Here are a few more recent ones from favorite TV shows and recent movies
Kim Coates
Tim Kang
Nick Searcy
Michael K. Williams
Mandy Patinkin
Michael Imperioli
Rutger Hauer
Richard Jenkins
Jonathan Banks
Dean Norris
Lotta great ones mentioned already. I’ll add (unless I’ve overlooked them):
Robert Forster
Sid Haig
Phil Morris
Kevin Dillon
John C. McGinley
Tony Todd
Keith David
I can’t believe these two haven’t been mentioned yet:
Alan Rickman
Tim Roth
I can’t decide whether Gene Hackman qualifies.
Joan Cusack
My setup has a new page coming so I’ll post the updated alpha list there.
I’m thinking of a new thread for Top Ten lists from those who want to participate to help narrow down what’s now over 150 names.
From that thread’s lists maybe we can come down to a small enough number for a poll or two.
I welcome suggestions on alternative measures.
Through Post #50 here’s the list so far:
============================
Dan Ackroyd
Danny Aiello
R. G. Armstrong
William Atherton
Hermione Baddeley
G.W. Bailey
Joe Don Baker
Martin Balsam
Jonathan Banks
Jim Beaver
William Bendix
Ward Bond (2)
Neville Brand
Walter Brennan
Wilford Brimley
Jim Broadbent
Clancy Brown
Kathy Burke
Steve Buscemi
Kim Coates
Lee J. Cobb
Olivia Colman
Steve Coogan
Elisha Cook Jr.
Chris Cooper
Brian Cox
Laird Creggar
James Cromwell
Tim Curry
Joan Cusack
Keith David
Sammy Davis Jr.
Bruce Davison
Andy Devine
Dale Dickey
Garret Dillahunt
Kevin Dillon
Charles Durning
Dan Duryea
Buddy Ebsen
Jack Elam
Richard Farnsworth
Pam Ferris
William Fichtner
Paul Fix
Tommy Flanagan
Robert Forster
Byron Foulger
Michael Gambon
Chief Dan George
Stefan Gierasch
Walton Goggins
John Goodman
Richard E Grant
Billy Green Bush
Richard Griffiths
Gene Hackman
Sid Haig
Philip Baker Hall
Rutger Hauer
John Hawkes
Dan Hedaya
Ciarán Hinds
Philip Seymour Hoffman
James Hong
Bo Hopkins
Michael Imperioli
Michael Ironside
Gregory Itzin
Zeljko Ivanek
Richard Jaeckel (2)
David Jason
Richard Jenkins
Ken Jeong
Ben Johnson (2)
L. Q. Jones
Tim Kang
George Kennedy
Robert Knepper
Al Leong
Al Lettieri
Peter Lorre
John Carroll Lynch
Ken Lynch
Mako
Eddie Marsan
E. G. Marshall
Strother Martin (2)
Chistopher McDonald
Frances McDormand
Bruce McGill
John C. McGinley
Victor McLaglen
Allan Melvin
Stephen Merchant
Dick Miller
Tony Mordente
Rita Moreno
Robert Morley
Phil Morris
Burt Mustin
Kathy Najimy
Bill Nighy
Dean Norris
Warren Oates
Donald O’connor
George O’hanlon
Catherine O’Hara
Gary Oldman
Mandy Patinkin
Bill Paxton
Austin Pendleton
Ron Perlman
Robert Picardo
Johnathan Pryce
D.J. Qualls
Claude Rains
Aldo Ray
James Rebhorn
Giovanni Ribisi
Alan Rickman
Stephen Root
Tim Roth
William Sanderson
Vito Scotti
Nick Searcy
Wallace Shawn
Henry Silva
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
Tony Todd
Danny Trejo
Lee Van Cleef
John Vernon
Eli Wallach
J.T. Walsh
M. Emmet Walsh
Ray Walston
Tracey Walter
Jack Warden
Jesse White
Mary Wickes
Tom Wilkinson
Mark Williams
Michael K. Williams
Chill Wills
Ian Wolfe
Victor Wong
============================
Dabs Greer
Stubby Kaye
Gabby Hayes
John Saxon (hey, if we have Joe Don Baker…)
John Turturro
Jared Harris
Jonathan Hyde
Jim Carter
Christopher Guest
Is Harvey Keitel not considered a “character actor” for some reason? Because I am amazed that he hasn’t been mentioned anywhere in any of these 3 threads.
Did we also miss Tommy Lee Jones?
Tommy Lee Jones isn’t a “character actor” anymore, is he? He’s a star.
William Sadler has been “that guy” in a lot of movies, though: William Sadler. I’ll nominate him.
Looks like time to post the complete list so those who haven’t done so yet can post a Top Ten list at Your Top Ten Favorite Character Actors and thereby assist in narrowing down the group(s) that will make it to polls.
As of Elendil’s Heir’s post these have been mentioned in this thread:
Dan Ackroyd
Danny Aiello
R. G. Armstrong
William Atherton
Jim Backus
Hermione Baddeley
G.W. Bailey
Joe Don Baker
Martin Balsam
Jonathan Banks
Jim Beaver
William Bendix
Ward Bond (2)
Neville Brand
Walter Brennan
Wilford Brimley
Jim Broadbent
Clancy Brown
Kathy Burke
Steve Buscemi
Jim Carter
Kim Coates
Lee J. Cobb
Olivia Colman
Steve Coogan
Elisha Cook Jr.
Chris Cooper
Brian Cox
Laird Creggar
James Cromwell
Tim Curry
Joan Cusack
Keith David
Sammy Davis Jr.
Bruce Davison
Andy Devine
Dale Dickey
Garret Dillahunt
Kevin Dillon
Charles Durning
Dan Duryea
Buddy Ebsen
Jack Elam
Dana Elcar
Richard Farnsworth
Pam Ferris
William Fichtner
Paul Fix
Tommy Flanagan
Robert Forster
Byron Foulger
Michael Gambon
Chief Dan George
Stefan Gierasch
Walton Goggins
John Goodman
Richard E Grant
Billy Green Bush
Dabs Greer
Richard Griffiths
Christopher Guest
Gene Hackman
Sid Haig
Philip Baker Hall
Jared Harris
Rutger Hauer
John Hawkes
Gabby Hayes
Dan Hedaya
Ciarán Hinds
Philip Seymour Hoffman
James Hong
Bo Hopkins
Jonathan Hyde
Michael Imperioli
Michael Ironside
Gregory Itzin
Zeljko Ivanek
Richard Jaeckel (2)
David Jason
Richard Jenkins
Ken Jeong
Ben Johnson (2)
L. Q. Jones
Tommy Lee Jones
Gordon Jump
Tim Kang
Stubby Kaye
Harvey Keitel
George Kennedy
Robert Knepper
Al Leong
Al Lettieri
Richard Libertini
Peter Lorre
John Carroll Lynch
Ken Lynch
Mako
Eddie Marsan
E. G. Marshall
Strother Martin (2)
Chistopher McDonald
Frances McDormand
Bruce McGill
John C. McGinley
Victor McLaglen
Allan Melvin
Stephen Merchant
Dick Miller
Tony Mordente
Rita Moreno
Robert Morley
Phil Morris
Burt Mustin
Kathy Najimy
Bill Nighy
Dean Norris
Warren Oates
Donald O’connor
George O’hanlon
Catherine O’Hara
Gary Oldman
Mandy Patinkin
Bill Paxton
Austin Pendleton
Ron Perlman
Robert Picardo
Johnathan Pryce
D.J. Qualls
Claude Rains
Aldo Ray
James Rebhorn
Giovanni Ribisi
Alan Rickman
Stephen Root
Tim Roth
William Sadler
William Sanderson
John Saxon
Vito Scotti
Nick Searcy
Wallace Shawn
Henry Silva
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
Tony Todd
Danny Trejo
John Turturro
Lee Van Cleef
John Vernon
Eli Wallach
J.T. Walsh
M. Emmet Walsh
Ray Walston
Tracey Walter
Jack Warden
Jesse White
Mary Wickes
Tom Wilkinson
Mark Williams
Michael K. Williams
Chill Wills
Ian Wolfe
Victor Wong
Kicking myself that I didn’t think of Vincent Gardenia before now!: http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/vincentgardenia.jpg
