# Your Favorite Character Actors (pre-poll data gathering) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 5, 2013, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-character-actors-pre-poll-data-gathering/649364 "2013-02-05T04:38:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-character-actors-pre-poll-data-gathering/649364/21 "2013-02-05T14:44:26Z")
[L. Q. Jones](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0428618/?ref_=sr_1) [Dub Taylor](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852305/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1) [Ken Lynch](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0528373/) [R. G. Armstrong](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0035866/) [John Vernon](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006893/) ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-character-actors-pre-poll-data-gathering/649364/22 "2013-02-05T14:49:18Z")
Victor Wong or as I like to call him, “every Asian man who has appeared on camera since 1975-ish who wasn’t Al Leong until Ken Jeong started acting” and Al Leong and Austin Pendleton ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-character-actors-pre-poll-data-gathering/649364/23 "2013-02-05T14:56:45Z")
The Culpepper Cattle Company, Electra Glide in Blue and Five Easy Pieces? [Billy Green Bush](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124100/?ref_=sr_2) American Graffiti, White Lightning and The Culpepper Cattle Company? [Bo Hopkins](http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=les%3Bcpsugrpq1high&gs_rn=2&gs_ri=hp&cp=6&gs_id=f&xhr=t&q=bo+hopkins&es_nrs=true&pf=p&tbo=d&biw=1124&bih=827&sclient=psy-ab&oq=bo+hop&gs_l=&pbx=1&fp=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&cad=b) The Hustler, High Plains Drifter and Jeremiah Johnson? [Stefan Gierasch](http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=les%3Bcpsugrpq1high&gs_rn=2&gs_ri=serp&pq=bo%20hopkins&cp=9&gs_id=s&xhr=t&q=stefan+gierasch&es_nrs=true&pf=p&tbo=d&sclient=psy-ab&oq=stefan+gi&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=f21c24f9a03c4e53&biw=1124&bih=827) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-character-actors-pre-poll-data-gathering/649364/24 "2013-02-05T15:01:46Z")
[Mako](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538683/) [James Hong](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0393222/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1) Philip Seymour Hoffman, before he became a big name. Dan Duryea Jim Beaver (played Ellsworth in Deadwood; presently in Justified) [Stephen Root](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0740535/) (of Office Space fame) And one of my all time faves: [Chief Dan George](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Dan_George) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-character-actors-pre-poll-data-gathering/649364/25 "2013-02-05T15:05:17Z")
You folks are coming up with some great ones. I’m going to alphabetize the current offerings to make it easier to think of others who should be considered. That will take a little while so keep going with the list. And thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Rollo\_Tomasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@Rollo\_Tomasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rollo_Tomasi)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-character-actors-pre-poll-data-gathering/649364/26 "2013-02-05T15:27:51Z")
David Strathairn Chris Cooper Tom Wilkinson Frances McDormand Catherine O’Hara ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-character-actors-pre-poll-data-gathering/649364/27 "2013-02-05T15:32:46Z")
The Godfather, The Getaway and Mr. Majestyk? [Al Lettieri](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Lettieri) ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-character-actors-pre-poll-data-gathering/649364/28 "2013-02-05T15:43:34Z")
Oh, my goodness! No mention of [Warren Oates](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0643105/?ref_=tt_ov_st)? ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-character-actors-pre-poll-data-gathering/649364/29 "2013-02-05T15:45:45Z")
Dick Miller Tracey Walter William Sanderson ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-character-actors-pre-poll-data-gathering/649364/30 "2013-02-05T15:59:20Z")
Hermione Baddeley Byron Foulger Ian Wolfe ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-character-actors-pre-poll-data-gathering/649364/31 "2013-02-05T16:15:38Z")
As of Post #30 here’s the list so far: ################################################### Danny Aiello R. G. Armstrong William Atherton Hermione Baddeley G.W. Bailey Joe Don Baker Jim Beaver Ward Bond Neville Brand Walter Brennan Wilford Brimley Jim Broadbent Clancy Brown Kathy Burke Steve Buscemi Lee J. Cobb Olivia Colman Steve Coogan Elisha Cook Jr. Chris Cooper Brian Cox James Cromwell Tim Curry Sammy Davis Jr. Bruce Davison Dale Dickey Charles Durning Dan Duryea Buddy Ebsen Jack Elam Richard Farnsworth Pam Ferris William Fichtner Tommy Flanagan Byron Foulger Michael Gambon Chief Dan George Stefan Gierasch Walton Goggins John Goodman Richard E Grant Billy Green Bush Richard Griffiths Philip Baker Hall Dan Hedaya Philip Seymour Hoffman James Hong Bo Hopkins Michael Ironside Gregory Itzin Zeljko Ivanek Richard Jaeckel David Jason Ken Jeong Ben Johnson (2) L. Q. Jones Robert Knepper Al Leong Al Lettieri Peter Lorre John Carroll Lynch Ken Lynch Mako Eddie Marsan Strother Martin (2) Chistopher McDonald Frances McDormand Bruce McGill Stephen Merchant Dick Miller Tony Mordente Rita Moreno Robert Morley Burt Mustin Kathy Najimy Bill Nighy Warren Oates Donald O’connor George O’hanlon Catherine O’Hara Gary Oldman Bill Paxton Austin Pendleton Ron Perlman Johnathan Pryce Claude Rains James Rebhorn Stephen Root William Sanderson Wallace Shawn J. K. Simmons Maggie Smith (2) Tucker Smith Joe Spinel Harry Dean Stanton (2) David Strathairn (2) Robert Strauss Mark Strong Dub Taylor Stephen Tobolowsky Lee Van Cleef John Vernon Eli Wallach J.T. Walsh M. Emmet Walsh Ray Walston Tracey Walter Mary Wickes Tom Wilkinson Mark Williams Ian Wolfe Victor Wong ################################################### I count 112. Can we get 200? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-character-actors-pre-poll-data-gathering/649364/32 "2013-02-05T16:21:35Z")
George Kennedy ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-character-actors-pre-poll-data-gathering/649364/33 "2013-02-05T16:22:41Z")
Dan Ackroyd ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-character-actors-pre-poll-data-gathering/649364/34 "2013-02-05T16:23:47Z")
[Paul Fix](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0280707/?ref_=tt_cl_t8) [Richard Jaeckel](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001395/?ref_=tt_cl_t12) [Ward Bond](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000955/?ref_=tt_cl_t5) [William Bendix](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000904/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-character-actors-pre-poll-data-gathering/649364/35 "2013-02-05T16:24:53Z")
God’s Little Acre, The Naked and the Dead, The Green Berets [Aldo Ray](http://www.google.com/#hl=en&tbo=d&sclient=psy-ab&q=aldo+ray&oq=aldo+ray&gs_l=hp.3...1406.4000.0.4328.8.8.0.0.0.0.234.672.2j2j1.5.0.les%3Bcpsugrpq1high..0.0...1.1.2.hp.QInEiHHxQw8&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.41867550,d.b2I&fp=f21c24f9a03c4e53&biw=1124&bih=827) ---
**Author:** ![Rollo\_Tomasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@Rollo\_Tomasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rollo_Tomasi)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-character-actors-pre-poll-data-gathering/649364/36 "2013-02-05T16:26:05Z")
Jack Warden Martin Balsam E. G. Marshall (Really, everyone from **12 Angry Men** except Henry Fonda fits this bill.) ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-character-actors-pre-poll-data-gathering/649364/37 "2013-02-05T16:27:02Z")
Allan Melvin Vito Scotti Jesse White ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-character-actors-pre-poll-data-gathering/649364/38 "2013-02-05T16:57:54Z")
John Hawkes ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-character-actors-pre-poll-data-gathering/649364/39 "2013-02-05T17:07:27Z")
Two more: Laird Creggar Garret Dillahunt ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-character-actors-pre-poll-data-gathering/649364/40 "2013-02-05T17:33:07Z")
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