Most typecast actors/actresses

[slimjim]

We've talked about the best and most versatile actors and actresses. How about views on the ones that always get the same roles and are never stretched. Obvious answers include Arnie and Steven Seagal. But what about Bruce Dern? If a film requires a sleazy small-town politician, he's the man. Or when a producer needs a disturbed but brilliantly intelligent megalomaniac, he just needs to ring Christopher Walken. Or how about views on the ones who've failed miserably to break out of the typecast? Like Meg Ryan in Courage Under Fire.

[Loosehead]

Partly it's down to the actor to try and avoid this. Typcasting is what induced Sean Connery to leave the Bond role after YOLT, he feared that he would never escape the Bond label and that ultimately his work would dry up or be drastically reduced, they did persuade him back for DAF but I think he was probably right as he has had many and varied roles since.

On the other hand certain actors just make certain part's there own, ever seen Christopher Lee as the good guy? Very few actors seem to be at home in any role, good examples are Ewan Mcgregor and Sean Bean though.

[don1]

The ultimate typecast guy has to be Bill Roach he has played Ken Barlow in Coronation St., three times a week for 46 years.

I dont think he has ever done anything else.

[the>one]

don't you think connery plays connery in every roll ?       schorly not !

[CarolG]

Hugh Grant as a bumbling English gent, apart from in About a Boy.

Christopher Lee as a bady & Morgan Freeman as a good guy

[airbolt]

Brian Dennehy as a lovable Cop

Charles Durning as a corrupt Southern Sheriff

Robert Vaughn as a sleazy Politician

John C Reilly as " Best Friend "

Joe Pantoliano as turncoat

Steve Buscemi as weirdo

[littleoldme]

Briefly and somewhat naively, when I saw Tom Cruise take on the "challenging" (i.e. slightly different) role of a balding, mustachioed paraplegic Vietnam veteran in Born On The Fourth Of July, I thought he might be broadening his talents. Didn't last though, did it?

Richard Gere. He's smooth! He's suave! He's got an eye for the laydeez! Yet again!! Acting by numbers.

And me watching a Woody Allen film on TV normally gets about as far as this: "Now on BBC1, Woody Allen stars as a neurotic..." *click!*

[jimmer]

Alan Ford -  Brick-Top in Snatch - usually plays an Eastend villain and always plays an earthy eastend type. bloody great he is too and very menacing but he's been a vegetarian for 25 years. (yes i know, so was hitler)

 

jim

[dk_psy]

how bout we go back to Hugh Grant? anyone seen him in a flick where he's not a bumbling-but-loveable english toff?

And Christopher Walken not that bad, how bout Sleepy Hollow?

[tracymort]

I was just about to suggest Hugh Grant too. He's always the same character.

[B00]

Whenever a film calls for an evil aristocratic baddy? who do they call up?

Alan Rickman of course!

[lizzierose]

patrick stewart as a good and wise man

[janesmythe22]

Laurence Olivier as Laurence Olivier

Jack Nicholson as Jack Nicholson