James Nesbitt

[andy-hughes]

As the BBC trumpets about the re-tread of its Cold Feet series, does anyone agree with me that James Nesbitt is a titanically lousy actor with the range of a paper clip?

[Bathsheba]

I agree with you andy, he's right up there next to Sean Bean ;)

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[mushroom25]

//he's right up there next to Sean Bean //

Sean Bean is fine - as long as the part he's playing is "man from sheffield"...

[ichkeria]

Some mistake surely?
Cold feet was ITV
Count me as a fan of James as much as anything because I was at school with him :-)

[Bathsheba]

Lol mushroom!....bang on there ;)

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[melv16]

There's nowt wrong with men from Sheffield :-)

[viv41]

I think both him and Sean Bean are good actors.

[horselady]

I like James Nesbitt. My lousy actor award goes to Stephen Tomkinson, sounds the same whatever the role calls for and has a very limited range of facial expressions, a frown to show he's angry and a smile to show he's not.

[ummmm]

I like him.

[mushroom25]

//a very limited range of facial expressions, a frown to show he's angry and a smile to show he's not. //

as limited as Jimmy Nail?

Mr Nail's character is happy. Baleful glare.
Mr Nail's character is sad. Baleful glare
Mr Nail's character is perplexed. Baleful glare.
etc.....

[viv41]

I think Jimmy Naill is a good actor too, if you want a bad actor, look no further than Ken Barlow in Corrie !!

[dannyk13]

James Nesbitt always plays James Nesbitt.

[brainiac]

Two other actors with zero powers of transformation: the Scottish actor Bill Paterson - he's always just Bill Paterson, as is the Yorkshire actor Paul Copley, but they both gets lots of work! Neither can do any accent that is not their own.

[ichkeria]

There are many actors who only appear in one sort of role.
All it means is that they are not Laurence Oliver.
There is a lot more to acting than being able to adopt different persona.
I can do the latter but I could never act :-)

[hc4361]

Maybe those actors can play totally different roles but are never given the chance to - typecast.

[andy-hughes]

hc4361 - //Maybe those actors can play totally different roles but are never given the chance to - typecast. //

I don't think that's true.

Look at the undisputed emperor of one-dimensional acting, Sean Connery, and the variety of roles he has played - a secret agent, a medieval king, a dragon, an Irish cop (he got an Oscar for that!), a Russian submarine captain ... and he is exactly and precisely the same in every single one of them!

[andy-hughes]

ichkeria - //There is a lot more to acting than being able to adopt different persona. //

There is, but it is still a fundamental principle of the craft.

Acting - by definition, means playing a part, and if you are playing yourself, you are not playing a part.

So at one extreme you have Nesbitt, Caine and Connery, and at the other you have people like Johnny Depp and Leonardo Dicaprio, and let's never underestimate Paul Whithouse - whom Johnny Depp rates as one of the best character actors in the world - and he would know.

[brainiac]

What is particularly annoying about James Nesbitt is how fantastically pleased with himself he is - especially since he had his hair transplant!

[jennyjoan]

there is another bread dead character in Casualty is it "Charlie" - Derek Thompson think is is real name. Just stares into space - he is the last man standing in Casualty too.

[hc4361]

I liked Nesbitt in Murphy's Law

[ichkeria]

How do you know James Nesbitt is playing himself?
Just because you always seem to see him in the same role?
Like I say, Laurence Olivier he is not, but he is still acting.