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This board is full of just as many movie buffs as Bills fans or at least so it seems. Here's the spin on this thread...

 

What actors that don't receive top billing intrigue you enough to make you watch a movie? For instance you go to buy a DVD and it looks interesting so you turn it over and notice Christopher Walken has a part in it, so you give it a shot.

 

My initial draft(more will follow)

 

Christopher Walken

Jeff Goldblum

Harold Ramis

Tilda Swinton

George Carlin

Jenna Fischer

John C. Reilly

Tim Roth

Milla Jovovich

Jeremy Davies

Donal Louge

Michael Madson

 

I know I have more but I'll wait a bit and stew on it.

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Steve Buscemi

 

 

Looking at your list, I'm not sure "obscure" is the word you were looking for in this case.

Agreed. Looks more like "non-A list" actors.

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This board is full of just as many movie buffs as Bills fans or at least so it seems. Here's the spin on this thread...

 

What actors that don't receive top billing intrigue you enough to make you watch a movie? For instance you go to buy a DVD and it looks interesting so you turn it over and notice Christopher Walken has a part in it, so you give it a shot.

 

My initial draft(more will follow)

 

Christopher Walken

Jeff Goldblum

Harold Ramis

Tilda Swinton

George Carlin

Jenna Fischer

John C. Reilly

Tim Roth

Milla Jovovich

Jeremy Davies

Donal Louge

Michael Madson

 

I know I have more but I'll wait a bit and stew on it.

 

Crispin Glover

Timothy Carey

Harry Dean Stanton

Jackie Earle Haley

JK Simmons

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eddie coyle

Philip Baker Hall

Sydney Greenstreet

Alison Lohman

Ricky Jay

George Sanders

Anthony Wong Chau-Sang

Hugh Marlowe

 

Tom Sizemore, round Robbery Homicide Division time. Now, not so much.

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eddie coyle

Philip Baker Hall

Sydney Greenstreet

Alison Lohman

Ricky Jay

George Sanders

Anthony Wong Chau-Sang

Hugh Marlowe

 

Now this is obscure! I never heard of one of these guys. I think maybe Philip Baker Hall was like a big guy in something called Walking Tall or something like that..........And, I could be totally off on him, too.

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these were two that immediately came to mind for me..william h. macy isn't really obscure but he is another favorite of mine as is steve buscemi...all 4 of these add a great deal to anything they are in

 

Crispin Glover

JK Simmons

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eddie coyle

Philip Baker Hall

Sydney Greenstreet

Alison Lohman

Ricky Jay

George Sanders

Anthony Wong Chau-Sang

Hugh Marlowe

 

Tom Sizemore, round Robbery Homicide Division time. Now, not so much.

 

ah, George Sanders. I used to have an unhealthy obsession with his brother, Tom Conway--the king of Val Lewton productions.

 

Sydney Greenstreet was amazing too. The greatest laugh in film.

Can't go wrong with Ricky Jay either. My favorite interpreter of Mamet's writing.

 

I'm going to add Chris Eigeman and Eddie Constantine to my list

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Now this is obscure! I never heard of one of these guys. I think maybe Philip Baker Hall was like a big guy in something called Walking Tall or something like that..........And, I could be totally off on him, too.

 

I threw in a few golden age actors. You know Hugh Marlowe, probably not by name.

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ah, George Sanders. I used to have an unhealthy obsession with his brother, Tom Conway--the king of Val Lewton productions.

 

Sydney Greenstreet was amazing too. The greatest laugh in film.

Can't go wrong with Ricky Jay either. My favorite interpreter of Mamet's writing.

 

I'm going to add Chris Eigeman and Eddie Constantine to my list

 

JK Simmons is the most versatile actor anyone has mentioned. Way, way, way, underrated.

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ah, George Sanders. I used to have an unhealthy obsession with his brother, Tom Conway--the king of Val Lewton productions.

 

Sydney Greenstreet was amazing too. The greatest laugh in film.

Can't go wrong with Ricky Jay either. My favorite interpreter of Mamet's writing.

 

I'm going to add Chris Eigeman and Eddie Constantine to my list

 

Eddie Constantine :lol: ......from Goddard, to A Long Good Friday......

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Eddie Constantine :lol: ......from Goddard, to A Long Good Friday......

 

a personal hero. In college I was in a hardcore punk band called Lemmy Caution. Needless to say I'm a fan

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Nice choices for the most part. But, as noted, these are not very obscure, IMO. That's OK, moving on in the spirit of the thread...

 

Let's add:

 

Wallace Shawn

Ned Beatty

Rip Torn (poor drunken bastard)

Stephen Root

Parker Posey

Joan Chen

James Woods

Peter Boyle

Zooey Deschanel

Robert Forster

Ving Rhames

Ossie Davis

Mos Def

 

More to come, probably...

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good choices...let me add andre Braugher...again, not sure he is obscure, but i like his acting

 

Stephen Root

Parker Posey

Zooey Deschanel

Ossie Davis

Mos Def

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A few that come to mind now:

 

Ralph Feinnes

Jean Reno

Gary Oldman

Jean-Hughes Anglade

Tcheky Karyo

Zooey Deschanel

Paz Vega

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