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jewels 07-29-2008 03:01 AM

Most memorable character
 
Heath Ledger's performance in The Dark Knight had me thinking about other outstanding performances that I will never forget.

Maybe the movie wasn't great, but you can't forget this one character in a film. It might be a leading role; it might be a small character role. The actor is the character and it's forever branded in your brain.

Give us your most memorable character(s). Don't forget the movie title, character name and actor. Here are some that come to mind for me:

Robert DeNiro = Travis in Taxi Driver and Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull
Johnny Depp = Sam in Benny and Joon
Morgan Freeman = Red in The Shawshank Redemption
James Caan = Randall in Lady In A Cage
Laura Antonelli = Guiliana in L'Innocente

m0rpheus 07-29-2008 05:10 AM

I'll start with...
Bruce Campbell - Ashley Williams in Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness.
Willem Dafoe - Paul Smecker in Boondock Saints
Bruce Willis - John McClane in Die Hard
Alan Rickman - Hans Gruber also in Die Hard
Claude Rains - Captain Renault in Casablanca
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shit I can't leave out

Johnny Depp - Raoul Duke in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Baraka_Guru 07-29-2008 07:31 AM

Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood.
Ian McKellen as Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings.
Samuel L. Jackson as Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction.
Charlie Chaplin as "The Little Tramp" in various films.
Michael Caine as Ray Say in Little Voice.


...just a few....

Poppinjay 07-29-2008 07:40 AM

Alan Rickman - Severus Snape in "Harry Potter"
Bill Nighy - Ray Simms in "Still Crazy"
Rip Torn - Bob Diamond in "Defending Your Life"
James Earl Jones - Terry Mann in "Field of Dreams"
The entire cast of "Pecker"

speshul-k 07-29-2008 08:38 AM

Some of mine have already been mentioned too but here's a few more.

Edward Norton - The Narrator (Fight Club)
Robert Englund - Freddy Krueger (Nightmate on Elm Street series)
Michael Clarke Duncan - John Coffey (The green mile)
Brandon Lee - Eric Draven (The Crow)

RetroGunslinger 07-29-2008 09:24 AM

Off the top of my head:

Heath Ledger - The Joker in The Dark Knight
Daniel Day-Lewis - Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood
Robert Mitchum - Harry Powell in The Night of the Hunter
Robert Mitchum/Robert DeNiro - Max Cady in Cape Fear
Willem Defoe - Paul Smecker in Boondock Saints
Kiefer Sutherland - David in The Lost Boys
Stephen Geoffreys - "Evil" Ed Thompson in Fright Night
Tim Curry - Dr. Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Nick Castle - The Shape in Halloween
Anthony Perkins - Norman Bates in Psycho
Gary Oldman - Stansfield in Léon
David Bowie - Jareth the Goblin King in Labyrinth
Dennis Hopper - Frank Booth in Blue Velvet
Ray Wise - Leland Palmer in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
David Cronenberg - Dr. Philip K. Decker in Nightbreed
Masanobu Ando - Kazuo Kiriyama in Battle Royale

PonyPotato 07-29-2008 09:40 AM

I have to do it.

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Heath Ledger as the Joker in The Dark Knight
Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman in American Psycho
Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley in Alien (and Aliens, and Alien 3..)
Milla Jovovich as Leeloo in The Fifth Element
Jeff Goldblum as Dr. Ian Malcolm in Jurassic Park (known as "humans making bad choices" by Crompsin)
Sam Neill as Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park
Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones (in all of the movies!)
Anthony Hopkins in most of his roles (but most notably Dr. Lecter in Silence of the Lambs)

...I might think of more later.

Nikilidstrom 07-29-2008 09:49 AM

Vincent D'Onofrio will always be Private Pile from Full Metal Jacket

and

Patrick Kilpatrick will always be The Sandman from Death Warrant

and

Kurt Russel will always be Jack Burton from Big Trouble In Little China

that is all

CinnamonGirl 07-29-2008 10:20 AM

Definitely, definitely David Bowie as Jareth.

And, it may sound a little lame compared to some of the other characters, but John Cusack as Harry in The Journey of Natty Gann. I saw it for the first time when I was around 11, and so began my love of John Cusack.

Let's see... who else...

Kevin Spacey as Verbal in the Usual Suspects
Ralph Fiennes as Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights
Mandy Patinkin as Inigo in the Princess Bride
Richard Chamberlain as Father Ralph in the Thorn Birds


...I'll be thinking about this for the rest of the day. hmmmm.

dlish 07-29-2008 10:34 AM

dustin hoffman in rainman

morgan freeman in shawshank

denzel washington in malcolm x

laurence fishburne in boyz n tha hood

gregory peck in to kill a mockingbird

blahblah454 07-29-2008 11:06 AM

Willem Dafoe - Paul Smecker in Boondock Saints
Heath Ledger - The Joker in The Dark Knight
Morgan Freeman = Red in The Shawshank Redemption

These have all been said before, and need to be said again.

girldetective 07-29-2008 01:19 PM

anne bancroft/patty duke (annie sullivan/helen keller) : the miracle worker
ann margaret (kim mcafee) : bye bye birdie (she was so shiny)
kevin costner (jake) : silverado (he was so shiny)
michael palin/kevin cline (ken/otto) : a fish called wanda

there are so many more, but thats enough for now.

KellyC 07-29-2008 08:50 PM

Andy Serkis - Gollum in LOTR

ItWasMe 07-29-2008 10:55 PM

jessica tandy and mary stuart masterson - fried green tomatoes (probably my favorite movie)
mark hamill, harrison ford, carrie fisher - Star Wars!!
eddie murphy - beverly hills cop

RetroGunslinger 07-29-2008 11:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by merleniau (Post 2496929)
I have to do it.

Jareth pic.


Yummy. It's missing the bulge, however. THE BULGE OF DOOM!!

Poppinjay 07-30-2008 02:44 AM

I was on the fence about Morgan Freeman. He was obviously great in Shawshank, but the entire cast was tremendous. Clancy Brown turned in the performance of his life. James Whitmore was great. His star scene as a parolee was riveting.

mixedmedia 07-30-2008 03:32 AM

Even though I didn't like the film much, I think Daniel Day-Lewis was excellent as Bill 'The Butcher' in The Gangs of New York, as well.
I will 2nd, 3rd, 4th his performance as Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood.
And a nod to jewels' Robert DeNiro as Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver.
Orson Welles as Hank Quinlan in Touch of Evil.
Joseph Cotten as Uncle Charlie in Shadow of a Doubt.
Because it's been on my mind, Richard Widmark as Tommy Udo in Kiss of Death.
Tom Hanks as Professor Dor in The Ladykillers.
Angelica Huston as Dolores in Crimes and Misdemeanors.
And, yes, I do love Ian McKellan as Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
Paul Giamatti as Harvey Pekar in American Splendor.
Meryl Streep as Sophie in Sophie's Choice.
Heather Matarazzo as Dawn Weiner in Welcome to the Dollhouse
The entire cast of Boogie Nights.

And Baraka Guru, great choice of Michael Caine in Little Voice. I loved him in that film.

speshul-k 07-30-2008 08:22 AM

Uma Thurman (The Bride) Kill Bill Series
Samuel L Jackson - (Jules Winnfield) Pulp Fiction


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