# Who are the best sleasball actors? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 15, 2002, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-best-sleasball-actors/142838 "2002-12-15T03:11:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![funguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@funguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funguy)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-best-sleasball-actors/142838/21 "2002-12-15T23:35:47Z")
jack cassidy ---
**Author:** ![Daylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/45deac/32.png) [@Daylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylon)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-best-sleasball-actors/142838/22 "2002-12-17T05:39:51Z")
Whoever that guy is that played the voice of the flying bird thing that young Anakin Skywalker was sold to as a slave…he also played the slave trader in Gladiator…he just drips sleaze… D. ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-best-sleasball-actors/142838/23 "2002-12-17T06:34:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Daylon \* > \*\*Whoever that guy is that played the voice of the flying bird thing that young Anakin Skywalker was sold to as a slave…he also played the slave trader in Gladiator…he just drips sleaze… > > D. \*\* Are you talking about Oliver Reed? [http://homepage.tinet.ie/~tommix/reed1.htm](http://homepage.tinet.ie/~tommix/reed1.htm) Proximo the ex-gladiator / slave trader…he died during the making of the movie Gladiator. It was his last of 53 films. and yeah he did make a good villian! (May he rest in peace) ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-best-sleasball-actors/142838/24 "2002-12-17T12:21:43Z")
J.T. Walsh Also Oliver Reed was really sleazy in OLIVER and The Devils. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-best-sleasball-actors/142838/25 "2002-12-17T12:24:41Z")
Dan Hedaya, a.k.a. Nick Tortelli of Cheers. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-best-sleasball-actors/142838/26 "2002-12-17T12:57:25Z")
Ron Jeremy. I’ve never seen one of his pornos but I’ve seen him as a bad guy in **The Boondock Saints** and **Orgazmo**. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-best-sleasball-actors/142838/27 "2002-12-17T13:25:27Z")
**Daylon** , Watto was voiced by Andy Secombe, who’s the son of Sir Harry “Neddie Seagoon” Seacombe, RIP. He wasn’t in _Gladiator_. ---
**Author:** ![Siemsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Siemsi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siemsi)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-best-sleasball-actors/142838/28 "2002-12-17T13:34:30Z")
Eric Roberts scares me. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-best-sleasball-actors/142838/29 "2002-12-17T13:42:07Z")
Judging from the previews, Daniel Day Lewis in GANGS OF NEW YORK may redefine this archetype. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-best-sleasball-actors/142838/30 "2002-12-17T14:08:34Z")
I think the actor that Daylon was referring to is Omid Djalli, who was also in The Mummy [http://us.imdb.com/Name?Djalili,%20Omid](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Djalili,%20Omid) ---
**Author:** ![DaToad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@DaToad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaToad)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-best-sleasball-actors/142838/31 "2002-12-17T14:28:13Z")
For my money you can’t get any sleazier than Dennis Hopper was in _Blue Velvet_ Dis-Honorable Mention: Rutger Hauer Christopher Walken ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-best-sleasball-actors/142838/32 "2002-12-17T15:11:16Z")
Joe Pantiolano – the dude that played **Ralphie Cifaretti** on the Soprano’s. He was so good at playing sleazy that I was gleeful to read about what fate befell him. Heh Heh. ---
**Author:** ![mallen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@mallen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mallen)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-best-sleasball-actors/142838/33 "2002-12-17T15:48:15Z")
Dennis Hopper in Paris Trout Harvey Keitel in The Bad Lieutenant ---
**Author:** ![DaToad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@DaToad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaToad)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-best-sleasball-actors/142838/34 "2002-12-17T16:14:49Z")
**mallen** , you’re right. Hopper, in _Paris Trout_, is even sleezier than he was in _Blue Velvet_. ---
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-best-sleasball-actors/142838/35 "2002-12-17T16:39:22Z")
James Spader. Does that guy ever play a normal person? He seems to be somewhat icky in many of his films. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-best-sleasball-actors/142838/36 "2002-12-17T17:27:33Z")
\ according to idmb, Lorre had a stroke, I thought he killed himself. ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-best-sleasball-actors/142838/37 "2002-12-17T17:32:33Z")
Steve Buscemi was the one I thought of immediately upon reading the thread title. Gary Oldman has also been known to play some excellent sleazeballs (_Leon_, _True Romance_, _Sid and Nancy_). ---
**Author:** ![shelbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@shelbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shelbo)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-best-sleasball-actors/142838/38 "2002-12-17T17:56:27Z")
**Harvey Kietel** in _The Bad Lieutenant_. **shudder** ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-best-sleasball-actors/142838/39 "2002-12-17T19:09:26Z")
Rob Lowe " ‘Purchase feeble public access show and exploit it.’ Boy, I sure feel sorry for whoever that is." ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-best-sleasball-actors/142838/40 "2002-12-17T19:32:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wendell Wagner \* > \*\*David Patrick Kelly. \*\* “Warriors… come out and play-ay!” You took my first suggestion. For those of you who don’t know him, Kelly is the weaselly little guy that Arnold Schwarzenegger drops off a cliff in _Commando_. > [@](#): > > **Cindy:** What did you do with Sully? > **Col. Matrix:** I let him go. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-best-sleasball-actors/142838.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-best-sleasball-actors/142838.md?page=3)