")
> [@Mehitabel](#): > > OMG, I\* just \*came home from watching Dylan Baker live on Broadway in the closing show of [GOD OF CARNAGE](http://www.godofcarnage.com/home.php), in which he played Alan, a man who pulls such assholic moves thoughout the show such as taking calls on his cellphone during the action. Loudly. He’s a slimy lawyer talking a shady pharmaceutical company through a PR problem with one of their drugs, and doesn’t care who knows it. Finally, he has slicked-back hair, which screams assholery no matter what [these guys think.](http://www.theonion.com/articles/nations-slickedbackhair-men-rally-against-negative,2449/) > > In real life, though, he’s a nice guy and a fine director and married to a sweet, talented singer and actress named Becky Ann, who I’ve seen in shows many times. I saw that show a while back, with Jeff Daniels in that role. Funny, although you’re right, the character is an asshole, he came off as the most likeable of the four of them, at least as played by Daniels (not a guy who usually plays pricks). ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-largest-prick-character-actor-in-hollywood/542070/71 "2010-06-09T00:46:23Z")
Yeah, Jeff Daniels was also there but he’d moved into the Michael role. Dylan started off as the most assholish of the bunch but after a while, his directness and brutal honesty gave him a sort of twisted integrity; but IMO he never really crossed into likability like Daniels did when I saw it with the original cast. Maybe it was the sneer and the fact that he’s not a Hollywood leading man type. I mean, you wanted to punch Dylan in the face on first sight and at the end you still did, but you wanted to punch everybody else too. 😃 Topic: James B. Sikking is another guy who can play pricks. Here he is in [Star Trek III](http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Styles). ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-largest-prick-character-actor-in-hollywood/542070/72 "2010-06-09T01:23:15Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > To me Jason Alexander is only believable when he plays pricks. (Personally I considered George Costanza one.) Duh. Ever character on that show was a prick. Yes, even Jerry. ---
**Author:** ![oliversarmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@oliversarmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oliversarmy)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-largest-prick-character-actor-in-hollywood/542070/73 "2010-06-09T04:04:37Z")
I’ve always admired [M. Emmet Walsh](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Emmet_Walsh) because he could play a great prick and turn around play a great nice guy in the next movie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-largest-prick-character-actor-in-hollywood/542070.md?page=3)