Actors who make movies better

[Schlosser85]

Mads Mikkelsen

Ian McKellen

 

[Schlosser85]

Stellan Skarsgard

 

[MrWayne]

Daniel Day Lewis.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Joseph Gordon Levitt
Hugh Jackman
Michael Fassbender
Idris Elba
Simon Pegg
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Casey Affleck
Kevin Bacon
Josh Brolin
Bryan Cranston
Vin Diesel (yes you read correctly)
Robert Downey Jr
Morgan Freeman
Ryan Gosling
William H Macy
Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Denzel Washington
Jeffrey Wright


Hayley Atwell
Ellen Page
Paula Patton
Maria Bello
Rose Byrne
Isla Fisher
Rashida Jones
Jennifer Lawrence
Julianne Moore
Chloe Moretz
Aubrey Plaza
Emma Stone

 

[MilkmanDan]

Stanley Tucci

Absolutely. Also, Steve Buscemi and Alan Rickman.

 

[gwynplaine]

I don't know if he makes movies better, because he has been in some pretty terrible ones that I don't think can be improved in any wayt:, but I almost always enjoy watching Klaus Kinski on the screen.

 

[gwynplaine]

Eva Green.

 

[chamber-music]

James Purefoy

 

[Schlosser85]

James McAvoy

Dominic Cooper

 

[Rowsdower!]

Nicolas Cage.


He can turn a horrible movie into an AWESOME one.


Unless that movie is Ghost Rider.

 

[bullets]

Ray Winestone

Samuel L. Jackson

 

[Matt Mortem]

John Goodman and Lee Van Cleef come to mind. Also Bill Nighy.

 

[Enriquespy]

Jakie Earl Haley

Some good flavor in the "Meh" Dark Shadows.

An exellent actor all around.

 

[Wesley Dodds]

Timothy Olyphant automatically makes anything he turns up in 77.7% more badass.

Science fact.

 

[Slushy]

My top 10 in terms of Supporting Actors:

Chris Cooper

Eric Roberts

Joaquin Phoenix

Keith David

Mads Mikkelsen

Michael Sheen

Phillip Seymour Hoffman

Scott Glenn

Stanley Tucci

Terrence Howard

Honorable mentions: Sean Bean and Jeffrey Dean Morgan

 

[Enriquespy]

Crispin Glover.

For when your movie needs some quality weird.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Tom Cruise, especially in smaller supporting roles (Magnolia, Tropic Thunder, Rock of Ages).

 

[Enriquespy]

Tom Cruise, especially in smaller supporting roles

Collateral

 

[Rowsdower!]

Ah yes, perfect example. I've always found that movie completely implausible and silly but it's worth watching SOLELY because Cruise is so awesome in it.

 

[childeroland]

Choi Min Sik -- I Saw the Devil, Oldboy, Lady Vengeance, Shiri, Quiet Family, etc. -- never, never puts in anything less than a kick ass performance, far as I've seen, and his filmography is beyond stellar.

 

[SoNicRaDiATioN]

Harry Dean Stanton, Bruce Dern, Stanley Tucci, Gary Oldman, Jeffrey Wright, Vincent Cassel, David Morse, Max Perlich...

 

[Rowsdower!]

Choi Min Sak -- I Saw the Devil, Oldboy, Lady Vengeance, Shiri, Quiet Family, etc. -- never, never puts in anything less than a kick ass performance, far as I've seen, and his filmography is beyond stellar.

Absolutely. He scared the HELL out of me in I Saw the Devil.

 

[bullets]

Steve Buscemi

 

[Bruce Banner]

Kathy Bates

Barry Pepper

Ed Harris

Michael Keaton

Bill Paxton

 

[Chrisbarnes182]

Steve Buscemi